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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
PEN POINTERS

Chicago Is planning on holding n
worlds fair in 1888. You must admit
those Chicago people are brave.
a letter has just been received by
n Massachusetts man 18 years after
1t was mailed. Bet it wasn't an in.
come tax reminder
After having gone around the
world eight times. an Englishman
got married. He ran "A good race,
but she caught him at last.
ssss ~. ~
When man is poor he lodges
faxis: when he's rich he lodges taxes.
ws@ "'T'-Ss s~pA>s' ~,
a thief recently broke into
church In an Illinois town and slept
there. He did not, however. stay
for the sermon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

because religion has been crowded
out of their thoughts and lives by
other things. They are so busy
that they have lost sight of the one
thing which gives meaning to hui
man life and makes it great. They
have left no time in their lives for
God.
Our Quincy through this world
is a short one. Let us take time
for the things that are most
worthwhile, time for thought,
time for the best books, time to
do our daily work well, whatever
it is, time for our friendships,
time for play and prayer and wor-
ship, time for friendship with
God.
Copyright. 1926 Cosmos News
paper Syndicate)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
NEW JERSEYS HIGHWAY
INVESTMENT.

In miles of concrete highway
New Jersey is now paying the
price of her popularity among
sister states of the Union. Git
ted by nature with an unsurpas-
sed stretch of ocean front and
advantageously situated be-
tween two greater centers OF
population, New Jersey some
wears ago undertook to bring
the world. or at least great
part of it, within her limited
boundaries and has succeeded
to an extent almost distressing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

There is to be a testimonial
dinner to Sheriff James Cimino
at Somers Point next week. he
Sheriff will not go armed and
the diners will be frisked to To-
cate any concealed weapons.
Cimino has been connected with
the Atlantic County Sheriff 6
Office for a dozen years. but he
will doubtless see many strange
faces at the banquet hall. while
he will at the same time miss
many faces with which he is IA
mil.ar.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

Fish signs noted along the
coast portend mild winter, &C
cording to observers.
The presence Of snow white
owls from Labrador in this sec
ton of New Jersey is. accord
ing to others. a sign of a cold,
rough winter.
About the only way to be-
come reconciled to the two
statements is to eat the hsh and
stuff the owls.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

One of our chief national sins is
the sin of hurry. Almost all of
us are going at high pressure and
are trying to do more than we can
well accomplish. Certainly as a
nation we need to remember that
leisure and recreation have their
important place i'll life. They
make us over, refresh and cheer us,
give us new life and spirit for our
higher tasks. They have direct
bearing upon our moral and spirit
ual development. Aud so | feel
that the Church should give its
open sanction and blessing to them.
1t is right for us to preach the
Gospel Work, but we need also to
preach the Gospel of Play.
Some may not agree with me but
| hold that wholesome recreation
and amateur sport may have its
right and proper place on Sunday
provided it does not take the place
of prayer and worship on that day.
But 1t is not right for us to give
to recreation the hours that belong
to worship. For a full and true
life we need both. The instinct for
play is as divinely implanted in hui
man nature rs the instinct for work
and the instinct for worship. The
Church must not merely tolerate
clean sport and recreation but give
them its glad and open blessing.
One of the most striking features
of our modern life is its restless
ness, its eeaseless drive and push
and pressure. And often this rest
less over-activity is quite needless
, and without and real aim or reason.
The consequences of our present
overactiyity are more serious than
we realize II we are living under
too high pressure the quality of our
work is certain to suffer and the
quality of our lives and characters
will suffer also.
Our economic life ought to be so
organized and in time will be so or
gained. that every man, whatever
his task or calling, will have time
for the development of his higher
life. No human being ought to
be debarred from such opportunity.
Every man and woman in every line
of work should have time enough
for this. When we become wise
enough to see this, labor will take
on its true dignity and our labor
men will do finer work and more
work than ever before | am glad,
therefore, that William Green, the
present wise and able President of
the American Federation of Labor,
is emphasizing this as a matter to
be kept in view and brought about
in due time. For leisure is essen
tial for the development of our
souls, our spiritual lives. We can
have no culture without it. We can
lieve that our present failure to pro-
duce great painters, great musici-
ans, great poets, and writers is due
In large part to the lack Of it in our
life.
One reason why many people to-
day fail TO find Il true help in their
religion is that they give too little
time to it, If our religion is to
mean much to us we must have time
in our lives for thought, for pray
er, for worship, for fellowship with
God.
If it is true, as we are told, that
some sixty millions of our people
in this land are not identified with
any form of religion this is not be-
cause they have rejected religion,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07


1t is with a great measure Of
relief and thanksgiving that re-
ports Of the condition of Somers
Steelman are received. He is
one of the best young men on
the Mainland. Injured while
playing football Saturday. his
friends and acquaintance
found at once how much they
like him and how deep their
regret that he should meet with
any mishap.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

Senator Simpson declares
that Jersey justice should be
embalmed and sent to the Brit
ish museum.
We think Jersey justice may
be relied upon to take care of
itself. Anyway, we fail to see
why Simpson suggests the Brit
ish Museum, as he is quite a
museum in himself.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

A sizing with glue makes a
paper dollar last longer, accor-
ding to a United States Govern
ment bureau.
Just the same, we don't be-
lieye glue poured on green
backs will make them any too
adhesive. Why, when you see
the Christmas bargains in Sam
Stolof' store you cant hold a
dollar bill with two railroad
spikes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
So Unlike Land

First Passenger-Isn't the ocean
grand and majestic?
Second ditto-Yes; and there's
an indefinable something about it
that impresses me strangely.
First feel that way, too. l
guess it's the utter absence of bill
boards.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
- .----s.a-a
Not the usual holdup

Mrs. Brown with newspaper -
Eve just been reading how a mum
Der of patrons in hotel dining
room were bound and robbed.
Couldn't the walters gel
their tips in the regulation way?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
One thing you notice about
these airports there lots of
air and no traffic lodging.

Emerson L. Richards for
Governor |
Why nota
Let make it unanimous.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

A young buck deer lcaped
in the path of a doctor auto
mobile. near English Creek. A
long silver of glass pierced the
bucks throat and it died. The
buck took the easiest way
merciful surgery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

1t is said there are two thous-
and men out of work in Allan
tic City. The pendulum swings
both ways. There is always a
lull before a storm.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07

sion anticipated several year
ago that the capacity Of tn,
roads would soon be reached
and obtained the cooperation
of an advisory board of engin
GERS in devising measures t.
prevent traffic congestion
| These engineers made sur
vey of the traffic situation ano
on the basis of its results pre-
dicted that the increase in tn,
number of vehicles on the New
Jersey highways this year woulc
be 10 per cent over that o.
1923, due to the completion o.
the Delaware River bridge a,
Camden and the Holland vehic.
ular tunnel.
While the bridge is now be-
ing used, the tunnel has not a.
yet been put in operation, but
the traffic increase over 1928
has already reached "a pei
cent, instead of the anticipated
76 per cent, and on the road.
leading to the shore resorts the
increase is 27O per cent, which
was the estimated figure fol
statewide traffic in 1850. The
thoroughly representative char,
acter of this traffic is indicated
by the fact that about SO pc,
cent Of the cars that travel the
shore routes are from states 9TH
er than New Jersey.
Existing highways can nc
longer carry the states burden
of traffic and provision must be
made for the problems of the
present and immediate future.
The systems of primary and
secondary roads will be devel-
oped at a cost which has been
estimated by Senator Pierson,
advocate Of bond issue fol
highway construction purposes,
at $60.000,O00. but which has
later been placed at twice this
amount or even more. To meet
the new traffic conditions in the
northern part of the state re-
sulting from the opening of the
Holland tubes the state is spen-
ding $30,000.000, and for the
accommodation of Delaware
River bridge traffic 100000
has been spent. Incidentally,
the states debt has increased in
six years from 1868, 100000 to
$645. 100000, largely by reas-
on of highway construction.
All of this, however. repre-
sents only the under side of the
weaving. Ful6llment of the de-
velopment program now in pro-
gress and contemplated for the
next few years will give to New
Jersey highway system which
will be unsurpassed throughout
the country and will serve as an
important factor in the building
up of even the most remote
corner Of the state. From the
Camden bridge the great
stream of traffic from Pennsyl-
vania is being carried to the
three principal highways, one
leading to Trenton, another to
Atlantic City and a third to the
south Jersey rural counties by
a new crescent shaped route,
while for the anticipated Hol-
land tubes traffic a remarkable
engineering achievement is be-
ing fulfilled, a through trunk
route from Elizabeth to Jersey
City. elevated at some points
and depressed at others. So,
while New Jersey is investing
heavily in highways, the state
is laying the basis for future de-
x,aIo~poarf
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-07
THE GOSPELS0F WORK AND PLAY
BY WILLIAM Il. MANNING


ecen discussion of the shorter working week oreshadows da
when the drive of little. That will in
crease the possibilities develop higher lives and
discussing them breaches of leisure
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Belgians Burn Benito
Mussolini in Eh1gy
CONTINUED from page u.

against the $4,000, 420, 900 Italian debt
settlement yesterday was one of the
fiercest arrangements heard in many
day in the senate, voted for the set
Element in order to be able tomorrow
to move for reconsideration of the
whole question.
It is expected, however, that there
will be no debate on the motion as
some of the Mellon-C Coolidge gang will
move to table it, which automatically
shuts of debate until after the vote
on the motion has been taken. I'm
questionably such a motion will be
carried as the senators who came to
the rescue of Mussolini at the be-
hest of the House of Morgan have all
the debate they want. They have not
shred Of justification, except the
most fragrant Imperialism. for their
votes and they are glad to have II over
with now that they have enabled Nor
gan to aid Italy cancel the greater
part OF its debt to the United States
so that Wall Street can invest in
Italian industries and public utilies
with more security.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Criticizes Coolidge
for Opposing Federal
Motion Picture Laws

WASHINGTON, d. c., April %. -
President Coolidge was criticized to-
day by Representative Upshaw, (D)
of Georgia, for opposing federal regul-
alton OF the motion picture industry.
"It seems to me-" said Upshaw,
shat the president, who comes from
the land where pure ideals are sup
posed to reign, ought to join with the
forces OF Righteousness in this high
and holy crusade, rather than en-
courage the coinage of money at the
expense Of national morality"
Upshaw's bill, he declared today,
was aimed only at driving out unclean
films from American show houses.
Upshaw is typical reactionary south
ern democrat.
The house education committee will
meet on April "a TO hear final argu-
menta. Akf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Tuan Chi Jul FIees
from Peking; Chang
Takes Over Capital
especial TO The Daily wOrksr,

PICKING, April 12.-The govern
mental situation today is still compli-
Gated. Chang Tso Inns troops have
completed their occupation of the
city. Chang has appointed military
officers to head the important local
and national positions, having to do
with handling the revenues and main
tanning order. The victorious allies
are unable to agree upon how the
power shall be divided. Marshall WI
Pei Flu, whose army has made no fur
Their advance towards Picking for some
days, wants the safety committee of
former premiers to continue in charge.
This is contrary to the wishes of
Chang and his Shantung allies.
Tuan Chi Jul and the other Anfu
politicians have fed in order to escape
arrest. Fighting is still going on, the
allied forces evidently trying to cut of
the retreat OF the kuominchun thru
Nankow pass.
Ambassador Karakhan, whose re-
moval has been demanded by Chang
Tso Lin, and whose personal safety is
threatened by the white Russian rem
egades attached to the Manchurian
army. is sticking to his post.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
CANDIDATES FOR
TRIP TO MOSCOW
BUSY IN DRIVE
Seek to Roll Up High
Number of Points


The big prize Of a trip to Moscow
has created the widest kind of Inter
est. In Chicago many telephone
calls daily are made to receive expIa-
nation. New York, Los Angeles and
many other cities are bringing to the
attention Of The DAILY WORKER
names Of workers who have definitely
announced themselves as candidates
and deserving of votes thru their ae-
tiVlty.
Coming From Many Cities.
In New York a dozen are already in
motion. In Chicago John Heinrich
son, with the first five yearly subs
given when the office opened in the
morning of the first day Of the cam
paign and four more today, is only
one Of half dozen. Los Angeles
speaks Of three candidates, and a no
tice from Williamsburg, Pa, announces
the expectation of sending a worker
from that city to Moscow with the
assurance Of the fact that they mean
business"
How Candidates Can Go.
The country is divided into fifteen
districts, each assigned a number of
points which give all an equal oppor-
tunity regardless of the size of the
population. The winning district will
choose one worker to go to Moscow
by voting for their choice and only
those participating in the voting who
themselves got subscriptions. In ad-
dition to this every district in the coun-
try will send one worker to Moscow for
every 10000 points secured (4OO yearly
subs for The DAILY WORKER or
equivalent.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
PROTEST AGAINST POLISH TERROR
AT SCHOENHOFEN HALL TONIGHT

meeting against the persecution Of unemployed
Hail.
and Milwaukee avenues, tonight
Polish workers bruy beaten and thrown into
demanding Poland their families.
unemployed
their
struggle against the Polish capitalist class.
worker is called the meeting tonight
his protest Infamous methods
rulers
E. Ruthenberg secretary of the Workers (communs)
who returned from the Union
will be the main speaker This will his public
his oebert
Trybuna RObotnlcza Polish. There will speakers
in Ukralnlan, Lithuanian Jewish White Russian.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Agreement" on French
Debt Is News to u. S.
Especial to The Daily Worker,

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-If a
provisional agreement" is to be
reached within a week on the settle
ment of the s4,OOO,OOO,OOO French war
debt, as reported from Paris, It is
news to the American debt funding
commission, members declared today.
Informal conversations" have been
held from time to time between Sec.
rotary of the Treasury Mellon and
NJ. Berenger, the French ambassador,
but nothing approaching an agree
ment has taken place, 1t was stated
officially.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
BRITISH COAL
MINE DEADLOCK
STILL UNDROKEN
Subsidy Has 9 More
Days to Go
tspeoIaI 70 rhe paIIy workerl

LONDON, April pa conference
Of the coal owners and the miners ex.
ecutiVes held today ended In a dead.
lock. Only nine days remain until
the coal subsidy expires. There are
no indications that the belIlgerents
will find a basis for compromise. The
miners stand pat on their refusal to
take further wage cuts and the coal
operators continue to declare their in
tention of making wage sIashes after
the expiration Of the subsidy.
5sIdwin's Proposal.
Baldwin suggested a government
loan to make it possible for the low
est" paid miners to avoid the intend
ed wage cut. The owners have not
yet given their answer to the pro-
posal. This seems to imply that wage
cuts would nevertheless be applied to
the more highly paid miners. This, it
is certain, the miners leaders will
not tolerate. They have said they
will not stand for a penny off in the
wages of any miners.
Cooks Tour.
A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners
Federation, has made a tour thru
the mining districts of England and
Wales. It was almost triumphal.
Everywhere, thousands upon thou
sands Of miners flocked to his meet
ings. He was given a greater ova-
ton than has been accorded to any
labor leader in Britain. He has been
emphasizing the unity of the labor
movement behind the miners and has
been very demonstratively accorded
the confidence of the coal diggers in
his refusal to accept a reduction in
the miners living standard. His sta
tistics showing that owners profits
and royalties have not been material
ly touched by the industrial depres-
sion while workers real wages have
steeply declined are unanswerable and
are received with enthusiasm by the
miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24

Votes are allowed by points, each
point vote and on the basis of a
hundred points for every years sub
scription to The DAILY WORKER.
Points are also allowed for subscrip-
tions to the Workers Monthly, Young
Worker and Young Comrade, and the
point system for scoring is fully ex-
planned in "The Book" which has been
sent to every subscriber to The DAILY
WORKER together with the number
Of votes that they are entitled to
All these will be sent ballots and a
committee OF judges, all not connected
with The DAILY WORKER, will an
nounce the winner as chosen by the
workers voting. The details of this
will be announced later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
FUENCH-SPAMSH
BREAK LOOMS ON
RIFF CAMP Align
BRAND Threatens to
Make Peace
Especial to The Daily worksr)

PARIS, April 22-The terrific reae-
tion in France TO the lona-drawn out
and extremely unpopular Moroccan
war has caused the BRAND cabinet to
cast about for a means to settle the
war without Involving too much dis
credit upon itself. Brands maneu-
Vers In this direction seem to have
taken a new turn today when he met
with the Spanish Ambassador.
DIsagrees With Spain.
He found many things upon which
20 disagree with the manner in which
Spain is carrying on her share of the
joint campaign against the Riffs.
Spain, BRAND intimated is conducting
the campaign on the basis of for
eign war that, in view Of the situa.
ton at home, must be won at all costs
by the Rivera dictatorship. While
France, he asserted, looks upon the
Rifian war, "as domestic problem"
Peace Talk.
The Spanish ambassador was warn
hd that France is prepared "to make
q settlement with Abd-El-Krim on sim.
pie terms" Spain is demanding the
Punishment of the Rifian leader as a
basis for settlement. This attitude
Of BRAND indicates that the domestic
crisis, the drop in the franc, the Paris
elections, has caused a right about
face in French Moroccan policy since,
at the beginning of the war, France
undertook the colonial expedition
against the Riff on large scale hop
ing for quick defeat of the rebels.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Impeachment Trial of
English Begins with
Senate as High Court

WASHINGTON, April % - The i'm
parchment managers from the house
Of representatives appeared before the
senate today and presented the
charges asking for the removal of Fed
eral Judge English from the bench
Formal ceremony marked the senate
when the sergeant-at-arms called the
body to order as a high court with
the familiar cry of Hear Ye."
The resolution of impeachment, read
by the house representative, charged
English with corruption, abuse of his
judicial powers and with exercising a
"tyrannous and oppressive course of
conduct" This is the first time in
thirteen years that the senate has sat
in impeachment session.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Green at Last Pledges
Aid to Furriers' Strike
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
Of the bosses would be known in a
few days.
"Fight to End"
IF they refuse to meet us, we will
fight them to the end, with all the
forces of the American Federation of
Labor" said Green, amid great ap-
plause. He was given as great an
ovation when he denounced the
strangling of the rights of free speech
and free assembly in the Passaic
strike, and promised that the A. F.
Of L. would never permit these rights
TO be taken away from the workers
Of America.
He warned the fur workers against
internal disputes, and said that the A..
F. Of L. was the parent of the fur
workers union, and all similar un-
ions, and can take back it's charter
in case of emergency. He also warn
ed the younger men in the labor move
ment against being impatient, since
they did not know how dark the
past had been for labor, and how
bright the present by contrast.
"organlzed Power"
Ben Gold stirred the enthusiasm of
the great audience by his vigorous
denunciation of the bosses. whatever
else may be true, the bosses take all
they can get, and all they respect is
organized power" he said. I'VE must
never allow anything to blind us to
this fundamental truth of the labor
struggle.
1--WE fur strikers are out to create
work for all our members. We have
seen little cockroach manufacturers
go into business with 500 and at the
end of three or four years, show bank
books of a 100000. All this wealth
We the workers created, and we are
not going to be cheated out of it. We
are going to ask for all we can get,
that our lives may be made more hu-
man and possible"
1--WE VIII VIM"
"And If the bosses think that we
have weakened for a minute, this ire
mendous meeting is a sufficient an
swer. We will win-we must win"
0. Schachtman, president of the
FurTiers' International Union, also
spoke and made a plea for harmony.
He said the bosses had used the
charge of political afiliation against
the strike as a smoke screen, and
claimed that he had done all he could
to help the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-24
Conferences Of Muscle Shoals Bidders

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20 -
President Coolidge suggested to the
Muscle Shoals commission that II call
a conference OF all bidders In an effort
to negotiate the highest possible OFFER
for the project.
BY telling the bidders OF each
others offers, the president feels the
amounts submitted for the plants will
be increased. The committee has re-
oeived nine proposals.