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Col. Merrill Reassigned.

Col. Thomas E. Merrill, 5th Field
Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. c., has
been detailed as a member of the Gen.
eral Staff Corps and assigned to duty
as chief of staff of the Hawaiian Mill
tary Department, effective June 80
Evening star., 1927-12-22
To Invite Congressmen.

But when leaders from widely sep
arated parts of the country begin pow
wowing with one another Democratic
chieftains believe light will emerge
in various vital directions.
All Democratic members of Congress
will be asked to the dinner and they
will be important factors in the "har-
monv" proceedings. Some leaders hope
the present session of House and
Senate will develop paramount is
sues" from among which a strong
vote-getting plank or two can be
chosen. At present many Democrats
feel their best issue is going to be one
associated with corruption in public
oflice-a possibility thought by some
authorities to favor the fortunes of
Jim Reed.
Evening star., 1927-12-22

ion represented at the harmony"
meeting. The Il Democrats who are
now governors of States Will be IN
vited as well as all Democratic stare
chairmen. Counting men and WoH
IN. it's probable there Will De not
fewer than 1000 persons at table.
Chairman Shaver says he mas gone
ahead with arrangements 1oI lne
,sTaclrson day" affair irrespective ol
,t,o ,,alns Of a few leaders VINO rear
s,,ot, thing as a harmonious
na,,ocratic gathering is impossinls.
r,hay are the same elements Whlcn
,a,.a,,a,ted the holding of a jackson
say" dinner in 1924. on the grouilo
thot n would produce ."explosions oe
tween the Smith and McAdoo camps;
The result was that the eApiosloliS
we're simply postponed SIX moIlths an. anu
transferred to Madison square ual
den No untoward eruptlohs are e
nected at the Forthcoming Ieast, out
re promoters believe it is better 10
get things out of the party system
soon rather than later. The january
oo,,ciave is the first attempt made
since the disaster of iva 10 rouiiu up
the Democratic faithful.
National committee authorities point
ont that the main thing is not so much
whar is said at the dinner. either IN
set speeches or spontaneously. as what
is talked about by Democrats who VIII
nut their heads together privately dur
ing the national committee sessions
IT is confidently hoped that the skies
will be cleared by such communinSs'
both as to candidates and issues. 1t is
admitted on all hands that the same
chaos on these scores exists now
among Democrats as prevails among
RenubliCans.
Evening star., 1927-12-22

Every effort is being made at ma
tional committee headquarters to
have all shades of Democratic opin-
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Evening star., 1927-05-15

April meeting at the home of Mrs. E.
Roberts and Miss B. Roberts. The re-
gent, Mrs. John Haxwell, presided.
After the usual opening exercises the
routine Of business followed. Mrs.
David Caldwell, vice regent of the
District. was the guest of honor and
gave a talk on THE Constitution
Hail." She said that two chairs were
to be bought by the District daugh-
ters in honor Of the State regent. Mrs
James Wiley, and the District of
Columbia vice president general. Mrs
John M. Beavers. The chapter voted
to give $5. The contribution bags that
were given to the members in October
were returned to the Ways and Means
committee and netted 1t a good
amount.
The chapter has been honored by
having two of it's members elected ma.
tional officers of the Children of the
American Revolution. Mrs. Rosa Null.
cars was made honorarye evice presi-
dent and Mrs. Maxwell registrar gem
eral. The meeting was followed by a
social hour.
Col. sTench TiIghman Chapter.
The regular meeting of the chapter
was held Friday at the Montgomery
Griffith as hostess. Owing to the ILL
ness of the regent the vice regent,
Mrs. Ernest L. Bullard. presided,
The following officers were elected
to serve for one year: Regent, Mrs.
Enoch g. Johnson; vice regent, Miss
Lucy Lee Bowie; recording secretary,
Miss Daisy Loughborough; CORE
spending secretary. Miss Edith Ma.
gruder; registrar. Mrs. Randolph Tai.
bott; historian, Mrs. William II. Tai
bott: auditor, Mrs. Samuel Riggs:
treasurer, Mrs. James Nicholson.
Reports of the D. A. r. Congress
were made by Mrs. L. G. Johnson,
Miss Magruder, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs.
Shick. The chairman of manuals, Mrs.
Gibson, reported that IL manuals had
been distributed last month. The
chairman of patriotic education an
| nounced that the essay, contest had
closed and the winner would be pub.
lished next week; also that another
subscription had been received for the
D. A. r. Magazine for the high school
library 49,
Mrs. James Nicholson read an ac.
count of the Panama Treaty with the
United States. tracing it's origin and
the effect on the political situation
and on the later treaties arising from
the opening of the Panama Canal.
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The last meeting of the season will
be held at the residence of Mrs.
Margaret Loughborough, June II.
Annual reports will be given and Mrs.
English will read a paper on Spanish
Treaties With the United States"
Dolly Madison Chapter met Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Henry T. Offterdinger. on Kennedy
street.
Mrs. A. d. Call, the regent, presided.
Reports of officers and committees
were given; also annual reports of
retiring officers. The regent. delegate
and alternates spoke OF their attend
ance at the annual congress and OF
the interesting program.
The chairman of the nominating
committee presented the report of the
committee. The following officers
We're unanimously elected: Regent,
Mrs. Ralph r. Barnard: vice regent,
Mrs. Wilbur Y. Leech: recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Alexander Fl. Ruhl CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Gertrude T.
Davis; treasurer, Mrs. Charles r.
Nesbitt; registrar, Miss Marian T.
Ogden: historian. Mrs G. r, Dufour
chaplain. Mrs. William X. Cooper,
On Friday, May 90, the chapter will
celebrate the birthday Of Dolly Madi
son by luncheon at the Columbia
Country Club.
After the roll call the business
meeting adjourned. Miss Offterdinger
played piano selections, and the host
ess served refreshments.
American Eagle Chapter held its
first meeting Tuesday evening, May
10, at the home of Mrs. w, H. Dowl
ing. 1903 Fourteenth street, with Mrs
Patterson Bayne. Miss Kathryn DoWl
ing and Mrs. Dowling as hostesses
The regent, Mrs. II. w. Bowling, pre-
sided.
AT the opening of the meeting the
regent announced the change in name
of the chapter from John Lindsay tC
American Eagle passed by the Ma
tional Society. d. A. r., at it's board
meeting April %.
Mrs. Emma l.. Chaplin. vice regent
made report on her work at tho
Thirty sixth Continental Congress
After all committee reports were hearC
the annual election of officers was
held, with the following result: Mrs
Harry w. Dowlng. regent; Mrs
Emma l.. Chaplin. vice regent; Mrs
Charles j. Hunt, recording secretary
Miss Kathryn II. Bowling. correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Harvey B. Gram
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the coming year: Regent. Mrs. Walter
Ann Sheriff; vice regent, Mrs. o. o.
Van den Berg; recording secretary.
Mrs. Merle Freeman; corresponding
secretary, Miss Anna Ericsson: treas
urer. Miss Elizabeth Gittings: his
torian. Mrs. William Brooks; regis.
trar. Miss Maris Forrest Bailey. and
chaplain, Mrs. Ericsson. Following
the business meeting a social hour
was spent, after which the chapter
adjourned to meet again in the Fall.
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HIT BY TREE; SUES.
Woman Asks $4,000 of County in
Wisconsin After Storm.

WAUCAPA. Wis, May 14.-Whether
a county can be held liable for damage
side upon passing automobile has be,
come q court issue.
A claim of 10000 damages has been
filed against Waupaca County. the
outgrowth of such an incident in be-
half Mrs. Ben Sweeney OF Clinton
vile. who was injured last Summer
on Highway &c.
The car in which she was riding,
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driven by her husband. was sruck dur
ing a storm. Sweeney also has filed q
claim for $500 damage to his car.
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THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON D. c. 1a27-PART

treasurer; Mrs. James Mooney. regis
trar: Mrs. Edwin j. Ryan. historian,
and Mrs. Augustus Knight, chaplain.
Monticello Chapter had luncheon
recently at the Parrott Tea Room.
The chapter is 10 years old, and was
proud to have three of its charter
members present at the luncheon.
Those present were: Mrs. w. S.
Abrams. Mrs. William Derr Baker,
Mrs. Charles p. Benns, Mrs. Frank
Bourn, Mrs. Frank w. Garden, Mrs.
Delaney Gill; Mrs. Helen NJ. Hall.
Mrs John 3. Hammond, Mrs. A. i. T.
Hansmann, Mrs. NJ. 3. kistler. Mrs.
Frederick Knoop. Mrs. j.. T.. Mcneil,
Mrs. Edison Phillips, Mrs. E. G. Sas-
nett. Mrs. A. II. Ulm, Mrs. Frank 4.
Whitaker. Miss Helen Louise White,
Mrs S. B. Woodbridge. Mrs. Arthur
Leod, Mrs. Edward Webster. Mrs. La
Blond Burdett. Mrs. Carl +. Chind-
blom and Miss Clara NJ. Breed.
Daughters of the American Colo
nistS.--A large number of members Of
the chapter gathered at the home of
Mrs. Catharine E. Maggie, 1888 Shep-
herd street. for their May meeting,
Miss Lillian A. Norton. second vice
regent presiding. The meeting was
opened by prayer and salute TO the
flag Reports of officers and commit
tee representatives given showed an
active and successful year for the
chapter The election of officers re-
suited as follows: Mrs. Harry c.
Grove, regent, Mrs. Clifford X. Berry
man. first vice regent; Miss Lillian a.
Norton, second vice regent; Miss Mary
w Durham, recording secretary; Mrs.
William J.. Saul, corresponding secre-
tary;. Mrs. Sol Lansburgh. treasurer;
Mrs. Grace F. Meeks, registrar; Mrs.
John f. Little, historian: Mrs. NJ. b.
kietler, chaplain; Mrs. Clement w.
Sheriff, color bearer.
Letters were read from nonresident
members and sum of money voted
for the war memorial. The names of
Mrs. Lurie Stanford, Miss Eleanor NJ.
; Noland, Miss Nancy Ellyson Lewis
and Mrs. c. Leonard Brown were pro-
posed for membership. A social hour
followed when refreshments were
served.
Magruder Chapter held the last
meeting of the season Wednesday
evening at the home of the Misses
! Woolf An election took place and
the following officers We're elected for
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Magruder Chapter held the last
meeting of the season Wednesday
evening at the home of the Misses
Woolf An election took place and
the following officers We're elected for
Evening star., 1927-05-15

--chich are equal to any sold at
52J 90. A special concession from q
manufacturer of quality mattresses
-J0-lb. aU-ldyer felt rOecS stitch
ing, art ticking of zveurutg quality,
See for yourself and agree that this
as great dulRc.
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District ID. 4. R.--A theater benefit
for the chapter house of the District
of Columbia will be given June Z at
the National Theater when the Ma
tional Theater Players will offer Greg
ory Kelly's Butter and Egg Man"
Mrs. c. s. Schermerhorn is chair
man of the committee of arrangements
and Mrs W. S. Parks is in charge OF
the boxes.
Sarah Franklin Chapter held its
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The Managers Corner
SCIENCE ALONE WILL NOT SUFFICE.

The London Labor Herald comments hopefully on the
recent Advances IN the scientific field Scientists and
tors breaking dorm the barriers of space and making all
the a0orld famy We hope that this Development like
others, q0U bring greater happiness to mankind and not like
other boonS of science be prostitued the base
of aOdr."
We not hopeful about the qOhich these
ventons a0N be m The World War has demonstrated that
the genius of science has been mobzed By the
to devse aCags and of destroying life and happiness
Since the World Wan scientists continuing diligently their
Investigations search of and destructive poison
gases, armament airpdReS, and other Of lCcfGre.
Outside of Soviet Rsa labor has not get been able
control Of the east store of scientific equipment and knoOI
edge ohick the aoord is accuuating Outside of Soviet
Rssa labor has therefore been unable to insure the of
this knOloledge for the good of society Ohole
IN field uery important feld labor has challenged
effectively the control of the ruling class That IN the field
of PUBLICITY Already there has sprung up throughout the
Oord strong chain of labor papers, These papers haze be-
tremendous factor IN moulding public opinion To
the ertent that the abopreSs made po0erf to the
eGtent that deVeIOp to that eret U the a0OrerS haze
guarantee that there aCU be organized force that ao
preUent the of modern scientific nvention for purposes
atag0sc to society," The thought 10hich is being giUen
to the Development of modern scientific Investigation
states at the time greater thought to its utilization
to the end that science mag not become Frankeste and
detrmept to mankind The Development of thought IN this
direction requires the establishment of strong labor press
BERT MILLER
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d r A M A
Eva LIE Gallienne to Do
"The InheritOrs"

"The Interiors" play by Susan
Glaspell, will be produced at the Civic
Repertory Theatre on Feb. 81. This
will be the eighth production of the
ten planned for this season. The next
two willconsist of a play by an Amer
lean author and foreign play. When
Eva lie Gallienne and her group begin
their second season in Fourteenth st.
on Sept. &c, with Camille" the the
atre will have been renovated, redec-
GRATED and new heating system in
stalled.
Miss lie Gallienne will close her
repertory season on April 80. On
May 2 she and her company begin a
road tour in Washington. They will
play the following week in Baltimore,
two weeks in Philadelphia, one week
in Boston, and a week at the Hark-
ness Theatre of Yale University.
After her tour Miss lie Gallienne will
sail for vacation abroad.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-07

down the political basis for the adj
vance towards socialism Can we by
our own forces lay down the eco
nomic basis Of socialism? Can we
lay down the economic foundation ne
cessary for the construction of So
c;alism by our own forces? What is
the economic content and economic
basis of socialism? Is it to estab-
fish a paradise and universal happi-
ness. No, il is not. This is a petty
bourgeois idea of the economic con-
tent of socialism. To lay down the
economic basis of socialism means to
combine agriculture with socialist in
dustry into one economic whole; to
subordinate agriculture to the guild
ance of socialist industry; to estab-
lish relations between town and coun-
try on the basis of a direct exchange
of the products of agriculture with
the products of industry; to close and
abolish the channels through which
classes arise and primarily capital,
and in the last resort to create such
conditions of production and distribu-
zion as win lead directly to the aboli-
ton of classes.
Lenin said the following in this
connection when we introduced NEP.
and when the question of the con-
struction of the socialist foundation
of our national economy confronted
us in all it's scope.
THE substitution Of acquisitions by
q tax signifies in principle: the tran
sition from war Communism to a
proper socialist foundation. Not re-
QUESTIONS nor the tax, but the ex-
change of the products of large scale
(socialized) industry for the produce
Of peasant agriculture represents the
economic content Of socialism, repre-
sents it's basis" Lenin, Collected
supplementary Works, Vol. w, p.
372.
This is how Lenin understood the
question Of the establishment of the
economic basis of socialism.
But in order to weld together agri-
culture with the socialized industries
it is necessary first of all to have a
broad network of organs of distribu-
ton, broad network Of organs of
cooperation: consumers co-opera-
tives as well as agricultural cooper
atives and producing co-operatives.
This is precisely what Lenin had in
mind when, in his pamphlet, "On CO.
operation" he wrote:
Cooperation in our conditions
very often is absolutely identical with
socialism" Lenin, Vol. IS, Part 2.
p. 144.
Therefore, can the proletariat of
the U. S. S. r., by its own efforts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-07

at the rate of 10000 tons per month
as against an everage production of
10000 tons per month during the last
fiscal.
The coke production, from two bat
teries, is $4,000 tons per month and
a third battery of ovens, which will
have the capacity of the first two
together, is in process of construc-
ton. Various chemical products to
the amount of $50 tons per month
are manufactured, the most impor-
tant being benzol, pitch, ammonia,
napthalene, toluol and anthracene.
The sales value of the products of
the various enterprises is about six
million dollars per year. Production
costs have been steadily lowered ond
wages and general living conditions
correspondingly bettered.
In the light of the comparison be-
tween the present state of the Kuz-
bas industries and their former con-
dition there can be no question that
the efforts expended to bring about
these results have been we'll worth
while.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-07
Workers Communist Party
Questions on Socialist Construction

lay down the economic basis of So
cialism at a time when our country
is in a capitalist environment?
The party replied to this question
in the affirmative (cf. Resolution Of
the XIV. Conference of the c. p. s.
". Lenin replied to this question in
the affirmative (cf. at least his pam
phlet "On Co-operation'O. The whole
experience of our work of construc-
ton replies to this question in the af-
firmative. For the share of the So
cialist sector of our economy is in
creasing year by year, at the expense
Of the private capital sector both in
the sphere of production and in the
sphere Of circulation; the role of pri-
waite capital in proportion to the role
Of the socialist elements of our eco
nomy is declining from year to year.
How does the opposition reply to
this question?
The opposition replies to this ques-
ton in the negative.
1t follows then that the victory of
socialism in our country is possible;
that the possibility of constructing
the economic basis of socialism may
be regarded as guaranteed Does this
mean that such victory may be re-
garded as complete victory as the
final victory guaranteeing the coun-
try which is constructing socialism
against all external dangers, against
the danger Of imperiaist Intervention
and the danger of restoration con-
nected with it.? No it does not.
While the question of constructing so
cialism in the u. S. S. II. is ques-
ton of overcoming our own nation
al bourgeoisie, the question of the
final victory of socialism is a ques-
ton of ocercoming the world bour-
geoisie. The party says that the
proletariat of single country is in
capable of overcoming the world
5ourgeoisie by its own efforts. The
party says that in order to achieve
the final victory of socialism in a
single country it is necessary to over
come, or at least to neutralize the
world bourgeoisie. The party says
that this is task that can be full
filled only by the proletariat of sew
eral countries. Therefore, final vic
tory in one country or another means
the victory of the proletarian revolu-
ton at least in several countries.
This question does not give rise to
any particular differences of opinion
in our party and for that reason l
will not dwell upon it at length. l
would refer those who are interested
to the material which has been dis
tributed to the members of the En-
larged Plenum of the f. c. C. 1.
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Big League Dance to
Open Y. w. L. Member
Drive in New York City

The Young Workers (Commun-
ist) League, Dist. 2, New York,
will launch its membership drive
TO double the league membership
with grand ball and dane, TO be
held Saturday, Feb. 1851, at the
Harlem Casino.
All Party and League comrades
are urged to be present at this
affair and to bring along their
friends and shopmates. A snappy
band will jazz things up and a good
time will be had by all. After
working all week long every work
CIR will welcome this opportunity to
meet his friends, and dance and
enjoy himself all Saturday evening.
Every League member should
bring down every acquaintance of
his, his fellow workers and let
this campaign to double the League
membership receive a real response
and impetus.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-07

The Autonomous Industrial Colony
"Kuzbas" announces the closing of its
New York office on February /, 1927
In future all its business in this coun-
try will be handled through the AM
torg Trading Corporation, 165 Broad
way, New York City.
Contracts Not Needed.
The elimination of an independent
American representation comes as a
consequence of gradual changes in the
character Of the administration of the
Kuzbas enterprises. These changes
resulted in the placing Of an increas-
ing proportion Of Russian technicians
and administrators in responsible po-
sitions in the industries. This has
done away with the necessity of re-
tanning the special American con-
tracts for which purpose separate
New York office has been maintained
up to the present time.
Colony FiOurishes.
1t will be Of interest to friends and
well-wishers of the Kuzbas project to
know that, in spite Of the change in
the character of the management, the
industries are in a furnishing condi-
ton. The coal mines are producing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-07

The department shows that 81 life
insurance companies on Dec. 81, 1925.
owned farm mortgages valued at
81, 667, 605,716. These companies an
nually collect from the farmers close
to S100,000,000 in interest.
The states account for 400 of the
total value of farm mortgages held by
these insurance companies. Iowa
leads with 35,695 farms mortgaged
for 1899, $4,000. In Illinois the COM
panies held mortgages on 1895 farms
for S128,44S,775. The figures for
Kansas are 28,548 farms mortgaged
to life insurance companies for $12S,-
44S, TVS.
The Wall Street Journal has Sc
cured more complete figures covering
the farm mortgages owned by all life
insurance companies licensed to tran
sact business in Iowa. The journal
places the total at $534, 403, 255 and
adds: Zone can only guess at the
total mortgages owned by bank and
trust companies, land banks, individ-
uals, etc"
The journal shows Is life insurance
companies holding more than $10,-
100000 of Iowa farm mortgages as
follows: