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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
State Insurance Dept
Rushes to Aid Big Four
Continued from Paae one

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acts which are supported by facts
which are in violation Of
the law or good insurance prac-
tees, I should be glad to have you
submit same to me-"
In an open letter to Mr.. Beha we
submitted Is charges which were
either contrary to the law or "good
insurance practice" AS yet Mr.. Beha
has not replied. He is away in Vir-
GINA.
Deputy Apologies.
In his absence, Daniel F. Gordon,
second deputy superintendent took it
upon himself to reply to one of the
charges which read:
con pages 490-491 of your re-
port to the New York Legisla-
ture, the Prudential Life is re-
ported to have paid S221, 254.71
to the Association Of Life Insur-
ance Presidents. This item was
entered under the heading of dis
bursements. On page 504 of the
same official document under the
heading of partial list of sal
aries, compensation and emolu-
ments, etc" this same item ap-
pears again, hut this time it is
recorded as $24,998.44" DAILY
Worker, May y.
Mr.. Gordon devotes two typewriter
pages to explain this obvious piece Of
account Juggling. As the letter i;
more or less technical we will only
quote the last few sentences which
read:
"This error was discovered some
months ago, but of course the report
had already been printed and sent
out. The error was that Of clerk
in the department in preparing the
copy for the printer"
Passed Right Thru.
Mr.. Gordon does not mention the
fact that all official insurance re.
ports are submitted to the Legislature
or that they appear over the sigma.
ture of the Superintendent Of Insur-
ance.
How did this error get by the Leg.
islature? How could Mr.. Beha have
been so lax as to let his associates
in the upper and lower houses see Sc
inexcuseable an Terror? Are all tht
activities Of the Department Of In
surance characterized by the saml
laxness and inefficiency? Does the
Department assume that all reports
do not matter? Or has Mr.. Beha goi
his eye on a soft job with the "Bie
Four" when his term of office is over
Tt is a well-lmown fact that pre-
vious superintendent have beer
"taken care Of" by insurance com.
panies after the three year term Of
office. One recalls John S. Mccall
Jr.. who is now a director Of the New
York Life Insurance Company.
Get Busy, Beha.
1t is a week since we submitted our
16 charges against the big Four
It is about time that Mr.. Beha came
out into the open and replied to our
accusations.
Any evasions and flights of finan-
cial sophistry will be looked upon as
stunts calculated to play the lackey
to the insurance trust.
Unless Mr. Beha cannot disprovt
our charges he should take such &C,
ton as will result in immediate ant
drastic change in the present "insur
ance practices"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
VOse Will Illustrate
CaIyertOn's Series on
Negro Life Struggles

A series Of articles on "The New
Negro" by " f. Calverton, illus
trated by Vose, one Of our popular
cartoonists, will appear soon in
The DAILY WORKER. These ar
ticles will deal with various phases
Of the life and struggles Of the
American Negro masses and are
intended to stimulate interest in
this important problem of the
American labor and revolutionary
movement.
Watch for theml
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
COMMISSION
FORM EXPOSED
IN PASSAIC
Weisbord UnmasksFake
Non-Partisanism
BY ALBERT wEIsBoRD.

The campaign Of the Workers Com
munist Party in the city elections in
Passaic has given q severe blow to
the Commission form Of government.
The Commission form Of govern
ment is only another mask used by
the capitalists to befog the workers
and to raise false issues. The theory
behind the Commission form Of gov
eminent is that the city is big
corporation, a municipal corporation
which must be managed the same
way that a business corporation is
managed. Those who are to be cleo
ted are to be elected only ON the
basis of personal qualifications and
individual merit. No political parties
or partisan issues are to be injected.
Men are to be picked for office Is
superintendent are picked by the
boss in factory.
Conceal Glass Struggle.
The result is that the electors are
intrigued into discussing all sorts of
fake issues with which the citizens
and workers have really very little
concern. The most miserable piffle
is trotted out to the voters as dis
Sues" There is hidden the fact that
the candidates belong to certain
major political parties which have de-
finite platforms and principles hos
tile to workers and friendly to en-
plOyers. There is hidden the fact that
the interests Of the workers of one
city are closely bound up with the
interests of the rest of the workers
throughout the state and nation.
There is hidden the fact that the
election campaign is only another
form of the class struggle.
In the Passaic election the Com
munist Party has completely exposed
this sham and fraud. In municipal
campaign they have raised national
issues as well, such as hands of
China, against the Watson Parker
Bill menace, against the laws against
the foreign-born, and for a Labor
Party. The Communist Party has
exposed how the city government is
under the complete control of the
employers, how all Of the candidates
for commissioner, seemingly fighting
each other, are in reality agents of
the employers Of the city, and how
instead Of a bosses government there
must be a workers government. BY
raising these class issues, the Com
munist Party has made the individual
issues, raised by the other candidates
to fool the workers, look cheap and
ridiculous.
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Bosses Infatuated.

A further severe blow was handed
the commission form of government
by the decision Of the Supreme court
of the state of New Jersey that the
Communist candidates because they
were bracketed together and one Of
them had name which when placed
alphabetically with the others would
entitle him to be placed first, had to
be placed at the head of the ballot.
This decision Infatuated the other
capitalist candidates, but they had to
submit.
What does this decision meant
There is no doubt that this gives an
undoubted advantage to the Com
munist candidates who are placed to-
gether at the very head of the ballet.
But more than that, since the Com
munist Party is more anxious to put
forward principles than individuals,
it will always be able to find repre-
sentative of its principles whose name
will be on the top of the alphabetical
list. That means that the Commu-
mist Party candidates will always be
on the top of the ballot and always
have this advantage.
This gives severe blow to the com
mission form Of elections now used.
The capitalist theory is to make the
election a question of certain indi-
viduals. This decision Of the Supreme
Court Of New Jersey gives the adj
vantage, not to capitalist individuals,
but to workingclass parties.
Will the capitalists stand for this ?
There is no doubt but what, should
the Com unists participate in
further municipal elections so as to
be real menace TO the bosses candi-
dates, that the law will have TO be
changed and again the Commission
form Of government with its fake
and hypocrisy, shown up.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

MAY HURRICANES and tornadoes, sweeping midwest
 states, took a large toll of life and caused huge prop 'erty damage. This photo shows the wrcckagc on a street in Poplar Bluff, Mo, where 80 met death.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

Copyright, 1928. Central Press Assn, Inc.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

COLONEL Charles Lindbcrgh clnc- trificd the world with his nonstop transatlantic flight. New York to Paris, in May Lindbcrgh is shown, left, before honping off on the flight. His plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, is seen to the right. Across the page are some of the flyers who followed on transoceanc flight attempts, some meeting success and others failure and death
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

A TWISTER from out of the west played hayoc| with St. Lous Mo, in September, killing 1O0 in jur ing thousands, and causing tremendous property loss
 hoto shows Forest Park boulevard, residential dis t3" covered with debris.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

FIRE. BREAKING out in Hospicc St. Charles orphan age, Quebec, Canada, in December, snuffed out the lives of many little girl in- mates.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

BULLETS of firing squad officially ended Mcxico's latest revolution with the execution of General Arnulfo k. Gomez, co-loadtl of the revolt Above, Gomez meeting death at the hands of federal LrOODs
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

CONVICTED of the | murder in March of AL bert Snyder, New iork art editor, Mrs. Ruth | Snyder, above, his wife, and Henry Judd Gray, her lover, were sen tcnccd to death in the | electric chair.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

| WORkMEN AND SOCIALISTS, shown riotinq in
 Vienna Austria, in July when S7 were killed and oo wounded In the foreground police and soldiers are guarding barricadcd street ''
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

COLORADO STATE militia were
 called into strike towns after out
 breaks between striking miners and mine guards in November. Above, mlitiamen arriving at Erie, Colo, to take up quarters in miners cottages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-29
By ROBERT DUNN

with ..e supporters of the other can
didatc, Mr.. Phillip Murray, now the
vice-president Of the United Mine
Workers Of America, by which Ber-
RVS candidate was to withdraw and
run instead for the presidency of the
Penna. State Federation of Labor
Then Berry toured the state picking
up funds from employers to elect this
man to the state office. This black
mailing tour netted Berry about 1922
900. He and his followers pocketed
the money and their candidate was
not successful. The employers who
had been shaken down were natur-
ally pretty sore.
And Papa GOmpers.
2. Berry had also been the Penn
sylvania representative of the motor
ious American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy which was fathered
by Samuel Gompers and other labor
chauvenists in order to offset the &C
tivities of the Peoples Council in the
war days. Berry attended the con-
gress OF this alliance held in Minnea-
polls and came back with wad of
money to spend on the enterprise in
Pennsylvania. The money was spent
for other purposes connected with
Bcrry's cwn private business.
Berry's Private Business.
8. Part of this private business
was the settlement" of labor dis
tlrbanees. The employers of the
Pittsburg district were given to I'M
derstsnd that the alliance above men
toned, was a patriotic body to which
a manufacturer could turn if he had
any trouble" with his foreign-born
workers. One Chas. p. Matheson,
superintendent Of the Tyler Tube and
Pipe Co, Of Washington, Pa, thought
there was a strike brewing in his
plant. He called on Mr.. Berry. Berry
visited Mr.. Matheson in his home and
told the latter he must have $3.50 in
cash before he could take any action
in the matter. He got the cash, and
assured Mr.. Matheson that he would
adjust the trouble and that he had
with him an agent of the department
of justice who was assisting him.
Two Hundred Berries More.
Matheson heard nothing more of
Berry for few days when he re-
ceived a phone call. Berry was speak
ing: Matters are still in a very bad
state. / will have to do some addi-
tional work. want $500 more"
Matheson drew check made out to
Berry's Journal and mailed it in to
the Labor Temple.
Meanwhile Matheson became sus-
picious of brother Berry and dis
covered at the D. of J. office in Pitts
burg that Berry had not had any
agent with him when he went to
Washington to head off the strike.
Berry was subsequently backed into
a corner and forced to confess his
biaekmail game. He signed a state
ment to this effect.
Saving His Reputation.
These were just few OF the tricks
that Mr.. Berry pulled and none of
them seemed to win him favor with
the employers. He simply could not
deliver the goods. The candidates he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-29

uHB0A AN1 WGAG ltOL GAtGbthy LltE
strikes he attempted to prevent broke
cut. The employers decided to expose
him. Lead blythe Employers Associa-
ton of Pittsburgh and its secretary
manager, E. B. Moreland, they
charged Berry with much dirty work,
and issued long statement against
him ON May 10, 1928. Berry, to save
his reputation" filed a suit for
$500, 900 damages against the employ
ers. The suit was filed in the Court Of
Common Pleas Of Allegheny county
in 1924. The plaintiffs statement in
this suit is the document which has
just reached my hands. It contains
the confidential statement of the en-
ployers issued in 1928 and dealing
with the activities of brother Berry.
And it tells us something about the
officials of the United Mine Workers
Of America.
Cops Celebrate May Day.
Workers may recall the raids made
on the headquarters of the Workers
Party of Pittsburg just before May
Day, 1928. They were conducted by
federal and local agents, professedly
to forestall May Day celebration.
Twenty-three persons were arrested
and held in bail of $4,000 to $4,000
under the state anti-sedition act. The
brutalities of these raids and arrests
were investigated by the American
Civil Liberties Union. whose officials
including its chairman, DIR. Harry +.
Ward, pronounced it one of the most
unwarranted and Illegal attacks made
on worl1ingclass liberties since the
war.
u. NJ. w. of A. and The Raid.
1t win also be remembered how Tom
Meyerscough, one of the leaders OF
the Progressive Miners COMMITTEES
which had been formed in Pittsburg,
was arrested few days later as he
was going to take bail to some of the
arrested workers. The police seized
all of Meyerscough's books and bust
ness papers. Later when Ellis Searles,
editor of the United Mine Workers
Journal issued his ponderous news
paper expose of the militants' work
in the mine workers union we noticed
that much of the material used was
that which was supposed to be under
seal at the office of the department of
justice in Pittsburg. 1t was clear
that there had been some collision
between the United Mine Workers
officials and the raiders and prosecu-
tors of Meyerscough and others. The
attempt to frame-up Alex Howat
while he was stopping at Pittsburg
hotel viii also be recalled.
The May 10, 1928 statement of the
Employers Association of Pittsburg
which is appended as Exhibit "a" to
this damage suit of Berry's clears up
some Of the mystery surrounding
these raids, and makes it plain as
daylight what forces were behind
them. The document tells us bluntly:
'The recent red raids in Pittsburg
which have received considerable pub
licity in the local press were inspired
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica."
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nend. The Rev. w. N. Hoffman.
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George W. v. Sheppard. II. and Will
helmina Champion. Is. Rev. v. N.
Hughes.
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~. Rev. H N. Coleman.
Charles z. Bryan, a. and Pearl q.
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william Wise, 26. and Marie Curry.
2s. Rev. W. H. Brooks.
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81. Rev. II, W. Tolson.
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John Edward Hoffman 81. Philadel-
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MRS. ANNIE H. EASTMAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Henderson Eastman, historiograph
and clerk in the Navy Department
for more than 80 years before her
retirement in 1922. will be held
tomorrow from Epiphany Church.
Mrs. Eastman was a member of an
old Washington family and was the
widow of Comdr. Thomas H. East
man, U. S. N, retired. She was 81
years old.
A daughter of DR.. Charles b.
Maxwell. prominent Washington
physician, Mrs. Eastman's marriage
in 1851 was one of the brilliant
affairs of the social season.
Her husband served in the Navy
through the Civil War. Later he
was stationed at Annapolis, where
he commanded the famous frigate,
Old Ironsides. then the schoolship OF
the Navy. At this period Com.
mander Eastman and his family
lived on board the old vessel.
Following Commander Eastman's
death in 1885, Mrs. Eastman entered
the employ of the Navy Department
where she became known as an
authority on naval history, contrib.
uting to many books and official
documents on this topic. She was
also an active member of Epiphany
Church.
Mrs. Eastman was the mother of
Misses Annie Henderson Eastman,
Miriam Maxwell Eastman and Mary
Truxtun Eastman. who conduct the
Misses Eastman's School for Girls
in this city. and of Mrs. Joseph
Jayne, of New York City.
She is also survived by two grand
children. John K. Jayne and Anna
Maxwell Jayne. and a great grand
son. Kenneth Jayne, of New York.
Mrs. Eastman died yesterday morn
ing at her home. 1905 Seventeenth
st. N. w, following a short illness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-29

An English inventor claims to
have improved the quality Of steel
by subiecting it to explosive shocks
while in molten state.
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BIRTHS
Steven A. and Christine williams, girl
Henry d. and Elsie White. boy.
CarmeIO and Veneranda Crupi boy.
Lewis c. and Katherine Polhamus. boy.
Joseph and Madge c.. Luyster, girl.
Carol n. and Marian Farqubar boy
Malcolm r, and Marcia SchoeffeI. girl.
Christ and Catherine Panturis girl
Harry c, and Kate Byrd boy.
Adam Mcc. and Gussie Graham, bow
Finnie ]. and Stephania Green. boy.
Carlos and Claire Bailey. boy.s
Harry ]. ana Esther Abrams girl.
Thomas and Alice English. boy.
Abraham mad Ciley PAUL boy,
Leon A. and Mary Briscoe, girl
George ana Mazora Gray. boy.
liver and Sadie Smith, girl.
Robert and Carrie Swan. girl
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MARRIAGES LICENSES

Harry English. so, and Margaret =.
Gasch. &c. The Rev G. d. Lenski.
Harry Ramsay Bates. 81, and Nellie
II A Simmons, %. The ReY. g. B.
Dougherty.
Karlo q. Miller, SO. and IhldA Rhine,
Is. The Rev. II. w. Tolson.
Jack Herbert Battle. rs. and Frances
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n IT'S . matter o. selection In Sc
curing the apartment you want turn to
the Classified PAGES to-day. Many apart
nents for rent furnished or un-
furnished.
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COL. s. A. KEPHART

Col. Samuel A. Kephart, U. S. A.,
retired, will be buried tomorrow in
Arlington National Cemetery. He
died Monday in Walter Reed Hos
pital following a long illness.
Colonel Kephart was a graduate of
West Point in 1892 and served in the
Coast Artillery. He saw active serv-
ice in Santiago In 1898. During the
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50. Obituary Desk

World War he was in command of
coast defenses at Panama. He be-
came a colonel in 1917 and was re.
tired in 1920.
DEATHS
George ". slAir, 80 years l1os
,Addie R. Farmer 81 years. 1912
Shepherd st. N W.
Leroy Dalton Matthew. 81 years in
Island Ave.
zaluma A. Chesley, IS years i74s
Kilbourne St. n. W.
diers Home Hospital
samuel n. Dent, 70 years 41s 3
William Hail. 50 years, Fresdmsn's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-29

An easily controlled notor-d driven
wheeled chair has been invented
IN Germany for invalids.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-29

Since about 40.00O,OOO tons OF
ahale were discovered in New South
Wales about two years ago oil
worth nearly ss16,000,0 900 has been
obtained from the rock.
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Marion Louise Barksdale, . months
7I0 Twenty-third Sc. N. w.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

The regular meeting of the Wom- ans dub of Maple Hill will be held at the home of Mrs. II. A. Leinhard on Golf street. Mrs. Leinhard will be assisted by Mrs. L. E. Dary and Mrs. D. K. Perry. There will be 6 musical program in charge Of Mrs L. Kingsley.
 Elizabeth Johnson, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Johnson of New ington Junction, celebrated her sixth birthday Monday with party at her home for a number of her friends.
 A meeting of the executive board of the Maple Hill Woman's club was held last night at the home of Mrs. x. E. Mann on Robbins avenue. Routine business was transacted.
 Miss Viola Gillette, formerly of Newington Junction, has returned to Springfield, Mass, after spending a few days with Miss Mildred Hitch cock.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
COUNCIL AWARDS
 SHAFT ID HAYES
Cost of Memorial Will Be S14S,'
 SOO-Bealn Hired as Clerk

Explaining the recommendation Of
 the committee in charge Of the
 World War memorial. for the ap-
 pointment os William H. Beam as
 clerk of works at a salary of $500
 per month, Councilman Donald l..
 Bartlett told the common council at
 special meeting last night that MT. Beam will be employed only while
 material is being received and inas- much as the architect cannot be on the ground at all times, Mir. Beams $ duties will be important. The re- sponsibility for having the stone placed in good condition will rest
 on him. and a thorough knowledge of stone is therefore necessary. Mir. Beam was clerk of works on the Kansas City memorial and has had considerable experience. Councilman Bartlett said. The resolution award l ing the contract for the construction | of the memorial to the Hayes Con- struction Go. of this city for s143,- 800 and appointing MT. Beam was adopted without comment.
 | Councilmen Sablotsky, Boyle and
 Greene presented a resolution re-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
JUDGE ELSNER TO SPEAK AT 1. 0. Q. B. INSTALLATION
Officers of Jehuda Helevi Lodge and
 Auxiliary to Take Office To- morrow Evening

Judge Solomon Elsner of the Hartford police court, one of the most prominent members of the Hartford County bar, will be the principal speaker at a joint in- stallation of officers, to be held to- morrow evening at Grotto hall by Jehuda Halevi lodge, I. o. F. B., and the Ladies' Auxiliary. The in stalling officer will be Nathan Gold stein of the grand lodge. MT. Gold stein will come to this city from Springfield for the ceremonies.
 Attorney Harry H. Milkowitz will be installed as president Of Jehuda Halevi lodge, while l. s. Goldman will go into office as vice president; Attorney Alfred Le Witt, treasurer, and Attorney Irving l. Rachlin, sec- retary.
 Mrs. William Leiken will be in- stalled as president of the auxiliary. Others to be installed will be. vice. president, Mrs. David L. Nair; sec retary, Miss Anna Weinstein, and treasurer, Mrs. H. H. MillloWitz.
 An entertainment and dancing will follow the meeting.