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The Washington times., 1927-12-16
Real Estat1 -.
HOUSES AND ESTATES FOR
sALE-lDIST. OF COLUMBIA 81
NEAR 1eTH AND DECATUR

NEAR 18TH AND DECATUR
UNDER $1,000
Brick house over 90 It.
wide, containing z rooms a
large bed roons), 2 tile
baths, 2 screened porches,
concrete front porch.
Now vacant. A bargain
for one who will act quickly.
No house in this section ever
sold for this low price.
L. z. BREUNINGER & SONS
7oe Col. Bldg. Main $40
Evenings, Phone Mr.. Common
Cleve. 03-W.
The Washington times., 1927-12-16
ASTRO-ANALYSIS

And General Life READING
BE PREPARED: KNOW THE FUTURE
The price Of this wonderful reading IL only
and year Of birth. Box 1850. City r. o.
The Washington times., 1927-12-16
LOTS FOR SALE

South Side OF East Capitol
between 18th and 10th;
second lot from corner OF
alley; 25x15O feet. Price,
So, $50 cash for quick sale.
Main $500.
The Washington times., 1927-12-16

Wagner's father died when Richard was very
young. His stepfather, man named Geyer, was
an actor and playwright, and often permitted
Richard to go "backstage" to see his plays
Here the youthful composer had his first lessons
in stagecraft.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
d r A M A
New Drama Group Take
Over Sind st. Theatre

A new producing group dedicated
to the "Expressionistic Drama" has
been formed by John Howard Law
son, EN- 10 Basshe, Francis Edwards
Paragon, Michael Gold and John Dos
Passos. 1t will be known as the New
Playwrights' Theatre. The organiza-
ton has taken over the Fifty-second
Street Theatre. Loud Speaker" by
John Howard Lawson, (author Of
Roger Bloomer, professional" and
"Nirvana" will be the first presen-
tation and it is now in rehearsal.
Their second presentation, Earth"
by En- 10 Basshe, (author of "Adam
Solitaire') will open the following
week and will alternate thereafter
with Loud Speaker The organ
izers are all playwrights recognized
as advocates of the so-caIled express
sionistic drama.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

dictionary officials; he is afraid there
might be some Negro Communist in
his union who will demand that it be
run in the interest of the sleeping
car porters. If not, why does he dis
like Communists so much? Do Com
munists keep Negroes out of the trade
unions? Are not Communists the
hardest fighters for the admittancs
of Negroes in the unions on an equal
basis? Is it not the Communist Par
ty that fights for Negro workers the
same as for all other workers, max
ing no distinction whatever?
Support Communists.
No, Mr.. Randolph, you won't get all
Of the Communists out of the unions,
but the expulsion tactics of this I'M
ion-wrecking committee Of which Mr..
Shiplacoffs is head, will only make
members for the Communist Party.
The workers won't be so easily
fooled. They know who fights in the
interest of the workers against the
capitalists and their hirelings and re-
CARELESS to what political party these
workers belong, the intelligent work
ers will follow the leadership Of those
who fight for the interest of the
working class-Mr. Randolph to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Hungarian Needle Club
Invites Public to Hear
Gold Speak, Thursday

The Hungarian Needle Trades
Workers Club will have meeting,
its second since organization, at the
Hungarian Labor Temple, $50 East
y1st Street, New York City, Thurs
day night at p. M.
The principal speakers will be Ben
Gold and Mrs. Warshafsky. There
viii be special delegations there from
the Joint Board Of the Fur Workers,
end from the international Ladies
Garment Workers, also from the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers. In
addition to speeches, explaining the
purpose of the unions in organizing
workers, and the fight which the
rank and file Of the needle trades
unions find themselves engaged in at
present, there will be an excellent
concert.
The Hungarian Needle Trades Club
is not limited TO union members. It's
purpose is to bring together for So
cial and educational purposes all
workers in the industry. The initia-
ton into the club is ten cents, and
the dues are ten cents a month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
FREE THINKERS
ASK R. |. |. U. TO
HELP AMSTERDAM
Told Unity Conference
Much Desired

MOSCOW, Feb. SIN answer tc
the appeal of the international Union
of Working Glass Free Thinkers that
there should be better cooperation be-
tween the Red international and the
Amsterdam International of trade
unions, the r. /. L. u. has once more
reasserted its willingness to confer
at any time with the Amsterdam of
ficials for the purpose of forming
one all-embracing international of I'M
ion labor.
Free Thinkers State Case.
Pointing out that workers are in
no position at present to meet the
capitalist lineup, the l. w. c. F. IT'S
plea states: "No one can debut that
the most urgent task of the moment
is to rally together all the workers in
the trade union struggle or at least
to secure better cooperation between
the two trade union internationals."
The answer Of the Red International
to the invitation is decisive affirma-
tive.
Welcome Initiative.
"The executive bureau of the r. l..
L. U. welcomes the initiative shown
by your International" the response
says, "and is ready to come to your
assistance in this matter in every pos
sible way. We stand for the point Of
view that the unity Of the trade union
movement is not only necessary but
possible of achievement, the trade
union, by its very nature being an
organization embracing workers Of
various political tendencies. The UNI
ity of the trade union movement on
a national and international scale is
more than ever essential now when
the direct and indirect attack of capt.
tai is on the increase, when unem-
ployment is growing"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

COMMUNISTS.
Communists Save Unions.
The Communists, of whom Mr..
Randolph writes, are the center Of the
left wing in the trade union move
ment and are class conscious workers
who have Joined the party of class
conscious workers, the Workers
(Communist) Party. They have the
interest of the working class in gem
eral at heart. In the interest of the
workers they fight the capitalists and
their lackies.
Were it not for the Communists,
sympathizers and class-conscious
workers in the trade unions, the un-
ions would become merely employ
ment agencies run by the reactionary
officials of unions in the interest of
the capitalists. The workers, them
selves, would have little or nothing to
say as to working agreements, pay,
hours, etc. This would all be ar
ranged between the bosses and the Of
ficialdom of the trade unions. A
worker would have to take what was
offered him and say nothing.
Good For Takers.
Mr.. Randolph is head of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and
| agree with him that this would in
deed be an ideal situation for the re-
dictionary officials of the trade I'M
ions, but how about the millions Of
workers? Have they no rights :?
Must they all be republicans, demo-
Gratis or socialists?
Mr.. Randolph has proven by his
letter that he is just trying to feather
his own nest like the rest Of the re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
BY WILLIAM H. SEED,
Federated Press)

Injuries due to the weather give
rise to many compensation disputes
between employers and employees.
The records contain sunstroke and
heat prostration cases, and at this
time of the year frostbits injuries
demand settlement.
The law on this subject has not
varied, through the practice has
varied considerably. The rule is stat
ed again in case just reported in
Illinois. Frank Hill had his hands
frozen while shoveling coal for the
Consumers Co. at Evanston Ill. The
rule is that if the workman is exposed
to greater risk of injury because of
his employment, he is entitled to COM
pensation. But if he is only exposed
to the same danger as anybody else
in that particular climate he is not
entitled to it.
In the earlier years of the compen-
sation acts such cases were usually
decided against the worker. More re-
Gently the decisions have mostly been
in his favor, but the Illinois supreme
court by a divided vote, refused COM
pensation to Frank Hill, although the
industrial commission and its arbitra-
tor had awarded compensation, and
the circuit court had affirmed the
award.
The situation is not peculiar to any
one state. A Massachusetts case,
one of those which started the cur
rent Of decisions in favor of the en-
ployes, awarded compensation to a
longshoreman engaged in unloading
a steamer on a cold day, because the
cold ON the pier where he worked was
greater than in any place he would
have been likely to be otherwise.
Many cases Of lumberjacks and other
outdoor workers seem to turn on
whether the man was at liberty to stop
work and take shelter. There was an
element of this kind in the Hill case,
because there was a shanty available
for warming up again.
There are other cases Of chauffeurs
and drivers where the issue depended
on whether they were compelled to
be out at the particular time or could
have postponed their run until after
the cold spell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
CARY BOSSES TRY
TO FORCE TOILER
over TO Y. M. C. A.
Discharge Men for Work
Against Imperialism

GARY, Ind, Feb. S.--Albert Sal
ariO distributed leaflets put out by
the Workers Party in this city, call.
ing mass meeting against imperial
ism. SaiariO worked for the Amer
lean Sheet and Tin Plate CO., and
rather expected to continue doing so
as lie had heard no complaints about
his work, and had not broken any of
the company rules.
The next night he was sick and
could not go to the mill; the night
following he appeared, and was sur
rounded by crowd of workers who
wanted to know why he was being
hunted by the company police.
On the Carpet.
Two nights later a company spy
led policeman to him, who took his
number and told him to see the SUI
perintendent, Mr.. Graft.
Graft argued with him against the
leaflet, tolo him that there were ways
of getting rid of him, that the Com
munist party was made up of Next
cans and foreigners, and he would
lose his citizenship papers.
why Don't You
Salario defended his principles, and
it ended with the super having him
come back again and saying; 81 am
firing you, though l do not want to-
Some Americans may throw you in
the lake. Why don't you join the Y.
NJ. C. A., and try to be good Amer
lean citizen, and go to the library
and read books. If you do that, you
can come back and get your job. As
it is, come tomorrow at three o'clock
and get your check"
1t was soon discovered that other
workers were having the same ex-
perience.
Judge Gary admitted using spies in
the plants of the U. S. Steel Corpor-
alton and its subsidiaries.
Workers are fired from their jobs
upon the reports of these spies.
No worker will hold his job if he
is in favor of a union of the work
ers in the mills and talks about it in
the plant. No worker will hold his
job if he is opposed to the one man
rule in the city of Gary, through the
political machine of the Steel Trust.
No worker will hold his Job if he
is in favor of higher wages and bet
ter working conditions.
Milan Maleseyice, Jim Roleda and
Albert Salario We're fired from their
jobs because they distributed circu-
lars announcing meetings not to the
liking of the Steel Trust.
They were not distributing these
circulars in the mills. They did not
violate any of the rules of the plant.
Their work was satisfactory. They
were fired becaust they exercised
their constitutional right of freedom
of opinion. They were fired because
company spies reported them to the
company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Tendency Is Toward Compensation

Many Of these decisions are based
upon very fine distinctions. The re-
suit will probably be that all such
cases viii have to be decided literally
in favor of the employee, because
there is no other way Of arriving at
consistency. II a workman is FROST
bitten while at work it is reasonable
to assume that the injury arises out
ofehis employment. 1t is true that u
person might perhaps just as easily
be frostbitten in cold weather If not
at work, provided he exposed himself.
But if man is killed or injured in
a street accident while on his en-
ployer's business nobody disputes the
compensation, although he might just
as easily have been in such an acct
dent when not at work.
In short, the decisions are uncer-
tain. II you get frostbitten apply
for compensation. The more cases
are won for frostbitten workers the
sooper the compensation law will be
finally settled in favor Of this class
OF injured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
THE WORKMAN
OverwOrked, un-
organized. and
Speeded in FOrd's
FACTORIES.

Accounting estimate Henry Fords wealth billion dollars
testimony a
mon ago, andre offer
little Fords automobile company organ
billion
the elder checking
Ed has much It is estimated that Edsel $19O25
minute O. $273,974 a
the holding squatter,
of the industrial already
priced INSCRIPTIONS efficiency
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Asks Catalina Channel Race.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S.--Mrs.
Myrtle Huddleston, Long Beach, Cal,
and Nation, Ills, first women to
conquer Catalina channel, has not had
enough swimming. She wants some
more, and she wants to race some
body, preferably a man.
This man, she said today, might
be Henry F. Sullivan, of Lowell,
Mass, the second male swimmer to
cross Catalina channel. Mrs. Hud-
dleston's time was three hours better
than Sullivan's mark.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
BROADWAY GOSSIP

The premier of "Inheritors," by
Susan Glaspell, which will be the
eighth production by the Civic Roper
tory Theatre, has been postponed
from Feb, q to March Z. There will
be special matinee performance of
Cradle Song" this Thursday after
noon. Sierra's comedy has "taken
on" big at the 18th Street Theatre
The Theatre Guilds special matinee
production of Pirandello's Fright You
Are If You Think You are" now in
rehearsal, will open Wednesday after
noon, February %.
The cast consists of Laura Hone
Crews, Elisabeth Risdon, Reginald
Mason, Beryl Mercer, Edward G.
Robinson, Helen Westley, Henry
Travers, ]. w. Austin, Phyllis Con-
nard, Arfina Marshall, Dorothy Flet-
cher, Philip Loeb, Philip Leigh. and
Maurice McRae.
Edwin Redding, who plays the role
OF Earl Watkins in 1.-THE Scarlet
Lily" at the Comedy, will be co-pro-
Queer with Jack Conway of "The
Pushover," which will be presented
soon under its original title of "Plas-
tic Perjury"
Dorothy Overland has succeeded
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
MPENSATION
ACT Was FROST
TO FRANK HILL
Decisions as CapriciOus
AS Artists Mood

(This is the 5th article on work
man compensation written for The
Federated Press and The DAILY
WORKER by Attorney VIM. H. Seed.
Seed has handled the compensation
work of two of the largest insurance
companies for a number of years.
The previous articles will be sent
free on request)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
ROCKEFELLER'S
ITCHING PALM
STRANCLES ROAD
Second Richest Man in
U. S. Is Greedy Miser
By LELAND OLDS.
Federated Press).


How private ownership of the rail-
roads permits single profiteer to
block more efficient transportation
until his exorbitant demands are met,
is illustrated in Wheeling & Lake
Erie hubbub. In this instance the
greedy multimillionaire is the elder
Rockefeller.
The country's interest requires that
small railroads like the Wheeling &
Lake Erie be merged into larger sys-
TENS. The transportation act, which
ended government control provided
for consolidation under supervision
of the interstate commerce commits
sion as substitute for government
ownership. Following out this provis-
ion two workable plans have been de-
vised for the Wheeling & Lake Erie.
In Complete Control.
Can this road be brought into line
at fair valuation? 1t cannot. For
Rockefeller, although owning less
than 10 per cent of the roads out
standing securities, is in complete
control.
Rockefeller's control results from
his ownership of $11.396, 100 of the
Sl1,S82,000 Of prior lien stock. Ac-
cording to the stipulations covering
the issue of this stock, the right to
elect majority of the directors lies
with the prior lien stockholders as
long as their dividends remain unpaid
for 5 consecutive years. Dividends on
this stock have piled up but remain
unpaid since Nov. 1, 1916 and now
amount to II per cent. Consequently,
Rockefeller elects a majority of the
roads directors.
Made Large Profit.
In 1928 Wheeling & Lake Erie made
a profit of $4,000 after all charges,
equivalent to $29.51 a share on the
Rockefeller stock, while in 1925 the
profit was $3,2S6,279 or S27.65 a
share. Altogether in the last A years
the profits total more than $75 a
share, but no dividends have been au-
thorized so the control has remained
with Rockefeller.
Larger railroads are now attempt
ing to obtain the Wheeling e. Lake
Erie for the consultations as pro-
Vided by congress. It is rumored that
Rockefeller has been offered the par
Ya'He of his stock plus the II per
cent accumulated dividends plus in
trrest on these unpaid dividends and
he has refused the offer. Aside from
getting an even better price another
reason for his refusal is suggested.
The Wall Street Journal says:
The Money Sharks.
within the last year it is under
stood negotiations were resumed but
the Rockefeller interests turned down
an offer of par plus accumulated divi-
dends and interest. It is quite possible
that the Rockefeller interests take
the position that a further decrease
in income lakes is probable in the next
four or five years and that such
development may considerably reduce
their income taxes on the accumulated
dividends and interest on the divi-
dends."
The roads capital issues total $780,
92S,S00, or S1S7200 per mile. Adding
the II per cent due on Rockefeller's
prior lien stock would bring the capt.
talization to more than $98,000,000
or $204,900 mile But the inter-
state commerce commissions valua-
ton Of the road, even If we add all
subsequent investments, is only $780,
536,400 or $ll7,700 mile.
IT. U,nL...4.I ~ SO xxy.l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

pers and developed the Ford system complete and scientific exa
before making the worker
Ford system; there
therefore Fd
haps, a still undiscovered and fields Of industry
bought minority stockholders in his
principally The paid the shares
S25 Cuzns paid profit taxes the difference between that and
a the The
1913, and $S82OO
should be paid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Aimees' RadiOist Again In Trouble.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S.-The my
sterious miss X" of the Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson case will probably be
named correspondent by Mrs. Ruth
Peters Ormiston in her suit for
divorce against Kenneth Ormiston,
phantom radioist," formerly of Mrs.
McPherson's Angelus Temple, it was
learned here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Child Shaver Goes 10 TriaI.

CHICAGO, Feb. s.-Selection Of
a ujry to try Harold Joseph Croarlin
for the brutal staying Of little Walter
Schmidth was begun before Chief
Justice William j. Lindsay in Grim
inal court here today. Attorneys for
the defense and the state expect that
the jury will not be completed for
Of least week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
PHILLIPS RANDOLPH In SLANDEROUS ARTICLE
TO REACTIONARY PAPER DISPLAYS BAD MOTIVE
By H. v. PHILLIPS.

his Shipacoff Of the
Committee for the Preservation Of the Trade Unions eacnary
DOM published the the socialist
A. Philip Randolph whle congratulate
the valuable effective Sgman
and Beckerman of the International Ladies'
Clothing
Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Housewives Meet Today.

The central committee of the Uni
ted Council Working Class House.
wives will meet on today at Manhat-
tan Lyceum, GO f. 4th., near Bird
Ave. All delegates must be present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

Tie Federated Press, 1856 Washing
ton ST., Chicago will be glad to hear
from readers who desire information
IN particular points.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
ABOok for theIrish Worker
Jim Connolly and the
Irish Rising of 1916"
Introduction by 7. J. O'Flaherty.
By G. Schiller.
pRI CE II nIr Nrr q


Jim Connolly was the military
leader Of the Easter Week rebellion
in Ireland which broke out when
the British empire was passing thru
one of the most serious crises thar
faced IL during the world war. Com
molly, the international Marxlst.
Joined his small army OF workers
with the nationalist secret. society
known as the Irish Republican
Brotherhood and raised the stand
ard of an Irish republic Connolly
was one OF the first revolutlonists
In the international socialist moye-
ment 10 appreciate the value OF the
nationalist question in the workers'
was Bolsheyik In the full sense OF
the term. This little pamphlet by
q. Schiller Is the first serious at
tempt to give Connolly his rightful
place in the revolutionary history
Of this period. IL was first pub
lished as an article In the official
organ Of the Communist Interna-
tional II SHOULD be distributed In
large quantities among the Irish
workers In the United States. Con-
molly is a magic aname with every
Irish worker who has n spark of the
divine fire of revolt in his system.
IL can also be read with Interest
by every radical worker who wants
TO soak up on the strategy and
tactics OF revolution. Comrade
Schiller declares that Connolly was
feminist. He was. He fell before
British squad in 1916, one year
before the Russian workers and
peasants buried the Gar and Car
dom and began to build "A Soviet
Republic on the ruins
s-------
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09
Brady play at the Forrest Theatre.

brady play at the FORREST Iheatre.
"Pinwheel," at the Neighborhood
Playhouse, occupies the entire stage.
The children's performance Of Debus-
sy's "Le Boite Joujoux" (The Toy
Box will not be given February 10,
but on Sunday afternoon, February
20, and Tuesday afternoon, February
%, when "The Dybbuk" will be the
evening bill.
A new group, calling themselves
the Theatre Lovers Society,"" have
organized under the dictatorship of
John Piceori, 80 Barrow street, in the
Village. They announce a desire for
original play manuscripts and new
members.
The Theatre Guilds production of
Pirandello's Fright You Are If You
Think You Are" which will be pre-
sented at matinees only will open at
the Guild Theatre on Wednesday aft
ernoon, Feb. %. The cast will include
Laura Hope Crews, Elizabeth Risdon,
Reginald Mason, Beryl Mercer, Ed
ward G. Robinson, Helen Wesley and
Henry Travers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-09

oil in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16

the first time longer than two years
before he actually fired the fatal
shots.