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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Our Party Moves Forward

Party, to close ranks and build the
Party.
Party Membership Grows.
Immediately the new Communist
spirit showed itself in the status of
our organization. We Communists
don't view organization problems as
questions distinct from the political. To
us organization and political problems
are invariably tied up as part of one
whole problem and task of building
a mass Communist Party in the
United States.
For the month of March 1927, the
dnss payments rose to nearly $500
to be exact 9,490 This is the highest
dues payments we have had since
September 1925. We must here keep
in mind the fact that many hundreds
of our members are at present in
volved in the severe Unemployment
in the needle trades in New York and
in the strike of the United Mine
Workers of America. The largest
proportion of these party members
refuse to take exempt stamps and
prefer to wait in their dues payments
until such time as when they can
afford to pay up their back dues.
This means that we now have an
active party membership of more than
twelve thousand.
/ April reports are not yet complete.
All indications point to the upward
swing in dues payments being con-
tinued.
The number of initiation stamps
are not an exact index of the number
of new members entering the party
during a particular month. Some
units even permit a new member to
be in the party months before secur-
ing from their district offices the
necessary initiation stamps Yet,
inaccurate an index of the influx of
new members as the sale of initiation
stamps may be. it has quite some
value as an index of party organi-
alton progress. Let US again examine
some figures.
In September 1925-the last month
of the party organization on the old
basis of language federation branches
-286 initiation stamps were bought
from the national office by the various
Federation Bureaus. With the first
month of reorganization, October
1925, the number fell to 253. 1t con-
tinued to fall to 1873 in November and
to 1876 in December. BY January 1927
the new units began to function with
increasing regularity. There was an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Chicago 7. U.E.L.
Plans Gay Picnic
For Next Sunday

CHICAGO, May 2S.-J. w. John
stone, active in the local labor move
ment, will be the principal speaker at
the seventh annual picnic of the Chi
cago local general group of the Trade
Union Educational League to be held
next Sunday at Kolze's Electric Park,
G352 Irving Park Blvd.
An elaborate program of music and
entertainment is also being planned.
Proceeds from the affair will be de-
voted to building the left wing move
ment in this city.
Tickets $50 cents) can be obtained
at the following places: T. U. f. L..
156 w. Washington St, Room 20;
lib w. Washington Blvd; Greek
Workers Hall, 76S w. Van Buren, St. !;
10 S. Lincoln St.; "Freiheit," 1909 w.
Roosevelt Rd.; "Vilnis," 3116 S. Hal
sted ST. 2003 N. California Ave. f;
"Rovnost Ludo," 1910 w. 18th ST.,
and from members of the 7. U. E. l..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
" DRAMA IL
Kidding Themselves
Grand Street Follies' Final Bill of the
Neighborhood PLAYHOUSE

The fifth edition of the Grand
Street Follies will meet with the APP
proval Of those small bourgeois ele-
ments who get kick out Of bur
lesQue of their own foibIeg ard who
satisfy their own inferiority complex
es Ito use the stupid language of
psvchoanalysis) by laughing at the
ridiculous antics of their kind. 1t is
q Menckinesque connection.
The second incident is slam at
the police-censorship of the New
York stage that resulted in Mae
West doing stretch in prison for
producing a play called "Sex." There
are a number of he-virg,ns furnish
ing background for the ladies who
have been guilty of appearing in pro-
hibited shows, all doing time on
Blackwell's Island
Mr. Albert Carroll, one of the old
favorites of the Neighborhood Play
house, situated on East Grand, gives
remarkable representations Of Mrs.
Fiske and Ethel Barrymore. which
0Gi NNo w ACuiitu OHG VI NOW mas
culine arc the voices of these two
Broadway favorites.
Most amusing was the skit involv-
ing Cautious CAL" president of the
U, S. A.. and Nervous Nellie, sec
rotary of home and foreign affairs.
A person properly insignificant was
chosen to portray Cal and he lid a
good Job of it.
But the part dealing with the cor
igin of the black bottom" fell flat.
Certainly the directors of the thing
ought to get something to substitute
for it.
All in all it is a good evenings
entertainment for those who enjoy
seeing the serious antics of the
Broadway transformers made ridicu-
lous, and some of the acting is better
than that of those they initiate.
H. NJ. w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24

NeighbOrhOOd Playhouse
4s6 Grand St Drydock 751s
Grand Street FOllies 1927 81
Every Evening Except Nom Mat. Sat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Let's Fight On! Join
The Workers Party!

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Policy Of Tories
Attacked Before
Boston Consulate

BOSTON, May pa large crowd
participated in the demonstration in
front of the British Consulate which
was arranged by the local Workers
(Communist) Party.
The demonstration was in the form
of protest against the bombardment
Of Marking. the general Intervention
policy in China, and the recent raid
on the ARGOS offices in London.
Fifteen signs carrying the slogans,
Hands Off China; British Empire
Plans New World War;" ETC., were
carried by the demonstrators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
TABLE SHOWING CONDITION OF

TABLE SHOWING CONDITION OF
THE PARTY ORGANIZATION
1925
Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dues Payments ..7,21S 1904 1854
Initiation Stamps 253 1913 1876
1926
Jan. Feb. Mar.
Dues Payments $3.50 7,146 9,O52
Initiation Stamps 104 1874 145
1927
Jan. Feb. Mar.
Dues Payments 1865 TIA 9,49O
Initiation Stamps PA 278 1856
The pessimists may throw sand into
their own eyes. The enemies of the
party may hope in vain and perish
in disappointment. But the Workers
Community Party of America is a
living, growing force, moving for
ward in the revolutionary spirit and
line of its dead leader, Comrade
Ruthenberg.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Broadway Briefs

Speak Easy" melodrama by
Edward Knobloch and George Rose
ner, will be given spring try-out BY
b. Friedlander, Donald Meek, Anne
Shoemaker, Dorothy Hall, Allen
Moore, Clay Clement and Kathline
Niday are in the cast.
Phillip Dunning who elaborated
with George Abbott in the writing of
Broadway" has new one, a comedy
of back-stage life, titled "The Under
study Jack Donohue is collaborating
this time.
Henry L. Cort and Clark Ross will
produce new play called "The
Brigand," by Paul Fox and George
Tilton early next season. This will
be followed with a musical comedy
by Cort called "The Radio Girl"
Brock Pemberton has acquired for
early production next season, new
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Wolfe is Speaker at
West ROxbury Picnic
On Decoration Day

WEST ROXBURY, Mass, May %.
-Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the
Workers School of New York. will
be the principal speaker at the Decor
alton day picnic next Monday at Gale
DOMAIN Grove.
There will be a program of enter
tainment and music for dancing will
be provided by a seven-piece orches-
ira.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
california Limited1 Wrecked.

LOS ANGELES, May 28.-Dis-
patches to the Sante Fe Railroad
Headquarters here state that between
twenty-five and thirty persons were
injured today when the two sections
OF the California Limited, the Com
pany's crack flyer, collided four miles
west of Flagstaff, Ariz. No deaths
were reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24

upward swing in the number of work.
ers initiated into party membership.
The total initiation stamps sold in
January 1927 was 214. In the short
month of February last the number
rose to 278.
By mid March most of the districts
had not yet swung into the Ruthen-
berg. Still the few days which most
Of the districts participated in, the
drive told appreciably in the influx
of new members. These figures of
new members will be especially i'm
portant for April Yet, in March
last, 1886 initiation stamps were sold.
This means that minimum of 1886
workers were admitted to party
membership in March. This is the
highest figure reached in many
months. Of course, there were many
hundreds who applied for member
ship in the rousing Memorial celebra-
tions held Immediately after Comrade
Ruthenberg's death. Not all of these
workers were Immediately enrolled
into party membership.
Party Organization Moves Forward.
1t is clear that the Party organi-
zation has taken a turn for the better.
We have seen our most difficult days
in the immediate post-reorganization
period We still have many serious
problems of reorganization to solve,
Some we have not even scratched the
surface of in the least. But on the
whole we have turned the corner
for the better.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Read The Daily Worker Every Day

allowing just such of reactions home China
have been INDUCED in.
The time has for British labor admit the
of the estimate made by the
Britain and the revolutionary practically Of its program
The government, severely discredited still de-
terned take its the working routed
completely if the rank and file of British labor permits
betrayals.
We believe that the British workers have learned in the
last few weeks that there such thing separating
Of relations with the Soviet Union from the question of the
life and struggles Of the British working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-24
Sends An Extra Dollar.

Dear Comrade:
Enclosed find 50 for my monthly
pledge fund. This month | feel
lucky, so I have added S1.00 extra
for this month over my regular
pledged amount.
Wishing The DAILY WORKER all
the success. am, Fraternally yours,
J. c. DAS. New Orleans, La.
Road The Daily Workar Evnrv Nav
Evening star., 1927-04-05
OPERATE POWER TUBE
AT NORMAL V0LTAGES
Cooking" of Filament Urged
When Device Is First Placed
in Detector.

When using power tube in the
detector ii is necessary to operate
Evening star., 1927-04-05
RADIO CENSORSHIP
IS NOT PERMITTED
New Board Has No Authority
to Fix Programs for
BroadCaSting.

BY Consolidated Press.
Program censorship by the Federal
Radio Commission is definitely pro-
scribed under the radio act of 1927.
The granting OF power to the commits
sion to say what shall and what shall
not be broadcast was never contem-
plated by the trainers of the law on
the theory that freedom of the air"
is part of the constitutional privilege
of freedom of speech.
Nothing in this act" the law reads,
shall be understood or construed to
give the licensing authority Uhe COM
mission) the power OF censorship over
the radio communications or signals
transmitted by any radio station, and
no regulation or condition shall be pro-
mulgated or fixed by the licensing au.
thority which shall interfere with the
right of free speech by means of radio
communications
Except for a provision dealing with
the use of radio stations by political
candidates and another forbldding pro-
family, the selection of men and mate
rial for broadcasting is left entirely to
the station managers. Therein lies
the most profound weakness in the
law, in the view of certain persons
who believe that leaving the power OF
censorship to the stations themselves
presents decided dangers to the dis
semination of diverse views over the
radio on account Of group interest
control of stations
AT the recent hearings held by the
commission Horace l.. Ernest or the
American Civil Liberties Union cited
instances of censorship which included
the refusal of certain stations in New
York to permit a Socialist candidate
for office to speak and the shutdown
Of power during an address by Hudson
Maxim, the inventor, leaving nm
speal<ing to a naked" microphone.
Mr.. Ernst called the provision respect
ing political candidates Joker IN
the radio act. This provision requires
a station permitting legally qualined
candidate for any public Office to
broadcast a political speech to afford
equal opportunities to all other candi-
dates for that office to use the station.
No obligation is imposed to allow the
use of a station by such candidates,
but the station has no power of CEN
sorship over the material broadcast
once the right is granted.
Candidates" said Mr.. Ernst. will
thus probably avoid speaking over the
radio during campaigns. But not so
their supporters The law does not
reach supporters of candidates. A
member of the cabinet, for example,
might speak in behalf of candidate
for his party. He himself is not a
candidate. Under the present law the
opposing party candidate will not be
able to demand equal rights over the
radio, nor will his supporters"
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Two Radio Amateurs Establish Contact
Over Low Wave Length of Five Meters

5 other American stations, with
some 20 European, African and South
American stations furnishing the in
ternational flavor.
Signals from 2EB have been heard
in Hartford, Pierce City, Mo-; Law
renee, Kans,; Seattle, Wash, and
Bologna, Italy. The last contact was
made few days ago, but signals from
the Italian station as yet have not
been copied in America. Both Phelps
and Kruse believe they had the Italian
station, but its signals were not
strong enough to .be copied.
Kruse and Phelps began their ex-
periments by setting up five-meter
automatic transmitters at home and
exploring their respective neighbor-
hoods with portable receivers. 1t
turned out that the baby sending sets
(ive-watt sets) made fair signals which
could be picked up at 15 miles with
crude receivers and receiving antennas
three or four feet long,
Together and separately they made
4G receivers and IA different sending
sets before any signals were heard be-
tween Hartford and Jamaica. Kruse
devoted most of his time to receivers
and Phelps to senders. More than a
year ago Phelps started to get signals
into Hartford, but continued attempts
to make it two.way have 11een un.
SRGESSsAuls -
Evening star., 1927-04-05
| Local Radio Entertainment
Tuesday, April S, 1927.

NAA-WashingtOn Navy Yard (434.6
Meters.)
3:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
p.m.-Second Latin American pro.
gram from Pan-American Union. Con-
cert by United Service Band and re-
citals by Rosita Renard, Chilean plan
1st, and Elizabeth Gutman, soprano.
9:55 p.m.-Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
WRHF-Washingto Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters).
IL am. to l. noon-Current events.
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
1855 Meters).
p.m.--'"Things Talked About" by
Airs. Nina Reed.
7:15 p.m.-Adolph Turner. baritone;
George L. Ross at the piano.
7:30 p.m.-Mayflowe Orchestra.
$50 p.m.--"Great Moments in His
0Dry," from WEAF.
8 p.m.-Eveready hour.
10 p.m.-Auction bridge.
1880 to 11:30 p.m.-Radio Caval-
cade.
Early Program Tomorrow.
GAS TO 7:45-Tower health exercises
broadcast, with WEAF.
1855 a.m.-Arlington time signals.
i noon-George Z. Ross, pianist.
1890 p.m.-Lenten services from
Keiths Theater.
TO 2-Lee House Trio.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

is necessary to remember just how
the dials should be placed for various
stations, they can be set TO match
simply by loosing the set screws
which will be found in the knobs.
While this effects visual simplicity,
it may not aid in the actual tuning.
AS a matter of fact. the operator may
find tuning a bit more difficult until
he grows accustomed TO the change.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
By the Associated Press.


HARTFORD, Conn, April s.
Across 80 miles of 1.-The worst radio
country in the world uptown New
York occupying Is miles of 1.-TWO
radio amateurs have established two
way contact with five-meter waves.
The two-way communication, be-
lieved to be the first effected at such
low wave length for more than a
couple Of miles, was completed re-
Gently by Boyd Phelps of Jamaica,
n. j., and f. s. Strout Of Teaneck,
n. j., and was the result of three
years of experimenting by Phelps and
Robert S. Kruse of Hartford, Conn,
technical editor of @. S. T., official
publication of the American Radio
Relay League.
International tests were started last
month, with Phelps station 2EB at
Jamaica as the king pin. There are
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Extension Cord Tips.

The extension cord for the radio
has been a convenience, but it should
not be overdone.
There seems to be tendency on
the part of some radio owners to use
the extension cord all the time. This
consumes additional "B" current,
and is of no value in so far as actual
reproduction is concerned.
The advantage of the extension is
that the loud speaker can be carried
to a sick room or to the hall for
dancing. Do not use the extension
when it is not necessary.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Early Program Tomorrow.
WAIAL--Washington Radio Forum
(293.9 Meters).

Gas to Z p.m.-"The Co-Ed Has
Come to Stay" by Miss Adele Stamp,
dean of women, University of Mary
land.
to s pm" Inoco' hour of music"
TO $40 p.m.-Bell and Christie,
popular entertainers.
500 10 S:45 p.m,--Selma Selinger
Klein, soprano, and Lucy Hopkins,
alto, accompanied by Margaret Bowie
Grant.
S:45 to . Measurement and
Human Life" 10y Henry j.. Hubbard,
secretary OF the Bureau of Standards.
3 to $50 p.m.-Thelma Mills Rector,
soprano, accompanied by Margaret
Bowie Grant.
500 to $50 p.m.-"Be Kind to Ami
mails" by James 2. Briggs.
9:30 to 10 p,m.-'The Hawaiian Nel
eody Boys" Melvin Henderson. CT l9n
Evening star., 1927-04-05

it for few minutes at the normal
flament voltages before trying to
tune and before expecting results.
This process is one of cooking" the
filament. and stirs a large flow of
electrons in the tube. They are quite
noisy at first. and many have been
discouraged from using such tubes
because Of ii. But after a short time
the frying" sounds disappear and
the tube gets down TO its fine work.
If the dials of a neutrodyne do not
match, and one is troubled because 1t
Evening star., 1927-04-05

NJ. Rollins, Charles Baum and Wood
vile Brown.
10 to 1910 p.m.-'The Screen Letter
Box" conducted by Colby Hartman.
1910 to 1890 pm.-Dance program
by the Lido Orchestra.
1890 to 11:30 p.m.-"WMAL Radio
Movie Club" featuring Jack Sidney,
recording artist; Jerrie. accordionist;
Lido Orchestra and other attractions.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

London has a goldfish hospital.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
Interference Reduced.

According to engineers at Station
WODA, in Paterson, n. j.. by a
variable condenser and a tuning coil,
connected in parallel and inserted In
the aerial lead of receiving sets, in
terference will be reduced.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
MRHF--Washington Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters)

IL am. to l. noon-Current events.
Evening star., 1927-04-05

SOt1d ana iONeI 81
IBERIA in search of
the owls poll and
other rare animals
will be given to
the radio audience
of WRC by James
i. Clark, assist
ant director of the
American Museum
of Natural His
tory. The talk will
he a feature of
the Ey yerre ady
Hour.
Clark and Will
liam j. MoTden
were the first
Americans to ira
verse the 5000
sf Na....T
Evening star., 1927-04-05
CLARK EXPEDITION
ON WRC TONIGHT
American Museum Official to
1 Tell of Thrilling Travels
in WiIds.

The first public account of the dam
gerous and adventuresome trip of the
Clark expedition through the noun
tain Businesses of Turkestan, Mon
Evening star., 1927-04-05
WRC Will Broadcast
25th Game i'm Auction
Bridge Series Tonight

The twenty-flfth Of the series
of radio auction bridge games
will be broadcast tonight by
WRC. The players and hands
to be held follow:
Milton {. Work, dealer
"South," holds-spades, A, X,
@. 4. 2; Hearts, X, 3; Diamonds,
10, 3; Cubs, A, q, 6, 5.
Mrs. Guy u. Purdy, West.
hoIds--Spades, 10, 8, s, spot, Z,
6; Hearts, A, Q. j. 10, 8; Dia-
monds, none; Clubs, X, J. 9.
Wilbur G. Whitehead, North,
holds--Spades, j, 5, 3; Hearts, 9,
5; Diamonds, A, X, q, j, 8;
Clubs, 8. spot, 3, 2.
Miss Annie B. Shelby, East"
hoIds--Spades, none; Hearts. 3,
spot, Z, 4. .; Diamonds, 8, spot,
I. 6, 5, 4, 2; Clubs, 10, Z, a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-01
(READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE)

Wee Scouty said, on New Years
eve, "Tomorrow's New Years, I be-
lieve, so we had better go to sleep.
You know how tired we've BEEN"
That's why each little sleepy head
last night quite early went to bed.
This morning they arose to see the
brand new year come in.
"Ah, nineteen twenty-seven! Gee"
said Copy, this appeals to me. Just
think, another year begins, perhaps
year of fun" Then Clowny said,
"Old twenty-siX saw me i'll many
funny fix. 1 surely feel real glad
that now another years begun"
Then Carpy shouted, Hey, be still.
Who is that coming DER the hill?"
And everybody looked and saw
funny little tot. He seemed a very
cheerful tad. He waved his hand
and looked real glad. And all because
he'd found the little TIMES, like as
not.
Hello there" shouted Scouty loud,
come on right up and join our
crowd" And then the little fellow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-01
for every danger sign erected by the
club must mean danger.
Common Senses Needed

Our danger signs are erected for
motorists who believe in signs and
who use care in driving. Nothing
will take the place of common sense
in the operation of a motor car.
During The present driving season
when fog obscures the vision and
slippery streets makes stopping a
work of art, there is nothing which
will protect the careless motorist
from the result of his own careless
driving. A speed limit of twenty-five
miles an hour in the residential sec
ton means nothing to the careful
driver when the streets are slick. He
will not try to make the legal speed
limit, but will slow down to the rule
Of common sense.
After all, safety on the streets and
highways is a matter of education.
The careful driver will avoid all but
the unusual dangers and that is the
province of the Hoosier Motor Club
to protect the careful driver from
the unusual.
Making the streets safe for the mo-
torist and pedestrians means a lot
of restrictions but not too many. 1t
has been a problem with the club to
fight irksome restrictions and to ad
vocate reasona ole limitations, which
would promote safety. Sometimes,
the club has been ahead of the motor
list and has advocated restrictions
which caused} it to be condemned.
At other timqs it has fought certain
rules and regulations and has like
wise been condemned. During its en-
tire history Of twenty-five years in
making the streets and highways
safe for motorists and pedestrians,
the club has been praised and con-
demned but always has forged ahead
In volume of membership and has
generally been right in the final
anyalisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-01

walked right up to Scouty's side
I'm glad you welcome me like this
cause now no fun will go amiss
Know who I am? Why, Nineteen
Twenty Seven" he replied.
So this was Master Brand New
Year, who came to bring the TIMES
cheer, and tell them that he hoped
they'd have their share of all things
grand. "Now, here's friendly tip,
said he, "Just all be good as you can
he. and then I'll help you all to travel
all around the land"
ooh, thank YOU" said the Tiny
mites, 1--WE surely love to see the
sights, and we will start our being
good this very happy day" Then
Nineteen Twenty Seven cried,
That's fine It's easy, when it's
tried. And now I'll have to say good
bye. I must be on my way"
(The snow man comes to life in
the next stOry)
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl