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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
NEW ZEALAND BUSES
AND RAILROADS UNITE
Competition Leads to Merger and
Cut in Train Service,
Report Holds.

The increased competition which
the passenger motor bus is giving the
railroads in New Zealand has resulted
in a coordination of the two services
whereby in some districts passenger
train service has been greatly reduced
and in few cases entirely suspended.
according to a report from Consul
General w. l.. Lowrie Of Wellington,
New Zealand.
Because of recent legislation the
government railways found them
selves unprotected against the bus
lines. especially as regards the sub
urban services. The railways there
upon bought up number of the rival
companies and began operating the
bus service in conjunction with their
train services.
On interurban routes it was found in
some cases to be more convenient and
cheaper to discontinue all passenger
train service, transporting passengers
by automobile and using the railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
ITALIAN AUTO EXPORTS
SHOW GAIN FOR 1926
Plans of Leaders to Make Big In
crease Fails, However-Sales
Best in Germany,

Although the export of Italian motor
cars during the first nine months of
1926 amounted to 26.0S5 cars. as com.
pared with 22,016 exported during the
same period of the preceding year.
the plans of the Italian automotive in
dustry to materially Increase their au-
tomobile exports failed to be realized.
The average price of the cars ex-
ported has fallen from p 900 lire in
1925 to 10000 lire in 1926. This drop
is due to the export IF a greater mum
Der of cheaper priced cars
Italian cars have reached second
place in Germany, being close behind
those of the United States. There also
has been a large increase in the ex-
port Of Italian cars to France, Spain,
Japan, British India, Australia and
Egypt, while the export to England,
Austria and South America has fallen
off considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
Water in Gasoline Tank.

Water car get into the gasoffne
tank even if it does not 20 i'm with
the fuel Moisture in the air CON
denses inside the gasoline tank and.
being heavier than tn gasoline. it at
once sinks T. the lowest level This
point is the trap which always -
placed low down just to allow for THIS
contingency In tha Winter, If one
forgets to drain off The water it may
freeze in the gasoline line and stop
the flow Of fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
SPRING CONTROLS.
Strap or Gable Devices Work Better
Under Speed.

Spring control devices of the strap
or cable type tend to hold the springs
taut. This means that normal spring
operation is interfered with at lower
speeds. The big advantage of these
devices comes in travelling over rough
roads, and the driver will profit by
bearing in mind that, within reason
able limits, the faster he drives, the
better the car will ride.
The controls work at their best
when speed and rough roads force the
springs to f1ex. This should give the
average driver a hint that it is un.
wise to pick ones way over a rough
road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Silk. linen, tapestry and even limo
leum are being used as car finishes in
France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

for freight hauling only. One of the
factors which makes this both more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

economical and also more convenient
to passengers is that in the sparsely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Workers I
In Vigorous Fight
For Pay Increase

Forty three workers of the North
American Laundry who have been on
strike since April % are continuing
their struggle with marked success.
The % inside workers are affiliated
with Local 200 of the Steam and
Laundry Workers Union while the
20 drivers belong to Laundry Drivers
Union, Local $40.
Most of the inside workers are Ne
groes who were receiving SIS to SIT
a week. They demand two dollar a
week increase in pay and extra pay
for overtime.
Since the strike started seven
workers have been arrested, five be-
ing out on $1,000 bail and two OF 500
bail. The boss refuses TO arbitrate
the differences.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Big Business Won't
Pay For Monuments
To Dead War Heroes
(By a Sal Correspondentl.

WASHINGTON, May 6. - This
city of the nation, in its six year
effort to raise sufficient funds to
erect a memorial to its World War
dead, offers q most significant COM
mentary on the value that politicians
place on what they so piously pro-
claim as patriotism.
Not A Cent For A Tribute.
Five hundred and thirty-five Wash
ington men and women lost their lives
in the war. Soon after the close Of
the war a movement was gotten I'M
derway to erect a suitable monument
to their memory.
A competition for plans for such a
memorial was instituted and choice
made. Then the local patriotism
bosses, the newspapers and so-called
patriotic societies started a campaign
to raise the S50000O desired. Since
1920 the drive has been underway and
a so-called final effort is in prepare
ton.
There is still to be raised about
$150,000. The leaders in the move
ment have loudly called upon the gov
eminent clerks and underlings to
come across. "They gave that you
might enjoy" and other similar
blurbs are to placard the city.
But the politicians, the senator's, the
representatives, the lobbyists, the
Chamber of Commerce, who were re-
sponsible for the deaths Of these and
$4,000 others, they only nod assent.
Apparently they haven't given very
much, because if they had all con-
tributed only a few dollars apiece
there are enough Of them here to
have paid for the memorial several
times over.
So the drive is on again, and once
more the clerklings and the $1,000
a year boys and girls will be called
on to do their bit in recognition of
those "who gave that they might en-
Joy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
SOVIET union WORKERS CELEBRATE
MAY / AS Their FACTORIES CROW

600 tons or ia per cent as compared
with before the war.
Much Needed Power.
The total power Of the new power
stations opened during the current
year was $4,000 lilowatts. Together
with the normal power stations, the
total power produced would be 10000
kilowatts. Further, work has begun
in many parts of the Soviet Union, for
instance Dnieprostroi, upon still
further power stations. The total
number of power stations in the
countryside will reach 446 during the
course of the current year having a
total capacity of $500 kilowatts, as
compared with rs power stations be-
fore the war with a total capacity of
1900 kilowatt.
1,100,000,000 gold roubles have been
set aside as capital investments for
the current year, of this, $4,000, 900
will be invested in heavy industry.
242,000,000 in the finishing industries
and 100000 roubles for electrified
ton.
The erection Of three engineering
works is planned for the current year,
in Siberia, the Urals and the Ukraine,
respectively, at a total cost of $780,
100000 roubles. Further it has been
decided to build a great tractor fac
tory in Stalingrad.
Support Norway Workers.
A joint session Of the Central
Council Of Soviet Labor Unions with
the central committees Of the unions
listened to the report of the delega-
ton of the Norwegian Trade Union
Council which requested support on
behalf of the locked-out Norwegian
workers.
A sum of one million Norwegian
crowns has been granted from the
funds of the Soviet Labor Unions
for the support Of the locked-out Nor
wegian workers. Of this sum, 200,-
900 crowns was given freely as an
expression of solidarity by the Rus
sian workers, the remaining 100000
crowns were granted as long term
loan without interest. Responsible
authorities in the Soviet labor unions
informed press representatives that
the Central Council of Soviet labor
unions had set no date for the repay
ment Of the loan. In the opinion of
the Central council the Norwegian
Trade Union Council should itself fix
the date for repayment in accordance
with it's financial situation and ac-
eording to the length Of time it takes
the Norwegian unions to recover from
the effects Of the lockout.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Banker Heads U. S. c. G.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Lewis e.
Pierson, New York banker, was
elected president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce at the closing
session of the fifteenth annual meet
ing here, succeeding John w. o'Leary
Of Chicago.
The new board Of directors consists
Of Judge E. B. Parker, Texas, chair
man; A. J. Brosseau, New York; Rob-
ert Z. Ellis, Memphis; William NJ.
Butterworth, Moline, H., and Paul
Shoup of San Francisco.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Fung, Biedenkapp, to
Speak in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA May 6.-Despite
an Impression circulated in this town
that the speech Of Fung Sing Quong
and +. 6. Biedenkapp have been for
hidden by the police, the committee
IN charge announces that Quong will
speak on Hands OFF Revolutionary
China, and Biedenkapp will talk on
Hands Off Soviet Russia" as an
nounced. The lectures are in Labor
Institute Hall, S02 to $40 Locust ST.,
Sunday May sth, at p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Charge Graft; No Arrests

MANCHESTER. N. H., May c.
Secret indictments charging Arthur
w. Phinney. city clerk, and William
J. O'BIien, former city clerk, with
embezzlement of municipal funds
were made known today by Thomas
d. Lull, clerk Of Hillsboro County
Superior Court.
Phinney is specifically charged with
embezzling and fraudulently convert
ing for his own use S5,237.30 on Jan
uary 81, 1925. O'Brien is charged
with converting to his own use
$2,235.46 on Jan. Is, 1922.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Hudson Maxim Near Death

LAKE HOPATCONG, n. j., May
6-The condition of Hudson Maxim,
noted inventor Of smokeless powder,
has grown steadily worse, and is now
very grave. it was learned this after
noon. Barring an unexpected rally,
little hope is held out for his life.
Maxim, who is IA, is suffering from
general anaemia, aggravated by a
stomach ulcer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Child Killed By Poisoning.

H0LYoKE, Mass, May Cone
child was dead and three other per-
sons were in a critical condition at
the Holyoke hospital today as the
result Of gas poisoning. The dead Is
Blossom jacobson, one year old, her
mother, Mrs. Aurelia jacobson an
other daughter Fay, 8, and a maid
in the Jacobson home, Miss Beatrice
Normandin, are all in the hospital.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Auto Victim Dies

Frank Acinipura, "a, violinist, Of
1928 Tenth Ave-, Brooklyn, who suf-
fercd fractured skull Monday when
his automobile skidded and overturned
on the Cross Bay Boulevard near
Howard Beach, Queens, died last
night in Rockaway Beach Hospital.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Award Building Contracts

The general contract for construc-
ton Of Mt. Vernon's city hall, to start
in the next ten days, was awarded
by the Board of Estimate to johnson
and Miller, Yonloers contractors. Their
bid was $4Ss,160. Subcontracts for
heating, plumbing and electricity were
awarded three local firms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Think French Filler In Sea

PERMABUCo, May 6.--Convinced
that Captain st. Roman has been
forced down in his attempted flight
across the Atlantic, French residents
here today sent an urgent appeal to
the French Government to RECONSIDER
its attitude towards the st. Roman
flight and to order ships out to search
for him.
The French Government had re-
fused st. Roman permission to at
tempt the flight as he had removed
the floats from his plans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Crafts Organize Baseball Leagues

CHICAGO, (FP). Machinists,
street car men, laundry drivers, milk
wagon drivers, printer and postoffice
workers in Chicago have full-fledged
baseball leagues, sone of them with
over 20 teams. A city series in the
fall to settle the union labor cham
pionship is mentioned by the Labor
Sports Union as possibility.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
NEWS FROM NEW JERSEY

NEWARK, N. j., May 6.--Local
electricians who walked out on strike
May are still out and are demand
ing an increase of wages from $12 to
$l4 per day. The bosses are begin
ming to advertise in the local press
in an attempt to prove that the de-
mands Of the journeymen are unjust.
All their arguments and propaganda
are bound to fail as the men are
sticking together and are determined
to win their increase.
All electricians and helpers are
urged to stay away from Newark
where the strike is on. If you get
a job here or answer any Of the adj
vertisements you will merely scab on
your fellow-worler who is attempt
ing to maintain decent standards in
the trade.
Gar Quits Union.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., May c.
Theodore NJ. Brandle, president of the
New Jersey Building Trades Council
Of New Jersey, prominent in Hudson
County labor circles and vice presi-
dent of the international Of the Iron
Workers has resigned as an official
of his organization. Many rumors are
afloat as to the motives of his
resignation but nothing official has
come from his office. Teddy Brandle
as he was known among the labor
and trade union workers was con-
sidered one of the most influential
and powerful mea in the State Of
New Jersey.
Truck Drivers on Strike.
HIGH BRIDGE, N. J. May {. -
Thirteen men, all truck drivers, went
out on strike against the long work
ing Gay they vase {ltting in for
the STATE highway commission. They
were working Route No. 9 on the
Lebanon-C Clinton section. Some Of the
men who went out on strike to pro-
test have been working on the job
for many years. Meanwhile the job
is temporary held up.
200 Lose Jobs in Fire.
HOBOKEN, n. ]. May ca two
alarm fire in the factory district Of
Hoboken resulted in damages esti-
mated at $4,000 and forcing 200 en-
ployees to loose their jobs all Of them
girls. The fire broke out at Tenth
and Clinton SITS. ir the floor occupied
by the Hoboken Land and Improve
ment Co.
aempl0j msn' Parley
PASSA1C, N. j. May 6.-On Sun
day afternoon at Belmont Park, Gar
field. the District Council of the
United Textile Workers Of Passaic
and vicinity have called a mass mees.
ing for the aurajse of solving tn,
great unemi loyment problem tnat
confronts the workers in this area.
Prominent labor ST eaKers will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
NGiSbOrd, BambaCh,
SmGIkinSOn, Have
Large Meetings
Especial to The DAILY woRKER)

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
PASSAIC, N. j., May 6.-Jewish
workers filled Kantors Hall here to-
night at a campaign rally arranged
for the labor candidates for city COM
missioner-Albert Weisbord, Simon
Bambach and Simon Smelkinson.
Last nights open air meetings
where five large gatherings were held
in the working class centers of the
city were unusually successful.
Reach 5000 Workers
More than 5000 workers heard the
message delivered by the Communist
orators and received it with great
enthusiasm. Albert Weisbord, one
of the labor nominees, was the prin-
cipal speaker at all the meetings. As
soon as he appeared upon the scene
the assembled workers burst into
volleys of applause. Among the other
speakers were; Emil Carlos, Work
ers Party sub district organizer; Syl-
van A. Pollack of the DAILY WORK
Err and Herman Enrich of the Young
Workers League. F. Panarisi, G.
Raznikoff, S. Gede, G. Rusko, and
others,
Turner Is Excited
Captain Ben Turner, who on We'd
nesday disclosed that during the
strike he was supposed to have kid
mapped and then beaten up Weisbord,
yesterday tried to repudiate his state
ment, as he realized that it had
started to send his chances of being
elected down the tobaggon Of defeat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Needle Trade Defense

The office Of the Joint Defense
Committee is overwhelmed by groups
Of workers bringing presents for the
Bazaar. Two storerooms have al
ready been filled with goods. Re-
ports from stations are staggering,
and Landy, who thinks of everything,
is commencing to wonder how so
much goods can be sold in four days.
"Wait for May 12-13-14-15, at the
Star Casino say we, "and see"
However, carpenters, electricians
and sign painters are needed. Work
must begin early next Wednesday
morning. The fifty booths must be
up by Wednesday noon to allow the
placing Of goods. All together on the
last big drivel
A Few More Bazaar Booths.
The Raincoat Makers Progressive
Group will have regular rubber
goods store. More booths by the In
dependent Worlxmen's Circle Schools,
Harlem Workers Center, Polish
Branch of the l. L. D., Coney Island
Workers Club, with Women's Coun-
Gil No. 5, and more to follow.
The End Is Near.
There is new spirit entering into
the defense work. Reports that the
bureaucracy is weakening and begin
ming to talk about compromise to-
gether with the surrender of the fur
trimming manufacturers, indicate the
fight is rapidly coming to a finish
and that the needle trades unions. will
be saved if the great defense fight
is not slowed up. Money is needed.
All must help. Let the fight be over
and the prisoners will not be long in
Jail. =
Progressive Grocery Clerks.
Friends of the Joint Defense Com
mittee:
Herewith we send you $1,000 which
is the first proceeds of a standing
tax on our members until the time
when you have gained the release
of the imprisoned workers.
H. Silver, Secretary.
Here's How.
Workmen's Circle Branch 81, Plain
field, N. j., sends $43.S4, proceeds
of collection at a May celebration.
Workmen's Circle Branch 673 sends
in $1,000 donation. A Bazaar list
with S14.O0 is received from Dor
Mass. The Ladies' Coat
Makers Association of Boston sends
$500. Five dollars comes from
Memphis, Tenn. Worcester, Mass,
sends a long letter with $4,000 and
greetings to the prisoners. Lenin
Branch Worlzmen's Circle 625 for
wards a check for $20.5O with COM
pliments to the prisoners. This isn't
the half, but ten times more is needed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Hold
the
Fort!

The general offensive against the Party
and against the labor movement as a whole
has assumed as major objective the attempt
to suppress The DAILY WORKER. The
bosses and their agents, the labor bureau
Gratis, and the government have found COM
mon ground in their attack upon our paper.
Throughout the country the capitalist of.
fensive is being answered by the organized
power of the masses behind the Communists
and the left wing. In solid ranks they are
rallying to the growing army of contributors
to The DAILY WORKER Defense Fund. The
existence of our paper in the face of the pres
ent attack depends upon the mass support
given to this fund. The same self sacrifice
and devotion which the workers have shown
again and again on the picket line will have
H. L. IL II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07

TO be shown now III the
effort to raise money
with which to carry ON
the fight for the defense
of The DAILY'WORK-
Err. No party member
is carrying out his full
responsibilities unless he
has modified his fellow
workers behind the de-
Tense of labor's militant
organ.
Let us hold the fort!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07

MOSCOW, May 6.-The first Of
May was celebrated in all towns of
the U.S.S.R with quite exceptional
enthusiasm. In many towns the
Union Of Socialist Soviet Republics
with quite exceptional enthusiasm. In
many towns there were unusually
large mass demonstrations followed
by carnivals, torch light professions,
and all kinds Of popular gaieties.
Peasant University.
The first Peasant University Of the
Soviet Union was solemnly inaugural
ted at the White Russian agricultural
academy.
The foundation was laid Of the
Novorossissk regional electrical sta
ton, to generate twenty-five thousand
Elowatts of power. Reports were re-
ceived from Kharkov, Smolensk, Tiff
lis, and other towns Of the opening
Of new factories, electrical plants,
clubs. hospitals, ambulance stations,
schools, and OF the laying Of the cor
ner stones of all sorts of industrial
Dul4QlnASs
Great Spinning Mill.
At Ivanovovosnesensk there was
laid the foundation of a spinning mill
to use a hundred and twenty thou
sand spindles.: The mill viii cost
eleven and a half million roubles to
build, and viii embody the latest in
textile technique, and have the latest
machinery. There are now over four
million members of worker sports or
CARNATIONS in the U.S.S.R. During
the last two years sport teams from
the Soviet Union took part in sixty
three competitions abroad. This year
Soviet Union athletes are invited to
sipate in sport competitions in
ny, France, Belgium, Austria,
and other countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07

cent more than before the war,
this 1dct would make it possible to
give up the import of foreign anthra-
cite. The oil production for the cur
rent year was reckoned to be $780,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Changes His Address.

But the courts charge as delivered
to the jury differed from the adj
vance copy given to the newspaper
men in that several paragraphs were
omitted. One of the omitted passages
called upon the jurors to "seek
courage in your deliberations such as
was typified by the American soldier
boy as he fought and gave up his
life on the battlefields Of France. /"
The other omitted paragraphs were
kindred in substance.
Both the Boston Evening Globe of
July Ia, 1921, and the New York
Times Of the following day (3-star
edition, page 6, column p indtude in
their dispatches outlining Judge Tha-
yers charge the above admonition
concerning the American soldier boy
in France.
Many times during the selection of
jurors in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial,
heard Judge Thayer address the
talesmen with regard to "the courage
Of American soldiers in France" He
exhorted them to "render this service
here i. with the same spirit of pa
triotism, courage and devotion to duty
as was exhibited by our soldier boys
across the seas" And frequently, in
my hearing, he reminded the tales
men Of "the blessings Of govern
ment," and urged them to be loyal
to their government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07
Suppress Story.


Immediately after Judge Thayer
left, there was a consultation among
the newspapermen as to what they
ought to write about the incident.
This discussion lasted until we were
all back in the courtroom. Harding
of the Associated Press looked upon
the occurrence as controversial mat
ter, quite apart from the issues in
volved in the trial, and the policy
of his organization was to keep clear
Of controversies. Sibley of the Boston
Globe was of like opinion, and said:
Let's all agree that we won't saw
anything about it." This was agreed
to, and none Of the newspapers nor
press associations mentioned the in
cident. It has never yet been made
public.
On July 10, 1921, the day preceding
that on which Judge Thayer was to
deliver his charge to the jury. he
gave out two advance copies of that
charge-one to Jack Harding of the
Associated Press and one to a Boston
Transcript reporter. At the courts
request, Harding agreed to make
digest of that charge and to give out
copies of the digest to all the other
newspapermen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-07


April 21.-(By Mail)-
ibichev, the chairman Of
Economic Council of the
declared in his speech at
0ngress that the industry
It Union represented 10S
compared with pre-war.
onomic year 1926-27 the
uetion of the state industry
oned to be worth approxi-
thousand million gold rou-
is to say an increase Of 20
as compared with the eco
ear 1886.
ne current year engineering
represent 81 per cent more
lie period prior to the war.
reduction would approximate
000 tons Hbat ;S +o COW IA