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Evening star., 1927-10-30

ing attack. In a message to Gen.
! Grant at City Point. Va. dated Au-
gust II. S64, in his own handwriting
Lincoln said:
Il have seen your dispatch express.
! ing your unWillingnesS 10 break your
hold where YOU are. Neither am /
willing. Hold on with bulldog grip,
| and chew and chop as much as pos
| sible."
| Reply TO Baltimore.
Many other communications signed
| by Lincoln are exhibited, including the
assignment of draft quotas to several
of the States; a telegram staying the
execution of man sentenced to be
hanged, several to his military com.
manders and one to Mrs Lincoln at
Boston, telling her that Tad and he
had visited zen. Grants Army ano
had returned safely"
In July, 1864, the citizens of Balti.
more were evidently fearful that theIr
city would he attacked. from a letter
dated July 10. President Lincoln sent
the following telegram to Thomas
Swan and others, Baltimore:
Yours of last night received. l
have not a single soldier but whom IS
being disposed by the military Tor the
best protection of all. BY latest ac-
counts he enemy is moving to Wash
ington. They cannot fly to either
place. Let us be Vigilant, but keep
cool. / hope neither Baltimore nor
Washington will be sacked"
Roosevelt's oath of acceptance of his
commission as colonel, 1st United
States Volunteer Cavalry Trough
Riders) and the acceptances of com
missions by Miles, Lawton and Perish
ing also are displayed, together with
the proclamation of President Wilson
to the soldiers of the National Army
and Secretary Roots concentrations
of the conduct of the American sol
diers during the Boxer uprising in
China.
There are innumerable other records
of historical interest, but those cited
show the general character of the rec
ords now on public exhibition.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
.BALLOU MENTIONS
BEST SCHOOL WORK
Superintendent Says Reor-
ganization of Normal Insti-
tutions Was Outstanding.

Tn most outstanding development
in the District Of Columbia public
school .'}stem during the school year
1867 was tire reorganizati ton of the
Wilson and Miner normal schools. in
the opinion of Dr. Frank w. BallOu.
superintendent. expressed in the third
aaction Cf his annual report mad"
public today.
Prefacing this section of his report
with the explanation that Regularly
in section 3 Of his annual report.
thc sunerint oudent discusses the sub
jcct which in his judgment repres ants
tho most outstanding development
during the school year" Dr. BalIou
declares. While difficulty might h,'
encountered in some years in making
Evening star., 1927-10-30

n selection Of the subject TO he "a.
characterized. it is easy to make me
selection for the year 1927 With
out question. the subject In 1926 p
which mcana most TO public educa
tion in Washington is the reorganza
tion of the Washington norma
schoolS -
DR.. Ballou records the reorGan'
zation of these schools in chronolos
cal order. Incorporating the ste, :
taken toward the reorga niZation ~
quoting his own previous reports = "a
the correspondence between tho Boa rd
nf Educat tion and the United Sta'eS
Bureau of Education These d' Cfi-
mcntS. which comprise the supFrin-
/ tendent's present report, include Dr.
Ballou's report and recommend ton
TO the board on January g. 1926, in
which he outlined the difficulties 10
SultinG from the normal school Sys-
! tom ut that time and suggested that
/ the board invite the Bureau Of Edu.
Zation; the Board of Education jet-
! ter of January 4. 1926. inviting tha
/ bureau to make the recommended sur.
! VeY. commissioner John ! Ti@crt q
letter of June IS, 1925 announcing
! the completion of the survey. and the
1 superintendcnt's subsequent report on
the bureaus findings, dated March
50. 1927.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
MORE LIBERTY SOUGHT.

CHICAGO. October 90 LP).-Morc
self government. preferably more
legislative freedom in the disposition
of economic questions. are the pri-
mary needs of Porto Rico. according
to Senator Santiago Iglcsiaz of that
insuar possession, here en- route to
Washington
The senator, with Representative
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AUTO!ST HURT IN LEAP.

William P. Callahan Of D. C. in
Hospital After Manassas Accident.
Special Dispatch to The star
ALEXANDRIA,. Va, October 90
William i. Callahan, 80 years old, of
o106 Rhode Island avenue northeast,
Washington. is in a serious condition
at the Alexandria Hospital. He sus-
tanned a skull fracture at an early
hour this morning when he leaped
from his car at the Catholic Church
road crossing at Manassas. Va, when
his car sWerved and struck ii north.
bound Southern Railway freight train
Gala han. it is said struck his head
against stone or some other hard
object lying on the ground. His au-
tomobile was slightly damaged.
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The oldest tree in the world Is he-
lieved 10 live in Ceylon. and now IS
i'm it's twenty second century.
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Outlines.

From the Boston Transcript
Some mighty funny lines in that
show we saw last night"
Yes. but the chorus girls were
awful shapes"
Those were the lines / referred to-
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Rafael Alfonso. both members Of the
Porto Ttican legislature, will appeal
to President Coolidge tn urge upon
Congress legislation giving the iSla nd
territory more legislative authority.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Although it is more than five years
since W omen of England were per-
mtted to practice law, each term only
two or three take up the profession.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

GENERAL ORDER

Issued 5 General George Washington in New York HbH7o
The General is sorry be informed that the foolish
and wicked practce OF protans cursns and swearing
growing into fashion. He hopes the officers Will by
example as we'll as influence. endeavoY to check it.
and that both they and the men will reflect at we
have little hope Of the blessing Of Heaven on our
arms, if we Insult il by our mpetY ard folly. Added
70 this it is vice so mean and low without temp
tation that every man Of and character deests
and despises it" Q
opposed
language by members q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18

Crepe de Chine and Radium six
Slips, with hemstitched tops ana
deep hens of self material. FleSh'
white, peach and Nile.
kann's-Second Floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
- DRAMA TN
A DREAM PLAY
Max Rheinhardt and His Players Present A
Magnificent Spectacle

Nh IA. KiEINHAKUI, with the COM
AVA panies of the Deutsches Theatre
in Berlin and the Josefstaedter The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
Cleveland Meeting of
Party FunctiOnaries

CLEVELAND, Nov. pa Func-
tionaries' meeting will be held at the
District Office, 2209 Ontario St., on
Sunday, Nov. 27 at 10 A. NJ. All mem
bers of Section Executive Committees,
all nucleus organizer-secretaries, agit-
props, industrial organizers, DAILY
WORKER and literature agents,
those for work among women and
Negroes and for the Y. w. l.. are
instructed to attend. This will be a
very important meeting, and any
functionary who does not attend will
have disciplinary action taken against
him.
A general membership meeting will
be held at the District Office on Mon
day, November 28 at 7:45 P. M. to
discuss one of the important cam
paigns of the Party. This campaign
will involve the entire membership of
the Party and must be thoroughly
discussed and understood if results
are to be obtained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
Aid Jobless Youths in USSR

other dismissed from the place of
their employment receive what is
known as a leaving grant" This
leaving grant" amounts to two
weeks earnings, apart from the pay
for work done. This grant is to help
unemployed workers during the pc
riod they are looking Tor new en-
ployment and to tide them over the
period when they are not yet entitled
to the unemployment dole from the
labor exchange. The dole must not
be less than one-sixth Of the averaga
monthly wage of workers in the given
locality
In addition to this, special PUBLIC.
works are rganized-cleaning gar-
dens and streets and setting into or
der workers quarters on the outskirts
of towns, ETC., to give employment
to Youngsters out of work.
Labor artels are formed out of
these unemployed which provide
youngsters out of work not only with
useful employment, but also with the
necessary training.
State organs open workshops of
all sorts in order to train youngsters
for any speciality. At the labor ex-
change, the greatest demand is for
workers with a speciality. Having re
ceived this special training in the
state workshops, unemployed young
sters find it easier to get work.
Moreover, all unemployed enjoy
special benefits in regard to taxes,
rent, and municipal rates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25


wouldn't recognize it.
In the first place it seems to have
been translated back in the middle
ages some time by Bottom, at time
when he wore the ass's head. 1t COM
pletely kills all of Shakespeare's deli
cate whimsicality and preserves all of
his aristocratic scorn and SANDER of
the working class. About half the
time when Shakespeare says fairy"
the German version uses the word for
"ghost," and the rest of it is the
same. Inspired by this version, no
doubt, Puck himself, Shakespeare's
merry little devil, becomes a mongo-
loid cretin, stupid when not diabolical,
reminding more of Andreyev's "Ana
thema" than of any possible creation
of British yeomanry, at time when
they still took the Maypole seriously.
However, that Sokoloff who acts Puck
is a first class acrobat and tumbler
The presentation, in spite of this, is
masterpiece of stage craft, undoubt-
edly a beautiful and wonderful per-
Torrance, and the result is achieved
almost entirely by the peculiar Rhein-
hardt technique. 1t is not due to the
actors, who prove that Europe is in
deed in a bad way for talent if these
are the pick of the continent. The
principals are stilted and clumsy, the
sprites seem to have been selected
from motives inspired by some kind
of psycho-analytic over correction
for slimness only. Some more grace
full German maidens, even if trifle
more buxom, would have been better.
Neither is it strictly due to the
new devices employed by Rheinhardt.
The mere mechanical equipment is,
after all, not new, and not entirely
satisfactory. The revolving stage, as
such, has it's faults. One of them
seems to be that it always looks the
same, There is always the mound in
the center, either hill or stair
case. The circular runways are per-
manent fixtures, some times dis
guised as forest paths, and some
times as Railways, but always in the
same position.
The use of phosphoresently glowing
wells, whether done with paint or
lights, is old in spiritualist seances;
the plan of crowding many pretty
girls on rising slope is a favorite
burlesque stunt, the front entrance,
obtained by putting the orchestra in
the gallery somewhere or behind the
wings and bringing the stage floor
down to the level of the pit is fur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
The Workers Forum

rifice part of their wages that the
bosses may wax fat.
Milk Price Boosted.
This Vermont situation is another
attack upon the standard of living of
the workers. This time the only Sc
we're sufferers from the flood are the
Boston and Maine, and the Central
Vermont railroad, a subsidiary of the
New York Central, and several milk
companies which are part Of the trust
that supplies the large cities of New
England and New York. And the milk
trust will not suffer much because the
price of milk has been raised one cent
a quart in New England.
Only the railroads and the power
trust have really suffered and they
are trying to make good their. losses
out of the workers. This we oppose.
Workers should not believe the ads
for Help wanted in Vermont" and
should assist the Vermont workers
maintain their wage scale in spite of
the strike breaker, Adams.
B. B. RUBINSTEIN.
Montpelier.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25

mined by the Board of Review in
1926 and which forms the basis for
the present taxation, amounts to a
total of $599,076,032. The manufac-
turers' appraisal company fixed the
valuation of the same properties at
the sum of $1,153, 048,O47. The dis
crepancy means the amount escaping
taxation.
A Concrete Instance.
The Union Stockyards Co., has been
assessed on its 1876 acres of land and
buildings at a value of S11, 900 per
acre, making a total of less than a
million and a half. The Stockyard
Company's own appraisers filed by
the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, D. c., shows total
claimed valuation of $4,000 per
acre, amounting to full value of
$18,000,000.
These are but a few examples of
billions of dollars worth of property
escaping taxation; depicting the city
treasures and curtailing education
for the children of the broad masses.
To overcome this depletion of the
educational funds and avoid a teach
ers' wage cut the capitalist politicians
have for a long time threatened to
submit the alternative of such wage
cuts or an increase of tax rates to a
popular vote, counting on the voters
preferring the wage cut, when as
matter of fact all that is needed is
to enforce the existing rates and
make those who possess the wealth
pay the taxes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
MOSS OPENS NEW THEATRE
IN RIDGEWOOD

B. S. Moss opened his new theatre,
the Madison, situated at Myrtle and
Wyckoff AYES, Ridgewood, last night
with a program of vaudeville and mo-
ton pictures.
The inaugural program included
Harold Leonard with his Waldorf
Astoria Orchestra and Ethel Norris;
Ida May Chadwick and her group Of
six girls; Harry Lang and Bernice
Haley, who offered group of songs;
Paul Remos and his Midgets, and
Billy Reed and Lew Duthers. The
photo feature was underworld" with
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Give
Brook and Larry Semon playing the
chief roles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
More Contributions to
Ruthenberg ID ally
Worker Sustaining
Fund

Sam Blein, Chicago, III. $500
M. S. Martin, Boston, Mass. 600
B. Sheridan Dry Cleaning Co.,
Campbell, Ohio ............2.00
Martin Kerr, Campbell, Ohio. 100
John & Cornelis Mrko, Campbell,
Ohio ................. 200
John Neyerges, Campbell, Ohio LOO
Den Nertela, Campbell, Ohio 100
John Cessna, Campbell, Ohio 200
st. Florescen, Campbell, Ohio 100
Emil Taratuski, Philadelphia loo
Mt. Vernon Nucleus w. P, Mt.
Vernon, Ohio ................ 600
Jacob Frost, (collected) Akron,
ONO ............... ..-.... 90
M. L. Vawter Los Angeles, Calf. LOO
Finnish Workers Assn, Port
land, Ore. ...............6. 500
Working Womens Organization
of Astoria, Astoria, Ore. 1000
Polish, Ukrainian & Russian
Workers, Hegewisch, I'll. -. 80
Joseph Selman, (collected)
Albany, N. Y. 400
Mandwell, Int. Br. Rochester)
Rochester, N. Y. 500
M. Engleman, Boston, Mass. 200
M. Kopach, (collected) Detroit,
Mich. .................. ESQ
New York Lettish Educational
Society Astoria, l.. l., N. Y. 500
The Siegel Family, Ontario,
Sallt. ................. .l.OU
Joseph Sobek, Williamsburg, Pa. 100
P. Dubrowsky, Akron, Ohio. 1900
Frank Lehti, Fort Myers, Fla. 200
K. Martinchek, Chicago, III. 200
Mrs. Margaret R. Valinchus,
Wilkes Barre, Pa. ......1.50
Leo P Lemley, Philadelphia, Pa. 100
John Brazinich, Nazareth, Pa. 200
W. Mellin, (collected) Waukegan,
Ill. .l4.5O
Anna Zelms (collected) Boston,
Mass. ...............4.25
Alma Nicholson, Detroit, Mich 800
Mary Mokrovich, Detroit, Mich. 200
Street Nucleus No. 7, Detroit,
Sarah Victor, Detroit, Mich. 800 90
Street Nucleus No. 6, Detroit,
Mich. ................. ESQ
Emil Taratuski. Philadelphia, Pa. 100
Alajos Kava, Cleveland Ohio 800
Harold Robins, Bronx, N. Y. 300
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
BY c. I. A.

One of the relics Of the tzarist re-
gime is unemployment.
National economy ruined by the
imperialist and civil wars has been re-
established to the pre-war level only
this year.
Industry and other branches of our
national economy have not yet suf
ficiently recovered to provide useful
social labor for all the unemployed
youth. On June list, 1927, there were
1912 unemployed young workers
in the U. S. S. R., only 1917 per cent
of whom had any employment prev
iously. Those who were employed
previously receive without exception
an unemployment dole from the
state.
The state makes special grants in
aid of unemployed young workers!
Last year, for instance, 100000
roubles were granted for the strug-
gle against unemployment among
youngsters in the RSFSR alone. The
Ukrainian government also granted
100000 roubles for this purpose.
Other federated repablics-White
Russia, Uzbekestan, etc.-also give
grants in aid of the unemployed
youth.
Labor exchanges do their utmost to
get work for the unemployed young
sters. In our union it is established
by law that all adult and adolescent
workers who are for some reason or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
The Teachers and the Workers
Problem.

The Teachers and the Workers
Problem.
The Chicago Teachers Federation
is collecting campaign fund of
100000, applied through voluntary
contributions of $500 per teacher,
with which to fight back the attack.
The federation officials have an
nounced that the money will be used
to compile the necessary information
for an equitable and just tax valua-
ton. While it is necessary to fight
for such valuation, the problem OF
the present Chicago schools situation
has infinitely greater qualifications
and demand the united action of the
Teachers Federation and of the
whole labor movement.
What is Needed
The record .of the Chicago School
Board is sufficient to emphasize the
need of organized labor concentrating
on a demand that there be a sub
stantial labor representation on the
board.
The value of teachers councils as
they existed in the past has beer
generally recognized, except by the
capitalist interests who were naturally
opposed.
A militant fight conducted by tn
Teachers Federation, supported BY
organized labor would surely go
long way toward re-establishment
the teachers councils and readily su~
gest the further extension toward G.
operation with students and parents
councils.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
King George Big Bill Thompson The Teachers Federation The Manufacturers
Association and the Chicago School System

Naturally it is task for the whole
labor movement of Chicago in con-
junction with the Teachers Fedora
ton to fight for the abolition of
the factory system of education as
represented by the platoon system
and the junior high. 1t is an adj
ditional task to fight for the abolition
of child labor and for school attend
ance for children up until 16 years
of age; to fight for a tax valuation
which will impose upon the big cor
porations their full share of taxation
and make funds available for adj
ditional schools and equipments as
we'll as decent wages for the school
teachers.
The LessOn-a Labor Party.
The experiences of this long drawn
out fight of the Chicago school
teachers and of the labor movement,
Tor a correct solution of the schools
problem has proven that it makes not
he slightest difference whether the
ity administration is in the hands
Of the republicans or the democrats.
Whether it is Dever, who established
1cAndrews, or whether it is Thomp-
ion, who established ]. Lewis Coath,
ne capitalist interests will impose
heir will. That itself is sufficient
o show the need for working class
dependent political action, to carry
fight for their demands more
wely to success, through their trade
unions, and in addition, through their
nMnl lahn1, nartN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25
Labor Conscripted in Vermont.

Editor, DAILY WORKER:-The
entire Vermont flood area has been
put under martial law. All labor has
been conscripted. The wage rates are
$500 for a 9-hour day for skilled la
Dor in the building trades, $3.50 for
9-hour day for unskilled laborers Of
all types. This means that by declar-
ing a state of emergency, Governor
Adams of Vermont has been able to
break the power of the A. F. Of l..
which was strongly organized in
Montpelier and in White River juno
ton.
Misleading Ads.
Wages have actually been reduced
and hours heightened for the workers
of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
Advertisements promising higher
wages and shorter hours are false and
the workers must be warned. Cover
nor'Adams' loyalty to the Boston and
Maine, which requires its repairs to
be made at the least cost, is not the
workers loyalty. 1t is not patriotic
duty of any kind for workers to sac
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25

Their modification of another burlesque
scheme.
But Rheinhardt's genius seems to
be that he adopted all of these crude
novelties, and with the hand of an
artist made them part and parcel of
definite program to achieve a par
ticular artistic triumph. The result
is altogether charming creative
synthesis that has little suggestion of
the humber origin of its parts. The
temptation to turn mere playacting
into pageant and ballet is quite grace
fully yielded too, l am happy to say.
The spectacle of long professions Of
gorgeous figures marching over the
hills into the far distance is some
thing to remember-V. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-25

atre in Vienna
has his circular,
revolving stage
going at t h e
Century, Central
Park West. The
play is S h a k e.
speare's Midsum-
mer N i g h t. s
d 7 e a m, b u t
S h a k e S peare
Evening star., 1927-03-23

OF the District Circle. Mrs. i nj sad.
Ter. presided and introduced Mgr.
Edward A. Pace, spiritual director,
who made short address, Al
Evening star., 1927-03-23
STRESSES CARE OF TEETH
BY D. C. SCHOOL CHILDREN
Better Facilities for Pupils Urged
by District Dental society-Cam-
paign for Betterment Begun.

A vigorous campaign for better
dental conditions and instructions con-
cerntng the care of the teeth, partic-
uiarly among school children, was
launched at meeting of the District
OF Columbia Dental Society at the
Medical Science Building Monday.
The campaign contemplates two
contests among school children. one
Tor the best poster and another for
the best slogan to promote this idea.
The awards to children winning these
slogan and poster contests will be
made at the National Museum. April
l9. The judges who will select the
winners are Burtis r. Baker, vice
principal of the Corcoran School of
Art; Miss Ethel Foster, art director
OF Western High School; DR.. Z. r.
stone and DR.. j. G. Fraser.
The oral hygiene and public in
struction committee composed os
many dentists from the Army, NAVY
and Public Health Service, of which
DR.. c. w. Camalier is the chairman.
also held meeting. The committee
is in charge of the distribution of rs
pamphlets, containing information as
sembled by the society on the care of