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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
Curiosity About Neighbors.

Not 1nfrequently writers evince a
frank curiosity in the affairs Of their
nelghbors. One asks if a neighbor is
Mason, which information, he sug-
gests, can be obtained by reference to
their neighbours income tax return and
noting whether a contribution was
made to that order. Another asks if
his neighbor paid his church dues.
THE tax liability of prominent per.
sons has universal fascination. Do
they pay any tax at all, or does the
Government let them off, How
much tax is paid and from what what
source is the income derived?' The
inquiries are made to settle a bet
to end a discussion and to discuss
in our civic classes"
Following the enactment Of the
revenue act of 1918 some of the news
papers in advising readers of the
amount of personal exemptions and
credits for dependents referred to the
latter as AN allowance of 5000 for
each child under 10 years of age
The fact that the bureau is a collec
ton and not a disbursement agency
did not prevent a number of persons
from writing to ask when the allow
ance' was to be received. One happy
father wrote: Just a line to let YOU
know that a fine baby girl arrived
last night. When do 1 get my S200?'
"A touch of pathos was contained in
a letter from a mother thanking the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
Farm Worker Killed by Tree.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VAIL, Va, August Ga certificate
OF accidental death was given yester-
day in the case of Thomas Wise, Sc
years old. who was killed by falling
tree earlier in the day. Wise was
employed on the farm of James A.
Hunt, stripping bark from a tree,
when a fellow worker felled another
tree under which he was caught.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
INCOME TAX WORKERS CALLED
ON TO ANSWER ODD QUERIES
Questions of Personal Nature Often Con-
front Office Force In Internal
Revenue Bureau Here.

my uncle, John Doe, has been
! missing 30 years. 1t is believed he
i settled in the West. He liked to pick
up pretty shells. Can you send me
his address,"
Such letters as this come to
stump officials and employees of the
income tax unit of the Internal
Revenue Bureau from persons who
seem to think Uncle Sam knows
! everything.
A woman, upon being told that she
was liable to a tax of 50, wrote: you
ought to be ashamed to collect SO
from a poor old woman, all you rich
Government clerks living in the
White House."
TheSe two yarns are among several
told by Matte l.. McMorris of the
rules and regulations section of the
unit in the new Government puhlica-
ton, Internal Revenue News.
Seeks Lost Husband.
IA deserted wife asked for aid in
locating her husband,S continued the
recital of strange communications re-
ceived by the Government "She
gave several aliases under which he
might render an income tax return,
and suggested several places in
"A divorced wife asked to be in.
formed Of the maiden name of her
former spouse's second wife. Relat-
ing at length his several tangled
matrimonial experiences; a taxpayer
asked to be advised whether his
present status was that of a single
or married man, and hoped to re.
celve a favorable reply One writer
offered liberal reward if furnished
information. revealed by income tax
returns, showing where buried
treasure had been found.
"A retired lawyer sneered because
the law and regulations referred to
taxpayer as he instead Of using the
term, he or she. as the case may
be. This same individual com
planned of difficulty in making I'D his
lncome-tax returns, and was advised
tnat the bureau and the collectors
offlce in his city were ready to aid
MIN at all times His reply was
that upon receiving such advice he
mad gone to the collectors office at
midnight and could not get in. This
taxpayer had curious way of writ
ing letters. His statement of facts
was written across the page in black
INK, and his protests were written
crosswise in red ink.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
FIFTY MILLION PROFIT NOT REPORTED
BY MUTUAL LIFE DIRECTORS RING

Among these 1000 persons the num-
Der of deaths increase each year. But
under the level premium system prac-
ticed by these companies, the premium
charge is always the same. That is, in
the earlier years the insured pays not
only premium large enough to cover
his risk, but something over to take
care of the future increased risk.
Young Pay Twice
For instance, man 25 years Of age
pays twice as much as that which rep
resents the risk of his dying in that
year.
Now, weekly payment life insurance
policies are forfeited unless full prem
'iums are paid for three years. No
cash may be realized on them until
they have been in force for ten full
years.
Forfeited policies are termed
Elapsed" policies. The lapse of pol
icy means total loss of his deposits
to the insured.
The experience of the "Big -Four"
shows that the rate at which policies
die is greater than the rate at which
the insured dies.
The life of straight life insurance
policy is great not because life is short
but because the terms are harsh, the
rates high and the general policy con-
ditions are such that if the policy
holder was aware of them at the time
of insuring his life, he would not have
signed his application.
People who take out fire insurance
generally continue it, because fire in
surance may be dropped without the
insured losing anything.
But in life insurance where large
premiums are paid in early years on
account of a greater risk in later
years, the policyholder who drops his
policy not only loses the actual cost
Of the risk, but money paid for the
risk which was never assumed by the
company.
During 1925 of all policy termina-
tions only go were paid as death
claims, 10 as matured endowments
and 1870 were total loss lapses.
What is the explanation for this
terrific lapse rate? It can only be
this: Men are induced to take out in
surance by misrepresentation or by
promises which statistics show can
never be realized.
Extravagant management expenses
renders the cost of insurance so high
that the defrauded policyholders can.
not afford to carry it for any length
of time. 1t is assumed that the aver
age duration of weekly payment life
insurance is less than three years.
In this respect it is estimated that
last year the "Big -Four" made over
$50, 100000 in profits--profits which
the present insurance laws do not COM
pei these corporations to declare to
their mutual" policyholders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05

There United Front Of the Special American Federation
OF Labor Committee headed by Vice President Wo the
tona Civic Federation dominated by the powerful CAPT
talists in the United States
Matthew Vol the connecting link in the conspiracy With
him in the Civic Federation is:
F. HALL Vice President Telephone Telegraph Co.. Y City,
1876 Broadway.
The Director Bell Telephone Co. of Canada.
Director Bell Telephone Securities Co.
Director Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Director ChbanAmeican Telephone Telegraph Co .
Director Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Director Electric Bond Share
Director Electric Utilities Corporation.
Director Lehigh Power Securities
Director Michigan State Telephone Co.
Director Montcair Co
Director New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Director Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
Director Pacific Telephone Co
Director Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.
Director Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Co
Director Southern New England Telephone Co.
Director Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Director Utah Power Securities Corporation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
DOWN WITH BEcKERMAN.

May Day is the day that Interna-
tional Labor has consecrated to the
cause Of justice and righteousness, to
the abolition of all forms of oppres-
sion.
Only those who believe and cham
pion these ideals can express Labor's
hopes.
How can A, Beckerman, the man
who has joined the bandwagon Of the
most reactionary wing of the labor
movement, the gang that at all times
has denounced and expelled radicals
Of all shades, the crew that does not
hesitate to smash our union-to hand
1t over to the bosses and to assist in
the falling Of workers who dare to
resist these betrayals, HOW CAN HE
BE THE MAIN SPEAKER AT OUR
MAY DAY CELEBRATION?
How can Beckerman, the sponsor of
expulsion and intimidation against the
active and militant workers of our
union, Beckerman the despot and
gangster, HOW CAN HE EXPRESS
LABOR'S HOPES?
His presence at May First Cele-
bration is an insult to all class-con-
scious workers. To have him as a
speaker is a distortion Of the high
ideals to which this day has been con-
sacrated.
First OF May is NOT the day Of the
Mussolinis, but the day of the hoping
oppressed.
Down with Beckermanism. Long
live May Day, international Labor
Day!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
'DIE-HARD BALDWIN
KISSED ON STRIKE
BILL CALLED LIAR
Suspend Laborite for
Five Days

LONDON, May 4.-Hisses, groans
and catcalls greeted Prime Minister
Baldwin this afternoon when he arose
to defend the labor-smashing anti
strike bill introduced by his die-hard
cabinet.
Liar" shouted John Beckett,
Gateshead member, when the prime
minister launched into vicious de-
nunciation of the trade unions. A
roar followed from the die-hards on
the government benches.
Polite LabOrites Shocked.
When David Kirkwood, member
from Clydeside, leaped up and chal-
lenged the speaker to suspend
Beckett, Winston Churchill moved the
suspension of Beckett for five days.
The vote of 80 to SO in favor of the
motion indicated that Beckett's and
Kirkwood's tactics had displeased
some Of the polite gentlemen sitting
on the labor benches.
Vicious Attack On Labor.
The prime minister again launched
into his denunciation of British la
Dor affairs after Churchill's motion
had been passed.
The governments blll would outlaw
and sympathetic strikes as
well as boycotts and would place
severe restrictions on picketing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
MenaCes
Yankee Exp|Oiters
With Tariff Battle

WASHINGTON, May "A thorny
threat was projected today among
the verbal roses that have marked
the speeches at the third Pan-Ameri-
can Commercial Congress here.
On the heels of President Coolidge's
renewed expression of political and
commercial cooperation with the
countries Of Pan-America, Luis
Duhau, president of the Argentine
Rural Society, definitely limited to-
day at boycott of American manu-
facturers to batter down the Ameri-
can tariff wall against Argentine
agricultural products.
U. s. Discriminates.
In speech to the congress today.
Duhau declared that Argentine farm
ers intended to proceed on the prin-
ciple, "buy from those who buy from
u.s."
Argentine's own tariff, he pointed
out, Is directed principally at manu-
featured goods, and "is fiscal rather
than protectionist, but almost all the
y. S. duties falling on Argentine pro-
ducts are wholly protective"
He pointed out that in beef alone,
Argentine's production is Cutting the
British market, while the American
market is closed because Of the tariff
wall.
Duhau's declaration Of war on the
American tariff was the high spot of
today's session.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
BeCkGrman Speaks
HypOCritiCaIIy Of
Trade Union Unity
By II. II.

by H. IL.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May A
resolution, adopted by approximately
700 workers assembled in a May Day
meeting under the auspices Of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America calls upon Governor Fuller
to release SaccQ and Vanzetti.
Ironically, the union smashing
gangster Beckernan of New York
City gTaced the rostrum as the prin-
cipal speaker Of the day.
Wolf in Sheepskins.
Using the vague promise Of for
ty hour week and an eloquent appeal
in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti as a
smoke screen behind which to con-
ceAl his treachery to the workers in
the needle trades industry, this Judas
appealed to the membership of the
union for unity" While at the very
moment he spoke the leaders in the
furriers' union were being railroaded
to Jail with the able assistance of
brother" Beckerman and his ilk.
Circus Methods Used.
Apparently sensing the hostile at
titude Of the audience towards the
speaker. the local machine forces
made ample preparations to meet the
Upon introducing Beckernan, tive
band struck the strains Of the enter
national" whereupon the audience
rose. This was apparently done to
create the impression that the audi
ence rose to honor Beckerman.
To prevent a possible anti-Becker-
man demonstration the committee in
charge forbade the distribution of lit
erature of any description in the hall.
In spite Of this several hundred leaf
let's, condemning Beckerman, found
their way to the audience.
That the clothing workers of this
city do not approve of the brand Of
unity" which Mr.. Beckerman peddles
was evidenced by the fact that out Of
4 total membership Of over 10000 in
this city scarcely 700 attended the
May Day meeting.
The following is copy of the anti
Beckerman literature above referred
10:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
RIVER CURRENTS
SWEEP ON into
NORTHLOUISIANA
Ruin Big Cotton Fields;
Thousands Homeless

TABULAR, la, May 4. - The
Mississippi today won northeastern
Louisiana from it's defenders. De-
feated in a two-weeks' struggle with
the raging flood, residents Of the
northeast quarter Of the state gave up
their fight with the devouring river
today to flee for their lives.
From point so miles north of the
Arkansas border, the river has be-
come an inland sea, at many points
fifty miles wide. Water pours in on
nine parishes from three directions.
Rail traffic is FRUSTRATED and COM
munications are failing rapidly. Thou
sands Of exiles are scattering over the
fertile countryside in. a wild dash for
high ground. Approximately five
thousand square miles Of the richest
agricultural land in the state is laid
waste.
Everything Swept Away.
Houses are being swept away, live
stock and crops devoured, and hun
dreds Of towns and villages are being
evacuated with new hordes taking to
the roads southeast and west as the
waters rise hourly.
High Water.
Waters from the Milliken bend
overflow reached the edge of Talullah,
the parish seat of Madison parish be-
fore daybreak. Six to twenty feet of
water was anticipated over vast areas
Of Madison's $50 square miles before
noon. To the north, back waters from
Arkansas swept down through More
house, West Carroll, East Carroll and
Richland parishes to join with the
Milliken Bend flood in a sweep south
through Tensas, Catahoula and Con-
cordia. At Concordia parish the third
inflow from the Glasscock break
which has been widening hourly since
Saturday augments the back levee
river in its sweep south along the
red crumbling levees threaten to ex-
tend the sea into Avoyelles Rapides
and st. Landry parishes.
Negroes Victimized.
Vicksburg had more than 1000 re-
fugees in camp at daybreak with new
throngs arriving hourly. Some pulled
across the black and treacherous river
throughout the night in rowboats,
others trekked over the bridge from
the Louisiana side. Hundreds came in
the fleet Of rescue boats which was
turned into the territory Immediately
after the Milliken Bend break yesteF-
day afternoon.
Madison parish, in which the latest
break occurred is one Of the richest
in the state. Cotton is the principal
product of Madison's 100000 acres Of
normally productive land. There are
Is cotton gins in the parish, which
has population of approximately
10000. Tallulah has a population Of
!, 800. In Tensas parish, which has a
population Of approximately 1880,
Negroes outnumber whites by three
or four to one. The refugee camps are
for the whites, the Negro flood VIC
Tins shift for themselves.
Open New Channel.
Five days dynamiting at Poydras
crevasse has opened a spillway 1000
feet wide into st. Bernard and Plaque
mine parishes affording a third chan /
mel TO the gulf, over the homes of the
former residents of these parishes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
Letter From Workers.

Read The Daily Worker Every Day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
SaccO- Vanzetti Case Is
Formally Before Fuller
(ContillNedsfrom Pnne o. !

Continuation Page One)
accompanied defense counsel to Ded-
ham Jail for a last conference yester-
day afternoon before the actual sign
ing Of the petition. II was scheduled
to be delivered to Governor Fuller to-
day. He has indicated that he will
name one or two special representa-
tives, probably the chairman of the
state parole board, to report to him
on all aspects of the case, including
the outrageous Bridgewater case.
President Lowell of Harvard Uni
versity, visited Fuller yesterday for an
hours conference. Although he would
not comment on his visit, it was gem
orally understood that he was closeted
with the chief executive over the
Sacco-Vanzetti case, probably backing
up the arguments of his law depart
ment and of his relative, Bishop Law
renee Of the Massachusetts, Episcopal
church in appeals for a complete re-
view.
Outstanding among the appeals re-
ceived yesterday for a commission was
that from the San Francisco branch Of
the American Civil Liberties Union.
1t was signed exclusively by people
whose names are in Who's Who, in
GLIDING DR.. David Starr Jordan, chan
cellor of Stanford University, Cert
rude Atherton, the novelist, Judge
jackson, H. Ralston, the labor attor-
torney and AZ other distinguished
scientists, educators, lawyers, writer's
and artists.
1926 students of Bryn Mawr Col
lege and 25 students at Clark Univer-
sity, Worcester, Mass. added their pro-
tests to the impending legal murder
of the two workers. The Clark stu
dents declared, in part:
Strong Statement
"The literary secession Of Boston
from Massachusetts seems eminently
probable Of emulation in the judicial
secession Of Massachusetts, from the
Union should you fail to intervene in
the case Of Sacco and Vanzetti. II is
up to you whether you will see justice
done or whether you will allow fish
pedler and shoemaker to hang and so
hang your judiciary in the eyes Of all
intelligent people. II is possible that
you have learned Of what the fore
man Of the jury replied to a friend
who had said he did not believe the
men were guilty Of the crime charged:
Damn them. They ought TO hang
"That makes the issue plain enough
for you TO take immediate action. That
makes it plain that the men were tried
not for murder, but for not loving the
United States, for draft lodging, for
circulating radical literature and for
speaking unexpectedly Of Harvard
College. That makes 1t plain that the
men were convicted for being intelli-
gent"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
Confiscate DistilIery

BAY SHORE, L. l., May 4.--Con-
fiscated by one unarmed state trooper
working single-handed, the contents
Of what police declare to be the larg-
est distillcry ever seized OH Long Is
land, were being held for the federal
authorities today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
Chaplin Would stop Charges.

LOS ANGELES, May 4.--Attor-
neys for Charles Chaplin, the COM
edian, prepared today to file in Su-
perior Court motion to strike out
certain startling changes in Lita
Grey's divorce complaint. Conferen-
ces to bring about elimination of the
Objectionable accusations failed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
Fieht IN shdnnlnr nisiricl.

A duel in the heart Of New York's
shopping district yesterday between
Charles Pieopalli and Stefano AVIAN
zalo, attracted hundreds of men and
women, and resulted in the former
being taken to Bellevue Hospital with
a fractured skull.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05

Who is Behind the Prosecution Of the Militant
Needle Trades Workers?
Who Are Matthew VOLTS Fellow Conspirators?
They Are. Leaders of the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON!
VOL is Acting President of the Labor Hating
Civic Federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-05
Needle Trade Defense


The Progressive Bakers Club has
decided to work for the Bazaar and
to help the defense in every way pos
sible. As an immediate measure it
was decided that the club should
donate all the bread needed in the
Restaurant.
Many of the members bought dol<
lar certificates, 30 Bazaar tickets
We're taken and 20 defense COUPON
books were taken to be sold by the
members.
Letter From Workers.
Dear Friends:
The Joint Executive Board Of our
organization acted upon your letter
of April 10th and voted to donate
neclSwear for your Bazaar on May
18th to 10Th, and to have a booth at
which neckwear will be sold.
Please reserve a booth for us and
give us further details il necessary.
Fraternally yours,
Associated Silk Workers.
Read The Daily Worker Every Day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-18
DORIAN list ED.
AS DRY HEAD

Another candidate was added to
the list of aspirants for prohibition
commissioner today when it was
learned that DR.. j. M. Doran, chief
chemist of the dry bureau, is under
consideration.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
termed the situation in relation to
the appointment as Complicated"
Seymour LoWman, former Iieuten.
ant governor of New York, is con.
sidered for Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury should Gen. l.. G. AM
drews resign, it was reported.
Wayne B.. Wheeler, general coun.
sci for the Anti-Saloon League. is
still fighting to put Roy A. Haynes
on the job. but the Treasury has
found much opposition to the acting
commissioner
Doran would be satisfactory to
Andrews and other Treasury Off.
cials, He has succeeded in virtually
eliminating poison from Industrial
alcohol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-18
Girl StowaWay, Is, Home,
Still HatIess, but Happy

NEW YORK, May 1S. = Smiling
and still hatless. Fannie Bass, is
years old, who slowed away on the
France on the liners last eastbound
voyage, returned yesterday on the
French liner Rochambeau and was
met by her anxious father, Alex
ander Bass, newsdealer, of the
Bronx.
"You shouldn't have done It.
Fannie" he said you should have
had a ticket. If passengers don't
have tickets, where would the ship
companies be? If people don't pay
for their newspapers, where would
we be?"
IT just went down to the France
to take a book to a friend, papa.
she explained breathlessly. And,
besides, thought the boat stopped
at Staten Island or somewhere.
And, besides, / had terribly good
time. And, besides
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-18
BRITISH BREAK.
WITH CHEN
b. InternationaI News serriee


PEKING, May 1s.-The National
list government IN Hankow has
failed to govern according to the
standards Of modern government"
and has shirked acceptance Of mod
crate terms from the powers and
therefore is both useless and IN.
desirable" declared a British note
handed to Eugene Chen, foreign
minister of the Hankow govern
ment, by Basil Newton, British
representative, who announced his
immediate withdrawal from Han
kow.
British diplomatic representatives
will remain IN Hankow but the
British government has let 1t be
be known in no uncertain terms
that in any future relations with
the Nationalist ii will deal with
Chang Kai Shek.