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The Washington times., 1928-10-06
Will the P. U. c. Boys Obey
Their Orders?
the question of approving rejecting higher car faIe
~ for Washington Corporation Counsel Bride pracaCay
IN

~
~ for washington Corporation Counsel Bride practicaly
insrucs the Public Utilities Commission 70 proceed ~ onOe
to makes the increase. ., !. ~. rnor+ - Mr.
Brides opinion to commission so just 60 ahead IKE
little boys and raise fares Iners snono Pc no
drawing good salaries they are to be governed Dy the
views Of one man? The District needs money too badly to con-
tinue paying salaries to BODY that Do0y
60 take orders from one man.
Mr. Bride may be wrong assuming that his instructions
will be quickly carried out Men not mice after ALL
md the Commission consists Of three grown men, mentally
alert
Il il curious situation The Capital Traction Company,
when applied the right increase fares IN Washington
DESTROYS of avoiding revauaon of its properties The
valuation that guides nearly fourteen years Old
TO escape threatened reyauaion the company based its
plea for higher fares urgent financial needs It didn
prove that urgency The evidence showed the company
be Is splendid financial condition though not now earning
reasonable return valuation
Confronted with probable rejection Of its pleas because Of
It's failure to show urgent need the valuation basis for
increase injected toward the close Of the hearings
Mr. Bride does not show that the commission CANNOT
dismiss the petition Of the railways. He that the
motion to dismiss Is granted the street railways will
immediately file petitions based valuation All that
in his opinion, would useful purpose; would
waste valable time
That valuable time" to the street railways which
want to get this fare increase before Congress acts
be onsg os. 20 t any y. asy aer ars
gattngis good is rather widespread MAXIM disable by
railways well as by others.
The commission told therefore to grant higher fares on
valuation The companies did stress this ALL The
commission did not ask the opinion Of Mr. Bride this point
the commission is to obey directions and grant increased
fares on valuation is it going to do valuation
established fourteen years ago. is it going its
legal rights and make valuation to determine its course?
This entire matter of higher fares hangs valuation
The law that reasonable returns shall be granted
public utilities valuations it does not specify the
vintage Of the valuations.
The commission probably should decide the problem,
OauGons but the commission should not forget that
the loD does not compel it to accept other
valuations that Of date The LaD contrary
gUes the commission full rights i0te proceedings
for reUalu0tion at any time It thinks proper.
There will be better time than the present for
Sevauacn of street railway properties Such proceedings
would hold fares they unless the courts
invoked for mandamus in which final decision be
delayed until Congress determines what it will do to
merger.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06

Alas, alas, she doth not Under
stand that his moonlight tete-a-
tete with the illuminated widow
on the hotel plaza is merely for
experimentation and sociological
research.
She refuseth to understand"
that when he taketh his new
stenograpEer to luncheon 1t Is
only to study her soul, to get her
psychology and to discover her
viewpoints upon office efficiency.
She cannot comprehend that
when he gazeth after the bathing
beauty with the perfect legs, 1t
is not with admiration that he
gazeth, but with disapproval or
scorn or purely academic In
terest.
She will not believe that the
tender caress which she saw him
bestow upon the clinging damsel
between dances was given but as
a mental test, to discover whether
or not the critics tell the truth
concerning the modern woman's
Instability.
Nay, she will not perceive that
his glowing line" is only a
scientific experiment for plumbing
the depths of a woman's soul
and weighing her reactions in
the balance,
She is so obtuse!
He knoweth every woman's
emotions by heart and all her
hidden potentialities are clear
unto him. Yea. he can play upon
any woman's heart with one hand
and his eyes closed. All women
are as one woman unto him--and
that one easier to read than a
word Of one syllable.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
Governor Smiths Bad Blunder

ovERN0R SMITH made bad blunder in charging that
- onehrd of Washngtons police force had been accused
Of drinking and drunkenness.
Presidential nominees overwhelmed with information
from Jealous supporters who get their goodwill
Somebody eager to furnish the Governor with information
backing his fight against prohibition, him about
unsatisfactory police conditions that prevailed here either
gave him false information the mnterpreted
facts.
About onethrd of Washngons policemen were charged
with various offenses in the last fiscal year. most of the
charges were trivial Those charged with drunkenness
constituted comparatively small percentage
The satisfactory part to Washington that men proven
guilty of drunkenness have dropped from the force
Presidential candidates should boards of review To-
pass upon information sent in That would eliminate wild
irresponsible stuff and give candidates only which
dependable for speech making
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
DO YOUbKNOW THAT

Keep an old atomizer filled
with water nearby when doing
your ironing. Creases will vanish
like magic when sprayed this
way, whereas sponge dampens
unevenly. Especially will you
find this handy when pressing
silk and wooden dresses.
Russian peasants of both sexes
SIS years old or more, who are
unable to support themselves, ara
to receive pensions from the
Soviet Government.
Automatically controlled electric
heat is used to warm the air that
dries lumber in IS hours without
damaging it In a plant in Cali
fornia.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning.

THE people in the Chinese prov
l. ince of Szechman are almost
entirely shut off from the rest of
the world. Ruled over by king,
who exercises spiritual as we'll as
temporal power over them. these
people are intensely religious.
However. although they say mil.
lions of prayers a day, it does not
take them all day and all night,
as you might imagine. Indeed,
it takes hut moment for one
million prayers to he offered up
to the Deity.
On the south side of the kings
ralIce-a massive affair built ~
rock several feet solid with white
washed walls and stone window
The Washington times., 1928-10-06

France is estimated TO have
100, 900 900 acres of valuable
forest reserves in its colonies in
Africa.
Automatic telephones are being
installed in London, England.
Already there are four exchanges.
One-third of the Indian Empire
consists Of 70S states of various
sizes and character, governed by
Indian rulers.
Tea. coffee or cocoa stains will
he removed if you lightly rub
little borax into the stained ma
terial and then pour boiling
water over it. A perfect result
may not always be had the first
time.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill blank:
l. A human head represented a side view is called
The daughter exled duke Shakepeares AS You
Like It" is named
g. A z a solid -.
4. - led his army the Rubicon
D. nymph beloved by Cupid
Do know: -
8. What a freess cooker?
Z. What the of Columbus flagship!
Who the lighthouse keepers daughter famed an Eng
lsh heroine?
9. What called which measures the force
10. Who the French empire Canada!
II. What the point of South America
~ What building is called the cradle of American
liberty?
Complete these quotations: . ~
49, Hanging and goes by destiny -Shak espeare.
ID. The of the transgressor IS - Bible
Is. Hail happy land,
Hail We heroes heaven-born band"-Hopknson.
ANSWERS on Magazine Page.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

by Helen ROWland-
When q Man Understands Women
MY Daughter. hast thou met
4V1 THE Man Who Under
standeth Women" For if his
words be true his name Is legion!
Verify, verify, since Adam first
discovered that Lilith possessed
mo SOUL" the Understanding Of
women hath been the favorite
pastime Of men.
Wherefore. then, doth the man
who professeth to understand
women" show forth such folly
and lack of judgment in his
choice of a wife? For. alas, he
is always married to a woman
who doth not understand HIM.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
Nv DR.. Brice Belden-

by DF. hf1ce bel0eH-
TN my article yesterday I told
/ about the damage to health
wrought by rats. What is the
economic damage for which they
are responsible?
In Denmark it is estimated at
about ten million crowns an
nually; In England at about fif-
teen million pounds sterling, and
in the United States at several
hundred million dollars. An at
tempt has been made to arrive
at accurate figures by expert
ments on rats in captivity. Let
US suppose for example that in
farm of average size there are
500 rats-a figure which is by
no means an exaggerated one.
In order to live these rats will
consume food to the value OF
$4,000 per annum.
Before we begin talking about
getting rid Of rats let us remem-
Der another thing. and that is
that rats are extremely prolific.
On an average female rat pro-
duces six or seven filters of
from six to 10 young year.
A pair of rats and their Off
spring can multiply to the mum.
Der Of S62 in a year, as the
young can start having families
when two months old. The aver
age life of rat is from two to
three years.
How then are these pests best
destroyed?
The art Of warfare lies in
launching an attack on the en-
envy simultaneously at all points
with as much force and rapidity
as possible. Until their two great
natural means Of defense-artful
ness and fecundity-have been re.
duced, all methods of warfare
will prove ineffective.
Traps and poison are insult
able and poison gas has many
risks, including those of fire and
of poisoning human beings and
domestic animals. Spreading
large quantities of poison about,
especially in towns, constitutes a
grave danger, as well as helping
CRIMINALS to get possession of
poisons. Provided rats can be in
duced to swallow active poisons a
large number can be destroyed,
but the survivors become very
cunning and will avoid even the
most enticing foods. More salts
factory, therefore. is the method
which kills the rats with a con-
tagiOus and fatal disease which
does not attract human beings or
domestic animals. Ten to 90 per
cent of the rats seem to be inn
mune to this disease, so the
virus alone will not do.
The best method is the "Ratin"
method, which combines virus with
poison and which when properly
carried out brings us as near ex-
termination as is possible. In adj
dition to a campaign of this sort
suitable laws must be enforced so
that house refuse is dealt with in
such a way that it is inaccessible
to rats. Il should be recognized
that the existence of rats is
strictly dependent on the food
they are able to obtain and that
they will not remain or increase
in places where food is not easily
procured. All buildings should
be rat proof. and public rubbish
chutes and refuse dumps should be
periodically burned or otherwise
rendered unattractiVe to rats. a
combination of active and passive
measures is indispensable.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement of Engtsh-speGksng peoples 70 Pre-
serpe peace among themselves ana 10 promote t'S
peace of the sOord.
q PROPORTIONAL representation in the United States
Senate. no State to haze less thd" taco senators
Legislation to enforce prompt conststnttondt reap
portionnuent TN the House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense
federal action to the limit of Federal potcers to
abolish siteracy in the United States "n6er Sece-
tory of Education.
< election of Congress IN November Installation on
the LIST of January fotouing: Inauguration OF the
President 1st of January meet after November
election.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06

frames painted deep ultramarine
oiue-may be seen long row OF
cylindrical wheels made OF yak
nlde' On these wheels are miles
OF paper on which are printed the
daily prayers. Worshipers turn
each of these cylinders daily. in
this way saying the millions of
prayers that religion DEGREES must
be said each day.
However, in building all its
own is housed one gigantic wheel,
beautifully decorated and turning
on pivot. This, too, is a prayer
wheel, the worshiper showing
his zeal by the strength he en-
hiblts in turning this mighty
prayer.wheel.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06

Verify. verify, in all the world
there is only one woman whom he
doth not understand" And that
is his wife.
For, though he may have
dwelt in the house with her for
20 years, she is still a painful
problem and an ursolved riddle
unto him.
Yea, she is the weaker vessel,
filled with complexes-and sus.
picion!
SELAH.
The Washington times., 1928-10-06

AS a rule men freely believe
what they wish-Caesar.
To do your best is to he ono
man picked out of q thousand
-Phillpotts.
Curiosity is only vanity. Most
often we only wish to know in
order to talk about it.-pascaI
He that has no cross deserves
no crown.-Quarles.
A loving heart is the beginning
Of all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Washington times., 1928-10-06
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

People will not look forward to
posterity who never look back
ward TO their ancestors.-Burke.
Whatever brushes individuality
s. despotism, by whatever name it
may be called.-Hill.
There is no duty we so much
underrate, as the duty of being
happy.-Stevenson.
Much memory, or memory o.
many things, is called expert.
ence."-H~sAs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Newark's Fairgrounds

NEWARK, N. j., April 6.-An eff
fort made last year to find out how
the school boys amuse themselves out
of school showed more than half of
them went to the movies" once a
week and that for majority of the
boys the streets were the play
grounds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Try to Raise Money for
Counter Revolutionary
Sheet i'm the u. S. S. r.

Fer the past few weeks the right
wing Jewish Daily Forward has been
printing list of donations received
for the establishment of a Jewish
Menshevik newspaper to be circulated
Illegally in the Soviet Union. Con-
tributors to this fund include Cahan,
editor of the Forward, B. V1adeck,
business manager and Benjamin
Schlesinger, advertising manager.
A recent editorial in The Freiheit,
Jewish Communist Daily, condemns
this appeal for funds as another coun-
ter-revolutionary attempt of the So
cialists that is doomed to failure. The
Soviet Unicn will never permit the
circulation of reactionary propaganda,
the editorial says, and declares that
the right wingers here know this, but
intend to use the money to help the
notorious counter-revolutionist r.
Abramovitch carry on his activities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
United Labor Front to
Protest New Mussolini
Murder on April 18th

A conference of all Italian labor
and political organizations, held
Thursday night at the Civic Club, 1S
E. 10th St., voted to conduct a united
front protest against the recent muir
der in Italy, at the command of Mus
solini of Castore Sozzi, an active
member of the Communist Party of
that country.
The delegates decided that one
speaker from each organization
should speak at a mass meeting to
be held April Is at Tammany Hall
under the auspices of the Anti-Fas-
cist Alliance.
The organizations represented in
clude the Workers (Communist) Par
ty, Italian Chamber of Labor, Inter
national Labor Defense, II Novo
Monde, Italian labor weekly news
paper and the socialist party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Smith VETOES
power BILL AT
TRUSTS DEMAND
Kills Own Legislation
After Democrats Visit

ALBANY, April 6.-After visit
from former Speaker H. Edmund
Machold and Charles E. Norris,
democratic state committeeman, Gov
ernor Al. Smith vetoed the Sargent
water power bill which originally
was introduced in the state legisla-
ture with his approval.
Machold and Norris visited the
governor last week. When the gov
ernor was asked the purpose of the
visit he answered, "They came to
wish me merry Christmas and a
happy New Year" They are both
actively connected with power inter
ests. Before their conference with
Smith he signified his intention of
signing the bill.
The bill called for state develop
ment of state water power by leas-
ing to private corporation. 1t was
rumored that the General Electric
Co., of which Owen D. Young is vice
president, was to receive the plum.
Young is an active hacker of Smith
in his fight for the democratic presi-
Dental nomination.
1t is believed that the power trust
wants a more inclusive bill to be
passed as the Sargent bill only calls
for the development and leasing of
part of the power sites of New York
state. A bill that meets the full
approval of the power interests will
undoubtedly be introduced in the next
session of the legislature.
The republican party had support
ed bill for private lease of the
power rights to enable them to lease
it direct to the Mellon interests. What
attitude they will now take is not
clear at the present time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Workers Party Activities
subsections "a and 2B Meet.

Sky Opposition and It's Lesson to the
American Working Class"
subSections "a and Oh Meet.
A general membership meeting of
Subsection "a and 2B will be held
Monday at 6:3O p. m. at so St. Marks
Place, to elect a subsection executive
committee.
I'D Meeting Tuesday.
2F and 81 of ID will meet Tuesday
at p. m. at GO st. Marks Place.
Section 7B4 Affair Postponed.
The concert and dance of Section z,
Branch 4, which was to be held to-
night for the benefit of The DAILY
WORKER, has been postponed. The
new date for the affair will be an
nounced later.
Section Meet.
A general membership meeting of
Section will be held Monday at p.
m. at 1O1 w. 9th st. The meeting is
very important. All comrades must be
present.
Section Organizers Meet
A meeting of all subsection and unit
organizers of Section 2 will be held
this Thursday April H. at 6 d. m. at
101 w. 9th st. All organizers must
be present.
Brownsville Section Meet.
The Brownsville Section will hold a
section membership meeting Monday
at $3.50 p. m. at 1859 Pitkin Ave,
Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07

bers will support them one hundred
per cent.
Prepares Way For Betrayal.
At past meeting of our union
Breach told US that work will not be
as plentiful as it has been in the past
five years and to ask for a $13 day
and a five day week would be a sui
cidal step. First the industry and
then the union" was his statement at
the time. The contention of the rank
and file is the union first and not the
industry. Broach's statement of the
industry first" means that he has at
heart the interest of the contractors
and not that of the members of the
union.
The breaking of Local 261 and the
concession of the fixture labor con-
dition to Broach's big friends, the
members of Association No. 1, is
termed by the members of the union
as direct betrayal of their interests.
Lackeys of Public Utilities.
The position of the officials of the
International Brotherhood as lackeys
of the large utilities is very evident in
their refusal to organize the unor-
ganized utility workers.
The International officials as well
as the officials of the A. F. of L. act
as shock absorbers for the bosses in
those parts of the industry where
the electrical workers are partially
organized, and as such do not care to
organize the unorganized electrical
workers, which compose the major
portion Of the electrical workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
ARREST PHILLIPS,
Sewer RING CAR
D
IN MIAMI, FLA,
Neglected" to Pay His
Full Income Tax

John M. Phillips, one of the chief
beneficiaries in the $29,500,0o0
Queens sewer scandal, was arrested
yesterday in Miami, Fla, as a result
of his indictment for federal income
tax default. He was Immediately re-
leased on 100000 bond furnished by
a surety company.
Phillips arrest followed on the
heels of the forced resignation of
Borough President Connolly of
Queens and on the eve of new in
vestigation by grand jury into graft
and corruption in the borough.
Coincident with the report of
Phillips arrest came the information
that Connolly is ready to sail for
Italy on the White Star liner "Olym-
pic" and that the authorities would
not interfere.
Yesterday the states legal machine
was moving toward a criminal inves-
tigation of the sewer scandal.
Acting upon the suggestion of for
mer Justice Clarence Shearn, Gov.
Smith ordered special term of the
supreme court to be convened in the
court house at Long Island City on
April 16 and designated Supreme
Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins of
Nyack to preside. At the same time,
ottlnger, in turn, announced the APP
polntment of Emory R. Buckner, for
mer U. S. district attorney, as a spe-
cial deputy attorney general to prose
cute the case.
Connolly long has been one of the
democratic powers in Tammany Hall
and a personal friend of Gov. Smith.
Hence political associates of Connolly
felt no apprehension at the announce
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
LITTLE CAESAR OF ELECTRICAL
UNION, RIDES FOR FALL, WORKER SAYS
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members from our union arose at the
last meeting, Breach remarked that
the only members excluded are "two
crazy Communists and one half baked
nut" This shows the lengths to
which Breach is willing to go in order
to deceive the membership. 1t is COM
mon knowledge that over three hun
dred members are kept from union
meetings. These members as is OBJ
vious are neither Communists nor
nuts.
Members Must Fight.
The honest members of Local 8
must fight against exclusion and de-
NAL of their constitutional rights.
Failure on our part to do so may lead
to expulsion of those members who
dare to speak the truth in our local.
Broach's plain lodging of the I'M
employment problem is creating dis
content inside the local. This is not
all.
At a recent meeting of our union
Breach made a statement that after
February first no more "BX" will be
allowed to be installed by members of
our union and that any member in
stalling "BX" without the permission
of proper officials of the union would
be punished accordingly.
At a meeting with a committee of
manufacturers and at recent APP
pearance at the district attorneys of
flee, Bronx County, Breach stated
that the union would not take steps
to prevent members of the union from
installing ok"
Is This Honest, Mr.. Breach?
If a member of the union refuses
to install "BX" on the job he is fired
from the job without any protection
from the union. The officials of the
union do not assume any response
bility and do not give any protection
to members of the union who refuse
to install "BX" on the job and who
lose their jobs as a result.
We are in favor of conduit instead
of By" We demand that the union
take a positive stand on this
issue. If the officials of the union
will take positive stand, the men,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
RELEASE WINDOW
CLEANER PICKETS
Attempt to Intimidate
Strikers in Court

Suspended sentences were given the
three window cleaner strikers who
We're arrested Thursday while peace
fully picketing in front of the Mutual
Life Building at 80 Nassau st.
Magistrate Simpson in First Magis-
trate's Court, who found them guilty..
warned the strikers that he would
punish them severely should picket
ing continue in front of the Mutual
Life Building. The workers arrested
were Walter Fox, M. Berkowitz and
5. Lesko. Officials of the Window
Cleaners Union stated that thew
would appeal the decision, in view of
Simpsons statement that pickets will
hereafter be severely dealt with.