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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
GERMANY SIGNS
NANKIN, PACT

SHANGHAI, Aug 24-The text
of the treaty signed by the Nank-
ing government and the German
government has been made public
and the treaty follows the same
lines as that recently signed by the
United States government.
1t included ~the most-favorable-
nation clause that is included in the
Kellogg treaty, "In all customs and
kindred matters neither of the high
contracting parties shall be placed
at a disadvantage in the territory
of the other as compared with the
treatment accorded any other coun-
try"
The treaty provides for early ne
gotiations for trade and shipping
agreement although the German
government had already granted
China trade autonomy in 1921.
enough to clothe and feed his fam
lily. A general discomfort prevails
among the clothing workers. The
to be organized. These workers
Philadelphia clothing workers want
have no confidence in the Hillman,
Blumberg, Licastro, Weinstein, Nor
riconi and corrupted misleaders of
the workers. Our slogan should be:
"Mr. Blumberg, Weinstein, London
Morriconi, Licastro, must 60 The
union must be lead by the workers
themselves and not by the corrupted
bureaucratic politicians of the pres
emit machine"
The rank and file of the Amalga-
mated are interested in the organ
ization of the clothing workers
here. The corrupt machine is moi
interested and they must go.
An organization drive is neces.
sary in Philadelphia. A real organ
ization drive conducted by the rank
and file members of the organiza.
ton. Organization committees Of
hundreds Of rank and file members
must be modified who should leac
the campaign. The dictator, Blum
berg, must go. Jewish and Italian
brothers and sisters must be made
to participate in the campaign
Italian, Jewish, Poles, and Lith
uanians can be found in the cloth
ing industry of this city, and mos
of all young American-born ele
ments. With a correct approach
with correct and militant policy
and with a campaign conducted by
the membership of the Amalgamat
ed we can feel confident that a sue
cessful general strike can be won
Philadelphia clothing workers, or
ganize. Organize and fight against
the corrupted misleaders of the
workers. Organize for a genera
strike.
DOMINICK FLAIANI.
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Gems of

Archbishop of York, referring to
the war:
"Was it all worth while? Here at
this gate let there be no faltering in
.ile answer, Yes, thousand times
yes :"
If you were selling poisoned meat
or paper shoes yes, thousand times
yes.
Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, son
of Spanish dictator referring to
father:
"His duties in Spain are so ardu-
Gus that he may never come to
America, so he is sending me instead,
to show his interest in America, be-
cause am his namesake. This
year and next there will be great ex-
positions at Seville and BARGE
ana. :"
M. c. II.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25

A tu1i driver would appreciate
this copy Of The DAHL
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
ENGINEER BROWNS.

ITHACA, N. Y, Aug. "a (UP). -
Prof. John G Pertsch, Jr., AZ, mem
Der of the faculty of the College of
Electrical Engineering at Cornell
University, was drowned in Cayuga
Lake, off Taughannock Point. He
was seized with cramps while at
mpting to aid Miss Signe Sjoe-
gren, an assistant medical advisor of
the university, who was in distress in
deep water. :.
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unorganized clothing workers and
their analysis is in accord with their
intention.
l want to give here some high
lights of the so-called organization
al drive carried on by the official
dom of the Amalgamated here. Re-
Gently Mr.. Blumberg came in Phil
adelphia to Organize" the clothing
workers. Even tho the Campaign"
has not been officially called off the
clothing workers can rest assured
that the campaign is. over.
At the beginning of the campaign
before Mr.. Blumberg, the dictator,
arrived in town, thru the pressure
of the left wing and progressives
g Youth Committee was organized
by the Joint Board of the A. G. W.,
to organize the unorganized young
clothing workers. Soon as this com
mittee started some work with or
ganizational results the machine
launched an attack. Mr.. Weinstein,
the manager of the Philadelphia
Joint Board, viciously attacked the
committee at one of the meetings
of the board and declared, "This
committee must not organize the
young clothing workers but merely
study ways and means of organic
]
ring them. When the writer of this
article reported that we had a group
in the Makaransky shop, and some
other connections in other shops, it
was considered by Mr.. Weinstein
and the rest of his associates, Lon
don, Licastro, etc., a crime to or
ganize group in non-union shop
and have connections in other non
union concerns.
Their attack did not prevent the
committee from continuing its work
and few parties and dances were or
ganized by this committee with the
result that hundreds of young
clothing workers attended. Mr.
Weinstein, Licastro and the rest of
the machine feared these young
workers would join the union and
that the youth would have made
real Roadway in the organization of
the unorganized clothing workers,
and smashed the Youth Committee
to prevent the meeting of the
Young Workers Social Club tor
ganized by the Youth Committee)
Pressers Recruit.
The Italian pressers also made
some Roadway in recruiting press
ers from open shops to come tc
meetings. When the pressers proved
their real intention of willingness
to organize, they were abandoned
by the misleader, no meetings were
called any more, etc.
Thru the activities of the youth
and the pressers in this campaign
some workers were fired by the
bosses from Makaransky, Daroff
Middished, etc. The officialdom
permitted the manufacturers to con-
tinue to terrorize the clothing work
ers.
The conditions of the Philadelphia
clothing workers are not terrible,
but horrible. Young workers, boys
and girls, are working for from Sc
to SIS per week and man with a
! family to support does not make
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
CzQrk,s Relations at the
Masque Up to Specifications

ONCE a year there has to be play
about Jewish small businessmen
who are very excitable, easily an
gered, who splitter, but who have
good hearts. There's money in it.
Relations" now at the Theatre
Masque, is this years.
Being one of a distinct class,
drawn according to blue prints of
previous successes, you cannot ex-
pect to be surprised at anything
Edward Clark, producer, author and
star of Relations" brings into it.
He just delivers the goods, and
that's all. It sounds funny enough
to explain the presence of various
anti-Semites who come to have their
little joke, it is sentimental enough
to account for the presence of the
possessors of the Ghetto inferiority
complex, and therefore it should be
a sure fire success; why not All
the Jokes in it have been tried many
times before, on many other audi
ences, and they always event over
right.
Aside from considerable Rotarian
propaganda about business men
needing to help each other out, and
considerable plain boss propaganda
about delivering a fair days work
for a fair days wage, Relations"
concerns itself with the clash in the
retail millinery business between
family loyalty, ingrained into jew
ish business families by hundreds
Of years of persecution by the Gen
tiles, and the conflicting demands
of profit-making, likewise a product
of life and culture. "Uncle Wolfe"
Michaels Che changed his name from
Lubin because everybody in Amer
lea changes his name) runs a small
scale business, and tries to employ
ell his relations. They swindle him.
The heroine, also relation, calls
them "slackers' Uncle Wolfe calls
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
CONDITIONS NOT
ONLY TERRIBLE
But HORRIBLE
Must Gust Blumberg
and Colleagues

(By q Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail) -
To be successful in an organization
campaign, to organize the morgan
lied, it is necessary to have cor
rect picture and correct analysis
of the situation in the particular in
dustry on which you intend to con-
centrate.
To assure the success of the or
ganization drive it is also neces-
sary to organize the whole member
ship of the union to participate in
the drive, not the kind of partici-
patton that Mr.. Blumberg, Vein
stein and the rest of the corrupt
machine want, that is To give out
leaflets only" but the participation
Of the rank and file members of
the union in the formulation of the
policy on how to organize the cloth
ing workers Of this city.
Not Italian Situation.
The present misleaders of the
Amalgamated have narrow con-
ception of what is actually the sit
uation in this city. The Hillman
machine has been telling to the
Philadelphia clothing workers, that
philadelphia is an Italian situa-
ton" and many sincere brothers
f,or, A. T+o1,o1 1oonl o,I +Losa &c
the Jewish locals believed and still
believe that Philadelphia is an Ital-
ian situation.
This analysis is misleading for
the clothing workers of this city.
Being that there are a number of
active clothing workers who believe
that the analysis of the Hillman,
Weinstein machine is correct one,
I want to prove here the incorrect
ness of it and how misleading this
analysis is.
In 1922, we had large number
of Italians in the Philadelphia cloth
ing workers industry. In 1922 there
were no immigration laws prevent
ing foreign born workers from COM
ing to America to fill the industries
as there are today. We must con-
slider that the immigration laws
prevailing in America have reduced
tremendously the entrance Of Ital-
ians in the clothing industry in this
city.
Many Italians that were working
in the Philadelphia clothing market
in 1922 have left their work and
changed their trade due to the low
err standard of wages in the cloth
ing industry here. Many others
have left the city.
This, however, does not mean that
we have no Italian clothing work
ers in the industry here. /Let me
bring you some figures and that
alone will convince you of the in
correctness of the analysis of the
Hillman and Blumberg machine.
We have in the city of Philadel-
phia $4,000 clothing workers. Sixty
five per cent of whom are young
workers and fifty per cent of the
young workers are American born
and the other percentage American
lied so that they hardly read or
understand Italian. Fifty per cent
of the Philadelphia clothing workers
are female workers.
500 American Born.
Of the $4,000 clothing workers
we can say that 80 per cent are
Italians, not Italians from Italy but
of Italian parentage. Sixty per cent
of the 80 per cent are American
born. This very clearly shows that
we do not have an Italian situation
when we speaking of organizing the
Philadelphia clothing workers.
The reactionary Hillman, Blum
berg, Weinstein machine has not the
slightest intention of organizing the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25

HANdOuTS

Everybody knows the American
marines are in Nicaragua to ensure
fair play at the elections and pre-
vent the activity of disorderly eIe-
ments so that the balIoting can be
conducted with the same serenity
noted in American cities for instance
Chicago. 1t is a fact. odd and with
out significance, that American in
vestments in Latin America have
jumped from 800 million in 1900 to
$4,000, 100000. 1t is also a remark
able coincidence that there are no in
vestments in Labrador and no
marines.
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flocking to the large cities to find

flocking to the large cities to find
employment. Their lot is pitiful.
Many of the workers are realizing
that they cannot depend on the polit-
ical takers and they are joining the
trade unions to better their condi-
tons.
A strike of stone workers is now
on at South Pittsburgh near Chat
anooga. The ranks Of the strikers
are solid and no doubt they will win.
The hill people of the south are
waking up from their slumbers. The
trade union movement should pay
more attention to the southern work
ers. There is a great field for or
ganization work.
-CASSELL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25

them numerous other things, in his
effort to get more speed out of
them. Finally he fires the bunch.
Edward Clark, as the testy 'Uncle
Wolfe" and Peggy Coudry, as the
usual slangy office girl, who left a
good job at Woolworth's to labor
for Uncle, are the best.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-25
DAWN" AT THE CAMEO

Beginning today. the Film Arts
Guild will present dawn" for its
first popular priced engagement at
the Cameo Theatre. Sybil Thorn
dyke, the noted English actress.
plays the role of Nurse CavelI.
On the same program will be
shown Memories of Conflict"
flashes of war photographed on the
battlefields of Europe.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05

Kriger, who has just arrived from
Germany and Is visiting a cousin
in Brooklyn. showed that he Ii
faster doing mathematics with q
stub Of a pencil than are those
patent calculating machines.
Multiply 3.1416 by $685." he was
told while another young man
started to do 1t on the machine.
Krieger's pencil executed few
quick maneuvers.
In five seconds he had the answer
on his pad: 1,140. 1908.
Presently the machine confirmed
the correctness Of his lightning cal.
culation.
How old are your" he asked a
newspaper man.
''Thirty.three."
Krieger's pencil slashed through
the air and in a few seconds he
aYou have lived 1.O4e.sss.OOO sec
onds."
Square this number" said a
voice. III, 446, 744, O73, 7O9, 55i ,6I6."
The pencil flew across the pad.
Presto. in the wink Of an eye he
had written: Result. 340.2S2 1885,.
9 20. 93S, asa. 463. q Z 1907, A . ]. 76S.211,-
49,"
A faint cry rose from the youth
operating the calculating machine.
He had run off the keyboard.
Krieger explained that over In
Germany he wasn't a particularly
bright scholar. However, he became
interested in mathematical work and
how to mako short cuts. After four
years study he evolved formula
which, he said, is 50 simple that "a
10-year.old child could use it. /"
He hasn't a clear idea just what
he will do with his formula. In Ger
many they told him 1t could be EN-.
bodied in q machine which would
accomplish all the mathematical OPP
erations that his agile brain does.
Krieger hopes so.s 4
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
TAK0N|A SIDING.
FIGHT IS ON

Ihe fight ii rakoIAa Park over
d cinder strewh railway siding, that
the mayor. Ben q. Davis. declares
Ii q town park ana consequently
can't be q siding despite the tracks
and loading platforms came to q
head yesterday with the arrest OF
III. Il. Routenberg, assistant division
engineer OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Company.
Routenberg tested q recent town
ordinance. making trespassing In
the municipal park q Inisdemeanor,
by running 3 car of coal through
the spot claimed to be town park
property. He was promptly hailed
into court on q charge Of trespass-
ing with b car load of coal
According TO the mayor that strip
Of land, now called the Takonla
Park north siding Of the p. and o.,
was many years ago dedicated as 2
park. Al recent town ordinance
was passed, the idea being to Gust
the railroad.
Routenberg, after posting 500
FOR HIS appearance, Immediately OBJ
tanned a temporary injunction
against Takorna officials, restrain.
INK EAEm 1EOGu 1uICk4@9kAt& ~ NNAtfa
movements OF freight cars Through
the town park.
The railroad company will carry
the fight to the highest courts.
Routenberg said.
Business interests IN Takoma Park
are lined up with the railroad com,
pany, declaring abolition OF the sd.
ing would greatly injure the town.
Railroad Playing Politics
Characterfzing the Injunction pro-
cured by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad against the mayor, re.
straining him from interfering with
movements OF freight cars on the
siding, as an s'impudent attempt to
take possession Of q public park,"
J. Bond Smith, town corporation
counsel. today issued q formal
statement.
Smith declared that the railroad
IS being used by political enemies
OF Mayor Davis who are seeking
to defeat him for reelection. He
added that the move win merely
result IN solidfying the citizenry for
Davis.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
DRUG FARM BILL
HEARING SET

Narcotic drug addicts will be
treated on farms, instead of being
confined in Federal penitentiaries,
under the terms of the Porter bill
now before the House Judiciary
Committee.
Hearings upon the measure begin
Monday, and its supporters are
hopeful it will be enacted before the
adjournment of Congress, although
admitting they have q race against
time ahead Of them.
The bill 10 intended to accord the
proper form Of treatment to victims
Of the drug habit, to relieve over
crowding in Federal prisons, and to
save the United States the economic
loss involved in the spread of drug.
addiction. Herbert D. Brown, chief
Of the Bureau of Efficiency; Col. L..
@. Mutt, deputy prohibition com.
missioner. and DR.. Rupert Blue, for
mer surgeon general of the Public
Health Service, are among it's sup.
pOfterS.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
DIPL 8|lA N | | |
BILL REACHES
HOUSE

After various and sundry ups
and downs. the diploma Tnill's bill
Ii now on the House calendar. hav-
ing been favorably acted upon by
the HOUSE District COMMITTEES last
night.
The measure, which is designed to
abolish educational wildcattinK in
the District, already has passed
the Senate, and no strong opposition
IS looked for In the House.
The Senate District Committee
yesterday took favorable action on
the bill which requires the personal
property tax on automobiles to be
paid at the time the owner applies
for q registration card, instead OF
payment with, the tax on other per-
sonal property in September and
March.
An anti -sncoptnR amendment
requested BY Senator Vandenberg
oe Michigan. which viii deny the
Assessor the right to inspect books
ana records OF companies suspected
OF dishonest tax returns. viii be-
writer into the bill before II is
officially reported to the Senate.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
B { AVE RB ROCK
. OFF ROCK PILE

NEW YORK. May 5.--Robsrt
Whitman, known to countless
women admirers as Lord Beaver
brook. who has been bruising his
shapely hands at rough labor n
the prison yard at Sing Sing. has
been assigned to task more be
fitting his accomplishments The
suave swindler, who is reported to
have won the hearts and cash of
so women by his eIoquence, has
been delegated to censor the letters
Of his fellow-inmates.
The prison authorities rewarded
His Lordship with the soft berth
because Of his familiarity with five
languages. He has been. an ex.
enpIary prisoner since he entered
the prison to serve 1O-year sen.
tence for larceny III th4 first degree.
His own letters win be censored ~
Joseph Conhaughton. official censor
Of the prison.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
FIRE FEUD ENDS
IN ARREST
ssss NW MhH -

The long-standing feud between
the two rival companies Of the
Boulevard Heights fire department
became more bitter yesterday when
Albert z. Stewart and Andrew G..
Green, trustees of the fire house,
were arrested by Prince Georges
county deputy sheriff on q warrant
sworn to by members of the re-
Gently evicted No. fire company.
The warrant, sworn to before
Justice Of the Peace Thomas Crit
fifth, Of Forestville, charges them
with. Illegal possession Of the build
ing now occupied Of Company No.
z, and with creating a disturbance.
The latter complaint, it is said,
arises out OF circumstances attend
ing the eviction Of the compliments.
ants.
The disagreements between the
companies is said to have origi-
mated over a year ago, beginning
with the organization Of the de-
partment. The first company was
organized as a volunteer company
and, according toeAmembers OF the
second company, were not con the
job" The second company was
then organized and complete equip
ment purchased.
After many court bouts, the Sec
ond company finally came into pos
session of the fire house, removing
all the effects of the first company
out on an adjoining vacant lot.
The present case is an aftermath
of the move, it is said.
The trustees arrested yesterday,
were released on a small recog-
nizance to appear in Marlboro police
court Thursday.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
City Refuse Workers
Receive Awards Today

An efficiency banner. cash prizes
and honorable mention will be.
awarded at 10 la. m. today in.
the board room OF the District
Building to members Of the city
refuse departments who have made
good records in their respective
areas during the past year.
The awards are made annually
by the Twentieth Century Club
which has committees assigned
each year to the inspection of work
of the refuse department In all
sections Of the city
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
broker IS HELD
IN THEFT
Photo BY International

NEW YORK. May 5.-Earl H.
seay. 50. was held in $4,000 bail
by Magistrate Gotlieb on charge
of grand larceny. He was ar.
rested on complaint Of Edward L.
Jenkins that he had lost 50, $50 in
stocks and $3.50 IN cash In a trans
action with Seay's brokerage firm.
jenkins said when he called on
the firm to get some stocks he
had purchased he found the place
closed. Meeting Seay on Broadway
jenkins demanded restitution. Seay.
Jenkins said, first suggested they
70 to his hotel room and talk 1t
over, but on the way there ran
away. jenkins got detective.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
IN RIVER,
|. ANKLES bound

NEW YORK May The body
81 "a unidentified man about II,
bound ABOUT tie ankles with sash
cord was found n the Harlem
river n belt buckle. 81 faved with
the initial IA WAS the only clue
~ ,denfitv found on the clothing
IRE body was dressed IL q brown
sweater brown trousers, brown
eocks and low black shoes re-
IIwio,,s medal was found In a
frouser pocket. The man was about
feet III inches tell and weighed
about 100 pounds
There were no marks Of vlOlence
On fl,e body. So detectives believe
khe man drowned himself, usinE tne
cord to attach q weight which pe-
came disconnected ii the wafer
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
Portland Hotel Bought
By Fidelity Storage Man

James L. Karrick, head of the
Fidelity Storage Company. of this
city, has purchased the Portland
Hotel. Vermont Avenue. Fourteenth
Street and Thomas Circle North
west. The amount paid for the
property is said to be more than
5000 900.
The entire building will be re-
modelled inside, Karrick said, and
stores will be placed on the Four
teenth Street and Vermont Avenue
sides.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt
Heads WOmen's Clubs

Mrs. Edgar b. Merritt was elected
president Of the District Of Co.
lumbia Federation Of Women's
Clubs. at the final meeting Of the
federation. yesterday at the Roose.
welt Hotel.
Other officers were: Mrs. William
j. LaVarr, first vice president;
Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff. second vice
president: Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
recording secretary; Mrs. E. C. Girls.
well, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
A. B. McManus, treasurer; Mrs.
lamar F. Rorke, auditor, and Mrs.
Virginia White Speel, general fed.
Grafton director.
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
Expert Opposes Federal
Subsidies "a Education

Expressing his opposition 20 Feu-
eral aid for education, IL the IorIn
OF money grants Pr g. 81. Mann;
director of the American Couneh ~
Education. yesterday at the open.
Ing Of the eleventh annual sesslo ",
~ fhe National Research Council.
ss,xSaeted Thar such subsidies Be
used to support the research ana
Information service 81 the Bureau
Of Education
he declared that Federal subsidies
tend to rob communities Of their
mower of self government ana
deatlen local responsibilities tor
n1anagement " their own aftalra.
educators from every section Of the
country are attendIug the sessions
which will end today
The Washington times., 1928-05-05
Estranged Wife Files
Suit for Maintenance

Mrs. Augusta e. Newkirk, OF
the 400 block of Thirteenth st,
". E., filed suit for maintenance
against her husband, Frank L,
Newkirk, Of the 800 block OF
Pennsylvania Avenue in Equity
Court yesterday.
The wife, who is represented by
Attorney Leroy Humphrey, charges
that she has only received $40 from
her husband during the past year
The couple were married June
1899, and have five children.