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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
FURRIERS JOINT
BOARD WILL HOLD
MEET FOR JOBLESS
Workers Scorn Charity
Offer of Bosses

The serious unemployment crisis
in the fur industry, intensified by the
union wrecking activities Of the
American Federation Of Labor bu-
reaucrats and the employers asso-
citation, will be taken up at a mass
membership meeting called by the
Joint Board of the Furriers' Union
for tomorrow afternoon in Manhattan
Lyceum, Sc E. 4th St, at l o'clock.
Some very recent developments
have brought the question of the
severe unemployment in the trade to
the forefront of the attention of the
workers. These are the open admis-
sion of the employers that about
5000 of the $4,000 workers in the
trade are completely unemployed,
with many others working part time.
Bosses Offer Charity.
A storm of indignation greeted
the recent cynical announcement OF
the employers that they are willing
to offer charity for the relief OF the
unemployed. The announcement de-
clared that about $4,000 will be Of
fered by the Charity Chest" of the
employers as loans to the workers.
First the employers entered into
a combination with the right wing
officialdom of the International union
to destroy the Joint Board, whose
projection guarded US against I'M
employment, and now they are al
ding insult to injury by offering
charity" the enraged workers in the
fur market declared yesterday.
Ben Gold to Speak.
The proposal of the employers,
when made, provoked praise from
the capitalist press and from the
American Federation of Labor Off
cialdom for their "big heartedness."
The hypocrisy Of the employers big
hearted proposal becomes immedl-
ately apparent, it is pointed out, by
the fact that for the 5000 unemploy-
ed furriers admitted by the bosses,
$4,000 in '1oans" is available.
At the membership meeting to-
morrow, the Joint Board will declare
its official attitude on this question
and on remedies for the crisis as a
whole Ben Gold, manager of the
Joint Board will address the meeting.
The activities of the executive coun-
rand assAs registered workers will also
be discussed by Gold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
''Obscenity' Trial Starts
Over BOdenheim Book

The taking of testimony in the trial
which is to decide whether Maxwell
Bodenheim's novel "Replenishing
Jessicia" is officially obscene
started yesterday in Judge Motifs
part Of General Sessions.
Bodenheim, Horace G. Liveright and
Thomas R. Smith are under indict-
ment for publishing the book and the
publishing firm of Boni and Liveright
is also defendent in the action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Brooklyn Tenement Fire

Nearly two dozen women and child
rem were rescued yesterday when
flames and smoke filled three 4-story
frame tenements at 116, 118 and 120
Seigel ST., Brooklyn.
Three alarms were turned in be-
fore the menace to that thickly popu-
lated working class section of Will
iamsburg section was subdued.
Railways and apartments were
filled with dense, choking smoke be-
fore the majority of the workers and
their families could reach the street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
IRREGULAR USE OF ALCOHOL.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 90
Presentation of evidence was started
today by Federal District Attorney
Richard H. Templeton before the
grand jury in connection with the al
legged irregularities in the distribu-
ton of alcohol by the Illinois alcohol
company here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Worker Dies FrOmBurns

PLAINFIELD, March 20.-Paul D.
Brooks, 81 years old, employed in
the forging department in the plant
of the Spicer Manufacturing Co., died
yesterday in Mulhenberg Hospital of
burns received while working.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

The Harlem branch Of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense will meet this
evening at l43 +. 1O3rd St Members
are urged to settle for the bazaar
tickets then. Other business Of irnpor-
lance will be before the meeting and
full membership attendance is re-
quested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Millions for Air Ships

/. WASHINGTON, March 20.-While
millions of unemployed are looking
for work and food, President Coolidge
yesterday recommended to congress
that s8,0O0,000 be provided for the
construction of two dirigibles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Nearing to Talk.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2O.-Scott
Nearing, recently returned fro m
China and the Soviet Union will
lecture on "The Soviet Union, China
and the War Danger" Thursday,
March 80, at 8 p. m. at the Labor In
stitutes $40 Locust St., under the
auspices of the workers Community
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Local n. u. E. l.. Dance.

take place Saturday, March 81, at s
p. m. at Harlem Casino, 10th ST and
Lenox Ave. Admission viii be so
cents. Tickets may be obtained at 101
e. 14th st
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
women.s COUNCIL concert.

Councils /, 2, and OF the United
! Council of Workingclass Housewives
will hold concert and ball at Bronx
lLyceum, 3e92 Third Ave, near 103rd
St, on April a. The proceeds win go
to the Miners Relief Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

Labor and FYaterndI
Organizations
For Negro children.

To raise funds for the Fort Valley
Industrial School for Negro children
lat Fort Valley Ca. a costume ball will
be held at Renaissance Casino, 13Sth
st. and Seventh Ave, this Friday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

Scott Nearing, who has just returned
from China and the Soviet Union, will
lecture Wednesday, March rs, at p. m.
at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 18th
St, under the auspices of Section and
3 The subject will be Europe TO
day" -azAsx
Evening star., 1928-08-02
THE EVENING STORY

no rest day or night The doctor sad
there had been CONFUSION.
Ellen flung aside her things and
went straight to her grandchild. AS she
bent over the crib, Jean lifted empur-
pied eyelids and smiled
Ellen's face grew stern.
Clear out. both of you" she said to
the helpless young people. III take
care of her now"
II was something of a fight for ~
hours. but grandmother love and COM
nonsense methods won. Jean began
to take nouriShment. The light came
back to her shadowed eyes
We fed her only the things she
teaSed for" Alice confessed, we
couldn't cat fruit and salad and mousse
right before her without giving her q
teeny-weeny bit. Everybody was crazy
about her. And she was crazy about
everybody Maybe we did keep her up
later than We should. But she lit up
so beautifully when there was COM
pany.'
Il guess Alice is too young to be
hampered with the care of child. "
said Arthur. Maybe you'd better take
Jean back home with you, mother"
Alice looked relieved. Her pretty toy
had become a tiresume task. Little
Crocks Soied easily. little hands would
not stay clean. She hadn't been able
ia take Jean everywhere she was III
the habit of going. And they didn't
like small children In that particular
apartment house
Ellen took Jean home. She had a
glorious time laundering jeans clothes
and mending them. Jean speedily be-
gan to thrive on her old diet of bread
and milk. eggs and vegetables. It was
a Joy to see her growing PINK ana
plump and merry once more, ~
Some dav when Alice had a little
child of her own she would understand.
Meanwhile. and Ellen thought this
humbly. if grandmother-love WASH {
nother-love it was after all very good
substitute,
THE END.
fCopyrlght, Inaa A
Evening star., 1928-08-02
THE END.

fCopyr!ghi. Ia2sn
Evening star., 1928-08-02
SUN-MAID NECTARS

Large size fruit, wrapped in Gel
lophane for your protection from (
handling and that you may see the
prunes before purchasing 2-lb.
pkg. ....................
Evening star., 1928-11-17
chastity tragedy of the sinking of the

CHASTITY tragedy of the sinking Of the
vestris Aided by two generous and In
trepid Caucasian women, also eligible
to be described as Samurai or any bet
ter possible term that may occur to
mind, his wife arranged life-preservers
in sort of raft-like triangle Support
ed by this the three women f1oated for
twenty-four hours, holding the ma jor
between them, nor cid they relinquish
the form Of the courag ageous officer when
death came to him ss the result of his
physical labors before the sinking, COM
bined with long exposure.
Here is little woman worthy Of the
traditions of the most ancient, the most
honorable, the most aristocratic of
clans The faith of her, grief-stricken,
may differ from ours, yet will any one
dare say that such couple, well
worthy of one another, shall not event.
ually be reunited in land even more
beautiful than lovely Japan? There Is
much of the maternal in every wife's
love for her husband, and some day.
when her most acute sorrow shall have
passed. she will rejoice that her arms
were enfolding him when death called
Evening star., 1928-11-17
THIS AND. THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEEEL

! chronic borrowers they know that they
are doing nothing but giving money
away, yet at the same time are denied
the credit for charity.
| I'll give this back to you tomorrow,
old man" says he, with glistening eyes.
| in such a grattude-laden voice that
| the other has visions of the poor fellow
being kept awake at night on his ac-
count.
! From past experience he knows per-
fectly well that the other hasn't the
slightest idea of ever paying him back
a cent of 1t, il he can get cut of it.
He longs to spring the old Joke on
| the man who asks 70" the loan of a
ten-spot Here's five-you lose Ave
and lose five." He knows that such
dignation.
The man who never borrows may be
lacking bit in the milk of human
kindness Perhaps so. If he doesn't
ask others for things the chances are
that he will not welcome requests from
others.
No doubt there are certain human
beings, perhaps fortunately minded, If
one can put 1t that way who take de-
light in responding to the requests for
loans of all kinds.
The experience of mankind has
shown. however that most such per-
sons are regarded as easy marks. "
their good nature is grossly taken ad-
vantage of and all they get out Of their
kindness is wholesale imposition. II it
makes them happy. then they have
their reward
Those who borrow things other than
money commonly take little. If any,
care Of what they have borrowed. This
at street corner A closed car came
crashing into the side of q bus. There
was mighty splintering and the sound
of smashing glass.
When the bus driver got out tn con-
front the culprit. he found himself face
to face with smiling individual who
promptly owned the accident to be all
his fault
IT'S all right" he said. THE car
belongs to a friend of mine"
This was rather fragrant case, no
doubt, but 1t points to the general at
titude of those who borrow property.
Easy come, easy 60" They did not
pay for 1t, and they have no pride In 1t.
X \
Women are more scrupulous in re-
paying their small borrowings of food
stuIs. There is scarcely home cook
who at some time or other does not
run out" of some commodity, which
she knows may be obtained at no
more cost nor trouble than running to
some neighbor's.
How many spoonfuls Of vanilla eX-
tract for instance. have thus gone on
neighborhood travels not even the
greatest statistician could begin to es-
innate The good part about such bor-
rowings is how easy they may be re-
paid. Two teaspoonsful of extract taken
out of a new bottle Is scarcely missed
therefore payment becomes easy tc
heart, hand and pocketbook.
OF book borrowing we say nothing
since this Is topic all by itself, which
we have treated In the past, and may
consider here again. The main point
to remember on the general subject
is that most every day borrowing is
unnecessary A little forethought would
save one from the embarrassment
which it is, in most cases. even to the
hardened sinner along these lines. The
advice of perfection Is what Shake
speare gave.
Evening star., 1928-11-17

emergency cuts and cuts that are due
TO lack of foresight on the part Of utilit,
companies or property owners. In man.
cities the different departments of tn
city government go their separate way
with no effort to keep in step. Wash
ingtcn is not alone in seeking solu
ton. and no solution can be expected
to be perfect. E"ery day somethin.
goes wrong somewhere in the miles O
underground work that lie beneath tn"
street surface. and every day there must
be cuts snd repairs.
But Capt. whitehurst has at leas
produced plan which should remcd,
many Of the difficulties experienced to-
Gay. The whole system of granting
permits for Underground construction
and street repair work needs over
hauling ana moderniza ton. The Dis
trict government must catch up witt
the times.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ton fcoYs 1eo ToJo,
Ten Years Ago To-day.

The allied armies of occupation move
all along the front. The Sd American
Army reached the historic little City of
Montmedy this morning, the last of the
Germans having left during the night.
without bands or flags, the
Americans moved forward on a war
basis, preceded by cavalry detachments
and followed by cannon able to throw
down a barrage In an emergency.
French forces have occupied
Mulhausen. Sedan, the Gravelotte forts
south of Metz, Munster and Alfkirch,
and 1t is announced that not a single
German remains in French national
territory. The liberated population
everywhere greeted their saviors enthu-
siastically. with every town magnifi-
Gently bef1agged Two British
armies advance in Belgium, with their
fronts running southwark from a point
IS miles west of Brussels
Antwerp is again In Belgian hands.
The evacuation of Belgian territory is
proceeding quietly and the royal entry
into Brussels will come sooner than ex-
pected. Five Russian grand
dukes are found in WE'LL slain by the
Bolsheviki. The Reds threw them in.
then dropped hand grenades on them
Two hundred thousand civilians
parade In Paris, celebrating the return
Of the lost provinces" Of Alsace-
Lorraine. " American soldiers are
marching SO rapidly and so closely on
the heels of the Austrian army in
Northern Italy that their supplies can
not keep pace with them.
Evening star., 1928-11-17

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ington. D. G.
@ Who is the most photographed
person in the world today?-B. G.
A. Edward, Prince of Wales, is prob
ably photographed most often.
O. What per cent of the eligible
voters vote in England. Australia, Ger
many, Belgium. Switzerland, Denmark,
France and Italy?-E. N.
A. In England Scotland and Wales
three -fourths of the total possible vote
was cast in the last election. In Aus
tralia from % To 90 per cent voted; ~
Germany. So per cent; Belgium. 30 per
cent: Switzerland and Denmark. rs PEI
cent: France, 10 per cent; Italy. g. per
cent.
q. How old are the expressions "har-
vest moon" and hunters n1oon"?-B. !.
S. M.
A. The expression harvest moon" oc-
ours in English literature as early as
1706 In ITO there is reference to the
hunters moon
Q. why is the Vatican so called?--
BIS
A. It takes It's name from the Vati-
can Hill in Rome on the west bank Of
the Tiber
Q. When was cotton sheeting of bed
width first woven?-F. McQ.
A. The first wide looms installed for
weaving wide cotton sheeting were set
UP at the Biddeford (Maine) plant OF
the Pepperell Manufacturing Co. IN
1850.
c. To what religious denomination
did the author Of THE Star Spangled
Banner" belong?-O. K. B.
A. Francis Scott Key was a devout
member of the Episcopal Church. He
was a prominent lay reader Of the
Episcopal Church in Georgetown, D. c..
Of which he was member.
Q. Upon which syllable is the word
"dirigible" accented?-W. I. c.
A. 1t Is accented upon the first
, syllable.
g. Who gets the larger salary. th1
governor of New York or the mayor OF
New York City?--W. e. S.
| A. The salaries are the same-S2S, ,00C
| yearly. The Executive Mansion in AL.
/ bany is provided, however, to house the
governor and his family.
g. Can chicken fat be used for short
ening?-C II,
A. 1t may be. 1t is particularly gooc
| for biscuit making.
@. Can United States mail carrier,
Evening star., 1928-11-17
Mr.. Hoover's PURPOSE.

The stars staff correspondent a
! Palo Alto sends word that President.
elect Hoover Is going to South America
neither as drummer nor sight.
seer, but purely and simply as an am.
/ tassador of good will. wiring that Mr.
! Hcover's purpose is Ito make an ex-
! traordinary bid fer the whole-hearted
! friendship of the Latin American sister
republics"
It is an open secret that the rela-
tions between the Colossus of the
North" and Latin America leave much
TO be desired. On the surface of things
those relations are cordial. Beneath
the crust of official amity there is
| chronic unrest Events of the past two
or three years in Mexico and Nicaragua
have aggravated in many Latin minds
the suspicion that the United States
| has imperialistic aims In the Western
Hemisphere, especially in the Caribbean
region.
Since 1903 Uncle Sam has intervened
ten times In Central American coun-
tries The Marines have pitched their
tents in Haiti, the Dominican Republic
and Nicaragua, and twice since we
brought about her independence We
have intervened in Cuba. Altruistic as
We believe our purposes on all these oc-
casions to have been, and unselish as
we affirm our whole attitude toward
Latin America is, the cold truth is that
our motives are frequently mistrusted.
Even the Monroe Doctrine. which
most North Americans conceive as an
exclusively defensive measure main
tanned as much in the interest of Gen.
trail and South America as in the in
terest of the United States, does not
command universal esteem south of
the Rio Grande. Every now and then
occasion is found to denounce it as a
mere cloak for the annexationist de-
signs of the omnipotent republic of the
North.
These-and not only these-are some
Of the things President-elect Hoover is
bound to encounter as he wends his
friendly way through the sister Amer
icas. His determination to travel ex-
clusively as an emissary Of friendship
and not as an exalted bagman propa-
gandizing for goods made in America"
Is an essentially sound decision. The
genuine trust and regard of Latin
America are worth more to the United
States than hundreds of millions of
dollars In trade.
There are statesmen who, peering
into the illirnitable future. envisage
world in which all the Americas some
day may find 1t vital to stand together
If Herbert Hoover this Winter can
lay, on both sides of the Equator, the
foundations of true American
friendship. 1t will be an epochal piece
of political engineering work.
Evening star., 1928-11-17
A Lady Of japan.

It is not possible to state authorlta-
lively whether Nine Inouye, wife Of
Mai Inouye of the japanese army. mil
itary representative of his Emperor at
the capital of Argentina, was or was
not of the famed Samurai class. It
makes but little difference, for if she
we're not, she followed to the letter the
traditions of bravery, honor and self
sacrifice for which such persons have
stood for centuries.
The Samurai, the ancient nobility and
gentry of the Land of the Rising Sun,
probably brought supreme disregard
and, at the same time, regard of life tc
O point of nicely unequaled by chival-
rous and self-sacrificing persons in the
whole history of the world.
At the slightest slur the Samurai for
nnerly let the blood of his detractor; or
receipt of humiliation he as instan.
taneously took his own life. But wher
4 came to the saving Of life no effort
no ordeal, was too long or too torment
1s.
Mai 1nouye died after fifteen hours
lrsnsrsicn In tbs Atlantic following tn
Evening star., 1928-11-17
Co.ordinating Street Work.

Any plan that may be evolved at the
District Building for greater co-ordina-
ton between the various agencies hav-
ing to do with highway and under
ground construction work, which would
in some degree lessen the evils Of the
l1it-or miss policy followed today, will
receive the hearty approval and sup
port of the taxpayers. And any such
plan should receive the immediate in
dorsement of the District Commission
ers and at least be given thorough
trial. Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, has presented
the outline of such a plan, and 1t is
hoped that Affirmative action by the
Commissioners will follow Immediately.
The dificulty now is that there Is
great lack of coordination between
some of tbs agencies which have to do
with the laying of streets or tearing
them UP, and lack of authority neces-
sary to bring about the coordination.
Can't. Whitehurst believes In the crea-
| ton of some Office which would have
!
the power to coordinate the programs
of the different departments. and while
! this Office would in no way interfere
with the engineering problems OF any,
would issue orders making their pro-
grams conform in the interest Of con-
venience. efficiency and economy. AZ II
is now, the sewer department, concerned
with a problem at a street intersection
may conceivably tie up four streets with
out consultation with the highway de-
partment. A gas company, trying tc
find a leak in gas main, may tear
up a street from one end to the othe!
| in its work of exploration and the au-
tl1orities at the District Building ma.
never hsar about it until they stumblc
into a crevasse. A plumber may sc
to work and mar the smooth surfsc,
of a newly paved street to put in {;
larger duct for some abutting property
owner. whereas the plumber should b
denied the permit for such work unit
several years after the parement ha.
been laid. provided, of course. the abut
ting property cwner has been duly mott,
fed in advance of the new paving work
Every CITY in the United States L
afflicted with the identical trouble from
which Washington suffers. Every cit:
} has the problem Of deciding betweei