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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-05
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY FOLK
BELLS
IN OTHER
CITIES

A number OF Washingtonians
went TO Baltimore today for the
marriage of Miss Charlotte Sym.
ington Riggs, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Bright Riggs, and E.
Cortlandt Parker, of Washington,
which was solemnized at l o'clock
in Emmanuel Protestant Episco-
pal Church. the Rev. DR.. Hugh
Birckhead officiating. Mr.. Parker
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chaun-
cey g. Parker, who attended the
wedding, with their daughter, Miss
Dora Parker, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey G. Parker. jr. On their
return from their honeymoon Mr..
Parker and his bride will live in
Washington.
The marriage of DIR. Maurice
Fremont Smith, formerly of
Washington but now a resident
OF Boston, and Miss Mary Dixon
Thayer, novelist and star tennis
player, took place yesterday In
Philadelphia. the home OF the
bride. The ceremony was at
noon in the rectory of the Church
of Our Mother of Consolation,
at Chestnut Hill. and this was
followed by reception at the
residence of the brides parents,
General and Mrs. Russell Trayer.
Mrs. Fremont.Smith Is q grand.
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Fitz-Eugene Dixon and the late
Judge and Mrs. Russell Thayer.
She is great-granddaughte OF
George M. Dallas, who was Vice
President OF the United States
and minister to the Court of st.
James and to Russia. She is
also direct descendant Of Alex-
ander James Dallas, Secretary 0f
the Treasury. and Of Chief Jus
tice Benjamin Chew.
DIR. Fremont.Smith is the son of
Mrs. F. Fremont-Smith and the
late DIR. Fremont-Smith, formerly
of Washington. He is a Har.
ward graduate and a member Of
the Tavern and Harvard Clubs,
Boston.
After a honeymoon in italy. the
couple will live on Beacon Hill.
Among the brides books are
The IntelIectuals, a book of
satire on the foibIes of society:
Songs OF Youth" collection of
poems; New York and Other
POEMS" and novel, Foam"
X X Il
The Minister of Canada and
Mrs. Vincent Massey arrived in
town this morning after spending
two days in New York. They
were at their home in Canada for
the summer months.
\ X
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Henry.
accompanied by Miss Prue Mason.
of Frankfort. KY. have rSturned
to Washington after having spent
several months travelling abroad.
They landed from the Leviathan
on Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-05
NOTES OF SOCIETY

Mrs. William F. Whiting has
come from Holyoke. Mass, to be
with Mr.. Whiting, the Secretary
of Commerce. They have an apart.
ment at the Mayflower.
y
The Earl and Countess of Cos.
ford are in Washington for few
days on their honeymoon and are
staying at the Carlton Hotel.
Until her recent marriage, Lady
Gosford was Mrs. Beatrice ClafIin
Breese. The wedding too place
on Long Island a few days ago.
r. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will
go 70 Virginia Hot Springs for
stay of several weeks and then
make a short visit 70 Europe be-
fore opening their Dupont Circle
home for the season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-05

Regularly 1Sc Colored Plaid
Martex Wash Cloths tomorrow
only &c each.
Linen shop. Fifst Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-05

Rayon
Bed Spreads
$3.75
,Drapsrs Section, Third Floor.

Solid colored rayon spreads.
S1x1O5 inches, in rose, blue.
gold or green.
Linen Shop, First Floor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-05

KaysAr Leatherette PuH'on
cloves are the smartest gloves at
a moderate price one can wear.
Look like kid: wash perfectly IN
beige and gray.
Glove Section. First Floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
WORTIS TO SPEAK
AT WOMEN'S meet
Hold Big. Conference on
Saturday

The heroic struggle of women in
the needle. trades who were the first
to organize union of 10000 women
in spite of the greatest obstacles,
will be reviewed by Rose Wortis for
the benefit of delegates attending
the conference next Saturday to or
ganize the New York Working Wom-
ems Federation. The conference which
is to take place at Irving Plaza Hall,
18th st. and Irving Place, at 2 p. m.
is arousing widespread interest among
women workers in unorganized shops
and factories as well as among wom-
en- in the ranks of organized labor.
"Dressmakers have always been in
the forefront of the struggle against
sweatshop conditions, starvatio o n
wages and the employers idea of
what a union should be-" stated Wor-
(Continued on Page Taoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
HILLMAN bitches
FORTY-HOUR WEEK
Claims "Great Strides
in Convention Report

CINCINNATI, O., May 15.-Com-
plete verification of the general pre-
diction that the eighth biennial con-
vention of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Union will not take one pro-
gressive measure to defend the union
membership from the steadily sharp
ening attacks of the employers, was
obtained in the keynote Speech" de-
livered by President Sidney Hillman
at the first days session held yester-
day.
Summed up in a few words, Hill
mans verbal symphony expressed
complete satisfaction with the "won-
derful strides made by the Amalga-
mated" and a hope for further
strides with the aid of housing, fl
nancial and insurance schemes and
better cooperation with the manufac-
turers for the stabilization of the in
dustry.
Union Makes Strides"
The Rochester and Chicago agree
ments, recently renewed for three
years, were brought forward by Hill
man as brilliant examples of the
unions Strides" This in spite of the
fact that the 40-hour week was not
obtained, as had been done in the
other needle trades unions, and de-
spite the fact that it could have been
obtained, as was proven when two
pen-shop employers voluntarily
granted the shorter week while secret
negotiations with the bosses of the
two markets was going on.
Although Hillman's address touched
upon the 40-hour week, which is ad-
Continued on Page TaOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
DELEGATES TO
EXPOSE SIGMAN
CONVENTION
Militant Workers To
Plan Action

To begin the campaign of inten-
sified struggle for the rebuilding of
the union mapped out by the Ma
tional Conference of the progressive
delegates to the convention of Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, a series of simultaneous mass
meetings will be held tonight at 6
o'clock in Cooper Union, 9Th st. and
4th Ave-, Webster Hall, 18th st. and
Third Ave, and several other halls.
The cloak and dressmakers in New
York will tonight hear, from the mill
tant delegates they sent to the con-
vention city, Boston, how the reac-
tionary socialist cliques in control of
their International union, refused to
allow their elected representatives to
participate in the convention, and u.s.
ing the police force of Boston as their
guards against any possible voicing
of protest against the wrecking of the
cloakmakers' union.
These mass meetings will also be
the first step to be taken by the lock-
ed out delegates, in carrying out the
program of action they adopted at
the National Conference held while
the union wrecking cliques of Sigman
and Schlesinger were graphing with
each other for control of the wreck
of once strong International. This
conference was held in the Hotel
Brewster and ended last Saturday,
when the bulk Of the delegates re-
turned to New York.
The fake convention of the right
wing delegates representing only
their own misunderstanding clique are
still struggling bitterly against each
other in Boston. This despite the lat
est efforts of the chief of the socialist
party, Morris Hillquit, who came to
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
SEE SPREAD OF
TEXTILE STRIKE
Ranks Solid After
Month Of Fight on Cut

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May 49,
The 10000 striking textile operatives
here, engaged in fight against the
ten per cent wage slash, are fulfilling
their role as the leaders of the tire.
mendous struggles in store for the
hundreds of thousands of mill work
ers, with a unanimous determination
seldom eQualed in American labor
history.
Complete Solidarity.
Not since the beginning of the
strike just a month ago tomorrow
has single worker participating in
the original walk-out broken ranks
and returned to work, despite the fact
that number of mill owners have
tried to coerce many strikers to start
the looms running again.
Indications that the strike will be
far more bitterly and openly fought
can be easily observed by the opinions
expressed in the local, as well as ma
tional capitalist newspapers. They
frankly state that the successful ter
mination of the New Bedford strike
would be the signal for the rapid
spread of a general strike movement
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
MUST SERVE FULL
1927 SENTENCES
is COURT ORDER
20 of the Defendants
Are Women

Fifty-eight fur workers-29 men
and an equal number of women-late
yesterday were imprisoned on Well
fare Island to complete sentences
meted out to them during the New
York fur strike of 1927.
This follows a decision of the
Court Of Appeals just rendered. Yes
terday the So workers surrendered
themselves at Part 1, Court of Spe-
cial Sessions.
All of the workers, who were round
ed up on charges of disorderly con-
duct, had already served nine days
of their sentences at the time of their
arrest. The women had been sentenc-
ed to 10 days, leaving one day to
serve. The men, who were sentenced
to Is days, still have six to serve.
One fur worker, Lena Gautman, who
was given 30 days for expressing dis
approval of the judges decision, will
have to spend 81 more days in prison.
Ten other fur workers; arrested at
the same time, who have not yet ap-
peared, have been asked to report to
the office of the Joint Board.
In the strike in which these work
ers were arrested the officials of the
American Federation of Labor Joined
with the right wing administration of
the international furriers' union, the
employers and the Tammany Halls
police force in a campaign to destroy
the workers organization as we'll as
the union conditions in the shops.
This decision is not only inflicting
hardship on the supporters of fam
lilies by compelling them to serve at
Welfare Island, but is forcing many
Of those who have finally found jobs
TO- lose them. A curious coincident is
that this decision comes during new
developments in the struggles of the
fur workers to maintain their union
against the onslaught of the combi-
nation of bureaucrats and employers.
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
GREET GORDON TONIGHT
Communist Party Leaders Will Speak

Released after serving one month
of three-year sentence in the New
York Reformatory for writing a
poem America" in The DAILY
WORKER, David Gordon, 19-year-old
member of the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League will be welcomed to-
night by hundreds of New York
workers at the Workers Center, 1928
Union Square.
Gordon will tell of his experiences
in the reformatory and during his
trial before the judges of the Court
of Special Sessions. In short time
he will return to the University Of
Wisconsin to which he had won a
scholarship for literary promise after
he had been sentenced to the reforma-
tory and while his case was being ap-
pealed.
Prominent leaders of the Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

the work of three and getting out
more work.
For instance, in the Ninth Avenue
plant, the speed of the conveyers that
carry the loaded pans TO the wrapping
tables has been doubled. Three years
ago the carriers made turn in 5
minutes. Now they go around in 21s
minutes. The belt at the wrapping
table is increased in speed to keep
up with the work coming from the
ovens. The foremen and forewomen,
known as whites" because they wear
white uniforms, stand near the wrap
ping table and keep calling to US, urg-
ing us on to speed up, get out the
work, faster, faster.
We must not talk to any of the
workers down the line. We must pay
attention only to "the belt" The
speed, the intense heat and the driv-
ing of the straw bosses add to the
misery of working like automatons
before the belt. If only we were per-
mitted to exchange places for a while
so that we would not be doing the
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

(Communist) Party and the League
will speak, tonight, tracing the his
tory of the campaign to throttle the
central organ of the Party by series
of state and federal indictments
against it's editors.
Among those who will welcome
Gordon on behalf of the Party and
League are Bertram D. Wolfe, ma
tional agitprop director; William w.
Weinstone, organizer of District 2,
Workers (Communist) Party; Robert
Minor editor of The DAILY WORK
Err; Alex Bittelman; Herbert Fam,
National Secretary of the Young
Workers League, and Philip Frank
field, member of the District Executive
Committee of the League, and Mich
ael Gold, editor of the New Masses.
The welcome had enormously been
announced for tomorrow evening.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
HAYWOOD FIGHTS DEATH
Has Relapse After Rally Against HlnessI

MOSCOW, May 15.--William D.
Haywood, former Chicago leader of
the Industrial Workers Of the World.
is putting up an amazing battle
against death.
Just as it appeared that he could
not recover from a severe attack of
heart weakness he rallied and dis
played a reserve strength that aston
ished the doctors of the Kremlin Hos
pital.
Before his latest attack Haywood
had been removed from the hospital
to the Lux Hotel, where he made his
home. He had been suffering from a
complication of diseases, chief of
which were heart weakness and dia-
betes. The diabetes symptoms yielded
to insulin treatment and Haywood
seemed to be on the road to recovery
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
THRONCs7O HEAR
OF KUN'S ARREST
Communists Release to
Be Demanded

Thousands of workers of New York
City and vicinity will gather in Union
Square Saturday at 1 p. m. to pro-
test against the contemplated murder
of Bella Kun, Hungarian Communist
leader, and to demand his immediate
and unconditional release. The mass
meeting is called by the New York
section of the International Labor De-
Tense, 799 Broadway.
In an appeal to the workers of New
York, Rose Baron, secretary of the
New York section, points out the sig
nificance of the arrest Of Kun by the
Austrian government and his threat
ened extradition to Fascist Hungary,
and calls upon all class-conscious
workers to join in preventing the mur-
der of Kun.
The mass meeting will be addressed
by many prominent speakers from
three platforms. Among them will be
Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of
the Workers (Communist) Party;
James P. Cannon, national secretary
of the International Labor Defense !;
William w. Weinstone, organizer of
District 2, Workers Party; Robert
Minor, editor of The DAILY WORK
Err; Carlo Tresca, Nicola Napoli;
Richard B. Moore; Robert w. Dunn;
Louis Hyman; S. Liebowitz; Anthony
Bimba; Louis Koves; Gustav Mayer;
Antonio Wechsler; Emmery Balint, S.
Biederman, and Hugo Gellert.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
Will Present Drama
for Miners Relief

"The Village YOUTH" a one act
play in Yiddish, will be given by the
Dorohitcher Dramatic Society at the
Ukrainian Theatre, on 9th ST., be-
tween Second and Third Aves., next
Saturday evening. The proceeds of
the performance to be donated to the
relief of the striking miners.
The Dorohitcher Dramatic Society,
recently affiliated with the National
Miners Relief Committee, has re-
hearsed "The Village Youth" for three
weeks and added many talented act
ors to its cast for this performance.
The play is under the direction o.
A. Sandroff
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

when he suffered heart relapse.
The Kremlin Hospital doctors con-
sidered sending the patient to Nacesta
a north Caucasian sulphur springs re-
sort, for special treatment but it was
decided that his heart was too weak
to stand the strain of the trip.
Hope was expressed that careful
treatment and rigid diet during the
spring and summer months would
benefit Haywood to such an extent
that he could be taken to Nacesta in
the autumn.
Haywood is receiving the best medi-
cal treatment that Moscow affords
Dr.. Limcher, his personal physician,
said that the American was receiving
the same treatment that would be
given to high official of the Soviet
government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
CRoOCK, SANDING
SPEAK THURSDAY.
Generals Brother at the
Brooklyn Meeting

Paul Crouch, the American soldier
who agitated in the Hawaiian army
barracks against American imperial
ism, is to occupy the same platform
as Socrates Sandino, brother of tbs.
'Nicaraguan general resisting United
States marine invasion, at a mass
meeting in Brooklyn Thursday. The
meeting, under the auspices of the
All-America Anti-Imperialist League,
will take place at 8 p. M, in Royal
Palace Hall, 16 Manhattan Ave-, near
Broadway.
Manuel Gomez, U. S. secretary Of
the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League, will preside.
Interest in the meeting is strength
ened by the fact that Crouch has just
returned from an extended visit to
Soviet Russia. This will be his first
appearance at large mass meeting
since his-return.
Crouch, who was an American SOD
dier stationed at the colonial possess
sion of Hawaii, attracted Worldwide
attention when he was arrested and
court-martialed for his activities in
organizing the Hawaiian Communist
League. Among his fellow soldiers
and among the Filipino laborers in
the Hawaiian Islands the League es--
tablished it's first base. Crouch
served more than two years In tha
Alcatraz Military Prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

motion during the past ten days under
the leadership of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party which has been stag
ing open air mass meetings in every
part of the city.
Reports from these meetings are
uniform that the workers and riders
of the city are aroused to the point
of fare riots and mass demonstra-
tions. Independent Investigations con-
Quoted by The DAILY WORKER
aong the riders of the subways indi-
cate that the maneuvers and ges-
lures of the city and state officials
have not gone unnoticed by the strap
hangers. It is evident that the work
ers see through the moves and are
holding these officials responsible.
Charge Walker Made $751;
Confirming the charges made many
times in The DAILY WORKER, that
Tammany Hall was responsible for
the seven cent fare steal, former
Mayor John F. Hylan yesterday indi-
Gated that Mayor Walker had made
an income of over $2S7,o00 in 1927
from his holdings in l. R. T. stock.
Hylan issued second series of ques-
tions yesterday, in which he asked
Walker the following questions:
"Is it not true that you admitted
under oath your 1927 income was
$287,000 or over? If you did not
make this $287,000 out of |. R. T.
stock, will you tell the public how
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
APANESE TROOPS
Land AT SWAT0W
Attack Worker Peasant
Guards in City
Special to The Doily Worker)

VANCOUVER, B. c., May 15.-
Japanese marines who We're landed
at Swatow several days ago when
worker-peasant troops gained control
of the city clashed with Red Guards.
according to a cable received here by
the Canadian Morning News, left wing
Chinese newspaper. The result of the
fight has not been reported.
The workers and peasants have
gained new victories in the Tsung-
shan district where they took pos
session of the strategicaily important
Continued on Page Fipe)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
Unemployed Rally at
Union Square Today

A rally of unemployed workers will
be held at 2 p. m. today in Union
Square at the Lincoln monument un-
der the auspices of the New York
Council of Unemployed, it was an
nounced last night. The speakers
will include John Di Santo, secretary
of the Council, and Sylvan A. Pol
lack, of The DAILY WORKER.
An important meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Council will be
held tomorrow at 8 p. m. at 101 E.
14th st. All executive committee
members have been urged to be pres
ent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
URGE PROMPT AID
FOR RED CENTER"
Weinstone Addressing,
All Party Units

Pointing out the necessity of i'm
mediateay raising all possible funds
for the Workers Center, 1928 Union
Square, William w. Weinstone, organ
izer of District 2, Workers (Commu-
nist) Party and secretary of the Cen
ter, yesterday made public letter
which is being sent to all Workers
Party units in District 2. The letter
states:
"Dear comrades:
"Officially our campaign closes to-
Continued on Page TaUo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
HOLD GRAFTER's CHAUFFEUR

Harold Truet, chau feur for
Maurice E. Connolly, deposed Borough
President of Queens, who resigned un-
der fire as result of the sewer graft
scandal in that borough, was held in
$1,000 bail by the grand jury on a
charge of using a city automobile
without permission. Connolly brot
the charges against the chauffeur.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
58 MILIIAN FUR WORKE MUST SERVE JAIL TERMS
Aid Relief For New Bedford Strikers

Ann ". Grafton,
at right above, is
in charge of the re-
lief a0ork carried
on for the Ne4O
Bedford 1tiEe
s trik ers By the
Workers. InternG-
tionGl Relief. LG,t-
doVinn Rogers, her.
self q strik 9 r
pressed into serU-
ice as a secretary
to the organization
IS standing at Ann
CrGton's left. The
strike relief is be-
ing brought to hatn-
dreds of the te9-
tile strikers q0ho
hGve been organ
ized by the Te1tIe
NJ i'll Committees,
the officials of the
Textile C o u n CT !
hGVing refused to
call for picketing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

you did make it, your salary as mayor
being only $25,000 a year?
"You also said you have not been
in night club in over two years. To
refresh your memory as to the night
clubs which you visited within the last
two years, were you not at Roger
Continued on Page FSve)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
OHIO TO NAME
CANDIDATES AT
MEET SUNDAY
West Virginia State
Convention Saturday

Especial To The DAILY WORKER-l
PITTSBURGH, May 15.-Delegates
to the State Nominating Convention
of the Workers (Communist) Party
will be elected at a conference that
will be held by the Pittsburgh district,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at 35
Miller Street. The State Nominating
Convention will be held in Phila-
delphia Thursday, May "a, and will
elect delegates to the National Nom
mating Convention at New York.
All Workers Party units Of Western
and Central Pennsylvania are called
upon to send delegates to Sundays
conference.
Ohio Convention Sunday.
CLEVELAND, o., May 15.-The
Ohio State Nominat' Convention Of
the Workers (Comm3 .tistl Party will
be held here Sunday at 10 a. m. at
Jates Hall, 6006 st. Clair Avenue
In the afternoon, at 8 o'clock the
opening rally of the campaign win
take place at Gardina Hall, 6021 St
Clair Avenue at which the state can
didates will speak.
The nuclei have elected delegates
to the convention from all over the
state, and large number of fraternal
and other working class organizations
are sending fraternal delegates. One
of the features of the convention viii
beg report on the miners strike
Continued on Page Ts0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
CITY VIDE OPPOSITION
TO FARE STEAL GROWS

Organized opposition cityd scale leading refusal to
the increased sought by the nbough Rapid Transit
being esadowed here result of protest activities in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
SPEED UP NATL BISCUIT
CO.: BELT IS DOUBLED
(By a Worker CORRESPONDENTS

you working at the National Biscuit Company
with complaints against the speedup One worker