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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
CONDEMN union
OFFICIALS FOR
|. R. 7. SUPPORT
Will Urge United Labor
Organization Drive
Continued from PAGE One)

Continued from Page One)
urday, William B. Fitzgerald, vice
president of the International, ex-
tended the "olive branch of friend
ship" to the company. eve are will
ing to let bygones be bygones," he
said.
1t is felt that the "tip" about the
deal was given out by officials of the
marlborough themselves at the elev-
enth hour in order to discredit the
move for recognition of the union. In
other words, the open-shop Morgan
interests which have charge of trac-
ton in the city have never intended
to fulfill their part of the bargain
with the Tammany Hall labor Off
Gals. They have been double-crossed
but the marlborough will of course
deny that it has been responsible and
will through it's diplomatic" third
parties be able to continue the deal.
Workers Will Fight.
The fare steal which the INTERIOR
ough, together with it's loyal Tam
many politicians and labor officials is
seeking to put over, has met with the
city-wide resistance of the whole
working class. Demonstrations and
even riots have already been staged
against the move even though it is
now only in the stage of preparation.
That it will result in the greatest kind
of opposition and will, if put thru,
lead to the defeat Of any city admin
istration supporting it and to the
fatal injury of any union which spon-
sors it, is most certain.
1t is equally certain that the trac-
ton workers have nothing to gain
from permitting their officials to go
along with such move. The trac-
ton companies, as has already been
indicated, will not recognize the union
as their payment for the support of
the union officials. These companies
will find some way to defeat the
workers and will in the end turn the
tables against the labor officials who
have betrayed the workers.
The workers can win recognition of
their union only by fighting for this
right. They must not be deceived by
the notion that they have anything
to gain by refusing TO join in the fight
against the fare steal. The move to
increase the fare will operate against
them as much as against the rest of
the workers because their fight for
organization, it is now clear, cannot
be won without the support of the
whole labor movement. The traction
workers should not permit their Of
ficials to lead them into any trap
which will lose for them the support
of these other workers. This is the
move of the traction companies and
which the officials of the union are
willing to even though it is fatal to
the interests of the traction workers.
The workers at this critical mo-
: ment should come in large numbers
to the union meeting tonight. They
should demand of their officials that
they begin a real drive for the or
ganization of the traction workers.
They should demand that the mass
support of the labor movement be
mustered as the first necessity of this
drive. They should notify their Of
ficials that they will fight to the last
against the fare steal which is move
against the interest of the whole
working class and therefore against
themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

A general membership meeting of
all women members of the Workers
(Communist) Party will be held Sat-
urday at l:30 p. m. at Irving Plaza,
irving Place and 18th st. Arrange
ments for the celebration of Inter
national Women's Day on March 4
will be taken up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

All announcements for this column
must reach The DAILY WORKER Of
flee before ,. m. on the day before
publication.
Ragozin Lectures Tonight.
Ray Ragozin viii lecture tonight
evening on International Women's
Day" at 20 Graham Ave. under the aus
pieces of the United Council of Working
Glass Women.
1. l.. ID. Bazaar.
The annual bazaar of the Information
al Labor Defense will be held for five
days beginning March Z, at New Star
articles and contributions should be
sent to 799 Broadway, Room 422
Freiheit singers Dance.
The Bronx Section, Freiheit Singing
society, will hold a concert and ball
Saturday, Feb. rs at Rose Garden, 1347
Boston Road.
Downtown I. L. ID.
The Downtown l. l., D. will meet
tomorrow at 35 E. Second st. at 1880 p.
m.
Lecture ON Lindbergh.
Carl Weisberg will lecture on Lind
bergh, Wall Streets Ambassador" at
the Harlem Forum, 143 e. 10Srd St,
at o y. III. rrludy'
Freeman Lectures Sunday.
Joseph Freeman will lecture on The
Russian Theatre" Sunday evening at
the Bronx Open Forum, POTS Clinton
Ave.
Women's Council Meeting.
The United Council of Working
Glass Women will hold a membership
meeting Thursday at 8 p m. at Irving
Plaza, Irving Place and 18th st.
Leon Samson will lecture on Art in
the Ancient World" next Friday eve
ming, Feb. "a at the International Cen
ter, 149 e. gard St.
workers School Glasses.
The following classes are beginning
at the Workers School, 108 e. 14th
ST., this week:
Public Speaking" tonight at
o'clock, H. Blake. instructor,
Elements of MARKHAM Economics,
with Ray Ragozin. instructor, starts
Wednesday, at Z p. m.
Present. Tactics of Employers" with
Robert w. Dunn, Instructor, starts
Wednesday at $50 p. m.
intermediate English "A" (Mon-
days and Wednesdays, Kenya Ryder
starts on Wednesday, at $3.50 p. m.
/ Fundamentals of Communism" Ella
G. Wolfe, Instructor, starts Thursday
at z p. m. E
History of the United States" Jim
Cork, instructor starts. Thursday al
$3.50 p. m. -- 70 '''t-," ,-S,-S1' q
Historic Struggles of American La
bor," David J. Saposs, instructor
starts Friday at Z p. m.
p~oxu,,,;I,., xyo.,~o-., cus-Y-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

Two Chicago tire companies have
locked out members of the Tire G.
Rubber Workers Union, an A. F. of
L. federal organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
DWELLING BILL
HEARING STARTS
Favored by Large Real
Estate Interests

ALBANY, Feb. 20.-Hearipgs on a
dwellings bill will start her, tomor-
row. A determined fight to defeat it
will be conducted by Stewart Browne,
head of the United Real Estate Own
ers Association, which represents
small real estate interests in the out
lying sections of New York City.
The bill is supported by the large
real estate firms, one of it's staunchest
supports being Bing and Bing, who
recently locked out the workers in one
of it's Park Ave. apartments.
Fire Preventions.
The proposed law would supplant
the tenement house law of 1901. Some
of its features limit walkout apart
ments to five stories; strengthens fire
prevention; and place the building and
control of one-family and two-family
dwellings under the Tenement House
Commission. 1t would also give the
commission more power in compell-
ing Immediate repairs in unsanitary
apartments.
The bill would not protect the ten
ants from being charged excessively
for any improvements the landlords
would be compelled to make.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

NEW MASSES SPRING BALL.
The New Masses Artists and
Writer'S Spring Frolic" will be held
at Webster Hall, 18th st. and Third
Ave-, Friday night, March 9, it has
Just been announced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21

LEWISTOWN, Pa, Feb. 20.-Three
of the four Pennsylvania Railroad
main line tracks were blocked when
fast freight left the tracks at Dem
holm, near here, early today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
Rronx Concert and RnI,

The International Labor Defense of
the Bronx will give concert and ball,
Wednesday, Feb. %, Washington's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
Brownsville Workers, school,

The Brownsville and East New York
Branch of the Workers School 1874
Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn, is conducting
classes in English, elementary and In
termediate; history of the United
States and fundamentals of Com
munism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
Labor and FYateynaI
Organizations

All announcements for this column
must reach The DAILY WORKER Of
flee before s ,. m. on the day before
publication.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
Freiheit singers, Dance.

The Bronx Section, Freiheit Singing
society, will hold a concert and ball
Saturday, Feb. rs at Rose Garden, 1347
Boston Road.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
1. l.. ID. Bnxanr.

al labor Defense will be held for five
days beginning March Z, at New Star
Casino, Park Ave. and 107th st. All
articles and contributions should be
sent to 799 Broadway, Room 422
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-21
Ragozin lectures Tonight.

Ray Ragozin viii lecture tonight
evening on international Women's
Day" at 20 Graham Ave. under the aus
pieces of the United Council of Working
Glass Women.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28

cviceni br. Janci poyedal par Pc
knych slov v anglickej reel br.
Maruskin povedal obsirm rec 0
X. Sokolstve. Vysvetlil pokrok "A
vzrast organizacie K. S, o tclo-
cviku, atletike terajsej kampa-
nj, pocas ktorej organizacia vzra-
stla vySe dvanast tisic tlenov a
clenlsyn. Vecer 6. hodine br.
Maruskin a br. Yavorsky vytiah-
Ii domu p. Smotrilu elektricke
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28
RYRD 81 VIAL MAYTAG
MA JUzNU TOCNU

Minute dni pat 'desiatpat' vybe-
ranych muzov odislo velitel'om
Richardom E. Byrdom cd U. 5.
Navy, ma .juznu toenu. Vybrati sti
tam stravit' cd sest' mesiacov do
dvoch rokov, kde budd vystave-
nj nemilosrdnym zivlom a "a ten
cas- kaEdl ''zenskd" pracu, cd
varenia do prisivania gombiciek a
prania budd konat' muzovia sami.
z 5000 dobrovol 'nikov, 55 ich
bolo vybrane po prisnych zkd-
skach dusevnych telesnych. w
strij kazdeho druhu boil tiez vel
kou opatrnost 'ou vybrany a "a
pracf stroj vybrany boil Maytag
pre- jeho mocn1 stavbu, liateho
aluminia safel a mnohe inc vyni-
kaj1ce vlastnosti.
Nielen zdar tejto vypravy ma
tocnu, ale al zdravie a zivot mu-
zov zavisi cd spravneho vystroje-
MIA a zitia. Cistota zabranuje ne
mociam a preto muzstvo bude sa
udrzovat' ' cistote pranim svoj-
no prada ma Maytagu.
Sice ma samom okoli juEnej toe
ny muzovia obleceni budii t'az.
kych koziaeh a kozuchoch, tam
i'm Maytag nsbude potrebny. Ale
kym ta dojdu . potion ma zpia-
tocnej cesta hude treba stale prat
Spipu, ! IA nsstnl spinu 20 sat.
stva % stsejQv, nlstrojov, pu'
lick, tulshoch. ktor6 spinu May
tag vypsris . pomocou dobreht
nndle, -, -, ,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28

droty. a ked sa stnlilo, mali snle
Ease svetlo ako vo dne, a obecen-
stvo tanGilo az do pol desiatej no.
diny. Re sa vylet vydaril, zaslllhu
maju vsetci ucastnici na vylete,
a "a dobry poriadok zasluhu ma
vrbor. Ked tento dopis konclm,
d'akuiem meme Sboru los. a
yenca 81. tax al podrostu sbU'-
cekov 107. a "a. vsetllHm, ktorl
iicast ma vylete brali, tax al br.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28
O VYDARENoM vYLETE KAT.
sOKOLOV MA LANSINGvILLE.

LepSie neskoro ako nikdy, tax
al ia chcem par SLOW naplsat 0
vylete X. Sokolov z LansingNillu,
ktory boil ma Labor Day 4 Pine
Hollow parku. Uz rano 6. hodi-
ne dosiel pokladnik Sboru los.
br. j. Tilka k br. Maruskinovi
(ktory by 81 boil rad al dlhsie po-
spaD. Br. Tilka vraj celd noe ne
mohol spat' pre- pracu tesarsku,
ktora cakala nanho $ postavenim
platformy. No, pod me, hoyorim.
Sadl, sme do Sevroletky a r1z SINE
al stret|i .bratov V. Hleboveho a
J. Dutku. | hoyorime. jeden dru-
hemu: Je zamraceno. toho ne
bude mic. A nemali SINE sa k .pra-
ci. Ale bratia, pod'me, hovo-
rim, ved' al slniecko pride. Sli
sme zobudit' br. A. Krosa, ale
ten M Dol prec, nasIi SINE no V
lumber yarde. Br. Kicos tiez celii
noe nespal, lebo w NAL pol tro-
ka dosak nakladene. Pozdravime
no, ako pri praci, Pan Bob ponla
haj - Pan Bob ,pomahaj, ale so
slnkom a ME dazd ON! Troka
SINE nalozili presto do parku,
kde NAL byt' vylet. Tu br. Kicos
recie, k br. Tilkovi: Kde sn mlat-.
ky? To ste mali poeut'! Br. XII
eos br. Tilka striel'ali klince do
dosak jako flinty broky, az sa
tax park ohlasal a pudia ma okoli
pobudili. A platforma o deviatej
bola hotova. Br. Maruskin utekal
do Sokolovne a tam pima hala pod
rostu, starosta Hamrak a Starost-
ka ses. Baby. Tu sa rozdaly pri-
tomnym idom tikety zdarma.
@ II. hodine SINE sa pohli ha-
ly ma cele orchestrou p Zajaca.
Program boil skrateny, lebo kaz-
dy chcel byt' elm skorej parkn
(kazdy vie, axe sh dietky netrpe-
live pri takej veci). TAX SINE po-
chod viedli hore obchodnou uli-
cou, E. Indianola po Hunter a
Humbolt, do parku. Orchestra
hrala,. az sa domy otriasaly. Dosli
sme ma miesto a s nami slniecko.
Tu uz bolo plno obecenstva, vyse
1000 l'udi. Br. Maruskin priv
tai obecenstvo krasnou recou a
prial kazdemu, ably sa V laske a
svornosti zabaval. Prvy tanec bol
rozkazany pre- poorest K. S. a po-
tom nasledovala vSeobecna zaba-
va pre- vsetkych. O 3. hodine bolo
cvicenie Sokoliek, ktore zacvlci-
ly styri oddiele bezchybne, "a co
sa i'm dostalo mnoho potlesku. Po
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28
sLOVENSKA BASEBALL
LfGA.
(Dokoncenie s /. strany)
Sk6rovanie warrenskei caty.

Ked' Desantis a Tosti boil l'ah.
ko vyhodeni prvom iningu, Ber.
ry dostal iider do prav6ho po1a a
sk6roval ked' Swipas udrel rov.
MI ponad Kacengovu hlavu a lob.
da ufrlla Joe Hudovi pre- home
run. Sokoli ale sa vrati1i a povia-
zali Warrencanov A az do O.
sudneho osmeho iningu.
Spelman vybil Timera Won a
Sulik udrel dlhG do stredku, kto.
Ri Swipas chytil. Hamrak potom
vovabil Spelmana ku ,prechadzke
Flannery, po dvoch pokusoch,
udrel jednu pre- home run. Takl
radost' HaseltonGania nezazili az
davno, lebo to bolo po prvE raz
V historii Slovenskej Basebalovej
Ligy, ze cata Haseltonu vyhra-
la campionstvo. Strutherscania
prvi vyhrali campionstvo rokn
1921. Farrellcania r. 1922 a Ian
singvillGania r. 1926 a 1927. War
rencania dostali dobru prilezi-
tost' V deviation iningu, ked
Cunningham dostal duplovku do
stredu. ale Desantis, Dal'kHS a
BMko nemohli mic vykonat'.
Warrenska cata mala zle sta
site. Mlady Desantis, ked' hral
kopanti, poranil 81 piece a memo
hol hrat' ma svojom zvyeajnom
kratkom mieste. Roken s tretej
bazy boil ma jeho mieste. 'Roken a
Tosti, chytaji1c vysoko udretn lob
du, sa srazili Roken dostal cier-
ne oko a musel vystat' hry, lebo
mu oko tax opuchlo, re skoro mic
nevidel. Predseda Ligy Jan Kral
je rad, re je az po vSetkom a po-
vedal, ze hned' zapoene robit' pri-
pravy k budhcemu banketu, uspo-
riadanemu pre- Gradnik'ov, hra-
GOV a tvch, ktori boil V tesnom
spojeni s Ligou.
Hillcrestcania ztratili poslednn
hru toho roku.
Hillcrestcania zakl iucili svoju
baseballovi sezonu v nedel'u po-
razkou od caty Farrell Y. M. S. A.
v Gordon parku. Skor Dol s ku 2.
Francis, picer Hillcrestcanov,
nebol najlepsom stave a vydr-
zal len sedem iningOv. Potom Joe
Brayer prevail jeho ulohu ten
drzal FarrelEcanov V sachu. Hill
crestcania prvi sk6rovali, ked'
Joe Vrabel udrel home run "a | "a
Wy breh, al, potom Hillcrestcania
nemohli moe vykonat' Moreau-
vymi hodmi.
kudray a Seaman udreli home
runs "a Farrellcanov hra Mike
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28

Yavorskemu, re nam vypomohol
so svetlom, tax tiez al vyborom.
lie ma vylete nebolo po6ut' ziad-
neho urazliveho slova, je to Ease
dokaz discipliny kultiiry Slova-
'kov. ako sa hovori. ze zdrayom
tele zdravy duch, a kde je zdra-
w duch, tam je svornost' Ia
ska, laska je krasa. Zdar Bob!
J. L. Maruskin,
spravca Sb. 10S.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28

le pri nej, ked kazdy atom jeho
krvi tdzil poy nej neukojitel ne.
Tdl'al sa po nociach okolo jej
chalupy a uspokojil sa tym, ked'
videl aspon oblok tel izby, kto-
rel spala. No, to bolo pre- neho uz
hotove nest 'astie... Ach, preco len
ta laska talk mohla zatemnit' je-
no rozum - preco no ucinila ne
vol'nym otrokom laskyplnych eli
tov? Preco ia l'1bost' nezna me-
dzi ami odporu, ami dial'ky ami
priestoru? Preco no tax trapila {?
We'd nemal tou devou este sko-
70 mic do cinema, - preco sa mu
tax hlboko vryla do srdca... Pra-
vida, on ju PRIV .chcel len "a mi
lenku, ale teraz ah, teraz Nv
celkom sa mu to inakSie zdalo, a
preto nemal pre- .nu pokoia, -
preto po hu prisiel... HIM, ale ako
to urobit'? Ved'. ona nebola jeho.
ona mala uz svojho zenicha, kto-
rym uz dnes mala st1pit' pred
oltar chramu. - Go chvil'a, malo
byt' rano, co chvipa mali sa scha-
dat svadobnici, ably uz dl'a sta
rtho obyeaju odbavili svadobn6
obrady a potom aby sa veselo "a
bavili. - No on nato vSetko mic
nedbal, on ju chcel mat a ko-
nice, ale musel to vsetko este
tel chvil Ike vybavit', lebo de-
sat hodin uz by bolo pri pozde,
% desat' hodin uz by bola pri-
sl1chala tomu druhemu. Zatym e.
Ste stal chil'ku nerozhodne a tax
isiel k domu Kalincakovie - "a
klopal ma oblok a prvy raz V svo-
JON zivote vzdychnul k Bohu, re
ked' mu teraz pomoze, re bude
memo jeho ma veky zvelebovat' e.
Asi pat miniit roztvoril sa OBJ
lok objavila sa nom tvar ka-
lineaka. Nal'akane spytal sa, re
kto je to? Kto tn tax pozdno klo-
pc? Topol'sky no posmelil, ze je
to on, aby sa nenal'akal. Kalinea-
kovi to bolo podivne, re co tento
pan V noenn hodinu tn hlada?
Spytal sa no, ze co 81 ziada. Il
Ponevac ale nebol nato cas-, ably
sa tam pridlho shovarali, nuA To-
pol'sky bez vsetbych okolkov pri-
stnpil presto k veci, re mu da
vraj pol miliona kortln, ked' 81
tym sdhlasi. Ked' to poeul ka-
lincak, div cd laku nepadnul.
Spytal sa no, ze "a co? Topol'sky
mu ma to, ze "a jeho dceru. Ka-
lincak zadivene, ze "a jeho dee
ru, ako to mysli? Topol'sky od-
vazne, re 81 ju chce kiipit' cd ne
ho. No, ale teraz Kalineak sa Nv
al nahneval. Okrical no, re ci 81
aida mysli, re jeho dcfra je zvie-
IA, ably mu ju predat' moholo Kto
re to videl zeny kupovat' alebo
predavat'! Ved' je to vec zaka-
zana, vec oproti zakonu, "a kto-
ri by mohli byt' obidvaja potre-
stani, -- no on by nechcel vraj
preto kriminale sediet'.
(Pokraeovanie budIcne.)
Andrej Cisar, riaditel'.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1928-09-28

Dzurindu, Juraja Bebic Andy
Greena {Zelenaka) bola hodna'
podivania. Joe Vrabel hral mai.
lepSie "a Hillcrestcanov.
The Washington times., 1928-04-10

rode on q train frOom Cairo, H.,
to Chicago, where Mr.. Palmer &C.
cupied 4 berth with lady. AZ
they aligned from the train on
the following morning 4 man sue
ceeded in photographing Mr.. Pal
mer and the lady that accompanied
him on the train.
He thereafter took the photograph
together with his own affidavit de-
scribing their actions on the train
and delivered them to q Federal
agent in Chicago, and insisted that
Mr.. Palmer be indicted for violating
the Mann act.
The affidavit stated that Mr..
Palmer had accompanied the woman
from st. Louis to Cairo, thence to
Chicago. The Federal agent hap
pened to know Mr.. Palmer and
knew that he was gentleman Of
integrity. Also, that he was q re-
sponsilDle member Of the Chicago
bar, and in every respect worthy
and upright citizen.
He, therefore, was very careful
in his investigation and finally
showed the picture to Mr.. Palmer,
and Mr.. Palmer said to him,
Yes, Il is true that / accompanied
that lady-Or rather, she accom-.
panied neon the train on the
night described in your affidavit
and unless some misfortune hap
pens in the future, she win doubt.
The Washington times., 1928-04-10
-rn..rnational N.v.r..l pAOto.

less accompany ma on many other
trfps. because she happens 20 be
my wife, and she win arrive at the
office in . short time and ! viii
be glad to have You accompany
Mrs. Palmer and me to dinner.
And that blew up in q soap
bubble. the effort to frame Mr..
Palmer on that particular trip.
Another Attempt
But thereafter, they sent sen.
ographer from Atlantis, Ga, by the
name of Nettie something. ! don't
know what her last name is. She
il another one who has q long
string OF aliases after her first
name and has been known in some
instances AZ big Nettie."
She was on the payroll and was
known to be a notorious police
court character. She worked for
Palmer about q monitor rather,
II il more accurate to say, she
worked in Chicago in an effort to
make some permanent connection
with Mr.. Palmer's office or in his
social life. The nearest she ever
came to succeeding with her plan
was to follow Mr.. Palmer to Spring.
field on two occasions, one OF which
was about October 80, or from
October 80 to November 10, 1928.
1t was very shortly after this time
that Captain Coburn was killed in
Atlanta. Ga.
The Washington times., 1928-04-10
TRIED TO
FRAME MAN
WITH WIFE
Ccontinued from FIRST Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
public funds, and been = public
nuisance.
In previous chapters Stephenson
has outlined the origin Of the khan,
Of the framing Of it, original leaders
on Mann Act charges and OF dis.
cussion Of actual plots 70 murder
others who stood In the way Of
those who sought to use the organi-
zation for their own purposes. The
disposition goes on:
a. You have previously stated
that you were In accord with q cer-
cain program which You had for.
the States you represented and that
you were likewise opposed to 3 pro-.
gram that was presided over by
others In other sections.
WIN Won state if the plaintiff
organization had . national pro-
gram and IL It Wag uniform or had
different IDEAS and conceptions Of;
carrying on the work Of the plain
tiff organization?
A-There was no national policy.
After Colonel Simmons was re-
tired from the organisation IL the
manner have previously described,
the policy could best BE- described
- - policy of expediency.
Perhaps the best illustration Of.
this would be to call attention to-
meeting held on June 2, 1923,
N the New willard Hotel IN Wash
ington, y. O., for the purpose cf
devieing national policy Or for
the purpose OF settling Or proclaim
inr to the membership and the
public the program Of the Khan.
Program Committee
Previous to this meeting they
designated as : program commit
tee Mr.. Mccall. the Deputy Con-.
stable of Houston, Tex, and d Mr..
orbisOn, = lawyer from Indianap.
oils, to devise q national program
and report on June 2 to q group OF
men referred 70 80 the Imperial
Klonciliun.
Pursuant to the call previously
described IRE met IN the New VIII
lard Hotel on June 3 and the com.
nafttea Of the lawyer and the dep
uty constable assembled to make
their report to that body, ana this
is substantially what they reported:
They reported that they had care
fully canvassed the situation and
had concluded that 1t would be the
national program OF the Knights
Of the Ku KIux Khan that 81, the
program OF the committee composed
of the lawyer and the deputy con-
stable to issue statements "a The
public ut various times through
the medium 81 the newspapers
was accompanied To that meet.
ing BY d man OF national reputar
ton who sincerely had upon his.
heart the welfare Of the American
people. He was 30 dumfounded at
the report made that he left the.
meeting In disgust. Asking for
permission to address the meeting,
said substantially this:
tsGentleman, I am informed that
there are In the United States at
this time some three million mem.
bers OF the knights OF the Ku Klux
Khan, possibly more.
Asked For Declaration
The time has come when we
must not only tell the membership.
but We must tell the public why
we are assembling togethAr this
large group Of men and what the
purpose Of It Isl.
One man replied that he did not
know anything Of our financial
programs; that be was not posted
on governmental affairs; that he
had no understanding Of the needs
OF the masses OF the people, that
he did not want to engage in an
activity Of that kind.
/ conferred with 3 man from