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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
BY HELEN ASHCRAFT

We were given our character les
son in the Sixth grade at Fay
School, No. 81, at 2S15 English Ave,
in the form of a pretty sugar-coated
pill.
Miss Alberta Grimm, the teacher,
handed us the lesson of personal
responsibility wrapped up in catchy
rhymes, contests, or teachers
whims."
Even the most discerning sixth
grader wouldn't know! Perhaps all
sixth grade teachers think we've
reached the right age for expert
mentation. At any rate, Miss
Grimm began by having us per
sonally responsible" for this:
Good, better; never let it rest,
until your good is better
'And your better, BEST
Later, discovered from my seat
in the extreme rear of the room,
that those at the extreme right up
front were personally responsible"
for their seat locations according to
their arlthmetlc grade!
Adds to Responsibility
All this was added to the respon-
sibility of more grammar points,
solar study and comprehensive read
ing tests.
Miss Grimm believed, however,
that we could be made responsible
for changing our seats as remaining
in the old ones. She explained that
we could change our locale every
two weeks if our marks were better.
"It all depends on you," she would
add smilingly.
Miss Grimm, to whom trust
ing ideas were numerous, had orig
mated an industry chart" which
made us responsible for kicking,
whispering and general inattention.
Each day she made individual
surveys of conduct and pasted gold
stars after the names of the best
behaved pupils.
Few Fail to Get Stars.
Something about the fascination
of gold stars and our teachers APP
prevail made the chart successful.
Only three did not win stars.
The biggest surprise of all came
with the spelling lesson. Imagine
being able to study the words as one
chose = even talking across the
sislesl
But remember" said Miss
Grimm. I'm expecting everyone to
have a good lesson"
All whispered freely or sat with
neighbors until time for writing.
Miss Grimm seemed pleased with
the papers turned in to her.
She previously had worked out a
correlation of penmanship and
spelling and left us responsible for
writing the words neatly as well as
correctly.
Another Burden Added
A new responsibility was given us
in the matter of silent reading. 1t
was test of speed and comprehen-
sion from which Miss Grimm was to
measure our reading improvement
It was no surprise to her when,
after several minutes of reading to
ourselves, that most of us could out
line the story accurately.
OF course, it was very much our
own fault if we played silently!
Being a sixth grader carries a great
weight of responsibility.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

Parade" passing in review under
leadership of Mrs. Harry Badger
Mothers who sat in the music cir
Gle on the stage were hrs. Frances
White, Mrs. Pansy Meriweather,
Mrs. Mamie Peckover, Mrs. Frances
Andrews, Mrs. Mabel Schmidt, Mrs.
Mildred Hafner, Mrs. Rosemary At
kinson, Mrs. Ada Waltman, Mrs.
Edith Smith, Mrs. Katherine Abel,
Mrs. Carl Aubrey, Mrs. Eva Greg
DRY, Mrs. Bessie Geisendorf and
Mrs. Carrie Brown.
Miss Hazel Crumbo was the inter-
lOcter. Others assisting in the per-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
LESSONS GIVEN
ON CHARACTER
IN SIXTH GRADE
Heavy Responsibility Load
Carried by Pupils,
Editor Finds.

Miss Helen Ashcraft, Times school
editor, is going through school again,
school in twelve days. The nimble stu
dent will be promoted a grade a day.
She is doing this to give Indianapolis
children do during the long school hours
when they are. away from home. The
story of her adventures will be printed
"a grade at a time-on The Times
school page each Friday for twelve
weeks. This is the story of the sixth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
MOTHERS GIVE show
GIee Club Stages Minstrel
at School No. 48.

The Mothers Glee Club of School
No. 46 entertained the Parent
Teacher Club April 10 at the build
ing, 1902 York ST., with a minstrel.
The program opened by a chill
dren's chorus singing Tin Pan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
CALL TRAFFIC MEETING
Sergt. Frank Owens to Speak at
william Mccoy School.

Sergt. Frank owens will address
pupils and faculty of the William
Mccoy School No. "a at the school
traffic meeting tonight at Jones
Exercises will be given
by the pupils and music provided
by the Masonic orchestra. M. j.
Burwell will give a group of vocal
solos accompanied by L. Ammons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
No. 8 Notes

The nature study classes under
direction of Mrs. Lucy Metcalf are
supervising the planting of grass
seed and flowers on the school
lawn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES =.
Garfield Notes

The Parent Teacher Club met
April IL. Harold Brittenback, an
ga pupil, gave a composition re-
the nature study work in
the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. Lois Ann Porter and Eu-
gene Schnel, "a class, gave u dia-
logue. Mrs. Mary Wood talked on
Girl Scouts" and Mrs. William
on Birds"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
Music Teacher Speaks

Miss Mildred Casey, Irvington
School of Music instructor, talked
on Music Appreciation" at School
No. rs Wednesday, Miss Ruth Hor-
ton, her pupil, played two piano
solos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

Washington Anthem" accompa-
MED by a string quartet composed
of Croinna Gingery, Albert Izor,
Robert Jones and Charles Everett.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

Pupils of Miss Alice Sideways 5A
room Sold seeds this spring to buy
playground equipment. They made
over 81 and bought an indoor ball
and bat for the boys and a large
rubber ball and jumping rope for
the girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
IN DISCUSSION CONTEST
Shortridge Girl to Represent Dis
trict at /. U.

Ruth Marie Price, Shortridge
High School senior, will represent
the Seventh Congressional District
in the State High School Discus
sion League contest, at Indiana
University, April q.
The subject is: "a Government
Program for Farm Relief" Miss
Price is the only contestant from
this district and will be the State
finals representative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

A pot plant was presented each
room of the school this week by
G.. L. Wiedenhoft, flort and Mrs.
Wiedenhoft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20
Gz zEae he Times Weekly School Pa8eA1&]A

Torrance were Mrs. Daisy Kern,
Miss Juanita Hunt, Miss Carol May
Hughey, Miss Mary Jane Badger,
Forrest Breedlove, Frank Dllling-
ham, Frank Steinberge, Roland
Thomas, Wallace Thompson, Ped
Dauch, Harry Badger, John Moor
man, Charles Aubrey, Byron We'll
Ter, John Mitney and Miss Gertrude
Busher, principal of the school.
Home buying is on the upward
trend! Don't delay buying yours.
The best "buys" are advertised to-
day in the real estate columns Of
Times Classified Ads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-20

The ga class held a candy sale
April Is. The proceeds will be used
to buy the class gift for the school,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
By JAMES P. CANNON

At the recent party membership
meeting in Philadelphia one of the
comrades drew attention to the
failure of many Party members to
render accounts to the respective
Party committees on the execution of
the work assigned to them, and asked
how this condition could be remedied.
This is timely question and one de-
serving consideration by the Party.
The February Plenum of the Central
Committee estimated the sharpening
economic situation and foresaw a
period of increasing and expanding
struggles of the workers. With this
perspective before us, the problem of
Tightening up the party machine and
strengthening its capacity to shape
and guide these struggles acquires a
particular Importance.
Socialist Party Members Passive.
1t is a well known fact that Bolshe-
vism clashes with reforNnism on or
ganization questions no less decisively
than on points of general politics. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

looseness, laxity, and general flab-
biness which characterize all shades
of opportunism in the realm of or
ganization is alien to the Communist
Party. Lenin would never tolerate
the idea that party membership could
be enjoyed by do-as-you-please people
who took no part in the general work
and activity of the Party and gave no
account of themselves to the Party
Committees. 1t was over a section
in the Party constitution dealing pre-
cisely with this quotation that the
formal break between the Bolsheviks
and the Mensheviks took place in
1908. The differences today on these
questions are no less marked.
The Communist Party which or
ganizes the proletarian vanguard for
the revolutionary struggle breaks
with all these conceptions of organi-
cation and carries on a continuous
struggle to extirpate their remnants
from it's ranks. Such a Party must
know its forces and be able to esti-
mate correctly their capacities and
mobilize them for action. The as
signment of definite tasks to every
party member and the construction of
whole network of responsible com
Imittees to supervise and regulate
this work is the Communist organi-
cation principle. This leads to the
construction of flexible but strong
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Observation-Disclosures PartyMembe1

to Party members and checking up
on it's performance must become more
thorough and systematic. The prac-
tice of reporting on work done by
Party members to the respective COM
mittees must be insisted on until it
becomes the general and accepted
order of things. Every party men,
Der must be trained in the habit Of
accounting for his specific work.
This pressure from the apparatus
alone, however, will not solve the
problem. Hand in hand with it must
go a thorough-going campaign of
education on Communist organiza-
ton principles, together with wide
spread enlightenment on the party
policies which are given life only by
the multiform practical activities of
the party members, and the reasons
for them.
The key to successful mobilization
for collective work is the permeation
of the party members with en-
thusiasm and conviction. A general
campaign Of education within the
Party on these questions, reinforced
by proportional intensification of
discipline and accounting, will go a
long way toward solving the worst
features of the present difficulties
and equiping the Party to play more
influential part in the impending
battles of the American workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

penetration of the Caribbean area lies
in Nicaragua. The United States
marines have, at various times since
1909 virtually acted as bill collectors
for Brown Brothers & Co. and J. &
w. Seligman & Co. of New York City.
The Guaranty Trust Co. has recently
joined the banking group making loans
to Diaz, the present illegally elected
president of the country"
After tracing the history of Mica
ragua since 1909 and pointing out
the consistent policy of the United
States to support the administration
that gave the maximum advantages
to American investors, Dunn discussed
the, present policy of the state depart
ment in Nicaragua.
What we are engaged in is simply
a war of aggression undeclared by
congress, but tacitly accepted and ap-
proved even by the so-called liberal
senators. 1t has always served our
purposes best-for example in Mexico,
Haiti and Santo Domingo-to carry
on war without formal declaration.
'In spite of the tremendous forces
working for the permanent occupa-
ton of the country-forces that are
driven on primarily through the bank
ers' interests and desire for second
inter-oceanic canal thru Latin Amer
ica-Americans who, still believe in
the rights Of small nations should
demand the immediate withdrawal Of
the marines from Nicaragua. We
should also demand peace negotia-
tons with the leader of the army of
defenders Of the sovereignty Of Mica
Iragua, General Augusta c. SANDING,
behind whom are rallying the peasant
and working class forces Of Nicara-
qua"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Venezuelan Workers Fight Imperialism

the police that they find Marrero and
turn him over to him to take him to
Maracaibo, as a prize for torture
chamber. Against Nevarez he framed
the absurd charge of carrying
weapons with intent to kill him.
The police, aided by spies, spread
the search, determined to take ad-
vantage of closed courts and tri-
bunals on Sunday. AS the danger
of being discovered increased, Mar
zero and Nevarez were hurried off
by automobile to the encampment
where, among the Venezuelan WORK
ers, they found safety from capture.
Arriving at the encampment they
found workers equipped with bottles,
knives, etc. waiting for the reception
of the consul, who failed to show up.
The sought comrades remained on the
encampment till the next day when
the ships were gone.
Neyarez on learning of the charge
lodged against him, submitted him.
self to the police, but was told that
the charge was withdrawn"
Thus were frustrated the attempts
Of enemies Of workers to shanghai
and frame organizers. The message
Of organization, disseminated among
Venezuelan workers in Curacao, has
broken thru the spy and gendarme
guarded coast of Venezuela, and has
reached the workers within Vene-
zuela. The tyrrany of Gomez is tot
tering, and it is but question OF
days when the workers Of Venezuela
freed from the chain gangs, and tor
ture chambers, will with renewed eff.
forts unite with the rest of Latir
American working class to carry
on the struggle against their British.
American imperialist exploiters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
School Pupils
Taught Anti
Labor Ideas

AT the age of six child's mind is
"a handed over to school authorities
where it begins to be converted by
gradual process of anti-labor propa-
ganda. Our children learn speech and
defamation through the meaningless
salutation of the flag; poetry is pre-
sented in form of war epics; music
is taught in form of militaristic
songs.
Today's Problem Avoided.
Such is the beginning of their
training. This discipline does not re-
lax in the further steps of their de-
velopment. On the contrary, 1t
takes on most intricate forms in or
der to capture completely the grow
ing minds and annihilate any pos
sible danger of rebellion. The prob
lens of today are avoided as much as
possible. Ask as many questions as
you please about the Visigoths or the
Egyptian religion or Medieval Tour
naments, or Macbeth's dreams-dwell
on them as long as you wish-thls IS
your privilege and no teacher will be
offended unless she does not know the
answer; but try to touch upon the
subject of private property or econ
omic exploitation, and then you be-
come at once a harmful member Of
the society, a disturber of peace, who
contaminates and demoralizes society.
What Kill Workers Minds.
By the time the child reaches high
er grades his mind has sunk into COM
plete apathy. All his initiative has
died out. Forced by the outside con-
ditions, he leaves the school early.
He begins to work for the same ma
chine that has shaped him for such a
work The school has let him go; but
there are other instruments that still
direct the minds Of the young work.
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

reached the encampment at moment
when shift of workers were leaving
the refinery plants, he was APP
preached by a few who began to
question him, and express complaints
against a document felicitating the
tyrrant General Gomez, which work
ers were forced to sign, on threat Of
losing jobs. The circle around Com
rade Marrero grew from a few to 40,
doubled in a few seconds, and Com
rade Merrero was forced to mount a
table and found himself facing an
eager audience of about 500 workers.
Marrero denounced the Come 2
Tyrrany, espionage and prosecutions,
called on workers to sift out and
punish spies, organize and refuse to
sign any documents circulated by the
consul, and to prepare for the ap-
preaching Revolution in Venezuela.
This spontaneous demonstration
has aroused the ire of consul and his
hirelings, and they set plans to coun-
teract effect of demonstration. 1t be-
came known that the consul intended
on the following Sunday to go out to
the encampment to defend tyrrany
and make effort to win good will
of workers by free distribution of
beer and other drinks. At the same
time the consul commissioned his
chief hireling, the spy Arias, to seek
way of getting rid of Venezuelan
Labor Union representatives, Mar
zero and Nevarez.
That day workers notified in haste
Morrero and Nevarez that Arias was
coming with a squad of police, and
urged them to go into hiding. Police
arrived at the place frequented by the
two trade union leaders and demanded
their whereabouts. Arias demanded OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
By Fred Ellis

party apparatus interviewer with the
entire mass of the party members
and drawing them all into active
party work.
1t goes without saying that our
Party, which is only gradually and
painfully developing on the path of
Bolshevism, suffers from the rem
nants of many old and false concep-
tions and practices, and the question
|propounded by the Philadelphia COM
rade draws attention to a common
|evil. A glaring disparity exists
everywhere between the plans and de-
cisions of the Party committees and
their practical execution. Passivity
and indifference hamper the move
ments of the Party everywhere like
a growth of poison vines. This evil
can never be completely eradicated;
how to reduce it steadily and in
creasingly to the minimum is the
problem.
This task has two sides. In the
first place, especially now in the face
of impending struggles which will tax
all the capacities of the Party, we
should undertake a general tighten
up of the Party apparatus. The Party
committees and subcommittee must
be galvanized into more intense and
better regulated activity and the
practice of assigning specific work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
ByJ.N N.

By j. N.
: CURACAO, Dutch West Indies, (By
Mail) The steady growth of the
colony of Venezuelan laborers, with
the continued exploitation and NAL
treatment on part of the servile Of
ficials of the Royal Dutch interests,
together with the intimadatory deal
ing of Venezuelan government spies,
has created strong rebellious feel
ing among workers. In response to
the demand for organization, two ac-
credited representatives of the Vene-
zuelan Labor Union, an organization
of exiled Venezuelan workers and
opponents of the Gomez tyrany
have initiated a campaign among
workers to organize resistance to
Company and government intimida-
lion.
Meetings were held, group was
organized, and much revolutionary
literature was distributed. At the
moment the Gomez consul became
aware thru information of his spies
of activities of organized labor repre-
sentatives. He planted spies in tn,
hotel where they lived to steal the
mail coming to them. Inspite Of
threatening behavior of Gomez
spies. Comrades Marrero and Nevart
continued their campaign among the
workers.
The enthusiastic response. on the
part of workers was demonstrated
when on an afternoon, Comradc Mar,
rerro went cut to the encampment fol
The sole purpose of taking some
snapshots which would show the in.
human living conditions forced or
the workers. Comrade Marrerc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

"The American marines should be
Immediately withdrawn from Nicara-
gua," declared Robert w. Dunn in an
address before the Foreign Policy
Association of Cincinnati recently.
''The Policy of the United States in
the Caribbean" was the subject of the
address by Dunn.
Discussing the economic forces that
make the United States virtual fl
nancial and political empire encroach-
ing on the rights of the Central and
Caribbean countries, Dunn said in
part:
U. S. Imperialism.
"The economic penetration of weak
countries by the United States has
been accompanied by ruthlessness
that has all the earmarks of imper-
ialism. Witness particularly our
military occupation of Haiti and the
present intervention in Nicaragua.
"One investment of the National
City Bank in Haiti led to the occu-
patton of that country by our armed
forces in 1925. This occupation lead
to the suppression of the centuries
old liberties of the Haitian people
and to the killing of at least 5000
some put it as high as 1000 Hal
tians, including women and children,
1t should De remembered that we did
not intervene in Haiti to protect
American lives" AS a matter of fact
prior to the occupation not one single
American life was ever lost there, no
American was ever injured and no
American property was ever Destroy
ed But the bankers had to realize
on their railroad gamble. That ex-
plains why we went to Haiti and why
we remain there with dummy pres
ident, Borno, in office and the con-
stitutional liberties Of the Haitian
people completely destroyed.
Wall Street in San Domingo.
"In Santo Domingo the U. S. state
department followed practically the
same course. Without declaring war
the United States landed marines,
dismissed the president and congress
and for seven years ruled the popula-
ton entirely by military DEGREES en-
forced by military governor and .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
SHb Shows J7b Gals Letters

Some of the letters which secretly exchanged between
President Coolidge and Daz Wall Streets puppet president in
Nicaragua published yesterday only after their existence had
been ndscree mentioned by Da reveal that Coolidge had
sonay negotiated for the marine supervision Of elections and
for the maintenance of the bloody marine rule Nicaragua The
existence of the correspondence appropriately admitted
after had murdered than three
bred Nicaragua and children the bombardmen of
little of Mra and day after Daz had obeyed the
imperast Washington and decreed Wall Street super
vision" Of the elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
GUST CHICAGO SCHOOL HEAD.

CHICAGO, March %. - William
McAndrew, suspended superintendent
of Chicago schools, was found guilty
of INSTRUMENTATION and Of having fos-
tered pro-British and anti-American
propaganda in Chicago's public
schools yesterday afternoon and or
dered dismissed from his position by
1.-THE board of education.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23
Dunn Demands D. S Withdraw Marines from Nicaragua

force of $500 marines. Wall Street
finally withdrew in 1924 on condition
that the Dominicans would ratify all
the arbitrary and unconstitutional
acts of the military government and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

permit US to continue to collect the
customs and administer the finances
of the country" But Wall Street still
dominates the country economically.
Military forces have also been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-23

used to back our economic control in
Panama, in Honduras and in Cuba.
.'The most important current illus
tration of the political. and military
effects of the American economic