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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
The World and All
IN NEW YORK
By Charles p. Driscoll

Is there romance in the daily life Of the big city
Well, listen to this true story that I heard yesterday.
A woman who is in business in the midtown sec.
ton told me the story. She is, | should say. 40 years
old, and not beautiful. She is crippled, due to an ac-
cident, and walks with a limp.
Fourteen years ago, when she was unmarried. this
woman got into a telephone mixup while trying to get
a number. An unidentified man was also trying m
get a number in another part Of the city, and three
times. through some perversity Of fate and operators,
the two were connected.
The man then suggested. in a well-modulated and
pleasing tone, that perhaps after all he should talk 20
this girl, since fate would have it 50. A light and ban
tering conversation ensued.
Fourteen years ago. And that man has called that
woman on the telephone at irregular intervals ever
since.
They have never seen one another. They have
never asked questions about the private affairs Or
personal appearance of one another. He doesn't want
20 see her, and she doesn't want to see him.
She has married meantime, and has half-grown
children. Her husband 'nows about the strange ro-
nance OF the telephone. and thinks it amusing.
Sometimes the man Of mystery calls twice or three
times in a month. Sometimes he does not call for
three or four months at a time. The conversations
have ceased 70 be playful. The man has idealized the
woman. He tells her how beautiful she is in his i'm
agination. and what a wonderful character she pos
sesses. He las created her his ideal woman. and ne
writes poetry to her, which he recites sometimes. II Is
good poetry.
The man uses the language Of an educated and cul-
tivated gentleman. The woman is net educated. bur
her voice Is soft and agreeable. and she talks interest
ingly. Both Of the telephone romancers are able thus
to escape from the realities of life. and romance is
the only real thing to them for hours after one of
these conversations. She is sad because she is so far
from his conception Of her, but she is glad to be the
inspiration Of this mans life. as he says she is.
You will have your own opinion Of this sort Of ro-
nance. | think it is a beautiful flower in a hard-boiled
business world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
New York Letter

New York 10 Americas center,
possibly the worlds center, for the
theater, the opera, styles in clothing.
dealers i'm art. music bureaus. pub
fishing houses and all Ct the produc-
ton and distribution OF the things
TO please the aesthetic senses. But
the New Yorker. like the majority
OF the residents Of every other city.
must spend most of his day in labor.
and from his earnings he has only
rarely (even when he has the time
and energy enough lett over 10 sat
isfv all his desires for culture and
entertainment. When he goes TO the
heater or 10 the concert IL " almost
As much OF an unusual occasion 70
him as IL is 10 the rural visitor who
saves up for n holiday in the nearest
large town.
7 am always annoyed TO find
drawn shades i'm the windows OF
large Fifth avenue shops on sun
DAYS and holidays Why shouldn't
the stores want persons to Dol nc
window displays on Sunday?
I would also like 70 know why r
Of the biggest department stores.
Altman's has no sign or lettering
anywhere indicating the name OK the
store. Tiffany's is similarly IN
labeled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

A total OF $4,000 federal employees will receive be-
tween SIS, 600 and $4,000 900 in increased salaries.
beginning with the new fiscal year. July /.
The house BY a vote Of PSI to IA gave its approval
70 the Smoot- bill providing for the added com
pensation, and the senate is prepared TO do likewise
without delay. The act, a compromise on the ques-
ton of increased salaries. was accepted By congress
sional leaders and the president before being intro
duced into the house. The IA who voted against the
bin in the house explained that they did % only be-
cause they viewed the contemplated increases as not
sufficiently liberal.
The legislation is in response 70 urgent demands
that government employees. particularly those in the
lower grades, have their salaries adjusted to present
d,v wage scales. Government workers, through theis
leaders. pointed out that there has not be ar adjust
ment Of federal salaries for many years and that the
governmental wage standards had fallen far below
both economic needs and private industry schedules.
Practically every government employee. especially
.hose IN the lower grades. from whose ranks came the
r,ost insistent plea for additional compensation. will
,s,sivs n substantial increase with the exception o.
,hs pos,al service, the foreign service and certain
killed grades in the navy yard. government printing
office and bureau Of engraving and printing whose
= = now regulated by wage boards. The measure
snsciscaIlv provides against reduction in salary for
any government worker.
One Of the features of the bill is that 1t provides
Cor new grades in the professional and administrative
sar,icss having salaries in excess Of $4,000 a year, to
ale care Of the situation frequently reported TO con-
res IN which the government is constantly losing the
.srvices Of most efficient, specially trained men, such
-. sxper,s in the bureau Of standards. The president
.ndN the bureau Of the budget and the bureau of eff
clancy have been particularly insistent that these
nrsdes should be included in the bill. and Il Is believed
re- establishment will really mean a considerable
economy TO the government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
WHEN BUSINESS COURTESY
WAS NEW

Genuine courtesy is somparA-
lively new thing in business. "
has been only a few FEARS since bus
mess men stumbled upon the diseov-
ery that customers are more likely
to return after q slap on the back
than after n kick in the stomach.
Take for example the railroads.
The famous public be damned pol
icy governed railroads for many
years. and q large ratio, IL not q
majority, Of those railroad employees
who dealt directly With the public
were n crusty lot. They were never
told. or given the slightest incentive,
to be otherwise. The consequence
was that discourtesy cost railroads
In this country millions Of dollars.
The woman who made an occa-
sional journey did not know the
president Of the road and had no
way Of sscertaining X he was q ccur-
teous gentleman. Her only knowl-
edge Of railroad people was gained
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Kellygrams

from her dealings with the ticket
agent, conductor, or baggage man.
When one or these failed to treat
her politely she resented ID and b..
gan 70 hate all railroad men, ~.
Guiding higher officials anu stock
holders. She taught her children 70
do likewise.
IL was years before railroad com
panies realized what n vast annual
sum of money they were paying for
the discourtesy Of their employees.
when they did finally awaken. how
ever, they had the good sense "a
start n campaign Of education among
the employees BY a of straight
advertising methods. They printed
and distributed courtesy literature
and carried out such q vigorous cour-
tesy propaganda that their employees
were gradually converted-just AZ
they might have been won over. by
the appeal of effective advertising.
70 n new political viewpoint. or 70
a different brand Of susrenders. To-
day the average railroad employe ~
charmingly courteous.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
JIMMY JAMS
Today I'm TIE Past

platform Of real principles. the out.
looks great.
He didn't want to discuss candi.
datorial personalities, he said-but II
the democrats will forget "non-es-
sentials" and get together on a plat.
form Of real principles, he thinks
the platform automatically will more
or less suggest its own candidate.
What "non-essentials"--or mon
essential'-can he have meant? SO
much depends on that.
To put il briefly and badly
III the Smith-ites haven't quite
enough votes 10 nominate AL first off
Al Houston, some Of the ANTS" seem
disposed to repeat their Madison
Square Garden tactics, and Cordell
Hull appears to be their best bet for
William G. McAdoo's role.
The most they can do will be 10
force the choice OF . compromise
candidate. like John w.. Davis. in
1924. Then can't nominate Hull
can only use MIN 70 sup - 4@
be.
But-supposing II hsppens-will
Hull allow the fight 70 60 70 the last
ditch ?-as McAdoo did four years
ago.
4 have ny doubts.
Hull's a very different type from
Bill.
He's no rule-or-ruiner. He isn't
unduly selfish. His EGGS only nor
NAL.
And he's prominently q loyal
party man" There are democrats
who'd rather see the national democ-
racy 60 smash than compromise.
Not so. in my judgment, Cordell
Hull. He's Observation-Disclosures
ex-national chairman-accustomed to
the give-and-take Of politics on q
large scale.
He'll get all he can. ! don't be-
lieve he'll cut off his w and Al
Smiths joint democratic nose 70
spite AIS face.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

-N~@NNAN ~ WV ARA1V III deuA .
ton, D. G., and the islands representative in con-
gress. While he has no vote in the house Of rep
resentatives, he mas a voice on the floor. His
term Of office il four years. The office is elective).
II Is folly TO attempt to make the Porto Ricans
happy in the American way. We want to effect the
happiness of our people by treading the path Of our
destiny in our own way. I know of no country in the
world which has secured the happiness of another by
handling it's internal affairs.
We do not deny that we have received benefits from
American administration. But our conditions are be-
ing dealt with from Washington from the standpoint
Of American charity and not from the viewpoint Of
Porto Rican rights. We are asking not charity. but
rights.
While conditions in Porto Rico At the time Of the
American occupation were not particularly favorable.
natural under the circumstances, there existed then.
and has developed since. the basis of a civilization just
as wise and just as vigorous as the Anglo-Saxon civil
ization. We had a nucleus Of European university
trained men whose depth and breadth Of learning were
comparable to those Of the educated class in the Unit
ed States and Europe. Our representatives at the Span
ish courts offer irrefutable examples Of Porto Rican
culture. Our men were first to plead for abolition or
slavery.
Every country 'egrets the presence Of ignorant.
sckiy' poor or vicious people among its population.
and u Is as unfair TO regard them as typical Of the
"nole people as TO consider poverty or other conditions
:" ~ hi0o rs NJ I'll illustrative Of the Porto Rican
people. In the Bowery Of New York. in Hoboken. New.
ark. Albany, Chicago and other American cities ~
lind similar types, but il would be unfair 70 consider
them as typical Of the American people. lust as Il i
unfair to regard such elements as typical Of our peopIe
in Porto Rico.
The people Of Porto Rico have no voice in the cleo.
ton Of the president Of the United States. or in tbe
appointment Of the governor Of Porto Rico. Notwith.
standing TINS fundamental right under American in
stitutions. the president has stated tina. ws orio.
greater degree Of sovereignty than a state. The ma.
Jority Of our people can only communicate with the
executive Of the Washington government through the
agency of a third person, the governor. speaking a
language not understood by masses Of our people. VIII,
surrounds himself with q group Of individuals often
responsible for the Misunderstanding that take place
between the governor and the people q Porto Rice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

NEW YORK.@[Pl-In the light Of
what man now knows about flying
conditions in the extreme north At
lantic, an airway between Europe and
North America across Greenland and
Iceland. the feasibility of which Col.
Charles A. L~indbergh is considering.
offers a possible summer route be-
tween the continents but perhaps not
a year-around trail.
Or. James n. Kimball. meteor
ologist Of the New York weather
bureau and unofficial starter" for
eastward transatlantic flights. thinks
the possibilities Of such a route are
well worth investigating"
The naval photographic office ut
Washington says il would regard
such a flight as a stunt" since av-
erage weather reports show routes
farther south are better for air pur-
poses, but that weather should be
most favorable in July and August.
And Prof. W. II. Hobbs of the
University of Michigan, n first hand
Investigator Of weather and wind cur
rents in Greenland last winter, says
that flying should be possible over
the far-north route from early May
to late August. with the best condi-
tions between July 4 and Is and with
the additional advantage to airmen Of
continuous daylight in summer.
Any route that might be projected
over Greenland and Iceland TO
Europe probably would follow APP
proximately the path Of the two Unit
cd States army planes which made
the first flight around the world.
The army filters, IN August. 1924,
under command of Lieut.. Lowell
Smith. flew from England to the
Orkney islands. thence to Iceland and
on 70 Greenland. coming to North
America at the coast of Labrador.
The third plane in the group, the Bos-
ton, was forced down between the
Orkneys and Iceland and could not
continue. All three planes we're fit
ted with pontoons.
The longest o%ver-watsr jump vas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

between Greenland and Iceland, about
500 miles. The distances between
Greenland and Labrador and between
Iceland and the 0rkneys were each
about $50 miles-less than half the
1.200-mile width Of water between
New Foundland and Ireland on the
great circle" route which Lindbergh
followed 20 Paris.
Lindbergh says he has formulated
no plans for attempting the Green
la~nd-Iceland route by plane himself,
but airmen believe he is planning a
flight somewhere. and he is studying
navigation at Washington under
Lieut.. Comm. r. v. II. Weems Of the
navy. Conjecture has linked with
Lindbergh's name in a possible flight
that Of Maj. Thomas G. Lanphier,
Selfridge Field, Mich.
Professor Hobbs, probably the
foremost authority on weather con-
ditions in Greenland. says the
most difficult part Of q flight from
North America to Europe across
Greenland and Iceland would be en-
countered after crossing the west
coast Of Greenland into that Arctic
continent.
Near Mt. Evans station. where he
and his party spent months in
meteorological research. a plane must
mount $500 feet, Professor Hobbs
says. and go through a region which
Is moist rs well as cold.
IL think it would be impossible
for a plane to pass here" he tells
The Associated Press, without ice
forming on the ~fuselage and wings,
unless some preparation is found to
prevent this formation.
81 am not . flying man. but ] think
II is possible 10 find places on the
west coast Of Greenland that would
make good landing fields"
DR.. Kimball holds that especially
in the springtime the Atlantic air
passage by way Of Greenland and
Iceland would seem 70 be an excel
lent route.
"At that time, While the lee u
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

Who am I? In what country am
! identified with a revolutionary
movement? With what branch Of the
U. $. military forces have I been
carrying on guerilla warfare,
Who Is the present secretary Of
war in the United States?
Do the flukes Of n whales tail
grow vertically or horizontally?
What does the Greek phrase "hoi
Lolloi" mean, literally?
Righteous art thou. o Lord, when
I plead with thee; vet let me talk
with thee Of thy judgments: Where
fore doth the way of the wicked pros
per? wherefore are all they happy
that deal very trescherously7" Where
does this passage appear in the
Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Davenport to Speak
To San Benito Clubs

SA NBENITo. May 15.-Hsrhert
Davenport Of Brownsville u to be
the principal speaker at the Joint
meeting Of Rotsrians. hiwanians
and Lions here Wednesday night at
the Stonewall Jackson hotel.
The musical program and other
features are being worked out ncv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Other Papers
Tgr WOMEN OF CANADA ARE NOT PERSONS

dallas News.
The highest court Of Canada has deereed that, with
-. Dominion under the fundamental law. women
I. not persons. That links ur 1925 A. D. with 1925
q : After al. eras do not end as chasms, with knife
-,..r .dres. They fade into each other and out Of escn
s,hsr. In the long ago. when a woman could be bound
h.nd and foot and sold It : public auction. she was
4. , nerson. Of course. She was a ehsttei. Perhaps
as better than a horse or a sheep. For a man
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
The Grab Bag

On this date, i'm 1911 the United
States supreme court ordered the
Standard Oil combine dissolved.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
apt to 20 to extremes to accomplish
their purpose. They are loking for
their " benefit rather than that
Of others. They are apt to tai much
pride in what they accomplish.
-
A Daily Thought
Education makes "A people easy TO
lead, but difficult 60 drive; easy to
govern. but impossible 70 e~nslsve."-
Lord BrouEham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

II you are not satisfied with your lot. build on it,
Christian Science Monitor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

Some people insist on trying to find the lost art OF
conversation at . bridge table.-lndianapclis Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Timely Views
RIGHTS. NOT CHARITY ASKED FOR PORTO RICO
By FELIX CoRDOvA DAvILA
Resident Commissioner Of Porto Rico.

Felix Cordovs Davila Of Mansti, Porto Rico, Is
resident commissioner for Porto Rico in Washing
ton, d. G.. and the islands representative in con-
gress. While he has no vote in the house Of rep
resentatives, he mas a voice on the floor. His
term Of office l. four years. The office is ~elective).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-07

TORIES TO RUSH
MORE PLANES TO
HALT ARAB DRIVE
Natives Revolt Against
British Rule

LONDON, March G. Planes are
being rushed from India to reinforce
the squadrons of the Royal Air Force
operating against the rebellious Arab
tribes on the Iraq frontier. Troops
are also being rushed from Palestine,
reports received here state.
The Wahabi tribes which have been
struggling against British domination
in the middle east have been consid-
erably reinforced by Abdul Aziz Ibn
Saud, Sultan Of Mejd and King of
Hedjaz, most powerful Arabian ruler
who has openly come out against the
British. Ibn Saud, at one time, re-
ceived subsidy from the British for
aiding them in their designs in the
middle east.
There are at present eight squad
rons of fourteen planes each operat-
ing against the tribesmen. Numer-
GUS air raids have been made on ma
tive villages and thousands of Arabs
are believed to have been killed. The
British war office plans to rush troops
from India, Palestine and Egypt in an
effort to stem the drive of the Arabs
against Koweit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-07
BOHEMIAN Miners
STRIKE COMPLETE

PRAGUE, (By mail. 1.-THE situa-
ton in the miners struggle in north
west Bohemia is unchanged. The
strike is still complete with the ex-
ception of three small pits in the Ko-
,notau district. The reports. of the
bourgeois press concerning an alleged
breaking-up of the struggle are false.
Everywhere meetings of the strik-
ing miners are demanding that the
struggle be intensified should the ne
gotiations which are at present being
conducted lead to no result. The
miners are determined not to give
way to the provocative proposals Of
the coal barons. The mine owners are
furious and startled at the fact that
the safety men who have been left in
the pits are sabotaging. They are
using this fact to conduct furious
anti-communist campaign in the hope
Of driving wedge between the strik-
ing Communist miners and their fell
low strikers.
All these attempts have shattered
on the united front set UP by the
fighting miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-07
GERMAN METAL
WORKERS URGED
TO FIGHT CUTS
USSR Workers Point to
RefOrnist Treachery

MOSCOW, Feb. II. (By mail.)--
The metal workers congress Of the
Soviet Union, which is at present in
session here, adopted an appeal to
the German metal workers calling
upon them to offer a determined re-
sistance to the German capitalists and
promising that the metal workers Of
the Soviet Union would do everything
possible to fulfill their duty Of inter-
national solidarity towards the fight
ing German metal workers.
The appeal points out that in ac-
cordance with the instructions Of the
German Social Democratic Party, the
leaders of the German Metal Work
ers' Union are doing their utmost to
avoid a decisive struggle and to ham,
per the defense Of the workers. The
leaders preferred to sabotage the
fighting spirit of the workers and to
address themselves to capitalist ar
bitration courts.
The appeal expresses the conviction
Of the metal workers of the Soviet
Union that the German metal workers
will not permit the German capital
lists and their supporters to treat
them with contempt, but that they,
the German metal workers, viii act
as the advance guard Of the German
working class and refuse to be de-
ceived any longer by opportunism and
compromise.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-07
LEADERS BETRAY
COTTON WORKERS

MANCHESTER. Eng, March c.
In spite of the result Of the recent
conferences at which the Federated
Textile Trade Unions forced the Cot
ION Manufacturers Association to
withdraw their demands of a 1919
per cent wage reduction, ard a five
hour work time increase, the Aque-
duct Mills at StaIybridoe gave the
union "a hour notice to decide wheth-
err or not to accent the 551e hour
week. The union officials advised the
workers to return to work.
The decision of the conferences re-
ferred to was that committee of
equal size, from the workers and the
EMPLOYERS conduct an investigation
into the finances of the cotton textile
industry. but the first meeting of the
workers and employers representa-
tives broke down completely when
the bosses refused to accept the pro-
posal of the unions that neutral per-
sonnet, such az accountants and
skilled investigators be added to the
inquiry commission.
The action of the first mentioned
textile mill shows that the employers
are determined to gain their demands
regardless Of the results of the in
vestigation. Even the capitalist press
here believes that a general textile
strike is highly probable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-07

at the conference.
1.-THE conference had no further
significance in my opinion" he said,
"than to show what appreciate fail
ure of civic, moral and patriotic sem
timent which the mentality of some
Latin-American governments has suf-
fered.
at may be deduced from the de-
signs revealed by the representatives
of these governments that they did
not interpret the real sentiments of
their peoples. Had they done so they
would have called on moral and ma
terial forces sufficient, within their
own frontiers, to guarantee their
stability and would not have pretend
ed that the authority which they stat
ed they represented and which always
sought to emanate from the sover-
eighty of the people found it neces-
sary to appeal to the material forces
Of foreign countries.
Apart from this aspect of the con-
ference, which brings blush to Latin
America, I feel further comment un-
necessary"