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New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
Old Jefferson Letter Reveals
 His Own Appraisal of Washington

Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 23.-lNe Thomas Jefferson's own estimate of George Washington is contained in a letter which the third president wrote ll4 years ago.
 The letter. now a part of the Randolph collection of Jefferson documents, was addressed to Dr. Walter Jones on January 2. 1874. It described the revolutionary leader as "a wise. good and a great man"
 Washington's mind was great and powerful" but "slow in operation" Jefferson declared. while "his heart was not warm in its affections"
 Perhaps the strongest feature of his character was prudence" Jefer- son wrote.
 Never acting until every cir cumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw doubt. but. when once decided. going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His in- tegrity was most pure. his justice the most inflexible l have ever known, no motives of interest or con sanguinity. of friendship or hatred being able to bias his decision.
 His temper was naturally irri- table and high toned: but reflection and resolution had obtaiped firm
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

and habitual aseendancy over It. IT ever. however. it broke its bonds he was most tremendous in his wrath.
 Tn his expenses he was honor- able. but exact: hberal in contribu- ! tions to whatever promised utility: but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects. and all unworthy calls on his charity. He exact- ly calculated every mans value. and gave him a solid esteem proportion ed to it.
 Tn public. when called on for . sudden opinion. he was unready. short and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct style. This he had ac- quired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing and common arith- metic, to which he added surveying at later day.
 "On the whole, his character was, in it's mass, perfect. in nothing bad. in few points indifferent: and it may be truly said. that never did nature and fortune combine more perfect ly to make a man great. and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remem- brance."
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
PRISONERS ESCAPE
Three Men Cut Their Way Through Wall of Ccll in Mkldlesex Jail, and OverpoWef Guards.

New Brunswick, N. J.. Feb. e2 OPl their way through the wall
 of their cell in the Middlesex jail, three prisoners overpowered their
 guards and escaped in . waiting
 automobile.
 The escaped prisoners are Arthur
 Huff and 'Dapper Dan" Watts held on charges of burglary, and Neo-
 phitas Savvas. being held on . court capias.
 Sayvas had secreted himself in
 the cell shared by Watts and Huff and the three cut a hole in sheet
 metal wall, opening on . narrow
 passageway.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

"Charmaine," and "Oh. Dem Golden Slippers were pleasaningly render ed and we applauded heartily.
 And we also heard WPAP, New York: KDKA. Pittsburgh: WMAK, Buffalo; WNYC. New York: WEEI, Boston: WEAF. New York: WAR. Providence: WISE. Atlanta: WRC. Washington: WIZ. New York: WLW, Cincinnati; WOR. Newark: WTAM. Cleveland: WJRT. Chicago: woe. Davenport: WMCA. New York; WLWL. New York: WsAI. Cincinnati: WWJ, Detroit: WLR Chicago; WAX. Jacksonville: WBZ. Springfield: WPCH. New York: WRHF. Washington: WABC. New York: VEAL. Baltimore: WING. Asheville. N. C.: WODA. Paterson: WDRC. New Haven: WAL. Phila- delphia; WPG, Atlantic City; WIP. Philadelphia: WCBD, Zion: WRNY. New York: WBBM. Chicago: VIGIL. Chicago: KYW. Chicago.
 That's all for today. thanks!
 -P. E. L.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

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New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
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sl0-WEAF-ls2 5--Twilight hour 6-Dinner music 7-Synagogue services 7:30-Same as WTIC @S-History. George Washington" s:30-Eeo- Russian String Quartet; Della Baker, soprano a-Correct time y-Same as WTIC i1:30-Hal Kemp's orchestra
 esO-WJZ-4s4 5--Studio program 5:45-Mme. Lolita Gainsborg, pian- Nt 6-7-11 Dance band o:c5-Summary of programs 6:30-Same as WBZ 7-Correct time ,--COncert orchestra -:25-John B. Kennedy -:30-COncert orchestra @.:45-"Political Situation.' Fred eric Vile S-Same as WBZ @-Variety hour l0--Iorrect time l0-Mediterranean dance band, solo ists lo:30--Radio Franks i1-Slumber music
 7iO-WOR-422 G-"192s Baseball" H. B. Freeman 5:15-Paul Spechts orchestra S:45-Grueninge interviews, Alfred W. McCann .-Bernhard Levitow's ensemble Chimes: Mabelanna Corby with orchestra ss:30-Play, "Shipwrecked Jewels" @Same as WNAC l1soS-Weather; Hale Byers' orch. 11:30-The Witching Hour
 7G0-WPAP-3s5 s:l0--French lesson 6: G:3o-Ensemblc .--Orchestra S:30-Oakland's Terrace g-"The Satellites" l0-News flashes
 78O-WHN-3s5 lo:lO-Henderson's orchestra :50-Poems by N. T. G. 11-Henrietta kamern, organist 1l:30-Tommy GOtt's orchestra 12-Timothy's Frivolity orchestra
 7s0-WQAO-3s5 T:3o S:3o-Calvary evening services
 SiO-WLWL-37O 6-New Rochelle hour s:05--Olga Pagan, soprano 6:15-"Readings," Alfred Young :30-Therese Lisieux ensemble
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
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lO9O-WODA, Paterson-2e4 5:3O-News: sport talk S:1O-Cardinals |7-Sod Busting 7:30-Shoppers Guide 7:45-Latin and French Glass S-Corn Huskers s:45-Grace Meyer. soprano 11-Entertainment l1:30-Gondoliers 112o-WGCP, Ncwark-2ss 5-Pianist: 5:30-Alice from Wonderland s-Pleasure Seekers S:3O-Melody Girl; soprano; Ace fl20-WAAM, Newark-20s s-String ensemble 6:3O-"Stage Whispers" 6:45-Two Merri-maids 7-The Airline Boys 7:30-High Noon Entertainers
 1faO-WNJ, Newark-2SS 10:0l-Pianist: contralto: tenor l1-Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wood 1l:30-Dance orchestra
 ss0-WOO, Philadclphia-s4s 7:30-WOO trio
 0OV-WlI, tuuouCtkNlbo001U 6:30-Coogan's dance orchestra 7-Roll call; birthday list s-Fireside hour: mixed and instru-
 mental quartets
 74O-WFI, Philadelphis-4O5 G:3O-Whispering orchestra 7:l5-A service for farm
 f10O-WPG, Atlantic City 273 s:45-Organ recital; news flashes 7:05-Dinner 4oncer 7:50-Sport talk S-Dance orchestra s:30-C0ncert orchestra 9-Talk, Learning to Fly" 9:15-Concert orchestra :30-Dance orchestras
 13eO-WOKO, Peekskill-21S 7:3O-Studio program 9-Talk S:30-We Four. quartet i1-StudiO program
 7eO-WGY, Scllcncctady-36O 6:30-WGY agricultural program 7:3O-Same as WTIC S-Remington band S:3O-Radio Rollickers 9-Same as WTIC SO-News feature
 9s0-KDkA, Pittsburgh-31e 6:15-Dinner $ concert 7-University of Pittsburgh address 7:15-Program 7:45-Same as WIZ
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

Supplied with suns by n accom- plics wlae had hidden hiuaself h the jatl after . visit In the afternoon, the thrss mea held up the two guards and locked them In . cell. Thsy then broke out an unbarred window and escaped to . .waiting autouaobile in which they drove away.
 Lieutenant Charles Reilly of the city police heard the cries of the imprisoned guards and released them. None of the other prisoners made any elkort to escape.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

And it was stated up at the Hart what it was. but that they had it too. 50 1t doesn't seem possible that a test program in one of the studios could have, in some queer manner. gone out on the air. It wouldn't have gone out on the air for three numbers if there had been such . program in the studio, because they
New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
New England Stations
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 quartet (NBC) 1O:30-National grand opera, Rig
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 ss0-WCAC, Storrs-S36 Talk. Why Farm Boys and Girls
 Like Farm Life" ,:15-Dialogue. Incubation"
 sO0-WDRC, New Haven-26s 5-Musicale :30-Theaters. News 1-Wittstein's orchestra S--St. Ambrose Music club 9-Goldman's orchestra 9:3o-Banjo trio lp-Weather
 1i30-WlCC, Bridgeport 2ss Merchants program Weather .:3o-Mary Anderson. recital Studio offering s:so-The Ideal Quartet, Way
 Down East Boys 3-Studio lo-News
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-22

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
$15,OOO,00O Is Grated
in Liquor Traffic Each
Year Here, Is Charge

New York has always beer
graft-ridden. Everybody who car
graft gratis. This has ben true fol
generations"
This was the illuminating COM
ment made yesterday by Major
Maurice Campbell, federal prohibi-
ton administrator for New York,
when he was confronted with evil
dence that over $15,000,000 was
grated annually in this city.
"Why," Campbell remarked
there were more than 10000 sa-
looms in the old days, and they paid
81 800 each for their annual licenses.
Does anyone imagine that there are
fewer drinking places now?"
Campbell insisted that his own
agents were above reproach as far
as graft was concerned. Most Of
the graft goes to the city police, he
asserted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
RAY Weir, YOUNG
MILITANT, DEAD
Workers to Pay Last
Tribute Today

Ray Weir, militant young mem.
Der of the Millinery Workers Union
died yesterday from double pneu.
monia, after a long period of ac-
tivity in the union. She was only
90 years old.
Other members of the Millinery
Workers Union will remember hel
as one of their most active workers
as a member Of the organizations
committee of Local 43 and as a mem
Der of the committee of twelve who
went to the general executive board
to protest against the decision dis
rupting Local 43.
In honor of her whole-hearted de.
votion to the workers cause, the
union has asked that ali members
stop work between 10 and II a. M
today to pay their last tribute to
Ray Weir as her body passes the
union headquarters on West 37th
st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
TARGET PRACTICE
AT BIG CARNIVAL
Variety Of Costumes at
Affair Sunday

Workers will have an opportunity
to indulge in target practice for
the American proletarian revolution
at the great International Costume
Carnival of the Daily Worker, to
be held in Pleasant Bay Park Sun
day. A shooting gallery will be one
of the features of the carnival and
it is expected that many future
members of the American Red
Army will patronize it.
The news that the Daily Worker
has arranged the first outdoor pro-
letarian costume carnival ever held
in this country has caused thou
sands of workers in New York City
and vicinity to begin rumaging in
their chests and trunks for appro-
pirate costumes. Since the best ma
tional groups, as well as individual
costumes, will have their pictures
taken and published in the Daily
Worker, workers are sparing no eff
forts to be at their best.
National costumes of all sorts
will be seen next Sunday, with the
probability that Russian costumes
will predominant. These are expect
ed to add great color to the Russian
hour that is being arranged, during
which tea will be served in samo-
vars and Russian folk-songs will be
played by an accordion orchestra.
The costumes will also be dis
played to good advantage during
the open-air dancing around huge
bonfire.
The athletic part of the program
at the carnival is being we'll taken
care of. The Labor Sports Union
will bring some of its best athletes
there and two of its member or
CARNATIONS will engage in an ex-
hibition soccer game. The Finnish
Athletic Club will also take part
with various athletic exhibitions.
Tickets for the big carnival have
begun selling fast. They can be
bought at 35 cents each at the Of
flee of the Daily Worker, 1928
Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
New Fur international
Is Launched Here

Continued from PGge One
to do everything in our power to
organize one united international
Union capable of safeguarding the
interests of the fur workers and
protecting them against the en-
croachments Of the fur bosses and
their company union.
1--WE also hereby empower and
direct the above mentioned repre-
sentatives to form provisional Ma
tional Executive Committee to func-
ton as a control body of al! local
fur unicns for the purpose of unit
ing and mobilizing all of the locals
and all of the fur workers through
out the United States and Canada
for the organization of real union.
eve further empower and direct
the incoming provisional National
Executive Committee to call a con-
vention of all local unions within
sixty days from this date for the
purpose of forming new Interna-
tional Union of fur workers of the
United States and Canada"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
IN
FASCIST JAILS
NEARING DEATH
R e G i'm e Cruel and
Hard on Communists

GENEVA, Aug. 15.-After the
sentence against the members of
the Central Committee of the Com
munist Party in Italy, last April,
the prisoners have been subjected to
very sharp prison regime. They
are in single cells, forced to be
silent, never allowed to come out
into the air, for the 40-minute walk
allowed other prisoners is not
granted them. q
They are given only bread and
thin soup for food. No prisoner
can last this cruel regime very long
and the health of Gramsci and Ter
racini is very bad and cause for real
worry to-their relatives and
friends.
BERLIN, Aug. 15.-Those sem
fenced in the many Italian trials are
suffering terribly in the fascist
prisons. Many are those who would
rather have been sentenced to
death, and many are in grave dam
ger of losing their lives.
The young worker Targoni, from
Session Fiarentino, has become seri-
ously i'll, and his mind has become
unbalanced due to torture.
Paclo Betti, who, as a result of
torture, became crazy, has just been
sentenced to II years in prison.
Betti is hardly expected to live
through more than one or two years
of the prison sentence.
The worker Amodei, who after
the bombing at Milan was arrested,
became crazy due to torture. His
body is covered with wounds, his
eyes are bloody, and he always
shivers. 1t is also believed that he
will not last very much longer in
the fascist hell-hole.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
GUNS AND VIGHANTES
RULE CHILE WORKERS

closely watched by vigilantes who
will not allow foreigners to speak
to the natives.
Passing by Antifagasta we no
ticed three battleships in the harbor.
In fact there was at least on Brit
ish or American battleship in every
port.
We hit Valparaiso when the gov
eminent and the reactionary labor
leaders were celebrating the Fourth
of July for the United States CAPT
talists. That same evening the re-
dictionary fascist labor unions, to-
gether with the government, gave a
farewell banquet to Collier, the am
bassador from Wall Street. This
banquet tells more about the com
plete suppression of the workers
than anything else | know. Collier,
who had placed vigilantes and mill
tary guards about the American
embassy at the time of the Saeco-
Vanzetti demonstrations, and who
had called out the bluejackets who
killed IA and wounded four of the
demonstrators besides arresting 100,
was praised by these labor fakers-
and tits hard to believe that cor
ruption has gone this far, but it is
true) was commended on his work
for labor!
Fascists Controls Unions.
Under such a misleadership it is
no wonder that the workers cannot
better their conditions. The unions
are controlled by fascists and
United States agents, specially i'm
ported for the purpose, all in the
pay of the companies. 1t is a front
formidable enough to COW the most
militant workers-thus, battleships,
vigilantes, prisons, islands awaiting
the preletarian exiles.
Militants Under Ground.
About the average pay in Val
paraiso for a highly skilled worker
is estimated to be five pesos per
day. Rarely do they live in more
than one room--sometimes one even
finds family of ten in one ROOM
They all sleep on the floor-beds
are a luxury The stencil of the
tenements and dirty streets is al.
most unbearable.
There are some militant organi-
cations. But they of course function
underground.
w. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
national Labor Defense Starts Investigation of HameUb of T. Mooya,
Increase Tempo of
Communist Signature
Drive in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug 49,
With the date for filing signatures
with the secretary of state APP
preaching nearer, the signature
drive of the Workers Communist
Party in Connecticut is increasing
in tempo The state election laws
demand that 1000 registered voters
sign to place the Party on he bal
lot, This means that at least 5000
signatures will have to be secured
to take care of all the names that
will be crossed off by the town
clerks.
Small groups of the Workers
Party in New Haven, Hartford,
Stamford, and Bridgeport are going
cut every evening in the week and
some have already topped the 800
mark. Workers Party units are
also arranging Signature Sun
days" when all the membership
must report to headquarters and re-
port back how many names they
have collected,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
(By Worker Correspondent

w ~ " W wv wv 60 kSVHWtfty
VALPARAISO, Chile (By Mail).
Having worked hard enough and
seen enough here of the actual con-
ditions under which the natives live
under the domination of United
States and British capitalists am
taking this opportunity to write to
you while the ship l am working
on is anchored at the Valparaiso
harbor.
On our trip up and down rivers
and along the coast, we have come
in contact with the most depressing
situation as far as the workers are
concerned. have already told you
of conditions in Peru published in
previous issue-Ed) and l hope
since that letter has gotten past the
censors and that this one will.
U. S. Copper Company Exploits.
The same American copper COM
pany that exploits the workers in
Peru also has mines in Chile. At
Chanarall the workers live in the
company barracks. If they are IA
vored with a family of over five
they are allowed to occupy two
small rooms in the wooden shacks
that some people have the nerve to
call homes. Their rations are care
fully given out by the company
kitchen as follows: One and one
half pounds of bread for every two
people over Ia years of age; one
pound for two children; five pounds
rice per week; two pounds of beans
and eight to ten pounds Of dried
fish per week. With this "gener-
Gus" allowance and five pesos sal
airy per day the workers manage to
live somehow.
As we came into the harbor of
San Antonio three United States
battleships met our gaze. We soon
learned why-for the tanks of the
International Petroleum Company
faced the harbor. These oil kings
must certainly be afraid of the con-
sequences of exploitation for they
have ordered three cruisers to sub
due a population of 5000!
Vigilantes Keep Guard.
The workers live In company bar
racks for which they pay a rent of
from 45 to 30 pesos per month, out
of salary of about five pesos per
day. The whole settlement is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-16
LOCAL ; WORKER
EXPOSES BR0ACH
Pictures Conditions in
Union
(By Electrical Worker.)

Keep up the good work exposing
H. H. Btoach, the labor faker, in
ternational vice president of the
Brotherhood, and the dictator of
Local 8. l believe his paid hench-
men should also be exposed
One delegate by the name of Ack-
erman bunsled or had no CUTS and
lost a power house job which went
to non-union men. This is an I'M
employment time. This job could
have taken care of from 100 to 800
men. This delegate runs two lunch
room wagons. That's where most
of his time goes, | guess.
An Honest" Faker.
Next there is Tom Clark This
bird on Broach's meal ticket has
been living off Local 8, I. B. E. F.
for good many years. This Of
ficial once got up on the floor of
No. 8 and said what of it, if a dele
gate takes some money from a
builder or boss, so long as he does
not sell out the men.
But how can a man serve two
masters?
Then there is PRESS, the business
manager, getting a starvation sal
airy of only $125 per week. Heshas
also been living on the backs of the
workers for years. What has he
ever done for the union? A soft
soaper and sermonizer and philoso-
pher of the Tammany machine
There are lot of others who will
be exposed for their fakery in due
time, for instance, Johnny Lapham
and Dan Kiley. Once they posed as
progressives. want to say to
them: Why do you allow members
to be barred and don't utter Q
word? You two had pretty neal
the whole meeting to yourselves
under the O'Hara machine, that is
you criticized that administration
when you saw wrong. What's the
matter now?
You are getting $115 weel
holding down soft jobs. That's the
reason.
Breach Tough Guys.
Then there's Broach's tough guy:
and cops; there are also his detec
tives. in and outside Of the meet
ing hall; also the industrial squad
The tough guys under the o'Har,
administration were like flock O.
lambs compared with these lions
Then there is Little Caesar" him
self, another great sermonizer; I
philosopher of great things whicl
he has done and will do; nevci
what he is doing, thus keeping thu
members off the main subject. Tn,