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Evening star., 1928-04-08
FAVOR j. S. WORK
ON CITY PRINTING
ExpertS for Bureau OF Eff
ciency Propose Work Be
Ordered by Law.

Bureau Of Efficiency investigators
recommended changes in the District OF
Columbia policy in regard To printing
and binding and the handling oi
vaucherS, before the Gibson Sub-com-
raittee Of the House District committee
yesterday
DR.. George c. Havenner. specialist
for the Bureau of Eficiency. urged thai
the District Commissioners be required
hy Law to have the municipal printing
and blndins done at the Government
Printing once. except that certain
classes Of the work might be sent to
the small printing plant at the Lofton
Eeformstory.
Believe Law Required.
Director Brown OF the Bureau OF
Efficiency explained that the Senate
already provided for this in the Dis
trict apuropriation bill. which has been
sent for conference between the two
houses. The Bureau of Efficiency re-
commended TO; the Commissioners, last
summer. that they should have prlnlng
done at the Government Printing once
and they have adopted this recon-
mendation. but the bureau feels that a
law is necessary in oroer 70 MAKE tfliS
a permanent practice.
NJ. c. HareTove. purchasing ofncer.
ssid that il such law is passed. IT
should contain q loophole through
which the Commissioners would be
allowed 10 have the printing and bind
inc done by private contract, II this
could be done at a lower price than at
the Government Printing Once.
Charges Relate to Contracts.
Mr. Hsvenner repeated TO the sub
committee the report made by the
Bureau Of Eniciency last Summer that
the District is suffering on its paper
contracts because OF the fact, he said.
that contractors are not living up TO
fhe specifications Chairman Gibson
asked that careful study be made re-
gsrdinE legal action TO recover damages
on anv breaches of contract.
A. G. Thomas and v. Simmons OF
the Bureau Of Efficiency testified on the
procedure IN handling vouchers in the
purchasing ONCE. They recommended
certain technical changes to save time.
District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan
said that the proposed changes should
not be adopted Immediately. because
the general accounting ONCE is making
an Investigation of the same subject,
and viii make different recommenda-
tionS.
Evening star., 1928-04-08
Conditioning and Moderafely Priced

"The Hull" Suite at the right is
one of Berkey 4 Gays newest
accomplishments. This group is
done principally in mahogany
and beautified with swirl. fig
ured and striped mahogany,
Bureau is 42 inches wide. with
hanging mirror and solid ma
hogany interiors. The Suite is
conveniently arranged and so
quaint and simple as to bring
old New England close TO you
again. Six pieces in all and q
very worthy value now at $29S.
Evening star., 1928-04-08
CLUB TO GIVE SHOW.
La Fayette Lodge Fe1lowcraft Body
Plans Entertainment Friday.

A musical show, "The La Fayette
Lodge Follies." will be presented at the
annual ladies' night of the La Fayette
Lodge Fellowcraft Club in the Wash
ington Hotel Friday, at 8:15 pm. The
senior warden of the lodge, Frank H.
Myers. is in charge. The cast includes
c. Van Wyck Mott, Andrew Gemeny.
j. Robert Lee, Harry A. Nelson. George
II. Post F. Alvin Holland, Karl Flick
niger and William T. Lands. The
ladies" of the ensemble include v. o.
Neale, Albert George, M. x. Ware. D.
J. Harrell, George Wentzel, w II. Phil
lips, John o. Dice. H. A. Alberger,
Henry G. Leef, James F.. Bird and
William Smith Music will be provided
for the entertainment and the dancing
by Robert May and his "Revelers.'
Evening star., 1928-04-08

all of Wednesday In Niagara Falls. visit
ing the Falls, the cereal factories and
the hydroelectric works, and will spend
Thursday in Buffalo. Friday they will
return as far as Williamsport, and Sat-
urdsy the final lap home will be COM
pleted.
The truck will be emblazoned with
large signs announcing the purpose Of
the expedition"
Evening star., 1928-04-08
10 CHURCHES TO AID
IN POST.EASTER PLAY
Two Performances of The Rock
at Masonic Auditorium Will
Help Missions.

Representatives from 10 OF the city S
churches will appear in a post-Easter
drama entitled The Rock" to be pre-
Sented by the Luther League OF Wash
ington and sponsored by a committee
of prominent men and women, on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings at the
Masonic Auditorium. Thirteenth street
Evening star., 1928-04-08
MARKSMEN TO COMPETE.
District Guard TO Hold Rife Tests
for Team.

Rife firing competitions will be held
hy the National Guard Of the District
az Columbia on its range at Camp
Slmnas. Congress Heights. April Is and
-. for the purpose Of selecting IS men
10 form special training squad from
which will be selected men to compose
the National Guard team to represent
this city in competitions during the
current season, including the national
matches to be held at Camp Perry,
Ohio, in the Summer
Capt J. c. Jensen. ordnance depart
ment. has been designated executive
ofHcer. At least six members OF the
rife team must be men who have never
fired on any national rife team.
Evening star., 1928-04-08

1T the left is Illustrated
~ "The Bridget" Suite by
Berkey & Gay--a charming bed
room group which realizes the
beauty of Colonial forms in a
true sense. The bureau is az
inches wide. Interiors are of
solid mahogany. The toilet table
is fitted with a solid mahogany
partitioned jewelry tray. The
group itself is skillfully done in
walnut, principally with beauti-
full touches of Butt walnut. Six
pieces in all, priced at $295.
Evening star., 1928-04-08
NEW YORKER TO SPEAK.
DR.. Herty to Discuss Senator Rams
dell's Health Institute Plan.

DR.. Charles H. Herty of New York,
adviser of the Chemical Foundation,
will discuss Senator Ransdell's bill for
the creation of a national institute Of
health before members of the Louisiana
Society at their meeting at the National
Press Club auditorium Wednesday eve
ming.
DR.. w F. Draper. assistant surgeon
general of the United States Public
Health Service. will also speak. Mem
bers of the Mississippi Society will be
guests of the Louisiana Society at the
meeting, which will be followed by a
dance.
Evening star., 1928-04-08
HELD IN FIGHT FILM CASE,
D. c. Man Charged With Trans
portation of Pictures.

Uric Holiingsvorth. q resident Of
Washington, was held for action Of
the grand jury By United States Com
Missioner Needham c. Turnage yeSter-
day On q charge Of transporting motion
pictures OF the Dempsey -Tunney cham
pionship fight from Maryland into the
District OF Columbia
Testimony showed that Hollingsworth
had exhibited the fight film in hall
he rented in nearby Maryland town.
New Zealand viii ship 900. 900 cases
Of apples 10 other countries this year.
Evening star., 1928-04-08
Deer Is Shepherd.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
CLOVER POINT, Minn.-A deer that
wandered to the farm of J. W. Stepp re-
manned to become pet and now herds
the cows regularly to and from their
watering place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
IL, D. HASTENS
FIGHT FOR KUN
Urge Workers to Save
Communist Leader

Hundreds of working class organ
izations Of New York City and vicinity
are being modified by the New York
Section Of the International Labor
Defense, 799 Broadway, in the fight
to save Bella Kun, Hungarian Com
munist leader, now imprisoned in
Austria.
Copies of a resolution demanding
Bella Kun's immediate and uncondi-
tional release are now being sent to
these organizations, which are being
asked to adopt it. In statment point
ing out the Importance of having this
resolution adopted by as wide a sec
ton Of the working class as possible,
Rose Baron, secretary Of the New
York Section of the |. L. D., declared
yesterday.
"The movement to save Bella Kun
has already begun in this city with a
mass meeting held recently in Union
Square under the auspices of the In
ternational Labor Defense. This
must go forward with
greater power. The adoption of this
resolution by hundreds of working
class organizations will mean thou
sands of new voices added to the great
cry Of the workers Of the world de
manding freedom for their leader"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
GRAF TIERS TIPPED
OFF, WITNESSES
TESTIFY AT TRIAL
Given Opportunity to
Alter Records

An organized and systematic meth
cd of tipping off" all departments
whenever an inquiry into payroll
padding was scheduled has been re-
vealed in the testimony of William j.,
Lougheed, on trial in connection with
graft in the New York City street
cleaning department.
Lougheed testified Saturday that
millions of dollars have been grated
in this department and that he alone
had participated in 100000 in graft
since 1915. The trail of graft has al
ready reached many higher-ups in the
lTammany Hall municipal administra-
ton, but none of them has been ar
rested.
Alter Records.
Lougheed, who was foreman of a
streetcleaning garage in the Bronx,
testified that in addition to the "tip-
off" system it was possible for high
officials in the department to gain
access to records and alter them just
as steps were being made for an in
vestigation of grating charges.
Lougheed and William j. Oswald, a
district superintendent, specifically
named Charles A. MCGEE, assistant
general superintendent, as being
guilty of these practices. They testi-
fled that McGil's office was adjacent
to that of General Superintendent
James w. lisp in the department head
quarters in the Municipal Building
and that borrowing the records for
the purpose of altering them had be-
come matter of simple routine.
Tammany Officials Relieved.
Great satisfaction was expressed at
theSclose Of the last session of the
trial because Lougheed, while declar-
| ing that graft prevailed in the street
cleaning department thruout the city,
nevertheless refrained from naming
Specific jobholders.
! At previous sessions Lougheed had
tdecldred that grating on wide scale
extends to the Tammany commissioner
himself and to Deputy Street Clean
ing Commissioner James Nugent.
Formal housekeeping"
1t is expected that a few minor
scalps will be gotten within the next
few days in an effort to give Tam
many Hall an opportunity to announce
that it had completed a "houseclean-
ing" as fitting preliminary to Al
Smiths nomination for the presidency.
Judge Albert Cohn, before whom
the trial is being held in Bronx county
court, has announced that he may call
night sessions soon in order to speed
the proceedings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
MILL COMMITTEE
OPENS new DRIVE
T M c. Relief Machinery
to Aid Unionists
Continued from page one)

Continued from page oHe)
The end of this week, the mule spin
ners' officials alone saying that pay
ments are still to be made for con
siderable time.
The Textile Mills Committee, high
ly successful in enrolling many thou
sands as the strike progressed, has
extended and widened the scope of its
activities on all fronts, mass picket
ing, strikers legal defense and especi-
ally in the field of strikers relief.
Fail to Furnish Aid.
Despite the fact that the officials
in control of the Textile Council pai6
relief only to the union membership
not making any provisions to furnish
aid to the tens of thousands of strik-
ers not in the union, they even failed
to organize machinery to raise funds
to provide regular relief for their own
members, the council membership
complain.
The Workers International Relief
nationwide organization gathering
relief for the Mills Committee is,
however, rapidly spreading its cam
paign for funds and food on a nation
wide scale.
The members of the Textile Council
are bitterly critical not only of their
own local leadership, but also OF the
heads Of the United Textile Workers
Union, to which they recently affif
ated in body, dissolving what was
formerly the American Federation OF
Textile Operatives.
Prior to the utilization, McMahon
president of the u. T. W., loudly de-
clared that his union and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor would be ar
unlimited source of aid for the council
membership. Now, after having dis
tributed only $4,000 in benefits.
comes the bland announcement Of The
union administration that the dole
will be stopped for the duration of
the strike.
Rank and File Dissatisfied.
The opinion of the leadership Of the
Textile Mills Committee is that re
cruiting call to the council memNers
would be very popularity received, due
to the intense dissatisfaction viii
their organization. 1t was also point
ed out by the T. NJ. c. that member
ship in their organization does not
necessarily mean that the council
members would have to abandon mem
bership in the council.
This is readily explained by the fact
shat the 4. NJ c. is form of indus
rial union that is organized on tn
oasis of committee comprising an
rats in each mill, thus forming
unit Of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
STRIKE OF 5000
TIES UP PORT
IN ARGENTINE
Expect Big Sympathetic
Walk-Out

BUENOS AYRES, June AT least
5000 harbor workers are on strike,
and workers in all trades are expected
to join them within the next few
days, as the port tie-up at Bahia
Blanca, on the east coast of the Ar
gentine continues unbroken, and dock
and ship owners are openly admitting
that they see no end to the present
situation. 1t is believed that the
strike will continue indefinitely, is
the latest report from the southern
port.
In spite of provocation on the part
of the authorities, who are being
urged to repressive action by the
owners, for whom the strike is losing
thousands of dollars, the workers are
maintaining a firm front
Police charges on demonstrations
and picket lines, while less frequent
than at Rosario and Santa Fe, where
police interference in the dock strike
cost a dozen lives, are the order OF
the day, and number of workers are
reported to have been injured.
There is a growing sentiment for
a sympathetic strike among the work
ers of other industries and it is ex-
pected that the walk-out may come
within few days. Rank and file
pressure is being exerted upon the
union officials.
The tie-up of Bahia Blanca harbor,
where number of vessels have been
lying for a week, unable to load or
unload, is the latest of series of har-
Dor strikes which have been tying up
Argentine shipping. The former
strikes took place in the northern
group of ports along the Plata River.
Bahia Blanca is the largest port south
of Buenos Ayres.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

George police station.
The "Comerit" had made fourteen
ports on the present trip prior to its
arrival in the United States. It's last
port had been Liverpool, England, and
the seamen declare they were prom
ised shore leave on their arrival here.
When the demand of the seanen
became very emphatic, the captain
of the ship called the police of the
st. George station who attacked them
with clubs and. then.Bustled.,theny off
to jail in four patrol wagons.
The. resentment of the seamen was
increased by r'ttre FACT tina four. of
their comrades who demanded leave
Friday night were locked, up.-by the
captain in the warehouse on the pier.
The jailed seamen will come up for
hearing in Stapleton court this morn
ing,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

munes, cartelS ana other collective
organizations.
During the six months since October
list, 15,849 new collective farm organ
izations Of various types have been
organized in the U. S. S. R.
In the Ukraine, eight new farm
communes, 142 agricultural cartels
and 1905 societies for the collective
tilling of land, have been organized
during the same half year.
From the Far East it is reported
that the mass of collective farm mem
bers, mostly POOR peasants number
over 500. The balance sheet of some
communes is as high as 100000 rou-
bles. The communes have II tractors,
a thing which never existed before in
those areas. The arabic land of the
collective farms viii be increased by
SOC.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

WASHINGTON. June 3,--A sweep
ing change in American policy in
China in view of the victorious adj
vance of the troops Of Chang Kai-
shek has been unofficialIy Indicated
by persons in the state department.
The fifteenth infantry under com
mand of Brig Gen Joseph c. Cashier
is already patrolling the Peking-
Tientsin road and is preparing to CO.
operate with the american marine
forces under the command Of Brig
Gen. Smedley D. Butler.
Reiterated statements that the
merican government remembers the
Marking capture are understood to
mean that the American officials are
9waiting an untoward happening tc
Justify whatever aggressive action
.hey may be intending.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
8 Jersey Jobholders In
Gain on Bible Charges
fContinlted from poqe onel

Continued from page one)
tigation into graft in the municipal
government.
The men indicted and served are
Thomas A. Archipley, president of
the City Council; Councilman Ed
ward Wallace, chairman of the city
road committee; Daniel Schulhafer,
Charles Hill and Stephen Pekar;
Joseph W. Kugler, building inspec-
tor; Irving d. Banta, tax collec-
tor; John F. Meakin, Roselle Park;
Frank Kubiak, former Council
man, and John J. Gall and Otto
Cook, who had contracts to supply
the city with cinders for streets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
N. Y. COMMUNIST
MEET WILL OPEN
Great Activity Among
Upstate Delegates
Continued from page oue)

Continued from page oBe)
Utica, Rochester, Syracuse, Schenec-
tady, Binghampton and Troy.
In spite of the great energies eX-
pended to send delegates to the Ma
tional Nominating Convention, the up
state delegates have expressed enthu-
siasm regarding the convention to
elect state candidates and are making
special efforts to get automobiles to
bring as large delegation as posi-
BILE. 1t is expected that about thirty
delegates will be elected from up
state.
Special efforts are being made to
get Negro workers and farmers to
send delegates.
Ohio Distfiet Active.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 3.-Fol-
lowing the Ohio state and the Ma
tional Nominating Conventions of The
Workers (Communist) Party, general
membership meetings are being sched-
uled here to discuss the election cam
paign and to begin an active crgan-
ization drive.
Many Meetings.
CleveIand-We Wednesday, June 6, s
P. NJ, at 2046 East 4th St.
Toledo--Thursday. June 7, 8 P. NJ.
Youngstown-Friday, June 8, 8
P. NJ.
Warren-Sunday, June 10, 10 A. NJ.
Akron.-Sunday, June 10, P. NJ.
Canton-Sunday. June 10, 8 P. M.
East Liyerpool-GIonday, June II,
8 P. NJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
CHILDREN STARVE, IN THE MINE FIELDS
IL YeayOld Miners Son Writes OF Tents Evictious, Hunger

money to live because we are fighting against
them. 1t is up to the workers to help us. The
miners children go barefoot and they have
ragged clothes The children have to fight SO
they can live The miners families have been
put out of their homes by the coal operators ;
we have to live in tents. This is the way miners
children live. Many of us will die if we do not
get help from the workers of America.
V. KACHATURAIN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

The hardships suffered by the children of the
striking miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and IL
linois can be seen from the following letter writ
ten by the 11-year-old son of miner. The let
ter follows:
Dear Comrades:
Do you know that the miners children often
die Of hunger while their fathers are fighting
for living wage? The bosses do not give us
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
Where Blast Killed Dupont Workers

Photo shows all
that t0as left of
the nitration de-
partment aohere 3
qoorkers acre kill
ed IN an explosion
at the Dupont Vis-
cold Co. plant in
KeGrneA N. j.
THREE thousand
lVorkers are en-
pIoyed there. Com
pany officials or
dered police from,
the. premises fol-
lo1Ving the blast,
it is said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

permanently sound financial footing.
Increased circulation means increased
advertising and higher advertisirgI
rates. 1t means a general increase of
income and the possibility of eliminat-
ing permanently the financial crises
which are constantly threatening the
life of The DAILY WORKER"
"The American working class is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

faced today with the prospect of
losing it's only militant daily labor
organ" Ravitch went on. What
this will mean to the American
workers cannot be overstated."
"The American working class is
confronted with struggle against
the powerful capitalist tyranny on
earth. Day by day, year in and year
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04
CLOAK CHAIRMEN
Meeting IN N. Y.
Conference Opens New
Era of Struggle
Continued from page one)
est aid to the right wing, were repre-
sented by shop delegates.
Hyman Speaks.

Lyman Speaks.
After election Of conference
chairman, Louis Hyman, chairman Of
the National Organization Commit
tee delivered the opening speech.
Particularly sharp was the attack he
launched against the "hypocritical
appeal for unity issued Friday by
Benjamin Schlesinger."
"After admitting that the union is
shattered, and that it cannot be re-
built unless all elements are again
taken in" Hyman declared, "Schles-
niger hypocritically states that all but
Communists will have full member
ship rights to run for office" Hyman
then stated that first Schlesinger
lies! The decision Of the takers con-
vention is that all members of the
Communist Party, their sympathizers
and followers shall not be permitted
to hold office. Who is to decide who
is or is not in any of those cate
gories?" Hyman asked THE bosses,
Signan, Schlesinger and their gang
sters," he said.
The climax of his speech, received
with great applause, was reached
when he declared: when union Of
ficials are made leaders by the bosses
as Sigman and his gang were, no
union they control can ever come to
the employers and ask for the I'M
provement of conditions, therefore we
must build union controlled by the
rank and file"
IF Schlesinger were honest" Hy-
man concluded, che would back up his
call for unity by calling general
elections, so that the membership can
themselves choose their leadership"
Gold Cheered.
Ben Gold, leader of the furriers'
union, then addressed the conference
in the name of the thousands Of fur
workers who were going thru the
same struggle as the cloakmakers.
He received a great ovation. His
speech also centered around the
Schlesinger proclamation. He de-
clared that the Sigmans and Schles-
myers were oHiSWu eiOuSH W cStl-
mate this movement of the shop rep
resentatives at its real value. "Their
fear of the unquenchabe spirit shown
by the workers in preparing for this
conference, which spells their doom,
forced them to issue their fake unity
proclamation" he stated.
"But the needle trades workers
have not gone thru 10 months Of
union wrecking without recognizing
this proclamation Of Schlesinger's as
piece of sheer hypocricy," Gold de-
clared, adding "Schlesinger and Sig
man are an excellent team for the
bosses of the Jewish Daily Forward
who tell Schlesinger to issue buttery
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

DAILY WORKER agent and work
among his friends, his shopmates, in
his trade union and fraternal organi-
cation to secure new readers for the
organ of the militant American work
ers. Only in this way can The DAILY
WORKER grow into powerful
weapon Of the workers in their
struggles against capitalism"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-04

WORKER" Ravitch continued, ARE
now being asked to come to the aid
of the paper in order to prevent its
suspension. In addition to sending
funds they can aid the Daily in still
another way by securing subscrip-
tions.
every class-conscious American
worker should consider himself a