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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
COMMITTEE TO
BACK BRITTEN
MakesFak Peace Move
Of It's Own

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The
House of Representatives Naval At
fairs Committee today unanimously
passed resolution which can only
be construed as carrying one step
further the maneuver started by it's
chairman, Britten of Illinois, last
week, when he communicated di-
rectly and in breach of all diplo-
matte usage with Premier Baldwin
of England, asking for naval con-
ference to meet in Canada. Brit
ten today notified the committee
that Baldwin had answered that he
could not negotiate with private
persons like Britten. Such an answer
was expected and desired by all
who understood that the move was
merely for propaganda purposes in
America, as Britten is "big navy
man.
Next Fake Move.
Nov that.the full political effect
in favor of unlimited building of
cruisers has been reaped by the in
cident in America, the house COM
mittee proceeds along the same line
with a resolution "reiterating its
often expressed desire to extend the
5-5-3 ration principle of the Wash
ington agreement to all classes of
naval Ships" and endorses the idea
of naval conferences. 1t does not
make the mistake of being too def
mite. Britten himself explained that
to actually request President Cool
idge or Secretary of State Kellogg
to extend this invitation to England
might embarrass the administration,
LONDON, Dec. Premier STAN
ley Baldwin has stated in answer
to question in the House of Com
mons that he had answered Repre-
sentative Britten of Illinois sin
friendly but firm" fashion, telling
MIN that no negotiations could be
conducted through any but official
channels. He evaded a question as
to whether Secretary of State Kel-
logg refused to transmit an earlier
reply sent to Britten through the
British ambassador and the U, S.
government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
Philadelphia CRATER
Regains His Old Post

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. A U.H.-
Harry C. Davis, former director of
public safety of Philadelphia, to-
day won back his old post in the
Philadelphia republican organiza-
ton as executive director of the
Central Executive Campaign Com
mittee.
The vote was 4S to 0. Davis is
close friend of the republican
leader, Senator-elect William S.
Ware.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
BUILD new SILK
WORKERS LOCAL
Organization Group in
Big New Drive
Especial to the Daily Worker)

(Specldt TO the DdlLy W0rkeT)
PATERSON, N. j., Dec. 4.-The
first meeting of the enlarged Strike
Committee of the broad silk workers,
elected at the mass meeting last Sat
urday, when the workers decided to
affiliate with the National Textile
Workers Union, was held last night
and after an extended meeting map
ped out plans for the beginning of
a drive to build a real silk workers
union in Paterson.
The first step taken was to change
the name from Strike Committee to
the Organization Committee of the
Paterson local of the National Tex
tile Workers Union. This commit
tee is designated as temporary till
city convention of silk workers
shop delegates will officially elect
an executive board to take over its
functions.
Organization Plans.
The Organization Committee will
concentrate all it's efforts to build
a system of shop committees which
will be the basis of the new union
The series of plans for immediate
execution which the meeting adopted
last night are:
IA mass meeting of silk work
ers is to be held this Friday eve-
ming at s o'clock, the hall to be
announced tomorrow. At this meet
ing registration of recruits for the
new local will take place. All those
workers who registered at the Sat
Continued ON Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
BIRTH RATE FALLS.

WASHINGTON. = A declining
birthrate exists in England, Ger
many, France and Scandinavian
countries, according to a popula-
tion study published by Robert R.
Kuczynski. Life is hard for the
worker and he does not seek either
the burden of childrens' support OF
their competition on the labor mar
ket. p.
The study is announced by DR..
Harold G. Moulton, president of the
Brookings Institute of Washington
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
Lamport-Holt Vessels
Built So 10-Inch Leak
Could Not Be Stopped

The fact that ships of the LAM
port and Holt Line are so built that
a sanitary pipe could break without
anyone knowing it and turn solid
ten-inch stream of ocean water into
the lower depths of all sister ships
of the sunken Vestris, was brought
out yesterday after an inspection of
the Vauban, another vessel of the
line.
Naval experts say that the first
leak on the Vestris could have come
about in such way, bringing list,
ash opening further leaks in herr
IrS<sen sides. n,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
PROPOSE TRUST.

CHICAGO, Dec. a WH.-A pro-
posal that the oil interests in this
country appoint an individual or a
small committee to "rationalize"
the industry was made before the
American Petroleum Institute today
by its vice president, Axtell ].
Byles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05

y
presidential message, read by
edroning voiced clerks to both
houses Of Congress this after
noon.
The message as a whole was
merely an insipid repetition of
propaganda about prosperity" 1t
overlooked absolutely the 100000
unemployed in the United States,
overlooked all evidence of wage cuts,
neglected the strikes which have
been a feature this year in Ameri-
cas- industries, aind with much re-
petition insisted that this is the
most prosperous country in the
world and this is the most prosper
Gus year in its history; labor and
capital are satisfied, foreign rela-
tions are good, and everything will
go on better still next year if Con-
gress exercises due economy-in
every field but the navy. There
must be 10 new cruisers.
For Kellogg Pact.
The message merely hints that
Coolidge would like to see the Kel-
logg treaties ratified, calling them a
step towards peace, whereas every
body with any political insight recog-
nizes them as merely the formation
of new League of Nations against
Soviet Russia with America in the
/ lead instead of England, a source of
war on at least two fronts.
However, as soon as the regular
message was read, Senator Borah
arose in the senate, and read
supplementary message from the
president, submitting the Kellogg
treaties, and asking ratification.
For Realtors.
/ The message, while couched in
vague language, seems to favor the
passa of the Swing ohr son
Boulder Dam bill, and a revised and
emasculated McNary- Haugen bill.
fake farm relief measure, intended
to keep the agricultural regions
quiet under the burden of mortgages
and the exploitation of the grain
buyers.
Congressman did not wait around
in any very large numbers to hear
the monotonous deluge of platitudes.
In the House of Representative
there were only about so of the 435
members present, and in the Senate
only half of the members, and these
chatted in informal caucuses and
paid no attention.
President Coolidge sent to the SEN
ate today the following nominations:
To be under Secretary of State, J.
Reuben Clark, Jr., of Utah.
To be Ambassador to Chile, Will
liam F. Culberson of Kansas.
To be Comptroller of the Cur
rency, John w. Police of Ohio; to be
Brigadier General, Col. Casper
Hauser Conrad, Jr., Cavalry; to be
Chief of the Bureau of Insular Af-
fairs. Major General Frank McIn-
tyre; to be JUDGE Advocate General,
with rank of Major General. Col.
Edward A. Kreger; to be Major
General, Reserves, Major General
Alfred Franklin Foote, National
Guard.
10 be minister Colombia, Jefferson
CaffeTy of Louisiana: to be Minister
to Bulgaria, H. F. Arthur Scheen-
field of Washington, D. c.; to be
Minister to Salvador, Warren D.
Robbins of New York; to be Minis
ter to Rumania, Charles S. Wilson
of Maine; to be member of United
States Tariff Commission, for 12
years beginning September s, 1928,
Sherman j. Lowell of New York; to
be Treasurer of the United States,
/ H. Theodore Tate of Tennessee; to
be a member of the Federal Farm
Loan Board for 8 years expiring
August 6, 1886, John H. GULL of
California (re-appointed).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
IS BIG CRUISERS"
lMPERIALIST DEMAND In
LAST COOLIDGE MESSAGE
At the Same Time Calls for Ratification of
Fraudulent Kellogg peace" Pact
Borah, Campaigner for Hoover, Presents Pacts
at End of Presidents Message

WASHINGTON, Dec 4-"Buid Bigger Navy! Authorize
Is More Cruers These the only clear cut definite
arguments of Importance dreay waste of thousands
of words Of Coodges annual presidential read by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05
STEAL FROM WORKERS WAGE

TORONTO, (By MaiD.-A de-
duction of 80 cents per month has
been made by the Lake Shore Mine
from each miners wages for the
benefit of the "Lake Shore Athletic
Association" a bosses scheme.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-05

We demand tho immed:1t~ recOgni.
tion of Soviet Union By he United
EtRtes government
Evening star., 1928-11-23
DELI 1NIL - Ol01lLO ". BURGESS

a great smoke. Then he stood back to
watch the hole where Rusty had dis
appeared, holding his gun in readiness
to shoot Rusty the instant he came out.
Can you think of anything more un-
fair? Rusty had been smart enough to
escape that hunter and 1t was only fair
that he should be allowed the safety
he had been smart enough to win. But
there are some people who haven't the
least idea of fairness. This is true OF
many of those who hunt. These hunt
ers are not sportsmen. Sportsmen are
always fair. A real sportsman would
have gone away to hunt for some one
else and left Rusty alone. But this
hunter was not sportsman.
BY and by the smoke began to creep
out from knotholes and little cracks
higher up in the tree. But so far there
was no smoke coming out Of the hole
into which Rusty had gone. The hunt
er waited and waited. No Rusty ap-
peared. At last the hunter knew that
there was no connection between that
hollow where Rusty was and the hollow
where the fire was. The smoke hadn't
reached Rusty at all. There was no
way of getting him out of that tree ex-
cepting to cut the tree down, and this
was too much Of a job. So finally the
unfair hunter put out the fire at the
foot of the tree, called off his dog and
went to hunt for some one else.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-23
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Playing by Ear.

The reception of all music Is by the
ear, but it ought to be produced in a
better way. When you sing or play by
note, you show that you have made a
study of music and are not merely re-
producing things you have heard and
remember. Ear-music and note-music
may sound pretty much alike, but the
expert can tell the difference and maybe
others can, too.
That's that, but that's not all. There
are other things that ought to be done
by note when they are often done by
ear, and that's why they aren't done
right. You can pick up tune and
then pick it out on your ukulele. You
can pick up some tipping and hit the
right letter every now and then. but
that's no touch system. You want to
learn business by note.
A girl or a young fellow can pick up
a certain amount of business experience
just by sticking around an office and
catching on to the routine just as an
usher can pick up bits of music and
some of the parts by hanging around
the theater night after night, but if
that's art I'm a prima donna.
Business that is played by ear is no
more than monkey business, for it's all
imitation. The kind of business that's
played by note is the only kind that
is going to make a secretary out of the
stenographer and an officer out of a
clerk. The leader of the orchestra
hasn't any use for the singer or player
of the car variety, and why should the
boss in his business?
There are some people who do their
loving as we'll as their playing by ear.
They don't know what real devotion
and passion are and so they play at
love as though it were banjo-rke.
They pick up few sweet phrases with
out knowing what they mean
In such times as the present when
everything is tout en- scramble, there
isn't much time to think about love
or to feel its deeper experience. When
we play it, we have to play it by ear,
not by note, for we can't read hearts
anv better than notes.
Maybe the marital troubles people
have these days are due to the fact
that they have not learned their love by
note or by heart, but only by ear. They
thought that their feeling was the real
thing, the kind you read about and
they played their love-calls for all they
were worth but they weren't worth
much.
You have to study music and business
if you're going to perform we'll and
there's certain sense in which you
have to study love and marriage. 1t
isn't out of book on canned love; it's
rather the kind of study that comes
from having deep. fine feelings.
FlapperS aren't practicing on the
piano the way young ladies used to do.
They are pounding different kind of
keyboard. BY the same token, men
aren't making love by note as in the
good old days when dates led to we'd
dings.
I'm afraid we're all off the key and
that's because we have tried to pick
up music and business, love and mar
riage by the ear alone.
Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper provided a stamped,
addressed envelope is enclosed.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-23
Everyday Law Cases
VIII Courts Enforce Transaction
GiDing Director Advantage OUer
Stockholders?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

The stockholders of the Lake Ma
chinery Co. agreed to sell their busi-
ness to a competitor for $4,000, which
price would net each stockholder rs
per cent of the value of his stock.
The directors duly passed the resolu-
,tion, but one of them, Henry Hicks,
seizing the opportunity, refused to sign
the resolution unless the purchaser
agreed to pay him the additional IS
per cent. The purchaser agreed, giving
Hicks note for $1,000.
When the note came due the pur-
chaser refused to pay and Hicks was
forced to bring suit.
The court on learning the facts de-
clared the note void, stating:
"The standard of conduct imposed
by law upon those who have assumed
the duties of directors is very high.
They must not in any degree permit
their official conduct to be swayed by
private interest. The law requires di-
rectorS to account for and surrender
to the corporation any gifts or bribes
received by them for the purpose of in
'fluencing their official action. Notes
executed in the furtherance of such
transactions are void"
Evening star., 1928-11-23
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

cipal's Office and tell him you won't
take it off. I'm trying TO set my work
done. I can't be bothered with you.
Out you 60"
1t took Becky all the morning ses-
sion to arrive in the Office. She stood
in the hall until a monitor found her
and directed her to move on. She stuck
her tongue out at him and he in wrath
went in and told her teacher. II don't
care what she did. Don't interrupt me
about that child again"
Next the janitor found her. please
Miss, here's Becky. She's in the hall
It's against rules, Miss. Really. Better
not let the head find her there. EX-
cuse me miss. shall / shove 'er imp"
You shove her out and don't annoy
me about her again. I'm busy" And
next the school visitor found her, duti-
fully stuck her head in the doorway
and beckoned the teacher, Here's
Becky. Out in the hail." she whispered.
What shall do with her? You want
her?"
mo. I sent her to the office. I don't
want to see her or hear from her or
from any one else about her today. I've
had nothing but her and her sweater
since daylight"
Then the principal found her. He
sent for the teacher. He sent for Mrs.
Becky. Il never said a word to her
about the sweater. She asked me could
she wear her sweater and 1 said yes.
How'd / know?"
So. At sweater time. send a printed
circular home. That's the best way
anyway. Print the word in the home
newspaper That's the way to get
word home, anyway It's astonishing
what one red sweater can do to
school.
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention TO
inquiries from parents or school teachers
on the care and development of children
Write him in care OF this paper, incloSirg
self-addres5ed. stamped envelope for reply.
(Copyright, 1926D
Evening star., 1928-11-23
sHA" HE EXCLAIMED. "A FOX
SQUIRREL, AND A FAT ONE"

sHAr HE EXCLAIMED. "a FOX
SQUIRREL, AND A FAT ONE"
all sides of it. Then Rusty had to
move. He had to keep that tree be-
tween him and the hunter. The hunter
caught glimpse of him.
"Ha!' he exclaimed. "A Fox Squirrel
and fat one! He will make good
i. squirrel stew" He held his gun in
readiness to shoot and continued to
walk around the tree BY moving
quickly he caught glimpse Of Rusty
long enough to throw his gun up and
that very instant. But the shot tore
the bark of the tree and the bang of
the gun gave Rusty a terrible fright.
Missed you that time, old fellow"
exclaimed the hunter, ''but I'll get you
next tirne!"
But there wasn't to be next time.
Rusty watched his chance, and when
he had the tree between himself and
the hunter he darted down and into
his home The hunter caught just a
glimpse of Rusty's big plume of tail
as it disappeared in the entrance hole
The hunter knew now that he had
no chance of shooting Rusty unless he
could get him out of that hole. He eX-
amined the tree carefully. He discov-
cred that down near the bottom of il
was hole and that the hollow seemed
to extend up.
"The chances are" said the hunter
talking to his dog, "thss If this hollow
doesn't go clear up to where that Squir-
rel is, it at least connects with it.
think We'll try smoking him out
So the hunter made a little fire in
the hollow at the foot of the tree, and
on this he put damp leaves, which made
Evening star., 1928-11-23
Those Sweaters.

"The heat is on, so please take off
your sweaters and hang them in the
wardrobe:"
The class looked responsive. They
nodded. All but Becky. Becky never
nodded. She always shook her head,
when she made any sign at all, which
was seldom.
The next morning everybody removed
the sweater except Becky and Norman
and Edwin. Becky. Norman. Edwin.
you forgot what I said about sweaters.
Hurry. Get them off and into the
wardrobe before the bell rings. Hurry.
The piano is beginning"
Assembly is dress parade, of course.
"No sweaters" is the rule. In all the
serried rows of snowy blouses and gay
neckties, just one red sweater shone.
That was Becky's.
After assembly a messenger came
with note. please remind the chill
dren that no sweaters are to be worn
In the building. 1t is not good for the
children and it spoils the appearance
of the room. Yours. c. c."
c. C. meant Principal. 20 dear. All
because of Becky. A note from the
Office first thing. just because that little
bit of nothing-at-all never does a thing
she's told. I'll fix her"
Becky, didn't tell you not to wear
that sweater? Didn't tell you to take
it off and hang it in the wardrobe.
First thing this morning 1 reminded
you of that Now you march yourself.
Take it off, And sit in the back seat
hereafter. l don't want to see you
Becky lifted her voice and howled her
distress. My mother told me to wear
it. My mother told me not to take it
off. 1 can't take it off. won't take ii
of. I won't sit in the back seat. ]
won't, I WON'T"
"All right. don't mind. Take your
self and the sweater out to the prin-
Evening star., 1928-11-23

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, November 23.-
Hollywood is like the lady who has just
had her face lifted-she's afraid to
smile broadly, for fear the operation
has not been a thoroughgoing success.
And if you can't put two and two
together on that and make so out of
it. then you haven't been reading all
that's been written about "talk1es, .
''tcchnicolor" and sound pictures,
and that weird combination of all three
which / call the mongrel
The most significant happening in the
industry is the producers failure to
take up the option on Bebe Daniels
contract. This doesn't alone mean
thumbs down for Bebe Daniels. 1t
means that high-priced stars of old
time movie technique are no longer a
good box-office bet.
And Hollywood gentlemen are not in
motion pictures for philanthrophy, their
health or the sake of art.
Every actress who is of the Daniels
vintage may well count up her balance
and thank her stars if she's been pru-
dent in money matters. Even indepen-
dent film corporations are experiment.
ing in the new technique. And if the
business of movie making swings back
finally to the uncolored, silent photo
drama, as it was in the beginning, these
stars will have been away from the
public too long to stage a comeback in
anything but character roles.
Willard Mack was lowering in a door,
way of the comissary on one of the
largest Hollywood lots today, a specu-
lative look in his eye. I followed the
bee-line of his gaze, and it rested on
one of the most dashing blonds in the
industry. He may have been picking a
new role for his next talkie.
But, if l mistake not, Willard Mack
is wifeless at the present time. And
he is the eternal husband of the acting
procession. He has come to the most
Evening star., 1928-11-23

diately complied and tried his best Dub
lin vocabulary, but the Minister only
shrugged his shoulders in despair
'Aw,' said Jimmy, he don't know Irish
Maybe he's French Then send for
the French cook suggested the gen.
eral and see if he can find out what
the man wants
"A hurry call was sent to the kitchen
for the cook, who rushed, with sleeves
rolled up apron on and huge carving
knife in his hand. The Minister took
one look, gasped, and dashed for the
door, fearing treachery. He doubted
that he was in the presence of the
Chief Executive. Jimmy, however, beat
him to the door and planted himself
before it.
when the cook explained who the
visitor was, the general realized the
error. About this time Mr.. McLane
appeared and the Minister was pre-
sented in due form. 1t is said that
Gen. Jackson always resented allusion
to this incident"
X X X
The Importance of proper punctua-
ton is stressed by local teacher.
1.-THE absence of a comma or it's in
sertion in an improper place in legal
paper may easily cause nisinterpre-
tation of its true sense For example,
read the following as it was punctuated
by one youth: THE man then entered
on his head, brown hat on his feet,
large and we'll polished shoes upon his
brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his
faithful walking stick in his eye, men,
acing glare saying nothing He sat
down." By transposing the commas the
utter Righteousness of the lines is
changed to clear exposition.
Evening star., 1928-11-23

In the days of his eager young man.
hood Theodore Roosevelt underwent an
ordeal which, in less healthy being,
might have produced disastrous conse-
Quences.
The first romance of his life had
come while he was a student at Har-
ward. In that Brookline society to which
his birth, his affluence and his social
position took him. he met Alice Hath
away Lee. the beautiful daughter OF
George c.. Lee of Chestnut Hill, near
Boston. Their engagement followed
and in the october following his grad
uation they were married.
Almost as soon as he had begun to
think for himself Roosevelt had deter
mined to dedicate himself to pubilc
career. He was free to choose, Tor Whlle
he was not a man OF great wealth. ne
had inherited a substantial fortune
But the first years that followed ms
marriage were spent in literary work
while he delved into the mysteries Of
politics and politicians in the New York
district in which he lived. 1t is to be
assumed that he had plenty OF leisure
in which to play the lover to Alice Lee,
and life must have been wholly beautl-
full for her.
They had not yet shouldered the re-
sponsibilities of domestic life. The
early months of 1881 found them living
with Theodore Roosevelt's mother at
No. 6 West Fifty-seventh street. When
Summer came they were travelling
through Europe and, judging by the
letters Of Roosevelt, making a perfect
idyll of the journey.
They were both ridiculously young,
but Theodore Roosevelt had provided
for them a serious conception of life.
He had made his initial plunge into
politics and had been elected to the
State Assembly. The road lay clear and
bright before them. Alice Roosevelt
must have known, even then, that her