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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-01

But not even all the pretty face
cArds are OF equal value. No more
are tho diplomats. .fhe top card 10
always the dean OF the corps. with his
wife. the doyenne. ranxins with him.
Right now that right and left bower
OF tho deck are Sir Esnne Howard,
British ambassador. and Lady Isabella
Howard.
SO swiftly Goes diplomacy bestir
itself these days that Sir Fame.
though accredited In this country ~
recently a. March s. 1924. II now
senior to the thirteen other ambaSsa.
dors. (Eince the breaking Of diplo.
matte relations between the United
States and Russia tho corps consists
Of fourteen. not fifteen, membersJ
Next to the British ambassador In
dining out value comes. It would seem.
M. Paul ClauAel OF France. Prince
Albert de Ligns Of Belgium and Mobile
Giacomo dc Martino Of italy are both
sood. Tho Matsudairas. formerly at
the japanese embassy. were popular.
A South American diplomat. II the
truth were told, rates socially just =
step or 20 lower than q European
one.
II you are an enterprising hostess.
you try first to get Great Britain. then
France. or Italy. or Belgium. Then
you try Japan or Spain. II you can't
get them, you try for a South Amer.
lean ambassador. II you can't manage
an ambassador. you content yourself
with one Of the thirty.three foreign
ministers. There II no dean Of the
corps OF ministers. Right now the
Hon. Vincent Massey, newly estab.
lished minister from Canada. Is great.
~ sought after. II you can't get \
minister. you try one Of the seven or
eight Nhe number varies) Of the
charges d'anaires on duty. But the
best formula for q good dinner Is:
wait until you can get an ambassa'
DOR"
Ambassadors Dare Not Offend.
Occasionally Z sincere hereto. and
more often a defeated candidate for
honors - host to I diplomat. crtu.
cizes - climbers those who are an.
tert4ined at the embassies. Occasion.
ally. too. sturdy soul. lodged usually
within the body Of Z cave dweller. will
rebel 1t the way the diplomatic arr
learning democracy In thia new coun.
try. and Will condemn them for invtt'
inG anybody 70 their parties"
But this fault. II II 10 4 fault, u not
Of the diplomats making Where the
residential can Afford to ignore Just
about anybody he wtahes to-'and
where the cave dweller doAa--ths am
ha&aador. In the glAmorous and ambtg.
uoue name Of diplomacy. cannot etsk
one social miastep. Ne 10 fearful lest
10 offend those whom he should moi
offend, and ~ ~ osjnsuineA his time
being pleasant 10 tllOse whom he
might just - well offend ParhAps
that In why he goes with \ smile to
m many stupid places Perhaps. too,
that explains the fellnwtnv paragraph
in . Washington aewApspsi last Jan
uary,
THE National Association Of f)yesa
AND Cl~anerA. representing the ptihcs'
rxl <sta hlishm~nts Of the Industry IN
the tinted StAtes and Canada. vii
open IT. convention tom0rrUW morn
ing. Owing to the presence OF repre
senfAtives Of the Industry froSn xsvera
turnirxh countries, II II Axr~sv<h tina,
several n,emhers IT tht diplomatic
corps Wi b present.
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through the long winter evenings he
works with q fountain pen, not an
oyster fork.
It was Borah who denounced the
sly encroachment Of society on politics.
when he said:
It 10 much easier in Washington
TO 30 along than to disagree. II
there Is an atmosphere IN Gods world
that weakens q mans back bone, It Is
the atmosphere Of Washington. The
diluting process IL constant and dra.
tic"
Important undersecretary, insignifi.
cant wife OF an obscure congressman.
wealthy widow and sedate Justice
each wears a badge and knows pass
word: euch has some tribal allegiance
and answers to roll call IN some group
or clique. But this does not cause
the social hodge.podge which seems
Inevitable. For Washington today Is
not like London Of sixty-five years
ago wherfI once more to quote Henry
Adams: Society had no unity: one
wandered about in It like a magsnt
In cheese"
No such freedom is permitted the
modern Washingtonian.
There In routine in the Arrangement.
OF the twirlins spheres. There is q
ticket on every constellation: a tag
on every star. The circumference OF
every circle is marked: its center IL
rated With relation to every other
center.
Tp,. Java Ilwe11rrs
First OF all and most magical, be.
cause ito product cannot by synthetic.
ally developed. is the circle Of the cave
dweller. He Is 70 Washington what
the Cabots and the Lodges are to
Boston. ana he - likely 10 be kin to
them. She 10 to Washington what =
nrss family 10 to Virginia, and she IL
pretty certain to trace back to one
Of them. They are to Washington
what st. Peter IL to heaven-chairmen
Of the membership committee.
The cave dweller hanks his money
It the RIGGS National bank and his
soul q st. Johns Episcopal church,
lIntil just . few years ago he drove
down PAnnsylvania avenue In 1 vic
tortA he hAA Viewed the pageantry
Of prAeidents and II has left him With
no great awe. Diplomats he calls by
their nrst names when he chooxes to
speak with them. He has no great
wealth and he smiles bit wearily at
yellow gold dinner plates and yellow
white orchids. H came TO town when
i was Z leiAMrsly southern village
Why. he remembers when they
pumped water from In front OF the
treasury.
t1s.is gentle. afistocratlc. conssrva
tive. And he clinSs teiiaciOusly to the
precise y1td stick Of noble and
previous efA.
Hut ~ ID faAt disappearing. lie finds
that his niche II history II down the
cOrr1dor marked ancient" not cur
RENT" The Nevada miner with gold
spillins out Ut hls pockets haa com.
70 town and built = palace The be.
jewetled Am0 s,Isle,vtat ungrninn.A tisst,
lady from kansas. widow IT. sNy. :
soap mAnufactursr. has taken the BIZ.
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gest suite In the biggest hotel. Even
the embassies. the cave dweller notes
ruefully. aren't editing their dinner
lists as carefully as they were wont
to back In the days OF Lord Paunce.
tote.
So the cave dweller has gone back
into his cave with the wallis lined
with photographs of presidents and
letters from ambassadors; personal me.
mentoes Of senator's. preachers. writ.
ers. the thoroughbrras OF byEone
age, an age that was rich In expert.
ence and ID now rich nniy In tradition
=: =:
Career OF the Money Bags.
The retreat began In President Ar.
thurs administration. First came the
millionaire: then the multi-millionaire.
From the Hudson and the Mississippi:
from the delta and the golden gate:
from the silver mine and the patent
medicine factory. the newcomers came.
driving the old settlers before them.
For season the newcomers rented
old landmarks. Then they builded
for themselves moro magnificent man.
sions. they imported French chefs.
and they Degan to entertain.
Champagne and tcrrapin and grand
opera in the same ballroom were the
triple treat which an old lrishman
staged for the foreign ENJOYS many
decades ago. They laughed at his
brogue: they christened his house
the Irish embassy" but they ate his
dinners and drank his wine.
A new rich New Yorker. In the
first days Of the onrush to The capital.
devised a fantastic house in the shape
Of ferry boat.
Ferry boat" expostulated cave
dweller. well. II won't do him any
good. Nobody will throw him q life
line"
But the day OF the muslin gown
and the lace mitte passed. Modern.
ism and money pushed in at the sa.
cred circumference And when the
inner circle refused TO break. the new.
corners formed their own gay groups
and the cave jewellers. still the &C
knowledged brightest and hest Of al the
social stars. made their slow. pAtrtciAn
way in / small but satisfactory orbit.
remote from most Of the towns cosn,tc
excitemente and well content 70 b.
thus remote.
= -
The Residential Clrcle.
The next circle u the residential.
This IL large. fairly elastic. and com.
posed Of perhaps half . dozen smaller
swirls.
In one subcircle are the marble
palace widows" women rich In years.
In dollars. and IN the ART of Gtvins
good dinners In this number ID that
famous vegetarian. prohibiti0nist. and
real estate operator who tried. nnsus'.
cesHfully. TO give the government 4
house for itx Vice President There
In. too. the grandmother Of the mi
ton dollar baby There r. the dsVxh
ter. WIFE, and innther Of senator
whose daughter lifted duke 10 marry
the xOn Ut an Illinois Legislator There
10 Aunt Tk.li:A.' gi.,t,r t,Vttiliv wt0vw
Of Chicago merchant.
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Another curve Of the residential cir.
Gle swings around those bordefline
cave dwcllers." Washmgtonians who
came to town SO long ago. and with
such good credentials. that they are
almost cave jewellers. The outatanding
figure In this group II the woman IN.
ternauonally famous for her work In
the American Red CYoss.
A third segment Of the circle takes
In prominent exOfficios who tafrtSd
on in Warrington after their official
duties were over. Conspicuous In tins
coteris 10 = former New Yorker whose
Sunday night suppers make her home
on F street = sprightly salon nllsd
with the city's most interesting
people.
Tho Georgetown liighbrow.
Another twist OF the path winds UP
into Georgetown. whore dwells the
Georgetown highbrow. Sometimes
indeed. he doesn't live In Georgetown
at Ill. but % many writer's and paint
ers and scientists did settle In thu
quaint town on the west bank OF Rock
creek. the town which was old when
Washington was new. that the entire
group. regardless Of geography. bears
that tag.
The first highbrow. so We are told
to choose the capital AZ permanent
home was Joel Barlow. the whimsical
diplomat who yearned to be America Z
Homer and was Connecticut's poet
He bought kalorama," q beautiful
wooded estate, and entertained Robert
Fulton at the time he was perfcctina
his steamboat.
No catalog OF the residential circle
would be complete without mention
Of Its civics and philanthropy depart.
ment. This IL the group Of women
who are forever heading drives, givins
balls, and sponsoring entertainments
in the name Of charity. But since
philanthropy. politics. and society i'm
pinke 30 on one Atiother's domains
this IL a definite classification In thu
social chart.
AL residential society can afford e
be, and 10. more independent than ON
cial society. The wtse's dinner pArss
and the husbands votes are never
tnterrelateh. for the husbands are no,
IN politics. In fact. most often. II
this group. there are no husbxnds
30 soothing : climate ID Waakineton
for the bsrsavsd widow with lots o.
money.
The residentialS may not have thu
prestige Of those prtn,Atea. the on VI
dwellers. but they have more wealth
They may not have the abandoned
gesture Of tossing away gold that
~,n1e Of the climhera have. hut they
have mora sovereignty. ~. ridinl
along In the middle. with both hOnOl
and money. they have Z busy. gay
and often \ llxuriUne thine The,
give swxnky dinners And. since NJ
home town constituents are aeAtehinl
society columns Tor st1imunitlno Ut TN
next election. these nonollSctai rasi
dentials ON bend the knee q fn,,cl
~ they please N homage 70 oOnti
Mental celfhrttiAa
The lDlphVmatir l'tfs'ls.
Thts brlmvs the stury IL the thirt
large im,.xs,ary IN WMshinwt"n's sOciA
s0lMs svstA,n the diplomatic uirs.le
TstnA Aisal..tpNA = r - the n ~ ~ rAa n
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Then. once again a change. world
war this time, changed . sleepy south
ern village into q Gathering northern
city. The new democracy prted deep
wedges into the rim Of the aristocrAtic
circles. There was confusion. chaos
After the war the curves tightrn~d.
there was an attempt to reconstruc.
the old figures. with each circle o3 the
precise ante-war dimensions. II wAs
. failure. For WashinA ton. socially
can never return to IT. prt..wAr tnbo y
and t&ttshes any more than Washing
ton, numerically, can sa'leeze down 20
tts prerwar size
So Washington. with thousand dir.
ferent facets and myriad4 Of angles
TO each facet. shines forth. new and
old. A democracy with aristocratic
gestures. Founded BY men who.
though they declined title. brought
some Of the royal pv~n'. into the
wilderness. this national capital 10
Colorf,l. wissful. huspitahie 1ixot1t
laboratory IL which 70 staay social
history.
Ore hand. thin ana blue-vsinsd ana
patrician, u holding to the ooAserva.
tive past. The other hand rugged,
jewelled. impatient. y gastuT1ng -.
ward the metropolitan future. Wash
ington u the meeting point Of history
and Of hope.
lcopyrtsh.. tyes n Tns onlsAgs znsanA.s
Ito - centinnsd nsxt o1n6agl
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quite independent Of each other. the
siuartest was the smallest"
The smartest was the smallest.
There Is still truth enough In that
axiom to give It pathetic verify n
Washington in 1928.
dinner for a dozen. with diplo'
mat seated to the right of the ecstatic
hostess. ts worth more than seven
brushes with q mere undersecretary
as ranking guest.
A rear admiral. formerly stationed
In Warrington. was hidden once to
one OF those vast post-Leriten lunch.
cons at which the hostess pays OH
scores Of the winters more stupid OBJ.
legations. The lady next the navy
man surveyed the guests and re.
marked to her partner. Mrs. NJ. has
certainly made clean sweep Of the
town."
Clean sweep" and half the table
heard the gruf admiral. ~ should say
she did. She got all the crumbs"
\ X
Society and Politics.
Years ago. when Washington's 20.
pie. clever commentator put It this
way:
Every one In society II In poll.
tics; but not every one In politics IL IN
society"
Tho adage. for al that Il 10 echoed
In many 4 drawing room. has outlivea
It's truthfulness
The first part Of tho story" sve.s
one In society II In politics "-began
to break down when the cave dw1ilerB.
the old timers who used to talk with
Lincoln and walk with Arthur r.
treated 80 far into their caves thai
now they have to read the newspapers
to know who IL occupying the big
white house across Lafayette square.
The second part Of the phrase riot
every one in politics II In society," -
has collapsed similarly. Just A. war
commerce. spendthrifts. democracy
have driven the cAve-dwelIers into
their recesses, % have these Same
factors scooped out I path Tor tho
politician which. while Il may not b.
royal. u regal In it, csrethonias
Democracy elevates % Il levels.
So that now everybody in politisl
In Washington u In some adrcls a.
other. even Is Il b only the whlsiy'
tw1rly merTy.Gorouhd that 70 abou1
- exclusive a. the laying Of . corner
stone or IN opsf meeting Of the Ala
bama state society.
The indifferent Senator 8orah.
Every one u IN social activities
then, excepting Senator Borlh. thl
most sought after ol!icial In our pub
lie life. But Borah 10 Indifferent ~
lively 90. Hs prefers Z tAble In tn.
lihrarv "a onA In the dining.roocn
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The lDlpt.vmatir l'in.ls.

Thta brlnUs the stury ~ the third
large lu,.xs,ary IN WMshinwt"n's stn.iAi
s0las svstesn rhe diplomatic rircle
The Diplomats are tbs cAoo cards %
oociety'O deck.
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Every one u IN social activities
then, excepting Senator Bor1h. the
most sought after of!lcial In our pub
lie life. But Borah 10 Indifferent ~.
lively 90. He prefers tAble In the
library q one n the 0ining-sooun.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-01

Henry Adams on Court Bociety.
This Euclidian plot II not dtsstmilar
20 the London society Of 1854. ~ Dc.
scrihed BY Henry Adams. grandson
Of John Quincy Adams. In hts Edu.
cation" Adams. rAdectinR back on
those days when he was private sec.
rotary to hts father. then American
envoy 1t the court Of 81. James, wrote
OF himself
tie never felt himself In society
AND he never knew definitely what
wae meant - society BY those who
we're in It. He saw Tar enough TO note
4 score q societies which sseme6
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
AMTORG TO Open
WESTERN OFFICE
WillDevelop Trade With
Far East

The Chambers of Commerce of sew
eral cities on the Pacific coast and a
large number of firms and banks are
being consulted by the Amtorg Trad
ing Corporation to determine the def
mite location of a new branch of the
Amtorg to be opened soon ,on the
Pacific coast, it was announced yes
terday.
Saul G. Bron, chairman Of the
board of directors of the Amtorg,
stated yesterday that new Soviet
company, which will be engaged in
developing the resources of the Far
Eastern regions, has been created at
Vladivostok in connection with the
new Amtorg branch.
"The Far Eastern region of the
Soviet Union, which is the closest to
the United States, is passing through
a period of boom development" stated
Bron. "The new branch will handle
not only the orders of our clients in
the Far Eastern regions, but also all
the business of the Amtorg with
western firms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
USSR AGAIN RAPS
'zINOvIEv LETTER
Foreign Office Scores
Baldwin Forgery

MOSCOW, March 21.-The Zinc
view letter was again categorically
branded as a forgery by the Foreign
Office Of the U. S. S. R.
In a statement issued yesterday,
the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
declares:
"All If Prime Minister Baldwin's
references to the alleged declarations
of leaders of the Soviet Union with
which he has attempted to prove the
genuineness of the Zinoviev letter,
are the purest fiction.
'This malicious invention becomes
exceptionally evident when it is re
called that the Soviet Government
offered to appoint a commission tx
investigate the origin of these docu
ments Immediately after their pub
LEGATION. The British Government
however, as is well known, refused t.
accept the offer"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
PLAN INCREASE
IN COLLECTIVE
FARMS IN USSR
To Extend Large Cred
it's to Poor Peasantry
Especial to The Daily Worker. J

Especial to The Daily Worher.J
MOSCOW, (By mail). - Concrete
means for the development of collect
i've agriculture in the Soviet Union
are embodied in the decisions made by
the Soviet of Peoples Commissars on
March 2.
According to the decision, larger
fund will be appropriated for the or
ganization of farms operated by poor
peasants on a collective basis. Larger
credits will be extended to associa-
tons of poor peasants and to collect
i've farms, it was also decided.
In addition to these measures, steps
will be taken within the next three
months to organize new large state
agricultural enterprises, particularly
in districts where peasants from
other sections can be settled and in
districts suitable for cattle-raising
and the production of wheat and
other grains. The extension of indus
trial enterprises to handle agricultur-
al products is also contemplated.
IFONlSIoHS nave DeeH Hldue Ior Cne
intensifcation of scientific research
with regard to large scale agricul-
tural production and the organization
of courses for the training of organ
izers for the collective farms.
Numerous collective farms have al
ready been organized in Turkmenis-
tan and the North Caucasus, accord
ing to reports from those regions.
There are already more than four
thousand collective farms in the North
Caucasus, with total of 10000 fam
lilies settled on them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
GALES YIELDS
ON MEXICO OIL
LAW, is REPORT
Morrow in Move to Aid
Oil Magnates

MEXICO CITY, March 21-.The
11-year-old controversy between the
United States and Mexican govern
ments over the naturalization of oil
land and other sub-son mineral wealth
will be temporarily terminated this
week with the issuance Of resolutions
putting into effect the amended pc
troleum law, it was learned this af-
ternoon.
American Ambassador Morrow is
understood to have reached a "satis-
factory understanding" with Mexican
officials, after which the regulations
have been submitted to President
Gales for his signature.
After the president has signed the
regulations they will be handed to
the petroleum companies operating in
Mexico, with the complete expecta-
ton that they will prove acceptable.
the companies have until January 10,
1929, to apply for confirmatory con-
cessions ratifying the "rights" which
they held prior to the promulgation
Of the 1917 Mexican constitution.
The controversy between United
States oil interests (backed by the
United States government and Mex
leo began with the 1917 constitution
which provided for the nationalist
ton of Mexico's subsoil mineral
wealth. The oil law of 1925 required
that foreign investors apply for con-
cessions, which would be limited TO
fifty years, in exchange for what they
declared to be their rights to per-
nanent possession"
Since the appointment of Dwight
w. Morrow, formerly of ]. P Morgan
and Co., as ambassador to Mexico,
the Gales government has steadily
swung to the right and has been
yielding on the oil issue. The law Of
1925 has been declared "unconstitu-
tional" by the Mexican supreme court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
New Steel Profits

WASHINGTON, March 81. - Fol
lowing an announcement by the Fed
eral Trade Commission that it is
about to conduct an investigation into
the reported community Of interest"
among the Du Pont Co., the General
Motors Corp. and the U. S. Steel
Corp, comes the news that E. I. Du
Pont de Nemours & Co. have disposed
during the past week of 114,OO0
shares Of United States Steel stock
for approximately $14,000,O00, net
ting a profit of 100000. The
shares were acquired last June. The
company is the largest single owner
in the General Motors Corp, holding
Is per cent of the common stock Of
that company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
Ban on Rumanian Loan
is Urged Upon Kellogg

WASHINGTON, Mar. 21-An APP
peal to Secretary of State Kellogg
to ban any loan to the Rumanian
government is urged by Congress
man Emanuel Celler who points out
that the Rumanian government is the
"most medieval government in Eur
ope."
Celler states that it has been re-
ported that Rumania is negotia ing
for an international loan of $60,000,-
600, that the major portion of it is
to be offered to the American public
and thai the New York Federal Re-
serve Bank would be expected to
join.
Even at this very writing" he
continued, we are informed that anti
Semitic atrocities again threaten
Rumanian Jews and that the immin-
ence of such atrocities was the gist
of an alarming Interpolation intro
dueed into the Rumanian House of
Parliament March 16 by one Of its
deputies"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
CALL STRIKE TO
FREE RADOWITzKY
Argentine Workers to
Walk Out Friday

BUENOS AYRES, March 21.-A
general strike has been called. here
for Friday to demand the immediate
release of Simon Radowitzsky, an
archist, who assassinated the Chief
of Police Col. Falcon, in 1909.
Left wing union leaders after
making it clear that they are OPP
posed to assassination as a class
weapon, started a campaign for the
release of Radowitzsky who has spent
nineteen years in Jail. Numerous
petitions have been addressed to the
government urging freedom for
Radowitzsky.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
Investigation Into
Illegal Interest

United States Attorney Tuttle an
nounced yesterday that he had in
structed two Of his assistants to draw
up information in connection with his
investigation into charges of exact
ing illegal rates from small borrow
ers, brought against a large number
of corporations.
The public will be invited to ap
pear and give whatever TESTIMONY
might be pertinent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-22
PROTEST AGAINST
BRATIANU RECIME:
Suspect Manu- in Move
for Compromise

EUCHARIST, March PIT h t
Juliu Manu-, leader of the National
Peasant Party, may have reached a
compromise with the Bratianu re-
gime was indicated today when Manu-
announced that he would use only
legal methods" to force a change of
government. Manu- declared that he
had no intention of "fomentine dis
order" in the Peasant Party's demon
strations against Bratianu.
In spite of the compromising atti-
ude of Manu-, another demonstration
against the Bratianu government will
be held at Albajulia. Bucharest
workers are still demanding the i'm
mediate resignation of the govern
ment,