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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08
By l. AMTER.

The Plenum of the Central Execu
tive Committee of the Party pointed
out three poignant facts, viz, that
there is an acute danger of war-an
imperialist war against the Soviet
Union; sharpening of the attack on
the working class, as evidenced in
the fight against the miners; and
thirdly, the growing resistance of the
workers.
War is no more an abstraction
an abstraction based upon the theory
and fact that the contradictions Of
capitalism lead to imperialist war.
War is becoming an actually.
Preparations are being made by
every country including the Soviet
Union, which realizes its proximity
and is preparing men, women and
children to resist gas attacks. 1t IS
obvious in the preparations of the
U. S. Government in it's navy and
aircraft program, which will swallow
up billions of dollars, while Coolidge
is bowling about $473, 100000 for
flood-control and threatens to veto
the bill. Billions for war purposes,
actual warfare going on in Nicara-
qua and constant readiness for it in
China. Mental, physical, industrial
and military preparations say
nothing about the sharp relations
between the U. S. and Great Britain
and of the entire imperialist world
and the Soviet Union!
Conference Failure.
The Geneva and the Havana Con-
ference-and now the new Geneva
Conference-what do they signify :?
Are they attempts to ensure peace? ?
There are not-they are attempts in
Geneva of the United States and
Great Britain and France to estab-
lish their hegemony-a in Havana,
the efforts of American Imperialism
gracefully and peacefully to put the
ring of slavery into the noses of
South and Central America.
And the coming Geneva Confer
ence? Will it produce peace-with
it's regional security pacts, which
mean mutual treaties of war between
different groups Of imperialist states
and their satellites. There is no
peace on the horizon or in the zen
ith-war is treading the earth with
ponderous steps and the workers
must beware that they are not
caught unprepared.
Unemployed Problem.
The attacks on the workers he
slashing Of wages, the lengthening Of
hours, the killing system of speed
up, the army Of unemployed, a per-
manent army that will never again
find job in the factories. The as
saults Of the unions. beginning vi h
the miners; the constant, unhindercd
use of injunctions.- police, shoriffs,
national guardsmen, the brutal muir
der of workers., THE tranpling on
hej2 rights, the anti-in+unctio0
moves and the anti-strike bills to be
presented to Congress for enactment
into law-these things are known To
every worker today, for we are going
through period Of SHARP attackson
the working class.
And the workers? The workers
are beginning to fight back. Begin
ming with the strike of the Passaic
textile workers, through he miners
strike, the strike Of other textile and
of shoeworkers, the growing strike
movement in all parts of the coun-
try, demonstrate that, In the midst
Of nationwide unemployment, The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-08

Party and to make of it the leader of
the struggling masses!
This was the spirit Of the three
membership meetings that have al
ready been held in District Sin
Cleveland, Youngstown and Akron.
This is the spirit that must animate
the entire party.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
9Th ST BANDIT
HELD INSANE

Robert Evans, the Arizona cow
boy bandit, who terrorized the down
town shipping district after robbing
the iewe1ry store OF Samuel Mitchell,
I'll Ninth st. N. w. January Q,
last, is insane.
This was the finding Of a jury
sitting in lunacy hearing before
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy in
the District Supreme Court today.
D. d. Percy Hickling. who ex-
amined Evans before the jury said
the prisoner was suffering from
prison psychosis' and was actively
suicidal He pointed out numerous
scars on Evans head made in re.
peated suicidal attempts.
Evans attempted to shoot HIS cap
tors after the robbery, but his pistol
failed to work. Later he made so
many attempts at suicide it was
found necessary to guard him con-
stantly. He appeared in court to-
day shackled to Deputy Marshal
Gus Ceremile.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital was desig-
mated as his place of confinement.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
Trolley Line Relieved
OF Red Rear Signals

Street cars on Connecticut
Avenue, between Calvert Street and
Chevy Chase Circle, need carry no
red rear lanterns or markers any
more.
The Public Utilities Commission,
meeting yesterday, acceded to the
request of the Capital Traction
Company that the red lights be
discontinued on this part of the
route. because OF the brilliant
illumination of the thoroughfare.
The red lights were first put on
Washington's street cars as a
danger signal to traffic in the rear,
in a period when the streets OF the
Capital were poorly lighted.
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POLICE COUNT
JOBLESS

Washington police today are
making semi-official survey Of the
unemployment situation in Wash
ington, at the request of the Labor
Department.
The request came from Cecil r..
Chittenden, director of the United
States Employment Service of the
Labor Department, with. offices at
1410 Pennsylvania Avenue n. w.
Chittenden asked the department
tn inform him as to the number
of men and women, usually EN-
ployed in this city. who are now
out of work and seeking employ
ments -
1t was stated that the policemen
will work on their survey in cen
necticn with their regular duties,
and that no particular group OF
men will be assigned to the task.
The department believes the data
thus yielded may be of benefit 10
Police records, as wen as to the
Labor Department.
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Labor Secretary Starts
Probe on Unemployment

A survey of unemployment con-
ditions throughout the nation has
been ordered by Secretary of Labor
Davis and is now under way, it
was learned today.
The survey is being made by the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics and the
United States Employment Service,
in cooperation with State and
municipal officials, chambers Of
commerce and other business or.
CARNATIONS.
While Davis declined to COM
ment on the recent report of the
Labor Bureau, Inc, of New York,
that 1000, 900 persons were out of
employment in the United States,
he pointed out that in New York
and other large cities there was a
large floating population of men
who manifestly do not want a job
and are content to live a. hand to
mouth existence"
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POLICE TIGHTEN
LIQUOR BONDS

Real estate bonds hereafter will
be required as collateral in liquor
cases at the various police precinct
stations, according to amendment
of an order sent to all precinct COM
manders today from police head
quarters.
The amount of cash collateraI in
other cases will be discretionary
with the precinct heads, the order
provided.
The new and more stringent regu-
lation governing collateral on liquor
violations was adopted as the re-
suit of many bootleggers FORGETTING
cash collateral and making it prac-
tically impossible for the courts to
impose heavier penalties for second
offenses, due to the fact that for
feiting does not constitute prior
conviction in court.
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STOCKHOLDERS
MERGER CRUX

Interest is centering today in the
question of whether the stockhold..
ers of the Capital Traction Com
pany will accept the plan for con-
solidation of that line with the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company and the Washington
Rapid Transit Company.
There is no doubt of the accept
ance by the two latter companies,
but grave doubt is entertained as
to the Capital Traction stockholders
attitude. Should any one of the
three companies fail to agree, the
whole plan for consultation OF
Washington's traction system would
fall to the ground.
The reason for doubt concerning
the Capital Traction stockholders is
that much of the stock is held by
trusts, estates and institutions.
These, it is pointed out, are always
conservative regarding new projects
affecting their investors. Should
the plan fail, the Capital Traction
Company is expected to apply i'm
mediateIy for a fare increase.
While the Capital Traction Com
pany has called a meeting of stock
holders for March Is the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company
has taken no action. 1t probably
will not call a meeting until after
the Public Utilities Commission has
acted. The commission yesterday
discussed plans for reception of the
scheme.
If a question of rates of fare is in
volved 80 days notice must be given
before a public hearing on the mer.
ger may be held; if not, ten days.
Corporation Counsel w. w. Nc
Bride has been asked for a ruling
as to whether stockholders are to
pass on the question before or after
action by the commission.
There is no doubt about ratifica-
ton of the plan by majority of the
1000 stockholders of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company.
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PIanks From Roof Of
White House Made
Into Tables

But little is permitted to go to
waste in this era of governmental
economy, the old pine planks,
formerly part of the roof of the
White House, which were removed
last summer. when the Presi-
dental Mansion was being re-
modelled. proving no exception to
this rule.
This well seasoned timber was
taken In hand by cabinet makers
employed in the shops of the divi-
sion of Public Buildings and
Parks, and under direction of
Frank Owen, an artist engaged
in Colonel Grants office, made
into three attractive pieces
of office furniture. They consist
of two large tables and a tall
cabinet carried out in early Amer
lean style and finished in wax
and oil showing the natural grain
of the wood The piecesa are
rendering useful service in Colonel
Grants office.
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Indy to Fly U. S. Mail
On His Old Route,
Feb. 2O-2l

The Chicago-St. Louis air mail,
February 20 and 81, will be heavy.
''Lindy" will be back at the
stick in his old job as air mail
pilot those two days.
'Lindbergh Again Fl'es the Air
Mali will be the cancellation
mark on the letters the flying
colonel,s ship carries. The can
collation. stamp will be horseshoe
shaped with the name and desig-
nation of the route in the arch
of the shoe and the name of the
particular postoffice on the route
and the date Of flight at the
opening.
The Chicago-St. Louis route is
via Springfield and Peoria. I'll.
w. Irving Glover. Second As
sistant Po s m a ter General
granted the wish of Lindbergh to
nv his old route, restored him to
the active rolls as an air mail
pilot and arranged for special
cancellation of mail originating at
or destined to any Of the cities
on the route.
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D. c. USURY QUIZ
IS DEMANDED

The Gibson subcommittee of the
House District Committee probably
will undertake soon an investigation
into violations of usury laws of the
District, IT was learned today.
The investigation has been de-
manded by Representative William
c. Hammer Of North Carolina, and
a member of the subcommittee, who
believes that there are entirely too
many violations of the usury laws
here.
Hammer has notified Representa-
tive Ernest w. Gibson of Vermont,
chairman of the subcommittee, that
he wants to hold public hearings to
bring to light the existing evils. He
says there have been too many com
promises in former Investigations
and prosecutions.
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princess sets forth that the
petition for annulment. filed in her
name by her father. misrepresentB
her view. She stated further that
she is happy. her surroundings are
better and she is receiving an educa.
ton denied her by her father.
Osborne and the ''princess's ara
childhood sweethearts. Their mar
riage in Rockville on November ~
last, after he brought her back from
Philadelphia. shocked the gypsy
world, but tribal pow-wows, kidnap-
ing and court action have altered
the situation not at all and the pair
are living at an unknown address In
the southwest.
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Mrs. Anna B. Taylor
Files Divorce Suit

Cruelty and drunkenness are
charged in a petition for limited
divorce from her husband, ElWood
Taylor, filed by Mrs. Anna B.
Taylor, 341O Thirteenth st. N. E.,
in the District Supreme Court.
The pair were married in Phila-
delphia January 81, 1926, and have
one child five months old, The
defendant is an employee of the
Government Printing Office.
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This she told the District SUI
preme Court. in an effidavit filed
today with her husbands answer
to her royal" fathers petition to
have their marriage annulled.
King" Emil charged that she was
is years Of age at the time Of the
marriage. and not 18 as stated in
the application at the time Of the
marriage.
Through Attorneys Whalen and
O'Connell, Osborne denies all the
allegations in the Kings" petition.
adding that he went to Philadelphia
at the request of his little gypsy
sweetheart to rescue her from a
man to whom she had been sold
for $500.
In her affidavit today, the
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
Masonic Charm, Watches
And Coat Reported Stolen

Loot worth $3.50 was stolen
last night by a thief who broke
into the premises at 922 New York
Ave. N. w. Roland NJ. Orison,
reported the loss, two watches and
three fountain pens and DR.. A. r.
Cohen, a Masonic charm contain
ing diamond.
Catherine Frank, SIS Sixth st. N.
W., reported the theft of fur
coat from her home. She furniched
a description of a suspect.
w. A. Defuy, zoos Columbia Rd
N. W., reported the theft of two
overcoats handbag, SAB in
money and other articles.
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"CHARGE 1T r'

Come in and buy house and lot
And "charEe Itg'
Our Ticker always hits the spot,
just "charge it,"
Would you Rave sugar, spice or spuds
Or new and nIftiaceOus duds,
Bananas or q bunch OF buds?
Sure, charge it!''
Our radio win get the coast,
Come. 'chaFge It."
We have some nice fresh meat to
roast,
Just charge It;'R
An, have you yearned for milk and
Or chairs upholstered all in plush,
Or anything, don't make us blush.
Just charge it!''
So quoth the busy business man,
Ss1ws4 charge It,"
MG you desire n fork or fan.
Why, charge It."
List to the magic words, and think!
! So good IL sounds II makes you blink;
But when you have to pay up you're
In the kiink-
Wen. charge 81"
GENE BLOSSOM
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entrance to The mortuary chapel
which is left of the entrance to the
main building of the Smithsonian
Institution.
The institution is devoted, accord
ing to its original bequest and later
charter by Congress to agriculture,
horticulture, rural economy, chem
istry, natural history, architecture,
domestic science, geology, astronomy
and navigation.
The National Museum is n part
OF the institutions work. 1t cost
$4,000. 00os -....----
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HoUing read that gentle
men prefer blondes" q Wash
tngtOn girl blondined her
hair and then forged a num-
Der of checks. When she gets
out of her trouble she'll learn
that gentlemen" are quite
tickle IN their preferences
for sOomen. AUNT DEDA.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
ID ARNEY OOGLE FOR
ESIDENT

See that Barney Google is to
scOnae a candidate for Presi-
Dent, under the auspices of the
flTand Brotherhood of Billy
OGts. Is the -welL-known An
OrG of Heard and Seen to sup
hort Barney? What wiH be the
ttitude of Tom Helm? Will
ne suspect this as another plot
70 turn the country oVer to Al
/ Smith?
8arney doesn't choose to run
But the demand for him goes right
On swelling.
Before the fight IL half over
The Brotherhood will have things
smelling. ARIZONA IKE.
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YOUR ONE BIG CHANCE

Bill: Here are tiOo questions
That the fans of this column
shonld settle aOithOut further
sluy, and let everybody take a
mi IN doing 1T:
There is the pinnacle of idle
iosfty?
Where Is the bitter end?
CANDY KID.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
WOMEN GETTING MEMS
WAGES

Women are entitled to mems
Ngages,g vehementIy declared one
woman at the gathering.
Vel, aren't they getting 'em?"
asked . man present.
01 course not" asserted the
lnay.
There you are mistaken. My
vile gets about all OF mine, and
he best way for all women to get
mems wages is to marry"
KATYDID.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

diffusion of knowledge among men"
Congress did not formally accept
the gift until 1916. In the mean
time the fortune had increased to
$80O,0O
The first building, of redstone,
was completed in 1855, having been
started in May, 1S47. The first Sec
rotary was Prof. Joseph Henry,
whose monument now stands near
the Administration building.
The body of Smithson was brought
here in 1904 from the English Gene
terry at Geneva, by DR. Alexander
Graham Bell. and inferred at the
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
ROLL ToPs FOR DOGS

Bill: SGU picture of Wire-
haired terrier 9OeGring regular
Oaloshes, a 7eaO style for pet
d00s IN bad We0ther. Why
shohldn't pet dogs be equipped
with TolL-tops and have their
moses lipsticked?
PHONEY PHIL.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10

|FI:: s ARD.
AND|
s ~mae \ n
yBIu Pace

Ree uSpG1 oesieG

LINING UP FOR THE FRAY
the Republican convention in June
win have 10 make q selection
ren . number Of candidates for the
NEXT presidential election.
~ "Cautious Calf had said 81 choose
these same United States
0ul6 have shown scant interest I'm
my opposing candidates.
nut NOW California has fits Hoover,
and Ohio has its Willis:
New York cIings hopefully to Cool
fdwe, according to MIR. Hills;
Nmdinna says Watson, while L0Wden
stands well In Illinois,
And Curtis depends on Kansas to
r0und up farmers and cow boys.
The long shot players turn to DAWES
aa . swift g0-getter.
Believing it II difficult to pick q
candidate that IL better.
Pointing TO his record they say he
has . first-cIaes chance
&E0na what he did TO Germany and
how he won out in France.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1928-02-10

hey cover mp wOmen's knees.
~ cow hint the fashion points,
8Eme fellows are going to naIss
Their most favored Joints.
DAKOTA DAN
The Washington times., 1928-02-10
Gypsy Princess Fights
to Keep Husband

Julia Mitchell Osborne erstwhle princess of the Mitchell
tribe Of gypse her 3commoner'i husband William
juice Osborne will her tribe to- be sold
open market relegated fortnneeng existence
The Washington times., 1928-02-10

Washington and the country at
large have James Smithson, an
Englishman who died in Switzer.
land without ever having visited
America, to thank for the famous
Smithsonian Institution which is
housed in several buildings on the
Mall.
When Smithson died in 1929, he
stipulated in his will that his en-.
tire fortune should be used ito found
at Washington, under the name of
the Smithsonian Institution, an es-
Enlistment for the increase and
The Washington times., 1928-02-10

Sharp projecting points feature a
new stopper for bottles containing
poisons, to prevent them being mis-
taken in the dark.
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SENATE PROBE
OF OIL LEASES
NEARING FINISH
SinCIair's Testimony Next
Week Expected to End
investigation.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April 81. - The
protracted Teapot Dome oil investi-
cation probably will be brought to
a close next Tuesday, when Harry
F. Sinclair is brought to the stand
Senator Walsh of Montana an
nounced today.
ut seems to me we are approach
ing the end, but we shall not know
what course to pursue until Sin
clair testifies," Walsh told the
United Press.
No other witnesses are being
called and there is no present in
tentlon Of calling any, unless SIN
Glars testimony requires further
checking.
Up to this time the committee
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had expected to call Will Hays,
former chairman of the Republican
national committee; Charles D.
Hilles, New York Republican leader,
and others before closing.
The decision to end the oil hear
ings was reached after the Senate
ha dsent to United States Attorney
Rover the testimony of Robert W.
Stewart, chairman of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, with a
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recommendation that it be pre-

recommendation that it be pre-
sented to the grand jury if perjury
proceedings appear warranted.
Stewart testified Feb. that he
knew nothing about any Continental
Trading Company bonds. and then
on April "a. after Sinclair had been
acquitted, he admitted he had
handled $679,50O in trusteeship.
The record of the testimony was
sent to Rover this morning by the
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ate before the end of the week, au-
thorizing the Teapot Dome COM
mittee to investigate leases in the
Salt Greek fields.
The audit and control committee
has authorized expenditure OF
100000 for this inquiry. The Tea
pot Dome committee is consider
ing some amendments to the orig
inaI Norris resolution to expand
scope of the investigation.
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Third ward Democratic workers
today announced a Democratic rally
tonight in a storeroom at Twenty
First st. and Boulevard Pl., with
Louis Ludlow, candidate for Con-
gress, as the principal speaker. All
candidates are invited to attend.
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and theological significance and use
fulness of those inner-party discus
sions which helped to clarity funda-
mental issues.
Not a Revolutionary Situation.
This is one fixed point. OF our
orientation. The other fixed poiHt
is the following: There is no rev.
oIutionary situation as yet in the
United States. American capitalism
is not yet facing its decline in the
same sense that British Imperialism
lis in its basic crisis. There must
be no misunderstanding or uncer-
tainty on this point. But it is not
enough to state that. We must be
more accurate in locating our posi-
ton. We must clearly face the fact
that we are not yet mass party
in the sense as the Communist Par
ty of Germany or of CZecho-slova-
kia or Of France is a mass party.
The basic task Of the Communist
Parties of Germany, France, or
Czechoslovakia is to fight for the
conquest of the majority Of the
working class The Communist Par
ty Of America has not yet reached
this stage of it's development. Our
task today is still more moderate,
more limited. Our task today is to
intrench ourselves in the masses, to
get a foothold in all those sections
of the masses which are stirred up
by the present depression and by
those partial crises which manifest
themselves in certain sections of the
economic life of this country. The
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the basis of class collaboration, of
a progressively developing prosper
ity for the workers.
The Fading Picture.
But now this idyllic picture has
received a shattering blow. 1t has
been destroyed by the present
weakening of American industry.
Over 100000 workers walk the
streets unemployed; many other
millions work short time. Attacks
are being delivered on all sides by
the employers against the wages,
hours, working conditions and or
CARNATIONS of the workers. Amer
lean imperialism is forced to ex-
pose its Achilles heel. Despite its
great strength it cannot keep en-
ployed the masses of workers; in
the face of realities it's glowing
promises of prosperity fade away.