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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
From Drapeau Rouge

Describing the conditions in the
Belgian textile industry, and the
treachery of the reactionary union
officials, the Drapeau Rouge (Red
Flag, the Belgian Communis.
weekly says:
"The high cost of living keeps on
rising, production keeps on increas-
ing and attempts at sabotaging the
eight-hour day are observable.
"The low wages leave the work
ers only two alternatives. The first
is to demand that their reactionary
officials take some decisive action
to better their wretched existence.
The second is that their subserv-
fence to those officials prevents
their taking such action.
SIS it necessary to show all the
abundant proofs of sabotage of the
splendid movement among the tex
tile industry in the north by the re-
formists? They are only too well
known. The course of events has
proved the justice of the contentious
of the organizers of this struggle.
Unfortunately the reformists have
succeeded in knitting the movement
except for the valiant fighters in
the mills of the Wervicq- Halluin-
Menin district. The reformists are
about to celebrate the first ami
versary of their pourparlers but the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
CURTIS "SORE" AT
HOOVER SW|NDLE
Appointment of Allen
Annoys Him

WASHINGTON, March S1.-Vice-
President Curtis is venting, among
friends, his bitterness at the selec-
ton of his political foe, former Gov
ernor Henry J. Allen, as senator
from Kansas to take his place. Cur
It's maintains that Coolidge and
Hoover worked a political swindle
on him when Coolidge persuaded
him to remain in office as senator
until March 4.
Curtis had intended to resign
from the senate before his friend,
Governor Paulen of Kansas, left Of
flee. Paulen would have appointed
someone selected by Curtis. How
ever, Paulen's successor, Governor
Reed, is the former secretary of
former Governor Allen, and imme-
diately announced he would appoint
Allen, after conference with
Hoover yesterday, in which Hoover
stated he was delighted with Allen
Anti-Strike Fame.
Though Allen and Curtis are both
reactionaries in the extreme, Allen
is particularly hated by labor and
liked by Hoover because he was the
champion of the Kansas anti-strike
industrial court" law, under which
miners were imprisoned for daring
to strike against discrimination
against a young miner.
With the assurance of the Amer
lean Bar Association that the ma
tional anti-strike bill prepared by
the association in collaboration with
Matthew VOL and other react:onary
officials of the American Federation
of Labor, will be submitted at the
December session of Congress, the
presence of Allen and knowledge OF
his attitude toward such measures
is particularly pleasing to Hoover
and his hackers.
But Curtis has his personal point
of view, too.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
LIES Of union
FAKER BUILD W|R
Shoe Workers Refute
Nolan Charges

HAVERHILL, Mass, March 81.
Attempts on the part of Presi-
dent Nolan, of the Shoe Workers
Protective Union and his bench
men to fight the Workers Interna-
tional Relief, wv. I. r., with the
cry of Communists" and "Reds,"
continue in the local press.
Though successful in frightening
off the few clergymen who at first
gave adherence to the W. /. R.
conference, because of their hopes
for publicity, the campaign of SLAM
der has succeeded only in increas-
ing the number of working class
supporters of the local W. l. r.
Lies About Communists.
Nolan's order to the locals to
withdraw support from the w. l. R.
conference was made because, he
said, the w. I. R. is led by Commun-
lists, and the Communists are fight
ing his union, trying to break it up
in New York. That the charge of
'union-disrupters" levelled at the
Communists is a hypocritical lie was
proven by Nolan himself, when he
was in New York last week.
Last week, over 800 workers ir
the shop of the La Valli-Lo-Prest
Co., answered the strike call in the
unionization campaign carried or
by the Left wing Independent Shoe
Workers Union, which has a Com
munist leadership. The cutting de.
partment in this plant constituted g
local of Nolan's Protective Union
Till last week it was the only mem.
bership left to the Protective Unior
in New York.
Nolan Repudiated.
When the shop came down or
strike they went to a meeting the
Left wing union called for them II
Manhattan Lyceum, sc E. 4th St
There they were addressed by indie.
pendent Union leaders andy No.
Ian. The meeting was called for the
sole purpose of ascertaining to which
union the shop adhered.
The Left wing leaders spoke, No.
Ian spoke, with ample time to pre-
sent his case, and then a vote was
taken by show of hands. Unanim.
ously the workers decided to joir
the Left wing union. Even the Cut
ters' Local of the Protective voted
the same way. Nolan took his hal
and coat and left.
! This, in Nolan's opinion, may b.
disruption" Unionists here call il
"unionization."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
Build Dirigibles
for Coming War
in Akron Plant

AKRON, Ohio, March 31.-Dirig-
ible construction is now under way
at the Goodyear Rubber Company's
plant here which, when the six ships
in the present program are COM
pleted, will give United States i'm
perialism the two largest dirigibles
in the world.
In addition to the giants, for
which a hangar nearly a quarter of
a mile long is being built, four
smaller ships are under construc-
ton. The first will be ready for
the air in August, the other three
will be finished not long after, while
the first of the two super-dirigibles
for the navy will be ready for flight
in two years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01

BUCHAREST, Rum ania, by
Mail).-The arrest and persecution
of Dobrogheanu Gherea, leader of
the Communist Party of Rumania
who has been on hunger strike since
January 26, is only one of the ex-
IRENE prosecutions being carried on
by the Manu- regime against revo-
lutionary workers and peasants de-
spite it's promise before the cleo
tions to abolish martial law and the
system of military courts.
Election Bluffs.
Maniu's Zaranist party rode into
power with the promise that it
would do away with the persecu-
ton and terror of the Bratianu
clique but the terror, instead of
icing abated, has grown in inten-
sity as can be seen from the num-
erous arrests of workers and peas
ants. The present regime is sup
ported by the social-democrats, in
return for which they received a
humber of seats in the parliament,
and therefore cannot, even if they
so desired, criticise the regime of
terror.
The continued hunger and thirst
strike of Gherea has reused the
Rumanian workers and many work
ing class organizations have demon
strated for his immediate release.
On the thirtieth day of hunger
striking Gherea was removed from
the fortress of Jilava and taken to
n military hospital where attempts
were made to feed him by force.
C,herea, who had stated at his trial
at the end of which he was sem
fenced to 8 years prison, that he
would either die in Jail or be re-
leased. resisted the forceful feed
ing and latest reports, on the 40th
day Of his strike, say that he is
still on hunger and thirst strike.
The Manu- regime is trying to es-
cape the responsibility for his death,
should he die, for numerous cables
, received from all parts Of the world
charge Manu- with attempted muir
der, and say that he and his regime
will be held responsible by the work
ing class.
More Raids.
The unheard-of reign of terror
against Communists especially is
brought out by the raid on forty
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
Plan to Lay Off
Postal Workers in
Naturalization

WASHINGTON, March 31-Post-
master General Brown today an
nounced that President Hoover con-
Cured with him in his plans to ra-
tionalize the post office department,
and that "many heads would be
chopped off"
Hoover's efficiency methods al
ways mean lower wages and fewer
Jobs. Postal workers have only a
fraternal organization, and a U. s.
statute for5ids strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01

Fake Progressive Leaves to Daily in South Seas

Former Governor
Pinchot, boosted as
q progressive when
trying UainIy to get
the republican party
nomination for the
presidency, 1UhiIe he
aOas gove rnor of
Pennsylvania let the
coal and iron police
system of thugs and
n,urderers be built
up, the same as
those governors 1Oho
admit they are con-
serVatiUes. NotO, as
American imperial
ism, hits its stride
auth the neat War
as ats goal, Pi11chot
a0itb has son, picture
OF the left, goes
touring the South
Pacific for science"
IN the ship Marie
Pinchot, to the right.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
Pilot, 3 Passengers
Die in GOrg0ni0 Pass

LOS ANGELES, March 31.-Four
men died when the Standard Air
Line Monoplane, which left Los
Angeles for Phoenix, Arizona, ran
into a cliff and was wrecked in San
Gorgonio Pass. The plane carried
three business men as passengers
and Delbert R. Everett, the pilot.
All were burned past recognition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
New Soviet Story in
TOmOrrOw's "Daily"

"Marya the BoIshevik," a short
story by Alexander Neverov, one Of
the new writer's of the Soviet Union,
will start tomorrow in the Daily
Worker. This story presents with
great insight and humor the new
woman that is emerging in the
Soviet village. Don't miss the first
installmcnt, -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-01
A TASTE OF WORKERS RISKS

LEBANON, Mo-, (By MaiD.-
Charles L. Martin, owner of the
Laclede Roller Mills here, received
a taste of what the workers must
risk daily for starvation wages,
when, on a periodical inspection of
the plant, he was caught in shaft
of the mill machinery. His clothing
was torn from his body, but he was
otherwise unhurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

The boy thought enough Of his abil-
ity TO quit school in order to have a
chance to make" the Travellers, and
his sale thus indicates his judgment
and the Judgment Of the Traveller off,
Gals. With the, local club he has been
batting about $50 and his fielding has
been sensational and steady.
Mcleod was known To the boys in
school as Father Time" and Daddy"
because he was slow about getting out
TO practice He is an all-arOund ath-
lete. He made all-State end in foot
ball and played center with the cham
pion high school basket ball team. and
made his letter in track with the discus.
Refusing to attend the Chicago track
meet caused him to be soundly panned,
but when he started making a mark
with the Travellers his critics became
his strongest boosters.
The shortstop who has meant so
much to the local club this season prob
ably will become known as the country
boy when he joins the Griffmen, for
he is just a we'll built, husky, sandy
haired boy-"a second Travis Jackson"
some say, around Arkansas. Mcleod
plays the game every minute and fans
about as often as he hits, but when he
does hit 1t usually is for extra bases.
Manager Jack Steele and President
Edgar Allen of Little Rock liked the
way he handled himself on the dia
mond from the outset, and, despite his
youth and ineXperience, counted him as
q regular before the first week Of Spring
practice was ended.
Whatever Mcleod does In the big
show, his work probably will be watched
with greater interest than any athlete
a
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fered with. That this is being done IN
the case Of approximately tvo-th1rds OF
the left-handed children already mas
been proved. The general continuance
Of the left hand seems not to be al
fected by the change. In fact, the evi-
dence points to strengthening OF that
dominance"
This makes 1t hard on parents
whose children start to show left
handed tendencies. Only heroic
measures can be expected to accom-
plish the bringing of the child to the
normal. They can have the left
hand amputated at the wrist. TINS
might or might not be considered
more humane than drowning the
left-handed child.
The doctor ought to go farther with
his investigation and ascertain-if IT
is possible to do so by collecting the
vital Observation-Disclosures or not left
handedness is hereditary. If it is, much
suffering might be obviated by prohibit
ing the marriage OF left-handed per-
sons In this manner eft-handedness
might be stamped out Of the human
race in one generation. Or all the left
handed might be sent to one OF the
Hawaiian Islands to establish left
handed colony. the inmates OF which
never would be allowed to visit the
mainland. This not only would be hui
name, but would furnish an opportunity
for the victims of left-handedness to
demonstrate that 1t is not the afliction
1t seems.
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Jim Mcleod, 19-Yen-OH Griff
Rookie, Is AU-'ROund athlete
Special to The Washington Star.


LITTLE ROCK, 17-s whom home folks
call Jimmie for short will the Big Time next Fail with
interest of all State
Arkansas hoy"
the Field the home lot Of the
Travellers Little Rocks Southern Association team Jim Mcleod Just
into base ball.
He 10 old quit his high school education and refused
special Chicago his State
scholastic track meet just his first with the Arkansas
Travellers this year.
has the the Washington
club is said to have involved $4,000 cash
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a college player could not Join its
ranks until after the graduation of
his class.
why can't professional base ball.
through the medium of the sage Judge
Lands, adopt similar rule? The case
of Nekola is particularly pathetic. This
lad, q junior at Holy Cross, turned down
numerous offers on being graduated
from high school in order to obtain an
education. But, alas! he has forsaken
his quest for knowledge in order to take
up the universal pursuit Of lucre. Esau
has sold his birthright!'
Tt is hard to get very indignant over
all this during the hot weather. I Just
read that young Mr.. Nekola got a ST.
900 advance for signing with the Yanks,
which is more than he might have re-
ceived for selling bonds for three years.
Mr.. Loup Gehrig. who was an Indifferent
student at Columbia (which might be no
bar to success, is doing better than the
average college graduate financially as
professional base ball player and in
dications are that he will be doing even
better when his present contract Is up,
College players get good prices for thsiT
bfrthrlgft&.
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Reports OF the research are sketchy
and incomplete. We are not told nov
many left-handers were discovered
among the ! 100 Brooklyn children neld
under observation by DR.. Haetner. 1
suppose that the proportion may oe
about the same that it is in professional
base hall. and whatever that may be
the idea seems to be that there are TOO
many.
hall are a bit goofy probably antedated
RUDE Waddell. the most eccentric OF all
the athletes employed in the national
nastime. Mr.. Waddell constantly was
deserving his team on the road to enroll
with various fire departments. He loved
to wear q helmet and ride with the en-
Uines But despite his eccentricities Mr..
Waddell was a most efficient pitcher
when he condescended to pitch.
Some attempt was made to refute the
tradition by harping on the eccentrlci-
ties OF Mr.. Bugs Raymond, who, while ne
pitched with the right hand, was almost
as eccentric as Mr.. WaddeL. The theory
was advanced that a base ball player
did not have to be left-handed to be
eccentric.
But the evidence is against the
left-handers. There was Rube Mar
guard, whose right name was Rich
ARD La MdTQulS mdIuudlu' INC
monicker was offered in evidence
that he was trifle off balance. An
other indication was that Mr.. Mar
GUARD was released from Brooklyn on
the charge of scalping world series
tickets. An athlete of balanced in
tellect would have known that ticket
scalping is the exclusive privilege OF
the magnates.
Mr.. Babe Ruth, though he perhaps is
the greatest base ball player OF all time,
has certain eccentricities which are asso-
ciated with left-handednesS. It is true
MIR. Ruth's peccadillos have made hun
dreds of thousands of dollars for the
national pastime, but not so many for
Mr.. Ruth. The theory is that If he
were right THANKED he might have
longer bank roll. Mr.. Lou Gehrig, another
left-hander, Is a serious fisherman &C
cording to Mr.. Fred Fletcher. And
psychologists will testify that serious
fisherman is more or less goofy.
An Intricate Problem.
r ELF is almost i'm
~ possible to cure. according to the
Investigation DR.. Haefner writes:
Probably the most nooted issue In
relation to the problem Of handednese
Is the question as to whether the nat
uralIv preferred hand ought TO be inter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
YANKEES ARE SURE
SLUMP IS DUE AS.
Huumen Recall Their Narrow
Squeak in 1923 After
Getting Big Lead.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

BOUT this time in 1923. the New
" York American League club had
"A a percentage somewhat like that
4 \ Of the Athletics at the present
The Athletics have 755 right
now. The Yankees in 1923 had about
100 on = corresponding date,
When the Yankees were so top lofty
last season at this time other clubs
were about willing to give up. There
was much protest because Of so much
winning by New York and. as usual the
Western cities of the American League
denounced the profiigate ways Of the
idle rich in the East who bought all the
players In sight and won pennsnts with
them
Yet before the season was over. the
Yankees had . narrow squeak. IT was
about four times as hard 10 run away
with the championship Of the American
League In 1923 as 1t was to win the
world series.
Big Marks Fall Rapidly.
II was said last year that team with
percentage approximating ..7s0 in
June couldn't be beaten for a pennant.
but that was overly optimistic A team
with $50 in June can be beaten for the
pennant. When those high PERCENTAGES
begin to fall. they come down in big
Jumps
Had 1t not been for the tumble Of the
Yankees IN 1923 there would be almost
unanimous opinion that the Athletics
are about to run away with the race
this year.
All the fans do not think that prob
able. Nor do all the ball players COL
lectively. the members Of the New York
American League club. recalling their
own experiences, are certain that the
Athletics sooner or later will come
down.
The members Of the Yankees do not
think the Athletics are as strong right
now as is New York Necessity compels
them to concede that they have a better
percentage than New York. but nothing
will make them concede that they are
better team than New York. They ex-
pect to pull together shortly and then
pull away from the Athletics.
Every time that the Athletics lose
a game the Yankees insist that the
descent Of the high mountain has begun
and when the Athletics, for the first
time this year lost two games In sue
cession, the Yankees were sure that
the tide had turned But the Athletics
won again yesterday.
Tigers, Browns May Help.
Both Detroit and st. Louis are con-
f1dent that they will help bring the
Athletics back to normal conditions.
The members Of the Detroit team main
tain that the Athletics Of this year are
not 80 strong as the Yankees of last
year.
What about the Athletic pitchers?
That" said the manager OF the De-
troit team, is their strong point. be-
cause don't think Jimmy Fox, Al
Simmons and Gordon Cochrane will
keep up their batting on the road
infeld again" said one of the Detroit
players. 1T isn't good policy to change
players when you are on the winning
road
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Tigers, Browns May Help.
BIG LEAGUE LEADERS

by the Associated Press
American League.
Batting-Foxx, Athletics, .396.
Runs-Gehringe Tigers. 56.
Hits-Gehringer. Tigers, 81.
Runs bstted in-Simmons. Athletics, SO.
Douhles-Johnson. Tigers, "a.
Triples - Combs Yanks: Manush,
Browns; Scarritt. Red Sox, 7.
Homers-Gehrig, Yanks, ia.
Stolen Bases-Miller. Athletics: Cissel,
White Sox; Forseca, Indians. q.
Pitching-Grove, Athletics, 10 won,
National League.
Batting-Terry, Giants. 400.
Runs-Douthit. Cards, 81.
Hits-Terry, Giants, 80.
Runs batted irl-Hafey, Cards. S.
Doubles-Frisch, Cards; Herman,
Robins, 20.
Triples-Frisch, Cards, 10.
Homers-Hafey, Cards, 49,
Stolen baSes-Cuyler, Cubs, Is.
Pitching-Grimes, Pirates, 10 won,
lost.
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These Red Sox are. as usual,
berthed in last place in the Amer
lean League, but they are not so
far behind the Nationals. And
they have not been playing such
bad base ball recently. True, they
won but of Is games played at
home against the Western clubs,
but they made battles of most of
the games they lost. and forced
two OF them into overtime. And
yesterday they got an even break
with the Yanks. Carrigan's crew
Is hustling these days.
Two Of the lot of five players the Red
Sox got from the Nationals last Win
ter in exchange for Buddy Myer are
doing well now. Bobby Reeves Is field
ing nicely At third base and seeking the
ball solidiy. Milton CASTOR. who was
anything but a pitcher for the wash
ington club last season, seems to have
returned to form once more He was
licked only Monday after scoring four
victories In a row Milt probably will
get shot at his former teammates in
the impending series.
Llska tn Face Red Sox.
The Nationals are resting today. Be-
cause of the intense heat. Manager
johnson deemed IL best not to have his
charges out for practice on the of day.
Some Of the boys may need 1t. but the
pilot figures getting 1t under the swell
tering sun would do these backward
players no end OF harm.
So the brief warm-up and the inning
he pitched against the Athletics yes
terday will have to serve as Ad Liska s
''prelim" for the Red Sox series starter.
johnson has picked the submariner for
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"a LETTED ATHLETES
ARE LOST TO IOWA u.

When University of Iowa coaches as
ssnlble their forces next Fall "a ma jor
letter winners will be missing from Old
Gold ranks
The graduation casualties include
six track and held men, Ave in foot
ball, four In base ball, three In gym
nastics, two In basket ball, two In swim
ming and one each in cross-country
and wrestling.
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MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS
AMERICAN AxsorIATIc

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 4; Columbus, 0.
St. Paul, 4: Indiana polls, J.
misunderstanding Cratn).
a games today
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Rochester, 1e; Newark, T..
Toronto. 4: Jersey City, 9.
Montreal, 4; Reading, 9.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Hollywood, 6; Los Angeles, 4.
Missions, 3; San Francisco, is.
Sacramento--Portland (rainl.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas, 2; Beaumont, }.
g shfsvepo rai :; Houston oTI'
San Antonio, 9; Fort Worth. 4.
THREE EYE LEAGUE.
Peoria, e---e; Terre Haute, -9.
Quincy. 0; Danville, 3.
BLOOMINGTON. 5; Evansville, g.
Springneld, Q, Decatur 10 90 tnninss).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FINALS.
Chattanooga, 3; New Orleans, ..
Nashville, 9; Mobile, 4.
Atlanta, 1; Memrhis, 8.
rningham-Littie Rock, Cvet greurds)
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Columbus, a; Selma, 5.
Jacksonville. 4; Pensacols I'll innings
Tampa-Mentsomsry train).
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Albany, II; Bridgeport, 4.
Providence, 4; Springfield T.
Allentown, "a: Hartford, 3.
New Haven-Pittsheld, postponed train).
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
HiEh Point, 6; Durham, 5.
Greensboro, II: Winston Salem 10.
Henderson, g. Salisbury, l.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Knoxville, 7: Macon, 8.
Charlotte, 5; Spartanburg 90 innings
Asheville, IA; Augusta. T..
Columbia. g; c+reenvills, 4.