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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
The Idea Is Wrong

a IL of us are for health, and
L A most Of us are for holidays,
which means that the proposal for
holiday devoted to health in New
York should go over by big ma
jority.
The idea is to close all industrial
plants for one day so that those
who. need medical attention, but
who are unable to pay for it, can
get it free.
1t is one of those ideas with which
one finds it hard to quarrel, but
which are all wrong.
In the first place, those who need
medical attention should not be
compelled to wait for an annual
holiday. In the second, such day
would impose too big a peak load on
doctors, and hospitals. In the third,
it is probable that everybody would
go on a picnic.
Leaving out President Hoover's
good sense, it was logical, perhaps to
suppose that he would return
Premier MacDonald's visit, and that
he might kill two birds with one
stone by heading the American
delegation to the f1ve-power naval
conference in London next January.
But why leave out such an obvious
factor of the situation for the sake
of making an interesting suppose
ton?
Why not assume that President
Hoover will continue to show his
good sense?
What has the man done to justify
the idea that he would make such
gratuitouS blunder?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
1T SEEMS TO ME By HT BRoUS

why Catholic clergymen come in
frequently into editorial comment
is the fact that they are less in
clined to preach on current topics,
They are less newsy than the
Protestants.
But let us consider the case of
the Rev. FIR. John Belford of the
Church of the Nativity, in Brooklyn,
Here is his notion of the meaning
of the injunction to love thy neigh
Dor as myself
Tenants have right to tell a
landlord" he says, in his church
magazine, The Mentor, IF you rent
an apartment to Negro, Chinese,
a japanese, a Jew, an Italian, or an
Irishnan, we will move out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
SCIENCE
By DAVID DIETZ-

~ LA AA~ - - = ~
The Stars, A ccording.o
Latest Estimates, are from
Five to Ten TrilIioR Years
Old.
MANKIND, according to the
Ava general opinion Of biologists,
has inhabited the earth for about
100000 years. A few authorities are
willing to concede home sapiens,"
as man is known scientifically. a
half million years.
That seems a long time until we
ind that the biologists believe the
earth has been in existence for
100000, 900 years. Until recently.
2,0o0.ooo,o0 was the usual estimate.
but from various considerations the
biologists now are willing to give
this spinning globe another billion
years OF geological history.
But even this figure Shrinks to a
mere second, when we turn to the
estimates Of astronomers of the age
Of the universe.
The stars, according to the latest
astronomical estimates, are from
I'VE to ten trillion years old. A
trlllion, 1t will be recalled, Ia a
million times a million.
Astronomy, therefore, gives us an
age for the universe comparable to
the immense distances which 1t has
revealed in the universe. The near
est star is 25,O0o,OOo, 100000 miles
away, while many stars are a thou
sand times as far away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

S. Kaufman, and asked him how he
liked it.
81 thought it was a great show"
said the Governor" Il liked it a
lot-all but that bit at the end. I
didn't like that blond girl taking a
red dress from a man who wasn't
her husband. liked her too much.
I wish she hadn't done it."
1t seems to me that there is
shrewdness in the Governors criti-
cism. Or what I mean more pre-
cisely is that we would have written
about the same review. June
Moon" is not the best comedy in
town, but it is easily the funniest.
The red dress 1 regretted. Not
much fact that she took it, as that
she was caught and expelled from
the play in disgrace. You must not
do that to the most likeable char
acter in comedy.
Probably Ring Lardner and
George kaufman did not realize
what an appealing character they
had created in Lucille. BY now
they must know what superb &C
tress they had cast for the role.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Hoover Kills Idea

XXTHILE it was a spectacular and
w impressive gesture for Pre-
mier Macdonald to pay a visit to
the United States, it would be lit
tie less than childish for President
Hoover to chase him back home,
giving critics Of Anglo-American
accord good grounds for interpret
ing it as an alliance.
President Hoover does right to
kill such an idea at the outset by
announcing that he has no intention
of visiting England during his pres
ent term, and that his visits to for
eign countries will be confined to
the western hemisphere.
His presence can be dispensed
with in London. but it is needed in
certain Latin-American countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

1T is my privilege to introduce AL
IL fred E. Smith in the new role of
dramatic critic. I saw him coming
out of the Broadhurst theater re-
Gently, after the opening of June
Moon" by Ring Lardner and George
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Now a Catholic

CPEAKING of the wirld's def
- cheney in kindliness, I must
come back for a moment to the
Blackshear episode. When that case
arose, most of my Catholic friends
were not displeased to see the Epis-
copal church shown up as country
club. They asserted that such
thing could not happen in their own
church.
But the same thing has happened
in a Catholic church, and in even
more fragrant form. The discovery
Is timely, for good many people
write in with indignation to say
that there is much criticism Of the
Protestant clergy in this column and
none of Catholics. am accused OF
cowardice.
I suppose that. one of the reasons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Double Stars

ESTIMATES Of the age Of the
- stars is based on slender EVIL
dence. 1t is source of satisfaction.
to astronomers, however, that three
different methods of approach all
yield approximately the same an
sWer.
The telescope reveals the fact that
there are many double stars, or
binaries, as they are called. The
binary consists Of two stars re-
volving around a common center of
gravity. The orbits range from
almost perfect circles to fattened
circles or ellipses Of various degrees
of flattening.
There are theoretical reasons for
believing that originally the orbit
of binary would be circle. Grad
ually, however, with the passage of
time, the circle would be distorted
by the gravitational pull of other
stars which happened to pass near
the binary.
Knowing the average distribution
and motions Of the stars, it is posi-
BILE to estimate the rate at which
such distortions would occur. Con-
sequently, the age of a binary can
be estimated from the f1attening of
It's orbit.
The second method is somewhat
"a u s1s0 ks>N4 81
that frequently a group Of stars
form what is known as an open
cluster. That is, number Of stars.
forming an irregularly shaped group,
are found to be moving all in the
same direction and at the same rate
Of speed.
Many of the familiar constella-
lions such as the Big Dipper or the
Pleiades form such open clusters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Clusters

NTOW such a cluster moving
IN through space is subject to
the gravitational pull Of other stars
in the same way that a binary Is.
It is fair to assume, however, that
the lighter stars Of the cluster would
be pulled farther out of their paths
than the heavy ones.
Therefore. the lighter stars show
a greater deviation from the COM
mon path than the heavier ones.
And this difference in deviation, like
the hattening of the orbit of BIZ
nary, can be used as a method to
calculate the age of the cluster.
The third method Of calculating
the age of stars is based on ex-
tremely complicated mathematical
considerations.
There is reason to believe that in
sufficient time, the energies Of mo-
ton of different types Of stars will
become equal, the heavy stars NOV
ing slowly and the light stars NOV
ing rapidly
DR.. Frederick K. Seares of the Mt.
Wilson observatory has made a
careful analysis of the stars which
are nearest our own sun. He finds
among them the equalization of
energies which the theory demands.
The age Of the stars then can be
obtained by calculating how long
it would take for such equalization
to be arrived at.
It is true that each of the three
methods is complicated But the
important thing is that each one
yields practically the same result,
namely, from five TO ten trillion
years.
Astronomers feel rather certain,
therefore, that this is pretty good
estimate Of the age of the universe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEEN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TN his easily readable book on
i "The Care of the Skin and Hair"
DR.. William Allen Pussy speaks
briefly of the hygiene Of shaving and
of the barber shop.
1t is practically impossible to be
really hygienic in a barber shop.
Every one ought to have his individ-
ual comb and brush, razor and soap.
He ought to be sure that the bar
Der washes his hands thoroughly
with soap and water before each
customer. Hesought to be sure that
the razor and brush are dipped into
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude CT
this paper.=The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Daily Thought

My little children, let us not
love in word, neither in tongue;
but in deed and TRUTH John
S:18.
Affection can withstand very Sc
vert storms of rigor, but not long
polar frost of downright indiffer-
ence. Love will subsist on wonder
fully little hope, but not altogether
without it.-Walter Scott.
What is the area of the United
States in square miles?
Continental United States COM
prises 3,O26, 7S9 square miles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

On what day did July 4, 1924, fall?
Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

How many persons are there in
hospitals for the insane and similar
institutions In the United States?
The latest census figures, 1928
give 267.617 in such institutions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

Has Germany any colonies at the
present time?
She lost all her colonies as the
result of the World war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
Questions and
AnS7OeTS

Who played the principal roles in
the screen version of "The Scarlet
Letter."
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson and
Henry B. Walthall.
Is there such a word as "gant?"
It is a Scotch word meaning to
vawn. It is also an obsolete spelling
of gaunt meaning lean.
Was Norma Shearer born in the
United States?
She was born in Montreal, Can
ada.
How many shots a minute can the
Browning aircraft gun fire?
From 1900 to 1900.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
Workers School, LID,
to Usher in New Year
With Big Costume Ball

Dancing marathons are not un-
common, but the workers who at
tend the Forthcoming Costume Ball
at Rockland Palace, arranged by
the Workers School and the LID,
will have the right to lay claim OF
the feat of literally dancing from
zone year to the next, although they
need be far from jazz-struck. For
the ball, which begins on the last
night of 1929, will continue through
the small hours of Jan. 1, 1880.
A crackerjack entertainment prp-
gram is already being worked out
and an option on John G. Smiths
orchestra has been obtained for the
occasion. Tickets are rs cents in
advance, but will be lacked up to
81 at the door. Do your ticket shop
ping early.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
CASTOR Z at LID Meets

Continued from Page One)
Beal Sol Harper, Negro member Of
the Labor Jury; McGinnis and
Clarence Miller will speak. Thou
sands of leaflets for this meeting
are being distributed among the
Negro workers in Brownsville and
among the workers in the knitting
mills.
Next Wednesday night, Novem-
Der 81, Beal and another Gastonia
defendant will speak at a Passaic
meeting.
At all these meetings the impor
lance of building the |. L. D., of
securing 5000 new members by
January /, the quota for the New
York District, will be stressed. The
New York l. L. D. is now making
active preparations for the district
conference to be held December Is
In Irving Plaza, 18th st. and Irving
Pl., at 10 a. m. 1t is also an
nounced that the Gastonia defend
ants are available to speak before
working class organizations. Or
CARNATIONS should communicate
with the New York |. l.. D. office,
799 Broadway, Room 422.
-
Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot
tom Up--at the Enterprises!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
COURT RULES NO LIMIT

Continued from Page One)
Tammany is firmly seated for
another term of graft and easy
pickings = and the law is simply
erased by the state supreme court.
The case was that of John Milano,
whose rent of 1923 a month for four
rooms he and his family had oc-
cupied for four years, was arbitrar-
lily raised to $35. He refused to
pay, and the Association of Harlem
and Bronx Property Owners helped
Ladi Gennis, his landlord, go after
the pound of flesh.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
MachadO Hands % to
Kuomintang Terror

Continued from Page One)
Chinese workers, except that Ma
chado called them disturbing
aliens" The close cooperation of
the militant Chinese workers with
the Cuban workers in their common
fight on both imperialist agencies,
the Marking and Machado puppet
governments of Wall Street, is the
real cause.
The 20 are being held under heavy
guard on the Cuban transport
Maxine Gomez; to be deported to
Hongkong and from there to be
turned over to the Marking white
terror.
Cooperating closely, the Machado
government and the Marking gov
ernment's agents here, the local
branch of the Kuomintang, caused a
raid on the residences of the workers
and on the offices of the Alliance
on Oct. 26. Among the workers ar
rested was Keechang, secretary of
the Cuban branch of the Alliance.
A second group of Chinese work
ers, charged with violating immi-
grafton laws" has fallen victim to
the Machado terror, being held for
deportation to Hongkong. The cases
of these workers clearly show the
close cooperation of American imper-
ialism with the Machado govern
ment, for these workers were sent
back to Cuba from the United
States.
The Machado government has ex-
tended its terror to other language
groups among the militant workers
in Cuba. A group of Spanish, Haitian
and other workers are also being
held for deportation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
NTWU DELEGATES
At TEXTILE BALL
$50 from Mill Towns to
Be Honor Guests

All of the $50 or more delegates
to the national convention of the
National Textile Workers Union, to
be held November 28 in Paterson,
N. j., will be guests of honor at the
Textile Workers Ball and Carnival
in New Star Casino, 10th st. and
Park Ave, on the night preceding
the convention, Thanksgiving Eve.
The fete, arranged by the Union
and Local New York, Workers In
sernational Relief, will help muster
working class sentiment here for
the serious work of thc following
day, when plans for spreading the
textile struggle in the South are to
be laid down. Besides the dele
gates from mill centers in New
England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and the far South, Fred Beal and
the ether six southern Gastonia de-
PENDANTS, leaders of the N. T. W. u,
will have places of honor at the
ball.
The rejoicing of the workers over
the return of these fighters to their
class will be heightened by all the
fixings Of the proletarian festival.
Workers organizations are urged
to take boxes for their members
through the N. T. w. U. national
office, 104 9Th Ave, Room 1907
or 1t the w l. r., 799 Broadway
Room 221.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
WORKERS SCHOOL
TO HEAR BEDACHT
ON LABOR GOVT
Speaks at Forum Next
Sunday

The swing to the left of the Brit
ish workers, FASTENED by the intense
naturalization program supported
by Ramsay Macdonald as "labor's"
premier, will be explained in lee
ture on Labor Governments" by
Max Bedacht, member of the Sec
retariat of the Communist Party,
at the Workers School Forum, &C.
20 Union Square, at p. m. Sun
day.
Uprisings of the oppressed colo
NAL peoples against British i'm
perialist rule are crushed just as
ruthlessly by the Macdonald gov
eminent as by its predecessors, Be
dacht will show.
The school announces there is still
time to get tickets for the prole-
tartan banquet to be held Thurs
day, Nov. s, at s p. M, at the
school. Tickets, costing so cents,
may be had at the office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
NeV Cinema Theatre, Loew,s
Pitkin, to Open Saturday

The opening ceremonies of Loews
Pitkin Theatre, Saratoga and Pit
kin AYES, Brooklyn, will take place
Saturday. The doors of the new
theatre will open at II o'clock, to
take care of the early corners.
In conformity with the regular
continuous run policy of Loew's
Pitkin, there will be four complete
de luxe shows opening day, with
feature picture, gala stage show
from the Capitol, Manhattan, pre-
sided over by a master of ceremonies
and special Inauguration film and
musical program. Leon Navarro, APP
pointed master Of ceremonies at
Loew's Pitkin, arrives today from
Baltimore, Maryland, to start i'm
mediate rehearsal of his stage band
for the opening of the magnificent
new movie palace on Saturday.
$50 This Is College" a musical
comedy, is the opening week screen
feature. The cast is headed by
Robert Montgomery, Elliott Nu-
gent, Sally Starr and Cliff Edwards.
Emil Boreo, we'll known comedy ar
fist, heads the first of the Capitol
Theatre stage presentation, "Cafe
de Paree."
"The New Moon" takes up new
quarters, moving from the Imperial
to the Casino Theatre, for limited
engagement. The cast remains the
same as for the past Is months at
the Imperial, with Evelyn Herbert,
Robert Halliday, Gus Shy, Max
Figman and William O'Neal in the
leading roles.
A special matinee of Follow
Thru" will be given at the Chanin
10th st. Theatre next Friday for
the benefit of the Actors Fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
First Celebration
of Oct. Revolution
by Maine Workers

ROCKLAND, Me-, Nov. 18.--The
workers of Maine celebrated the an.
niversary of the October Revolution
for the first time, when the workers
of Rockland and Long Cove met at
mass meeting in Rockland. The
workers heard Evald Anderson, of
Worcester, Mass, and Martin Hend-
rickson tell of the great industrial
progress in the U.S.S.R. and of the
struggles of the workers of the
South. A collection of $25 was di-
vided between the Communist Party
and the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
MOSES WORKS FOR MACHADO

Continued from Page One)
ton which was secretly being
passed around to members of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee.
The resolution which was handed
out the back door to his imperialist
friend by Moses threatened inter-
vention in Cuba.
The resolution charged that the
Machado machine in Cuba had vio-
lated the conditions laid down in the
so-called Plat amendment.
Machado, governor of Cuba, is
the puppet Of Wall Street sugar and
railroad interests.
John II. Carroll is not only in the
employ Of the sugar bankers, but
receives $4,000 a year from the
Cuban embassy in Washington to
smooth things out with such
staunch Hoover men as Senator
Moses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
Buff f a O Workers in
18th Anniversary Sun.

BUFFALO, Nov. 19.-The great
est of all their celebrations of the
Twelfth Anniversary of the October
Revolution is planned this year by
the Buffalo workers, under the aus
pieces of the Communist Party. The
celebration will be held this SUM-
day, November "a, at 8 p. M, at
Schwabl's Hall, 351 Broadway, near
Walnut. Among the speakers will
be John Williamson, from New
York, Charles Mitchell, District Or
ganizer of the Communist Party;
Sara Wand, of the District Women's
Department Of the Communist
Party; c. L. Thornton, militant
Negro worker, etc. Music and mass
Rotations will also feature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-20
FIGHT baltimore
NEEDLE FAKERS
FOR TREACKERY
Refuse to Pay Dues to
Takers in Shop

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 19.-
The rising militancy of the mems
clothing workers in Baltimore, and
their disgust with the reactionary
Amalgamated misleaders was strik-
insly illustrated yesterday by the
workers of the Paul Sajka Pants
shop, who were recently betrayed by
the Amalgamated.
At this shop, located at Frederick
and Pratt Streets, the workers
struck some months ago for a 10
per cent increase in wages. The
Amalgamated takers made a settle
ment with the bosses, and reported
to the workers that the 10 per cent
increase was won. A few weeks
later the workers found themselves
without the increase they had fought
for.
This fake strike move on the part
of the Madonick-De Luca- Gross con-
trolled Amalgamated machine here,
in order to force the clothing work.
ers OF this city to pay dues to the
Anialgamated takers and maintain
the Hillmans, Blumbergs, and lesser
nisleaders in fat-salaried positions,
made many of the workers disguised
with the Amalgamated.
Yesterday, when the chairman"
of the shop, Padlack, tried to force
the workers to pay dues, the latter
refused to stand for the robbery any
longer. So great was the workers
anger that Padlack was forced to
hide behind the bosses to escape the
anger of the workers. The chair
man was forced to say that 81 won't
collect dues for the Amalgamated
any more"
Repeatedly betrayed by the mis-
leaders of the Amalgamated, the
Baltimore mems clothing workers
now find themselves Shaving under
conditions worse than in any other
clothing center in the country. They
are beginning to turn to the mill
tant leadership of the Trade Union
Unity League, with which the Mems
Clothing Workers Organization
Committee is affiliated. The Mems
Clothing Workers Organization
Committee is planning a fight for
decent conditions and on the increas-
ing speedup and wage cuts.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 19.-Plans
for the building of powerful In
dustrial Union of all the needle
trades workers in Baltimore, and
for the fight on the wage-cutting
bosses and their allies of the right
wing needle unions, will be discussed
at a mass meeting of cloakmakers,
dressmakers, furriers, clothing work.
ers, shirtmakers, millinery and all
other workers of the needle trades
here, when Ben Gold, secretary
treasurer of the Needle Trades
Industrial Union, addressed the
workers Thursday, Nov. 81, at 8
p. m. at Lithuanian Hall, S51 Hol-
Inns st. The meeting will be under
the auspices of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, Mems
Clothing Workers Organization
Committee of the Trade Union Unity
League.