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The daily worker., 1929-10-19
WORKING WOMEN
SEND BANNER TO
Those IN u. S, S,R.
Is Presented at Big
Meeting

striking red banner bearing the
inscription, Revolutionary Greet
ings to the ePasant and Working
Women of the U. S. S. r. from the
Militant Working Women Of New
Work" was delivered last night to
one of the delegates of the American
trade union delegation which leaves
soon for the Soviet Union to par
ticipate in the 18th anniversary of
the establishment of the first Work
ars' and Peasants Republic.
The banner was delivered at, O
stirring and well-attended Women's
Communist election rally held
Thursday night at Irving Plaza
Hall, 18th st. and Irving Pl., where
a number leading women candi-
dates discussed the issues in the
present campaign and especially as
it applied to the thousands of work
ing women of New York City A
rousing demonstration followtd the
presentation of the banner.
Speakers included Rose Wortis Of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union and candidate in the
third aldermanic district, Bronx;
Rebecca Grecht, candidate in the
fifth A. D., Bronx; Fanny Austin,
candidate in the twenty-first A. D.;
Harold Williams, head of the Negro
department of district 2; Samuel
Darcy, representative of the Com
munist Party, District 2, and can
didate in the eighth aldermanic dis
trict.
Increasing support for the Com
munist Party is seen in the present
election" yesterday declared Re-
becca Grecht, Communist campaign
manager.
A woman representative of the
Communist Party received a rous-
ing reception when she spoke on be-
half of the Communist Election
campaign at a large meeting of
dressmakers at Webster Hall Thurs
day night. The dressmakers are
now actively mobilizing for a vigor-
Gus organization drive.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
Thousands Of N Y. Workers
to Celebrate 5 Year Plan
Anniversary of Russian Revolution at Madison
Square Garden, Nov. g. to Laud Achievements

Thousands of New Workers are
preparing to celebrate the over
whelmingly successful completion of
Pla nof Socialist Construction in the
Soviet Union at the big celebration
of the 18th anniversary of the Rus
sian Revolution, to be held in Madi-
son Square Garden Sunday after
noon, Nov. 3.
The Five-Year Plan is of tremen-
dous Importance to the revolutionary
workingclass of the entire world.
This gigantic scheme of intensive
industrialization and socialization of
agriculture will enable the Soviet
Union to attain and surpass the
economic lc--cl of the most advanced
capitalist countries, thus assuring
the triumph Of Socialism. Already
in 1926-27, despite all the advance
predictions of the enemies, pessi-
mists and doubters, the Soviet Union
succeeded in surprising the pre-war
economic level 192S-29, when
Soviet production attained Ills per
cent of the pre-war level, marked
the end of the frs stage of the re
construction period. The growing
danger Of imperialist attack on the
Workers and Peasants Republic and
the growin- resistance of the anti
Soviet elements within the country
made it essential to reorganize the
productive forces of the country so
that industrialization and socializa-
ton would proceed at the maximum
tempo.
The great Five-Year Plan was
evolved, a plan possible only in
country where the workers rule,
where Socialism is being built, where
the entire national economy is con-
trolled by the state for the benefit
of he toiling masses inu factory
and field. The completion of the
The daily worker., 1929-10-19

first year of the Five-Year Plan on
Oct. was celebrated throughout the
Soviet Union. Even the most opti-
mistic predictions have been sur
passed and it appears certain that
practically the entire program of
the plan will be completed in four
years or less.
The celebration in New York on
Nov. 8 will, therefore, be mighty
tribute to the Five-Year Plan in
solidarity with the workers and
peasants of the U. S. S. R. and a
demonstration for the defense of the
Soviet Union and against imperial
istic war. In addition it will be a
final mobilization rally for the Com
munist Party election campaign,
thus directly linking up the strug
giles of the workers Of the Soviet
Union with the struggles of the
workers of New York. The leading
candidates of the Communist Party
w. Weinstone, for mayor;
Otto Hall, for comptroller; H. M.
Wicks, for PRESIDENT of the board of
aldermen, al others-will speak at
the celebration.
AS the Nov. event, arranged by
the Communist Party of District 2,
will be the major celebration of the
anniversary of the Russian Revolu
ton in this city, all fraternal or
ganizations that are contemplating
additional celebrations are asked to
arrange them after Nov. 8.
A special edition of the Daily
Worker is being issued for the 18th
anniversary celebration. Workers
organization as we'll as individual
workers, are preparing to greet the
18th anniversary of the Russian
Revolution for the Solidarity Pact
with the Russian workers AM peas
ants, should be sent to the Daily
Worker, 26 Union Square.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
ORA MA

THE Weavers," the film tran
scription of Gerhart Hauptmann's
revolutionary drama, is being re-
tanned at the 55th St. Playhouse for
a third week
Susan Glaspell's "Inheritors, ="
which was first produced by Eva LIE
Gallienne during the course of the
initial season Of the Civic Repertory
Theatre in Fourteenth Street, will
have its seasons first performance
next Saturday evening. Josephine
Hutchinson, Donald Cameron, Wal
ter Beck, Leonas Roberts, Egon
Brecher. Robert H. Gordon and
Mary Ward head the cast.
John Drinkwater's Abraham Lin
coln," with Frank McGlynn in the
Lincoln role. opens Monday evening
at the Forrest Theatre. William
Harris, Jr, who sponsored the play
here in 1919, is making the revival
and the cast includes a number of
those who appeared in the play dur
ing its years engagement at the
Cort Theatre at that time. Among
these are Albert Phillips, Jennie
Eustace, Mary Morrison, Gerald
Cornell, j. Colvil Dunn, Thomas Ir-
win, Conrad Cantzen and William
3. Randall.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
Frameup 2 Strikers
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~tContmued Jf9W Fdge OtteJ
against ....e strikers, they denounce
the strike as in3pired by "commun-
istic elements" using "strong-arm
meth -"
These charges were ridiculed by
Harry Feinstein, union secretary,
yesterday.
"The charges" he said, "are mere
ly a smoke-screen behind which the
bosses a re trying to hide their own
strong-arm tactics. Certainly strong
arms methods are being used-by
the employers. They were respon-
sible for the brutal attack on Peter
Darck last Monday, for the attack on
striker Thursday an dthe beating
up of six of our union members yes
terday. Whalen's police are show
ing themao,1e surprisingly expert
at shuttir. their eyes when our
men are beaten up"
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
CROWD ELECTION RALLIES.


Continued from Page OnsJ
didates explainue the program OF
the Party and its determination to
fight relentlessly towards its full
realization.
The spc- ers were William W.
Weinstone, candidate for Mayor;
Otto Hall, ca lidate for Comptrol-
ler; Richard B. Moore, candidate for
Congress in the 21st District and
Fanny Austin, candidate for Alder
man in the 21st District.
"The organized smashing of Com
munist Party election meetings in
Harlem : Tammany police will not
cow our Party into submission" )"
Weinstone said. "Clubs and black
jacks will not prevent us from put
ting our program before Negro
workers despite police terror"
Austin, acting in the Negro work
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
Will SENDO FF
DELEGATES sun.

From shops, factories, mines,
farms they come to bring greetings,
and help celebrate the 18th ami
versary of the first successful
Workers and Peasants revolution.
Twenty three delegates have al
ready been elected.
Each ion through its delegate
is sending banner. They will all
be exhibited at the Farewell Con-
cert and Meeting which the Friends
of the Soviet Union has arranged
fo- Sunday evening, at the New Star
Casnio, 107th st. and Park Ave.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
Communist Activities

williamsburg Gastonia Ball.
The Williamsburg I. L. D. will give
concert and ball for the Gastonia
Defense this Saturday evening, Oct.
10, at sc Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn.
Soloists dance orchestra; dancing.
Die Naturefreundc.
The English Section will visit the
Palisades next Sunday, meeting at
% cents.
Y. c. L.. MiIIiners Hike.
The YCL, D. I. 2. and the Millinery
Club will go on hike to Silver Lake
this Sunday, meeting at l3l w, 2Sth
st. at $50 a. m, and at South, Ferry
at $50. Good time assured; all well
come; bring your lunch.
II. T.. Y. c. Lecture.
George Spiro will give a lecture on
MacDonald's visit to the q. S. at the
Harlem Progressive Youth Club, 1892
Madison Ave, this Sunday at S.3G
p. m.
Harlem Banquet.
Members and sympathizers of the
Harlem Progressive outh Club will
celebrate the 9Th number of the wal
paper with a banquet at the club
urday evening.
y
Youth Center Organization. Coop.
A Youth Center for athletic. cul.
turaI and social activities will be or
ganized in the auditorium of the Co
operative House, 1900 Bronx Park
East, at 1890 a. m tomorrow.
y = u
Labor Sports Union.
National office now located at "a!
Broadway, room 512, C. o. w. I. K.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
RANK And FILE
MUST SPREAD OIL
TRUCK STRIKE
Reactionary Officials
Try to Defeat 1t
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ment, fired all of its drivers and
announced that it would take them
back again without union recogni-
tino." Another of the independents.
The Marvel Petroleum Co., had pre-
viously repudiated the union settle
ment.
The capitalist press is still
whooping up the collapse" of the
struggle, going so far as to claim
that 1000 of the 5000 strikers have
returned to work. thus attempting
to break the morale of truckmen and
the strike itself, all other means,
from gun-play to Tammany scab-
berry, having failed. The cnoflicting
Jsports given in the various sheets
sancel ecah other, the T. U. U. l..
States, adding that the most immin-
ent danger at the moment comes
from the objective strike-breaking
of the A. F. L. officialdom.
The A. F. L. ha slikewise sold out
the proposed general trucking strike.
Grocery Drivers Solid.
The 900 grocery truck drivers,
employed by the Austin-Nichols,
Sunglo-Sills, R. C. Williams, Leggett
and Libby Mcneil companies, and
the truckmen of the Royal Glass Co.,
all of whom struck in support of the
oil drivers, are still out 100 per cent
and determined to "see it through" 4"
Another evidence of the widespread
sympathy for the strikers is the de-
cision OF Local SIG, Teamsters' In
ternationel, to give the oil men fl
nancial support through a weekly
assessment.
Herds of police are sill on duty
? tthe Pratt Plant, despite the fran
sic lying of The capitalist press about
the "end of the strike" and more
police strike-breakers are to be put
on guard" before the Austin-Nich-
ols plant, considered a danger
pot" the drivers there having or
ganlzed militant picket line.
The T. U. U. L. called a mass
meeting fo all striking truckmen
yesterday at Miller's Grand As
sembly, but the oil bosses having
seen from the success OF the
Leagues otreet meetings in the
strike area that the strikers were
swinging more and more toward the
League, they instructed the Tam
many police to prevent it at all
@osts. Firs tpolice permission for
he meeting was refused; then the
7, U. U. L. was informed that it
would hold the meeting "at its own
~isk." which implied that the police
would be looking the other way when
ne oil interests sent in their gum
men: finally police squad under
Captain Vedder of the 92nd precinct
nlanted themselves before the hall.
The combined police and gangster
terror kent many workmen away.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19

Election. GastOnia Banquet.
Section 4 has arranged an Election
Campaign and Gasotnia eDfense Ban
quet for Sunday, oct 20, p. m, at
the Hungarian Workers Home, $50
+. S1st St Good food musical en-
tertainment. Admission S1.00. All
comrades invited.
Unit IF. Section ..
Special meeting Friday at p. m.
sharp.
Unit 5F, section 3.
Educational meeting Monday, $50
p m at 1179 Broadway. All COM
rades must appear without fail.
East New York Unit.
Special mobilization meeting Tues
day, $50 p. m, at $40 Bradford st.
Comrades failing to attend viii be
called before the Buro
Brownsville Factory Unit.
Next meeting Monday, p. m, at
% Chester st.
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations

Spanish Night.
Under the auspices of Unit 2, Sec
tion 4, Spanish Night entertain
ment will be given this Saturday,
oct. 10, $50 p. M, at 26 w. 115th St
Music refreshments, dancing. Ad-
mission, so cents.
Scott Nearing Lecture.
Scott Nearing will give a lecture
on the coming World War in the
Auditorium of the Cooperative Colony
on Sunday, Oct. 20, $40 p. m. Ad
mission rs cents
The daily worker., 1929-10-19
PAPERHANGERS STRIKE.

PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD.-
Fifty paperhangers went on strike
in Philadelphia, demanding wage
of 50 a day and a 40-hour working
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
BY WILLIAM e. BERCHTOLD,
Associated Press Automobile Editor.

A uniform system Of traffic signals
from coast to coast is the aim of code
designed to decrease motorists confu-
sion while driving through strange
cities
The motorist from Centerville who
insists that the amber light is his signal
to 60 whether he Is in San Francisco.
Chicago or Washington may have fewer
arguments with traffic officers If the
new code is adopted nationally.
Traffic engineers who prepared the
code for the American Engineering
Council after tWo-year study of con-
ditions in all cities with more than
$4,000 population, say that most acct
dents and traffic delays can be attrib-
uted to the lack Of uniformity. among
cities in their signals signs and mark
ing for regulation Of street traffic.
No two cities in the United States,
these experts observe, have exactly the
same set of rules and system Of mark
ings to aid movement of traffic in
safety. Their plan is to urge all cities
to join in the adoption of uniform
system, which all motorists can readily
understand and obey. The code, drawn
up as the result of the two-year study,
soon will be placed in the hands of city
traffic officials. engineers and manufac-
turers throughout the country.
If the code is adopted nationally,
motorists driving from coast to coast
would be guided by signs and signals of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
FIRST TRAFFIC LAW
PASSED BY CAESAR
Roman Youths Driving Chariots
Recklessly Had to Be
Curbed.

With prospect Of 25,o0o,oO0 motor
vehicles on the roads in 1929, every
United States municipality that boasts
more than one Main Street is giving
thought to the traffic problem. All over
the country they are talking of tunnels
and elevated roads, stop lights and me-
chanical cops to prevent further con-
gestion of the streets.
To listen to our traffic experts, one
would think they had something en-
tirely new on their hands. Why, even
Rome had the same question to tackle.
The Lamp, published by one of the oil
companies, has an interesting article
in its current issue on transportation
in those days. The Appian Way, it
says, had become veritable race course
In and out between the numbering OK
carts and stately filters, Roman youths
used to drive their noisy chariots at a
reckless pace. A jaywalkers only
chance was to emulate his namesake
and fly across. Finally, Caesar had to
pass law about it.
Early American travellers had their
traffic troubles, too. Stagecoaches used
to whirl over the rocky roads at break
neck speed-sometimes going as fast as
Is miles an hour. But the passengers
never complained. They were too busy
keeping their respective vertebrae in
proper alignment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
OPTIMISM RULES
USED CAR MARTS
General Condition in.U. S. Is
Considered Better Than
in Last Year.

Despite fairly high stocks which are
almost universal and an inactive mar
ket, which has come to be regarded rs
natural state Of affairs at this season
Of the year, the used car situation Of
the country as q whole appears to be In
much more satisfactory condition than
it was this time last year, according
to B. H. Cram. president Of Grams
Automotive Reports. Inc.
High Spirits General.
On the whole, there is evident an
almost general feeling Of optimism that
used car sales will improve with the
weather. Dealers appear to be doing
everything possible to sell all the used
cars they can now and they are meet
Ing considerable success in q number
Of markets.
There seem to be few automobile deal
ers in the frame Of mind so conspicu-
ously evident last year who could see
and talk nothing but the used car
problem and who were willing to unload
everything at any price.
For one thing, the dealer has O
greater stock On the whole, the used
cars In the dealers showroons are bet
ter merchandise, comparatively speak,
ing, than those Of q year ago.
Cars Are Salable.
Prices are lower. Last Fall saw less
reckless trading than did the Fan Of
1927. With interest In new cars well
sustained throughout the latter part Of
the year, there was little need Of It. And
a great many of those who traded with
out regard to the outcome in 1927 and
attention to the costly lessons they had
learned.
AS the result. the cars generally are
salable merchandise. better values for
the prices they are marked and with
less Of the dealers money tied UP In
them than was the case q year ego.
The benefit Of this condition, noticeable
In the present sales volume and In the
attitude Of the dealer, will become more
pronounced as the season advances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Dark Road Perils
Limit Motoring in
Europe at Night

There is almost no night driving done
in Europe and the motorist venturing
out after nightfall finds q deserted
world. according to the foreign travel
division of the American Automobile
Association.
The national motoring body says:
There is almost no night driving
done in Europe The driver who mo-
tors after dark finds himself in a de-
serted world Everything is closed up.
Houses and shops are darkened. The
only sign of life comes from glimmers
of light through window cracks or from
under doors. Except in the larger
towns it is impossible to purchase gas
or oil or obtain service of any kind at
night. When passing at night cars al
ways dim their lights so effectively that
the road cannot be distinguished and
they have to creep by each other very
slowly. The dim lights on American
cars are much brighter than those used
in Europe, so the driver of an American
car generally uses his parking lights in
place of DINNERS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
DECISION CLEARS UP
TRUCK TAX PROBLEM
Amount of Credit Allowed as Basis
for Figuring Loss or Gain
in Trades.

A decision of great importance to all
owners of commercial motor vehicles
has just been rendered by the United
States Board of Tax Appeals, and is
reported by the truck division of the
American Motorists Association, fol-
lowing careful analysis of the boards
opinion.
The decision lays down the PROPOSE
ton that the amount Of credit allowed,
and not the actual market value, Is the
basis for determining gain or loss for
income tax purposes in transactions
where used automobile trucks are traded
In as part Of the purchase price for new
trucks. the association declares. Five
members of the board dissented from
the conclusions reached by the major
ity
In the instant case the taxpayer,
classified by the automobile trade as a
feet user of trucks, purchased a num-
Der of new trucks and as part of the
purchase price traded in several used
trucks. The credit allowed by the seller
was in excess Of the market value Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
CRIMINAL CRASH
CHARGES LISTED
Malice Must Be Shown in
Most Instances Before
Considered Murder.
BY HARVEY L. COBB,

General Counsel American Motorists Asso-
citation.
It frequently happens that careless
motorist who has caused personal in
juries or property damage finds himself
face to face with criminal prosecution
growing out of the same state of facts.
Even the careful motorist sometimes
finds himself entangled In circumstances
which are difficult to explain-either In
action for damages or in criminal pro-
ceeding
Offenses which may be committed by
an automobile range all the way from
simple assault and battery to murder in
the first degree It is seldom, however,
that a motorist who through careless
ness has caused the death Of another is
guilty of murder The element of NAL
ice usually is lacking and the crime
committed is, as a general rule, man
slaughter.
Toll Demands Action.
The constantly increasing toll of the
automobile on the streets and highways
is responsible for the tendency Of public
officials charged with law enforcement
to hold motorists answerable to the
criminal law in all cases warranting
prosecution.
The most serious offense which can be
committed with an automobile, or any
other instrument, Is murder. Comment
ing upon the possibility Of murder by
automobile one court recently declared.
"n the evidence shows the ingredients
of murder. the instrumentality of its
commission Is q matter of no conse-
quence."
This same court expressed the opinion
that If motorist were to drive down
the street "wantonly, recklessly and In
disregard OF consequences and hurled
his car against another or into crowd
or over a person on the sidewalk or
street and death resulted. then, consid-
ering the kind of fundamentally an au-
tomobile is, we are not prepared to say
chat he ought not to face the same con-
sequences that would be melted out to
him If he had accomplished death by
wantonly and wickedly firing a gun"
Court Decisions Cited.
at is rarely that the facts In a motor
vehicle accident will sustain charge Of
murder" said the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court in recent case. 1.-THE element
of malice is usually missing" On the
same point the Tennessee Supreme
COuTG mas expressed Tie OplIllOn LilaG
there must be a consciousness OF peril
or probable peril to human life imputed
to the operator Of car before he can
be held for murder"
The Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia has held that a deliberate
intent to take life is an essential ele.
ment Of murder in the first degree and
malice in some form is necessary in
gredient Of murder in the second de-
gree.
Because the element of malice gen.
orally is lacking, n1otc-ist who causes
the death of another through negli-
gence is held on a charge of man
slaughter. Furthermore, in States where
the common law distinction between
voluntary and involuntary manslaughter
is recognized the offense is generally
held to be the latter crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
WOMAN MOTORISTS
HIT FOR PRIVILEGES"
Declared Menace Because They
Will Take Certain Rights
Regardless of Laws.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. R.-The
courtesy complex Of the feminine
automobile driver is responsible for
many smashed tenders and broken
headlights, says Mrs. Mittie G. Upton,
Jacksonville policewoman, who has
made study of woman auto owners.
1.-THE woman at the wheel feels that
she Is entitled to certain privileges,
traffic laws or no traffic laws, and she's
going to have them" Mrs Upton ex-
plains. THAT is the cause Of q high
percentage Of traffic muddles.
Part Of the trouble may be attributed
to some women's extreme nervousness
and timidity in trafic. Part Of It is
due to poor Judgment, but the major
part Is just determined insistence on
having their own way. They cut cor
ners, they ignore traffic lights and they
make pedestrians Jump. They insist
on their privileges"
The feminine driver puts out an arm.
1t may be left turn: It may be right
turn or stop signal. Perhaps she Is
waving to- friend on the sidewalk or
merely Ticking ashes from a cigarette,
but the fellow behind cannot tell, Mrs.
Upton insists.
There Is, however, word Of cheer
for the subjects Of Mrs. Tipton's COM
ment She points out that, while wor1-
en- are prone to fray the nerves Of the
masculine driver, the majority Of serious
motor accidents are laid to the male
autoist.
"Only about IS per cent Of the auto
mobile fatalities involve woman drivers"
she says. THAT Is not q serious re-
Election on my sisters"