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The Washington times., 1929-06-24
7 ON
To RENEW
RELIEF
By Bob Thayer

Pitcher E. Garland Braxton,
the left-handed screwball pro-
peller, will continue doing re-
lief work following his return
to the Griffmen tomorrow.
Manager Walter johnson adj
mitted as much today.
Resting for a week without pay
at his North Carolina home, Brax-
ton has attempted to build up his
strength in order that he may
spring a real comeback.
While he is expected to start in
spots if he proves equal to the
task, he will, for the most part,
be reserved to finish games. Max
ing good as rescue man two
years ago, he would be invaluable
in that capacity just now.
Why Braxton has failed to match
his form of 6 year ago when he was
classed the American Leagues
most effective pitcher. forms an in
teresting story in itself.
According to his own confess
sion before leaving for his short
vacation, the Stringy pOrtsider
had lost his fast one, his most
important stock in trade.
II don't know what's the matter,
he explained to President Clark C..
Griffith and Manager Walter john
son prior to his departure, "but
without a hard one my screwball
cant break.
II haven't got my speed now and
haven't had it since the last OF
May. Maybe I'm worn out and a
rest will fix me up. Anyhow, I'm
willing TO take a week off at my
own expense and try it,"
Carrying along a couple of base
balls in order that he could keep his
arm in shape, it is understood that
Braxton has been warming up daily.
Consequently, it is hoped that he
will be Strengthened out when he
checks in tomorrow.
Using his screwball almost exclu
sively, it is imperative that he gets
back his zip. Either that or he may
fall into that unhappy classification
of one-year pitcher.
Many singers have fIared up
brilliantly for q time, only to
have their pet delivery fail them
at the zenith of their career.
Such q catastrophe forms one Of
basebaI's little tragedies-and
there are many.
His mates contend, though, that
the genial SOutherner's return to
form is a sure thing, and that this
recess will do him a world of good.
President Griffith and Manager
johnson share their opinion.
Il believe Braxton will come back
and go over big" Griffith declared
yesterday. IF ne were an older
pitcher 1t would be different.
In the first place he's CON-
paFatively young man and lives
clean. The chances are to
that he'll be 100 per cent
stronger after this rest and will
be ready to do some good work."
Despite Braxton's uncertainty,
however, the slabbing problem is
much less complicated than. 1t was
a week ago. This turn of affairs
has been brought about by the bril-
liant showings of Lloyd Brown. Bob
Burke and Myles Thomas against
the Boston Red Sox.
With Marberry. Hadley and Liska
available to work along with any
of those mentioned and Sad Sam"
left side Is improving daily. Wash
ingtonians NAV yet support a first
division club!
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

before retiring in favor Of pinch
hitter, five runs and seven hits
making this move necessary. Car.
roll Travelled the rest of the way
fairly impressively, though clipped
for two more runs.
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

ThFee-baSe hit-Hegan. SacrificeB--
Flagstead CO.. Double plays-Flagsteaad
to Regan to TOdt. Left on basrS-
Boston, SJ Washington, 3. E8aSes on
baIls-Off Bayne, 1 off Carroll, 3; off
Thomas, J.. struck Out--By ThOmas, 2;
by Carroll, I. Losing pitcher-ksayne.
UmplFes-HiIdebFand and Guthrie. Time
II :3S.
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

A hlt batsman. q single, q
walk and a sacrifice registered
. run in WashingtOn's first,
after which the visitors came
back with their only threat Of
the game.
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

According to his own confess
sion before leaving for his short
vacation, the Stringy pOrtsider
had lost his fast one, his most
important stock in trade.
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

On the courts Of the Merton
Cricket Club in Haverford, Pas
the cream Of the college tennis
world has gathered representa-
tives from no less than 45 COLI
leges and universities numbers
ing more than 100 players.
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

The most interest In the
qualifying play Of the golf meet
centers on the outcome of the
team match, the scores in to-
days and tOmOrrOw's Is hole ,
qualifying round being the basis ,
of determination. .-
The Washington times., 1929-06-24

Many singers have fIared up
brilliantly for q time, only to
have their pet delivery fail them
at the zenith Of their career.
Such q catastrophe forms one Of
basebaIl's little tragedies-and
there are many.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
5 EVENTS IN one
AT TEXTILE BALL
Reception to CASTOR 7
at Affair Tomorrow

Do you believe in getting a run
for your hard-earned jack? Their
hustle out right away and rustic
yourself a brace of tickets for the
big Textile Workers Ball, which will
be given in New Star Casino, 10th
st. and Park Ave., tomorrow night.
Arranged by the National Textile
Workers Union and Local New
York Workers international Relief
this affair, for real proletarian
value, has every other festival of
the year backed off the boards.
First of all, it will be a ball such
as workers who have a yen for
burning up the dance floor have a
chance to take in only once in a
red moon. And under the same
roof, for the same price of admis.
sion, there will be a carnival, with
toy balloons, fancy paper hats, con
fetti, streamer and what not.
Then too, the affair will be util-
lied as a rally Of the unorganizee
New York textile toilers, thousands
Of whom have been thrown out OF
work and all of whom are ripe TO,
the N.T.W.U. drive to organize the
local industry, and mobilization Of
forces for the Forthcoming national
convention of the union, to be held
in Paterson, N. j.
And last but foremost, the bal
will be working class reception foi
the seven Gastonia class war vic
tins, four of whom, Beal, McLaugh'
lin, McGinnis and Hendryx, have
already been bailed out. The Other
three, Carter, Harrison and Miller
will be taken out on bail in time
for them to attend the ball, If il
is at all possible, the international
Labor Defense announces.
Their reception at New Stal
Casino will be their first appear,
ance before their fellow-workers
since they were thrown into jail
last June. Five working class events
rolled into one, and the admission
is only rs cents.
Rush around to the W.IR., 79e
Broadway, room 221, the N.T.W.U
10A Fifth Ave-, room 1907, or the
Workers Bookshop, 80 Union So.
and corral those tickets before it's
too late.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
16 Shoe Shops Struck;
Women Organize Aid

Continued from Page One)
cept Communists. The workers
unanimously rejected the proposition
and are willing to fight in united
body against this attempt to die
tate their political beliefs.
The bosses are beginning to lay
off week-workers, and insist on
piece work.
The crew of the La Belle Shoe Co.,
organized, voted to strike if the boss
refuses to reinstate workers who
have been laid off. The strike goes
into effect Immediately.
The shoe workers voted at their
last strike meeting to organize their
wives into the Shoe Workers
Women's Council. This organiza-
ton will give practical strike aid, to
help their husbands on the picket
line, and to rally assistance for this
strike.
Yesterday there were eight ar
rests for picketing. Each striker
has been released on $500 bail, Fifty
strikers have been summoned for
contempt of court-violation of the
injunction against picketing. Joseph
Fontana was given seven months in
Jail for picketing-but the picket
ing goes on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
Havin Lambo0ns Bourgeois
Morality IN "Cy0ss Roads .

Gross Roads," Martin Flavin's
third play of the current season, has
opened at the Morosco Theatre.
Flavin's latest opus is devoted to
the activities of co-eds at one of
our leading universities.
Let it be stated here at the very
beginning, that the picture of col
lege life that is brought before us
is not very complimentary to those
who are students in the schools of
higher learning. While at times the
play seems mechanical and appears
to be written according to formula,
on the whole it is worthy contribu-
ton to the contemporary theatrical
seaon. Many of the scenes ring true
TO life, especially those in the first
act. The interest lags towards the
end, the author apparently being
unable to continue the same keen in
terest for three full acts.
Then again, Flavin has a rather
pessimistic way of writing, that was
first noticed in his success of sew
eral seasons ago, Children of the
Moon" AS in that production, he
gives the impression of being a
writer who is in despair and feels
that most things in life are futile.
The play concerns the love of
Patricia and Michael, both students
at the same college. Michael is
studying medicine and realizes that
he will not be in a financial posi-
ton to r:arry for at least another
five years. Adhering to the code of
bourgeois morals, both Patricia and
Michael suppress their sex desires
for one another with the greatest
difficulty.
However, Michael, one lonely eve
ming, flirts with a waitress in a
local restaurant. They go to a road
house and spend the night together.
Towards morning there is a police
raid and both are caught in the po-
lice dragnet. Brought to court their
names and pictures appear IN the
local scandal sheets. Michael then
feels that he has proven unworthy
of the love of Patricia and prepares
to leave the college town.
Likewise, Patricia goes out with
one of the sheiks at the college.
After taking Patricia home, the col
lege Beau Brummel is killed in an
auto accident. In the wrecked car
is found Patricia's vanity case which
links her with the dead boy.
Police investigation discloses that
she spent the night with him at the
hotel. Thus both Patricia and
Michael are "disgraced," which how
ever, brings them together more in
their love for one another.
A very fine cast has been assem-
bled for the play. Sylvia Sidney
portrays Patricia. Eric Dressler has
the role of Michael and Peggy Shan
non has the part of the waitress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
Pioneers Basketball
Trains for Class War

Youthful proletarian athletes OF
the Junior Labor Sports Union be-
gan their first New York basketball
tournament last night. Negro, Fin
nish and Italian workers children
are included in the Is teams COM
peting.
A swimming meet and indoor
track meet will be held during the
tournament.
The Labor Sports Union will train
its children for the class struggle
through its athletic and class educa-
tional program.
Games scheduled for this week
are: Monday, Echo Juniors VS., Will
liamsburgh, first game; Kaytee VS..
Favorites, second game; Tuesday,
East New York Red Star VS.. Fin
nish Harlem Pioneers; Thursday,
Boro Park Pioneers VS.. Kaytee; Fri
day, Negro Harlem Pioneers VS..
Bath Beach Pioneers; Saturday,
Pioneer A. c. VS.. Brighton Y. p. A.,
first game; Chester Boys VS.. Down
town Y.P.A., second game.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
niggers Fight Takers
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Locals 731 and 1888 of the Com
pressed Air Workers. These officers
had taken care to order separate
meetings from Sundays mass meet
ing at Webster Hall where the
workers were supposed to have
taken a long delayed strike vote.
Union officials were openly accused
of trickery. They're telling us
they're organizing general strike,
but any one knows they're laying
down on the job" expressed the at
titude of the men.
Mindful Of the advice of the Build
ing and Construction section of the
Trade Union Unity League, the tim
bermen, drillers, and laborers are
pushing organization of rank and
file strike committees. Reports on
progress in this direction will be
given at today's Harlem Terrace
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
Communist Activities

Fundamentals Glass.
Functionaries of Coney Island have
organized a class in Fundamentals
of Communism. The net class will
Mermaid Ave, Coney Island. New
Party members should not fail to at
tend
Unit L. Section 3.
Unit 12 Section will have a very
26 at SIS p. m. in the Section Head
quarters.
Unit 1, Section 4.
Educationa meeting of Unit l, Sec
ton will be held on Thursday, Nov
2S, at D, m. at the headquarters,
143 E. 1oSrd st.
Unit q. section 1.
Meeting Of Unit s. Section l will be
held, tonight at $50. The Plenum
thesis. will be discussed. All those
who fail to attend will be called to
section control commission. Last call,
Unit 3, Section 4.
An educational meeting of Unit 8,
Section 4 will be held tonight at
p. M at 2s5 W. 19sth st.
vel. Dance.
The D. T. No. unit of the Young
Communist League will hold a prison
dance and peagant on Dec. Tat 81
r. Fourth st. Glass war prisoners
will be represented. Keep this date
clear. Proceeds go to Gastonia de-
Tense. Admission 80 cents.
Brownsville vel.
All comrades report to section
headquarters tonight at p. m.
brownsville Y,CJ
There will be a Thanksgiving Day
affair this Thursday at the Browns
Vile Youth Center, 1872 Osborne st.
All members of the Brownsville unit
come with friends. Everyone well
come.
Vel. Dance Upper bronx =.
An entertainment and dance will be
given by the Young Communist
League of Upper Bronx 2, for the
benefit of the Defense of the Gas
tonia prisoners. The affair will be
saturday, Nov. 80. Moving pictures.
Music by Spartacus band. Admission
35 cents.
Attention!
Industrial registration must be
completed this week They must be
completed. (Signed)
INDUSTRIAL DEPT, DIST. ..
A.F.W. Fraction.
A very important meeting of the
fraction of the Amalgamated Food
Workers. Cafeteria branch, on Wed
nesday, Nov. q, at p. m. at 26-2S
Union So. Roll call will be taken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
BOSSES u S | N C
|. ANDIS To CT vB
BUILDING T0ILERS
Chica go Bosses in
Wage Cut Drive

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-While the
A. F. of L. building union misleaders
have assured President Hoover that
they will stifle all sentiment of the
building trades workers rank and
file for strikes against wage cuts
and general lowering of conditions,
the Chicago Association of Com
merce, the bosses organization, has
passed resolution reaffirming sup
port of the infamous Lands Award,
which consists of drastic downward
revision of Building wages, compul-
sorry arbitration (Which A. F. of L.
building union misleaders have
stated they favor), and prevention
of sympathetic strikes in the build
ing trades.
The passing of the resolution by
the bosses league indicates that the
building trades bosses of this city,
who recently announced their deter
mination to carry through the drive
for drastic wage cuts, will make the
Lands Award a chief weapon
against the Chicago building work
ers.
The revolutionary heads of the A.
F. of L. Building Trades Council
have indicated that they will stand
by while the bosses drive for wage
cuts goes on, by their statement that
"the associations action is only a
formal move"
A Lands Award Employers AS
ISOLATION" is being maintained by
the bosses, which can be quickly con-
verified into a powerful open shop
machine. Indications are that the
building bosses will treat all con-
tracts with the A. F. of L. building
crafts unions as mere paper, once
the wage cut drive gets under way.
Over-building accompanied by "a
tionalization, has resulted in the I'M
employment of over fifty per cent
of all Chicago building workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
LOZ0wick to Lecture
for Workers School

The crushing forces which en-
slave proletarians through speed up
and naturalization; the consuming
of all spare time by workers in the
narrow, hemmed-in moments al
lowed them for the meagre rebuild
ing of torn bodies; the suffering and
torment beginning to emerge above
water in the worlds field of art, and
participating in the enlightenment
work of the class struggle, the
drowning of creative efforts of the
working classes outside of the So
Wet Union and the influence of So
Wet art on the broad masses of
workers and peasants, are some OF
the features of the lecture to be
given by Louis Lozowick who is
known far and wide. The lecture,
one of the forum series, is to be
given Sunday, Dec. ], at s p. NJ, at
the Workers School, 26 Union So.
The Workers School announces
an extensive increase in the number
of volumes of revolutionary litera-
ture received for its library sent in
by many comrades. Th2 hours of
the library have been increased to a
great extent, permitting many to
read and stud in afternoons as well
as evenings. The library is open
from to 10 daily, except Tuesdays,
which has $3.50 to 10 as its schedule.
On Saturday one may read from IL
to p. m. and on Sunday from 6 to
g p. m.
The classes in Inter-Russian is
to start this Tuesday. All are adj
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
Pennyless Worker
Gives Watch to LID

81 have no money" called out a
worker in Branch No. 40 of the In
ternational Labor Defense in New
York, "but here's my gold watch
you can use to get bail for the Gas
tonia prisoners"
This incident occurred at a meet
ing a few days ago when another
Polish worker gave $50 loan and
a third gave $40 donation to help
raise bail.
A party and concert to greet the
removal Of Polish headquarters Of
the l. L. D. from Detroit to New
York will be held Saturday. Dec. IA,
at the Polish Workers Club at 257
East 10th st., N. Y. c.
The Italian branch of the |. L. d.
in Harlem contributed $50 to aid bail
out the Gastonia defendants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
Physicians Admit Ill
Effects of Child Labor,
But Do N O t h j n e

Fifteen leading physicians of the
nation connected with the National
Child Labor Committee in recent
symposium of medical opinion adj
mitted that the major cause of ply
steal unfitness among children is
child labor.
They stated that some of the most
serious results of child labor as far
as health is concerned are curveture
of the spine, tuberculosis, catarrhal
diseases and life long injury to bones
and muscles. Child labor is held re-
sponsible by the doctors for malnu-
triton and failure to attain normal
height.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
NEARLY 1000 OUT
IN READING IRON
WORKERS STRIKE
A. F. L. Waits to Sell
Unorganized Men

READING, Pa. Nov. 25.-The
number of strikers now out at the
Reading Iron Co. mill here is ex-
pected to go over the 1000 mark,
when the maintenance men come
out. The latter are expected to
join the original strikers at any
time.
The strike began last Thursday
when workers on furnaces l, 2 and
3, and finishing department 8,
walked out in protest against the
intense speed-up. Under the stop
watch system of timing every OPP
Grafton, the company kept cutting
down the number of workers, fore
ing those left to do the additional
work.
The workers at the plant are all
unorganized, with the exception of
the maintenance men, comprising
carpenters, electricians, bricklayers
and similar workers. These were
eager from the start to join the
strike, but were advised not to do
so by George M. Rhodes, president
of the Federated Trades Council,
and the socialist" councilman Jesse
George.
The A. F. of L. and Socialists"
have been conducting negotiations"
with the company, but are being
closely watched by the strikers,
whose militancy caused them to re-
ject suggestion by Vice-President
Wenger of the iron mills that they
return to work and then discuss
the unbearable Bedeaux speedup
system which led to the strike.
Immediately after voting to re-
fuse to return to work until all
demands were won, the strikers is
sued an appeal to the maintenance
men to join them.
The intense sympathy of the
maintenance men for the strikers is
expected to bring them out despite
the A. F. of L.
Splendid solidarity has been dis
played by both Polish and Ameri-
can workers. Higher paid machine
operators and furnace men have
stated their determination to stick
with the lower-paid laborers to the
end. eve are striking for ALL" was
the statement of one American
worker at a meeting.
While the workers walkout was
spontaneous, and their militancy
has reached great heights, the A.
F. of L. is waiting to step in under
guise of organizing" the strikers,
and then betraying them.
j. Mckinley, general organizer of
the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, no
torious for it's betrayal of the steel
and other metal smelling workers,
is in Reading watching the prog
ress of the strike"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-26
JUROR IN
TALK ON SLAVERY
Harper Tells Need for
. Militant Unions

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. Is
A Negro member of the Gastonia
labor jury, Solomon Harper, on an
organizing tour for the Trade Union
Unity League and the joint Inter-
national Labor Defense and Work
ers' International Relief Gastonia
campaign, spoke here tonight.
Harper spoke Friday at a meeting
especially advertised among Negro
workers, held at 200 Willicott St.,
Buffalo, and described the Gastonia
trial, the mill bosses terror in the
South. He pointed out the need of
strong industrial union and defense
and relief organization for Negro
and white workers alike, without
discrimination or any sort of race
barriers. He said:
Worse Than Pre-War.
There are more than 100000
white slaves in the South, exploited
worse than Negro slaves were be-
fore 1851 for then the Negro slave
was property under the "Censtitu-
ton" and not to be killed but to be
sold, today the white worker is not
even property; he is worked until
too old to keep pace with new auto
matte machines controlled by the
bosses, or when he refuses to slave
he is killed outright, as at Marion"
"The workers of the South are
not backward when it comes to de-
Tending themselves. The program Of
the Trade Union Unity League is
the only one acceptable to the work
ers ;. the race problem can not be
solved by business, for business
thriyes on hate, greed, exploitation
and pitting workers against each
other"
Fight Rent Raise.
Harper points to the New York
Supreme Courts declaring uncon-
stitutional the Walker fake law
against rent raises in workers
apartments as proving correct his
previous exposure of this law in
speeches to Negro workers in New
York. The Negro workers are par
ticularly gouged by landlords OF
Harlem. He calls for a city wide
rent strike to check the robbery OF
the tenants by their landlords, fol-
whom the killing of the law is the
signal for raising the rates.
Harper reports that there is wide.
spread unemployment in Buffalo
and that the workers and jobless are
demanding organization. He Is
scheduled to speak at Gastonis
defense meeting in Brownsville
Tuesday.