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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
The Negro Sea1nen in Marine Industry

Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore is
the second Atlantic Coast port, the
seventh largest industrial city Of the
U. S. A. and eighth in population
(836,0o0). 1t is also the second
largest port in the U. S. A. in i'm
portation, and the first in inter-
coastal trade with the Pacific Coast.
Baltimore is in very good geo.
graphical position and is the larg-
est port in direct communication
with the Gulf ports. Baltimore has
the largest grain elevators in the
U. S. A. on tidewater, also some
of the fastest coal loading piers in
the world. The coal fields of Ma
ryland, West Virginia, Pennsylva-
MIA and Ohio are within a radius
Of about one hundred and sixty
miles. There is also a direct pipe
line from the petroleum fields of
the Southwest. There are about
forty-five miles Of dock frontage.
which is about third Of the area
available Tor development.
The port business is estimated at
from $7O0,000,000 to S900,000,00o
per annum, the total cargo volume
averaging about 100000 short
tons annually. For 1927 the for
ejgn trade imports. were 4,452,419
cargo tons; exports 1,922,194.
Baltimore Strategic
The total vessel movement foi
the calendar year Of 1928 was fol
entrances: 1912 vessels, 7,75S,417
net ship tonnage; for clearances, o..
to2 vessels of 8,507,859 net shir
tonnage. Exports are from thirty
eight states and Canada, and i'm
ports to 33 states and Canada.
The strategic position of Balti
more as a war production center car
be estimated from the fact that thu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23

But how make over our Party,
how give it more life?
Three typical examples which hap
rened after the miners strike of the
Loire permit us to make a forecast.
Activity in Loire.
1t is useless to recall that the
Loire strike made it possible to dis
cover some elements in our ranks
frankly social-democratic. After the
self-criticism of the faults of the
Party, Servel and his followers
were expelled from our ranks. At
Ricamarie, after period of vigor-
Gus self-criticism of the internal
character of our organization, the
explanation of the decisions of our
Party were made before all the
miners, the works papers have
given the reasons in several issues.
At the same time. the few comrades
who remained in the nucleus got to
work, appealed to the most militant
clements, organized groups Of SYM
pathizers.
The result? Last year the nu-
cleus had Is members; this year it
contains % members.
Election is Successful.
At the municipal election our
Party succeeded in presenting a
slate of the radicals and socialists
and slate of Servel. At the first
ballot we had APO votes, radical-so-
cialists $50, Servel 480. At the sec
ond ballot two states remained, the
Communist Party and the anti
Communists. Servel had withdrawn
We obtained 500 votes.
Take the example of Saint Eli
enne. There the period of self
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23

PARIS (By MaiD-The Ccmmu-
mist Party of France has raised the
slogan of 10000 new members for
the First of August international
Anti-Work Day. campaign. What
one section of the Party is doing is
told in an article coming from the
Lyons District, which was published
in PHumanite Central organ of the
Party) recently. The article fol-
lows:
Strengthening Our Party.
In our ranks, opportunism shows
itself in different forms which are
not the less dangerous because of
their variety.
There is feeling of scepticism
among some of US who, without
clearly realizing it, always express
doubts, enlarge the difficulties and
who, in the bottom of their hearts,
are persuaded that the effort ex-
pended is pure foolishness.
These say that it is impossible to
call a general strike for the First
of August, and therefore there is
nothing to do.
This is a lack Of confidence in the
working class, in its fighting abil-
ity, among a number of comrades
who finally deny more or less
openly the rehabilitation of the
masses. Their theme is always the
same: There is nothing to do, the
workers are satisfied! You will
have a fiasco!
Fight Opportunism.
Opportunism is everywhere, and,
if it does not show itself clearly, it
sows Encouragement and binders
the Party from being the guide of
the working class in the revolution
airy struggle.
Fight against opportunism in our
ranks! Fight pitilessly and vigor-
ously, such is the slogan under
which we must prepare our work
for the First of August.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23

Bethlehem Steel Company at Spar
row Point is the largest tidewater
steel plant in the world. The larg-
est copper plant in the world which
refines about twenty per cent of
the world supply, is also conferred
there.
In Curtys Bay there is one of
the largest chemical plants in the
world. Airplane factories and the
General Electric have also opened
up. There are six shipbuilding and
repair docks, five drydocks now in
operation.
These figures put the marine in
dustry in a most strategic position
in the port of Baltimore, and now
there are already 81 shipping lines
operating to over one hundred for
eign ports with practically 81 per
cent Of the marine industry unor-
gained.
Going further South we find the
conditions of marine workers in the
most miserable state. In Charles
ton, South Carolina, Alabama, Mis-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
Most Exploited of Seamen Will Be Delegates to
Big Convention

ers of the Soviet Union, who have
driven out employers, and are hated
on that account by all employers.
The marine workers are by this
time well aware of the treacherous
strike breaking role the A. F. of l..
lnisleadership, with A. Feruseth and
Co. and Ryan, played in the organ
ization of this very important in
dustry. Let us examine few facts.
On the New York waterfront
many docks which are controlled by
the l. l.. A., are in reality, when it
comes to a showdown, certers of
an appalling situation for the long
shoremen on account of corruption,
eangsterism, graft, betrayal, favor
itism, and determinations.
In many cases union men hired as
longshoremen are forced to smuggle
bootleg whiskey. This Ryan clique
of union misleaders work hand and
glove with the shipowners. Large
sums of money are extorted from
longshoremen for jobs. This is
the situation under so-called COR
ganized" docks of the Cunard lines,
Ward lines, Munson line, etc.
Now few little things about the
unorganized docks like the United
Fruit, Morgan line, etc. The con-
ditions on these docks are brutal.
On these docks the shaper does not
hire the longshoremen directly, but
throws work chips into crowd
waiting for a job. 1t is one of the
most degrading sights to see these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23

workers scramble and fight for the
checks.
At Philadelphia.
We will go into the Philadelphia
situation where the waterfront at
one time was organized under the
militant leadership of the M. T. W.
of the 1. w. W., but through the
lack of understanding of strike
strategy and the failure to under
stand the role of the r. I. L. u, was
not able to keep the longshoremen
under it's control. The union was
rermeated with anarchists who fol-
lowed wrong line and now we find
the entire organization is going to
the dogs.
In Chester, Pa, only next door
to Philadelphia, we find two locals
of longshoremen fighting one an
other by instigation Of the I. L. A.
| These locals are composed of Negro
longshoremen. The rank and file
is very militant one and is threat
cning to desert the I. l.. A. and or
ganize under the leadership of the
M. w. l..
Since the recent establishment Of
the M. w. l.. headquarters in Bal
timore we have been able to rally
a few Negro organizers in the
League. The Baltimore port is one
Of the most important centers If
time of war and the Negroes play
a big part. Baltimore has close t.
1000 Negro longshoremen. Accord
ing to the Industrial Bureau Of tn,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
BY GEORGE MINK

AS center for the marine work
err the present International Sea-
mems Club plays very important
role in the organization of the sea-
men into a new Industrial Union
of Marine Workers, which will be
affiliated to the Trade Union Edu-
cational League and the Red Inter-
rational of Labor Unions.
The recent announcement of the
East Coast Conference to take place
on August II and IS, in the Port
Of New York, issued by the Ma
rine Workers League from its Ma
tional Headquarters at % South
Street, New York City, rightfully
calls upon all Negro marine workers
to join it's ranks. The M. w. l.. cor
rectly sees the Importance of or.
ganizing black and white workers
into one organization. The Negro
in the marine industry plays a very
important role, especially the APP
preaching war danger. A large per-
centage of the various ports arc
handled by Negro longshoremen.
The War Danger
In the present crisis, brought or
ty imperialist plots against the So
Wet Union, the war danger looms
very close. The ship owners are q
part of the system that rules in all
countries but the Union of Social.
ist Soviet Republics, and have theii
part in driving the Chinese mill
tarists to their present attack or
the U. S. S. r.
The seamen have thus two causes
for fighting their employers: their
own, because of direct exploitation
and their solidarity with the work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
10000 New Party Members for the First OF
,., -..>.%s August, is the Slogan

criticism was carried out in the
Party, but none of the organiza-
tional measures which should have
followed were taken. The serious
mistake was made of not explaining
the attitude of the Party sufficiently
in the factory papers and in the
leaflets, or not defining the role
and the attitude toward the trade
unions.
Nucleus Became Passive.
Our nucleus of the miners showed
itself entirely passive, because it did
not rid itself of social-democratic
elements. In brief, instead of get
ting to work to get rid of those
who no longer had place in our
ranks and to call on new and mill
tant forces, they hesitated, took
half-measures-they let the matter
slide!
The result? The effectiveness Of
the Party among the miners was
lessened. The nuclei were llfeless.
The trade union unity organization
has just noticed a reawakening at
the last elections of the miners
delegates.
There is also Roche-la-Moliere,
There the Party did absolutely moth
ing, not a single public explanation
Of it's position, not a single paper
The nucleus, which was in exist
ence before the strike, was not Wis
tied. The Party did not take part
in the municipal elections.
The result? Complete check to
trade union unity in Roche-le-Mo-
liere. A certain tendency toward
autonomy in the trade union. Does
| that mean that there were not ex.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-23
By e1 FhoPoT
Translated by A. S. Arthur and c. Ashleigh
All Rights Reconsideration Publishers. N. Y.

churalov Army comnissar to his tO~n o"
,oher he formerly ,oorke the life of the town
dsoganized He discovers change has wte Ddshd Aorn
he has not for three She no longer the conventional
wfe him. but has become 'th life Of
her leader the Of the town together 't"
Party q
The attacked by band of Observation-Disclosures and
defense the attack
is 1epulsed. The town resumes its routine
Gb works hard planning the reconstruction of the cement 0oks
Al hour responsible workers.
n administration would the dnng-room the House
the whole room there would altogether be about hundred of them
And there would be din of conversation the amid the
haatons food mnglng with the ate of the and knives
Through the windows the reamed from the blazing Streets
and Rs air was dns and heavy c w s s s6 smoke nS
nnden of the Public Health Department stout doctor named sus
obese shaven his scalp he
would look pxedy Ban and understood what the
chairman his companions saying Therefore he obigingy
approved of what sad repeating
from the throat but from the belly long-drawn out:
difficult him speak, unusually large
tongue there too little for in his mouth and in
ton peeped out like slug sun could not get his words out
tongue suffering from their inability to
THE Department Khapko,
with them He like little Kuak, round quick and aten
tive like He used to sit long time eangonger than
suspcious watching who they and what they
eating He would often jump up and rush into the kitchen and sculy
the Soviet ladies who throwing breadumbs their
cavaliers.
There little break in his and he queaked
like knife a grindsone.
For instance he would rushing into the kitchen:
Here Who's here? Bring the
of the ktchen Now why the portions sma You're stealing
the Peasants everything
Or in the dining hall at the tables
Now Comrades! 1t think that the
you floor of
charge? we'll teach Now little ladies,
tention this not cafe chanant and there
which you've throwing during your
ton! Come pick them Where
What office work n WE'LL shall that
missed These nelectuas' tricks Comradeshey won't with
the dictatorship of the proletariat!"
OUD quarrels alterations would break
- whenever he appeared there.
These three didn't their the hall,
Shramm this Shramms upholstered
furniture fur and Sometimes they there until
what did Only morning
bermad the House of the would find
table, and would skins tins the
air smelt of cigareteends
And
Aac appearance with great
watch the door of Shamms This Tskheadze
the
then of the
old military blouse dating his guerilla
he patiently and silently stood at the door, his ocus
the listening the hidden
within When footstep behind
aside When the
to to the lavaory Tkhead baryeyd would glance through
the the interior the devourng
the of Shramm cosy little They
him when they passing him did
stopped hoadhoudered
standing there There always standing about
the corridors of the House of the Sove Tskhadze differed
in way from the rest of the loiterers there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
"A ,...,..


mer development in beautiful
Chevy Chase Gardens com.
mences with the completion
Of two residences Of par.
ticularly pleasing and original
design, at prices that main.
tain the remarkable stand.
ard of value that has pre-
vailed in this delightful com.
munity since our first showing
less than ne year ago..
Thirty-three homes have been
built and sold during the past
ten months-many from plans.
-. The homes pictured are
offered Sunday for the first
lime, and your inspection is
cordially invited. To reach,
drive out Wisconsin Ave. OPP
posite Chevy Chase Country
Club grounds, see our sign on
left at Langdrum Lane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

six Photographic examples of two-fiat
buildings, from very high-grade and
elaborate structures to the most simple
type.
1.-THE 'pricer works on forms. copies of
which are distributed to the public. He
will stand before a particular building,
verify the measurer's work and then
price the building according to the class
in which 1t belongs. Then, based on
simple rules that are fair to the extreme
In favor Of the property owner, the
pricer applies all the fine shadings and
gradings of construction, materials, use,
location, environment and probable life
that can make difference Of dollar
and half In two houses that look alike
as two peas.
There are special considerations that
render a building less useful or desirable
than the standard structure for its size,
location and type, and these consider
atoms may reduce the fundamental nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
Rev. W. E. La Rue to Preach.

At the Takona Park Baptist Church,
Piney Branch road and Aspen street,
the pastor, Rev. William Z. La Rue. will
speak tomorrow at II am. on "The
Missionary Motive" and at 8 pm. Rev.
H. ?. Cochran, for 80 years q missionary
In Burma, wili speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
Decline May Continue.

Regardless Of the optimistic factors
on the construction horizon which re-
side ~ this reserve OF work, In increased
highway construction and In favorable
corporation earnings statements. il is
conceded that noticeable lag Ia con-
struction material buying and volume of
work under way will be seen during one
or more succeeding months until future
contract awards mature into job opera
tions."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
BALTIMORE Bull DING
PERMITS SHOW GAIN
Valuation for March Increases
1900, 900 over February
Construction. Total.

CONSTRUCTION IOtAl.
Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, April 6.-Building per-
rnits granted in March for construction
In Baltimore indicate an increase In
valuation OF building Of 81 .0Oo, 900 over
the February total.
The month also marked an increase
over the total. for March, 1928. I'M
provements, additions and alterations
in March totaled $s,453.l2o. The total
for March, 1928. was s2,7ss, 400, and for
February, 1929, $2,353.8o0.
Permits were granted for 378 dwell
ings, at q valuation Of 81 100000, during
the month. For the first quarter of the
current year. permits have been issued
for 1904 dwellings, at valuation of
1892 500, compared with 022 dwellings
permitted during the like period of 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

ture IN suficient quantity to maintain
activity at past levels.
"A review Of contract award trends
during the latter weeks OF March indi-
Gates that the reserve OF contemplated
projects thus accumulated finds ex-
preston In activity whenever the money
market behaves itself for any consider
able f1nriod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
SPECULATION HITS
MARCH BUILDING
Diversion of Finances Is Re-
Elected In Reported Decline
in Construction.

The backlash from the diversion OF
finances to speculative purposes showed
Its first definitely injurious effects on
the construction industry during March,
1929. according TO statistics just COM
piled by the Associated General Con-
tractors Of America.
THE figures, representing current
construction operations Of all types,
based on shipments Of construction ma
terials, show a decrease Of per cent
In volume of construction performed
during March, as compared with Feb
ruary. This Is a reversal of the usual
seasonal trend" says the Associated Gen.
eral Contractors statement.
Contract Awards Fall on.
Contract awards In a. States during
February declined Is per cent from
those of January and were rs per cent
less than In February last year. Thus
for the two recorded months this year
contract awards show decline Of Is per
cent over the same period last year.
That the basic cause Of this decline
has been the rapidly fiuctuating money
market with It's periodical high money
rates, is indicated by reports OF in
creased contemplated work compiled by
r. w. Dodge Corporation. This work
has evidently had no opportunity to ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06
Contract Awards Fan on.

must indicate definitely upon the prop
erty record form his reason for this adj
ditional allowance, and he is held re-
sponsible for applying such factors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

NAL curve Of value from zero to Is per
cent, and in exceptional cases probably
more. In this connection, where such a
special treatment Is awarded, the pricer
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-15
Blue Sky Only Limit
With Chilean Gamblers

The Mapuehe tribes OF Chile nave
q very peculiar game which is very
popuIar, and Is called rum. A
wager is made between two com
petitors as to which will be first to
break silence. They sometimes re-
main silent for whole days, until
finally the man with the weakest
will speaks and loses his betl This
Il but one of the many interesting
sidelights of the Chilean people in
Augustin Edwards "Pe0ples Of
Old" In another game of the "dice''
sort with colored beans, the players
pr0pitiate their luck by taking to
ihe beans and magically invoking
disaster for their opponents. To
gamble your shirt" Is no mere met
aph0r with these people; they
gamble their knives, clothes, weap-
Ons, blankets-any thing; and fire.
quently the game ends in a general
flghtl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-15

The Cloths divided themselves
into two great groups-the yisi-
goths eastern Goths) and the Os-
trogoths (Western Goths). The for.
mer lived on the slopes of the Car
pathians. In Dacia, and the latter
dwelt on the shores of the Black
sea. "Their separation became
complete when, after conflicts with
Constantine (1321). who imposed
peace upon them, and with valens,
whom they subdued, the terrible
Huns made successful Eruption
among them and completely crushed
their empire" The Goths were a
powerful Teutonic people. They
were totally unlike the Romans in
many respects. The Visigoths
gradually became absorbed in the
Latin peoples Of Spain and Lam
guedoc. The Ostrogoths finally be-
came absorbed In the Tartar race.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-15
Sneexe Once Welcomed
m Harbinger Of Luck

xenophon, addressing bis newly
elected generals, pleaded with them
henceforth to wage implacaDle war
with the enemy, 1--WE have-tne
godswilling-many fair hopes OF de.
liyerance." AS he spoke this last
word man sneezed. When the
soldiers heard 1t, with one Impulse
they all made obeisance to Zeus.
move, gentlemen" spoke Xenopnon.
"since at the moment when we were
talking about deliverance an omen
from Zeus the savior was revealed
TO us. that we make q VOW to sac
rifice to that god thank-offerings
for deliverance as soon as we reach
q friendly land. All In favor Of this
motion will raise their hands," We
read in the Anabasis that every
man In the assembly raised his
hand. Thereupon they made their
vows and stuck up the pean, pre-
pared to face the perils of the cele-
brated retreat.
This seems strange to Us who
have lived to see the sneeze Of cpl
denies destroy more men than were
killed In all the wars OF Greece. so
we fear the drafts Of alternating
warm and cold days.-New YORK
Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-15
Biz Demand for Stone
From Historic Quarry


Called upon to design q marble
structure, the architects of a half
century or more ago demanded q
pure white stone and one Of the
few quarries Of this country which
could deliver the article was that
at Beaver Dam. Md. The stone for
the very first Washington m0nu-
ment In Baltimore YVES made from
stone from this quarry, and from
the same source was obtained, In
the early 'fifties," the stone for the
beautiful, fluted, monolithic col
umns that adorn the wings of the
National Capitol itself. There are
108 Of these columns and each 10
20 feet In length. The handsome
senate Office building In Washing
ton has its facade finished with
Beaver Dam marble; and the spires
Of st. Patrick's cathedral, In New
York city, likewise are built of this
effective and enduring material.
In order to get the pure white
stone which was demanded 1t was
necessary to remove an everything
stratum, which had some color In
II and therefore this material was
scrapped. Now, however. the stone
with little color In 1t ID highly
regarded by architects and the big
waste pile at the Beaver Dam
quarry was used In the c0nstruc-
ton of gigantic building In De.
troit, Mich.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-15
Pig or Dog Price Of
Mate for Young Papuan

When a Papuan tribesman's eyes
rest with favor on a maid, and he
desires her for q wife, he first pre-
sents his father-in-law with pig
or a dog, after which he takes his
bride to his hut. The wedding
ceremony over, the bride joins 9TH
er wives In taking care of the hut
and working the garden while the
husband goes lighting, hunting and
fishing. Yams, sweet potatoes,
birds, lizards, fish and all kinds of
insects are eaten by them, but the
favorite tid-bit Is q fat grub about
three inches long. Papuans differ
as to the disposal Of their dead.
They believe that each tribesman
has two spirits One dies with the
body while the other remains with
II to haunt the relatives. Some
times a body is buried for a short
time. Later II is disinterred. the
bones cleaned and taken to the
MISUNDERSTANDING.