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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16
More Money for Church.

st. Philips as landlord will not
disappoint you. You will find
everything to be expected from a
landlord. No renovations have been
made since 1925, and none will be
made unless the tenants agree to
pay rent raise.
The rents for old tenants are from
$50 to $35 for four rooms, which
are poorly ventilated, dilapidated,
gas-lighted, inadequately heated and
swarming with rats.
The tenants have been raised over
the rent they originally paid and
further raises are now being de-
manded. st. Philips Church will
no doubt be respectable and de-
corous enough to wait until May 31st
when the Emergency Rent Laws ex-
pire, to pull over a wholesale rent
raise.
It also demands its rent on time.
Fuller relates how when his rent
was three days late the church's
lawyer was sent to collect it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16

This is the fourth nament of
by Comrades Williamson, Don Franked Rjak which
ected by the National
Young Workers (Communist) League will April
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16
A Disappointed Cat.

"Rats ran me out of here one
night" said A. Fuller, living on the
fourth floor at Ill, $50 1 went out
and got myself cat. 1t used to be
so before 1 got my cat that when
you would be sitting here in this
room you could see the rats chasing
across the hall out there"
AS he spoke, his fat black cat,
suddenly dashed across the room and
headed down the hall. The rat must
have escaped for the cat looked dis
appointed when it came back.
eve once caught 80 rats at one
time in large cage in the hail."
said Mrs. Williams, living at 1875.
"The rats terrorize you here. l once
opened that { n1bwaiter door and
saw rat on the rope staring at
me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16

GRAVE DIGGER DIES AT WORK.
Milwaukee (By MaiD While at
work digging grave in the Forest
Home Cemetery, Stanley Kuiawell,
55, fell dead. Death was due to DER
exertion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16

Tomorrow we will take you
along to talk to Father BIZ
shop himself and see what he
has to say about the church
as landlord.
The Daily Worker has al
ready received a number of
letters from tenants in Har-
lem describing the conditions
of their apartments and
wholesale robbery. The let
tiers are being published
daily. Tenants are invited to
write in freely to the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16

by all means keep your nose we'll
covered. The garbage is piled as
high as the second and third stories
before it is removed. In the sum-
mer time it is almost unbearable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16
Cover the Top for Daily" Is
Slogan Of Militant Workers
in Huge Subscription Drive

CcTNCREASE the bundle of Daily Workers to so copies
day-we preparing extensive subscription drive
turnout the district"
This is from letter we have received from NJ Daniels
the Daily Worker agent in San Francisco.
"The campaign is already under way the letter con-
tinues. Every unit is working hard reach it's quota
Special leaflets are being distributed the workers in
the factories
One of the most effective plans in the campaign to double
the number of subscribers ohe Daily Worker has been
found by the San Francisco workers to be the organization
of special teams to spread the Daily among the workers.
and special teams for subscriptions May Day greetings etc.
The quotas for the California subdstr.cts are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16

One OF the main obstacles modifying the
the growing unparalleled the history
bookkeeping appropriateness and political evident
League leadership This double bookkeeping policy clearly
with the relations between the leadership
and between the leadership and
While in practice carrying the sharps struggle against
Cyl line Hooded the minutes with motions and statements that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-16
The MOney-Box.

Ct. PHILIPS, like all OF e r
y churches of all other denomina-
tons, breaches goodwill among
men" and "peace on EARTH" 1t
breaches this creed to workers who
it exploits in its own tenements.
The pulpit from which the Rev'd
Bishop and the older Bishop talks is
nothing but money box in which
is collected the coins, sweated out
and lived out by the tenants on
"Rats and Cats Row."
The landlord, you see, can be a
minister, as well as a legislature and
a nolitician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

are blowing and snorting day and night
along the edge Of the ice. When they
dive under the water after blowing their
great fins look like the periScope of a
submerged submarine.
Our expedition supply ship, the FL
aanor Boiling, heads for us on her 5000
mile voyage on the 10th of this month.
We have postponed her departure
from New Zealand from the 1st of
January, owing to the unusually bad
pack ice that lay in our path for sew
eral hundred miles We think that by
the time the Eleanor Boiling reaches the
pack it will have drifted away mostly
to the westward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 8-The role of
DR.. Bartolo in THE Barber of Seville"
is, as everyone knows, not to be sneezed
at. even by such an artist as Desire
Defrere of the Chicago Civic Opera
Company.
I A great joker, M. Defrere. 1t was he
who poured water in Edouard Cou-
treuil's silk hat in the cafe scene of La
Boheme," causing Coutreuil to get wet
though the stage directions said Moth
ing of any such business. The prank,
which was sidesplitting to Defrere, was
a washout to Coutreuil
Opera is not an enterprise much in
clined toward foolishnesS, but as Cou-
treuil explained even opera offers ave-
nues of revenge upon practical jokers.
1t was only witt Coutreuil's explanation
today that operagoers learned why De-
frere went through an epidemic of
sneezing during a special performance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
SENATE AUTHORIZES
BRIDGE REMOVAL
Passes Bill for Disposal of Old
Aqueduct Structure-Time Ex-
tended on Other Projects.

The Senate yesterday passed and
sent to the House the bill authorizing
removal of the old Aqueduct Bridge
across the Potomac from Georgetown
to Rosslyn, which was replaced several
years ago by completion of the new
Key Bridge.
The Senate also approved the Swan
son measure extending for one year the
time in which the Great Falls Bridge
Co. may begin work on its proposed
span across the upper Potomac, near
the Falls. The bill also grants three
year extension in the time for COM
pletion of the structure. This bill like
wise requires House action.
The War Department is strongly in
favor of removal of the old Aqueduct
Bridge, pointing out that most of its
piers are in bad condition; that it
increases the possibility of ice foes
being caught, and that it impedeS navi-
cation because it has less clearance
than the new bridge. The department
also reported that the grading and pro-
lection of the fill at the Virginia ap-
proach to Key Bridge cannot be COM
pleted until the old bridge abutment
has been removed
The Senate passed similar measure
in the SiXty-ninth Congress, but the
House failed to act at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
Flames Raze Half Block.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, January 8
LPl-Fire of undetermined origin early
today destroyed half block in the
business area here, with a loss esti-
mated at between $4,000 and 100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
Opera Star "Sneezes" Role as Revenge
Victim for Water In Anothers Hat

of 1.-THE Barber of Seville" Saturday
night.
The finale of the second act finds DR..
Bartolo played by Defrere) standing
quiet amid general tumult until finally
Figaro lightly tickles his nose with a
feather.
Giacomo Rimini was playing Figaro.
He agreed with Coutreuil that the
scene offered a chance to turn the
tables on Defrere. Thus, instead of
using feather, Figaro held handful
of pepper under DR.. Bartolo's nose, and
Defrere, who used to love jokes. finished
the scene in a paroxysm of sneezing
and coughing without precedent the
| long and dignified history of grand
opera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

For stealing a pair of silver anklets
from a girl Golam Rasul was recently
sentenced in Calcutta, India, to two
years hard labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

m If you want a sport coat ..
u if you want a dress coat ..
if you want a coat for this
season, or if you want one
for next, this coat oppor-
tunity provides for any
want and at a saving
that amounts to many dol
lars. AS there are all sizes,
choosing will be compare
lively easy. However, we
suggest that you be here
early for the values
offered forecast a day of
brisk selling. Coats for the
large woman and the
little woman. Coats for the
matron :. and the miss.
Moderate Price Coat Shop, Third Floor,
The Hecht Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

iodine, a preparation of tremen-
dous interest, has been urged on
the profession as the basis Of a
pyorrhea cure and of tooth paStes,
when the amount of free iodine
available was not sufficient to have
any effect in the mouth and when
even this was so quickly converted
to the iodide salt as to be without
value.
The charlatans have not been
satisfied with the exploitation of
such simple solutions. They have
attempted to confuse the unframed
dentist by combinations of mineral
salts with weak antiseptics, making
for these things claims in the field
of physical chemistry that to any
biologist or psychologist represent
the height of the ludicrous.
A so-called synthetic saliva ex-
plotted as a cure for pyorrhea by a
charlatan who had previously ex-
plotted three other pyorrhea rene
dies was found to be merely mix
ture of table salt, baking soda,
chalk, magnesia and starch, favored
with essential oil, and vaunted as
the exact duplicate of the human
saliva.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
1T SEEMS TO ME By H BFo4%

TIME responsibilities of a book re-
J. viewer, always heavy. some
times assume a gravity which makes
it quite impossible for them to be
borne on any single pair of shoul-
ders.
1 have received a letter today on
which so much depends I hesitate
to answer without requesting advice
from readers.
1t is from a young man in Pitts
burgh who Identifies himself merely
by the initials X-O. Now. nobody
is ever X anything except as a
middle name
Indeed, few are those who bear
@ at the front of the family name
The initials then are almost ficti-
tious, but I fear the young man
himself is real enough He writes:
II am humbly requesting your as
sistance in the matter of little
experiment which I desire to per-
form. find myself highly enamored
of a superlatively attractive young
woman who has, however, one draw
back as far as 1 am concerned.
THAT lies in the fact she never
has cultivated a taste for really
worthwhile reading. Such reading to
me is one of the greatest of lifes
pleasures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
A " Perfect Defense

The shooting to death of Henry Virkua Big
Falls MINI. last week by customs agent recalls a
similar incident which occurred year ago.
Jacob D. Hanson. respected business man of Nj
agara Falls. N. Y. was returning home late at night
when two armed men ordered him to halt He re-
fused. One of them fired Hanson died few days
later. after suffering great agony
The two armed men who ordered Hanson to halt
we're coast guardsnen They suspected him Of being
rum runner. No liquor was found in mis- car.
1t will be interesting to whether the customs
agent escapes punishment, as did the coast guards
men in the Hanson case
The man who shot Hanson and the officer under
whose orders he was acting indicted in the state
courts on charge OF second degree manslaughter.
The federal government caused the case to be removed
to federal court and the federal government defend
ed them They we're freed when the jury disagreed.
Seymour LOwman. United States assistant seCre-
tary of the treasury said the customs agent who shot
Virkua has perfect defense" and that the govern
ment will have the case tried in federal court The
agent is charged with second degree murder by the
state
Thus it would seem that again We shall witness "he
spectacle of the United States government trying one
of its own agents IN its own court and defending that
agent. Perhaps that is what Lowmsn means by a
perfect defense"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
Only Dentist Can Cure PyOrrhea

The ferments Of saliva were abb
sent, but even were this not the
case, it has not yet been shown
that saliva will cure pyorrhea.
Ten cents worth of these COM
mon salts put up in fancy pack
ages with sufficient claims on the
label bring to the eXploiter the sum
Of 81 and guarantee to him a ire
mendous margin of profit.
In the vast majority of cases, the
only care needed by the mouth and
teeth, outside of regular examina-
ton by the dentist, is an occasional
washing with little salt water or
with a favored dentifrice, as one
prefers
Almost any of the common tooth
pastes, with soap as a basis, are
pleasant to use with a toothbrush.
On the other hand, one should
not be fooled into believing that
either the toothpaste or dentifrices
alone or both together can cure
pyorrhea.
Infections of the mouth and gums
are just as serious as infections
anywhere else in the body and de-
mand competent scientific attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
Let's Rnild 4 Chinese Wall

At last there develops in Washington an idea and
a practical plan for making those Canadians keep
their liquor at home where thirsty citizens Of this
land of the free can't get it unless they cross the
border Singularlv enough, the idea comes from the
department of labor instead Of from the prohibition
enforcement bureau of the treasury department.
1t is suggested that high fence be built on the
Detroit side of the river which forms the interna
tional border there with convenient gates through
which reputable craft might enter this country.
This is not new idea. to be sure, for the Chinese
built their great wall centuries ago as a protective
measure: but the modern application of the principle
ought to be interesting Just the for it keep
out all kinds of unwelcome goods both solid and
LIQUID to say nothing of people
But the barrier should not be limited to the river
at Detroit What we really need is a Chinese wall
around the entire country for when congress launches
the Smoot- Hawley tariff bill will be in great
danger from various kinds of smuggling besides that
Of beer. wine. and red Ticker.
The gate should swing only outward, so as to per-
init the free and easy outgo of manufactures We want
to sell to people elsewhere in the world without let
ting in anything they want to sell to us OF course
there will have to be some conrvance that Will let
their gold flow in as fast possible.
Possibly something like coal chute that runs only
one way would answer the purpose. We can put
sharp spikes in it so immigrants can't slide through.
A wall would be much oeJter IMAM lellCe, pe-
cause We could put our beloved though murderous
prohibition enforcers the wall with sawed-of shot
guns SO they could kill bootlegeers the other side
of the wall rather than innocent American citizens
on this side.
There may be some engineering difficulties about
building wall that will let in foreign gold but keep
cut foreign goods and especially foreign ideas. But
We have great engineer on the job at Washington
and in this age of science all things are possible.
We might build the wall high enough, in fact to
keep out foreign aircraft.
can see great possibilities in this fence, or
Chinese wall idea. BY making it horse high. pg-ught
and bull-srong. all of us ought to be able TO live
happily fighting among ourselves without wasting our
time and muscle fighting strangers.
And we can follow out the time-honored policy OF
high protectionsts of bottlng ourselves up on our
own little continent and letting the rest OF the world
60 To ruin-yes, We can keep our Owen Youngs
at home along with their generous impulses and
humanitarian craftsmanship and let Europe Asia, and
Africa in their Juice while sit behind our
wall and get stsyed or our own narrow nationaliSm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18

TINE extent to which birth con-
Il troll has already been adopted
can be approximately gagged by the
fact that the birth rate in Europe
excluding RUSSIA, the United
States and Australasia has on the
average been approximately halved
since the decline set inc. V. Drys-
dale. president London Malthusan
League. Current History)
II r
Most of the principles We cher
ish as fundamental have seemed
immoral or monstrous at some time
or place.-Harold J. Laski. liar
pers MagazineD
While we may be able by legisla-
ton to discourage speculative gam
bling, yet it is impossible for con-
gress to tell the individual how
and where he shall spend his own
money.-Senator Edge Of New Jer-
sey.
r
Agricultural prosperity Of per-
manent and stable kind will come
to the southwest if the program Of
soil-erosion prevention, which has
been successfully started, is car
ried TO completion-A. B. Conner.
director of Texas Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
A Real Appeal

An appeal for courageous idealism on life
and broad liberalism in education sounded by
Evans Woollen at the commencement exercises
At Butler university pointed to some very real
dangers
It was an unusual address. 1t was unusual
because q banker pleaded that the emphasis
be taken from things and ownership and be
placed upon the problem of living. It was un-
usual in that it pleaded for deeper patriotism
and devotion TO the duties of citizenship
The real danger, he suggested, to our ma
tional life is that our engeries and talents
have been so successful IN creating material
things that we have not, as people learned
TO use them except to create more things and
larger ownerships.
In urging Young men and women to learn
how to live rather than how to amass accumu-
lations of material things. there was an appeal
10 the institutions Of higher learning to change
The emphasis from vocational schools to cu-
turaI colleges.
Every evil Of modern national life he sug-
gested, could be traced to a subsistence of I'M
derstanding and regard for the fundamentals
Of free government.
Not only college graduates but all citizens
might we'll ask themselves whether they really
understand what citizenship in republic i'm
plies and whether they are contributing to its
stability and protection. rather than to It's de-
struction by unwittingly aiding in undermin-
ing its foundations.
call for more of culture and more Of con
science Is not only refreshing but timely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18

are no eumuus clouds visible to the observer
Like sheet lightning" it is the result of illu-
mination caused by lightning flash which is invisible
to the observer. In this case, the flash has taken
place below the horizon.
1t gets its name from the fact that it usually
occurs during a not spell. And already pointed
out, thunderstornS are most likely to occur when a
hot spell has been in progress for some days
The fourth type differs from the ordinary forked
flash. 1t is known ball lightning"
For great many years, scientists were inclined
10 doubt the existence of ball lightning Its occur
renee is very rare.
1t now is generally agreed that instances of ball
lightning do but it is felt that most descrip-
lions of it have been exaggerated badly.
In this phenomenon. the lightning takes the form
of a slow moving ball of 1re
There are number of reports Of such lightning
balls suddenly disinegrating or blowing up with a
loud explosion.
The length of the ordinary lightning bolt usually
Is fraction of mile although there are records OF
lightning flashes twenty miles long
Many amateur photographers obtain excellent pho
tographS of lightning flashes.
They can be obtained by setting up the camera
with the shutter open. Immediately litter the flash
the shutter should be closed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
StoWaWay Crabs Act
VOUNG SCHREIBER runs aw;

YOUNG SCHREIBER runs away
l. with the show at Paris, being
tossed about on the shoulders of a
hilarious crowd while the crew of
the Yellow Bird is greeted with cold
formality.
Just another example of how the
appetite for entertainment and
show-off spirit are combining to des-
troy a sense of value.
1t is no more illogical for a stow
away to run away with glory of
stunt f1iers than it is for stunt f1iers
to run away with the glory of avia-
ton.
The boys who really are teaching
people how to fly ana making it
possible for them to have safer and
better machines, get little credit.
That being so, why quarrel when a
StoWaWay crabs the act?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-18
E. A. Filene and Labor

There was q report the other day that President
Hoover would like to appoint Edward A. Filene as
secretary Of labor. when the incumbent James j
Davis, retires. Then there was an announcement
that there was nothing in the report.
Well it would be an unorthodox appointment if
made for Filene is an avowed Democrat and sup
ported Smith for President But that doesn't make it
an impossible act on Hoovers part one of the chief
contributing causes for his nomination year ago be-
ing public belief in the fact that he was not hide
bound in partisan orthodoxy.
Filene, as clearly and perhaps more clearly than
any other living man, expresses the thing that
Hoover so emphasized in his can1pagn-belief in in
crang prosperity the point Of abolition of poverty
through higher wages accompanied by waste eimina-
ton Standardization increased production, and
decreased prices to the consumer.
A considerable employer himself Filene has dis
played the vision that proves him way ahead Of the
times. a leader in the new economic thought be-
lever that the rgt.relationshp of labor and capital
is in peace and cooperation rather than in and
waste.
Recently, Filene wrote a book entitled, THE Way
Out It was most interesting and effective expoSi-
ton of the new philosophy of business.
L believe" he says, that the modern business
system. despsed and derided by innumerable re-
formers will be the inspiration of the social progress
of the future.
Il am convinced that the social progress of the
future will be achieved not by the destruction OF the
business system but by its further and finer develop
ment. The modern business system is at present
more or less lawless but the pressure of necessity
during the next ten or twenty years will enforce its
reform
Unless l wholly misnterpret the signs of the
time we are in the morning hours of period in
which business men, to survive and succeed will be
compelled to adopt the sort of policies that will give
us an increasingly better social order"
Generally speaking, it is obvious that while bust
ness has been evolving there has been little advance
ment by comparison i'll political government Big
business recognizes the Russian government without
caring anything about its form
Our antquated political government. saturated
with political tradition and superstition and dogma,
doesn't know what to do about it. Business is organ
ling a League of Nations in the economic sense
faster than any political government ever can begin
to understand what it is all about.
While many wrongs still committed in the
name of business it is safe to say that the tendency
OF business as such has been an improvement-an
improvement along the lines of enlightened selfish
ness-but an improvement, nevertheless.
Phases of that improvement dealt with in the
book referred to-"The Way Out"
It is worth any ones reading.