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New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
VETS AND DRYS SEE
 MERIT IN STATEMENT
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possibility of modification.

possibility of modification.
 The sentence in his letter which thus proved at least partially pleas ing to both groups read:
 If the national government were to attend to preventing importa- ton, manufacture and shipment in interstate commerce Of intoxicants, the states undertaking internal po- lice regulations to prevent sale, saloons, speakeasies and so forth, the national and state laws might be modified so as to become reason- ably enforceab ble, and one great source of demoraliaing and pc cuniarily profitable crime re- mOved.'
 The sentiment contained in that and preceding sentences favorinS more cooperation in enforcement efforts by the states brought prompt expressions of approval from As sistant Secretary bowman of the treasury and Commissioner Doran of the prohibition bureau, but they declined to comment on other as poets of the letter without further animation.
 At the same time, the letter was hailed by Senator Walsh demo- crat, Massachusetts, q wet, as ''an encouraging sign" that "a new leadership may arise which will
 substitute sane rather than an unreasonable and purblind attitude toward the prohibition question, 1 He described it as the first sugges- i ton from member of the com
 mission that the question is likely 10 be considered without fear and apart from the views of prohibition i fanatics" and welcomed it as sug- gesting a return to the states rights principle in administration
 of the dry laws
 Sees Modification Urged Representative Britten. republi
 can, Illinois, another wet. inter-
 rreted the letter as publicly sug- gesting "to a conference of gov
 ernors from all parts of the United
 States the modification of the Vol
 stead act" and praised it as "the i biggest constructive step toward
 real temperance" from an authori-
 tative source since the world war Henry R. Curran. president O,
 the Association Against the Prohi. bition Amendment. withheld an eX. | pression of opinion because he "diG 1 not understand exactly what MT i Wickersham means" but hoped Inc would "eypand and elncidate hi.
 very interH"tir" staterent."
 Drys Hall Plan
 | pr. Clarence True Wilson. gen. eral secretary of the Methodist board of temperance. prohibition and public morals. was absent. bu,
 Dects Pickett of that organization
 said, "Our own opinion for years and our statements have been ir Iagreement with MT Wickersham' proposal that the detailed police
 work should be done by the. states and the municipalities.
 i "1 would not be in favor of any modification of the Nolstead act tc 1 take any powers from the govern. ment,' he went on. but wou'C merely permit them to assume inc | task if they would. Where they
 would not, the government should ! do so,"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

at Manchuli, the terminus of the Chinese railway.
 In justifying the seizure of the i Chinese Eastern and the expulsion of its Russian officers and employees : the note declared that they and Rus sia had not abided by the agreement of 1924 fixing the relationship of the two countries with regard 10 the railroad. and that the actions taken were necessary to preserve order IT Manchuria.
 The charge was made that Soviet Russian agents in Manchuria, untor- tunately. had spread communist propaganda so as to endanger the Chinese government and its social system.
 The note concluded "The nation alist government will always vel come soviet subjects and merchants in China but the recent arrest ot Russians in Manchuria is only just, being necessary for the suppression of communist propagpnda and the maintenance of order in Manchuria,
 Demands of Moscow
 Moscow demanded the release oi arrested Russians, cancellation of 1l- legal orders (preSumcd 10 moan those talking over the Chinese East ern) submission of questions affecting the two countries to negoti- ations.
 The Ranking reply was preceded by the announcement of an official spokesman that "the national gov ernment considers the alleged crisis comparatively easy of settlement " No official explanation was offered of what was regarded as authorita- tive information concerning exten- sve movements of additional troops to Manchuria.
 The censor instructed correspon- dents not to send telegrams regard ing the report of the crisis which President Chiang Kai Shek generally was known to have made to gath crine of Ksomintang leaders at party headquarters yesterday.
 It was learned that the president informed these leaders the govern- ment policy toward Russia would be carried out in two stages. the taking over of the Chinese Eastern Railway being the first. He was quoted as saying:
 After the first stage we will go further. The imperialst powers are greatly excited over our coup against the Russians and are united against US in the fear that their interests may be involved. So long as we Chi nese are united ourselves we nee"l not fear oppression from the out side.
 Talks Of Clique
 Unfortunately we have small group known as the reorganization clique which is seeking to create dis snnsion within our ranks. We must eliminate such elements and con- tinue our program"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
INTEREST CEN7ERS OV GOV. RITCHLF: IN
 WICKERSHAN PLAN
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He pointed out that a state having superior rights in tax case involN- ing residents of several states should demand. and receive the right of collecting -one tax and retaining it. As an illustration. he said that if a Connecticut man lends money to a Louisiana man on Kansas real estate, seven Or eight taxes would be col leCted by all three states but a way should be found for. deciding which states has the superior right to single tax and that right should be enforced.
 Governor Byrd's talk was on the plan of segregation tax collection so that an amicable collection method would be adopted by districts. cities and an entire state 10 relieve tax payers of the burden of duplicating payments on property
 Governor Shafer warned against encroachment by the federal govern ment on states rights in gasoline tax alton, pointing out the need by states of collections on gasoline for maintenance of highways and for construction of new highways and of the advantage the gas tax has in re- ducing roal estate taxes.
 Would start Reaction
 "A federal gasoline tax would probably start a reaction against the entire principle Of taxation" he said. "alrcady three hundred million dollars are collected annually by the states on this one form of taxation and an additional burden by the fed oral government would bring on a reaction likely to have serious con- sequences.
 Gov. Byrd speaks
 New London, July r R-Prog-
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
WAR CLOUDS HANG
 OVER NANCHURIA,
 DISPATCH ASSERT,
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as night went on. caused a panic among the staff of 20 or more who huddled together in one of the rooms. They were worn, pale and haggard with hollow cheeks and sunken eyes from want of sleep.
 Sia Wen Sun, the Chinese diplo, matic representative. told the Asso, ciated Press he had not left the en,. bassy for two days and had not slept for two nights. He said he never was more pleased 10 see visitor.
 Meanwhile the Tass agency, off sued the following:
 Friends of peace breathed easier this evening when the Chinese dip lomatic representative here submit tory communique from Ranking. saying: ... -.
 Although the entire cable con- taining the Soviet protest demanding reply by given date has not been received, its main idea already is understood. Our government or dinarily maintains peaceful relations with the Soviet Union and although the Harbin incidents necessitated taking measures regarding the Chi ncse eastern railway these cannot affect existing relations between the two countries.
 Ambassador 10 Return
 Ambassador Gnu Zao Yang soon will return to, his post, but if the Soviet government has the same opinion of the subject it may be de, liberated by both sides In our opinion all problems must be solved on the basis of existing agreements and threshed out at the conference. Under such conditions the questions will be solved easily.
 "The communique ended by de- claring that the Nanking govern ment would reply to the Russian note immediately the full text was received"
 Tass simultaneously made public a statement that the Soviet govern ment did not intend to reply to the Chinese communique but would await the actual answer to it's note (the ultimatum) of July 13. The demonstrators in front of the Chinese embassy consisted of large numbers of Chinese, many of them eXilcs. who outdid the Russians in their fervor The Russians sometimes compared with the Chinese seemed comparatively peaceful.
 Adopt Frenzied Refrain These Chinese adopted the Rus sian slogan: Down with the imper- i&lists," and "Down with the Chi nese I1ascists!" shouting them in strangely cnunciated Russian, which at times became a frenzied refrain. The demonstrat ors came to the Chinese embassy in some cases from distant suburbs. in black and scarlet clad columns singing revolutionary f hymns. and shouting defiance. Ora tors on improvised motor lorries cy- | hortcd them to a. kind of fury. The demonstrators included men and boys, and young and old women and girls. pioneers. unarmed militia, and soldiers.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
Leaving for Nan!ling

Tsngtao. Shantung, China. July 1T tP$-C. T. Wang, foreign minister of the nationalist Chinese government, said today he would leave tomorrow for Ranking. He reiterated his dis, belief that the soviet government had sent his own government an ul- timatum growing out of the Man churian situation.
 He said the Chinese Eastern dis
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
BODY IS RECOVERED

The body of l.. D. Rowling, who drowned Sunday in the Connecticut river when his boat capsized, was recovered today. Divers were pre-. pairing to search for the body when surface of the river.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
parailn in Berlin

Berlin. July IT P,-Communist workers of Berlin gathered in the streets last night carrying banners protesting against "Imperialistic At tacl1s on the Soviet"
 Similar demonstrations in protest at events in Manchuria where the Chinese have seized the Russian owned Chinese Easter railway were reported frob Essen. Magdeburgp Mannheim and Dusseldorf. At the last named place police dispersed the manifestants, ... .....
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

missals were carried out under 'the general authorization ot the Nan king government dealing with com- munistic activity toward China. The Mukden authorities were in com plete accord"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
CONNECTED OF EVAPORATION

Greenfield, Mass. July 17 tP) - Jesse ". Snow of Everett was con- victed of attempting to eXtort money from Mrs. Nora c. Dows o1 sealed verdict in superior court to. day. The district attorney an. noUnced that he would move for sentence tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

of England, is becoming an expert air pilot.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
Dcorcc Not Described

New York Herald Tribune: "l'n- fortunately he does not make sutfi cientIy clear the degree Of modified ton he has in mind. The country will look forward 10 an elucidatioA, Having gone thus far. he can har1- ly afford 10 leave it guessing
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
Attractive Display

During the absence of their com Stone ranch. Supply Sergeant Stan ley Harbolowski. Private First Class Fred Schmidt, and Private First Class Edward Gon2eka of Company II have arranged an attractive dis play at the head of the row of tents. White stones on background of sand arranged to spell Company IT," and 'lG9 Infantry is enclosed in an oblong border of white stones. At the upper corners are the num- hers, "19@9." and at the lower cor ners are GO. H, 169th Inf"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
LOCAL GUARDSMEN
 FIGHT EACH OTHER

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New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
l PAPERS COMMENT 0N
 WlCKERSHAM SCHEME
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 act and state legislation demoralz- ing and not reasonably enforceable" That seems a fair one sentence sum- mary.
 Locks Like Law Change The Providence Journal: ''Wheth- CT practical or not, the motive IS plain. He is anxious for a change and he proposes that the change pc the law itself. Thinking Americans must come to the conclu- sion that the Nolstead act ought never to have been written into the constitution. The suggestion accom- panies widespread and growing public conviction that prohibition. as we have it, is hopeless farce"
 Omaha World Herald: "Federll and state prohibition laws must be modified if they are to be made reasonably cnforcea le.'
 Philadelphia Public Ledger: "Un- doubtedly should the states assume responsibilities for enforcement "* but the wettest states would refuse cooperation. When MT. Wicker sham assumed the chairmanshi Of the presidents committee he was quoted as remarking that it's rec ommendation for modification Of the Volstead act would be ''eXtreme- ly unlikely" His letter indicates a change that will attract wide atten- tiOn"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
In Championship Fight

sam ClSsile of Company II of New Britain will battle for the well terweight ponship against Sergeant Rothblat of Company B. Middletown, on Friday night. Sam enterd the finals when Melville Dy- pcarance in the bouts Monday night
 The only other New Britain man entered in at this weight was Ser geant Rackliffa of Headquarters company. He lost to Sergeant Roth- hlat on Monday, and it will be up 10 the other New Britain man to avenSe the defeat.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

In one of those exciting games 7durins which at times it looked as If the fans were going to clash. Company B ot Middletown carried away the soft ball championship from Company E Of Hartford by a .l3 to score yesterday. At the end several alterations were narrowly
 avoided, Company of New Britain
 won the third battalion champion ship.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17
New Departure system

The New Departure Mfg, Co. of Brist ol has d system which is very satisfactory 10 both the military au- thority and the men. Every year it allows the employees who are mem- bers of the guard to stay away from work and, besides collecting pay from the government while in camp. the men also receive their two full weeks wages The greater part of the two Bristol companies are en- ployeS of the company.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-17

act and state legislation demoralz-
 ing and not reasonably enforceable" That seems fair one sentence sum-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
Mill Press Is
Wild Because
Workers Rally

The Gastonia Gazette, which for
merly printed copiously from the
Daily Worker, including the straight
story of the shooting which appear
ed in an issue of the Daily early
last week, seems to have learned a
lesson in the art of frame-up. The
reprint Of the article in the Daily
evidently gave good many South
erns workers an insight into the
causes of the shooting and the ac-
tual events on that Friday night
which they had not had before.
Later editions of the Gastonia
Gazette avoid Daily Worker ar
ticles giving actual news, and quote
at length from the statements of
the International Labor Defense as
printed in the Daily Worker.
Angered by Defense.
This mill owners paper, the
Gazette, seeks to give out an i'm
preston that it is something in
decent and horrible that the |. L. d.
should be busy rsl'ying tie work
ing class ofsthe world against the
murdorous frame up Of the Atanville-
Jenckes Co., and its servile CASTOR
county officials and police.
An editorial in the Gazette's Is-
sue of June Is says: st may he
that the Gazette is giving its read
ers too much of the Red prop aganda
through it's columns, but it is done
for the sole and simple purpose of
acquainting our folks with the char
acter of the opposition. 1t is malig
nant, vicious, subtle; like a rattle.
snake. They are preparing to make
martyrs of all the defendants in
jail here. They are openly boasting
that this is going to be another
Sacco-Vanzetti case. They are flood
ing the country with literature and
~, Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
BOMB At textile: |:
UNION OFFICES
IN BESSEMER CITY
Fails to Explode; Crowd
Grows at Meetings

BESSEMER CITY, N. c., June
17.-Instead of making any effort
to find the man who planted dyna-
mite bomb in front of the National
Textile Workers Union headquar-
ters in this city, police authorities
are racking their brains for method
they can use to abolish the head
quarters.
The bomb, made of dynamite with
cap and partly burned fuse, was
found couple of days ago. The
expected destruction failed, evident
ly when the fuse went out, and the
union continued it's business, refus-
ing to be intimidated by the bomb
sters.
Try to Take Headquarters.
Chief of Police Hoyle, of Bes-
semer City stated today that eff
forts were being made to have the
property on which the headquarters
of the N. T. w. U. is erected, directly
across the street from the Gambrill
Melville mills, condemned for non
payment of taxes, and sold, the new
owner to evict the union. So far the
city has not been able to carry out
this plan of Hoyle and the Gambrill
Melville outfit.
On Friday a distribution of relief
was made by the Workers Interna-
tional Relief at Bessemer City. The
union meetings continue, and are
growing. They have increased from
about 40 to 400 within the last week.
The speakers Friday night were Paul
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
How the Lynching Party for
Organizer Fred Be0I Failed
Facts Show That the Police Officials Did Their
Best to Cooperate with Lynchers

themselves and strike back after
weeks of insults, jailings, bayonet-
tings and clubbings at the hands Of
troops, police and mill owners
thugs sworn in as special deputies.
Officers Helped Lynchers.
The facts as known so far tend
to show first, that plans were made
to lynch Beal. Second, that the Off
GERS who arrested Beal in the tele-
graph office in Spartanburg knew
of these plans. Third, that these
officers gave lynching party
plenty of opportunity to carry out
their plans. The presumable rea-
sons for the failure CT the lynching
. Continued on Page Twol .,,n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
SENATOR BLEASE
WOULD jim CROW
The White HOUSE
Debentures Come Up
in Tariff Argument
BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE
Borah resolution to limit higher
tariff duties to agricultural prod
ucts was defeated this afternoon
by vote of 80 to 38. After that
the senate voted by 81 to % to
take one months recess beginning
June 10. The recess provisions
has to be approved by the house.
WASHINGTON, June 17.-An eff
fort was made today to put the
Senate officially on record for the
already well observed Jim Crow So
cial regulations in Washington Of
ficial life.
Senator Blease of South Carolina
introduced a resolution in connection
with news that Mrs. Oscar De
Priest, wife of a Negro congress-
man, had been received at luncheon
at the White House, where Hoover
is trying to get his republican ma
chine in operation in the South.
Attacks Negro.
The preamble of the resolution
stated that it was reported "Mrs.
Hoover entertained the Negro wife
of a Negro congressman by the
name of De Priest" at dinner in
the White House and that the wife
of the attorney general and the wife
of the secretary of the navy were
seated at the table and that the
Negro woman sat on Mrs. Hoover's
right as her equal and as the guest
of honor"
1t resolved chat the president
and Mrs. Hoover be requested to re-
member that the house in which they
are temporarily residing is the
White House and that Virginia,
Texas, Florida, Tennessee and North
Carolina contributed to their becom-
ing its custodians.
Tariff In Senate.
In the house a bill was passed to
appropriate at once $15O,000,0OO for
the newly created farm board to
play with. This money is to be
loaned to farmers on mortgage, and
will end by consolidation of fore
closed farms in big business estates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
100000 NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN THE WORKERS STRUGGLES

copies distributed free to the strikers the
additional of getting astmnute into the press ETC.
This course the biggest battle at the moment But
fight of the workers of the DAILY WORK
Err When the struggles of the proeara increase the tasks
of the DAILY increase
IF THE WORKERS DO NOT GIVE US MORE SUPPORT
WE CANNOT MEET OUR TASKS!
Workers! Make possible for us fight effec
lively for you!
is this that the Central Committee calls upon all
militant workers to contribute to the COMMUNIST PARTY
DAILY WORKER $4,000 EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN.
Send your contribution today!
Use the following blank:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
MILL BOSS SPIES
MAKE WEAK CASE
WITH AFFIDAVITS
Castor Frameup Fails
to Show Any Evidence

Fifteen affidavits submitted by
order of the court by the prosecu-
tion to the defense, constitute the
mill owners case against the strik-
ers and organizers for the hearing
in Charlotte tomorrow. The out
standing feature of these documents
is the attempt to fasten a charge of
murder on Beal by statements pur-
porting to quote from his speeches
and other utterances before the bat
tie occurred. The attempt tc make
a case against other organizers and
strikers follows the same line.
Typical Affidavit.
One affidavit, sworn to by C. L.
Gimp, is typical and says: 81 live
at 325 Read Vance St., Gastonia. l
went down to headquarters on the
night Of the shooting. | heard
woman make a speech, but don't
know her name, but would know her
if I saw her again, and she said,
that the time was not long now
until they would form a picket line
and was going to that mill and drag
them out, that if it took fighting
TO do it they would fight, and if
blood had to be shed it would be
she'd
"When she was through speaking
Beal get up and he said, the time
was now and they were going to
form a picket line And I went
back to the mill office"
Shows Himself Spy.
The phrase "went back to the mill
office" shows that this deponent is
one of the Loray mills 'local" en-
pIoyes, that is, a hired spy. He
"goes back to the mill office" to
report, he does not go to the mill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-18
Fur Strike Machinery Is
Prepared at Big Meeting
Women Needle Workers Meet Tomorrow; Cloak
Makers Thursday; Big Conference Saturday

An enthusiastic meeting of all ac-
tive members of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union was held
last night at Manhattan Lyceum, &c
E. Fourth St., where, in preparation
for the general strike of the fur
riers soon, strike machinery was
perfected and all necessary commit
tees selected. Ben Gold, secretary
treasurer of the Industrial Union,
and Irving Potash, of the organiza-
ton department, spoke.
The meeting was dominated by
great enthusiasm, all present pledg-
ing themselves to stand firm in the
coming strike until victory is won.
ClOakmakers Meet Thursday.
At the same time the Industrial
Union is continuing with the mob
ilization among the cloakmakers. AS
the first concrete step for trans
forming the threatened fake cloak
"stoppage" into genuine struggle
for union conditions, the Industrial
Union is calling mass meeting of
all cloakmakers at Cooper Union
this Thursday evening, Immediately
after work.
Women Meet Tomorrow.
AS part of the last-minute prep
arations for the furriers' strike the
N. T. W. I. U. is also calling a mass
meeting of women, to be held to-
morrow night in Webster Hall, 18th
st. and Third Ave. The Industrial
Union calls specifically to this meet
ing all women furriers, dressmak-
ers, millinery workers, cloakmakers
and other women workers in the
needle trades.
Tomorrow, also, will be held a
meeting of all active furriers and
cloakmakers in Manhattan Lyceum,
&c E. Fourth st. This meeting is
of the greatest Importance, the
Joint Board announces.
The Joint Board last night made
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