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and Mr.. Roy L. Mclaughlin of Provi-
dence, r. I.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins left for a we'd
ding trip and will be at home in chit
cago after october /.
Among those entertaining at luncheon
on the Willard roof Wednesday were Miss
naInarine n. Plke, president of the
National Association of LawyerE: Mrs,
Lucy Somerville Howorth OF Clevelar1d'
Miss, vice president of the same associ-
alton from Mississippi, and Mrs: Ellen
spencer Mussey. another guest IL the
honorary dean and founder of the
washington College of Law. Mrs.
Mussey Is we'll known as the dean of
woman lawyers for the District of CO.
lumbia.
Miss Frances Emily Noll, Who motor
ed TO Germantown, Pa, and Atlantic
CITY with a party Of friends, has Joined
ner parents. Mr.. and Mrs Warren O..
NoIi. IN uteif homie at 3437 Fourteenth
street northwest.
Mrs. Jane Stephens of Coyinston. XIV.
and Miss Amelia B. Reib of Cincinnati
nave motored to Washington ana are
at the Dodge Hotel
The marriage of Miss HELEN Elizabeth
Shorter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Adelbert Shorter, and Mr. Charles Cal
vert Lancaster, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. 8.
Spearnlan Lancaster of Rock Point,
took place Sunday afternoon, September
3, at Holy Ghost Church. Issue, Nd,
at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Father Peck,
pastor OF the church, officiated.
The young bride wore becoming
gown OF beige chiffon and lace with hat
and shoes to match and carried sweet
heart roses.
reception was held at the home Of
the brides parents Immediately follow
ing the ceremony. MIR. Lancaster and
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SOCIETY
The President Has Entertained at the
White House Mr.. and Mrs. Brisbane,
Who Left Today for New York.

Deauviile at the wardmati Park Hotel
MIR. Jack Hinckley and Mr.. Robert
Stead.
Miss Mattingly Hostess at
Dance at Greenwood.
Miss Elizabeth Mattingly, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. Joseph c. Mattingly,
entertained at party and dance at
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Watkins-Clairmont Wedding
i'm st. Agnes Episcopal Church.

Le
The marriage Of Miss Ruth Celeste
Clairmont, daughter OF MRS. Josepn oC
.Tohn Clatrmort, and Mr.. Nathaniel Lee
watkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
| watkins of Palmyra. Va, took place
last evening at o'clock in the pic
tiIresu,le little Episcopal Church OF ST
Agnes. the Rev. v. o. Anderson OIL
eating. The church was beautifully
decorated and lighted only by candles.
Before the ceremony George Burton
Cowles sang Hide Thou Me" and Schu-
bert's ave Maria"
The bride was given in marriage by
her uncle, Mr.. Burton q. CoWies, ana
wore a gown of white chiffon fashioned
along straight lines, with long train.
and her VEIL of tulle, was arranged
with a cap of old lace caught with
orange blossoms at the back. She car
ried a sheaf of Gala lilies.
Miss Fanita G. Clairmont was maid
of honor and her sisters only attend
ant. She wore a gown Of heavily en-
broidered cream-color crepe, with a
close-fitting headdress of pearls and
rhinestones over foundation OF
fuchsia- color chiffon and cloth OF sill
yer. She carried fuchsia-color dahlias.
Mr.. Watkins had as best man Mr..
William Eliot Hudmon, and the uShers
were Mr.. William George James and
Mr. De Witt Mullen.
A reception at the home of the bride
followed the wedding, where she was
assisted In receiving by her mother, who
wore. gown of eggshell-color crepe,
the panels of which were appliqued with
beige panne velvet petals.
Out -of town guests included Mrs.
George L. Cowles and Mrs. Clifford B.
Dykeman of New York, Mr.. and Mrs.
Goodwin C. Cowles of Stamford, Conn,
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.HE President has had with him
at the White House as guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brisbane,
i who arrived yesterday and re-
turned to New York today.
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luncheon yesterday at the wardrnan
PARK Hotel, when there were eight in
the company.
Mrs. Ernest Love of New York City,
with her two small children, will be the
guest of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. An
Ton Heitmuller, 1907 Fourteenth street
northwest, for the next two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Norman have
taken an apartment at $50 West End
avenue, New York City, where they will
remain indefinitely.
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Mrs. Jane Stephens of Covington. XIV,
and Miss Amelia B. Reib of Cincinnati
nave motored to Washington ana are
at the Dodge Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Mann had din
ing with them last evening at the PLACE
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Inc vice FTeSluellC, MI. JULIUS, aiAo
his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
are guests on the Mendoza today OF the
commandant of the Coast Guard. Rear
Admiral Frederick c. Billiard, and Mrs.
Billiard, who have with them long list
of guests from the diplomatic corps and
oficial society, to watch the races in
the Presidents Cup regatta for Hams
Point this afternoon.
Tomorrow Mrs. Billiard will be hostess
to the President and Mrs. Hoover, their
son, Mr.. Allan Hoover, and their guests
on the Coast Guard cutter Apache,
pouring tea during the afternoon.
This afternoon Mrs. Gam, who heads
the receiving line with Mrs. Billiard on
the Mendoza, Is wearing charming
gray ensemble, and Mrs. Billiard is in an
all-white sports costume. Mrs. George,
the daughter of the Vice President, who
was to be with them, left last evening
for Fort SILL where her husband, Mai.
Charles P. George is stationed.
Mrs. Gam spent yesterday at her
home in Cleveland Park, where she is
getting the residence in readiness to
lease for a long or short time. 1t is
charming house with pretty garden,
and as her apartment with the Vice
President at the Mayf1ower is fully fur
nished. she is leaving her household
goods there to be enjoyed by her lessee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
Indescrelom' at Mansfield IS
an old Fashioned Thriller

A BLOOD and thunder melodrama
"A of the old school is now at the
Mansfield Theatre. 1t is called Tn
discretion" and is written by Myron
c. Gagan, who has also staged the
production.
Those who enjoy Christopher Nor
ley's .old-time revival now entertain
ing large audiences in Hoboken, will
find similar pleasure by visiting the
Mansfield Theatre one Of these eve
nings. While Mr. Pagan undoubt-
cdly wrote his play as a serious
drama, it turns out to be nothing
more or less than a thriller. One
thing can be said in it's favor. The
audience has a good time and what
more can be said than that? While
the production attempts to be as
serious as possible, it is just the re-
verse. The cash customers laugh
when they should cry, and so on.
1t seems that Bob Burton and
Margaret met in Venice and be-
came quite friendly. Bob is noti-
fled that his father is dying and is
compelled to leave her in haste, so
he instructs his attorney, Walter
Davenport, to watch her until his
return. Davenport, the villain that
he is, plots against Bob and turns
Margaret against her lover.
Believing the lies of Davenport,
Margaret, heartbroken, changes her
name to Frances Ainsley, and in
time becomes a famous actress.
On the night of Frances Tor Mar
garet's) greatest success, Bob visits
her at the theatre. He hears gossip
about her near the dressing room
and leaves without speaking to her.
Later, Margaret is on the point
Of stealing Bob's daughters fiance,
when Bob comes out with the ter
rible truth. Horrors! Margaret is
the mother of Bob's daughter.
There is no need to go into fur
Their details about the play. 1t is
utterly stupid and silly to an ex-
treme. As to it's amusement value,
there is great doubt. Those who
like farce comedies will be pleased,
others will not, in most cases, 1t is
a terrible hodge podge and the least
said about it the better.
The cast is vastly superior to the
play. Minna Gombell, who gave
such a fine performance in "Jim-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
.BULCAR STEEL
!. SLAVES ASSAIL
FASCIST TERROR
Starvation Wages and
Accidents in Mills
(Bu q Worker Coyrespondeut)

(By q Worker Correspondent
LACKAWANNA, N. Y. (By
MaiD. - The Bulgarian Workers
Club held mass meeting in this
city of the Bethlehem Steel Co. and
voiced protest of workers solidar-
ity against the white terror in the
Balkans, and especially in Bulgaria.
More than 200 workers, slaves o.
the Bethlehem Steel Co., were pre-
sent. N. Kovahe, the speaker, point
ed out that the imperialist powers
are using the fascist government of
Liapcheff in Bulgaria to prepare
for ar attack on the Soviet Union.
A resolution against the fascist ter
ror in Bulgaria was adopted.
1t is worth mentioning that a
well-known member of the Socialist
Labor Party voted against this re-
solution.
Most of the Bulgarian workers in
Lackawanna work for the Bethlehem
Steel, which owns this town practi-
cally lock, stock and barrel. The
wages here are starvation wages.
and the hours very low. The men
are unorganized. Accidents, due to
the comDany's carelessness for the
workers, are frequent. The speedup
is growing worse every day.
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Continued

Morning. 1t was still pitch dark
outside, dirty squally weather and
raining. Cropping our way in the
darkness we cast her adrift,' and
there was no tugboat.
After much yelling and cursing
on the part of our drunken captain
the tug came at last, and she,
with her sleepy, and also much
swearing skipper, assisted by the
loud chorus of his angry crew shout
ing curses unon our captain and his
NANCY owners, pulled us away!
A neavy rain was beating down
our necks and we worked at get
ting under way loosening sail
bound for the open sea. Streaks
of cold water would run along our
bent backs as we, aheaving away or
the capstain, were making sail"
All drenched to the skin, cold
tired, hungry-we kept on heaving
"Come en- boys, let's have song
came the naughty voice of the
"aristocratic, blue-blooded" second
mate, and, standing sheltered under
the break of the poop, clad in brand
rev oilskin coat and big rubber
boots, he was nice and dry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
FOUNDRY SLAVES
KNOW THAT. The
DAILY IS FRIEND
Strong Union Is Their
Hope
(Ru n Woy,key Corresnondent)

(By q Worker Correspondent
I am a worker in the American
Machine and sFoundry Co. of Brook
Ign, and / read the Daily Wc2l-er
every day. l know that the Workers
Party is the real friend of the
workers. We are Shaving for the
American Machine and Foundry
Co. for starvation wages. But we
have not given up hopes of yet
winning better conditions.
We hope that the slaves of the
American Machine and Foundry Co.
will be organized into a strong
union to fight the low wages and
slavery. Many of us are with the
Workers (Communist) Party, and
when others of the foundry slaves
see this in the Daily Worker, they
too will see that you are for the
workers. The slaves of the Amer
lean Machine and Foundry workers
must work with the Workers (Com-
munist) Party and organize into a
strong union to overcome the slave
drivers who Cypress us.
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Smash Old Age Bill;
US. in old Age Trio

ALBANY, N. Y, March NRA)
The United States, China and
India are the only countries still
without some form of legal old age
protection, states the American AS
ISOLATION for Old Age Security.
Hearing on a bill to create COM
mission to study old age pensions
was held this week before the Sen
ate finance and the Assembly judi
ciary committee of the New York
Legislature.
Matthew VOLTS National Civic
Federation, Associated Industries,
Inc, and other manufacturing and
real estate interests opposed the bill.
They warned the Legislators about
the cost of old age pensions. They
argued that a pension system would
break down the individual initiative
of the people. The same arguments
have always been advanced by re-
dictionary interests against work
mems compensation and every other
form of social insurance proposed
in the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
hoyy Soab Workers Forced
to Work Under Co. Union

PORT IVORY, Staten Island. N.
Y, (LRA).-The strike of $50 work
ers against a new efficiency plan
introduced by Proctor and Gamble
Co. at its Port Ivory soap plant, was
Settled" by slight modification
of the speed-up and the reinstate-
ment of three strike leaders. Bosses,
however, warned the workers that
they were not dropping the "princi-
pie of efficiency" nor the right to
fire any worker as they pleased.
Speed-up methods have already
proved profitable to the anti-union
Proctor & Gamble bosses. Profits
were $15,000,O00 in 1927, and aver
aged over s10,0O0,0O0 in the three
preceding years. After paying
dividends on preferred and common
stock, the company still had sur
plus of over 100000 to reinvest
in 1928.
Rockefeller's In 1t.
The Staten Island plant, employ
ing 1880 workers, is only one of
seven huge factories, owned and
operated by the corporation. The
others are at Ivorydale, O., town
named for the company's soap.
Kansas City, Macon, Ga, Hamilton,
Ont, Dallas and San Francisco.
William c. Proctor, corporation
president and director, is also q
director Of Rockefeller's National
Cit, Bank Of New York, and Of the
New York Central r. r. His great
estate at Glendale, O., is one of the
showplaces Of the district. He and
his family contribute largely to the
foreign missionary work Of the
Episcopal Church, while the Gam
bIes support Methodist foreign mis-
-innx.
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Proctor and CANDLES company
union was exposed in book called
Labor Relations by Herbert Feis
A conference committee of the CON-
pany union meets once a month, but
the director of the Employees Serv-
lie Dept. "a long term for Welfare
Dept.) is always present at these
committee meetings. "The men
walk into the committee rooms and
sit down on the edge of their chairs
waiting for management to start
something" describes Feis. "Silence
reigns supreme"
Longer Hours.
When the company decided to
lengthen hours Of work from "A to
so a week, the workers kicked. The
season was slow and men were being
laid off. IF we are being laid off,"
asked the men, Should we not rath-
err decrease the hours of work than
to lengthen them?" But manage
menI SIMPLY answered the company
union representatives that workers
were too ignorant to understand the
deep problems involved in manage
ment an the 50-hour week must be
installed. 1t was duly installed.
Still with no union to enforce their
demands, the Staten Island plant
workers have returned to work.
With n assurance against future
speed-up, they face what the COM
pany calls "a plan of progress
whereby more work is produced in
the same time" The Trade Union
Educational League warned the
strikers, in special statement, that
without a real union they could
never win and maintain their de-
mands.
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The Nightmare Voyage ON
the Ship That Never Returned

| "Shut up, you rotten bastard"
came back the strong voice of Jack,
the seaman from Australia, and ex-
cept Tor tne changing pawls, tramp
ing feet and heavy blowing breaths
of seamen, there was a menacing
silence Ct al open clash bet~'aan
two classes a rotten, "blue-l
ed" son of an aristocrat-uph .ar
of the system Of capitalism-on one
hand, and the young, strong son of
a worker on the other hand.
Gales.
Cowed by the frank, strong words
that spoke the truth, the second
mate said nothing-he bided hi
time.
In the open sea. The shores of
England covered by the gray mist
were disappearing behind the stern
and soon they were left beyond the
horizon.
A strong gale was blowing and
"bracing up" on port tack, we head
ed South.
The Irish sea was made, the howl
ing was madden, and the wind was
dead ahead
Two weeks out and we hadn't
made more than one hundred miles,
two weeks of continuous gales, two
weeks of standby" watches (all
hands on deck, sleep when you can)
two weeks of much wearing" ship
and pulling on the braces, had about
tested our endurance; but the work
irg man is strong!
Cold, drenched to the skin and
standing up to our waists in the
dashirg waters, we kept on "brac-
irg'-a big green sea would sweep
right en- top of us and we all would
be hanging on for our lives.
| Overloaded by the heavy cargo of
cement the "old hulk" was about to
go under-the main hatch began
giving way.
Grim, desperate, determined not to
die, we dragged up big heavy
planks and, working with the water
knocking us off our feet and wash
ing us about, we managed somehow
to secure the hatch. Two weeks of
such hell and the steep, rocky coast
on our "lee quarter" began looming
through the mist-death stared in
our eyes.
Captain Drunk.
And for Two weeks our gallant"
captain has been below, dead drunk
and living in his bed!
During the first gale about twelve
days ago our "blue- blooded, aristo-
cratic" second mate "got SICK" and
taking to his bunk, he was seen
walking hiding in the cab
in" He did not show on deck.
Laying in their hunks the three
apprentices, the future ship masters
and owners (of the middle class)
seemed more dead than alive. What
shock for their refined" mothers,
they would "faint" on seeing their
Grave" darling boys in such state!
Get up, you lousy, good for
nothing sons going to sea is
not like going to church,, in a
'fatherly' voice would say the old,
one-eyed and pock-marked sailmaker
trying to rouse them for cup Of
tea.
The scud was flying low and fast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
RIVERSIDE

Sunday, Monday Tuesday and
Wednesday, Karyl Norman; Toney
and Norman; Mary Haynes; others;
feature photoplay, "Strange Cargo"
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Sunshine Sammy, in person, with
his brothers, Charlie and Little Joe;
FL Brendel and Flo Bert; Millard
and Marlin; Philson and Douglas;
Harrison and Fisher; feature photo
play, "The Jazz Age" starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Mar
celine Day.
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mics Women" struggles along in
an attempt to make the play realis-
tic. Although Miss Gombel is ca
pable actress, she cannot succeed
in doing the impossible. The cas-
also includes Harland Tucker as
Bob Burton, and Arthur R. Vinton
as Walter Davenport. The other
members of the cast are satisfac-
tory in their respective roles.
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the foreman. by the name of Fin
stad, stopped and asked one work.
man who was just ahead of me
if that was his papers that were
on his bed? The worker said yes,
and then was told to get his check.
They were working class papers,
as ] read one last night.
The foreman's act surprised me
and to be sure right away l asked
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S Mtg Company Forced to Take Big Reductions Says Correspondent
LUMBER WORKER FIRED FOR READING

explain conditions up here in this
neck Of the woods where an in
dividual like foreman will use
his power and authority.
Shipped up yesterday from Du-
luth b. bus to here, Drummond,
Wis, for the Rust Owen Lumber
Co. as sawyer at S45 per month.
Worked this forenoon. This noon,
on leaving the camp to go to work,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11

you, the worker who was fired
had worked there quite a while,
and asked the foreman, Didn't
/ do the work? Weren't you sat
isfied with my work." "Yes, yes,
etc." he declared, "but because
you possessed those papers, and
! heard from farmer slave that
quite some time ago that he agi-
tated-by heck, etc" o. F. w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
HIPPODROME

Twenty-Five Indians, composing
the United States Indian Reserva-
ton Band, Princess Pakanli, Choc-
taw, and Chief Roaring Thunder;
Herb" Williams; Bob Hall; Billy
Wells and the Four Fays; Large
and Morgner; feature photoplay,
"The Barker" starring Milton Stills
and Dorothy Mackaill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11

voluntarily, and no doubt there
would have been probably half the
camp if it had been some other
time, as this was done in filing
out of the bunk cars, walking
single file on the elevated walk,
built alongside of the cars, and
we were in the last car.
The crew was all ahead and al
ready has passed out. And, mind
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
START SULPHUR PLANT

MOSCOW (By Mail)- A plant
for smelling sulphur has been start
ed n the Kara-Kum desert in Central
Asia, where tremendous deposits of
sulphur have been discovered by
an expedition headed by the Soviet
Scientist Fersman. Discoveries of
additional deposits of sulphur have
been rpnOrtad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11

hard working fellow with the Charlie
Chaplin walk chad his back hurt in
the navy yard) was knocked I'M
conscious and almost washed over
board-Red Finn just saved him in
time. R. ]. PETERSON.
Ito Be Continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-11
WAGES SLASHED
IN HALF; men
ARE LAID OFF
Shop Paper Welcomed
with Enthusiasm
by a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
The Soss Manufacturing Co., at
f76 Bergen St, Brooklyn. is one of
the worst hell holes for the workers
that exists. They make hinges
there.
Our working hours are from
eight and three-quarters to twelve
hours day. We slave under the
most unsanitary conditions.
There is not sufficient number
of lockers for our clothes and
clothes are therefore thrown all
over. There is no soap, no towel or
hot water to wash our faces ard
hands. We get only half hour for
lunch, which, of course, does not
give us time to eat a decent meal.
On Columbus Day the bosses
thought it advisable to give US work
ers bus ride to see the future hell
hole in which the Soss workers will
slave in Roselle, N. J. There they
served US with one sandwich and
cup of coffee.
Propaganda.
A few weeks later the Tunney-
Heeney fight was shown to US in
the shipping department; with this
went a well-prepared employers
employees Cooperation" speech by
one of the bosses agents. Here is
the meaning of this bosses greater
cooperative scheme:
Wages of punch press opera
tors were cut from IS cents per 100
hinges to 7 cents.
2.-Hand tapping operators were
getting Is cents per 100 hinges;
rev automatic foot tapping ma
chimes were introduced which threw
cut of work six of the ten workers
in this department. For the four
left there were number of wage
cuts, first from Is cents to 8 cents,
then from 9 to Z cents per 100
hinges.
3.-Formerly there were S drill
operators getting IS cents per 100
hinges. This operation was then
given over to automatic drills, cut
ting the price from IS cents to 6
cents per 100 hinges. Today there
are two workers running this job.
the other six having been laid off.
We are forced to slave every min
ute of the II to 12-hour day for
neasly sum of 45 to so cents an
hour while on the piece-work sys-
tenn. There are only a few time
workers, and they average from IS
to As cents per hour and in very
few cases so cents or more.
Fired.
Workers who refuse to work more
than 9 to 10 hours a day are some
times fired. Three weeks ago three
workers were thus fired for refus-
ing to work eight and three-quar
tiers hours on Saturday.
These are some of the miserable
conditions under which we work. To
improve these conditions we must
learn a lesson from the workers in
the assembling department, who re-
fused to work at their ice-cold
benches, and, by all standing to-
eether, forced the foreman to give
them heat Immediately. This proves
that the only possible way of fight
ing the bosses, their agents and
stool-pigeons and make them come
to terms with the workers demands,
is by sticking together, organized.
Today the workers of the Soss
Co. have one true and fearless
leader and defender to voice their
demands. This has been shown by
the enthusiasm created by the shop
paper, the "Soss Worker"
w. IL.