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The Washington times., 1929-04-25
NOTES OF SOCIETY

was Mr.. Bartlett's workshop at
one time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Garfield
and their daughter. Miss Polly
Garfield, of Cleveland. are max
ing another visit in Washington
and are guests at the Mayflower.
The Chief of Staff and Mrs.
Charles P. .Summerall will enter
tain at dinner this evening at
their home in Fort Myer.
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
A. Moffett will have as their
guest for some time their daugh.
ter, Mrs. Elliott Mcfarland Moore,
who will arrive today.
Mrs. Milton B. Medary, OF Phila-
deiphia. has Joined her husband
in Washington at the Mayflower.
Mr.. Medary is chairman of the
American Institute of Architects
now holding its sixty-second con.
vention in Washington.
Mrs. Henry Rea, of Pittsburgh,
was hostess to a company of five
at dinner last evening at the May.
flower.
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Mrs. Victor Kaufman enter
tanned at luncheon today for 1s
guests asked to meet Mrs. Ed
mund Talbot, who is visiting Mrs.
Arthur Lee Willard at the Navy
Yard.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
BRITISH ENVOY
HONORED AT
DINNER

Senator and Mrs. Claude Swan
son, who entertained at dinner
last night In honor Of the British
Ambassador and Lady Isabella
Howard, had a large representa-.
ton from the Diplomatic Corps
among their guests. This group
included the Ambassador of Peru,
the Ambassador of Brazil, the
Minister of Greece and Nine.
Simopoulos, the Minister of
Egypt and Nine. Samy Pasha,
the Minister of Sweden and Nine.
Bostrom, the Minister of Austria
and Nine. Prochnik, the Minister
of Bulgaria and Nine. Radeff, the
Counselor OF the Bolivian Legation
and Sonora de Boyd and the Com
mercial Counselor of the Swedish
Legation and Nine. Weidell.
The Secretary of Labor was
present without Mrs. Davis, who
is out of town, and in the congress
sional delegation were Senator and
Mrs. George H, Moses. Senator
and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Sem
ator and Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf,
Senator and Mrs. Thomas F.
Bayard: Senator and Mrs. Guy d.
Goff, Senator David /. Walsh,
Senator Arthur Capper and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Patrick Henry
Drewry. From the United States
Foreign Service there were the
United States Ambassador to Argen.
tina and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Weddell.
whose home is in Richmond, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival McCeney
Werlich.
Among the guests from out of
town present. were: Mr.. and Mrs.
George de Bonneville keim. of
Philadelphia and Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Crane OF Virginia.
Others present were: Judge and
Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Gray.
son, Brig. Gen. Charles McCaw-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Myer,
jr., Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. McChord,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mr..
and Mrs. William Hard. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard, DR.. and
Mrs. Loren johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard B. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lonis r. Owsley, Mrs. Henry +.
Dimock, Mrs. Henry C. Corbin,
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood,
Miss Josephine Patten. Mrs.
James T. Morris. Mrs. Alvin Dodd,
Mrs. Emerson Howe, Mrs, e. l..
Woods. Col Stanley Ford, Col.
Harvey Miller and G. H. Shaw.
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The Minister OF the Netherlands
and Nine. van Royen will enter.
tain at dinner this evening.
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Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone will be hosts at dinner this
evening.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Women's Democratic
Club Fetes Former
President at Dinner

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, former
vice chairman Of the Democratic
National nmittee, former presi-
dent and now honorary vice-presi.
dent of the WoI s National
Demo attic Club, was the guest of
honor at a dinner given last eve-
ming by the ard of governors
and members Of the Woman's Ma.
tional Democratic Club.
Among Mrs. Blair's guests at
the dinner " re Senator and Mrs.
Pat Harrison. Representative and
Mrs. Iiiton A. Romjue, Mrs. Ired
Tryon, Miss Maxine Davis, Miss
Mary Andersen Miss Matthews,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert M, Gates, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Essary and MIR. and
Mrs. Clements.
Others attending the dinner.
were: renator and Mrs. Harry
Hawes, Mr.. ami Mrs. Huston
Thompson, Representative Ruth
Bryan owen, Mrs. @. A. Hulett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hamlin,
Mrs. E. b. Ketcham, Mrs. frank
Hiram Smell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
tram Chesterman, Mrs. Rose Yates
Forester, Representative : Mrs.
Cordell Hull, Miss Charl Williams.
Mrs. A. e. Spangler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nicholson, Miss Ruth
Oberly, Miss Portia Oberly, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bright, Mrs.
George M. Eckels, Alfred p. Den.
mis-, Miss Anna G. Connolly, Mr..
and Mrs. H. e. C. Bryant, Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, Senator
and Mrs. C. c. Dill, Miss Zuber,
Mrs. W. j. Adams, Miss Lavinia
Engle,
Mrs. Blair will leave tod"v for
her home in Joplin. Mo-, where
she will he until the summer,
when, with Mr. Blair. she will all
-, iva
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
HOUSE
LUNCHEON
TODAY
The President and Mrs. Hoover

The President and Mrs. Hoover
were hosts at luncheon today.
The President and Mrs. Hoover
had guests with them for dinner
last evening, the company includ.
ing Justice and Mrs. Edward
Terry Sanford, the Secretary Of
the Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman
Wilbur. Senator and Mrs. Law
renee C. Phipps, Senator David A.
Reed, DIR. John Grier Hibben,
president of Princeton University,
and Mrs. Hibben; the Rev. DIR.
Edmund Walsh, of Georgetown
University, DIR. and Mrs. J. c.
Merriam, John Drinkwater, Mrs.
j. w. Morrison, of Chicago, and
her son.
Mr.. Drinkwater Is the play
wright whose abraham Lincoln"
was a significant contribution to
contemporary drama.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Russian Art

The National Woman's Party
win entertain at tea this afternoon,
beginning at 4:30 o'clock, at their
headquarters, In compliment to
Anita Pollitzer, vice chairman.
Miss Pollitzer will speak on RUS.
sia Theater Art--Woman's Part In
it-and Balieff's Chauve Souris."
She has taught art at the summer
schools of Columbia University
and the University of Virginia,
and is now lecturing for Morris
Gest, who has brought so much
Russian art to this country.
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Judge and Mrs. Sidney Ballou,
of New York, accompanied by
their daughter. Mrs. Evan Fisher,
are passing a week at the Carlton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
LEADER DROPS
The OPPOSITION
Fishman Of Cleveland
Writes to c.. E. c..

The Central Executive Commit
tee has received the following
communication from Comrade M.
Fishman, one of the erst-while lead
ers Of the Foster -Bittelman group
in the Cleveland District. We
herewith reprint the same for the
information of the party member
ship:
"Dear Comrades:
"As a member of the District
Executive Committee and of the
District Polcom of District No. 6,
l find it necessary, in the interest
of party unity, to make the follow
ing statement:
Gas former supporter of the
Minority Of the Central Executive
Committee, I sever connections
and disassociate myself from the
Minority for the following reasons:
"a-The Minority failed to re-
pudiate the statement signed by
Costrell, Aronberg and Cannon
which 1 believe was one of the
ways by which the Trotzky agent
Continued on Page Fiue)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
PROTEST ARREST
OF TOMBSTONE
NY .WorkersDenounce
British Imperialism

A telegram of protest was sent
to the British ambassador in Wash
ington last night by a mass meet
ing in Irving Plaza Hall, 18th st.
and Irving Pl., which denounced bit
terly the arrest and Imprisonment
of Jack tombstone, for speaking
against British imperialism in the
name of a world federation of anti
imperialist leagues before the Indian
Trade Union Council in Djara, India
The telegram was based upon a
unanimous resolution adopted by the
meeting in the name of the New
York branch of the All-Americs
Anti-Imperialist League. the Trade
Union Educational League, aid tia
International Labor Defense
VIM. 2. Foster, national secretary
of the Trade Union Educational
League, in his speech said, eve rely
on the power and solidarity of the
workers of the world, to save Jack
tombstone from the death which
British imperialism so freely visits
upon leaders of the workers in its
conquered territories"
Robert Minor, editor of the Daily
Worker, said that the greatest need
of the, present movement was a uni
ted front of the workers of this
country and the masses of Latin
America in opposition to the next
world war.
Nearing showing the increasing
investment of U. S. capital in Latin
America, as well as a tremendous
increase in trade.
George Pershing, field organizer
of the A. A. A. l. L., discussed the
growing militarization of the U. s.
He showed how $118,000,0O0 was
being spent for the military training
camps, officers reserve, etc, besides
the millions directly for the army
and navy.
Karl Reeve of the l. L. D. stressed
the world character of white terror.
showing how the imperialist powers
united against revolutionists every
where thruout the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Haywood Memoirs Begin IN
This Issue. OF the "Daily'

AT last what all have been eagerly
waiting for, "Bill Haywood's Book
begins today on the back page OF
the Daily Worker. The great drama
of labor that was Haywood's vivid
life should not be missed by any
one, particularly any worker inter
ested in the inspiring struggles of
his or her class.
BY arrangement with the Inter-
national Publishers company, the
Daily Worker holds exclusive rights
to serial publication of this great
work of one of the most famous re-
volutionary leaders of America.
Without extra cost, a subscription
to the Daily Worker will give you
access to this work of Bill Haywood
All who have not sent in subscrip-
tions so far, should do so at once.
Those arriving within ten days are
privileged to ask for back numbers
containing the Haywood memoirs.
Do not miss one issue of this won
dertul story by delaying a day.
Further, the Daily Worker knows
that throughout America are thou
sands of workers, comrades and fell
low-workers of "Big Bill" workers
in mine, mill and shop, agricultural,
railroad, construction--workers of
all kinds, who have been enlightened
ard inspired by Haywood in the de-
cades of his leadership of the class
struggle in America. To them the
Daily Worker extends a comradely
invitation to write about their own
c tact ith Haywood, how they met
him, their impressions of his person
ality, what he did or said that gave
them light and inspiration in prac-
tical daily struggle against the en-
ploying class.
Style and grammar are not re-
quired. No worker need withhold
his contribution toward enriching
the memory Of Bill Haywood among
American workers because of poor
English or lack of experience in
writing. "Big Bill" belongs to the
American workers-all of them. His
life was for thirty years story of
their struggles. The Daily Worker
wishes them to participate in bring
ing to the workers of the present
generation-and those of the future
"a realization and a pride in the
struggles of the past. Tell of the
Haywood you knew!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
SILK WORKERS
TO HOLD meet
New Union Elections by
Membership Saturday

PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 4.-Tex-
tile workers of. Paterson are being
called to general membership meet
ing of the National Textile Workers
Union tomorrow, Saturday at p.
nj. in Oakley's Hall, 211 Market st.
Permanent officials and committees
will be elected and organizationaI
measures decided upon at this meet
ing. Admission will be by member
ship card only, according to the
union announcement.
Martin Russak, leading member of
the Paterson silk union, in a letter
to the Daily Worker, tells of the con-
conditions of the silk workers in
Paterson. Russak writes:
Real Union Assumes Leadership.
"The National Textile Workers
Union recently formed in Paterson
out of the wreckage of the Asso-
ciated, is swiftly assuming the
leadership of the textile workers in
their struggle for organization and
conditions. Sporadic strikes are
breaking out every day against the
renewed offensive of the bosses. The
workers in the Brand Silk Co., the
Park Silk Co., and the Guaranty
Continued on Page Fiue)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

that he drew out a knife ready fol
action. The steel-wire fences
around the field, in which the EN-
ployment office was located, col
lapsed in several places under the
pressure of the jamming and push
ing in the crowd.
In addition to this one case, many
other workers were seen frozen.
The workers were furious in their
anger. The workers went without
any food or sleep. Many workers,
amongst them young and Negro
workers, were seen sleeping on the
backs of the men that stood ahead
of them. When the office was
opened, the officials picked out the
workers CAST were hired out of I'll
the tens of thousands there), and
they were sure to select the hus-
kiest.
--J0BLESS WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Jessica Smith to Talk
on Women in the Soviet
Union Tomorrow Night

After spending a number of
years in the Soviet Union studying
the life and working conditions of
women in the New Russia, Jessica
Smith, author of "Women in the
Soviet Union," who recently re-
Gently returned to this country, will
address the Workers School Forum.
26 Union Square, tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock, on the same subject
her book deals with.
She will include in her lecture the
various aspects of Soviet peasant
life which she observed during her
long stay. A particularly interest
ing part of her lecture will be the
sex and family relations in the
workers republic, the housing
question, and various other related
subjects.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
new BEDFORD
FOR The C. E. C.
Opposition De fe a tie d
by Big Majority

Especial to the Daily Worker
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. d.
AT a membership meeting of the
Workers (Communist) Party in
New Bedford, the Central Executive
Committee of the party was over.
whelmingly endorsed by the mem
bers who were the leaders in the
heroic textile strike last year. The
vote for the Central Committee was
30 against one for the Opposition.
Eight abstained because of Ian
guage difficulties, not being able to
understand English well enough.
The resolution follows:
"The membership meeting of the
Workers (Communist) Party of
New Bedford, Mass, after hearing
the report of Comrade Feline for
the Central Executive Committee of
our party, and Comrade Weisman
for the Opposition, herewith de-
cides:
"1-We agree with the Com
munist International and the Gen.
trail Executive Committee of our
party ir y estimation of the con-
diticrs la .nis country relative to
the status of American imperial
ism and the extent of rehabilitation
alschp the American workers.
Back Fight on Right Danger.
We agree with the position
# the Ctf rr'- Ire to it's fight
againS e.. lyer in our
Co.Gtm d ua I'uf4e Tico
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
FORD PICKS LESS THAN 500 MEN OUT OF 10000
obss Freeze All Night; Police Use C Ford Prosperity

name is Leon Seegey (his name is
mentioned in the Times article). He
was able to tell me that he was
amongst the first to be in line,
having started waiting at o'clock
the night before.
The. Times and News both say
that the men were good -natured
and that there were no disturbances
except one. This is a lot of boloney,
because there were at least dozen
disturbances, and in some cases, the
policemen beat up the workers
when there was a rush to the line.
The workers were indignant and
swore like hell, cursing everything
from Ford to Coolidge prosperity.
The disturbances sometimes devel-
oped into sort. of semi-riots, for
even the News reports one disturb
ance in which a worker was an
tagonized by cop to the extent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

Plant Employment Office. l in
quireA in regards to the Ford an
nouncement that he would hire
10000 men by March 1st. He called
it so much bunk, and added that as
far as he knows it was impossible
for Ford to give work to even
10000 men, not to even think of
10000.
AS to the huge crowds of workers
who swarmed around the Ford EN-
ployment office here. The line
began at 8 p. m. last night. When
l arrived at the plant at this
morning, two Negro workers were
carrying a fellow to police car.
| was able to speak to the two
Negro workers and to the worker
whom they were carrying and l
found out that this workers legs
and hands were completely para
lyzed as a result Of freezing. His
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Soviet Pianist Will Portray
1917" at Lenin Memorial

The Russian revolution of 1917
from the first rumbling outbreak to
the overthrow of the car, the subse-
quent victory over the bourgeoisie
and then the triumphant entry of
the workers and peasants into
power-all this will be conveyed in
music to the many thousands of
men and women at the Lenin men,
orial meeting, Saturday evening,
January 10, in Madison Square
Garden.
Composer a Revolutionists.
Jascha Fisherman, noted Rus
sian pianist, and formerly inspector
of music conservatories for the U.
S. S. R., will offer the special num-
ber "1917" by Kruschenc, in keep
ing with the spirit of the demon
stration against the growing i'm
perialist war danger. Kruschenc,
the composer of the now famous
revolutionary number, is himself a
worker and took and active part in
the revolution which led to the es-
tabliFlmer$ Of a workers and pea
SAINTS republic.
Music For Workers.
Fisherman came to America less
than year ago. He was men,
ber of the Moscow Committee on
Music in Schools and Conserva-
tories. He speaks with high praise
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Extend the Time for
Greetings to ''Daily''

The Daily Worker has decided
to extend the time during which
greetings and advertisements for
its fifth anniversary can be sent
in. So many telephone calls were
received yesterday from workers
and workingclass organizations
asking for more time that it was
decided to make the whole of the
following week Daily Worker An
niyersary Week during which
greetings and ads will be printed.
Many workingclass organizations
which are meeting over the week
end are planning to assign gen.
crous sums to the 'Daily" for
birthday greetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
RIVERSIDE DRIVE
JE EWELRY VERSUS
WORKERS LIVES
Fire Chief UnWorried
at Tenement Horrors
of Death in Flames
Sweaters; Half Price"
Negro Workers Die for
Landlords Profits

Big headline, front page, yester-
days capitalist, papers: "Resi-
dents, Riverside Drive, complain
firemen steal articles during fires.
That's important! Another head
line, not nearly so large: "Two
tenement Fires Take Tool of
Lives"
Fire Chief Kenlon much con-
cerned about thievery from the
wealthy on Riverside Drive. Lines
up 43 battalion chiefs and IA depu-
ties, to clay down the law" Some
way or another dead workers in
the tenement house fires are "for-
gotten" The fire chief is not wor-
ried about the lives of workers who
have to live in tenement fire e-traps.
but only about the trinkets of the
rich.
Death Traps.
The two tenement fires, early
yesterday morning, were at 283 E.
Houston St., in the crowded lower
East Side, and at 352 st. Nicholas
Ave, in the Negro tenement dis
trict of Harlem.
On Houston street, off the Bow
cry. there are literally dozens OF
ancient fire-traps,. filled to over.
| flowing with the families Grr work.
ers, many of them foreign-born
The blaze that turned the four
story junk-heap at 283 into roar
ing furnace and took two lives
could as easily have happened to
practically any building in the ter
rible slum district.
We may guess the reason why it
haprened at number 2S3 Houston
st. and not at any other number
from the following:
Fire SaIev
The reporter for the Daily
Worker was somewhat amazed,
when approaching the building,
with the ashes hardly cold, to note
that the clothing store on the first
floor had big sign up, "Fire
Sale" twenty feet long by four
deep. Fast work! Must have had
advance notice of the fire. Inside,
the proprietor was piling stuff in
the windows with a pleased sort of
look; very much satisfied, evidently,
to be selling out "at so cents on
the dollar"
Up in Harlem, on st. Nicholas
avenue, the bleak front of number
352 showed no sign of fire-escape.
Neighbors said that there is a fire
escape in the rear, "but it hain't
any good" Just an excuse of a
fire-escape. Not to be reached
from all apartments. "And at the
bottom, there's no way of getting
to the ground but jest falling off"
Only one of thousands of old
fire-traps, rented to Negro workers
at top prices. Wooden stair-cases.
No central heating. A hundred
Negro families in it and adjoining
tenements driven out by fire that
swept up from the basement and
killed James Townes, waiter, and
his wife, Margaret, a housemaid.
Somewhere, the landlord of that
whole string of fire-traps is en-
joying life. Collects his rent
through an agency. Keeps out of
sight of the Negro workers whom
he robs by proxy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
(By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Jan. Al went down
to the Ford Rouge Plant seeking
work myself. 1 arrived there at a
o'clock this morning, and at that
time there were at least 5000 work
ers already waiting for the en-
ployment office to open. BY 8
o'clock when the office opened there
were between 10000 and 10000
workers, although the capitalist pa
pers say that there were 10000
and some that there were $4,000.
This event is occupying the pre-
dominant sections of the capitalist
newspapers here, every one of them
having devoted front-page articles
to the thing.
l had the opportunity to inter-
view a fellow who said that he
worked in the Ford River Rouge
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
POLICE ARREST 40
IN BALBO PROTEST
Demonstrate at italian
Consulate
BULLETIN.

Forty Italian workers were ar
rested late last night while DEM
onstrating against the murderous
blackshirt envoy, Italo Balbo, be-
fore the Italian consulate at 22nd
ST. near 4th Ave.
Earlier in the evening they had
participated in the protest before
the Hotel Biltmore, where Balbo
was being feted by city officials.
"Down with Balbo! Murderer
Assassin! Down with Mussolini.
was the defiant greeting shouted by
over 200 Italian anti-fascist workers
at Italo Balbo, right hand man of
Mussolini, as, surrounded by a
strong guard of Whalen's efficient
police force, he entered the Hotel
Biltmore to be feted by the Walker
administration last night.
Long before he was scheduled to
appear, uniformed thugs of Tam
many swung their clubs threaten
ingly in the vicinity of the hotel.
Immediately Balbo's car pulled up,
the demonstrators surged forward.
Police, however, swung their clubs
viciously, and although the pickets
offered a strong resistance, they
were forced to retreat through the
crowd of spectators.
Italo Balbo, fascist murderer and
minister of aviation in Mussolini's
cabinet, was given another warm"
reception yesterday afternoon by
New York workers. Gathering at
43rd st. pier at / o'clock about 100
demonstrators, carrying banners,
hissed and booed the instigator of
the murder of hundreds of workers
as he was entering the new Italian
motorship, Vulcania, which arrived
here few days ago. An elaborate
reception was given to Balbo on the
ship by fascists and city officials.
About so police attempted to in
timidate the workers and to disrupt
the demonstration, but failed
When Balbo emerged at about
$3.50 another demonstration took
place. Tom De Fazio, secretary of
the committee which is in charge of
the demonstration against Balbo,
jumped on the running board of his
automobile and held placard before
his eyes until pulled away by a
policeman.
The International Labor Defense
and the Anti-Fascist Alliance ar
ranged the demonstration.