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The Washington times., 1929-12-18
.Midweek News Review
IA Tabloid Survey Of the Important News of the.
World, Interpreted for the Convenience
Of Those Who Want to Keep
Up With the Times

until after the Christmas holidays.
Not even the committee vacancies
of Importance have been filled. It
Is agreed that Senator Wesley
Jones of Washington win become
chairman Of the Senate Commit
tee on, Appropriations, succeeding
the late Senator Francis 3. War
rem, but the vacancy on the I'M
portant Senate Finance Commit
tee caused by the appointment q
Senator Edge as American Am
baSsador to France Is certain TO
be the center Of q fight.
Senator La Toilette, one OF the
leading O.. o. r. progressives Of
the upper chamber, whom Senator
Moses. administration leader, re-
Gently called "Soi-s Of the wild
jackass is q candidate Tor the
post, but his frequent opposition
to administration policies may
lead to his rejection.
The formal passage Of the tax
reduction bill came this week,
having wholesome effect on the
country. The lobby hearings have
been resumed. and Joseph n.
Grundy has taken his seat as
senator from Pennsylvania. follow
ing the final rejection Of Senator
elect Ware!
A futile fight was waged upon
Grundy by q group Of Democrats
and progreSsives. There proved,
however, to be little sentiment
among Senators 80 deny him q
seat. despite his Of .enssve remarks
regarding the backward states
of the west a-.d the way In which
he proposes TO disregard them
when tariff issues are being con-
Sidered.
The general feeling In Wash
ington IS that Grundy viii sue
coed Senator David A. Reed aS
the leading power in Pennsylvania
political matters.
The aviation event Of the week
has been the flight Of two Span
ish aviators from Seville TO .he
tropical jungles Of Brazil. After
completing their transatlantic
journey, the pair crashed near
Santo Antonio, but without
injury to themselves.
The Epaniards had to pick
their way over the Brazilian coast
lands in darkness and lost their
bearings. They had hoped to
make Montevideo. Uruguay. the
terminus of their flight.
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy
Of the District Supreme Court
resigned during the week, but his
successor has not yet been Rp-
pointed by President Hoover.
Justice Stafford and Hitz have
many supporters for the post.
There are numerous candidates
FOR the vacancy on the bench
created BY the retirement. among
them John e. Laskey and w.
w. MILAN.
The parents Of washington
who have children Lii the local
high schools win be saved more
than 500 900 annually as the re-
suit OF free text book" legisIar
tion which seems certain to pass
both houses or Congress. 1t al
ready has been enacted by the
Senate.
The Washington times., 1929-12-18

The forebodings Of possible dis.
aster in the forthcoming London
conference for naval limitation
were eased a bit this week by
the arrival Of the japanese dele
gates to the parley in Wash
ington.
The suave Nipporiese are ready
to add their support to the cause
President Hoover and Premier
Macdonald have espoused. They
are asking, however, for an I'm
portant modification Of the 5-5-3
ratio agreed upon ct the Wash
ington naval conference IN 1922.
Japan now wants. Q fleet Of
cruisers and auxiliary vessels at
least 10 per cent as strong In
tonnage and gun power as those
Of the United States and Great
Britain. She also wants q free
hand In the construction Of sub
marines. against which type Of
vessel the British have proposed
q ban remembering the havoc
played by them on British ship
ping during the World War.
The position Of the American
Government with reference to
these demands II now being
clarified In conferences between
Secretary Of State StimSon and
the Japanese delegates.
60 ]
In the meantime the tempera.
mental difficulties between France
and Italy show no signs Of dim
inishing. It begins to be appar-
ent that 1t viii tske the com
bined influence Of the United
States and the British empire
to make the London conference
q real success.
A minor rift In President
HOoYer's business symphony" de-
velOped this week in the contro-
versy between the Federal Farm
Board and the United States
Chamber of Commerce over the
formers policy with reference to
agricultural cO-OperativeS.
julius Barnes and other bust
ness men Of the Midwest declare
that the farm boards policy viii
pat the grain interests "out Of
business, inasn1uch aS vast sums
of money are being loaned to the
co-operatives at an interest rate
for below what the grain and
Warehousing interests are forced
to pay to the banks.
Against this form Of competi-
ton, which they cali unfair" the
grain men are ready to test the
constitutions Of the act In the
United States Supreme Court II
necessary.
Business conditions show defin-
tie signs OF becoming stabilized,
despite the stock market crash,
and the wild rumors' Of rising
tide Of unemployment current q
week ago have proved to be
largely unfounded.
President Hooyer'S program Of
dealing with q possible Industrial
slump has been effective so far,
He has succeeded in gaining the
cooperation Of the most iT1fluen-
tiaE business interests in the ma.
tion and the labor interests as
vel.
All the major difficulties in
Congress have been postponed
The Washington times., 1929-12-18
WeagIey Is President
of County Farm Body

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Dec. II.
Roy G. r. Weagley, Of Beaver
Greek, was elected president OF
the Washington County Farm
Bureau at the monthly meeting
held in HagerstoWTl.
Other officers elected were Leo
A. CohiIl, cecil s. Faiaes and
Richard Seibert. vice.presidents;
j. Kieffer Funk, secretary; G. p.
Fahrney, treasurer: Howard 8.
GroSsnickle, s. j. MullendOre,
Amos u. Reeder. j. A. Wilson and
w. II. Cunningham, councillors.
Cunningham was elected 9
delegate to the State convention
and Jacob Ankeney as alternate.
The Washington times., 1929-12-18

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Dec. H.
Grapon Glace. 40. was arrested
by Sheriff william r. Harvey on
q disorderly conduct charge. He
was found In q vacant lot, some
100 yards from the Oldtown
Road, neaf Mapleside, head up
lifted in fearful prayer, stark
naked. and standing In water up
to his ankles. just as indicated by
the sheriff's informers over the
telephone.
He said he was prophet OF
God and that he had heard the
cali to 60 forth, disrobe, and cry
In the rain. The sheriff ordered
him to dress and repair to his
home nearby. where his wife and
The Washington times., 1929-12-18
Boy Struck by Auto
In Serious Condition

Knocked down BY an autonO-
bile in the 800 block Fourteenth
st. N. e., yesterday afternoon,
william Batenan, 9, Of SCI
Fourteenth st. N. r., was being
treated ct Casualty Hospital last
night for severe head injuries,
sprained back and shock.
Police say the automobile was
operated by Richard Higdon, 2015
Douglas st. N. 3.
The Washington times., 1929-12-18
TEACHERS TO, CONFER

EAEERSTCWN, Md, Dec. Is.
"A conference Of the rural ele.
mentary supervisors Of public
schools Of Western Maryland viii
be held In Hagerstown during the
latter part OF January. Miss
Electra Ziegler. music instructor
for this county, win have charge
OF the demonstrations ct the con-
ference.
The Washington times., 1929-12-18
APPL ES. BARRELS BURN

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. Dec. l8.
Three hundred bushels Of apples
and 500 barrels were destroyed
when q large packing shed on the
fruit farm Of j. Andrew CohiIl
was burned near Hancock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

money to get out the May First is
sue of 100000 and 1885,, 900 election
specials Did you ever try to buy
a couple Of carloads of paper?
Think we get it for nothing?
By the time Ravitch got well
started, we felt like passing around
the hat. But that wouldn't raise
much in the editorial room, where
we counted it lucky when Santa left
us half-pay the day before Christ
mas.
What's the answer? You tell
'em, Ravitcl!
81. More readers; more subscrib-
ers! Don't think your duty is done
by forking over three lousy cents
copy. 1t costs that much or more
to get to you. But thousands of
new subscribers would reduce the
cost on each copy. so The Daily
Worker would be self-supporting.
See the point? Now each worker
can get someone to subscribe; team
work counts. Organize Daily
Worker Sundays get out and get
busy. Don't let prospect escape!
"2 The Daily Worker Sustain
ing Fund; ever hear about it?
Well, it shouldn't be kept a dark
secret. The Parry isn't underground
yet. Take up the Sustaining Fund
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
India Indignation Flames at
Murder of Lola LQj Pat Rag

the boycott cf the Simon Commits
sion.
Lala Laj Pat Raj was about so
years of age. He was a lawyer by
profession and entered the nation
alist movement thirty years ago.
For the last 26 years he was the
center of the radical nationalist
movement for Indian independence.
He was twice in prison on account
of his activities-in 1907 and IN
1924. During the imperialist war
he was compelled to go to the
United States in order to escape the
persecution of the British police in
India. He was a writer of consid-
cradle ability and has left behind
him a number of scientific works
relating to Indian politics and eco
nomics, among them being ENG
lands Debt to India" He was pres
ident of the Special Session of the
Indian National Congress held in
Calcutta in 1920. He was also a
we'll known social reformer and did
a great deal for the abolition of the
caste system, the enlightenment Of
Indian womanhood and the spread
of elementary education among the
masses.
Since his return from the exile
in the U. S. A. he was active in the
organization of the trade union
movement of India. He was presi-
dent of the First All-India Trade
Union Congress held at Bombay in
1920. In 1925 he attempted to start
an Indian Labor Party, but he was
not successful in this. Lala Laj Pat
Raj, however, regarded the Indian
labor movement from the philan-
thropic bourgeois standpoint which
wishes to utilize it for its own ends.
The Indian proletariat strongly
condemns this deliberate and brutal
murder of Lala Laj Pat Raj and
calls upon the world revolutionary
proletariat to take action against
the bloody reign Of Imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Fine Articles in
Third Anniversary
of Labor Defender

With the January issue the Labor
Defender, monthly organ of the In
ternational Labor Defense, con-
cludes it's third year. The number
is one of the most interesting that
the Labor Defense hat yet issued.
1t opens with an article by Lenin,
"On Equality" a brilliant discussion
of sham bourgeois democracy, il
lustrated- with photographs never
before published in this country. The
article is printed in commemoration
of the fifth anniversary of Lenin's
death, which occurs this month.
The magazine contains an excel
lent article by Robert w. Dunn, en-
titled "Super- -Salesmanship and Bay
onets," which summarizes the re-
suits of Hoover's imperialist tour
in Latin America and tells of the
terror instituted against workers
and peasants in the Latin Ane.ican
countries ID at the instigation of
American Imperialism.
An article of unusual interest is
New Unions Framed-up," by Nor
man Tallentire, assistant national
secretary of the International Labor
Defense, which tells of the efforts
made by the capitalist courts TO
crush the new unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
TROUBLES? LIKE THORNS ON A PRICKLY PEAR
Want Lose Weight? Be Manager and Turn Heels D,ue

Caesar, it was, who wanted about
him "fat men, such as sleep O.
nights" Now Daily Worker read
ers should know that Julius wasn't
looking at the employees of the Daily
Worker. And this goes, also, for
the Business Manager, A. Ravitch,
who complains that he has lost Is
pounds since he took the job, and
hasn't got enough money to put in
want ad asking the finder to re-
turn them to 26 Union Square.
Apprehendcd in one of his rare
lucid moments, after a little game
of hide-and-seek with bill collectors,
Ravitch vouchsafed several COM
ments which it would do well to
paste in your hat.
Some workers think, it appears,
that 1t is everybody's' business but
their own to support the Daily
Worker. "Lct them go out and get
advertisements" they say. "Look
at the Daily Gasbag. It gets oodlcs
of kale for ads. So does the Weekly
Liverwurst, the slowshilest paper.
Why don't Ravitch get 'em?"
eve had banks ad, once" says
Ravitch, "but the bank president
dent appreciate our policy. Schluss.
No more ads. Then we were slip
ping up on a radio company one
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Bv MAGARAB.

The death of Lala Laj Pat RaJ
was due, according to Reuter-, to
heart failure, but according to the
press interview given by his son his
death was due to deliberate mur-
der on the part of Imperialism In
order to suppress the radical indie
pendent movement of India. Ac-
cording to Lahore telegram in the
Bombay Chronicle" of October 80,
a large crowd had assembled out
side the railway station to demon
strate against the Simon Commits
sion. The police made special at
tacks upon the leaders, selecting
them out individually for this pur-
pose, and Lala Laj Pat Raj, who be-
came the special object of their at
tention, was severely injured. The
telegram states:
"The Simon Commission arrived
here this afternoon by special train.
The arrival and departure at all
stations were private and police
precautions were taken all along the
line. The entire Lahore station
area was closely guarded by the po-
lice and barbed wires were used to
keep out the demonstrators. Dem
onstrators, numbering several thou
sands, headed by Lala Laj Pat Raj,
took up position against the
barbed wires, carrying black flags
and crying: Go back Simon The
police charged the unarmed crowd,
in spite of it's non-violent charac-
ter, injuring Lala Lai Pat Raj and
other leaders like Hans Raj, DR..
Gopi Chand and DR.. Satya Pal"
The same evening huge protest
meeting, attended by over $4,000
people, of whom more than half
were workers from local factories
and workshops, was held in the La
hore municipal gardens. Lala Laj
Pat Raj, ihodgh severely wounded,
attended the meeting and described
the attack.
The nationalist world of India is
extremely malignant at these mur-
derous tactics &C imperialism, and
this has considerably strengthened
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

day, and had its president posing
his pen over the dotted line for a
page contract, when an American
Legion officer dropped in and
shouted, 'Bolshevik paperp Ach,
another payday gone for the Daily
staffw
So, surprising as it is, capitalists
cannot be depended upon to support
the Communist papers. So Ravitch
has to be found by an editorial
searching party on pay-days, and is
kept busy lodging India rubber
checks, trying to insure that you,
beloved but tight-fisted reader, will
get your Daily tomorrow.
Besides capitalists, who are there?
You've guessed it. And who among
the workers should especially realize
financially, that they should support
the Communist press? Right again,
the Communists! But they don't,
says Ravitch. They'll die for the
Party, but they appear to believe
that their DAILY" gains support
from the east wind-the regular diet
of its editorial staff, with snow
balls and brickbats eli casserole.
De you think it was an easy job,
giving away 100000 free copies TO
striking miners and textile workers
last year? Ever think it cost
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
'"CARRY YOUR GUM"
THE DAILY WORKER

smelling garbage can that would ac-
cept you without protest.
Nor can you just stand there and
mark time.
This is forward march" period
and if you are proud of the title
"proletarian vanguard" then fight!
Carry your gun, comrade-the
Daily Worker.
Stick it right under the nose of
every worker in your shop, in your
neighborhood.
Tell the workers that the Daily
Worker shoots straight, that each
day, with gattling-gun rapidity, it
lays low the Vaccinations of the
war hounds and all their puppies.
Lend both hands and all your en-
ergy to place our Daily Worker bat
terry in a more strategic position Sc
that it may have wider range.
A subscription is an enlistment
into our army.
A donation is ammunition.
You are a deserter unless, with
Daily Worker in your hand ant
your finger in the trigger, yol
march forward daily with our Dali,
to bring in new recruits.
Shoulder your gun, the Dali,
Worker, comrade!
And into the heat of battle thi
minute!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
TACTICS IN FIGHT
I ON WAR DANGER

| Pacifism blinds the masses to the
necessity for defense of the Soviet
Union, and lead to opposition to the
Red Army, which defends the work
ers and peasants-with the aid of
the proletariat of ether countries
against the hostile forces of world
capitalism and counter-revolution.
Pacifism prevents effective support
for the colonial masses against i'm
rerialist rule.
AS war approaches, there are in
creased efforts to deceive the masses
by talk of "peace" treaties, "good-
WILL" etc. These false pretenses
must be exposed
At the present time, closer con-
tact must be established with the
masses of Latin America, which
plays a more and more important
role in the struggle against imperi-
alism. We must be prepared to aid
and cooperate with the workers and
peasants of Latin America.
Many Results.
Revolutionary work within the
armed forces is of the greatest
Importance, in view of the war dan
ger. Results already achieved by
the Young Workers (Communist)
League show that real work can be
carried on in a volunteer army. The
American military forces are not
composed entirely of professionals" "
as many believe, but of young work
ers who were forced into the service
by hunger and unemployment, and
who were deceived by recruiting Of
ficers. The army, navy and marine
corps, however, constitute only a
fraction of the war time army of
American imperialism. The Ma
tional Guard, the Citizens Military
Training Camps, the Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps, rifle clubs fl
nanced by the government, Naval
Reserves and dozen other kinds of
reserves, 'cadets" in high schools,
patriotic military societies, ETC., all
constitute the armed forces of Wall
Street, and our propaganda and or
ganizational efforts must be carried
on in all of these organizations, The
organizational work must be pre-
pared to function most efficiently
during war.
We must not forget the masses
lof young workers who will be
drafted into the war time army, and
that we must explain to these young
workers their role during war.
All revolutionary forces of the
workers must be modified immedi-
ately for struggle against imperial
ist war, and for preparation for
revolutionary action during this in
evitable and rapid approaching con-
| flict.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Unity Cooperative = Story
OF Year OF Development

Cooperative is an amalgamation of
three small cooperatives: two hous-
ing Operatives and one camp. The
two houses, one on 29th st. and
Lexington Ave. (rented) and the
other on 10th and Lexington Ave.
(owned) and the camp in Peekskill
N. Y. (rented), were cooperatives
with a membership only of those
who lived in those houses. Alto
.gether they numbered about one
hundred. Being limited to the men,
bership of those who lived in the
houses, the organizations could not
grow.
1t is not quite two years since
the Unity Camp in Wingdale, N. Y,
was bought, but in this short period
it has acquired such reputation that,
no matter how many accommoda-
tions were prepared, it was still too
small to take care of the numerous
visitors who came last summer. The
camp is now worth over $150,000.
Last summer, during the few months
of vacation, the camp accommodate
ed almost 10000 workers. In addi-
tion to the physical rest that the
workers got in camp at a nominal
price, it has become a place for
spiritual and cultural DEVELOPMENT
through lectures and entertainments.
The Unity Cooperative has sound
foundation, and its scope and influ-
ence insures it great success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
AWAKENING BEGINS
AMONG SOLDIERS

cur bodies were racked with the pain
ana poison Of snake bites. of mos
cuitoes and sand fleas, when we
lay sick with malaria and the Of
ficers forced rs to take the place of
oxen to pull The heavy guns through
the mud Of the Nicaraguar jung!es,
we learned the business of the revo-
lutionary army of Sandino. AS we
fired upon the helpless natives in
Panama, Nicaragua, Hawaii, the
Philippines, ETC., VIC knew that only
the power of the Washington-Wall
Street government was absolute.
Now we are awakening. Paul
Crouch Walter Trumbull, John
Porter have shown the way to
organization. We have the guns!
We are the power that has enslaved,
oppressed and exploited the peoples
of all lands. Slowly but surely we
ere realizing that we should be the
defenders of the working-class and
rot their oppresSors, for, we, are the
/ WOEhlIlS CldSS.
This is true. The soldiers, sailors
and marines are learning their role
in the exploitation of the masses.
Throughout my enlistment I saw the
snoldering fire of a uniformed pro-
letariat (the army that was be-
ginning to blaze out here and there
in revolt against the intolerable con-
ditions that are imposed by force
upon the servicemen.
Wall Sreet's uniformed slaves are
awakening. Court. martials are I'M
prisoning them. They are being
beaten in jails, starved and tortured
but they cannot be stopped.
Was in Army.
I was also soldieSn the army
and served in Hawaii but l, with the
hundreds of others have seen the
true role of the soldier as defender
of his class. Ex-servicemen and the
soldiers, sailors @g1d marines must
ioin forces with Nthe only working
class party organization in the
United States to free their fellow
workers from the enslavement OF
exploitation Under the rule of the
Wall reet-Washington Dictator
ship.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

in all workers organizations; each
should send regular contribution
monthly to the only English labor
oaily and see that members sub
scribe to the paper that fights their
battles.
"3. Strange as it may seem. the
American revolution will not be won
in the Chinese language, Czecho-
Slovak sy,lables or even Jewish
vowels, but in Americanized Eng
lish, and those workers who are ac-
customed to take their Communist
press in foreign tongues would do
the revolution favor by seeing
that their children read the Daily
Worker. No children? Why, the
East Side is full of 'em. Adopt one
into the Daily Worker family"
There you have it! Br'ld the
Sustaining Fund; come to life and
go after subs. 1t is most i'm
pcrtant class activity. The Daily
Worker is growing in circulation,
but not fast enough. We should
have 100000 subs cribcrs, like the
French "Humanite." Ravitch is
sure tina; if you, and I, and all of
us, get busy, the Sixth Anniver-
sary will show the Daily Worker
two or three times bigger and bet
ter than today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Bv ALFRED WAGENKNECHT.
Executive Secretary, international
Labor Defense.)

The trouble seems to be, COM
rades, that we are not on war
footing.
American imperialism is prepar-
ing to do lots of shooting.
American imperialism is mobiliz-
ing the industries, the reactionary
labor bureaucracy, the unthinking
workers, the pacifists and social re-
formers.
Admirals and generals are polish
ing their swords.
The venal press is bombarding
the populace to inculcate humor
for slaughter.
The heavy hand of the law even
today grasps the throat of our new
industrial unions-miners, textile
and needle, trades-and seeks t.
suppress every proletarian instru
ment that stands in it's way.
More arrests, more trials-tht
jails fill; deportations, persecution
and terror.
These are signs of the times.
Big Business is shouting" "Shoul
der Guns"
And you-maybe you are a paci
fist and if so we know of a foul