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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23
MOBILIZE FOR MAY DAY

following is partial list of International May Day meetings
urged to Immediately listing
speakers meetings. where
herwise noted, meetings on May l.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco Speakers:
E. Gardos A. Whitney D. Elinger, Negro Mexican and YWL
Oakland April css. HALL 7G s, F St Speakers
Bragg April %. Speaker: E. CARLOS.
CARLOS
Los Angeles. to be announced.
CONNECTICUT.
Portchester M. AZ
DELAWARE
Wilmington 8 Speakers F. Mozer, Medin.
ILLINOIS.
Ave Speakers: J. L. Engdahl and others Openar demon
stration at D. M at Union Park Ashland Washington
Auditorium. Also 20 factory meetings
MARYLAND -al 81"
Baltimore p. Speakers: W. Murdoch, YWCL speaker.
MASSACHUSETTS.
New Bedford zss Bristol Arena. Purchase ST. Speakers
Weisbord E. Keller. and Southern textile striker
Gardner May 5, p.
Detroit 1880 Daneeland Auditorium Woodward Forest
Speakers N. Tallentire others
Flint 1880 p. M Speaker A. Gerach
Saginaw 1880 p M M Speaker: A. zege s
Muskegon 1880 p. m. Speaker p Raymond
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis p Speakers: speakers
Sa pi M pss 9ea sn others
Chisholm, m. Local speakers.
NEW JERSEY
Newark Progressive Labor Center SO Mercer ST.
Jersey City, Ukrainian Workers Home 100 Mercer ST.
Brunswick, p. M, Home Plum
Paterson Carpenters Hall. 54.s Van Houten St.
Union City, M, Nepivodas Hail. 41s 21st st.
Perth Amboy p. m, Workers Home, 3os Elm St.
Elizabeth, May 5, 8 m, Liberty Hail. E. End St.
Trenton Speakers: W. Lawrence, and YWCL speaker.
NEW YORK
New York. N. Y Coliseum, E. 177h st. and Bron1
Yonkers, May IS m, Workers cooperstive Center g.
R may Hungarian m HAIL. Spring s
Rochester 81 R. B. Auditorium I72 Clinton Ave &c.
Niagara Falls Hippodrome Hall, Pine
Schenectady Hail. II Mohawk Ave- (Scoia N "
Syracuse May Kosciusco Hall Tega and W. Fayete s
io sy May n 7sa A H s Hail. state sls e ST. St.
Utica, May AS p. m, W. C. Lyceum.
Lackawanna, May B. Pm
Cleveland Public Hail.
Canton Music Hail. 81 Tusearara ST. Speaker
May 81 w..1s St Speaker s, Van ve
1880 p m. Speaker: Jack
Ashabula, April 2s. Speaker J. Marshall.
Liverpool April 2s 2p West 9Th St. Speaker: sivert
Yorkvle April a. Msko Bldg. Speaker: Van Veen
PENNSYLVANIA.
Pittsburgh, p. m, Lyceum, 35 Miller st.
Philadelphia, Speakers: R. Minor, H. BENJAMIN and
Chester p M Speakers: Thomas YwcL speaker
Allentown p Speakers L. P. Lemley YwCL speaker
Minersviie s p M
E Ms sgd sS m scandinavian Hal. 7ol state st.
RHODE ISLAND.
Providence 8 D. M Speakers: J. r. Reid, L. Nardena.
WISCONSIN,
Superior D. M Speakers: Puro Watkins local
There will also be May Day meetings following thu
yet been received: New Haven. Waterbury
lay 81 Bridgeport and other cities. ..-A---4-4--
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23

From Russian Poetry: An Anhology translated By Babet
ch and Avrahn Yarnolinsky, International PubShers)
1t was day like any other,
The same dull sky, the same drab street.
There was the usual angry pother
From the policeman on the beat.
Proud of his new caotte's fine lustre,
The arch-prest strutted down the nave;
And the pub rocked with braw and buster,
Where scamps gulped down what fortune gave.
The market-women buzzed and bickered
Like flies above the honey-pots
The burghers' spouses danced and dickered,
Eyeing the diapers latest lot
An awe-struck peasant stared and suffered
Regarding official door
Where yellow rags of paper fluttered:
A dead ukase of months before
The fireman ranged his tower, surveying
The roofs, like the chained bears one sees;
And soldiers marched like slaves, obeying
The dril-sergeant's obscenities.
Slow carts in caravans went winding
Backward, where floury stevedores moled;
And, under convoy, in the binding
Dust of the road a student toiled
Berating some good pal and brother,
drunken hand was loud in scorn ..
Russia was aching with the thorn
And bearing her old cross, poor mother,
That day, day like any other,
And not soul knew that-LENIN WAS BORNi
Tod, 40 Tho b;rtbof
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23

Today the 59th anniversary of the birth of Lenn This
tribute him Bedy born 1885, Oho probably the
the Union His
the Red Army and BY clssconScos 10orks and thru
the SolyetT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23

Tomorrow we will discuss the
homes in Latin-American Harlem.
We will go to Park Avenue, the
street of two classes.
Tenants are invited to write in
freely to the Daily Worker, de-
scribing the conditions under which
they are forced to live. The letters
will be published as they come in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23
No One Knew
BY DEMYAN BEDNY. =

Fo Russian Poetry An AnthoogH translated By Babette
Oeutsch and AVTdh YGronsk International PubSherS)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23
PermanentIY JObless.

U. S. Department of Commerce
figures show that the number of
workers in productive industries has
declined 1,564,000 since 1920. Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
REASON By Ff hASBHS

XXTE glad that the fact that he dresses we'll did
w not hurt Mayor Walker in his campaign for re-
election in New York, and those who ridiculed him
for 1t displayed dense Ignorance of human nature
The people want man to be himself, whether that
means to put on style or wear horse blanket.
James Hamilton Lewis proved this When first
candidate for congress in the state of Washington he
went among the dock workers, riot of color and
elegance but they supported him because they recog-
nized his ability and liked his courage wearing what
he pleased.
Several gentlemen in congress sought to make fun
of Lewis because he dressed they would have done
had they had the necessary nerve but after he replied
to them they needed first aid and in little WHILE
Sneering at the genius from the northwest ceased to
be popular diversion.
THE late Albert j. Beveridge dazzled Indiana audi
l. ences of the eighties when fresh from De Paw
university, he mounted the political stump in plug hat
high collar and Prince Albert coat but his eloquence
dazzed them even more and he could have worn any
thing after he had spoken ten minutes.
Daniel Webster appreciated the value of an i'm
preSSve appearance, so he was a sartoral triumph
whenever he arose to demosh an adversary, such as
Hayne of South Carolina, in the old senate chamber
now used by the supreme court.
And in his day. clothes clothes high collars,
black stocks, ruffed shirts, claw hammer coats.
Henry Clay also relied heavily on his tailor as YOU
will realize you will glance at his stately figure in
that old steel engraving which pictures him making his
farewell speech in the senate.
In fact, almost all of them of that time dressed as
carefully for the statesmans part did actor play
ing the role Of emperor.
ND back Of them, the fathers of the republic were
~ the last word in elegance. The gentlemen who
signed the Declaration of independence did not look
the part OF revolutioniss in their powdered wigs silk
wastcoatS, knee trousers, silk stockings and svered
buckled shoes.
We are even told, you know, that the signing of
that declaration hurried by the fact that flies
from nearby livery stable bit the gentlemen through
their silk hosiery
The greatest Of all blunders is for one to dress
down to his audience, for the people justly resent
such an aectation an insult to their intelligence
The late j Sloat Fassett ruined himself one night
when running for Governor because he took of his
coat while addressing Bowery audience in New York
Abraham Lincoln in his impressed attire was
striking contrast to the superbly CARRIED Stephen A
Douglas in their famous joint debates in illinois, bu;
the people liked his indifference because it natural
and they liked the broadcloh Of the Little Giant be-
cause that was natural
Be yourself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
The Community Fund

No one can fail to be interested IN the ap-
neal. made today, for funds for the Commun-
itv Fund from which are supported the vari-
GUS institutions and enterprises that are de-
signed to care for the needy, the suffering
and the future.
It is something more than charity, al
though charity is large part.
Each one Of these enterprises forms
necessary and important part of the COM
munity life. Each institution ministers to
great need.
That those who have met misfortune
must be cared for is self-evident. We are
no longer savages.
That the i'll, the injured the infirm must
be treated and restored, as far as possible, TO
health is based on something more than mere
pity.
The gathering of funds for all these en-
terprises at one time is sound practice. IL
eliminates waste of funds, for there IS
general supervision that prevents duplication
If effort that would inevitably result from
unorganized and undirected efforts OF we'll
intentioned and sympathetic persons to 1uinli
the same purpose and care for the same
needs.
Each year the needs increase, just as our
nresent mode of life makes for Increased
numbers of those who can not meet the new
industrial conditions.
The need this year is known That is one
Of the benefits of the community tuna. IL
does not guess as to the amount of money
that will be required for these essential pur-
poses of charity.
Were it not for this fund, and this CEN
trail organization, there is every reason TO
believe that many who need care and pro-
lection would fail to receive it. 1t IS very
certain that the burden upon society would
be vastly increased.
One Indiana city has failed in its efforts
To obtain its necessary funds. The condition
in that city is alarming to those who have
given the subject thought.
indianapolis must not fail. The enter
prise is righteous, it is scientific, it is neces-
sary and will be necessary as long as there
is human frailty and until social justice IS
completely achieved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
The Prospective Tax Cut

The administration for the time at least has sue
ceeded in its apparent purpose OF checking the Seaoy
decline in the stock market Prices renounoeo Oh e
news that tax reduction of $160OOOOoO would De
sought in the December session of congress The state
nent of Secretary Mellon interpreted as an ex-
nresson of confidence in fundamental business con-
dtons.
Presumably the President, Secretary Mellon anu
their advisers feared the effect the continued drop IN
prices might have the general business STRUCTURE
Heretofore they have approached the question OF TAX
reduction with extreme caution. Their statement was
sudden and unexpected
There has been talk of tax reduction since revenues
,or the first quarter of this fiscal year showed an in
crease over last of $128OOOOO0, indicating surplus
that would warrant cut of somewhere between
s2oo 100000 and s9OOoOo0OO An element of doubt en-
tered however since most of the increase was attrin
,d N taxes on stock market profits and profits were
being replaced by losses
II will be impossible to tell what effect current
business conditions will have revenues during the
next calendar year. until income tax returns are 1leo
on March 15 Corporation profits will not be known
until them nor the important TACT OF "haC tne
stock crash did to individual incomes, which provide
the bulk of the revenue.
Two of the 1880 quarterly tax payments will fall In
this fiscal year and two in the next for which bud
get now is being prepared
Preliminary figures for the next fiscal years budget
are 1880 100000 which is S11OOO0O0o below the sum
aouroprated for the current fiscal year. but s5OOOOOo
more than the corresponding budget estimates OF
year ago.
The preliminary fggure does not include deficiency
hills which usually run about s15oo0ooo0 year. nor
does It make provision for the farm board 1t seems
clear that the government must rely on surplus TINS
wear and continued large revenues rather than re-
duced expenses
Secretary Mellon Is cautious and inclined to under,
rather than over estimate. There is no question that
he feels abundanty warranted in his present recon-
mendation The country will welcome tax cut as
stimulation to business and an incentive to
economy.
Yet il would be unfortunate if the government per-
itted its wise policy Of steady reduction OF the pubic
debt to suffer If it incurred deficit or If necessary
functions Of the government were starved in the IN
terests of tax reduction Flood control construction OF
veterans hospitals and like necessary enterprises must
go on.
Much no doubt will depend on what happens be-
tween now and the time congress Is called upon TO
vote on tax reduction. Congress viii make if posi-
BILE one reason being the elections in the spring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Ultra Violet Rays Value Unsettled

The persons who administered the
treatments were in doubt as to just
how valuable they had been, where
as the parents and teachers seemed
to think that the use of the rays
had been of some help.
On the other hand, the results of
the exposures we're indefinite, since
they did not prove conclusively that
the use of the rays had any real
value in preventing infections, al
though they did show quite def
nitely that the use Of the rays was
without harm.
Furthermore, it must be borne
in mind that the experiment was
short and that the children were
not all kept under exactly the same
conditions, since they went to all
sorts of homes during the time when
they were away from school.
There is, of course, no doubt what
ever that the use of ultra violet
rays will prevent ricketts, and will
aid in the healing of this disease. 4
On the other hand, 1t does not
seem to have been established def
nitely that the rays are Of real
value in raising resistance against
colds or other*infectious diseases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

while being irradiated in large
British school.
Records were kept Of the height
and weight, of occurrence and
duration of colds, the i""''o1ce Of
infections, progress in, school work
and absences for all of the children
studied over period of six months.
Two hurd~nH and eighty-seven
children from 5 to 7 years of age
were studied; 101 of them were
given irradiations of light from a
carbon arc lamp; 81 of them were
given irradiation from similar
lamp with the short wave lengths
cut off by window glass, and ninety
two children received no irradiat.on.
It was found that those children
who did not receive irradiation and
those children who received irradia-
ton from the llnscreened lamp had
advantage over the others in
practically every respect, except in
progress in school work, in which
the figures were equal.
The exposure to the rays did not
seem to give the children any spe-
cial advantage over the others as
to catching cold. Indeed, the only
advantage of the regular raging
seemed to be in aiding gain In
height.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Hoover and the Senate

Apparently the special session of congress will ad-
journ in about ten days without enactng new tariff
law requested by the President Critics using this
as an argument that the senate is futile body which
talks much and gets nowhere. That is warped judg-
ment.
The senate deserves and has the gratitude Of the
country for its public service this fall It has blocked
high tariff grab which the Republican old guard was
prepared to permit Thereby it probably has pre-
vented foreign retaliation threatening our prosperity,
and prevented an increase in the cost of living which
would have resulted from the HawleySmoot measure.
BY its lobby investigation the senate has revealed
to the country the way privileged interests virtually
write their own schedules in these high tariff bills In
uncoverng the activities of the Senator Bnghas, the
Eyansons, the Arnolds and the Grundys, the senate
not only has spiked this BILL but made future bills of
this kind suspect.
These senate achievements, of course, are negative
rather than Constructive" the critics complain.
No bill is being passed. But that may not be such a
calamity after all. So long as the Republican old
guard dominate the house. the only possible tariff
legislation appears to be swindle like the Hawley
Smoot bill compromise of trading and log rolling.
The equalization of agriculture with industry as
tariff beneficiary, to which President Hoover and
both parties committed formally is not apt to be
attained even paper until the progressive coalition
of Republican and Democrats control the house as
well the senate. If that happens in the 1880
gressional elections there then will be chance for
constructive legislation in tariff and other matters
Meanwhile, the old guard has put President Hoover
in tight place Within six months of taking office
with large Republican majority in both houses the
President has lost control This happened because the
old guard leaders betrayed in their high tariff bill the
election pledges of the President and the party That
betrayal would have been written into law except for
the progressive coalition.
1t will not be easy for the President to regain lead
ership His party is split hopelessly He will have to
take sides. If he is to lead he must fight for Hoover
election pledges at the head of that progressive group
which chiefly responsible for his nomination and
election progressive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

conference in Washington, long since disappeared
During its few hearings, the committee uncovered
illuminating facts 1t showed that Shearer had jour
neyed to Geneva as paid observer for the three
companies and that his activities we're directed against
limitation agreement
Charles M Schwab Bethlehem steel head, denied
he had met the man. Shearer, however, testified he
had discussed his employment in detail with Schwab
Shearer indicated that somebody in the navy de-
partrnent furnished him with secret data for use at
Geneva. He testified that four admirals gave him a
luncheon and encouraged him in his project He testi-
fed that the navy department seemed willing TO &C
cept the so-caed Wineman letter. as genuine, and to
permit its trouble-making contents to be distributed
1t is no idle curiosity which asks that these con-
ictng statements be investigated further. President
Hoover is said to feel that future government con-
tracts should withheld from the three private yards
If it can be shown that they have offended.
The committee can and should resolve all doubts
on that question: if only to insure there shall be no
repetition of the Shearer incident at London.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Individual Faith

TIME second quarter in which /
l. have given offense is in the
matter Of religion, and in this
matter, readers gravely misinterpret
me. One correspondent says that I
should not be allowed to preach
atheism and to sheer at the religious
faith of true Christians.
If belief in literal hell is a
necessary part Of the creed Of a
true Christian, I am not Of that
faith. But any such test would
drive many from all the churches.
And I have never expressed a be-
lief in atheism, even though it seems
to me that the constitutional
pledge of religious freedom must in
clude the abolition of all disabilities
lying against those VINO choose to
accept no religious tsnets what
Soever.
Moreover, I do not sccept the be-
lief that the Bible is the complete
and all-sufficient record Of mans
religious experience.
But that doesn't make anybody
an agnostic. st. Paul was too
shrewd to fall into that error. When
he found that the Athenians wor-
SHIPPED "tbe unknown God" he
taxed them, not with lack Of belief,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Questions
and AnSzOerS

To what extent has the Black
feet tribe of Indians diminished in
numbers?
Less than a century ago the
Blackfeet constituted one Of the
strongest and most warlike tribes,
being estimated as high as 10000
They still number more than 5000.
of whom about 3,375 are on the
Blackfeet reserve in Montana, and
the rest are in Canada.
How can an initial be cut on steel
tools?
To mark tools, warm them slight
". and rub the steel with wax, or
hard tallow, until a film gathers.
Then scratch the letters on the wax,
cutting through to the steel. A little
nitric acid poured on the writing
will quickly eat out the letters.
! Wash of the acid and remove the
wax with hot rag. and the letters
viii be securely etched.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15

r HAVE had more indignant let
L tiers lately than is usual. I don't
mind that, except that some OF the
criticism is based upon faulty
impression of what have said or
tried to say.
Surely one Of my critics is in
error when he writes that I have
tried to dictate to southerners,
their attitude on the Negro ques-
ton" It just isn't possible that I'm
as silly as that.
At most, 7 have expressed an
opinion. Inter-racial relations IN
the minds of some are adjusted at
the present time in a manner which
will suffice, but think that even
the most furious Nordic might be
moved to admit that the settlement
is far from perfect.
After all, even the Southerner
speaks. on occasion, Of the Negro
problem" If the present arrange
ments were actually wholly salts
factory, there would be no prob
lem"
A gentleman writes to say that
there are many southern cities in
which it would not be safe for me
to go. I do not in any way share
his low opinion of the fair-minded-
ness of the section from which he
comes.
"You would not look very digni-
fled on rail-" he said. Well, for
that matter, I don't look very dign1-
fed off one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
Proteins

PROFESSOR WITzEMANN also
Il makes a suggestion as to where
scientists should look for the atoms
Of life.
Writing in the Scientific Month
ly, he calls attention to what Is
known about the chemical compost
ton of protoplasm, the material
which forms the living cell.
In addition to water and a slight
amount of mineral salts, proto-
plasm consists OF carbohydrates
that is, sugars and starches, fats and
proteinS.
"The carbohydrates" be writes.
"are, aside from the elaboration into
chemically inert systems for skele-
tai support in plants, the fuel OF the
organism, par excellence.
"The true fats are essentially food
reserves, and so not primarily con-
cerned.
"This leaves the proteins as the
quantitatively important protoplas-
mic components which constitute the
foundation structure of life.
"May we, therefore, not say thai
the proteins are the chemical atoms
Of life?"
Professor Witzemann's idea Is that
there is some specific type OF Or
ganization involving energy changes
within the proteins.
He feels that when we come to I'M
derstand this, we will find that
many of the differences between
tvpes of life will be explained by
them, just as differences between
chemical elements are explained on
the basis of the atoms Of matter.
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ANNIVERSARY
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Pixies PEAK DISCOVERED
November Is

PIXIES REAh OlSCOFLhLD
November Is
I'm Nov. Is, 1906, Pixies Peak first
~ was seen and named by mem
bers of Lieutenant Zebulon Pixies
exploring party Of the United States
army.
The famous peak Is located about
six miles west of Colorado Springs,
Colo.
It was scaled by a party led by
Major S. H Long in 1919, and in
1891 a rack and pinion railroad to
the summit was opened, where a
searchlight was installed in 1905.
The peak Is 14,108 feet above sea
level and it Commands a magnif-
cent and widely extended view Of
the great plains and Of a rugged
mountainous country. Confer for
ests cover the slopes to a height Of
11,700 feet, above which the noun
tain consists of bare granite rocks.
Today also is the anniversary Of
the opening Of the last session Of
the Continental congress in New
York in 1877.
And OH Nov. IS, 1777. congress
adopted the Articles of Confedera-
tions