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NarvIa nd and VIRGINIA.
an o.h.. States and Canada
aa.,,,har az the Assneiafed Press.
Prevention VS.. Cure of War.

The Senate has ratified the multi
lateral pact for remuneration OF war.
It should now proceed without delay
to enact the important measure for de-
Tense against war, which has lain be-
fore it for nearly a year. 1t should
pass the bill providing for the con-
struction of fifteen cruisers. The Pres
tdent has recommended them. The au-
thor of the anti-war pact, Secretary
kellogg, approves them. The Navy
needs them. Public sentiment over
whelmingly fa5ors them. The duty OF
the Senate - plain.
II the debate which preceded ratifi-
cation of the anti-war treaty had any
outstanding aspect. it was the insist
ence of Senators upon safeguarding the
United States privilege to resort to
arms In self-defense. Had not those
in charge Of the pact made correspond
ing concessions, ratification would al
most certainly have been refused. 1t
is inconceivable that the Senate, having
certified what Senator Borah terms the
countrys inherent right" to make war
under provocation, should now withhold
the sinews vitality necessary to that end.
Senator Swanson of Virginia, rank
ing Democratic member of the naval
affairs committee, yesterday initiated
formal discussion of the cruiser bill.
He rightfully described it as very
moderate program" He declared it
would inevitably pave the way to wider
naval limitation than the Washington
treaty of 1892 provides, because that
pact leaves auxiliary craft unrestricted.
Senator Swanson told his colleagues
that construction Of the cruisers would
serve as an effective object lesson to
Great Britain"
No threat is implied IN that obser-
vation. What the Virginian meant was
that the proposed expansion of the
American feet would be notice to our
British friends, and to all the world,
that the United States is prepared and
determined to, remain as strong as
but no stronger than-the next largest
navy afioat. Our territorial magnitude,
the vastness Of our overseas commercial
interests, our general position as a
mighty world power--ali these consid-
erations Justify, on their face, the prem
ises upon which Senator Swanson adj
voeates the cruiser bill.
Arguments like these are couched in
saner terms than those voiced on the
same day In Washington by speakers
at the Conference on the Cause and
Cure Of War. One Of them, q distin-
guished historian, scoffed at navies,
including our own, as instruments of
imperialism" He assailed them as mere
protectors Of foreign investments"
If the United States is ever the OBJ
ject Of an aggressive war, one of its
causes undoubtedly will be our unpre-
paredneSs to avert it, AS for "cure OF
war;" possibly the learned professor just
quoted has heard tell OF the adage that
prevention Is better than cure" The
sage who made that aphorism immortal
had physical maladies in mind. But
It applies with even greater appropri-
ateness to national defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
The Salvation Army Crisis.

The struggle for control Of the Sal
walton Army. which has been in evil
dence at London for some time past
reaches q climax in the formal action
OF the high council In voting, S. to 8,
that Gen. Bramwell Booth Is no longer
mt to hold the Office of supreme COM
marder. Under the organic laws of the
Army this vote suffices to effect a
change in leadership. Yet Gen. Booth,
who is aged and III, declares that he
will resist to the last all efforts to eff
feet his custer from his Office, which
was intrusted to him by his father, the
founder of the Army. It will be a pit
ebus spectacle If he persists in this de-
termination in the face Of so pro-
plounced an adverse judgment.
The Salvation Army has become one
of the strong world forces for human
welfare. 1t was the vision and the Gre
alton of a man Of remarkable qualifica-
tions, a man of the highest purity of
life and the noblest of purposes. His
exceptional abilities held the forces of
spiritual regeneration intact when the
Army was small and was assailed by
ridicuIe and even by physical attack.
Steadily he won his place and gained
the confidence and respect and finally
the adoring admiration Of the British
people His influence and that of the
Army spread overseas and became a
factor for the redemption of the dere-
lict> and the hopeless of this country.
Far and wide the Army marched and
gained the esteem of other lands.
When he passed away, in the fullness
of many years, Gen. Booth bequeathed
the leadership to his son. There had
previously been some family difficulties
and some breaches were made in the
lines of the Army But the organization
withstood these schisms and remained a
powerful force for good. During the
Great War 1t was a factor beyond COM
putation for the maintenance OF the
spirit Of the allied forces in the field
It. has been said that the Salvation
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Since almost every one is likely to
find himself confined to bed with a
cold at some time or other this
Winter. and usually when he least
looked for It, he would do well to see
to 1t that his stock of reading matter
is in good shape. -,
For reading in bed when one Is Ill
there are two types OF stories In par
ticular which merit the suffrages OF
men. We won't say women, but
imagine they like them equally well.
These two sorts of stories are, first, de-
tective stories, and, second, Dumas
stories.
AS we have dealt with the good
points of the very popular detective
branch of fiction in the past in this
column. we will go on to considera-
ton of the works of Alexandra Dumas
for hour-by-hour reading in the sick
bed.
One will have to be very i'll indeed
not to be able to read Dumas. The or
binary type of cold, grip, or even "hu,
permits vast amount Of reading, which
is about the only Indoor sport" the
patient is able to indulge in. 1t must
be remembered that cold taken in
time saves ten-that is, day or two
spent in bed at the inception OF the
disease saves 10 days put in there later
on If the person is so foolish as to try
to tough it out" This is the natural
philosophy of cold: If one will take
to his bed and permit the res medica-
trix Naturae," or the healing power OF
Nature, to work unhindered, the
chances are that the system will get the
lump on the disease, whereas If the
harborer of cold germs insists on stay
ing on his feet he must take some OF
the body's total store of energy for that
purpose and thereby divert just so much
from the more necessary task OF rid
ding the system of the germ invasion.
Let no trained medical man call this
line of reasoning nonsense" Since
the medical profession admits that it
doesn't know much about respirational
diseases, the opinions of laymen begin
to take on aspects almost OF authority.
X * X
We have our wise layman. then, wisely
reposing in his bed. He has a slight
fever, but 1t is nothing much. He en-
visions old Mother Nature busying her
self hugely about his case, and the fact
that she is back of him gives him great
confidence.
How shall he pass the hours?
Well, lucky is he If he shall have had
the foresight to provide himself with
any number of the rich, rare and racy
narratives of the illustriouS Alexandra
Dumas. 1--WE use that adjective "racy"
merely as a synonym for "speedy.D
He will find that these stories,
through their sheer interest, while away
the hours as scarcely any other books
can do. Even the much-vaunted new
biography" strikes sick man as bore
some He wants something that moves
along of its own accord. It must not
be too great. demanding exceptional in
tellectual application, which would de-
feat the purpose of Sick-bed reading,
but must have a snap, verve, push
so compelling that the lazing reader is
carried along as by another's aid.
This, 1t would seem, is the great
merit of Alexandra Dumas. His was
genius at once so simple and yet so
energetic, so bland and yet so powerful
that all his works have tonic properties
which cold analysis cannot account for
1t does no good to say that other writ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

of law, took the integrity Of their ap-
pointees for granted. Court attendants,
debaucl1ed from their fidelity by the Sc
auctions Of schemers, hid the evidences
Of fraud and faithlessness.
Now there is reformation. A new sys-
tenn is instituted. The trust company
will hereafter serve the court as agent,
with no profit to individual and but
little direct profit to the institution.
This is the better method. The personal
receivership has betrayed its trust, and
the result is that the courts turn to the
impersonal with greater confidence. The
greed and craft Of one man has brought
about q change that greatly strengthens
the safeguards against fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
Smoke Nuisance
Remedies Sought
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Can nothing be done to abate the
smoke nuisance which is beginning to
make downtown Washington look like
another Chicago or Pittsburgh and
which Is undoubtedly an element in
bringing about FLU" conditions?
Apartment house owners and mana
gers seem to be the chief offenders and
they are extremely short-sighted to
burn the wretched grade of soft coal
which many of them use under a mis-
taken idea of economy. The resulting
more in the long run in painting, clean
ing and decorating than they save in
coal bills, so that they are injuring their
own property as well as their neighbors.
THERESA RUSSELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


on the Key.
When life seems all Q gentle song
Harmonious as can be,
Some one Is sure to come along
A-singin' of the key.
The disappearing glances pass
Which he must surely see.
They do not hinder him, alas.
From singin' of the key!
And he who has the real fun,
Contented as can be.
Often appears to be the one
Who MARBLES OF the key.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

To many reader of the Congressional
Record, the term interpretations
sounds little like a revival of the old
line in the story paper, ito be continued
In our next"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Ground hog day is not far distant
Students Of witchcraft are again won
dering whether he can succeed in bring
ing sunshine by "hexing" the weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

1t may be necessary to allow a few
underworld operators to get by for
q while until Commissioner Whalen can
solve parking problems In New York's
theatrical district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Valuable gifts to the Metropolitan
Museum are so numerous that great
American art impulse among students
ready to take advantage of oppor-
tunity should soon be in evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Several leaders of the Democracy
make clear positive opinion that there
is enough left of the old party to be
worth quarreling about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Speeches Of al Smith put into book
form will help to remind a public,
rather inclined to be forgetful, of what
the shouting was all about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Indiana has long held a prominent
place In literature. The contention
between Col. Stewart and John D.
Rockefeller. jr., promises to render 1t no
less notable In finance 40 y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

The marvellous recovery Of King
George enables science to score a point
concerning which there can be little
adverse argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
As lie ANY One Cared.

From the Detroit News.
Before talking pictures, people used
to wonder what the actors In the film
dramas were saying. and in certain
cases still do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
We Have Living Evidence.

From the Adrian Daily Telegram.
Scientists have traced man back to
a fish 1t looks as though they're on
the right track at last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

1t Is assumed that Raskob will remain
in control of the Democratic party;
unless the party should become uncon-
trollable.
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Sounds Fishy to Us.

From the Philadelphia Record.
That man whose wife left him and
got o divorce because he went on SC
many fishing trips can now tell o true
story about the big one that got away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Make 1t a Never.Stop Flight.
From the Muncie Morning Star.
What this country would applaud Is a
sustained flight Of the "1u."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Snowbird.
The world cannot be going wrong
Toward somber tearfulness
When some brave bird, though slight
his song,
Chirps on in cheerfulness.
We wait the robins note so clear;
And all the rest of 1t.
The snowbird at this time of year
Has all the best of it.
No Sleeper.
did you never hope for q Prince
Charming to waken you from your
dreams?"
mo-" answered Miss Cayenne II
rather like late suppers and cabarets.
I try to be as presentable as possible
But I'm no sleeping beauty"
HE who has no enemies" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, lis one
of the unfortunates who cannot excel
in anything sufficiently to cause envy"
| "Friz."
Jack Frost's a more efficient cop
Than any have met.
Our flivver he compelled to stop.
1t isn't going yet.
IF you tells yoh business to every
body" said Uncle Eben, Its a sign you
ain got no business wuf listenin' to-"
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This Borders on Sacrilege.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Five bombs were found In a church,
| which Is much safer spot for bomb
than In some crowded place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

Forward Looking.
How did you happen to lose that
last fight?"
II haven't time for ancient history"
said Senator Sorghum. what interests
me now is how am going to win the
next one"
Jud Tunkins says meyer quarrel with
a friend. If you must quarrel, brace
your nerve and pick an enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

IF you tells yoh business to every
body" said Uncle Eben, Its sign you
ain got no business wuf listenin' to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

THEODORE w. MOVES. &. Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

WAS NC TO N, D. C.
THURSDAY. January II, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

So anti-imperialistic Is the sentiment
of the United States regarding the coll
lection Of loans or the guaranty Of
American investments in Latin America
that on December 2, 1924. the late Sem
ator Laid introduced bill in the SEN
ate. which was duly passed. prohibiting
any Government official from giving
official recognition to any arrangement
which may commit the United States
to military intervention in order to COM
pei the observance Of alleged obligations
or to deal with any such arrangement
except to secure settlements of claims
through ordinary channels Of the law.
In short. we went on record In accord
ance with the Drago and Calvo doc
trines, as well as with our Monroe Doc
trine
copyright. 1919. By Paul v. Collins,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-28
Answer Attack on Gastonia Strikers Made in
''New Leader by Rose Schneiderman

National Textile Workers Union,
Loray mill local. The other men,
bers of the delegation were Robert
Litolff, 81 years a textile worker,
his highest wage during that period
being $3.50; Myrtle Stroud, Mrs.
Maude Robinson, evicted from her
home, Mrs. Bertha Crawford, men,
Der of the strike committee; Mrs.
Anna May, mother of five children,
widow, earning about ten dollars a
week; Lewis Mclaughlin and Red
Hendricks, both members of the
strike committee. In addition there
were the two drivers who had
brought US, Cecil Johnson and j.
Smith, both members of our union
and both of whom had quit the mill
rather than accept the speed up
system. No others were present in
the visit of the delegation to Wash
ington excepting myself.
We entered the hall, at fashion
able hotel, with our banner, and upon
our entrance were tremendously ap-
plauded, the delegates finding seats
for the strikers. | went to the Secre-
tary and asked permission for the
striking women present to speak. I
described the women in the delega-
ton, told that they had been evicted,
and of their bad conditions. l was
given an evasive reply. l was told
to wait and see. Nothing was said
about adjourning. However, it was
noticeable that the chairman i'm
mediately began rushing the meet
ing to a close. A resolution in de-
tense of Mooney was defeated on
the ground that 1--WE have not yet
enough information in re lard to this
case" Then, without giving me an
answer to my request for the floor
Miss Schneiderman adjourned the
convention. She refused me the
floor, and I spoke few words any
how. While I was trying to speak
she continuously pounded the gavel,
and the delegates present, most of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-28
The Red Cross and the GastOnia Strikes.

THE Red Cross again displayed its class character when
of it's officious agents at Portsmouth, Virginia tried
Gastonia, North Carolina striker to the police
of that city, The striker Mrs nez Rowland to Ports
mouth to address picnic held to raise strike relief then
planned New York City, The Red Cross agent
advanced the peculiar theory that Mrs. Rowland had
right to to Portsmouth, that she chad right to go
to New York City, and faced her with the alternative of either
going back to Gastona or to jail.
To be workers not supposed to have any rights
at all in this Gland of the Free except the right to toll the
long worday at meager wages under the conditions
They get rights when they insist them and fight
for them Mrs Rowland had the pluck not only insist
her right to speak Portsmouth, but also to go to New
York City, and she did,
The Red Cross is supposed to be relief organization
Strikes raise the most nstent necessity for relief for the
workers Yet the Red Cross has been known
into strike situation furnishing relief for workers. In times
OF great caasrOphe storm and flood it gets busy but
always the side of the fortunate sections of the popu
aton that needs relief the least Thus during the Mssis
spp floods and the Florida storms the sufferers the
Negro section of the population completely neglected
This testimony to the class character of the Red
Cross.
1t is very necessary therefore, that labor develops its
relief organizations subject to the call of the working
class Such an organization is the Workers international
Relief saunch ally of the National Textile Workers Union
the relief center for all the left wing industrial the
growing struggles that confront them The Red Cross
tany does not welcome this class foe in the of relief
It's Portsmouth, Virginia spokesman felt the instructive
sistance that the Red Cross nationally and internationally
will seek to develop against the w. R. But exactly
this that the w. R. must receive the whoehearted
support of the entire working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-28
ALL. SANDERS GastOnia Strike

strikers then became enraged. They
demanded back the $4,000 that this
A. F. of L. union stole from them
some years ago, and told o. the de-
sertion of them by MacMahon and
his fellow takers.
By this time Miss Schneiderman
had had enough, and the women dele
gates began calling Leave now,
clear the floor for the dance" All
Of the reporters heard US ordered out
of the hall to make room for dance
and these remarks were reported by
UP, AP, ms, and other news SER
vices as well as the local papers, not
as coming from me, but as remarks
heard by the reporters themselves,
with the possible exception of the
AP, whose reporter was not present.
Miss Schneiderman's claim that we
collected "quite a sum of money!" is
another lie. Six dollars in all was
thrust into the hands of Binnie
Green, Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.
Robinson by few young delegates
present who were outraged at the
treatment we had received and who
came to me and told me they con-
sidered Miss Schneiderman's actions
disgrace.
1t is significant that delegation
of real working women, fresh from
the battle area, representing in it's
most acute form the oppression of
women and children, representing
low wages, long hours, child labor,
sickness, disease, and also a mill
tant struggle against these evils,
were denied the floor, and driven
from the hall, heaped with insults,
cursed at and villified, while well
fed and well paid takers of all types
were honored by this labor" conven-
ton. The actions of Miss Schneider
man and her cohorts prove con-
clusively the statements to them of
the Gastonia strikers, that "there is
not 'real working woman in the
crowd" Especially is this proven
by the lies and ISLANDERS now being
spread by Miss Schneiderman, who
realizes only too well that her ac-
lions exposed her as stool of the
sses"-exactly what the Gastonia
delegation told Miss Schneiderman
to her face.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-28
By KARL REEVE.

Upon my return to New York to-
day from the North Carolina strike
area, my attention was called to a
statement in the May 25 issue of the
New Leader by Miss Rose Schneider
man, national president of the
Women's Trade Union League,
which. appropriately, is headed
Lies, Lies, Lies" and which is an
attempt to explain away the fact
that this A. F. of L. body refused to
hear a delegation of Gastonia
strikers at their recent convention in
Washington.
Miss Schneiderman, in her attempt
to discredit the Gastonia strikers,
makes identically the same charges
as are made almost daily by the mill
owners of North Carolina. She de-
clares that she told me, as the repre-
sentative Of the National Textile
Workers Union, that "the conven-
ton is practically adjourned, but as
soon as the motion is voted on l will
ask those present to remain, and
then he could talk to them to his
hearts content" Had this converse
ton actually taken place, it would
have been very "kind hearted" of
Miss Schneiderman to permit the
Gastonia strikers to address the
delegates, after she had adjourned
the convention. Workers must be
"gratified" for even the smallest of
favors from the A. F. of L. But as
a matter of fact, no such converse
ton took place as Miss Schneiderman
claims. She refused US the floor.
Miss Schn iderman charges that
the children present in the delega-
ton were Washington school chill
dren. This damnable lie shows to
what methods Miss Schneiderran
and her outfit must stoop in their
effort to excuse themselves for re-
fusing the floor to southern textile
workers, women and children. There
were two children in the delegation,
Henry Totherow, aged II, who looks
Is, and Binnie Green, ased fourteen
who because of her work in the MILL
also is very undeveloped physically
These were the children in our dele
cation. They were, and still are
Gastonia strikers, members of the