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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
nat some remedial action is neces-

that some remedial action Is neces-
In addition to the various methods
of parking restriction, running from
elimination to limitation, various other
methods have been and are oeing
adopted throughout the country. ON
street parking, either In the open ar
or in storage garages. Is proving more
and more popular. Several towns re-
ported that land used in this manner
was showing a better return than QUO
the buildings which formerly occupied
these sites. ONCE buildings OF the
newer types are being constructed win
a portion of the building devoted TO
garage facilities for the tenants. De-
troit reports some outstanding success
full instances in which the Office tenant
drives up to the floor on which his
Office Is located, leaves his car and Walks
a short distance to, his Office. other
cities. instead of central parking faclll-
ties, favor their location away from the
congested district, with mass transpor :
tation then furnished to the heart OF
the business district. Philadelphia re-
ports success with this solution, when
Is there, to q large extent, furnished py
the local street car company. which Tor
fee Of Is cents gives parking space
and a round-trip ticket from the OUT
land several of the department stores
have storage garages outside OF the
congested district. where free parking
is offered their customers along WIN
round-trip bus transportation to the
store. Some of these remedies are com
bined with no-parking bans, and IN
other places with limited parking.
philadelphia, Detroit. Chicago and Bos-
ton are applying parking prohibition IN
a large way. On the other hand, Day
ton. Cleveland. Buffalo, New Orleans
and Minneapolis are at present trying
tn meet the situation with various sorts
of limited parking, while Cincinnati
kansas City, Los Angeles, San Fran.
cisco, Newark, st. Louis and Baltimore
are combining both in different man
ners. However, in some Of these towns
which now report that they. are using
no-parking and limited parking COM
bined. there is determined effort on
foot to extend the prohibited area: This
is especially true Of New York. where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
gestion while such cars are being driven

gestion while such cars are being driven
to another parking place.
This, In the opinion Of many experts,
presents the true heart Of the matter
and has been the subject of q great deal
of loose and inaccurate thinking. The
term parking" is used, Of course, to
designate a vehicle not in motion, but
in reality it should be qualified In ap-
plication: 20 as not to be used to cover
the Stationary vehicle In both of its
main aspects, according to the report.
Eliminating stops caused by traffic
control. traffic congestion or accidents,
vehicles are stationary on the streets
for two main purposes, the survey
shows. One is to permit the occupants
to transact business in the vicinity; the
other Is for storage purposes. It is gen.
orally conceded that the streets are de-
signed for the public service Of fur
nishing place for travel to points be-
yond the district being considered or
for travel to some point within the ter
ritory being surveyed. To the merchant
or business man located therein it is i'm
portant that his prospective customer
be enabled to reach him promptly and
conveniently.
Most Happy Result.
The most happy result is when the
customer is able to park at the curb
in front Of the establishment he desires
to patronize. And 1t is the opinion OF
the business men and traffic experts
who replied to The Stars survey that
the vehicle driver should be permitted
to approximate that ideal situation as
nearly as possible, subject to one con-
sideration. ie., to the paramount right
Of the public in general to use the en-
tire roadway for the passage of vehicles
trafic desiring to use 1t. When any less
than the entire width is needed, then
the right Of stoppage Is next in order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29

voluntary organization known as the
Citizens Street TRAFFIC Committee has,
within the last month. recommended to
the mayor additional no-parking re-
strictions for nearly 100 streets. Mem
phis, Tenn, now using limited parking,
reports it will adopt no-parking this
year.
Many Law Violat0rs.
This New York committee instituted
survey of the vehicles parked In New
York City on streets where limited
parking was in effect and found that
approximately IS per cent Of the 100,-
600 vehicles at the curb In the one
hour parking district violated the ordi-
hours. One suggestion of that commit
tee might do much TO expedite traffic
If observed locally, 1t is pointed out.
This was to the effect that great deal
of the manhole opening might be done
at night or at times other than rush
periods. Another had to do with the
present existing practice of permitting
building construction, work to occupy
a portion Of the roadway both with pc
destrian runways and storage Of mate
rial in the streets.
The objection to such practices is, OF
course, that 1t narrows the roadway
width of street, which, as was pointed
out by w. Graham Cole, New York
traffic and safety expert. is likewise the
effect of parking. IF the parked cars
are forced tor change at intervals of 80
minutes to hours or more 1t simply
means that the width of the roadway
Is permanently narrowed and that the
free flow OF vehicles is materially inter-
fered with because of the parked cars
backing out into traffic" Mr.. Cole evil
IDENTIFY had in mind angle parking. but
in addition to the points he mentioned
1t Is apparent that requiring vehicles
to move at or before the end Of certain
periods likewise adds to the traffic con-
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Of Importance and space should be al
lotted for one lane of stationary We
hicles or, If the traffic will permit, Of
one lane on each side Of the street, the
survey indicates.
It makes no difference from the
standpoint of passing traffic through
the street whether there be one We
hicle In the lane or whether the curb
line be full. In either event that lane
is Of no value for through trafic once
it contains q parked car, the report
shows. But the class Of vehicles which
are ranked next in order of Importance
to through traffic is composed Of those
having business in the street either as
potential customers or as commercial
transportation units making deliveries,
and so long as there are sufficient of
these to free the allotted space for
parking then the third class of We
hicles. ie., the storage car, has no
rights.
Being last to attain rights of stop
page. that class should be the first TO
be deprived of them when traffic con-
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o alleviate congestion. One other. at
tanning a large extension of the area in
, now using limited parking, expects to
proper remedy is enactment of no.
parking ordinances.
Judging from the actions taken by
the various cities which reported, the
solutions arrived at have been varied
indeed, ana for some OF them 1t is
frankly stated that they were not
adopted as curses, but as palliatives.
Some of the cities have no-parking
on many, II not all. of the mann busi-
ness streets; others rely on limited
parking for various time periods rang
ing from Is minutes to 2 hours: others
prohibit parking altogether during GER
tain hours of the day in the congested
district, and then at other times have
either limited or unlimited parking IN
the same territory. OF this last class
certain towns keep the curb clear up
to $50 in the morning and after 4:3c
in the afternoon. while others use the
no-parking ba monty in the afternoon.
1t is the contention Of those using the
ban in the morning as well as the aft
ernoon that the early prohibition does
away with much of the storage" phase,
since that restriction forces those who
use the automobile to transport them
to business to leave their cars in some
place other than the congested district
A Phase Of Parking.
Merchants who are considering the
parking problem, 1t is claimed in sew
eral of the reports. should study one
phase of the matter which is often
overlooked. While many of them
usually contend that prohibition OF
parking is apt to result in reduction
of their sales, still If shopping in any
particular district becomes impossible
or even inconvenient, because of traf'
fic congestion, then, it is said. that thu
certain effect is to divert trade to out
living sections. OF course, 1t does no
follow that no-parking is the indi-
Gated cure. but 1t does mean, II
survey shows this condition to exist
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matter is considered by the country'S
leading traffic experts to be one of the
most important questions, which must
be settled by traffic engineers and bust
ness men working in cooperation. It Is
not a matter, they contend, which can
be determined by general rules, as local
conditions must and should determine
what Is the proper solution, and the
men who have built up the merchandise
ing establishments, which in a large
measure are responsible for attracting
focus Of traffic to a particular locality,
are primarily interested in solving the
problem in such way that the result
will not be mere diversion Of trade to
other sections.
Coupled with this phase and of equal
Importance there must, however, by
consideration given to the effect OF
parking on the safety, and convenience
of the public at large, 1t being generally
admitted that the primary purpose OF
the streets is for the accommodation of
moving traffic from one point to another
and that the use of portion Of them
for storage purposes is permissible
only when it does not defeat the prin-
cipal reason for their existence. 1t is
likewise recognized that a parked car
Is an obstruction to one lane of traffic,
may result in slowing down another
| lane of moving vehicles and is a poten-
! tial hazard. Hence the solution must
be reached by agreement between the
| traffic authorities and the business in
terests. as they are responsible for and
directly concerned with safety and
convenience and the prosperity Of the
district where parking control Is being
contemplated.
| Facts Must Be Studied.
Obviously. therefore. it is pointed
out, any proper consideration must be
predicated not on prejudice, not on
sympathy, not on the desire to obtain
! some particular benefit. but rather on
a weighing Of all of the interest involved
with a thorough compilation of the
necessary factual information as an
essential preliminary. AS an instance
| of this. various cities report that the
fact that vehicles avail themselves Of
curb parking facilities is by no means
an indication that they are used in the
transporting of potential purchasers
nor does the number of vehicles enter
ing particular district necessarily have
any particular bearing on the number
of motor-transported possible buyers
Only by actual checks has 1t been found
possible to determine the percentage Of
customers arriving by private trans
portation means as compared with those
reaching the business district through
| the use Of mass transportation facilities.
| Without comprehensive study of all
| aspects of the situation. it is claimed
| that parking bars or limitations may
be imposed before the point of satura-
ton has been reached with the result
! that unnecessary and unscientific re-
strictions may be imposed. 1t was sug-
! gested by one of the experts that when
double parking began to be the rule in
| anv particular sector this might be
taken as a fair indication that the
! saturation point had been reached and
that corrective action was necessary.
but 1t does not at all follow that the
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gestion appears in any locality. It is
pointed out, and 1t Is this which has
given rise to the limited-parking method
Of meeting the problemg However, the
experts contend that this often merely
from one place to another in the area
Of congestion without furnishing any
more net parking space and with
positive addition to the now Of moving
traffic while being transferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29

Cooperative organizations are being
extensively developed in the Neither
lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
LOCAL CONDITIONS CONSIDERED
IN SOLVING PARKING PROBLEMS
Survey of 10 Cities Shows That 3 Methods
Are Most Widely Used in Relieving
Contested Areas In Business Districts.

which completed
districts
conditions Five Of the communities
in parking parking
mingt the
S
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
LAND OF SOv|ETSI
AT vLADIv0ST0K
Soviet Filters to Reach
Seattle in Week

Continued from Page Ons)
ing heavy fog in a wild, uninhab-
tied region of Siberia near Chita,
just north of the Manchurian bor-
der. Their machine was badly dam
aged but the airmen escaped I'M
harmed.
On Aug. % the flyers made a
new start for the United States in
another all-metal monoplane, which
like the first, has two motors of
1920 horsepower and is called the
Land of the Soviets. 1t was last
reported headed for Krasnoyarsk.
The Friends of the Soviet Union
are planning great working class re-
ceptions for the crew both here and
in Chicago, where the plane will
stop after hop from Seattle to San
Francisco. Funds are now being
collected to purchase a number of
trucks and tractors for presentation
to the workers and peasants of the
U. S. S. R., through their flying
emissaries of good will, as tokens Of
the admiration the American work
ing class feels for the huge strides
being made by the first workers
republic toward the building of So
cialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
Prague Workers
Demonstrate for
Class Prisoners

PRAGUE-(By MaiD A demon
stration of about 1000 workers took
place yesterday evening in the
Prague suburb of Ziskov. The dem
onstrators demanded the release of
the prisoners, including Comrade
Harus. The Communist deputy
Haken made speech. At first the
police did not interfere, but when
the demonstration was ended, they
attacked the dispensing workers.
Comrade Haken, who protested
against the brutalities of the police,
was himself mishandled by four po-
licemen and dragged off to the po-
lice station. The police then wished
to release him, but Comrade Haken
forced them to make an official pro-
tocol concerning his state and COM
PEELED the police doctor to give him
a certificate. This doctor was COM
PEELED to certify that Comrade Ha-
ken's upper body was covered with
bruises. The Communist parliament
tary fraction has lodged an official
protest with the police presidium
and with the presidium Of the
: Tcheckish parliament.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
Tasks OF Left Wing in Fight
Against British Imperialism

risen higher than all the preceding
ones in India. 1t now begins to
spread to inland cities and native
states and to affect also the most
remote and backward sections of the
proletariat; (b) the strike commit
tees are being elected by and from
the rank and file OF. from the strik-
ing masses; (c) the strikes are
greatly accelerating the differentia-
ton in the labor movement as well
as in the national independence
movement; Cd the strikes give birth
to revolutionary trade unions (Girni
hangar Union, etc.,, stimulating
their steady growth as we'll as it in
spired the rank and file with self
confidence and urged it on to indie
pendent working class action; (e)
the strikes are of extremely long
duration and are fought by the
masses with steadfastness and great
self-sacrifice. In these struggles
the Bomby textile workers (Girni
Hangar Union) are the leading and
most advanced section; (f) the
strikes are being organized and led
mostly by the Left Wing trade
unions, and by the rank and file
OF the reformist trade unions apart
from and against the will of the
bureaucrats; there have been also
spontaneous or unorganized strikes
| (g) the strikes are frequently lost.
First of all, due to armed suppress
sion by the British authorities; sec
ondly, due to sabotage and treachery
of the reformists; thirdly, because
the strikes are not co-ordinated and
extended in scope but rather remain
isolated and confined to local bat
ties; (h) the strikes begin mostly as
economic fights, primarily against
naturalization endorsements, but,
nevertheless, they often assume a
political character; G) last but not
least, there have been also clear-cut
political mass actions of great i'm
portance. Particularly the recent
protest strike against the arrests of
tthe Left Wing trade union leaders
and the mass demonstrations in
Bombay and Calcutta marching I'M
der the banner Long Live the Sow
let Republic of India" These are
all sharp expressions of mass ac-
tivity, rapidly growing strength,
political maturity and revolutionary
outlook of the Indian proletariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
POLE TRANSPORT
" 0 RKERS WIN
Strike Successful De-
spite Fascist

WARSAW, Aug. 30.-The meth
DDS employed by the fascists in their
fight against the labor movement
are growing from day to day more
provocative. Where disputes can
not be settled by the employment of
scabs and by police terrorism, the
fascist regime proceeds to starve
the workers into surrender. The
employers take recourse to the same
method.
Thus the recent strike of the
transport workers of Warsaw en-
ployed in the Pociejowice ware
houses lasted two weeks. 1t had
been organized by the left wing
workers and was directed against
the methods of the "Bund," a re-
formist organization. Owing to the
energetic activities of the strikers,
the employers were forced into
granting their demands. The main
claim was a wage increase of 20
per cent and the recognition of the
trade union. At this point, however,
when the employers were ready to
give way, the State Commissary of
Warsaw City interviewed in the con-
flict. He summoned the employers
to his office and threatened them
with police measures in case they
should yield to the demand Of the
workers and sign the declaration
recognizing the left wing trade
unions as the representatives of the
operatives.
The reason given for this unusual
course of action was that the left
wing trade unions are Communist
organizations. On the other hand
the Comm.issary promised the en-
ployers police protection for any
scabs they might employ in order to
break down the resistance of their
hands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
N~-a~ .'a~E
F ascists "Punish"
r rebellion of Pole
Class War Prisoners

WARSAW (By MaiD .-Seven po-
litical prisoners were recently tried
before the district court of Lemberg.
The charge was "endangering pub
lie peace and order" The trial
lasted three days and was sequel
to the assault made by police Off
GERS upon political prisoners in the
Stefan Batori prison in January,
1929.
On January 25 three political
prisoners, Alderman, Herr and
Wiener were to appear in court.
The police officers detailed to escort
them put handouts on them and
beat them up. When the other prls-
oners detained in the prison heard
the cries of their comrades in pain,
they organized demonstration and
raised loud protest against the i'll
treatment of political prisoners A
police squad was Immediately or
dered out to punish this rebellion"
of the political prisoners. The pris-
on authorities, wishing to shake off
the responsibility for these unpleas-
ant happenings, had seven of the
political prisoners indicted for dis
turbance of the peace and breaking
the prison rules" The fascist court
decided that political prisoners had
no right to protest against brutal
ill-treatment by the prison and po-
lice authorities and sentenced the
accused to from seven to three
months additional Imprisonment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
German Fascist Hurls
Rocks at Headquarters
of Reich Communists

BERLIN, (By MaiD Members OF
the Reichsbanner from Hamburg
who had attended the Constitution
Celebrations here and were on their
way back to Hamburg, in two motor
lorries, passed Karl Liebknechthax,
the headquarters of the German
Communist Party and flung stones
at the windows and fired number
of revolver shots at the house. The
police at first refused to inquire the
matter at all, but were compelled to
do so by energetic representations.
They examined the marks of the at
tack and had to admit that. they were
in reality the marks of revolver
shots. No action has been taken
against the Reichsbanner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
CONDEMNED MEN MIsTREATED

SHANGHAI (By MaiD.-Quite a
stir was created in the Provisional
Court recently when two convicted
murderers charged that prisoners in
the Settlement Jail are badly mis-
treated by the guards. They de-
clared they, had been beaten up from
time to tirfe and that all condemned
men are thus brutally handled. The
section for the condemned is under
the supervision of a foreign ser
geant, evidently a White Russian.
The two men were afterward taken
to the prison in the Chinese terri
tory, where they were strangulated
to death,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-31
BLOCK CRIES WAR
on n. J. CAR men
mo Strike" He Says in
His Paper
, Continued from Page One)

e., Continued from, Page One)
Of their elected leaders and accept
the arbitration plan agreed to by
the Public Service" Block declared
in statement generously spread
over the front page of his paper.
He follows the lead of the car
union officials by ascribing the re-
fusal of the men TO vote on arbitra-
tion OF their demands to "the &C,
tivities of radical agitators.
Red Scares Again.
"Red proragandists have been
busy among the men. Elements
antagonistic to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor have spread ru-
mors and stirred discomfort"
Block campaigns for A. F. of L.
arbitration as "the only known
means of avoiding strikes, lock-outs
and disturbances. 1--WE do not want
to 60 through the agony of a strike"
ne says in plea for the Public
Service.
The "Red" scare was emphasized
by union officials following success
full distributions of leaflets, calling
for hundred per cent strike and
the organization of rank-and-fi
barn committees, by members of the
Traction Workers Section of the
Trade Union Educational League.
Wants Straight Sell-Out.
Arthur Quinn, president Of the
N. ]. State Federation of Labor,
urged officials of the state confer
ence board Of the traction union to
adopt arbitration without even wait
ing for a new vote.
"May l not suggest to you the ad-
visibility of the committee exercis-
ing the power that is theirs and
that is, to accept arbitration without
further ado, and without any fur
Their vote being taken by the men,
bers."
In any case, William Wepner, To-
cal union president, has openly de-
clared his intention of acting on ar
bitration without regard to the in
significant number Of votes he may
yplly when he calls a new ballot
hexs week.
Against the betrayal policies of
the union officials, the men still
clamor for statewide strike to en-
force the eight-hour day and wage
increase.