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The Washington times., 1930-09-26
Lindbergh Bust, Dinner
Promotion Plan Fails

A bronze life-SiZe bust of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh would have
been presented to the Smithsonian
Institute to go along as compile
mentary piece to the Lindbergh
plane, Spirit of st. Louis" II
John w. Cunningham. a promoter
who makes his headquarters in
the woodward Building, could
have had his way.
Cunningham, who had the bust
made, from a photograph, by w.
r. Englemann, a sculptor Of Chi
cago, had planned to present it
at an elaborate banquet and cere.
mony to which President Hoover,
Vice President Curtis and mem
bers of the cabinet were to be in
vited.
To defray the expenses of the
banquet, limited number of
prominent persons were invited
to attend and to send checks to
help cover the cost. Senator
Claude A. Swanson of Virginia,
was among the latter group, and
it was Senator Swanson who sent
the letter of invitation on to
Charles. G. Abbott, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institute, where
it. developed that while Cunning
ham was making elaborate prepa-
rationS for the ceremony. neither
Colonel Lindbergh nor the Smith
sonian Institute had any knowl-
edge of the affair.
Now it appears that the statue
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
$4,000 BID GOT
WORK BY LAW,
GRANT SAYS
Green Visits Executive Home
and Says He Seeks Change
In Federal Contract Wages

Although the White House
sparkles with its new non-lnion
cloak of paint, there is little
probability that employment Of
non-union painters to dress up
the executive mansion will grow
into a political issue. In fact,
the incident is virtually all but
forgotten and union leaders un-
derstand why the employment Of
non-union painters just couldn't
be helped.
It is the custom at the White
House to give employment to
union workmen whenever posi-
BILE. But the painting of the
building came under the juriS-
diction of Col. u. s. Grant, 3rd,
director Of public buildings and
public parks.
Law Said Lowest Bid
Grant explained that the law
required his office to open bids
for the work and grant the EN-.
ployment to the lowest bidder.
With a bid Of $500 for the
work, the r. K. Ferguson, Inc,
200 block B ST., was awarded the
job. Grant stated that while his
office was not in the custom of
giving employment to I1on-union
workmen, in this case he was
powerless to do other than grant
the contract.
BY coincidence william
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, called at
the White House yesterday, but
his visit was to discuss with Pres
ident Hoover an address the pres
ident is scheduled to deliver be-
fore the labor organization in
Boston next month.
Seeks Legislation
When he was made acquainted
with the non-union painting job,
Green told reporters that efforts
would be, made at the coming
session Of Congress to enact leg
islation providing that Govern
ment contracts be awarded to
the "best and most responsible"
bidder and that standard scale
of wages s-the union scale be
provided for mechanics employed
in the Government,
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
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The Washington times., 1930-09-26
HAS
NEW REPORT
FOR WMAL
Commerce Body Advances
Resume; Charles Darr to
Talk on Radio Program

The annual report of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce viii
be released tomorrow night in a.
radio talk over Station WN1AL by
Charles w. Darr, president, it
was announced today.
Ordinarily the report is not
made public until the annual
meeting Of the Chamber, which Is
regularly held on the third Tues
day in October, which this year
fall on October 81. This year,
however, the report was prepared
in advance, as part OF the five
year expansion plan. which is be-
ing launched by the Chamber in
the next few days.
Following President Darr's radio
resume of the report, it will be.
printed and distributed to Cham
Der members, and it is expected
that reference will be made TO it
when the annual meeting is held
October 81.
A leaflet headed by a fore
word by President Darr, in which
he points out the advantages Of
the chamber of Commerce to
the city, and urges members and
citizens to support it, has oeen
mailed to members.
A letter from Chairman Jose,
accompanying the pamphlet, tells
of the plans for the five-year ex-
panSion program and makes q
like appeal for support of the
chamber.
Full details of the plan for the
campaign are to be made public
within a few days, Jose said to
day.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
Teachers Offered
Extension Course

Kindergarten teachers who have
been or will be transferred to
primary grades are offered an ex-
tension course in the introduction
Of reading at the Miner Teachers
College, @. C. Wilkinson, first as
SiStant superintendent in charge
of colored schools announces.
The course, instituted at the
request of teachers, will start
Wednesday at 4 p. m. Instruc-
tors will not be compelled to at
tend, but are advised to enroll.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26

There certainly must be some
thing to this expansion rurnor
that we've been hearing at
Washington Hoover Airport. y.
julius Klein, of the Department
of Commerce, and his family
went up to New York in the
/ o'clock plane. p. M. Hewitt
dropped into this port on busi-
ness from New York in a Mono
coupe and started back within
the hour Ed Leedy came in
again from Youngstown, Ohio,
with his Bellanca james Ray
brought one Of the new Auto
giro planes to earth at Wash
ington-Hoover yesterday from
Willow Grove. 1t is under
stood that he is here with this
new type Of plane to make
demonstrations before Govern
ment officials. j. B. Taylor
came down from Roosevelt in
a Fairchild 21. /. l.. Ponton de
Arce arrived with a Bellanca
Pacemaker from Newcastle. i.
j.. H. Walker stopped en- route
Oklahoma City with his Ryan
BIS from Newark.
OF necessity. there will be no
croSS-country flights from Boil
ling Field, except in case of
The Washington times., 1930-09-26

Yesterday morning saw the
return to Naval Air Station OF
Lieutenants Harper and Storrs,
together with the two assistants
that each carried when leaving
here on their mission to San
Domingo with medical supplies.
Lieutenant Storrs brought back
a baby burro for little Freddie
Harper, Lieutenant Harper's
son. These two are great pals,
we understand, but a gift Of
that sort might strain any
friendship. Lieutenant Barker
took a trainer to Philadelphia
yesterday. Lieutenant Whit
ney led five other scout planes
to Naval Air Station from
Hampton Roads. Lieutenant
Saunders dropped in fer a
moment from Quantico and
headed back with his O-2-U. :.
Commander Miles went to
Teterhoro with a passenger in
q Vought. Lieutenant Com
mander Durgin returned from
Hampton Roads in a land
fighter. Only a small number
of local flights and tests were
made.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
d. C.. Enrolment Is
2.79I Ouer '29 Mark

The fourth day of public school
enrolment this year showed an in
crease of 2,791 over the fourth day
of last year. The total enrolment
figure for this year is 1892, over
$4,000 of whom are for white
schools.
Central High School shows itself
again as the first school in point
of enrolment with a total of 2.579.
MacKinley High coming second
with 2,411.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
s. -Year-OLd Child Is
Burned by Matches

Lester Earhardt, 5 years old, Of
the 100 block Eleventh st. s. E.,
learned that it is dangerous to
play with matches when box
of them ignited and set fire to
his clothing
The child was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for burns on the
chest and abdomen and was later
sent home. His condition is not
serious.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
SCHOOL UNIT URGED

The Conduit Road Citizens AS
sociation last night adopted a
resolution asking for an addi-
tional unit to be built to the
Francis Scott Key School. Atten-
tion was called to the overcrowded
condition and the heavy enroll
ment.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
PRINCIPALS TO MEET

In preparation for the coming
night school session to start Octo-
ber 6, w. B. Patterson, first as
sistant superintendent in charge
Of night schools, today announced
a meeting of all principals Of
night schools to be held tomorrow
at the Franklin Administration
Building, Thirteenth and K
Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
SEZ-,Y Y-WAYS E
staff Photo

emergency, until after the show
at the War College. All tie
boys here are on the jumy
every minute, what with keep
ing ships In the air for the
airport demonstration at the
show itself and visitors coming
in for the event. This field
sent in six bombers, ten pursuit
planes and three attack ships
to the show yesterday, so you
can see that they are really
busy.
The Washington times., 1930-09-26
Times Staff Photo

must continue to repose indefi.
nitely in the warehouse Of local
storage company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
WORKER CALLS FOR
MORE MASS VIOLATION

NEW YORK.-A worker writes to
the Daily Worker, telling Of the mass
picketing in front of zelgreen cafe
terra:
True to capitalistic form, the
brass-buttoned hijackers swung their
clubs low on the heads Of defense
less workers. While their conferes
were slugging without mercy, the
blue coated fat bellies, were asking
us, the workers, to be nice about it.
When with each commencement Of
the song, Solidarity, worker was
smashed in the jaw, by the Tam
many Hounds, these snickering
beasts, asked us, to take it easy
"And, I say, that we did take 1t
too easy. Comrades, we can't smash
injunctions unless we appear in much
greater masses. At 257 w. saith St.,
we should have had at least one
hundred comrades, carrying placards
on high. If our workers are going
TO be slugged (and there is no doubt
about that, whatsoever), then let the
unlocking workers know why. Let us
picket the cafeteria at 257 w. 34th
st. in tremendous masses. Let us
smash with our solidarity, once and
for always, the lood-sucking lecher-
GUS injunctions-one of the most
poisonous tools in the hands of the
capitalists to starve and crush the
workers."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
FOSTER, BEDACHT
in N. J. SUNDAY

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 30.-Newark,
Passaic, Paterson and Trenton will
be the scenes of four big election
rallies conducted by the New Jersey
Communist Election Campaign Com
mittee on Sunday, Nov. 2.
At I p. m. in the Laurel Garden
Arena at Asst Springfield Ave, New
ark, Foster, Communist candidate for
governor Of New York, begins a busy
day. From Newark he will proceed
to Passaic to the mass meeting at
$50 p. m, Kanter's Auditorium, 261
Monroe st. And, to wind up the day
with smash at the officialdom who
denied the use Of Paterson's Central
High School at the order Of the silk
bosses, Foster will speak at the Union
Hall, 2o5 Paterson Street at $3.50 p. m.
On the same day, Sunday. Nov. 2,
at 2 p. m, Max Bedacht will speak
In the capitol city. Trenton, where
the stencil Of New Jerseys sewer
graft scandals has been getting a
fake election airing. Bedacht speaks
at Arcade Hall, Is E. State ST., Tren-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
AUTO PRODUCTION
SHOWS DECREASE
Crisis Deepens in Face
of Bosses Lies

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 27.-The
September output Of motor vehicals
in the United States and Canada
total 23o,888 against 232,840 in Aug
ust and 429,729 in September, 1929.
According to the official figures OF
the Detroit Manufacturers Associa-
ton. These same figures have also
been published by the United States
Department Of Commerce. For the
first nine months Of the year, pro-
duction totaled 3,660,530 against 4,
874,676 for the corresponding period
Of last year.
This definite decline OF auto pro-
duction Is one Of the expressions Of
the deepening Of the economic crisis
in the United States. 1t is worth
while to note the continuous lay-offs
which occur in the automobile fac
tories, and which has only reduced
production Of 1000 automobiles.
This shows definitely the systematic
speed-up system and naturalization
introduced, in the shops, which is
growing daily.
While mentioning the Automobile
production, 1t Is worth while to COM
pare the sales Of autos. The reports
for September shows a total of SIS 1854
new passenger cars registered, COM
pared with 64,442 in August this year.
and 99,677 in September last year.
This is a decrease from August this
year of 1852 per cent and from Sep
TENDER last year Of 34.6 per cent.
Ford cars registered in September
have decreased 37.8 per cent. These
figures show that the sales are much
less than the decrease of production,
comparing September of this year,
with August Of this year and Sep
TENDER Of last year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
5000 MARCH ON
JOB AGENCIES
Force Return of Fees;
Seven Are Arrested

Council, and by Tom Roy. chairman
of the Employment Agencies Com
mittee Of the unemployed.
All those arrested were charged
with robbery" because they were do
ing what they could to stop the fiend-
ish robbery from hungry workers of
their last cent by the job sharks.
Further details are not available.
Worker Tells of Fraud
An idea how the employment Of
fices work in Sacramento is gained
from the following statement of a
worker, j. K. Sylvia:
IT paid the GARLIC & Bancroft
employment Office at 1112 Second
Avenue 50 fee and 80 cents transpor-
tation for job hauling straw for a
certain Mrs. Britez at Lincoln, Cal.
II found no knives and forks on
the table, and nothing to eat but
bread and coffee, and other insani-
tary conditions. AS the ticket said
conditions fair" I got witnesses
signatures that they were not fair
and came back and demanded my
fee and transportation back from
GARLIC. He refused. I put the claim
before the Labor Commissioner
White. White kept me waiting 20
days, running back and forth, tax
ing oaths and making statements,
and finally told me could get moth
ing. I reported conditions to the
housing and dairy inspectors, and
they made no investigation"
Conditions Of "relief" are indicated
by Sylvia's experience also. He
states, he was down to his last ten
cents, and went to the Community
Chest, where he got three tickets for
80 cent meals at Harris restaurant.
The restaurant makes IL cents per
meal. He later got three more meals
and then was told not to come back
again. The Salvation Army gave two
thirds of those appearing before 1t
for food one ticket each for Csc
meal at Mary's restaurant and moth
ing more. Here they make 10 cents
profit on each Is cent meal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
Crew Forced to Beg on Streets
on Cruise of Booker T. WASH

bling silver, and declared that he was
arresting the boat in the name Of his
Majesty King George the Fifth, king
Of Great Britain, Ireland, Emperor of
India, and lots of other titles that are
too comical to mention here. 1t turned
out that somebody had ordered $50
CRATE bars from a man by the name
of Serrant, the proprietor of the local
iron works ashore.
Everybody in authority refused the
blame for ordering these crate bars
because it was known they were not
needed. Preacher Carter started i'm
mediately melting the crew to attack
the Chief Engineer claiming he must
have ordered them. Only the inter-
vention Of the officials in the launch
saved the life of the Chief Engineer,
the men having started to beat
him up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
BOTANY PLANS
NEW LAY-OFF
New Machinery to In
tensify Speed-Up

PASSAIS, N. j., Oct. 29-While
thousands Of Passaic textile workers
are unemployed and unable to find
work in any line, the Botany Mills,
one of the mills involved in the big
textile strike in this city two years
ago, announce in big headlines in the
local press that the company is in
stating new looms which will enable
1t to further reduce the number of
workers 1t employs. The company
Is also installing the conveyor sys-
tenn to intensity the speed-up Of the
comparatively few workers it will re-
tain.
Adding insult to injury, the COM
pany and the bosses press attempt to
put over these changes as sign Of
coming prosperity-bosses prosperity
which, as usual, will be confined to
the bosses and the coupon cutters.
The Botany Mills admits that while
seven years ago it had 1000 workers
on its payrolls, today the number
has been cut to 5000, with further
heavy reductions in sight with the
installation Of the new labor-saving
machinery.
In the meantime, the suffering
Of the workers and their children has
reached such point that few days
ago two workers children tainted in
school from hunger, having had not
even the usual dry bread and coffee
to which the starvation wages paid
by the bosses limit them. Thousands
of Passaic children are shivering in
the cold in need Of clothing and nu-
tritious food.
The workers Of Passaic must real
lie that the Communist Party is the
only party fighting against speed-up
and lay-off and for social insurance
for the unemployed, and must turn
out on Nov. 4 to vote Communist and
against the bosses hunger policy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
As Many Workers
Killed During Peace
AS In War Time

PORTLAND, Oct. 30.-The toll Of
industry in Oregon is illustrative to
the workers Of the rotteness of the
boss system. In the same length of
time that Orepon troops were in the
world war as many workers were
killed in oregon industry as were in
the war.
The same number Of worrying
women, orphaned children and starv-
ing families were produced in the
peace period, really a peace that
passeth understanding.
The same Oregon that releases
such figures with the usual hooey
about Industrial research for lessen
ing Of accidents, imprisons workers
for protesting against the conditions
that breed such murders.
Just as the war workers killed and
manned we're supposed to he looked
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
.NESSIN AND THREE
HELD FOR COURT
To Be Railroaded With
No Trial by Jury
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a star-chamber proceeding was Rob-
ert Lealess. He told of how he spoke
after j. Louis Engdahl, the chairman
OF the delegation was ordered thrown
out by Walker. Lealess told Of the
order Walker gave to throw him
out"
"Then in the back Of the room
where we were," Lealess stated, about
Is detectives and police jumped on
us, threw us to the ground and beat
us. They split my lip, kicked me, and
threw me out into the hall" AS usu-
al, the Judge stopped any further ex-
posure of the beatings melted out to
the Unemployed Council representa-
tives.
Robert Stone followed. He repeated
the story of the beating, and no
amount OF cross-examining by Beet
len, District Attorney, could change
the truth about the vicious slugging
in the Board of Estimates Chamber.
Maude White and Lester Allen, the
two remaining members of the COM
ton of the beatings. But this didn't
mittee testified, repeating the descrip-
seem to make any impression on the
judge. 1t was evident what was 60
ing to happen. When j. Louis Eng
dahl got on the stand to tell how he
was kicked out of the City Hall on
orders for Walker, the District Attor-
ney objected because "it wasn't part
of the case" Nothing seemed to be
part of the case that didn't fit in
with what was evidently the pre-con-
ceived determination to railroad Mes
in, Stone and Lealess to Jail in the
same fashion Foster, Minor, Amter,
Raymond and Lesten were sent over.
The last witness for the defense was
Harry Cannes, of the Daily Worker
He told Of witnessing the beating
right in the Board of Estimates meet
ing room. He said he watched the
cops in the rear Of the room Jump on
Lealess and Stone, throw them to the
floor, trampled on them, beat them,
and then kick them down the stairs.
The Judge wouldn't permit him to go
on with the description of the beating
IL. the hallway or on the stairway.
Joseph Brodsky argued on the ridic-
ulousness of the unlawful assembly
charge. The judge didn't seem to need
much argument. Without much ado
he ordered Nesin, Stone and ealess
held over to the Special Sessions
wher ethey are denied jury trial
and are left to the mercy of three
other Tammany judges.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01

LONDON. - Manchester Guard
ian" prints in It's number Of Oct. ID
an article about the terror in the
Ukraine under the headline, 1.-THE
Tragedy Of the Ukraine" 1t shows
the unheard of terror which the
punitive expeditions" Of Pilsudski
are spreading and the suffering of
the Ukrainian peasants. We only
can reprint a part of this article,
giving details and names:
ION September IA a detachment
Of the 4th Polish Cavalry Regiment
arrived at Houiateze, in the district
Of Bobrka. Large quantities of grain,
vegetables, bread, eggs and milk were
requisitioned without any payment.
At midnight the mayor was ordered
to reveal the names Of villagers with
arms in their possession. He said he
knew Of none, whereupon he was
seized by five soldiers who gave him
fifty strokes with a stick. Eight
other villagers were similarly beaten.
I'm the night of the 18th a cavalry
detachment at Starry and Nowy Jo-
ryczow thrashed some thirty of the
villagers with their riding crops. On
the 10th some Polish cavalry men
arrived in the village of Gajda, near
Lemberg. On the way there they
had caught some peasants who were
going to work in the fields and beat
them numerically. They comman-
deered a large quantity of food stock.
They caught a number of peasants,
men, women, children, beat each one
in turn until the victim lost consci-
BUSINESS. Cold water was then thrown
over him and the beating was some
times renewed when consciousness
returned.
"Iwan Ronyszyn and his son and
daughter were so beaten that they
were in dreadful condition, and so
were the two children of the mayor
Of the village. Damian Prus was so
roughly handled that his leg was
broken. The cooperative store was
demolished by the Poles and the
storekeeper, woman, flogged...
"In the village of Hurowce in the
district Of Parnopol, foodstuffs were
Communicated, the peasants were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
Imperialists Plot on
u. S. S. r.
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bands that raided oven the border
last year.
Red Armies Advance
Meanwhile the New York Times
social correspondent reports that the
Communist movement spreads still
in central China, that more territory
has been taken over by the Rer
Armies, and that Chang -Kai-shek is
so doubtful of the usefulness to him
of his own troops to fight the Red
Army that he is sending a division
Of Feng-Yu-hsiang's men to Kiang-
81 province, which Is nearly all con-
trolled by the Red Army now.
The Times special correspondent
remarks, however:
"As yet, little good effect has been
apparent from the military reoccu-
patton Of the Yangtse provinces, and
competent observers declare that the
bandits and Communists are so firm
ly entrenched that it will take years
to dislodge them"
The First Congress of Soviets, call
ed by the preliminary conference
held several months ago, is meeting
December II and will establish per-
manent centralized Soviet Govern
ment of the Chinese Soviet Republic.