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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations
Paris Commune Mass Meeting.

Paris Commune Mass Meeting.
March Is, at Central Opera House.
s7th 81. and Third Ave, p. m. Speak
ers; Engdahl and others.
-io Dance Recital.
Nadia Chilkovsky and ensemble Of
proietarian children, sunday. March
g, at p. m, at Civic Repertory
Theatre.
Harlem ReveI Solidarity Dance.
Saturday. March %, Rockland Pal
ace, 155th ST. and Sth Ave. Duke Ell
Tnstnn's Orchestra. Tickets 81; in
adrance, IS cents.
WAtsermnn and Knbnn Girl Strikers
Saturday. March 10, 16 W. 21st s.:
Al comrades to come.
n HnrIem Grand Ball.
9f Italian Workers Club, Saturday.
Hall. So Z. 106th St Concert, dance.
'eEI. Admission 50 cents.
Eighth Annual Dance.
rendered by Followers. of the Trail,
- turdav. March %, at the Carlton, i
VI ilith st. Admission 70 cents.
Pageant Rehearsal
I Today. Ut p. NJ. at Bronx Coli
+e-itn. Take 1soth Street Subway, get
9ft at .l77th Street
Elizabeth. \. ,. Unemployment
Meeting
Today at ~ noon, at Union Square.
Speakers: Joe Harris. Louis A. Baum.
south nrooklyn Open Forum
OF Y. g, l.. sunday. 1880 T. NJ. 1875
y St. Religion and the Workers
The religious attack on the Soviet
-ulOE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15
Acme to Feature
arsenal" This Week

Beginning today and continuing
the entire week, the Acme Theatre
will present the Sovkino film CAR
senal," The picture is one of the
latest releases, and constitutes a re-
volutionary step forward in the de-
velopment of the Soviet film, Great
ing a technique of its own. The
director has managed here to COM
bine the sweep of the impersonal
mass conflicts with the rousing and
stirring qualities Of profound hu-
man drama.
A travel film, "The Wild Heart of
Africa" taken in the widest jungles
of Africa, will be shown in connec-
tion with the Soviet picture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15
PHILHARMONIC AT METROPO-
Titan SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The MISUNDERSTANDING Or
chestra, under Arturo Toscanini,
plays tomorrow afternoon at the
Metropolitan Opera House. The pro-
gram consists of the Rossini Over
ture to 'L'Italiana in Algiery," Mo
carts Jupiter" Symphony, Respig-
HIS Fountains of Rome" Dukas'
"Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the
Prelude and finale from Tristan
and Isolde"
On Thursday evening, Friday af-
ternoon, and Saturday evening at
Carnegie Hall, and on Sunday after
noon at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music the program will include the
Rossini Overture to al Signor Brus-
chino" Haydn's Symphony No. 3 in
E flat, Debussy's Afternoon of a
Faun," Berlioz' Scherzo Queen Nab"
and Strauss Death and Transfigur-
alton.
The last Children's Concert of the
second series takes place next Sat-
urday morning at Carnegie Hall. A
request program will be played and
prizes will be distributed to those
children having the best note books.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15

Do your working rlass neighbors
read the Daily Worker? Sell it to
them every day nd make new
Party members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15
IN THE STATION MASTER"

Vera Malinovskaya, is one of the
principals in 1.-THE Station Master
the Sovkino film now showing at
the End Avenue Playhouse. The week
of March II to 20 the Second Ave.
Playhouse is rented out for special
presentation of a Polish production,
"Thorny Parade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

that perforce eliminates any real rever-
ence or depth Of meaning.
It Is doubtful II the laying Of .
wreath on the Tombs Of the Unknown
Soldiers keeps alive any memories that
should be eradicated because Of their
bitterness, or hatred that the act in
cites. The symbolism of the unknown
soldier penetrates national boundary
lines. One might. In truth, feel that
in honoring Americas war dead as
much honor was given to the dead of
other nations who sleep in alien lands
But II the ceremonies have any mean
ing at all. 1t is too sacred and is too
dear to the individual to become a
matter Of rule and rote. Nothing would
be lost by eliminating the set ceremonies
through general agreement.
The matter. should serve to direct
attention Of the authorities here to the
source Of offerings placed upon the
tomb Of our own Unknown. Every
visitor Of any prominence, nearly every
convention, no matter Of whom or for
what, EVIDENTLY feels In duty bound to
visit Arlington and there, amid the click
of cameras, to place a wreath upon the
tomb. The number Of such proceedings
raises the question whether many Of
those who journey to Arlington go there
in search Of publicity or whether they
are actuated by reverent patriotism and
all that Is represented in that simple
slab Of white stone. Any one wishing
to picnic in Rock Greek Park must
first obtain . permit. But any Tom,
Dick or Harry can have his picture
taken in the act Of placing a wreath
upon the Tomb Of the Unknown. A
little discrimination among those who
bring their tributes might not be aniss.
An order forbidding photographs, ex-
cept on special occasions, might be Of
value
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
THINGS UNSEEN
BY THE RIGHT FEY. JAMES E. FREEMAN. D. D, IL. D.
Bishop OF Washington.

Tert:: "While Ue look not at the
things iDhich are seen, but at the
things tDhtch are not seen."-U Co
rinthidnS, luis.
Seeing is believing" is an old adage
and one that was familiar to us in our
youth. From the beginning Of life right
away on to its latest day, we are
nightly affected by things we see and
handle. Only recently President Hoover,
in q notable utterance at Kings Noun
tain, spoke of the value of the intangible
things of life, the great spiritual forces
that lie behind the course of nation 6
life and progress. 1t is only now and
again in deeply reflective moments that
we reckon with the intangible and the
invisible. The world in which we live
is too much with us late and soon,
and the pressure of its visible forces is
SO persistent that 1t is hard at times
TO reckon with the powers that lie be-
hind. On the other hand, there has
been no period in history where the
invisible forces have disclosed such po-
tential energies as the present.
I sat in a little room in London last
July before a microphone. The at
tendant advised me that at precisely
$780, when the signal was given, the air
would be cleared, enabling me to speak
Nationwide "hook-up," have my voice
carry to the remotest parts of America
and Canada. Had not hitherto known
something of the power of the air
should have regarded the suggestion as
utterly incredible and impossible. Pres
entity the signal came, the beam Is on, i"
to use the phrase of the attendant, and
in a conversational tone was literally
talking over an area that comprised
thousands of miles. 1t was a striking
demonstration of the incalculable power
of that which is unseen. More and more
we are learning that the very ether we
breathe, the sunlight that pours down
upon our way, quickening nature into
life and beauty, and countless other
energies We use, but cannot define, are
ready to be our servants when recog-
nized and utilized. They are agents Of
unmeasured power and usefulness.
Ours Is an age in which we are reck-
oning with spiritual forces, things un-
seen, and as yet we are only dimly
compromising them. Surely this is 9
miracle age. More and more we are
realizing the potentiality of things the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

eye cannot see or the ear hear. We can
no longer say that seeing Is believing"
To the vision of the Apostle Paul even
light affiiction, which is but for q
moment" Is to be regarded as but a
normal experience in life'S pilgrimage.
He would look upon 1t as part of plan,
an incident in the days life, wholly
temporal in character, but reaching out
to the illimitable boundaries OF things
eternal. His philosophy reminds US Of
the poets lines:
Our little systems have their day
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights Of Thee,
And Thou o Lord, art more than they
It may be hard for us to get full
orbed vision of life, we are so much
given to segmental view. We judge
too much the whole by the part, and
disappointments or misfortunes check US
and for the while halt us in our course.
The pressure of the world Is too much
for us, and spiritual values pass out Of
our reckoning. Surely, we are Of the
earth, earthly. In the face of all this,
the only satisfying, compensating view
of life is that which reckons with the
value of things unseen. To believe, that
there Is "a divinity that shapes our
ends" to know that there Is a great
urge that, even in the face of our i'm
potence, is pressing us on to some I'M
seen goal, lends zest and a purpose
to life of incalculable value. Surely,
this was the view of life that the great
Master had. He judged the passing
events of each day in the light Of ulti-
mate accomplishment. He saw beyond
events the triumph of mighty cause.
Those who have been inspired by His
view of life have followed in His way.
The dying martyr, who declared to his
fellow sufferer, I'VE light light in Eng
land today that by the grace of God
shall never be put out" saw beyond
the flames that destroyed him q new
age Of better things. Said man to me
in the last throes of a dread disease,
II have made up my mind to live one
day at time and be satisfied" He
had reached a stage where his vision
was fixed on things unseen and he went
out of life with the assurance that
when he awoke in another world of
being he would understand that which
to his vision here had been obscure,
for the things which are seen are tenn
poral, but the things which are not seen
are eternal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

dictate the approach Of q stable popula-
tiop, with neither notable increase nor
decreases from year to year. The Ma
ton IS on the road toward minimum
waste Of lives. Lives, like land, no
longer are free for the asking. The
country has passed the days Of reck-
less gambling in childhood.
The future of the birth rate is debat-
able. 1t may stay at about its present
level for many years to come. Judging
by the trend Of the past, 1t would be
expected to decline still further. Any
notable increase Is unlikely.
But the decrease In the infant NOR
tally rate may be expected still to
continue. 1t is largely a question of
wider application of medical and hy-
gienio measures already avsilable rather
than of new scientific advances. But
even these car be expected.
A notable step in this direction, it is
likely, will be the findings of the Presi-
dents Conference on Child Welfare
here this month. This promises to be a
milestone in the history Of population
adjustment, considering 1t entirely aside
from its humanitarian aspects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Civil Service Apportionment.

The Civil Service Commissions an
nouncement that temporary positions In
the Government service will be filled by
applicants from the States, instead Of
from the District of Columbia, Is based
on desire to uphold the spirit as well
as the intent Of the appertionment law.
But without dragging in any senti-
mental demands that Washingtonians
should have first call on these jobs, or
that the District is being Disseminated
against, the announcement invites real
criticism because of the practical diff
culties apt to follow.
In the apportioned service of the Gov
eminent there are $4,000 positions, and
on the basis of population the District
should be represented by only LAB job
holders. AS q matter of fact the Dis
trict Is represented by more than 10000
This Is due to the fact that veterans are
appointed without regard to appertion-
ment, and many Of them claim this city
IS residence; that during the war de-
mand there was . scarcity of eligibles,
and they were grabbed as fast as they
presented themselves, and that many
were appointed without regard to Civil
Service status, the President afterward
taking them all into the Civil Service
by executive order. On paper the Dis
trict may have much heavier represen-
tation than the States.
!. But the decision to employ temporary
assistants from the States will doubt
less cause embarrassment, not only to
the Civil Service Commission, but to
conditions in Washington. The stenog-
rapher who Is picked up In San Fran
cisco and Journeys all the way across
the continent for q six-month Job
here Is not apt to return when the de-
mand for his services ends. II he has
not been able to obtain permanent en-
ployment, he will become Q recruit In
the already large army of joh-seekers.
While there are hundreds Of persons
in the city looking for temporary work
In the Government, it seems absurd to
invite others from distant parts Of the
country and bring them here with the
enticing prospect Of possibly obtaining
Q permanent position. The effect Is not
only to aggrayate local unemployment
conditions, but to misrepresents to the
country at large the opportunities that
exist here. The Civil Service Commits
sion is understood TO be experimenting
with this new method Of filling tenn
porary positions. The experiment will
doubtless prove q. failure. It Is to be
hoped that NO undue hardship will
result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Birth and Death Rates.

The Nations birth and infant NOR
tality rates for 1929, just announced by
the Bureau Of the Census, illustrate
strikingly the trend OF the times and
afford significant material for statistical
predictions,
Both rates were the lowest on record,
with . single exception, probably due to
incomplete returns. The birth rate was
1919 per 1000 population and the death
rate Of children In the FIRST nscal year
was 90 per 1000 births Some notable
differences were revealed among States.
Oregon. for instance. had birth rate
of 1A.l and . mortality rate Of 90. New
Mexieo, standing at the other end OF
the scale, reported Q birth rate OF 2ee
and las deaths per 1,00e births in the
Arst year. The District OF Columbia
falls near the mean In both respects,
with Q birth rate Of 1874 and death
rate Of n. Twenty-Five States had bet
ter recosds for infant mortality.
These two sets OF statistics for o
single year notably affect population
predictions for Q generation. They pro-
dnee "bqlges" ct various age levels tc
Which the institutions Of society must
hs adjusted. Predictions for future
schoel needs. for example. must TAXI
them Into consideration.
Eyery year now tells the same story
st 10 essentially the story Of Q peopls
arriving ct maturity. As q generation
passes through the dangers of childhooe
end adolescence there is greater conser'
satisn Of life and fewer additions to the
total of the age group. The same seems
Dte hold true Of society - whole. tn
birth and infant mortality statistics In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

Great Britstn's proposal to her former
allies Of the World War that they
eliminate the ceremony at the Tombs
Of the Unknown Soldiers. these cere-
monies consisting in laying q wreath In
the course Of ofacial visits to the allied
capitals. y understood to be based pri-
marily upon desire to eradicate
memories Of the Great War" One
prefers to believe, however, that better
ground for cutting out the ceremony is
found in the perfunetory manner in
which 1t has come to be performed.
established. - q custom since the inter
ments Of the unknown soldiers, 1t has
developed into q ritualistic performance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
China's Christian President.

No more arresting news has come
out Of China for many q day than
the announcement that Gen. Chang
Kai-Shek, youthful Nstionaiist Presi-
dent Of China, was baptized a.
Christian on October %. The cere-
mony was IS simple and apparently ~
devout a. It was unexpected.
Gen. Chang came to Shanghai from
Marking, unannounced, and, having re-
paired to the home Of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Soong, the baptismal act
was performed there by an ordained
Chinese minister Of the Allen Memorial
Church, an English-speaking Methodist
mission. To the question whether he
sincerely desired to become Christian,
the politico militarist hero Of the new
China replied in the affirmative, where
upon his formal admission to the
Methodist confession was pronounced.
Ali China Is reported Startled" by
an event well designed to challenge ma
tional attention. There IL no reason
to doubt the fervor and genuineness
of Gen. Chiang's conversion. or to i'm
pute Interior motives to his action. It
comes ut moment when opponents Of
lawleSsness are outraging the lives,
rights and property of Christian mis-
sionaries in all parts Of China. The
Presidents baptism Is . blow at the
extremists who are hunting down
Christians In Kiangsi Province and
elsewhere In the Yangtze Valley.
Shanghai dispatches bring the wholly
comprehensive and gratifying news
that Gen. Chiangs embrace Of the
Christian faith may have far-reach-
ing consequences. Despite the tribu-
lations Of the Nationalist government,
his hold on the new China's loyalty has
not been seriously shaken. The people
have not forgotten his yeOman services
in bringing about the military victories
Of two years ago, which finally en-
throned the Marking government 1t
would he going too far to suggest that
Chiang's conversion means the sweep
Of q great Christian wave across the
vast areas Of China, - his Cantonese
troops once engulfed the north. But 1t
is q sign and . portent Of historic sig
nificance.
China has her Christian ruler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Peter Grimm and the Budget.

Its up to YOU to point out where we
shall cut" said Mayor Walker Of New
York to q citizen. Peter Grimm, member
Of one Of the civic and business organi-
Bations that appeared before him with
formal petitions that the budget be cut
and protested against the increase in
the tax rate.
And the New York World and Times
properly take Mayor Walker to task for
resorting to . common enough trick,
practiced all too often by those who
frame the budgets and prepare to spend
the tag money. ..-....-
Peter Grinm, only q taxpaying citi-
zen, demanded that the budget be cut.
that taxes not be raised. With twin
kie In his eye Mayor Walker replies
% Peter Grimm, "You tell US where to
cpt I'll" And Peter Grimm Is abashed,
shenced.
But why should Peter Grimm be ex-
pected to tell the mayor or anybody
else where the budget Is to be cut?
Peter Grimm Is . good citizen, pays his
taxes, does his bit. The involved busi-
ness Of financing q municipality Is q
mystery to. him. It is not his speciality,
not, what he Is paid to do. When he
feels that those who have the response
hllity are making hotch of. the Job,
that he i being made to pay for what
he does not get, he naturally protests.
The satisfaction he gets Is, you tell
Us where to cut, Peter GRIMM"
Peter Grimm Of New York enjoys
one privilege that his brethren here
do not possess. He can show his dis
pleasure, vent his wrath at the polls.
Sometimes 1t takes him q long
time to do it. Usually he gets
there IN the end. Here the Peter
Grimms do not even, have the right
to voice their opinions OF budgets that
are framed for them to support They
IRE kept In black darkness as to what
their next years tax burdens are to be.
Hers and there . light penetrates the
darkness, hut 1t y apt to be merely
q chance reflection. He Ia told that
his taxes must 80 up. that there Is not
nancy enough, 70 % around. Then
10 Is told that there Is, after all, enough
meney 70 ga. around. But why he
should have been told, IN the first
place. that there was not enough. and
how there does happen to be enough, or
whether there y enough, no one deigns
explain. And when the budget reaches
oonsFess5 When Peter Grimm Of
Washington protests the burdens that
IT. places On, his shoulders, the salts
factton he gets ID, You asked for IT.
now pay for itl"
II there Is any consolation In the
spectacle Of enormously expanding city
budgets everywhere, Of tax rates that
only 90 upward, It lies in the fact that
Peter Grimm viii stand just 50 much,
and no more. He win demand q part
IN framing the budgets that tax him
and his neighbors, he will pay more
attention to the skin Of those with
whom he has tntrusted the fortunes
and the welfare Of his home town
and he will turn them out when they
fail. Peter Grimm may not be able
to show where the budget should be
eut. But, If sufnciently aroused, he
can make others do the cutting for
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

A bishops throne" intended for an
American cathedral is denied free entry,
although an effort was made to classify
it as an altar. which could come in duty
free. This will prove surprising to most
citizens, who have not read far enough
along In the new tarif act to discover
that American throne makers are pro-
tected by q tariff. Dependable old
Congress, 1t just watches every little
thingl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Col. Arthur Woods Epitomizes
Education, Business, Altruism

but still just as lightly, just Is buoy
antly, debonair as ever before.
This man would never permit the
gravity of his efforts, whether in war or
in peace. to become depressing to those
about him. He makes forbidding tasks
seem charming. When on the long
distance telephone he accostS a reluc-
tant business man on the Pacific Slope
to persuade him to join q dull and
drudging committee, he seems to be per-
suading him, and successfully, to Join
q committee for a good time. To be
always charmed, and always to charm,
that is the most taking and conquering
trait of this educator, business man,
public social servant. In his social serv-
Ice he has what he had In his police
service and In his war service. He has
dash, verve, gayety. He is-one might
almost say-the D'Artagnan Of altruists.
(CopyriEht, 1902
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
SHOOTING STARS.


The Great Essential.
Old Julius Caesar was . shrewd
And calculating elf.
BE wanted his career reviewed
So, wrote 1t up himself.
True courage ought to make q hit"
He said in accents wise,
But II you want to benefit,
You've got to advertise"
The merchant, the philanthropist,
The statesman and the sage
Take care their names are never missed
From Fame's swift turning page.
The truly simple Simple Life
win never win q prize.
To be . hero in the strife,
You've got to advertise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

The Soviet Union Is determined to
accomplish the alteration and improve
ment work Of q whole century in Ave
years. Peter the Great, whose govern
ment was Is absolutely autocratic as
the present one, was equally determined.
However, Peter fell down completely.
Russians are Just about the same now
as they were two hundred years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

Simon Bolivar, South American
patriot, holds the remarkable distinction
OF having established no fewer than SIX
Latin American nations. He did 1t, Of
course, through revolution, but 1t Is
doubtful II he ever dreamed that the
citizens he helped make free would
follow quite 30 closely and frequently
his own successful technique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

George washington did little "cuss-
ing" except when extraordinary condi-
tions warranted. It Is wondered just
what he would say If, alive. he read Of
the financial demands and explanations
Of certain sridiron artists playing on
one of the teams Of the great university
named In his honor. Coaches famed
for blistering tongues could sit around
humhly taking notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

Some Of the great industrial concerns
that positively viii not hire any man
over nifty might take note Of the fact
that John Philip Sousa has written and
composed i've first-class marches so
far this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

A touching Instance Of affection for
dumb pets is cited In q recent COM
munication to The Star wherein the
writer relates how . local physician
"sobbed aloud as his police dog was
condemned to death" Very pitiful. But
the postman. doing his duty, on
whom the dog made . vicious and
unprovoked attack, showed more spunk
and did no sobbing whatever.