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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26
Significance of the National
Training School
BY JACK KARSON. !.
(Student N. r. 81 y

FROM day to day we are faced with new de-
velopments leading to sharp struggles be-
tween the workers and the bosses, between the
capitalist world on one hand and the Soviet
Union on the other. 81 6#-tt
Unemployment on an international scale is
growing from day to day. In the U. S. we are
approaching the sum of 100000 unemployed.
The bosses are waging an attack upon the
standard of living of the yet employed work
ers The capitalists are after the very blood
of the exploited masses in an attempt to solve
the economic crisis. ~,
We are witnessing an international mobiliza-
tom of religion, reaction and military forces
for war against the Soviet Union. Another
imperialist world war for the redivision of
markets is hanging over our heads.
The bosses agents within the working class,
the labor bureaucracy under the flag Of yellow
socialism, are leading this onslaught on the
masses of the workers. At the same time the
resistance of the workers which in many places
already takes the offensive side in the battle
is also growing from day to day.
The national training school Of the Commu-
mist Party is one of the methods of approach
ing our tasks Thirty-five young workers are
at present training themselves, in Marxian and
feminist theory, learning from the past exper-
fence of class struggle. Coming to the school
from the very heart of the American indus
try; coal, steel, marine, textile, etc. Most Of
them have already participated in late strikes,
have already gained confidence Of the masses.
Support the National Tanning School!
Support and Bolshevize our Communist
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26
From Pope to Cannon

INTERNATIONAL capital is at present work
ing overtime in the preparations of counter
revolutionary war against the Soviet Union
The Five-Year Plan of the Soviets meas
ure of building socialism is truly phenomenal
success. Capitalism, on the other hand, in
spite of all social democratic advertisements,
cannot conceal the equally phenomenal crisis
of its existence The millions of proletarian
victims of this crisis of capitalism, the starv-
ing unemployed and the underpaid and ex-
tremey exploited employed masses of workers
are more and more eagerly casting their hope
full eyes upon the Soviet Union, willing to learn
how proletarian dictatorship can liquidate
hateful capitalism.
No wonder, therefore, that world capitalism
is considering the Soviet Union a major
objective of it's feverish war preparations of
today.
These war preparations have now taken the
form of theological mobilization of the prospec
tive army Of the counter revolution. To this
end, religious prejudices and superstitions are
played upon. The masses are called upon to
save their "heaven" by defending the earth for
capitalism. The opium of religion is injected
wholesale in order to make the masses forget
the miseres of the capitalist present.
For this mobilization capitalism produces its
most complete united front: From Hoover to
Macdonald; from the pope to James P. Cannon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26
A Communist Speaks in a
Capitalist Parliament

mist proposals for assistance to the unemployed
they have thrown out of the parliament the
entire Communist fraction.
Thirdly, they have arranged bloodbaths for
the unemployed, who demonstrated in Bruenn,
Prague, Merovian Ostrow and other cities for
the Communist proposals. They have subjected
the unemployed to beatngs and mass arrests,
and in addition, the National-Socialist Senator
Chassnow, has called the unemployed buns and
vagabonds.
And finally, in the field of foreign politics,
the activity of the new government was marked
by the fact that through the mouth of its for
eign minister it dared to make the most in
,solent threats against the Soviet Union. 1t
joined the interventonist note of America and
England in defense of the Chinese counter
revolutionists, and in Prague Mr.. Benesch car
ried on negotiations with the Roumanian min
lister in regard to intervention and surrounding
of the Soviet Union.
You Put the Consequences of the Capitalist
Crisis on the Working Masses.
In its declaration the new government says
that it considers as it's basic task the finding
of means for the overcoming of the economic
crisis. About what kind of means does it
speak? The government proposes to increase
the direct and indirect taxes. to abolish the
last remnants of protection for the tenants and
agricultural products and bring about a new
wave of increasing cost of living. to throw into
the streets more tens of thousands of workers
and put them to death with hunger, and finally
to strengthen the capitalist naturalization, and
speed up.
BY means of the frightening of the working
day, the reduction of wages, the increasing of
the speedup and the planting of fascism in
the shops, the bourgeoisie intends to squeeze
the last drop of blood from the workers who
remain in the factories. Taxes, tariff, sale of
their property at auction for debts, will under
mine the existence of new tens of thousands
of poor peasants.
You are putting into Jail Communist deputies,
You deprive hundreds and thousands of honest
active working class fighters of freedom.
At the time when, here in this hall murder
ers are sitting in session, you lock up
worker who steals piece of breai, yet all OF
the government bloc consists of capitalists who
stole many millions from the state, who have
profited madly on military loans, sale of alco-
hol and taxes and many, many other things.
This is your "iustice!"
With the help of the Lave about the compul-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26

Eve are learning from the Russian Boil
sheuiks hoU to break your neck. We 10iN
deal 1Cith you IN the same manner as the
Russian Botshoviks haze dealt ioith the Car,
the bourgeoisie and Kerensky." From the
speech of the CzechosIovakian deputy Gott-
cald in Parliament
THE organ of the Czechoslovakian Communist
Party Rude Pravo," describes in the fol-
lowing words the parliamentary scene in which
comrade Gottwald made his speech:
with faces distorted by hatred and fear the
bourgeois and soca-fascist deputies listened
TO the speech of the Communist deputy. Idiot,
fool you don't understand anything, you are
good for nothing, go back to the factory such
we're their arguments The Socialist" wom-
an deputy, Mrs. Mishanova, madly attacked
Comrade Chstomskow and began to choke her,
evidently attempting by these means to con-
vince her of the correctness of the social-fas-
:ist policy. This madness expressed itself with
particular force during Comrade Gottwald's
speech, and there is nothing to wonder about,
Is his speech was declaration of war against
The rotten bourgeois regime and its social-fas-
cist supporters.
Comrade Gottwalds speech:
We shall not retreat single step, but are
leading the masses into battle. We shall over
urn and destroy this state.
We are taking all measures to mobilize the
oroadest masses of the proetariat and to lead
them into a concerted advance against hunger,
tascism and imperiaist war, against the social
tascists, for the revolutionary slogans and aims
If the Communist Party.
The revolutionary workers who are in the
Communist fraction of the parliament will
prove themselves in this struggle worthy of
hat great representative of revolutionary par
amentarism, Karl Liebknecht, of the Bolshev-
st fraction in the Duma of the Gar, and of
heir heroic comrades in the Polish Sejm.
ons OF the bourgeois deputies shouted to our
,omrades go back to the factories Yes, the
deputies from the factories and mines iUU re-
urn to their comrades in the factories, they
gill return in order to lead them into battle.
rhe time will come when the parliament and
he government will tremble before the factory
workers.
The new government and the new parliament
ave begun their work with characteristic meas
Tres. First of all, they have put over upon the
rorking masses the taxes in the amount Of 2is
million crowns
Secondly, as their answer to the Commu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26
DETROIT LEADING - PHILA-
DELPHIA CROWDING NEW
YORK FROM SECOND PLACE


DETROIT is the victor in the membership
drive, that can already now be seen. With
PIP per cent of the quota filled, with 22S new
Negro members of 1859 new members it will
be very hard to beat the leading district in
the drive. New York still holds second place,
but Phila. is too close to allow the New York
comrades any peaceful resting on their laurels.
The original quota for the drive $1,000 new
members) is covered completely and per
cent added
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26
BY GRACE NJ. BURNHAM,
Labor Research Association.
{Continued)
Amalgsmated Clothing Workers.


THE most ,pretentious scheme still in existence
was undertaken by the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers Union in agreement with the en-
ployers of that industry in 1928.
The agreement : originally covered 10000
workers in the Chicago market and was later
extended to Rochester and New York. AS origi-
nally planned the employers and the union
each contributed IL per cent Of the total pay
roll In 1928 the union asked for a reduction
in hours of work from AZ to 40 week. The
employers refused to reduce the working hours.
Instead they Offered to increase their payments
to the insurance fund from u to per cent.
The union leaders accepted this compromise.
The fund is not, large one, allowing payments
of no more than $50 to $40 year per worker.
The average weekly wage is $40. This sum
is supposed to compensate union clothing work.
ers for an average amount of unemployment
of i @ weeks year. And the union member
himself has contributed third of this
amount. - So
In addition the union officials have forced
upon the membership an efficiency production
standards" scheme by which the number of
workers regularly employed in Chicago has al
ready been reduced Is per cent in five years,
while output per man-hour has increased, in
one instance to as much as 40 per cent in
three years. In another instance the installa-
ton Of cutting machines reduced the working
force from 800 to-250, a0ith an Increased out
put Of so per cent. Some 200 cutters volun-
tarily quit, receiving no unemployment insur-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26

This week shows very good results as the
beginning of the squirt for. the last week of
the drive. COS new members were recruited
during the week, of them 121 Negro workers.
Cleveland is leading the drive this week with
lis new members, of them 40 Negroes. Next
comes Detroit with lis members, of them 27
Negroes. Seattle is still sleeping since its
tremendous" effort during the second week
of the drive, when 50 new members were re-
cruited.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26

"Come hither,'' shouts the Barker, to the men
in denim clad.
1--WE have show inside this tent that really
is too bad.
There are some acts here, gentlemen, that
I'll declare are hot.
"Step up and buy your tickets; put your
money on the spot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-26

DIV Nuclei
60 Quota Solicit Quota Orgsniy. Issued Negro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

doubleday one of the founders of the National
Capital. He is buried in Congressional Gene
terry, and his grave is appropriately marked
In more recent years, this old residence was
the home of Edmund G. Wheeler who for a
long time following the Civil War kept junk
business on the north side of the canal at
Seventh and 3 streets, and even after the canal
was converted into sewer, continued for a
while at that stand. At present a clinic is
conducted here on the basement floor and
the resident physician. DR.. Henry G. Hadley,
was good enough to show the writer through
the old mansion, which still shows traces of
its former grandure
South Washington always has had, and al
ways will have, its boosters, and whereas parts
of Old Carrollsburg, or Buzzards Point may
still be undeveloped, yet that does not mean
that 1t was always this way will remain so,
and indeed, as we get little farther away
from it. toward the west, we still find many
fine residences in which still live some of the
first families of THE Island
One Of the real sons of southwest Washington
who loves to speak of his boyhood days there,
and of his old neighbors is Judge Robert E.
Mattingly, of the Municipal Court, who, be-
sides, spends much of his time presiding over
the sessions of the District Police Court
Judge Mattingly Is a member of the Society
OF Natives Of the District of Columbia and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

also said to have been occupied for some years
by Richard Bland Lee Of "Leesyivania," in
Prince William County, Va, q Representative
in the First, Second and Third Congresses, and
q man who had considerable to do with the
placing Of the Capital City on its present site.
It is probable that he came to washington
in 1914, for it was in that year that he was
appointed one of three commissioners to super
intend the re-erection Of the public buildings
destroyed by the British on August "a, of that
year, the other members being John p. Van
Ness and Tench Ringgold and their meetings
were held in the old Blodgett Hotel Building
on street between Seventh and Eighth streets.
Later, IN 1915, he was appointed by President
Madison commissioner to adjudicate claims
arising out of the loss destruction of property
during the war of 1s12-1e15. Subsequently, In
1919, he was appointed by President Monroe
judge Of the Orphans Court of the District Of
Columbia, and served as such until his death
in Washington, d. c., March IL, 1927.
THE writer is not certain II Judge Lee died
in the old Law mansion, but If he did,
additional significance attaches to the resi-
dence because Of the fact that he was un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

holds membership in the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants as WELL and some time ago related
to the members Of the latter organization his
recollection Of The Island" in most inter-
eSting way. Among other things he said:
My first impression Of The Island dates
back to the streets of mud; and cows roaming
through the same.
ION r street, between Four and One-hah and
Sixth, my grandfather, who came to Washing
ton from st. Mary,s County, Nd in 1903, had
erected one OF the earliest houses, and one
could look therefrom, view unobstructed to the
Potomac River. That house was erected before
st. Dominics Church was established, and
mass was said in the old house in the absence
Of q church. People attending would stand
and kneel out into the street during the mass.
I have no recollection when the old church was
built at Sixth and r streets, but the lower
portion was o parochial school; the upper story
was the church. Well do remember the very
high steps one assembled to attend mass, and
the great difficulty experienced by funeral cor
teges, heavy caSketS being taken up those steps,
and lowered in the same way, by straining pail
bearers. The school was presided over by
good old Irishman, one Corneliue Kenealy, who
found it necessary to rule with ruler good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Nee England Farms

THE farms of New England are far fewer
than they were 10 years ago the Bureau
of Census figures indicate
Maine and Rhode Island are the only States
to show counties registering increased farm
operations. The former has two counties SO
reporting and the latter )ne. Dukes County.
Mass, with loss of 566 per cent, showed the
greatest decline. while Franklin County, in the
same State, showed the least with 80 per cent.
Aroostock County, Me. with 6,493 farms Ted
all the counties In total. and was second Tow
in loss. and Nantucket County, Mass, with its
% farms, had the fewest in New England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

deal of the time: but the unrlly scholars of
those days justified the teachers action. He
did not believe in the adage, spare the rod and
spoil the child
GS'TNHE earliest and most regular visitor to
our home, which was the old house afore-
said (where I was born), was The Evening
Star, and my grandfather, George Mattingly,
and my father were undoubtedly among the
first subscribers for that paper. 1t continued
to bring the daily news until their deaths In
1886 and 1901, respectively. In my grand
fathers old age-he died at 83-my father had
to read The Star to him every evening. Some
times others of his children, nephews and
nieces, would do that
MY mother was Louisa Mitchell Hedgman
of Stafford County, Va. Marrying my father,
George E. Mattingly. they resided until their
deaths in 1901 and 1904 in the same old home,
475-477 ON F street, and there six sons and
one daughter were born.
well do I recall the long walking funeral
procession from the old home to the old and
the new ST. Dominic'S churches; and the de-
structive fire that burned the new church later.
The old church in later years succeeded
by fine new school and parish hall: and the
old parsonage ON street, back of the old
church, by q splendid parsonage and home on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

S"T>FIE Island has undergone little change
since my YOUTH but great improve
men is found in the removal of all, grade
crossings, and in the submersion of the rail-
road tracks. Also much improvement along
the wharves and the river front. OF course
all Of us remember the days when flats,
marshes and cat-tails hourished in the river
opposite the wharves, and how gunners focked
In the marshes and reeds for birds and other
game. Now behold complete .metamorphosis
Aladdin swings his magic lamp, and a gen
erous Government provides for the beautiful
park and speedway between the washington
and Georgetown channels of the river
"A great prominent resident of the Island
IN my early days, was DR.. James Webb Rogers,
OF Pan-Electric fame He lived at the corner
Of Sixth and F streets and his beautiful daugh@
ter, Cora. I called, and now CALL the first
sweetheart I ever had-but not the last I
gave her up because I was not prepared for
marriage, and should not stand in the way Of
others better situated financially DR.. Rogers
famous electrical inventor, now residing in
Hyattsville with his family. And how many
of us recall the large saloon of George Bauer
on Seventh street, just opposite the wharf of
the norfolk Steamboat Co., and the picture Of
a S-foot stein painted on it, good old larger
foan1ing at the top, with the words beneath
wanted. 10000 men to unload schooners-5
cents each''
Too bad the writer cannot give more of
Judge Mattinglys "reminiscences at this time:
maybe he will do so later, for they are really
interesting. . ;.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

AN OLD building in southwest Washington
that will always attract attention, Is gen.
orally known as the Thomas Law-Richard
Bland Lee house. located at the northeast cor
ner of Sixth and N streets. 1t was built by
the syndicate which lost many thousands of
dollars in an effort to increase its wealth by
building up Washington which they attempted
before the coming of Congress to the new capi-
tai The members of this syndicate included
the well known financier of the American Revo-
luton Robert Morris, and John Nicholson and
James Greenleaf
Besides being one of the oldest buildings in
the city it is also of much interest because it
was TO this mansion that Thomas Law, the
youngest son of the Bishop of Carlisle took
his bride in the Spring of 1895, she being Eliza
beth Parke Gusts. daughter of John Parke Gus
It's, and granddaughter of Mrs. Washington, as
well as a descendant of Lord Baltimore
The Laws did not reside long in this house,
but soon moved TO a residence built by Thomas
Law on the east side of the block being
prepared for the House Office Annex, on New
Jersey avenue between and streets south
east, where were entertained such notable per-
sons as Louis Philippe, Count Volney, Niemce-
witt. Richard Parkinson, and many others, and,
most naturally Gen. and Mrs. Washington
were frequent guests there.
The Law residence at Sixth and streets Is
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
BOUNDARY TO Be
ARBTTRATED
NATHANIEL

Guatemala and Honduras have
agreed to submit their boundary
dispute to an arbitration tribunal
and abide by it's decision, Secre-
tary of State Stimson announced
here today.
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes
will head the three.man tribunal
which will settle the question.
Stimson termed the agreement
a distinct achievement" and pre-
dicted it would have a beneficial
effect on other international rela-
tions in Central America.
Signing of the agreement proba-
bly, marks the end Of a contro-
verSy which arose 80 years ago, in
1870. The first boundary treaty
between the two countries was
signed in 1S45, but was later
broken. The boundary contro-
versy became acute again in 1897,
resulting in another treaty in
1914. Subsequent controversy led
to the new treaty.
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
SUBURBS FACE
SHORTAGE Of
WATER
Rain in 10 Days Is Big Need;
Burnt Mills Reservoir Has
Low Supply; 10000 Affected

Failure to get rain within the
next 10 days will necessitate a
curtailment of water usage in
Washington suburban areas, 1t
was announced today by Robert
B. Morse. chief engineer for the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
Morse said the water in the
Burnt Mills reservoir, which sup
plies the suburban area, was now
three feet below the level of the
dam. Northwest Branch, which
supplies the reservoir, is lower now
than it has been since 1928, and
the drought. usual in the summer
months. began at an earlier date
this year.
The commission is taking all
precautionary measures possible
to conserve the water. in the
reservoir. The pipe line between
Takoma Park and Hyattsville is
kept closed as much as possible.
It is possible to obtain q linn
tied quantity of water from the
District and Rhode Island Avenue
but not sufficient to supply one
community.
Recently algae growth In the
Burnt Mills reservoir affected the
taste Of the water, but this is
being eliminated by treatment.
The area that is being affected
by the shortage Of water extends
from Glen Echo to Capitol
Heights, and about $4,000 people,
it was said.
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
ARE KILLED
IN Gas BLAST

OAKLAND, Calf, July IT..
GNS0 Ten or eleven men were
instantly killed early today by ar
explosion Of natural gas 1900 feet
underground in the Camp Mitchell
tunnel of the Hetch Hetchy prof.
ect, II miles southeast of Liver
more.
At least IA men, trapped 1000
feet away in the opposite end OF
the tunnel, escaped by the eleva-
tor hoist.
Today's gas explosion is the sec
ond disaster to strike the Hetch
Hetchy project In Alameda County
in five weeks. Seven men we're
killed in a similar gas explosion
in tunnel on the Calaveras
Creek unit June 8.
Two of the bodies have been
recovered and taken to the
morgue of j. G. Reimer, Liver
more deputy coroner. The others
have been found but not yet
removed.
Ia. IL. WneeLerJ ASSlSGdub cAlsf
neer in charge, said the terrific
blast instantly killed all the crew
in the eastern unit. Preliminary
Investigations showed conclusively
that the men were killed by the
concussion and not burned to
death.
So great was the force Of the
blast that worknen at the other
end of the tunnel, 1000 feet
away, were knocked from their
feet and their lanterns extin-
guished.
Under the leadership Of their
shift boss, they fought through
the choking gas fumes and foul
air to the central shaft and were
lifted to safety by the elevator
hoist.