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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04
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A Screw Loose
By JORGE

Maybe we're just dumb and can't savvy, but
we must ask Bill Green few questions just
to get things clear. Here goes:
Now, Mr.. Green, we understand that you
say that high wages will prevent business
depression?
Green: Yes, l said that and l stick by it.
All right we are always happy to see you
stick by something, but just wait bit before
you stick too hard. Now then, do we have
business depression now in this country or
not?
Green: Hum. Well. there has been
some distressing times in recent months, but
Never mind about the future. Is business
depressed now or not?
Green: object to the question.
All right, you'll have other things to object
to than questions before you die. So you, the
head of the A F. of L., don't know whether
a business depression exists now or not?
Green: Sure, know but dassn't say.
Well, didn't you publish statements telling
how about 20 per cent of A. F. of L. members
are out of work? And do you think that is
because of prosperity or depression?
Green: Yes, published that statement, and
you can take it as it is and make your own
interpretations.
1t isn't question of interpretations, but of
facts. We either have prosperity or we don't.
What is the situation, anyhow?
Green: Well, of course, things have fallen
off bit but &.
Never mind the "buts" Things have fallen
off, Ell? Now. when do "things fall off, in a
depression or in prosperity?
Green; That's fool question. In depres-
sion, of course.
Well see who the fool is shortly. So with
20 per cent of the A. F. of L. members job
less. and things fallen off, as you admit,
there exists a business depression?
Green: / admit nothing, It's not safe to
admit things
All right, don't. Well prove them anyhow.
Now, if there's depression now on, and high
wages would prevent a depression, then what
you say is contradictory. Either we have low
wages or have no depression. Which have
we?
Green: Go way. | have headache.
Terribly sorry, but you're one of the rulers
of America and we want to know when wages
were cut. How's your memory? Can you re-
member back as far as last year?
Green: Sure!
Well, we had prosperity then, didn't We?
Green: Sure!
And high wages?., You said we had high
wages then, too, didn't you?
Green: Sure!
And recently you said that Hoover had
"kept wages at a high level" didn't you?
Green: Sure!
Kept his promise to keep wages up did he
ike you kept your promise to prevent strikes?
Green: kept my promise to prevent strikes
sure.
And Hoover ''kept wages at high level"
But tell me. then, how did depression come
upon us?
Green: Who says anything about a depres-
sion. There is no depression! There never
will be a depression! know you you're one
of them damned bullsheviks trying to make
the honest working men believe that they are
hungry when they're not We had high wages,
we have high wages, and we always will have
high wages and anybody who says anything
different is disloyal citizen! Get out before
I turn Matte Vol loose on you!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04
An Electrical Connection

fire, it is said that started from IAN cleo
;rical connection" burned up all the Federal
Trade Commissions important documents re.
ating to such Investigations as those into public
Utilities
While it is quite true that the power trust
las nothing to fear from the Federal Trade
Commission, still some of the documents might
'e used by the barbarous "Reds" to expose
he gigantic thevery of the power magnates
+ natural resources.
We agree that an electrical connection"
tarted he fire, and probably the connection
vas a short circuit between some electric cor
'oration money and somebody in the Federal
Trade Commission itself. We know "our" gov
rnment officials!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04

which he put forward after March 6 in order
to fool the workers, and ending with his dis
covery of the blond girl, is not ultra MARKHAM"
since the four Marx brothers themselves have
endorsed his candidacy. :. ).
No worker expects anything else from Hay
wood Broun whose cownishness is only medium
of serving capitalism and which has justified
his joining the socialist" party, which is do.
ing the same thing in different way. The
workers will not listen to these lackeys of
capitalism and will rally around the Commu-
mist Party and the Trade Union Unity League.
Workers. Vote Comm"nist, agitatc for the
Communist ticket, join The Communist fait5
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04
Of All Things!

We learn that on Friday. at the New York
lily employment bureau" 200 iobless men
nd women marched to the City Hall. But this
ime, it appears, the police did not club them
1to insensibility. Unusual, yes
But The cruel irony of the thing is that
hey were hired for SO each to serve as "a
lob.' with Deputy Inspector Of Police Seery,
ATTAIN of Police Loehmann. fifty cops ten
rotor cons ten mounted cops. five sergeant
o. and an emergency wagon rrohahlv to
&c that like Foster Minor. An,ter and Rav.
iond. they would be arrested If they tried
demand something substantial for the un-
nploy ed
After being "shot" by movie camera in
pnary faxed No Mayor Walker and some.
&C WHO disgraced himself by dolling up like
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04

Certainly we must admit our weakness in
organization in preparations for strike strue-
gle, our weaknesses in planned work. At this
writing, August 81, the drive for the 100000
Strike Fund launched by the T.U.U.L. is still
very weakly in operation. The tempo of the
campaign will have to be increased if we want
to reach our objective Of 100000 strike prep
araton fund by November lst
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
BURGESS HEADS
WEIGHT MEN

DR.. George K. Burgess, director
of the Bureau of Standards. was
reelected president of the ma,
tlonal conference on weights and
measures at the closing confer
ence session at the Washington
Hotel yesterday.
F. S. Holbrook, of the bureau,
was chosen secretary. Other new
conference officers are Howard S.
Jarrett and Albert S. Smith, of
Harrisburg, Pa, vice presidents.
and George F. Austin. treasurer.
Twenty members were elected TO
the executive committee.
A new code for chemically
treated coal sales was adopted
providing for advertising and bill
ing as such of all chemically
proceSsed coal. which is COM
monty sold as "dustproof."
A certain typs of long. narrow
necked bottle. used in dispensing
oil at filling stations, would be
banned under another resolution
adopted. This type was con
demned as tending toward fraud
and as having too much interior
surface to which Oil adhereS when
poured.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
z HURT, 6 HELD
IN CAFE ROW

Pandemonium broke loose in a
lunchroom in the $500 block NJ
st. N. w, after Miss Margie E.
Bance, %, of Winchester, Va
heard a remark she construed
as insulting, according TO police
Of the Seventh precinct.
Six persons alleged to have
participated in the ensuing free
forall battle yesterday we're TO
appear in Police Court today on
charges Of diSorderly conduct and
destroying private property. Each
was required to put up S25 col
lateral.
Those arrested were Miss Bance,
Silas Llneberg. %, of Winchester,
Va: Louise Follin, %, 1900 block
Thirteenth st. N. w; George
Connor. 38, of the 22O0 block
Naylor Rd s. E: Edward Lonas.
35, of the Naval Hospital, and
Charles Sclby, 38, of the 1900
block Potomac Ave. S. E.
Louise Folln was treated at
Emergency Hospital for cuts over
one eye. Edward DoWling. %. Of
the 1900 block Potomac Ave, was
treated at Georgetown Hospital
for a cut scalp. He was directed
to appear as a witness.
Seven policemen went into the
restaurant to stop the fight
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
DILL BELIEVES
PROSECUTION
To FOLLOW
Coast Guard Failed to Hear
Distress Signals; Former
Senator FIayed Air Trust

Chairman Salzman of the Radio
Commission said today the
commission would investigate re-
ported interference with broad
casting Sunday night of the
speech of former Senator James
A. Reed, of Missouri, at Sedalia
Senator Dill (DD, of Washing
Ton, said the occurrence was pc
culiar" and he might discuss the
subject soon in the Senate.
Reed was attacking the radio
trust" when a report of an SOS
call caused broadcaSting to be
stopped in some sections.
Might Prosecute
Dill expressed the opinion prose
cutions should be brought if in
territorial or unauthorized inter-
ference was found. Saltzman
said the commission had never
before encountered situation like
this. but that an inquiry seemed
called for. Dill said:
"A number of peculiar things
seem to be happening with re-
gard to the radio trust. Reeds
speech was cut off on report by
a TuckertOn, N. J., station Of a
distress call from an undenti-
fled ship. No record of an
SOS was on file at the coast
guard here, and naval officers
here had no record of such
distress call.
This is one of the things
that makes people suspicious"
Dill also mentioned the rcSigna-
tion of Federal Judge Hugh M.
Morris, of Delaware, considered
an expert in radio matters. Dill
has asked President Hoover to
urge Judge Morris to reconsider
his resignation.
Comments on Retirement
The Senator commented on the
designation having followed closely
FAfter the Government filed suit
An Delaware Federal Court FOR dis
fSolution of the recent unification
SDf Radio Corporation of America
fWith General Electric and West,
HnghouSe. Dill added:
"He is the best qualified Judge
on the Federal bench to pass
on this case"
Reports from the West of inter
ference with Reeds speech by
noises and what might have been
Dther stations aStonished Dill. He
Apointed out that other stations
}were not supposed to be on the
SSame wave-channel with the sta
stions of the network which broad
Easted the speech.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
PAIR WHO LEFT
BABY SOUGHT

A frightened girl and a young
man are sought by police in con-
nection with the abandonment of
a tWo-weeks-old boy baby, in ex-
cellent health and we'll clothed.
He is in Children's Hospital
where he has become a faVorite
with the nurses.
Police were told by Julia Bell.
colored, 10, first block of N St.
S. E, that the man and the girl
came to her house last WedneS-
day and left the baby. asking her
to care for him a few days. They
did not return.
The man was one with whom
the colored woman had had busi-
ness dealings, but she did not
know his name, she told police.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
Senator'S Told Ergot
Tests Are Made on
Trained RoosterS

Use of trained roosterS for
testing the potency of ergot by
the pure food and drug division
of the Department of Agricul-
ture was charged by Howard
M. Ambruster. of New York. be
fore the Senate Committee on
Agriculture today. When Sena-
tors laughed, he insisted:
Il mean this in all serious
ness. Under the United States
pharmacOpiea ergOt is given the
rOOsters in the cocks comb
test The rOOSterS are so
trained that inferior ergOt con-
tracts the blood in their combs
and pure ergOt does not.
They are really trained
rOosters. The test is called for
under regulations and the
rOOsters are so trained that
they register good results for
bad ergot and bad results for
good ergOt."
Ambruster. importer of Span
ish ergot, filed COMPLAINT that
large quantities of inferior er-
got have been imported from
the Soviet MONOPOLY in Russia.
causing many hospitals and
surgeons to suspend the use of
this drug in maternity cases.
\ home for your wife and kiddie.
will he N"ur greatest possession
invest in II today through the CIasSi.
fled Real Estate for sale columns.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
Cannibal's Grandsons
On Visit to u. S.
Eat No Meat

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9
1N.S.D Two Fiji islanders,
whose grandfathers were can
nibals. arrived here recently
as delegates to the world con-
vention of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church.
Both informed the manager
of their hotel. that they are
vegetarians, eating no meat of
any kind.
The Fijians-Piali Tikowale
and Setareki Chevaca-wear
coats, collars and ties, but no
shoes. and skirts instead of
trousers.
They we're brought to San
Francisco by the Rev. A. G.
Stewart. a missionary, who has
spent more than 20 years in
Fiji.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
Times Staff Photo

Mr.. AND MRS. PETER CHRISTAKOS
THOUGH BRIDE of recent date, Mrs. Christakos,
"a, of the 400 block Fourth St. N. w.. pleaded guilty
Saturday of obtaining property under false pretense.
Nicholas Carry, motion picture operator, filed
plants that he bought her trousseau after she had
promised to marry him. She acquired 500 in we'd
ding attire, then married Christakos, said to be
restaurant owner, Judge Schuldt took her personal
bond,
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
JAIL IS CROWDED
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. June O.
The already over crowded city
Jail this morning was unwilling
host of IA additional prisoners
who we're sentenced in police court
today.
Judge William P. Woolls is ex-
pected to appoint a commission
to make a study of over croWding
at the Jail.
During the past year there
have been several escapes from
the Jail and Assistant Jailor
Moore was beaten by a prisoner
who later was recaptured. Two
prisoners have been cut by fellow
prisoners in the past two months.
City Sergeant R. H. Cox, jailor,
has had to accommodate at times
more than twice the capacity of
the institution.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
TONES WAR ON
DESP|TEPACT
Times Staff Photos

CHICAGO, June 9 1.N.SO.-
Three Chinese were being sought
today in connection with the lat
est Tong murder here, that Of
Chang Gong Gank. At the same
time reports from Chinatown
here indicated that Chicago'si
Tongs refused to observe the
peace pact signed between the
warning Tongs yesterday in New
York.
1t was reported here that Or
ders had gone out from the Hip
Sing and On Leong Tongs to re-
new their warfare both in Chi
cago and in Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
Boiler Explosion
At SdLDn1iLL Hurts 2

HARRISONBURG. Va, June 9.
Russell and Ralph Smith, sons of
Isaac Smith, of Riverton. Pendle-
ton county, w. Va, are in Rock
irgham Memorial HOSPITAL here as
the result of a Sawmill boiler eX-
plosion.
Russell, AGED 27., suffered
fractured skull while Ralph, Is,
was seriously burned.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09
Maryland Senator
Seeks Reelection

LEONARDTOWN, Nd. June 9.
Senator j. Allen Coad, of Leon,
ardtown, is prepared to announce
himself as a candidate for lie,
election to the Maryland Senate
on the Democrat ticket. The
Senator is going to run on a wet
platform for the repeal of the
Volstead Act and the Eighteenth
amendment.
Politics in ST. Marys this year
are at a standstill, and very
little campaigning is being done.
Many say it is the quietest elec-
ton year, ever.
The Washington times., 1930-06-09

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invest in II today through the CIasSi-
fled Real Estate for sale columns.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13

Harris, drunk, $40 and costs; Orwell
Jonathan, Samuel Chiles, drunk and
~disorderly, Jonathan's case contin-
ued to 81, Chiles fined SO and cost;
George Bagby, drunk, 500 and
costs; Willie Hicks, drunk and dis
orderly, $500 bond for 10 days;
Norman Edwards, drunk and disor-
DERBY, SO and costs; Edgar Moss,
storing, continued to 9th.
Leonard Mason, storing, sent on;
S. Lee, forgery, sent on; Joe Webb,
fugitive from James City County,
continued to =; Dewey Conway and
Clarence Coutts, Migrants, $3.50 bond
for II months; Adolph Jenkins,
held as material witness against Le-
Roy Wiley and James Dobbins who
are held as suspected of burglary,
continued; William Brown, theft Of
o%vercoat, 80 days; George Win
chester, theft of coal from C. & o.
80 days; Clarence Lewis, stabbing
Herman Allen, sent on; P. Wilson,
assault with intent to kill Alfred
Lewis, operating car under the in
fiuence of liquor, sent on.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
HEALTH CAN
BE

Health Is not an accident. Sci.
ence has shown US that certain dis
eases are unnecessary. Among
these Is tuberculosis. taking a toll
twenty years ago Of two hundred
lives out of each 100. 900. since re-
duced to less than 80.
An organized army is devoted to
extirpating this disease entirely
from society. The attack Is cen
tered on tuberculosis because OF Its
insidious character as well as the
extent OF its %onslaughts, for those
who die because of it usually waste
away slowly. and the life OF the
community Is perm -atec with tte
by.products of the disease in de.
pleted energy of workers. and pow
erty. There is another great reason
why the forces arrayed under the
banner of the double-barred cross
financed by the annual Christmas
seal sale, concentrate on tubercu
losis. This Is because the measures
that prevent tuberculosis also pre-
vent many other diseases. Annihi'
late 1t and the danger OF other
diseases is reduced proportionately
How may this be done, or rather
how has it been half.done already?
The cure of the disease is by rest.
fresh air, wholesome food AID sun
shine. The prevention is by rest,
fresh air, wholesome food, sunshine
and exercise.
It is so simple most people don't
believe it-they would be inclined
more to see value in the sudden
and mysterious discovery" u q
aura
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
What Happened In
Police Court

Police Court news from Decem-
Der z, through December 10th. Leroy
Wiley, sent on, on a burglary
charge, given twelve months IN jail
and hncd $3.50, on a petty larceny
cnarge; William Brown, theft charge,
81 days in Jail; Clarence Lewis, as
saulting Herman Allen and cutting
nus throat, sent on; Albert Gregory,
transporting, sent on; Geo. Win
chester, theft, sent to jail for 30
days; Lindsey Johnson and Henry
Johnson. theft charges, each given
60 days; Cora McCauley, storing at
5z2 Prentiss Street, sen to Jail for
three months, fined $50.
John Burnett, threatening Bernard
Toliver, SO and cost; Lee Davis,
careless and reckless driving, dis
missed on costs of $3.50; Louis Hill,
d~isorderly, abusing Susie Downey,
dismissed on costs of $3.50; Clar-
ence Coutts, driving without per-
NIT, ! dismissed; E. L. Williams,
drunk, $40 and cost; John H. Tur-
ner, drunk, SO and costs; George
Winston, ~Icareless and reckless
driving, $40 and cost; Ernest
Washington, striking Rosa Mankins,
cont, 16; Alfonso Jackson, careless
and reckless driving, dismissed on
cost of $3.50; Floyd E. Hill. cdear-
ing house, $50 and cost; Daniel Greet
ma, drunk, SO and cost; Jonie john
sen, d~isorderly, $3.50 and cost; Ar
thur Widmark, disorderly, So and
cost, sent to Jail in absence of funds;
Sidney Johnson, assault and strike
John W. Denny, dismissed on costs
Of $3.50; M. T. McFram, carless and
reckless driving, cont. ~; Robert
Fields, d~isorderly, firing pistol in
street., continued to; James Grand
erson, striking Minnie Washington,
cont. to 9; William Glasgow, clear
ing house, cont. to 20; William Car
ripgton, lottery, 500, costs, 20 days
in jail, he notes an appeal.
Lille Fleming, assulting Lillian
Harrison, $50 and costs; William
Booker, careless and reckless driving,
continued to 10; Joseph Talifero,
policy, 500, costs, 20 days; Thomas
Johnson, disorderly, SIS costs;
Thomas Bradley, disorderly, $3.50
and costs; George Gates and Irene
Thompkins, disorderly at 1928 E.
Broad St., $3.50 and costs each; Ed
ward Leonard and Buster Brown, dis
orderly, SIS and costs each; Madeline
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
The Emancipation
Celebration At
EbGnezer Baptist
Church, January 4

Emancipation will be celebrated
by William A. Hawkins Camp, U. S.
Spanish American War Veterans
and its Auxiliary at Ebenezer Bap-
fist Church, the First Sunday Night
in January, 1881, with an appro-
pirate program. The public is cor
daily invited. World War Veterans
are especially invited.
The following committee is in
charge: Mrs. R. A. Logan, president
Mrs. Mamie ]. Howard, treasurer,
and Mrs. Augusta 1. Johnson, secre-
tsry, for the Auxiliary; Comrade
George A. Walker, camp commander
Lucius Storrs, quartermaster, F. E
Mangrum, adjutant, for the Camp;
George L. Branch.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
NEGRO MECHANICS AT WORK.

There is being erected on the
corner of Second and Jackson Sts''
a modern and up-to-date- service
station. It's beauty and general con-
yenience are marvels to the eye. 1t
is g very inspiring sight to see Negro
mechanics busy at work erecting this
modern automobile emporium OF
service. Mr.. John H. Braxton Is
erecting this station and is sparlng
no pains to make it one OF the best
in the city. 1t will be operated by
Mr.. w. T. Gray. But we are away
from our point; we intended to say
that it looks mighty nice to see those
.otored mechanics at work.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
DIR. KING AND THE NEGRO.

Radio listeners hereabouts were
greatly pleased last Sunday night as
DR.. C. l.. King (white) pastor Of
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
preached a sermon from the text:
"Out of one blood God created all
nations of men," 1t was n of the
most noble gestures made from the
white pulpit and was courageous IN
IFS interpretations. He asked for a
better relationship between the races
and especially for justice towards
our group. These letters followed:
Dec. z, 1880.
Dear DR.. King:
I have long been a member OF
your radio audience, and nave al
ways enjoyed your sermons. your
sermon tonight on the "Consldera-
ton of the Other Race" was a mas
tcrpiece in its presentation OF u
cause. . -,
I had begun to think that the
white mans Christianity was a sham
when it came to applying those noble
principles to the treatment OF the
Negro. but after listening to your
masterful handling of that dellcate
problem, I am somewhat convinced
that God still lives, even in the hearts
Of white men. l am cognlzant OF
the fact that it akest moral courage,
a high degree of fearessness and ne
noble spirit of Goodness to stand
before a white congregation and de-
nounce the unfairness of discrimina-
ton and segregation as meted out
to my people. May God crown your
efforts with success, and give you
more power to preach the truth. You
stated our case very simply ana
plainly-Fairness, justice and a
mans chance. I admit the problem
is delicate and complicated, and .
suitable solution not yet in sight, but
with the help of God and such fear
less men as yourself, I believe that
with a sincere cooperation OF the
two groups here in Richmond we will
be able to solve our problem.
Respectfully yours,
J. HENRY PETERS, Jr.
December 9, 1880.
Mr.. J. H. Peters, Jr.,
The Commercial Bank and Trust Co...
529 North End Street, '
Richmond, Va.
My Dear Sir:
I thank you for your letter OF De-
cember 7th. l am much pleased to
know that you have been a member
Of nv radio congregation and have
found my sermons helpful. We must
ali work together with earnestness
and sincerity of purpose for the SO.
luton of many difficult problems enat
are before US.
Sincerely yours,
C. L. KING.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13

fighting this monstrous enemy ana
we take this time to thank the faith
ful and untiring warriors of the dou-
hle-barred cross for their sincerity.
and devotion to the great task OF
saving humanity from the cary
grave They have demonstrated De-
yond a doubt the truth OF a state-
ment originally intended as a lie:
Thou wilt not surely die"
The organization has secured me
aid of a colored divisional group, IN
der the leadership of Mrs. William n:
Hughes and we hope the Negroes OF
Richmond will help bring a rainbow
from which eminence we may sweep
the clouds of despair away.
Richmond planet., 1930-12-13

food; neglected teeth and tonsils:
too little sunshine.
Tuberculosis usually begins in
childhood. and may be endangerlne
health long before any symptoms
appear. Fully MALT the cases OF
adult tuberculosis in later years
show X-Ray signs Of having had
this early condition called child
hood tuberculosis at an age
under Is. Such children can
usually be discovered by the X.Ray
and the tuberculin test and given
special Gre.
Parents should see that chill.
dren take the well.marked detours
around the steep grades during the
years when the child is becoming
a man; when school life Is most
intense and the temptation to ex'
cess is greatest"