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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

MASS unrest, peasant revolts and strikes are
wi spreading in the Philippine Islands, the
largest of all outright colonies Of United States
imperialism, arising from the mass starvation
enforced upon the people by the imperlahsts local
landlords and bourgeosie. On January 10Th at
the funeral of Comrade Antonio Ora, one OF the
leaders of the revolutionary peasants orgamza-
tons the Philippine Peasants Confederation, and
the Proletarian Labor Congress, despite the
threats of the native police and constabulary, a
huge militant anti imperialst demonstration was
held in Manila Comrade Antonio Ora was re-
ported killed in an automobile accident" while
under arrest for "seditious activities His death,
under these mysterious circumstances, was an
other atrocious crime Of Z. S. Imperialism and
a tremendous loss to the revolutionary workers
and neasants movement in the Philippines, and
in the rest of the world. Comrade Ora was
courageous fighter against the imperlahst enslaV-
ers as well as against the native feudal and
petty bourgeois lackeyS Of Wall Street IN the
Philippines The demonstration at his funeral
is striking testimony of the deep feeling among
the great masses of workers and peasants In tne
Philippines for the work of Conrade Ora and for
the movement which he represented.
Soon after the death of Comrade Ora, the Wall
Street governor general Of the PhlHpplneS,
Dwight Davis, ordered the arrest of Comrades
Evangensta Manahan and Ambrosio, outstand-
ing leaders of the revolutionary workers and pea
san 5 movement This action of the imperialists,
fully condoned by the bourgeois lackeys, who
hypc critically mouth phrases about demanding
inCe- cndence," shows the growing fear OF the
imperialists in face of the rising tide of revolu-
tionary struggles in the Philippine Islands
Comrades EvangeIsta, Manahan and Ambro-
sio we're arrested on the charge of "sedition" and
face grave danger of assassination or long i'm
prisonment at the order of the Wall Street gov
ernor-general and the Philippine bourgeoise.
While the Communist Party of the Philippines
is yet very young, the basis for its growth into
mass party is rapidly maturing. The revolution
ary workers, through their activity in the trade
union movement, taking the hegemony in the
struggle for immediate and unconditional indie
pendence for the Philippines, show that the pro-
letariat is the leading force in the Philippines
in the fight for freedom from Yankee i'm
perialism
We are confident that the Communist Party
of the Philippines formed at a great mass meet
ing at Manila on November Z, 1880, will con-
tinue to lead the struggle for independence in
spite of the tricky efforts of certain bourgeois
misleaders headed by Roxas, who dare to use
the heroic tradition of the glorious fighter,
Andreas Bonifacio to cover up a false "oppos-
ton" to imperialism with the honorable name of I
Katipunan. The workers and peasants will find
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

hours day. there are about 90 of them they
get paid overtime, the cutters work 8 hours q
day, the drivers work So hours day. Medical
help is efficient. Sickness practically does not
exist here. Lodgings here are convenient Work
ers work in harmony and the wages are good.
There is a library and a reading room. Practi-
cally every worker learns thoroughly his job.
Knowing the work of lumber industry, and judg-
ing by my own personal impressions I again re-
fer to the information of the English conserva-
tive newspapers If I had any proof Of convict
labor in Soviet Union would have left Soviet
Union Immediately"
There was real slavery in Northern forests I'M
der English capitalists (before the revolution) Be-
fore the revolution there were numerous English
lumber enterpriseS-like Stuart Gernet, Brand
and Others who worked with English money for
English profits. The workers of North well re-
member the conditions which existed at that time
dictated by the English masters. According to
the report published by the st. Petersburg (Now
LeningraD association of lumber industry, the
following picture was present: 1.-THE working
day consisted of IL hours. On the average the
cutters received 33c a day, women received tic
a day, the drivers received 29c a day. the women
drivers received zoe. Accidents took place very
often Contracts were made by word of mouth
bosses used money fines against the workers and
seeked various methods 70 exploit the workers.
The cabins in which the workers lived were
awfully dark and dirty. The floor was the earth.
Instead of the present large brick ovens they
only had something to cook on letting in all the
smoke and therefore the sickness was wide
spread"
Now the picture is different. The wages in
creased, lot of work was spent to improve their
lodgings, clubs and kitchens were built There
now exists an efficient medical help and the
entire state of the lumber workers is constantly
improving.
The Northern workers of the lumber industry
protest vigorously against these lies of the British
capitalists and say:
mo one forced us to come here to work We
came on our own free win because we get paid
here better
eve are the boss of our own country and
want to export our lumber in order to exchange
it for machinery. If you refuse to take our lum-
Der, we shall not take your machines To the
lies Of British conservatives we shall answer by
raising our output of lumber this year. Let
Mcdonald take better care of his workers. Be-
fore the revolution We worked 10 and IL hours a
day, now We work 7-3 hours, and earn enough for
our families. At that time we worked without
seeing any light in darkness and dirt. Now VIC
build our own medium improving o,u conditions
Our answer shall be to these lying capitalists
Five year plan in FOUR YEARS"
From INTERNATIONAL ESPERANTO CORRE-
sPoNDENCE DEPARTMENT OF PRAvDA
sEvERA Poshtkesto No. 20. ArchangeIsl
USSR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
A Valentine for Tom Mooney

1t wasn't exactly addressed to Tom but since
he is noted as member of the Molders' Union,
it has sort of connection with his. well, his
situation
beautifully printed little massage it is, inside
a cutely decorative border in the International
Molders' journal for February and it is entitled:
"Friendship-A Valentine for Capital and La
bor"
Friendship" it says in part, "can open foun-
dries and factories, and fill dinner pals. 1t
say Boob! to unhappiness, unrest and unenn-
ployment. Why, then, do industrialists shy away
from it?"
We look further, but it gives no answer to this
question And the Valentine seems to be low
ing one, entirely directed from "labor" to capital
"Come-meet with us around the conference
table," says Labor" in this valentine "Let us
talk things over, and decide upon course that
will be mutually helpful. Here is our hand-let
us be friends!"
But to these lovelorn entreaties, Capital, the
cold-hearted wench, is deaf and decidedly dumb
even in the Molders' Journal 1t is a one-way
conversation. But the Molders' Journal pretends
to have hopes, and winds up with:
Friendship between capital and labor would
be a Valentine indeed. Friendship let us have
more of It'll"
OF course these scoundrels know, as we'll as
Tom Mooney in his cell at San Quentin knows.
that they are peddling this CUFF not to coax
capital, but to delude labor into being passive
in front OF such outrages as MONEYS imprson-
ment in the hope that capital will be friends"
Quite truly Tom has pointed out that the A
r. of L. leadershps function is TO fool the work
ers and make them amenabe to the employers"
Ixx II Dad. .1.L..
labor in the Molders journal while Tom Mooney
the molder, is in Jail since 1915 as a victim Of
one Of the vilest frame-ups by the capitalist
class is an insulting Valentine not only to Tom
Mooney. but to every worker. both inside and
outside Of the A. F. Of L
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
y. S. Prepares Women tor War
By BURCK

vital part of war preparedness is the plan
to mobilize women industrial workers SO that
they will spring into instant action for the pro-
duction OF war materials Men workers will be
released for other military service. An official
OF the U. S. Army Chemical Warfare Service tells
how the war orders are to be flashed over the
country:
According to the plans which are now fairly
well completed, at the very hour, or possibly
lew hours before, America declares war; tersely
worded official kilograms will automatically 90
forward from Washington to several hundred
chemical plants scattered throughout the East
and Middle West In substance the messages
will say: Go ahead and the innumerable war
contracts which are being signed in these quiet
times of peace will Immediately become effec-
tive. "-(Chemical Warfare, by Donald A. Came
ron, International Pamphlets)
During the world imperialist war women and
girls did the work in munitions factories and in
other war industries. So today, it is women and
young girls, paid only Csc to 30c an hour. who
work in the plug and solder, sulphur and test de-
partments of E. I. Dupont de Nemours Com
pany, one of the largest munition companies in
the world. In rayon plants, which are easily
changed at moments notice to manufacture
war chemicals, women workers are also in a.
majority.
On International Women's Day. March 9th.
women and men workers together pledge their
solidarity against these war preparations of the
capitalist class We recognize our solidarity with
workers OF other countries and with those who
are building socialism in the workers republic.
We organize in defense of the Soviet Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Decisions Of Central Control
Commission

SAN FRANCISCO Cal.-All workers organiZa-
tons are warned to be on guard against James
O'Brien; who has been expelled from the Com
mulist Party for drunken brawls and for GRIM
inal acts committed by him in utter disregard
of the injury and harm that these acts might
have brought to the organizations to which he
belonged.
just prior to and at the time of his reprehen-
sible actions, he was the chairman of an IN
employed Council, from which post he was re-
moved immediately.
Now it appears he has aligned himself with
the IWW. and is trying to spread ISLANDERS
against the Party and against the Unemployed
Council He is trying to explain his being out
of them by saying that he has quit both himself,
because of this and that, and the third thing.
The fact, however, remains that he was ex-
PEELED as an individual who is not fit to be toll
Grated in any workers organization
Fritz Richthoffen, non-Party, New York, young
marine worker, member of Marine Workers Ind.
Union did volunteer work in LID. National
Office! during the time that he was in their
office, letters with remittances were stolen; in
the last part of January he was entrusted with
$50 for the payment of bill personal, OF Com
rade S. Garln), he took the money for himself
and disappeared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
BY ANNA ROCHESTER.
(Author of Labor and Coal1

"To serve their country in national emergen-
cies of peace or war;" is the motto of new
organization, the Betsy Ross Corps Of women
ayiators
This "semi-niilitary body aims to serve as
sort of auxiliary aerial motor CORPS" explains its
first commander in an interview with a capitalist
press reporter, 1t will be called upon for such
jobs as ''ferrying new planes from the factory
to the zone Of actual war operations and plotting
aerial ambulances, thus releasing valuable flying
men for service at the front"
Both the army and navy have indicated
friendly and appreciative interest in the Betsy
Ross Corps movement" the commander reports
OF course the War Department and the Navy De-
partment take lively interest in such definite
preparation for the coming war in which women
will play most important part.
Neither the Betsy Ross Corps commander nor
any representative of the Army or Navy states
publicly just what the national emergency of
peace" may mean, but class conscious workers
know that it means any strike struggle in which
the National Guard or any other division of the
u S. War Department is called out to break the
strike. In such peace emergency" this corps
of women pilots will stand ready to help the
ruling class against the working class.
IHe american fteQ Cross is anOther SEMI
military" organization, with over 100000 adult
members, many of them women, and nearly T.
100000 Junior members. A reserve army of
nurses totals over $4,000, described as ready to
respond to calls from the Army and Navy"
Chartered by Congress, this branch of the war
machine was started to serve "as medium of
communication between the American people and
their army and navy" Its accounts are audited
by the War Department and its annual report
is submitted to Congress.
Not only in actual war units like the Red Cross
and the new aviation corps, but in 40 patriotic
societies, women are prepared for war and
particularly for war against the Soviet Union.
The Women's Patriotic Conference on National
Defense met recently in Washington, claiming
to represent 100000 women This conference
included the American Legion Auxiliary, the
American War Mothers and the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Aiming frankly at
adequate appropriations for the military SER
vice." these women are organized in opposition
to the Soviet Union and the international work.
ing class movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

Organize Unemployed Councils
Every Mining Camp, Steel
and Textile Town, Every
Large and Small Indus
trial Center Should Be
HOneycombed With
JObless Councils
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

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The Washington times., 1931-07-17
IS d. C.. Women
To Attend PdrLeu

Thirtyfive members of the
Woman's Benefit Association will
leave Washington Sunday for
Chicago to attend the eleventh
quadrennial convention Of that
association.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
|NFORNER GETS
180-DAY TERM

Leslie Pitcher, discharged police
liquor informer, today was SEN
fenced to 18O days in Jail on two
bad check charges by Judge Rob
ert E. Mattingly in Police Court.
Pitcher pleaded guilty to giving
a worthless check for $21 to
Thomas L. Kelly, operator Of a
garage. in payment Of a repair
bill.
The former stool pigeon. how
ever, flatly denied having pre-
sented a $55 check signed "Ro-
land Harrison" to Jerry LaBarba,
proprietor of a Pennsylvania Ave
nue. barber shop. LaBarba, how
ever, identified Pitcher as the
man to whom he advanced $40
on the check.
Pitcher was dismissed from the
prohibition service yesterday after
he was accused in court Of hav-
ing planted liquor in an effort
to frame" Daniel Martin, a col
ored bootblack.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
DIVORCE NAMES
MRS. MARCUN

Another marital tangle involv-
ing Mrs. Marie S. Marcum, es-
tranged wife Of Philip Henry Mar
cum, a special assistant to the
Attorney General, came to light
today IN q Huntington, w. Va,
divorce suit.
The Marcum matrimonial con.
tretemps caused a mild sensation
In the local courts a year ago.
In the present mix-up Mrs.
Harry A. Davidson, of the West
Virginia city. accuses her hus-
band, in her answer to his di-
Worce suit, of being attentive and
affectionate to Mrs. Marcum over
. period Of several years. She re-
cites details of the alleged rela-
tionship between them.
Mrs. Marcum, who lives at 1854
Columbia Rd. N. w., was granted
temporary alimony of S100 a
month from her husband a year
ago. In 1929 she filed suit for
maintenance against her hus.
band, and he countered with a
limited divorce cross-bill. A re-
etrailing order was issued against
the husband preventing him from
suing her for divorce in Cabell
county, w. Va,
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
HOWAR RHEEM.
LINK SCANNED

Broad powers of attorney
granted Edmund D. Rheem,
former executive vice president
Of the defunct Swartzell, Rheem
and Hensey who is now serving
a seven-year sentence at Lorton
Reformatory, by A. Joseph Howar,
Washington builder, were not
cancelled until January %, 1881,
two days after firm failed, &C"
cording to Attorney Marcus Bor-
chardt.
Borchardt, who represents a
number of former customers OF
the company, is carefully study
ing documents, bank and ledger
accounts pertaining to Howar's
transactions as they are related
to the defunct concern.
The. powers of attorney, three
separate documents, were in
cluded in papers admitted as
evidence in the hearing yester-
day by Fred j. Eden, referee in
bankruptcy. These were pre-
sented by officers Of the Riggs
National Bank and Of the Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank after
Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer, coun-
sci for Howar, had withdrawn
his objections.
The documents had been sub
poenaed by Attorney Borchardt
who, according to statements
made at the public hearings,
wants to ascertain If any of
Howar's holdings are in fact
property Of the estate Of the
bankrupt company.
Attorneys called attention to
what they described the "un-
usual business relations" existing
between Rheem and Howar.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
DOC TAG DELAY
THREATSC|TED

Complaints that members Of
the police force were warning
dog owners in the Chevy Chase
section that unless they obtained
the 1882 fiscal year tags within
the next few days their animals
would be tai.en from them were
made today to Commissioner
Luther H. Reichelderfer.
AS a result, Commissioner
Reichelderfer communicated with
Major Henry G. Pratt. chief of
police, and directed that the dog
license regulation be not enforced
until citizens had been given a
reasonable time to obtain tags.
Edwin S. Hege, member of the
Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-
ton, who made the complaint,
also stated that the District
PoundmaSter has been active in
the Chevy Chase section, picking
up dogs that are unequipped with
the new tags.
Citizens were unable to obtain
the new dog tags until today.
The delay was caused by an at
tempt to put new system of is
suing the tags in operation, but
the attempt failed.
Tax Collector Chatham M. Tow
ers just received a number of
books for recording of the tags
and declared his force is now
ready to issue the licenses. The
fee for q dog tag is 81. More
than 200 applications have been
received by mail.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
SCHOOL CENSUS
UNDER WAY
Times Staff Photo
nODOTuV

The public school statistical Of
flee today began it's study Of a
census of children in Southwest
Washington taken in connection
with the controversy over the
transfer of the Greenleaf School
from white children to colored.
The census was ordered by DR..
Frank w. Ballou. superintendent
of schools, following protests
from various southwest citizen
organizations and the Neighbor'
hood House, located near the
school, in an effort to determine
whether the colored population
is larger than the white.
Both the school study and
another census by the citizens
associations must be submitted to
the Board of Education by
August /, when a poll of the
board will be taken. The board
originally voted to transfer the
school to the colored children in
order to accommodate an alleged
surplus of colored children.
The action was taken on the
basis of figures submitted by DR..
Ballou, showing the ascendency
of the colored population in that
section of the city. These figures
were protested by the Southwest
Citizens Association and by the
Neighborhood House.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
PARKED AUTOS
LURE THIEVES

The District of Columbia divis-
ion of the American Automobile
Association today reminded Wash
ington motorists that the theft
of valuable articles left in parked
automobiles runs into hundreds
of thousands of dollars in annual
losses" and urged local car owners
to cooperate in a campaign to
check the evil.
The association suggests that
if it is not possible to lock the
parked which is forbidden
in this city-all packages and
articles sl1C,dd be removed from
the automobile and checked at
some convenient point.
In addition, the association
says:
when placing the car in a
public garage, although articles
are usually safe in those of
recognized standing, be sure
that pOcketbOOks, jewels, vanity
cases and so on are not left
lying on the seats"
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
P. j. {. CLAIMS
POWER OVER
TRAFFIC
ReWrites Joint Board Report
Taking Authority Of Regu.
Iation; Validity Querled

The validity of the order issued
yesterday by the Public Utilities
Commission regulating the opera
tion of interstate buses in the
District was questioned today.
At the same time it was re-
vealed that the utilities commits
sion had put one over" on the
District Commissioners and hos
tilities between the two groups
over power to regulate common
carriers in the Capital has been
renewed.
The long-awaited bus regula-
ton order was handed down after
a meeting of the new joint board,
empowered under the new traffic
law to pass regulations govern
ing routes. stops, terminals and
the like of street cars, busses and
other common carriers.
Order Is Rewritten
But after the order had been
passed by the Joint Board, the
members of the Public Utilities
Commission rewrote a portion of
the order, making it an order of
the Utilities Commission and
merely mentioning that it had
been approved by the Joint
Board.
The Joint Board is composed
of the members of the Public
Utilities Commission and the
Board of District Commissioner,
with the Engineer Commissioner
lin the middle"
The Engineer Commissioner is
a member of both the Utilities
Commission and the Board Of
Commissioners. Under the traf-
fic law provisions, he is chairman
of the Joint Board and has but
one vote.
Where Question Comes
The question of the orders va
lidity arose from the fact that it
was issued as an order of the
Public Utilities Commission and
not as an order of the Joint
Board.
Since the proposal to increase
the power of District officials and
give them broader overs in the
regulation of common carriers,
both the utilities commissioners
and the District Commissioners
have been at odds as to who
shall have the balance of power.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
LAND WILL COST.
j. s. S877,824

The Government must pay
$877 ,824 for 11-parcels of land in
Square 461. which it seeks to con-
denim for the Federal building de-
velopment in the triangle between
Pennsylvania Avenue, B, Sixth
and Seventh Streets Northwest, b
jury reported to Justice James M.
Proctor today. These parcels rep
resent the property which the
authorities were unable to acquire
at private sale.
Several interesting landmarks
are in the area condemned. in.
Guiding the American House. Conf
mercial Hotel and a number Of
business houses.
George W. Huguely, John w.
Hardell, B. P. Lamperton, Louis
M. Thayer and Henry S. Miller
composed the Jury and the Gov
ernment was represented in the
proceedings by Assistant United
States Attornye General Henry
H. Classic and Assistant United
States Attorneys Arthur G. Lam.
bert and Alexander H. Bell, jr.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
Bath Tubs Anathema
On New Cruiser
Northampton

Certain Navy officers are said
to prefer to take their baths in a
tub, rather than under the shower
contraption. but they'll have to
use the showers on the new
cruiser Northampton.
The Navy Department disclosed
that it had turned down a pro-
posal to install a few tubs on the
cruiser. The cost of installation,
it was said, would be beyond the
economy limit, so the officers will
have to get along with the Gus
tomary shower arrangements.
It was said unofficially that
the tubs were preferred by some
of the officers who will see ser
vice on the cruiser and who are
a bit overweight, but the names
of those putting in a proposal for
the tubs were not disclosed.