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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
"C0NTINENTALS OF 1891"
TO MARCH TO YORKTOWN
Historic Military Organizations to
Participate In Sesquicen-
tennia1 advance"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
YORKTOWN, Va, January 1.-THE
United States Yorktown SeSquicenten-
NAL Commission today announced plans
for another Continental Army" to ad-
vance from New York to Yorktown for
the 150th anniversary of the surrender
Of Lord CORVALLIS, TO be observed here
with four-day celebration, October 16
to 10.
The army would be made up of mill
tary organizations whose history dates
back to Revolutionary War days. In the
line of march would be troops of the
LIST Virginia Regiment. which Wash
ington commanded. in the French and
Indian War, and troops from the origi-
nal Is States. the Northwest Territory
Kentucky, Tennessee and others of the
older States.
Attired in uniforms similar TO those
worn by their forefathers, the 1891
Continentals are TO gather at New York
where Washington started his dash
southwark after making feint against
Sir Henry Clinton. The march would
end on the Yorktown battlefield with
q review before President Hoover. Pa
rades are planned at New York. Tren-
ton, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washing
ton and Richmond The troops would
be moved by train or bus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
SIGN STAGE STARS
FOR TRADE DINNER
Board Committee Members
Promise Notable Program
February 7.

New York professional theatrical
talent of varied character have been
engaged to perform at the annual Mid
winter dinner meeting of the Wash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
PAROLE BODY PROBE
REVEALED BY ARREST
Illinois Pardon Board Member
Charged With Receiving Money
for Leniency.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated HreSS.
CHICAGO, January ia sweeping
investigation of the Illinois parole
system was revealed today with the
arrest of William H. Harrison, colored
member of the Board of Pardons and
Paroles.
Harrison was charged by States At
torney Swanson with receiving money
payments in return for grants of par
dons or paroles to inmates of State
penal institutions.
The States attorney revealed that a
group of Investigators had been work.
ing on the case of Harrison and others
for several weeks. He said the arrest
of Harrison was decided upon when
one investigator tapped his wire and
heard a conversation involving a
pardon.
Swanson said the investigation so far
has disclosed evidence that Harrison
promised clemency at $1,000 each to
fou men now in the penitentary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

such entertainers as Will Rogers, Gene
Buck and Gus Edwards, according to
Mr.. Helwig.
approximately 800 guests will attend
the traditional trade body social func-
ton, to which many prominent persons
have been invited as honor guests. All
tickets for the dinner were taken more
than two weeks ago.
In addition to Mr.. Helwig, members
of the Entertainment Committee are
James B. Edmunds, Hayward Marshall,
Fred East, William F. Raymond,
Stephen F. Colladay, John Davidson,
Wilmot w. Trew, Lee Combs, Thomas
A. Cantwell, Joseph McGerraghy,
George Miller, w. E. Reed, Milton F.
Schwab, W. w. Ross, Dwight K. Terry,
Harry P. White, Lawrence E. Williams,
DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, Harry Dean and
Brooke T. AmiSs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

ington Board OF
Trade, to be held
at the Will a r d
Hotel February z,
it was announced
last nigh ut by
Harry H. r. Hell
wig, chairman OF
the Entertainment
Committee.
T h e committee
has spent consid-
cradle time select
ing and arranging
for the entertain
pent feature, to
which the most OF
the evenings pro-
gram will be de-
voted, and h a S
had the advice Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
JURY TRIAL METHOD
ABOLITION is URGED
New York Bar Group Hears Crit.
icisms by Former Federal
Attorney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 17.-Abolitior
Of trial by jury was advocated at the
annual meeting of the New York State
Bar Association today by Emory r
Buckner, former Federal district attor-
ney here.
they should be allowed to reach de-
cision by majority votes and the judge
should be permitted to advise what he
thinks the decision should be.
He said he would have the jury abol-
ished in all civil and criminal cases
with the possible exception of murder
trials. He termed jury trials sense
less waste of the time of business men
waste Of money and not best calcu.
lated to achieve justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
King Vidor's Father Dies.

LOS ANGELES, January II CP.-
Charles s. Vidor, so, father Of King
Vidor, motion picture director, died to-
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

missioner. said today that while some
States are finding taxation q perplex-
ing problem and are searching for new
sources of revenue, Virginia is finding
its policy of tax segregation equal TO
and drought
-Four years ago the plan by which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
JAPANESE NAMED

THE HAGUE, January II R.-
Mineichiro Adachi, former Japanese
Ambassador to France, has been elected
president of the Permanent Court of
International Justice, replacing Dionisio
Anzilotti, italian, who headed the So
called World Court"
The court is now composed of Is
judges instead of IL, among the new
members being Frank B. Kellogg, former
Secretary Of State of the United States.
Since its Inauguration, in 1922, it has
delivered Judgment in IS cases and has
given advisory opinions in 10 cases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

and leaves real estate and tangible per-
the State taxes only intangible property
sonal property to Its subdivisions was
adopted as part Of the Recommended
tions of the Byrd administration. Re-
duced income taxes are effective this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
TAXATION POLICY LAUDED

Virginia Finances Held Satisfac-
tory in Depression.
RICHMOND, Va, January II (P.-
G. H. MorriSSett, Virginia tax COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Will Employ 5000 Men.

ATLANTA, Ga, January 17.-State
highway engineers today estimated that
the 1881 highway program should pro-
vide employment for from five thousand
to six thousand men.
B. P. McWhorter, chief engineer OF
the department, said the work will cost
approximately $15,000,000, including
Federal aid funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
HOME BREWERS WARNED
Australia Declares War as High
Rum Tax Is Imposed.

CANBERRA (P).-Australia has a
home brew war on its hands.
Increased taxes on liquor have raised
the price and home brewers have grown
enormously in number, along with many
Illicit distilleries.
The minister Of customs, issuing a
warning, declared that his sfficers would
track down every home brewer
Its immaterial whether it's brewed
for home use or sale" he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
.JOBLESS COUNCIL
ACTS IN NEWARK
Forces City to Pay a
Months Kent

NEWARK. N. j., April 23.-The
Newark Council of the Unemployed
tell show it organized a systematic
registration of needy families, picked
out the most acute cases of distress
and sent committee with the facts
to the overseer of the poor. This Of
fetal sent the committee to a char
ity station, where the committee was
not allowed to see the responsible
head.
The council organized a mass meet
ing a few blocks from the home OF
this destitute family exposed the city
and the charity and started a colfec-
ton of food.
Recently a sick woman and her
two children we're evicted. A COM
mittee was sent by the council, along
with the son of the evicted woman,
and, after much arguing, got the
city to promise to pay one months
rent in another flat The city would
not move the furniture, which the
constable had simply thrown into the
street, SO a moving van was called,
the furniture moved and the bill sent
to the constable. All the workers in
the neighborhood we're modified and
some new members gained for the
council
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
USE TERROR TO
GUST CANDIDATES
Brunswick Communists
Fight Boss Tactics

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., April
23.-The Communist Party has two
candidates in the coming city cleo
tons for city commissioners on May
18TH, for whom already 81 petitions
have been filled-more than enough
to place them on the ballot. Mem
bers of the Police Department in
GLIDING Chas. Riley and others, are
going around to those who signed the
Communist candidates petitions ter
rorizing them, telling them to with
draw their names from the petitions
or they will lose their jobs and that
the foreign born will be deported.
The Election Campaign Committee
of the Communist Party strongly
protests against this terror of the
Police Department and those candi-
dates and bosses behind it. The
Communist Party has already filed
petitions for its candidates and this
campaign of terror of the present
commissioners and the powerful in
terests Of the city to keep the Com
munist candidates off the ballot. In
spite of this terror the workers are
refusing to withdraw their names
from our petitions. All workers or
CARNATIONS have been called upon to
send committees to the city govern
ment and also resolutions demanding
that this terror stop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
Paterson May Day Conference
Plans Huge Demonstrations

PATERSON, N. IA conference of
working class organizations to plan
the May Day preparations and to
mobilize the workers of Paterson for
the unconditional release of five
militant textile workers framed up on
a charge of first degree murder for
striking against a wage cut and mis-
cradle conditions in a textile shop,
was held in this city on Wednes-
day, April 10 at 2O5 Paterson st.
Twenty-Five delegates, representing
is organizations, which included
unions and one shop, with a total
membership Of 912 workers, were
present at this united front confer
ence.
The reporter to the conference, E.
Vafiades, section organizer of the
Communist Party, pointed out the
conditions under which the workers
here are forced to live. He brought
forth the fact that wage cuts are
sweeping the whole city, that incen-
tive systems are being introduced
which transfer the workers into &C
tual slaves, that a huge lay-off of
500 workers from the Wideman Dye
Company took place the other week
and that the number of unemployed,
now $4,000, is continually increasing.
The answer of the workers to this
attack was strikes. during which
many workers turned to the National
Textile Workers Union for leader
ship because it is the only union of
textile workers fighting against wage
cuts and speed-up,
1t first proposed that the demon
stration be held at City Hall, at IL
noon. Secondly, that the main issue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
CHINA EXPRESS" COMING
TO NEWARK ON MAY 2ND

That revolutionary film of the
struggle in the East, China Express, "
which was produced by Sovkino in
Moscow, and which created much
interest when first shown here about
year ago, will have its first show
ing in Newark at the Little Theatre
on Broad st. The film will be shown
for the week beginning Saturday,
May 2. The same program will have
Lost Gods" an interesting film of
the expedition of exploration in
Ancient Carthage.
"LUMPENBALL" AT CAMEO
The Cameo Theatre is now play
ing new German picture--"Lu m-
penball,' talking comedy film. The
leading chorocters are Harry Frank,
Kurt Lilien, Irene Ambrus, and Anna
Mueller-Lincke.
Edna Ferber's novel Of the early
west, is now being shown "Cimar-
ron," is now being shown at the
Hippodrome, with Richard Dix, Irene
Dunno, Edna May Oliver. George E.
Stone and Nance O'Neil in the chief
roles. The vaudeville bill includes
Ted and Al Waldman, Rin-Tin- Tin
with Lee Duncan, Jack Tracy and
Lita Vinette, Liazeed Demnati Troupe
and other features.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27

I of the May First demonstration shall
be the unconditional release of the
five framed textile workers. Thirdly,
it was proposed that $4,000 leaflets be
issued, and 5000 stickers prepared.
that special N T. w. U. leaflet. 4
foreign language leaflets and one
special Women'S Council Branch
leaflet be issued It was further
agreed that special mobilization of
all sympathetic organizations shall
take place on Sunday, April &c, 6
p. m. sharp at the Union Hall, 205
Paterson st. At this meeting a de-
Tense corps and all necessary COM
mittees shall be organized for the
demonstration. All organizations at
the conference pledged themselves to
call special membership meetings in
order to mobilize their fellow work
ers for the May Day preparations,
and to come down themselves to the
demonstration with banners and
signs, After the demonstration a
parade VIII De held through the IN
dustrial and working class residential
sections. All expenses in connection
with the demonstration proportion
ally divided among the organizations,
An executive committee of IL was
elected, to conduct the daily work of
preparing the demonstration.
The United Front Conference urges
all the workers to down their tools
on May First and march on to City
Hall to demand the unconditional re-
lease of the framed workers and
for better working and living condi-
tons, against unemployment and
wage cuts and speed-up for unem-
ployment insurance and immediate
relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
TO PROTEST us.
INTERVENTION
Stop Murder of Latin
American Workers!

NEW YORK New York
branch of the Anti-Imperialist
League is preparing mass demon
STATIONS in support of the revolu-
tionary forces in Nicaragua and
Honduras and against the imperial
ist slaughter.
A provisional committee of Is was
elected at a meeting held Wednes-
day of the national officers of the
league and secretaries affiliated to
organizations of the Anti-Imperialist
League.
This committee, together with the
national officers, will proceed to Or
ganize an Anti-Imperialist Confer
ence in New York City in the early
part of June. The committee also
acts as the leadership of the New
York branch of the league. A work
ing committee of three, with T. H.
Lii as chairman, M. Cullen as secre-
tary nd M. Oberlander as treasurer
was elected.
1t was decided to organize mass
protest meeting against U. S. i'm
perialist intervention in Nicaragua
and Honduras on May. the 9th in
the Harlem Casino. An appeal
was issued to workers and anti-lm-
perialists in New York to demon
strate against imperialism on May
Day.
The committee will start an i'm
mediate membership drive to build
up strong anti-imperialist organ
ization in New York. A. Sajona,
president of the Philippine Anti-Im-
perialist League of the United States;
Robert Dunn, of the Labor Research
Association; Harry Raymond, of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union,
and Mary Adams, of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, are among
the members of the provisional COM
mittee. A full committee meeting
will take place on this Wednesday
evening at Room 535, 799 Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
MEMBERS REVOLT
In AMALGAMATED
Rank and File Score
Bureaucracy

NEW YORK.-Two meetings OF
Amalgamated Clothing Workers mem
bers Thursday night showed how re-
volt is growing against the bureau
crazy
Local 10 (the knee pants makers
met at ISL Clinton ST., with two
right wing cliques trying to throw
out the Hillman (also right wing
manager,
Rank and file speakers, I Grill
Jenny Lieberman. Louis Dickstein
and others exposed Hillman and the
cliques and pointed out that the labor
bureau is an agency of the bosses
They made a motion for the rank
and file to take over the leadership
themselves, and tremendous applause
greeted the motion. There were 300
to 400 in the hall. A motion to hold
mass meeting and take action on
the suggestion was adopted. The
right wingers had the police there.
The rank and file is called upon
to meet in the new center of the
Rank and File Committee, SO East
10th ST
Thursday also, meeting of unem-
ployed cutters OF. Amalgamated c. w.
Local 4 met in Manhattan Lyceum,
and the jobless exposed the corrup-
ton in the Amalgamated bureau
cracy, and condemned its policies.
A resolution was adopted to be sent
to the general and local officials 1t
demands the following:
1.-4O-hour five day week with no
pay cut.
abolition of the temporary card
system.
3.-Equal division of work.
4.-No boss allowed to work at the
table but cutters to be hired instead
5.-'Taking into consideration that
the present ten per cent tax for the
unemployed is not used in their in
terests, the tax should be abolished.
redistribution of jobs to be
through a rank and file committee
and jobs given according to strict
rotation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
NEGRO JOBLESS
DEMAND CITY AID
Walker t r i e S His
Wise-Cracking

NEW YORK.--A delegation of II
Negro workers, including members Of
the Harlem Unemployed Council and
destitute workers from bath ST., WIS.,
tied the Board of Estimates yester-
day to demand relief and stoppage oil
evictions of unemployed workers.
Mrs. Anderson, one of the spokes-
men, told the Board of the terrible
conditions in Harlem, where tens OF
thousands of Negro and white unem-
ployed workers are starving, with
hundreds being evicted each week
At this the famous cracking
mayor told her that she could get a
job by going to the State Employ
ment Agency. Mrs Anderson an
swered the wise crack by telling
Walker that she had been there sew
eral times along with hundreds of
other Negro workers and had received
no job.
Following the usual boss line of
trying to divide the workers, the
mayor ordered Davis. a white worker,
thrown out when he supported the
demands of the Negro workers for
relief. Davis, however, returned and
insisted on his demand that the state
appropriate unemployment insurance
of SIS a week for the unemployed.
walkers reply to this was that the
state could not tax the bosses ito
feed 100000 unemployed workers in
New York City"
Two of the Negro workers of the
delegation are about to be evicted.
Mrs. Harris, one of the two, has a
family of four, none of whom have
been able to secure work for several
months.
The Negro and white workers will
answer this cynical attitude of
Walker and the bosses by militant
demonstration on May Day when
they will gather at 1880 at Madison
Square Park, Madison Ave. and 23rd
St, and march from there to Union
Square, reaching Union Square at 4
o'clock
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
Downtown JObless
Branch May Day Eve
Ball to Aid Work

NEW YORK. Preparing an inten-
siye campaign to organizing tenants
and block leagues, to investigate the
neediest cases of striving families, the
Downtown Unemployed Council is ar
ringing a May Day Eve Ball and Rally
at 1871 West 18th st. to raise the pre-
liminary funds for their work.
The Council has already started in
vestigating cases nearby and found
conditions ripe for organization and
much work. Arrangements are being
made to place list of the neediest
cases and demands for their relief
before the city authorities.
Tickets for the ball are 25 cents
nd IS cents at the door The Workers
Laboratory Theatre will present a
skit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
Jerry Dress Strikers
Praise Aid Given BY
w | r in Strike

NEW YORK.-The strikers of the
Jerry Dress Company sent the fol-
lowing letter to the Workers Interna-
tional Relief yesterday, thanking that
organization for its aid in the mill
tant fight of the Jerry Dress workers.
I'VE, the strikers of the Jerry Dress
Co., wish to express our thanks and
appreciate for the solidarity and ma
terial help which your organization
has given us, in granting the picture,
etc, to raise. funds for the continue
ton of the strike.
I'VE feel that the w. I. r. is of
great help to strikers and workers
generally in these hard times of
struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
LEGION OFFICIAL
BOASTS FRAMEUP
Tells of Packed Jury in
Imperial Valley

NEW YORK.-"A Strike Is Grim
inal Syndicalism-in California" is
the title of new pamphlet issued
by the American Civil Liberties
Union, which gives some recent facts
of the conviction of the eight Imper-
ial Valley prisoners and their SEN
fencing to terms ranging up to AZ
years
Forces behind the prosecution were
clearly revealed, the pamphlet shows,
in a speech made shortly after the
trial by Commander P. A, Thaanum
of the American Legion Post in Ell
Centre. Thaanum said in San Gle
ments:
THE way to kill the red plague is
to dynamite it out. That's what we
Gid in Imperial County. The judge
who tried the Communists was Lee
gionnaire; fifty per cent Of the jurors
were war veterans. What chance
did the Communists have?"
Sheriff Charles L. Gillette, who
handled the arrest and was prom
inent in the railroading of these
workers, is characterized as follows:
This sheriff is a tough character.
1t is he who rounds up 'agitators' and
breaks up union efforts. He was
twice tried for embezzling $4,000 of
the funds of Imperial County, but
escaped conviction through political
influence. The legend he prints
on the upper corner of his official
envelopes is appropriate: The lowest
down sheriff's office in the world.
(57 feet below sea level)"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
DEPORTATION
METHODS ILLEGAL
Lawless Officials Are
Slapped on Wrist

WASHINGTON, April 20.-Methods
by which the U. S. Government is
carrying on its vicious campaign
against the foreign born workers were
admitted to be illegal and in viola
ton of the constitution in a report
by an expert of Hoover's own Com
mission on Law Observance and En-
forcement. At the same time the re-
port was being presented, Chairman
Wickersham of the Commission,
speaking in Cincinnati, blamed the
lawlessnesS of officials for the in
crease of crime.
The report declares that thousands
of foreign born workers have been IL
legally arrested without warrants and
deported without fair hearing; 100,-
600 immigrants trying to join their
families in this country have been il
legally barred; the cases of deported
workers have been reviewed" by the
immigration bureau of the Labor De-
partment which ordered their deport-
alton and they have been victims of
arbitrary decisions.
The report, dealing with legal law
lessness, has not been made public.
It is known, however, that it criti-
cizes the governments position in the
case of Guido Serio, who was refused
the right to voluntary departure to
Soviet Russia, the government hay
ing agreed with Mussolini that Serio
should be delivered over to the fas-
cist mWderers.
Secretary Of Labor Doak in replying
to the rising protests of the working
class, of which the report is an out
come, excuses the holding without
warrants of 10 workers arrested in a
raid on the socialist Finnish dance
hail in New York on the ground
that they would have gotten away
from the immigration officials other
wise. He said that the situation did
not call for kid gloves.
Workersl Intensity your protest
against the persecution of foreign
born. Demonstrate May Day against
deportations. lynching, wage cuts,
starvation and imperialist war prepa-
rations!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-27
WORKERS SCHOOL
OFFERS RUSSIAN

NEW YORK.-In addition to the
important political courses like the
Fundamentals of Communism, Polit-
ical Economy. Leninism, ETC., the
summer term of the Workers School
will also give two classes in Russian
elementary and intermediate, and a
class in Spanish.
For the first time in it's establish
ment and expansion, the school con-
ducts summer term this year to
meet the increasing demands Of the
workers for training in the summer
Registration for the courses fare now
open at the school office, so E. 18th
st. Glasses will be conducted from
Z to $3.50 in the evenings.
Correspondence courses will be also
given, beginning this summer, to
benefit workers in various parts Of
the country who cannot attend the
Workers School. Further informa-
ton regarding these courses may be
obtained upon writing to the Work
ers' School.