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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
Pittsburgh District Steel
Conference Plans Struggle

PITTSBURGH. Pa. (By MaiD.-
One hundred delegates coming from
twenty steel towns and elected by
workers in Is of the largest steel
plants met Sunday, Oct. 1S. at the
Pittsburgh District Conference of the
Metal Workers Industrial League.
The conference was called for the
purpose of consolidating the recent
membership gains and to build the
league on new branch basis in
preparation for strike struggles
against wage-cuts and worsening
conditions in the steel industry.
Following an organizational report
by j. Meldin, acting national secre-
tary Of the M. w. L l.. = program
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

policy Of the International Labor
Defense, an organization OF Negro
and white workers, which engaged
George w. Chamlee as its chief OF
counsel.
In their latest reputation of the
N. A. A. c. P. traitors, the parents
and relatives of the boys declare:
1--WE employed George w. Cham
lee former Attorney General, rs
attorney to defend the Scottsboro
boys and he has entire control Of
that case, and the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People has been advised
to keep out of the case as its serv-
ices were not desired. All the
parents and next to kin Of the
Scottsboro boys have jointly en-
ployed Mr.. Chamlee and we have
not employed anyone connected
with the N. A. A. c. p. in this case.
Mr.. Chamlee's employment was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 21.-
Frank Statkeiwicz, unemployed and
doomed to lingering death from
tuberculosis because of lack of money
with which to carry out the cure Of
good food and sunshine" shot him
self and died while his wife was tenn
porarily away from his bedside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

OF organization was adopted which
called for an immediate registration
of the district and the organization
of department groups. AL the de-
partment groups will compose the
mill branch. Each group will elect
a department delegate to attend
every mill branch executive meeting
to report on the group activities and
to get instructions in regard to fur
ther work. The department dele
gates are actually the organizers and
are responsible for collection Of dues,
etc. AL the mill branches in . city
viii form the city local and each
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Washington Produce
Butter-one-pound prints, 20; tub, 20.

Butter-One- pound prints, 20: tub, 20.
Eggs-Hennery, 18l2a2l; current re-
ceipts, 17al8.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. 20; Spring
broilers, colored, 35a37; Leghorn broil-
ers, 25a28; hens. colored. 23a24; Leg
horns,-1 ROSTERS, 12a14: ducks. Is;
keats, young, 70a80; old, 40. Dressed
Spring broilers, colored, 38a42; Leg
horns, 25s37; hens, 24a26; Leghorns. 1S;
roosters, Is; keats. young, 70a8o; old, 40.
Meats-9eef. 12a13la; veal. 1lal3;
lamb, Western, ID; Spring, %; pork
loins, 10; fresh hams, 1712: fresh shoul-
ders, IL: smoked hams, 1872 smoked
bulk. 10; packages, II.
Live Stock-Hogs, heavy, 5.5oa6.00;
medium and light, 6.25a6,50; pigs. 6.00a
$50; loughs. 3.00a4.5o; calves, 4.00a8.00;
Spring lambs. 6.5oa9.50.
Fruits-Strawberries, 3.o0a6 90; black
berries, 5.00a6.50; oranges, 400; lemons,
4.50a5.50; lines, per 100, 800; grape
fruit, 3.ooa3.5o; honeydews, 800; apples,
box stock. 25oa2.7S: apricots, 200;
aloupes, jumbos, AIS: standards, 800;
ponys. ESQ; fats, 1.25a1 so; rhubarb,
per 100 punches, 800.
Observation-Disclosures, new per barrel,
3.00a3.50; old, 120-pound sacks, 200a
2.25; sweets, per bushel, Its; string
beans, 1.25; peas, 1.25; tomatoes, 6-pan
crates, 2.00a3.00; Tugs. coal rs; kale. 35a
40; spinach, 35a40; eggplant, $50; Gu
cumbers, per bushel, 2.00a2.50; squash.
l.50a2.00; beets. per 100 punches, 400;
carrots, per 100 punches, 400; lima
beans. 3.50a5.0 100; Spring onions, per 100
lunches 200; radishes, per 100 punches,
200; asparagus. 2.00a300; mushrooms,
100; Bermuda onions, 5o-pound
sacks, LIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.
special Dlspatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 4.-The question
every one Is asking these days, in Wall
street and out of Wall street, is when
will the decline is the stock market
terminate? Without attempting to as
sumo the role of a prophet, it may be
interesting to list the possibilities, leav-
ing to each individual reader to make
his own deductions.
In the first place, the downward
movement may be checked by the de-
velopment OF as oversold position, what
the Street likes to call the technical
condition. Obviously, every one cannot
make money indefinitely by selling
stocks that do not belong to them.
When a market looks as inviting to
short commitments as the present one
does, sooner or later there comes time
when there is rush to cover and a
sharp rally ensues.
Banking Support Possible.
Secondly. 1t is conceivable that at
some point during the decline strong
banking support may appear. To allow
a market to sink continuously for three
months might involve such serious con-
sequences that important interests
would step in and take stocks in SUM-
Gent amount to steady the list.
"A LnlrQ possibility Is Chat the llQulQa-
ton will dry up of its own accord. The
selling today represents more than any
thing else the disbursement of real
holders of stocks. They have seen the
market go steadily lower until they are
persuaded that the only way to pre-
serve a part of their principal Is to turn
their holdings into cash. This is a
stage of mind hard to combat, much
more difficult to control than the
panicky selling of a disorganized mob
Of spectators. Nevertheless this atti-
tude, too. changes eventually.
Then 1t may come to pass that the
demand from investors, attracted by
the low price level, will overbalance the
supply OF timid sellers There Is al
ways a certain amount of buying for
cash and taking Of certificates out OF
the Street. That Is going on today
but the sum total of this buying Is not
yet SUFFICIENT to influence prices.
Bearish Rumors.
Fifth and this is a favorite idea with
professional traders, there may be
something "overhanging the market
which. when brought to light, will clear
up the situation. Such a drastic defla-
ton as the present market has expert
enced involves. as a rule. various I'M
pleasant happenings, which. however,
are more influential on prices in pros
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
FARM TRUCK LICENSES
IN VIRGINIA DEMANDED
Recent Supreme Court Ruling De-
clares Exemption Of $4,000
Haulers Illegal.
,pecial D,,nateb to Tn. star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, June 4-McCall
Frazier. director of the State division
of motor vehicles, announces that he
will recommend elimination of for hire
truck license exemptions now enjoyed
by more than $4,000 haulers of farm
and dairy products, as a result of the
recent decision of the United States
Supreme Court in q Florida case in
which such exemptions were held to be
unconstitutional He will make his
recommendation to Gov. Pollard who is
expected to ask the next general as
sen3bly to emend the law so that it may
comply with the ruling of the Supreme
Court.
There Is nothing else to do except to
eliminate exemptions in the case of the
decision in the Florida case" said
Frazier, in commenting upon the effect
Of the decision on the Virginia law.
The opinion makes q part of our act
plainly invalid, and If the assembly does
not correct the trouble pursuant to the
Supreme Courts ruling, the courts will
make what may prove to be a much
less satisfactory amendment"
In the act under which license fees,
aggregating nearly 100000 per year.
are levied by the commonwealth is the
following alleged illegal proviso: Moth
ing in this section shall prohibit or in
terfere with carriers engaged in the
transportation of farm and dairy pro-
ducts exclusively"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
RECOVERY IN STOCK PRICES
WAITS ON BETTER TRADE NEWS
Long Decline In Securities Values May Be
Temporarily Checked by Market Fac
tors-Banking Support Possible.

pect than in realization 1t is only fair
to say that most of the rumors along
this line are manifestly born Of the
market and without foundation in fact.
Now all OF these suggestions fail to
go to the root of the matter. Any of
the things listed might take place and
check the decline or bring a partial
recovery. but 1t would be only tenn
porary. The market will enjoy sus-
tanned advance when and if business
RECEIVERS. Perhaps it would be more
accurate to say the market will re-
spond when the speculative community
Is convinced that business Is recover
ing.
Looking back over the record. we find
that bear markets often keep on de-
clining for months after there has been
turn in trade. The market did not
recognize the turn or it had too much
momentum to reverse itself. That was
the case in 1921, when business began
to revive in the Spring and the mar
ket reached its low in August. There
are signs c: better business now, but
they are in quarters which do not inn
press the speculative imagination. In
textiles, in shoes and in the trade
of certain chain store systems catering
to buyers of low cost goods there has
been a turn for the better.
Indication Of Turn.
AS far as the textiles go, manufac-
turers and distributors have been caught
unprepared for an increase in customer
demand. This is always the sequel to
long depression, production falls oil
more rapidly than consumption and
eventually demand overtakes supply. 1t
does not necessarily spell immediate
profits for the producer but it does in
dicat9 a turn in the tide.
Now Wall Street will not be treasured
until this State of things spreads to
what it calls the key industries. This
revival must be translated into increased
car loadings and into higher rate of
operation in the steel mills. When that
develops, the market will have a per-
manent upward turn. Textiles have
been depressed for years and securities
representative of the trade have no
important speculative following. Con-
c,ivably the bond market will be quicker
to respond than the share list. but the
two have been moving together in re-
cent months. excepting only the gilt
edged class Of hRed interest rate bearing
obligations, and it would not be surpris-
ing II both markets should reverse
themselves simultaneously. In any event
1t is trade revival and revival in quar-
t.rs to which Wall Street looks for lead
ership that will mark the end Of this
bear market.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
WASHINGTON'S CHURCH
PLANS COLONIAL VESTRY
House Will Be Built on Plans
Drawn by First President
Prior to Revolution.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
POHICK, Va, june 4.-Defnite plans
for erection Of vestry house for Pohick
Church, closely following plans origi-
nally drawn by George Washington and
George Mason, wardens in ITO. will be
mapped out tonight at a meeting of the
Finance and Building Committees, ap-
pointed last week by the vestry.
Edmund H. Allen, E. Russell White
and L. I. Dolph compose the Finance
Committee and Dr. c. Lee Starkweather
Herbert Haar and Herbert Baker, jr,
the Building Committee. They will be
assisted by Senior Warden John w.
Brookfleld, ST., and w. Frank hewitt,
junior warden.
This building has been several times
projected The church was completed
in 1878 and the vestry house was post
poned then because of the unrest of
Revolutionary days. Each time the
project has been revived it has been
necessary to defer the start until more
favorable conditions should prevail.
Much of the cost of the present build
ing will be met from the free-will offer
ings left by the thousands Of tourists
who each year visit this home church
of George Washington. said by archi-
tectS to be one of the best examples of
colonial architecture in the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
EXPORT TOBACCO TRADE
HAS CONTINUED STEADY

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department reported
export trade in leaf tobacco has been
well maintained during the FIRST four
months of 1881, particularly in view Of
the depressed conditions prevailing in
foreign markets.
Total leaf exports during the period
have amounted to more than 1874, 600 900
pounds, decrease Of per cent in COM
parison with the total OF 201 .000, 900
pounds in the corresponding period of
last year, but a gain of IL per cent over
the total Of 1874. 300, 900 in 1929.
A notable feature Of the trade was the
increase in exports of stems. trimmings
and scraps. More than 5000, 900 pounds
of this commodity were shipped out Of
the country during the four months, q
quantity equal to twice the exports dur
ing a similar period of last year. The
export price amounted to 6 cents per
pound, gain of nearly cents over last
year. China was the principal buyer,
taking more than 80 per cent Of the
total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

week is free Of any important meetings
that might bring bad news, so that with
aggressive leadership further advance
can be scored.
jackson Bros, Boesel & Co.-Follow-
ing continuous steady liquidation q rally
Of fair proportions would seem in order
before any real profit-taking develops.
Winthrop, Mitchell o. Cove look
for the present rally to carry further,
but are not yet convinced that all
liquidation is ended. Yesterdays mar
ket was decidedly encouraging, but q
little more time will be necessary for
the market itself to prove that anything
more than q temporary change has been
recorded.
E. F. Hutton & Co.-The extent of
the rise Is just about what one might
expect in a sharp automatic technical
recovery. The question now is whether
we are going back to a slow hquidating
market or whether prices will show a
more favorable trend for two or three
weeks. The market could easily swing
back and forth in a trading range with
eventually another points advance in
the next two or three weeks without In
any way suggesting by its own action q
cancellation Of the main bear market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
C. E. MARLATT DEFEATS
HARPERS FERRY MAYOR
H. c. Voorhees, Elected at Bolivar
Without Opposition as Few
Votes Are Cast.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va, June 4.
Charles E. Marlatt, former mayor,
heading a citizens ticket. was elected
mayor of Harpers Ferry Tuesday by a
majority of 30 votes over James M
Ransom, present incumbent, heading
a municipal ticket.
j. j. Faherty, running on both
tickets, was reelected recorder.
Councilmen named were: Garland
Delawder, E. D. Nichols of the NUM-
cipal ticket. and w. A. Walsh, E. s.
Colts and w. E. Beck Of the citizens
ticket.
In the adjoining town of Boliver, H.
opposition, succeeding Paul H. eleven
ger. Only 16 votes were cast The
entire present council was reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Brokers' Comment

NEW YORK, June 4-Brokers' let
tiers today viewed the stock market
rally as of technical origin, and most
observers preferred to wait before VEN
turning an opinion on its durability.
Comments follow:
Redmond & Cot Is still too early
to determine whether the rally maks a
definite turning point in the market. So
far as we can observe, there has been
no fundamental change for the better
in business. OF course, the rally in Sc
curities, If sustained, may improve
business sentiment, but for the moment
we would regard it solely as technical
recovery. There is as yet no definite
assurance that necessitous liquidation
has been completed, and there Is enough
bad news still ahead of us during the
next few weeks to prevent a runaway
market on the upside.
Hornblower g. Weeks.-We feel that
immediate cause of the rally was the
markets technically oversold condition
plus the fact that the leading banks
announced such a definitely construc-
tive attitude on their loan requirements
Yet we are inclined to feel that the
turn-about has taken place and that a
rally of some reasonable duration is In
prospect.
Shields s--Co.-The markets rally is
more than warranted on technical
grounds alone. The balance Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
CURB SHARES GAIN
IN STEADY MARKET
Market Opens Higher, Sells
Off and Then Goes For
ward Again.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Resuming the
advance of the previous session, the
Curb Exchange opened h'Ther today,
sold of somewhat in the first hour,
and then moved moderately forward as
the market entered the early afternoon.
Electric Bond e. Share, one OF the
features of the opening with an initial
sale of 5000 shares, rallied almost
point. Csties Service moved within a
range of a small ira. Uio:>.
The insult group proved one of the
outstanding :-nak spots. Common
wealth Edison quickly lost Is points,
. rejecting the heaviness in Chicago
Wednesday. insult Utility Investment.
Inc. also flattened, though Middle West
Utilities remained fairly firm.
The oils, which made a belated re-
covery Wednesday, were firm during
the first two hours today. SA.e OF
the miscellaneous issues such GuI. @.
recovered several points or more. Vac
uum Oil was not nearly so spectacular ~
active as on Wednesday, but held fa!-iy
well around its best levels OF that cay.
Standard Oil of Indiana, which some
see as a logical partner Of Standard
Of Nebraska, which sells the formers
products as we'll as those of Standard
Of Kansas and Midwest Refining, also
braced. Standard Of Kentucky, Humble.
Creole Petroleum and similar securities
Jared better during this period.
Golden State Co., Ltd, with gain
of more than points was the first OF
the miscellaneous industrials to attain
"a new high price. ALUMINIUM Co. Of
America began what appeared to be
another one of its spectacular swings.
Newmont Mining, up more than 3
points, made the best showing in the
mines.
Taking cue from the big board. rails
forged ahead. Pennroad Corporation
and Pittsburgh g. Lake Erie were the
principal beneficiaries from this move
ment Ford Motor of Canada B, after
its recent sinking spell, was an out
standing issue in the motor group with
o rise of 3 pcints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
MISSIONARIES PROBLEMS
ARE DETAILED BY BISHOP


Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, June Prob
lens of the foreign missionary were
at a mass meeting here last
night by Bishop Paul Bentley Kern
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South on a visit to the home of his
father, the late Rev. DR.. John A.
Kern. for the first time since his ele-
yation to the episcopacy. Bishop Kern
had Just returned from the Orient.
His episcopal district includes China,
Japan, Korea and the Siberian Mission,
with headquarters at Shanghai. He was
pastor of Travis Park Church, San
Antonio, Tex, when elected bishop at
the General Conference in Dallas in
May, 1890. He is q native Of Alexan-
dria, Va. Bishop Kern has been sum-
moned from his episcopal district In
the Orient to further the interests Of
the Board of Missions in the United
States and probably will address many
similar meetings Of Southern Meth
odists, 1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
HARPERS FERRY SCHOOL
GIVES DIPLOMAS TO IS
Girl Graduate Is Awarded Medal
by S. A. r. for Good
Citizenship.

speciaf~Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. June 4.
The seventeenth annual commence
ment exercises for Harpers Ferry High
School were held in the school gym
nasium Monday night. with the address
to the graduates by DR.. D. E. Phillips
of Shepherd College, Shepherdstown,
W. Va.
The class Of Is follows: Austin Bow
ers, Fred Potts, Katherine Smallwood
Virginia Earman, Jean Cronise, Mary
De Lawder, Louise Edwards, Abner
Hockensmith, Nellie Lancaster, Cecil
Link, Richard NALL, Grace Sperry,
Mildred Trundle, Ethel Wise and Mil
bred Wise.
A gold medal, offered by the Ma
tional Sons Of the American Revolution
for good citizenship, was won by Vir-
ginia Earman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Grain Market
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 4.-Spreading OPP
erations that consisted Of purchasing OF
wheat against selling of corn led to
material upturns in wheat prices to-
day There was also buying of wheat
en- account of strength of securities and
on drought complaints from a wide area
in Canada and parts of the American
Northwest. An authoritative unofficial
Canadian crop report to be issued Sat-
urday was expected to make the poorest
showing ever known at this time Of the
year.
Wheat closed firm, H4a2 cents higher,
corn, Ha1H up, and oats. l2ass adj
vance. Provisions rallied sharply and
closed at 15 IN OF gain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
BONDS CALLED IN MAY
IN SHARP INCREASE
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Bonds called
in whole or part in May, totaled $l03,-
762,l89, value far in excess Of the
$37,439,081 in May, 1880, and substan-
TALLY larger than the ISL ,503,802 Of
May, 1929, according to the Standard
Statistics Co. Of New York The num-
Der of issues varied less widely-9l
last month, 81 In May. 1880. and 90 in
May, 1929 Over $72,000,000 of last
months calls were in the utilities d.
vision, industrials accounted for more
than $l3,000,00o and real estate, 3d.
100000.
Detailed figures covering calls for the
first five months Of 1929, 1880 and 1881,
are given below:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
RAIL SALE DELAYED
B. & D. Gets 80 More Days to Sell
Western Maryland.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today gave the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad until July IS to dispose Of its
stock in the Western Maryland Rail-
way.
The order amended previous decree
fixing June Is as the time limit. To-
days order said this was an error in
computing six-month period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
COAL PRODUCTION DROPS.

BY the Associated Press.
Production of bituminous coal de-
creased 30 per cent during the week
ended May %, as compared with the
previous week.
The total output for comparable Pc
RODS as calculated by the Bureau of
Mines, follows:
Week ended May %, 6,637, 900 tons.
Previous week, 6,783, 900 tons.
Same week last year, S,272, 900 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Stroke Fatal to Farmer.

WINCHESTER, Va, June 4 (Spe-
cial) Charles Matthew Boyce. SO, re-
tired farmer, died yesterday at his home
in Frederick County after an illness of
paralysis. He Is survived by two sons
Lee and Harry Royce, and two daugh-
tiers, Misses Lula and Lille Boyce. this
county. and ens brother, James Boyce,
here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
MILLWORK RESUMED.

NEW YORK, June 4 (P.-One hun
dred men have returned to work at the
New Castle, Pa, plant of the Lehigh
Portland Cement Co. after the usual
Winter suspension of operations. Or
ders held by the company will permit
operations for several months.