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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
the medical services available in the
one building
Opposition Is Denounced.

Opposition Is Denounced.
They also denounced opposition to
this change, based on the contention
that it would constitute a spot" coming
case: that is, a coming classification dif-
fering from that OF surrounding prop
Mr. Whiteford, made a strong plea
that the petition be granted, declaring
that it would add only two stories to
the existing building and that doctors
had spent $4,000 to provide parking
lot adjoining the Medical Building for
the use of the doctors patients. This
he said. served to take cars off of the
..-aet and reduce congestion, adding
that if an addition to the building were
erected on this parking lot, this favor
able factor would be removed.
Declaring that most of the opposition
10 the change was based on objections
to creating spot" in the coming map
of the area. Mr.. Whiteford added that
there was plenty of precedent for this
in decisions of the Zoning Commission.
He said that the commission had Great
ed spot" coming in the cases OF the
Hecht Co. Building, the University Club,
the Southern Railway Building and
Emergency Hospital.
unusually of Circumstances.
st am not saying that the commission
showed partially in these cases for the
benefit of the owners. and / am not
asking for any Partially in this case.
/ do believe there are unusual circum-
stances here which fully Justify the
proposed change. The District is not
going to the 'bow-wows' if the commits
sion grants this case of spot coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
spot coming PLEA
ST|RS WARMDEBATE:
Increased Height for Column
bia Medical Building Is
Urged in Petition.

Petition for an increase in the coming
height limit on the property of the
Columbia Medical Building. Nineteenth
and / streets. from 80 to ITO feet,
today provoked before the Zoning Com
mission spirited debate over spot"
coming, the need of relieving traffic
congestion and consideration of plans
for development of medical center"
This came during the morning ses-
SIGN of what promised to be an ex-
tended hearing, at which the COM
missioners are to consider two coming
amendments and % petitions for
changes in property classification.
DR.. Charles Stanley White president
of the Columbia Medical Building Cor
poration, and Roger j. Whiteford. its
counsel, pleaded for special considera-
ton in this case due to the need of
tenants of the building for additional
space in order to make more complete
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stock" DR.. Diehl replied that he had
said on one occasion that some things
in the sermons of Jonathan Edward
would make people laugh now
But that does not mean don't be-
lieve there Is hell" he added.
1T never said~the shorter catechism
was the bunk" he said in reply to
another accusation. He added that he
believed young children should not be
forced to memorize the catechism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04

state fatty that every word Of the Bible
was inspired by God, were brought
before the board yesterday afternoon
by the accusers' spokesmen.
After five hours of what the chair
man called go per cent hearsay testi-
mony," the trustees said in unani-
nous statement:
I'VE feel that this investigation has
not only completely indicated him
CDR. DiehI, but has presented a con-
vincing demonstration of the vast value
of his services to Christian education"
Adherence to Doctrines.
DR.. Diehl concluded a statement that
he adheres to the doctrines of the
church with an announcement he will
ask the Nashville, Tenn, PreSbytery,
ministers association, to which he be-
longs, to rule finally upon his theology
at its Spring meeting in Nashville.
The board declined to rule upon his
beliefs, holding that was not its func-
ton, but its statement said the trus-
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tees believed they were in accord with
Presbyterian doctrine.
Full inspiration of the Bible"
brought most of the fire as students,
freed from the late afternoon classes,
crowded about the meeting room win
dows and DIR. Diehl sat in a corner,
blowing smoke rings from cigar.
mo statement in Scripture is sub
ject to denial or doubt because some
theory of man controverts it." said Rev.
j. p. Robertson, spokesman for the
accusing ministers.
Challenge Upon Word.
DR.. Diehl replied that he believed the
Bible was inspired, but challenged his
accusers to define inspiration" He
said there were four or five definitions
and that while the Bible contains
Gods word, some parts have more
value than others.
When Mr.. Robertson quoted him as
saying "a preacher who teaches there
is hell makes himself a laughing
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TRIAL. INDICATES
HEAD OF COLLEGE
Southwestern Trustees Laud
DR.. DiehI, Charged With
MaIadministration.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, February 4.-The
trustees of Southwestern, a co-educa-
tioi:al Presbyterian College here, have
recorded their support of DR.. Charles
E. Diehl, white-haired president and
ordained minister, accused of heresy
and maladministration by II pastors.
Descriptions of a student pajama
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a report on his findings at meeting
Of the Washington Council Of Social
Agencies in the Y. w. G. A. Building,
Seventeenth and X streets. next Nom
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-04
SALARY REPORT PLANNED

Lewis Merriam of the Institute for
Government Research, who has been
making study of salaries paid by So
cial agencies to their workers, will make
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
gain of 1888. Increases shown also include gains
made by extra orders Of issues containing dis
trict pages for Philadelphia and Chicago.
PHILADELPHIA SHOWS
OUTSTANDING GAIN

District g. Philadelphia, tops the list with the
highest gain Of SIG for the week. Only 20 Of this
figure is the result Of temporary orders. The
solid gain is $780, Philadelphia was greatly aided
by gain of 1888 due to its special page once
week, when 1000 copies were ordered. This week.
ly edition is solid circulation, however, as Phil
adelphia will have a page each week and the or
der will probably be increased as the units get
behind the special edition for systematic sales
and distribution. This weeks increase by Phil
adelphia constitutes one of the most spectacular
solid agins since the drive started The district
has increased its circulation by 1l25 since the
beginning of the drive A month ago the district
had reached only SO per cent of its quota It
has now reached So per cent, higher than Detroit,
which has reached only SO per cent of its quota.
This is an increase worth broadcasting.
M. Silver, district Daily Worker representative,
is largely responsible for activizing Philadelphia
for the weekly page. and is now planning to draw
the sections into contributing material and push
ing the sales in OUTLYING towns. This is an ex-
ample of district work carried on in thoroueh,
concrete and productive manner and we look to
Philedelnhia to continue the present tempo of its
circulation gains.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
AUSTRO FASCSTS
MEET REVERSES

b VIENNA.-The sharp reverse SUI
fered by the Austrian fascist Heinz
wehr movement at the recent cleo
tons which showed that for all their
believing the fascists had only a
small portion Of the population be-
hind them. has sharpened the in
ternal dissensions and dissatisfae-
tion.- The Heimwehr organizations IN
Vienna, Burgenland, Tirol and the
Vorarlberg demanded the resignation
Of Prince Starhemberg, the fascist
Heinwehr leader.
AS Starhemberg refused TO resign
and demanded instead dictatorial
powers, the organizations in question
formed fraction against Starhem-
berg under Steidles leadership and
denied Starhemberg's right to speak
in the name of the Heimwehr.
With Starhemberg remained the
organizations in Upper Austria, Saiz-
burg, Syria, Carinthia and parts Of
the organizations in Lower Austria
and Vienna. Starhemberg has agreed
to resign his parliamentary man
date, but insists on retaining the
leadership of the Heimwehr organ
izaioNs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
ALL DISTRICTS MUST
HAVE SPECIAL PAGES

Chicago and Philadelphia weekly pages have
put on solid gains for these two districts, and
are pushing the circulation campaign nearer to
to 10000 goal Cleveland is contemplating dis
trict page just as soon as IL gathers material
and Pittsburgh is next planning page begin
ming March 49, The lineup is as follows: Mon
day beginning March 23), Pittsburgh; Tuesday.
open; Wednesday, Chicago; Thursday Philadei-
phia; Friday, Cleveland ttentative); Saturday
not available.
No district can afford te let another week pass
without ordering district page. We expect to
hear from such districts as Detroit Seattle and
California three important districts which should
concentrate on weekly pages Smaller districts
which cannot afford the regular district page
of four columns could arrange for two columns
of news by ordering 1000 copies every week for
&c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Demonstrations Force
Speedier Relief From
Phila. Charity Outfits
Bosses, Panic-Stricken In Face of Growing Mil.
itancy, Try Increase Charity
Make the Cry for Unemployment Insurance On
February 25th. Sell Nightly!

was the growing militancy Of the
iobless.
The heads carried out their IN
structions of the Lloyd committee. AT
the staff meetings with their work.
ers, they for the first time since the
crisis told us to "be generous" while
up to now we we're haraSsed to death
with thorough Investigations, tap all
resources, tell relatives it is their
privilege to assist their poor and job
less relations"
Try Head Off Fight.
The same is true now on the verge
of the International Demonstration
for the Unemployed. Whereas appli-
cations were piled up and waited
while applicants were starving and
being evicted now we are worked to
death investigating with strict orders
to be generous and prompt"
Only thru mass pressure can the
workers ever expect any relief.
An Investigator.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Gable BY Inprecorr)

BERLIN, Feb. "a Yesterday
bloody collisions occurred everywhere
in the provinces. The fascists fought
against the Communists, the social
lists, the Reichsbanner (republicar
guards.
In Stuttgart nine workers were sent
to the hospital when the fascists at
tackled the Reichsbanner. Collisions
occurred in Chemnitz when the fas-
cists fired into a crowd
Two hundred fascists in Kosel at
tackled workers, one was seriously
wounded.
In Gladbach the fascists were
searched in motor lorries and finding
many weapons, seventeen fascists
were arrested.
In Braunschweig fierce collisions
occurred. Several were injured in
Guiding police. Four fascists were in.
jured in Cologne during fights.
Wild scenes occurred in today's
Prussian diet session concerning the
AAS w AAhAAlA5 lll-
terrupted the usual empty coincidence
phrases by shouting to the authori-
ties that they could have prevented
the disaster by adopting proper Sc.
curity measures.
The Communist fraction in the
Thuringian diet parliamentary body
lodged an application for the Peoples
referendum to secure the dissolution
LONDON, Feb. 24.-Three import.
ant conferences took place during the
week end. The Welsh militant miner.
met in Cardiff. Representatives from
all the coalf1elds met in Sheffield
Both decided to issue a call for q
general strike against new agreements
on March the first. The program OF
action was adopted, including the
election of pit committees everywhere
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
DIFFICULT TO LEARN
PROGRESS IN NEW YORK

Figures in these tables for District O. N Y,
are net figures based not on what is ordered
but what is sold. Due to confusion and overwork,
the Y. district office Of the Daily Worker finds
1t impossible to furnish up-to-date figures so
that tables show figures that are two weeks old.
District z. Detroit, is losing ground. The ma
tional office of the Daily Worker has advised
Detroit Of the steps to take in a special letter
which, however, has been ignored. No Red
Builders News Club has been formed, although
smaller cities like Albany Chester, Pa, Stockton
Calf, have clubs Detroit is the only large in
dustrial center in the country which is left with
out club 1t is the biggest district which has
failed to order weekly district page. Detroit
has gained 1885 since the start of the drive
SO per cent of its quota. 1t is back in the third
place in the three-cornered race with Chicago
and Philadelphia.
District g. Minneapolis, shows a gain of 4o4
all Of which is due to temporary order of
$780, In District 10, Kansas City, of a total in
crease of 226, 100 is due to special orders leaving
solid gain Of 1o6. Kansas City has increased its
circulation steadily, and is second highest in per
centage of quotas District 10, California, boosted
its circulation by 1872 this week, good gain
after previous loss. The district is putting
the Daily Worker on more solid basis than in
the past is activizing the Red Builders News
Club, and paying bills weekly. District g. Cleve-
land, put on only 1924 of which is due to spe-
cial orders, netting real gain Of ITO for the
week
Cleveland is planning district page which
will boost the circulation by at least 1893. Dis
trict l, Boston, shows an increase of 143, all due
to special orders which will drop next week
District 10, Butte, put ora solid gain Of 50, due,
largely to the efforts of Willis L.. Wright, dis
trict Daily Worker representative who has ar
ranged Daily Worker meetings in the outlying
towns between Butte and Great Falls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
CHICAGO GAINS AIDED
BY DISTRICT PAGES

District g. Chicago, is the next to show de-
cided increase in circulation helped. like Phila-
delphia, by the district page. Tables for this
week show gain Of 401, Of which 1893 is due to
the weekly Chicago edition. District 8, besides
being the first to start district page is to be
commended upon its Chicago Red Builders Club
which has made rapid strides recently, increasing
its membership and ordering 500 copies a day.
Since the start Of the drive Chicago has gained
208S in circulation. or 60 per cent of its quota
The gain, numerically, is greater even than in
New York, which has increased 1879 or only
% per cent Of its quota. L. Lift, Daily Worker
agent of Chicago, is holding regular Daily Work.
er readers conferences here where plans are laid
for more effective circulation growth and shows
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
O'GQyQ Puts
400 Miners
ont on Streets
Eldorado, Ill
Daily WORKER

A6AANAeSNOt AAAs
Daily WORKER
Just a few lines to let you know
the panic as the miners cali 1t, is or
with No. IL o. Cara miners. The
mine worked its last day yesterday
-Four hundred more miners are put or
the grass to eat instead of the Com
pany mules. The coal company takes
good care of their mule slaves while
they let their human slaves scramble
and worry for what they get.
Many JobIess
These miners are facing more
than they think. was in Harris-
burgh this morning and saw scores
of miners from No. IL to sign up
for job at O'Gara and WATSON
Coal Company. The WATSON Coal
Company came out plain and told
the miners that they couldn't sign
up because they had 1900 signed
up now. And besides $50 men from
another mine that has been down
for long period before they would
hire any one.
Now people here in the coalfeldt
are worried. These 400 O'Gara No
IL miners are scattered Just like a
flock of wild geese with their leader
gone. Their leader has been a fake
union and the few scant meals that
were dished out at the company store
when on the days the mine ran.
But today we are sending in some
red brakes to this scattered flock.
Send revolutionary greetings to the
Pennsylvania striking miners. We
here in the Illinois coal fields are
watching this strike. We also know
we will be going the same route soon
w. Il. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
FRATERNAL GROUPS
JOIN $4,000 DRIVE

More and more fraternal organizations are
getting behind the 10000 circulation campaign.
The latest conference Of workers organizations
in the Bronx last week indicates the possibilities.
For this reason all fraternal organizations should
appoint Daily Worker reps to be in charge OF
sales and distribution. Every organizer should
subscribe to the Daily Worker and shoulud see
to 1t that bundle is ordered for each meeting.
and should organize all unemployed workers
within the organization TO spend f,aR tina sallnzu
the Daily Worker. s.--.s...-e-.-+.N----A-'-'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Force Portland Jobless to Do Wrecking Work

This "Charity" like others cooper
ates with the central registration buro
which tabulates workers for their
handling by the bosses and keeps re-
lief Of that sort at a minimum
Workers in the office last week threw
the bed and food slips for the COM
mons on the floor with a hell, with
that" Conditions under boss MAN,
tanned Matchmaking charity are be.
coming unbearable. Workers must
organize the feeling of fight that they
have, and join the Unemployment
council.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE>

piles up in stores or is simply de-
stroyed, all agents Of the capitalist
class continue to advocate that the
jobless take their medicine lying
down. I don't care to protest and
don't do anything but wait until they
get a chance to take somebody elses
job, with wage cut.
The socialist party IS consistently
for this policy. August Claessens
socialist leader in New York, and for
mer assemblyman for that party, de-
nounced the unemployed councils and
demonstrations by the unemployed iI1
speech February Is In Albany
Claessens passed blindly over the fact
that these demonstrations are all that
have wone even the small measure
of breadline and emergency work re-
lief now obtained. and said, I'VE
socialists do not like demonstrations
like your organization has staged
Claessens was thoroughly exposed
and heckled by members Of the AL
bany unemployed council present.
At the same time. a few gestures
toward fooling the workers with fake
unemployment bills are being made
The latest OF these is one introduced
into the Ohio legislature by Senator
Reynolds Of Cleveland Reynolds
knows something must be done to side
track the masses Of jobless, who have
staged great demonstrations in Cleve-
land, and at the last one helped
themselves to food in the restaurants
and charged it to the city. Reynolds
bill is pure fake, as far as doing any
thing for the jobless is concerned.
1t taxes all the workers one half per
cent with the employers paying about
the same amount, and allows the
worker, toydraw half his wages as in
surance, after two weeks off the job.
Nobody can get anything under this
bill until January. 1882. The en-
ployer can prevent the worker getting
anything at all by firing him instead
of laying him off. The bill is still in
the committee. An employer speak
ing in favor of it, said it was needed
to save the country from the anger of
the starving jobless.
The real unemployment insurance
bill. demanding the war funds of the
national government for jobless re-
lief at the rate of SIS a week now,
and administered by the workers and
The johless, was met by police armed
with tear gas and machine buns when
a workers delegation from all parts
of the country came to present it to
the national congress, February 10.
The provisions Of that bill are what
the millions of starving unemployed
must have to save their lives
Today there is demonstration in
every capitalist country to compel
granting of immediate relief and in
surance. Ali out today, demonstrate,
and march!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Admit 100000 Unemployed in
st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 24.-By
census figures there are over 100000
unemployed in this city This does
not include those that are laid off
for certain period of time, or those
that are working part time. The
majority of those admitted by the
census are unemployed Negro work
ers. Tomorrow the workers will
demonstrate in front of city hall
and demand immediate relief and
will mobilize for struggle for Unem-
ployment Insurance. Marches will
take pplace from 2033 Washington
Blvd, and from 4th and Chouteau
starting at 100 P. M. and will reach
city hall at P. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
lBy a Worker Correspondent.

(By a Worker Correspondent
KERN COUNTY, CaL--Condi-
tions In the cotton fields are very
bad and are getting worse. The
cotton picking is just about over.
That leaves but very little to do in
this region and with this let up,
more unemployed will roam CAL
ifornia.
There are many who have large
families, who are barefooted and
almost naked. They made just bare
" enough to keep their lives within
their bodies this fall and winter
here. They are going to be out of
work and starving outright imme-
diately. They are talking about
providing themselves with food by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Cotton Pickers Now Facing Starvation

taking it.
am good cotton picker from
the south and to tell all the details
of hardship encountered ON the
California fields would fill many
sheets of paper. But suffice to say,
that during the last three weeks
here, I hardly made enough to buy
scant supply of beans, rice and
bread made of flour and water. /
made SIPS, IS cents, and 20 cents,
respectively in the last three weeks.
Workers need organization and
guidance. The Agricultural Workers
Industrial Union will get full sup
port of these underpaid starving
workers in the fields.
Agricultural Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25

PORTLAND, Oregon.--Unemployed
workers on the breadline of the Com
mons, local charity graft here, are
doing two days of the hardest type
of wrecking work on bridge for two
meals and bed for week Actual
wages on this type of work come be-
tween s. and 81. That there is some
body getting paid for their labor, is
unquestionable as it is owned by the
city and county Jointly. The slop
fed to the workers in the Commons
is filthy and practically impossible
to eat. The beds are cots, dirty and
hard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
Philadelphia, Pa

PhlIaQelphla, ia.
Dear Editor:
The so-called Welfare agencies,
Salvation Army, Family Society, City
Mission, etc, receiving money from
the Lloyd unemployment committee
is rapidly expanding its apparatus as
jobs decrease.
This outfit becomes panicky when
they hear that demonstration il
being arranged. Before January 29th
the time the Phila. jobless delegation
presented their demands to the city
council the Lloyd committee was
alarmed.
Become Generous.
At the regular weekly meeting of
the heads of the various institutions
they suddenly found they can afford
TO be generous. They did not as
much as mention the cause of their
sudden generosity. That would be
too much for the apologists of Amer
lean imperialism. They knew we'll it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25
New Haven Charity Refuses Jobless Aid
New Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.
Dear Con1rade:
A worker who has been selling no.
velties on the streets for over a year
or so told me this interesting story.
There is so much unemployment here
that his product would not sell suf-
ficiently to earn living and of
course he had to look other where's
for a living.
After in vain for few months or
so he decided to go to the Welfare
Committee for relief for his family
and this is what he got. well here
you are again. What do you want
now" asked the clerk.