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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
BY EMIL LENGYEL.

A TRADE war has broken out be-
" tween Czechoslovakia and Hun
"A gary which, as most trade wars
A do, aims at a political objective.
It's avowed cause is a large sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
How Modern Women
Lose Pounds of Fat
Swiftly-Safely
Gain Physical Vigor-
Youthfulness

Here's the recipe that baniShes fat
and brings into blossom all the nat
ural attractiveneSs that every wom-
an possesses.
Every morning take one-half tea
spoonful of KruSchen Salts in a glass
of hot water before breakfast-cut
out pastry and fatty meats-go light
on potatoes, butter. cream and
Sugar-in weeks get on the scales
and note how many pounds Of fat
have vanished.
Notice also that you have gained
in energy-your eyes sparkle-you
feel younger in body-keener in
mind. KRUSCHEN will give any
fat person a joyous surprise.
Get an S5c bottle of KRUSCHEN
SALTS at Peoples Drug Stores (lasts
4 weeks If even this first bottle
doesn't convince you this is the
easiest, safest and surest way to lose
fat--f you don't feel superb i'm
+ provement in health-so gloriouSly
i nsrgetic--vigorouSly alvey our
money gladly returned.-Advertise
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
SEAT PLEASANT FIRE.
FIGHTERS AID VETERAN
Helping Hand Committee Helps
Purchase of Home-Food or
Money Is Asked.

The Helping Hand Committee Of the
Beat Pleasant Volunteer Fire Depart
Rnent Is helping a World War veteran.
whose name is not disclosed, to save
bis home, which he began buying with
q down payment from his soldiers
bonus.
The movement Is headed by william
n. Cooper, q trustee Of the fire depart
ment, and Is backed by the entire
force, which has been helping the FAM
fly Of the veteran. including three little
children
The distressed veteran is willing to
work, but has been unable to find en-
ployment
Mr.. Cooper invites any who desires
90 help, to send donations of food or
Rncney TO Paul Kraft. treasurer OF the
eire department, or to call at the fire
house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
Shaft to Roosevelt
Is Dedicated Atop
Continental Divide
600 Stand in Three Inches
of Snow TO Attend
Ceremonies.
b. The Associated Press.

% Ut Na3atlEftu F-tEEa.
MARIAS PASS. Mont, October III
Standing in , inches OF snow atop the
continental divide. some 600 persons
Sunday participated In the dedication
cf a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt
for his leadership in forest conservation
work
The memorial a granite obelisk. on
. hlch rests n bronze tablet stands 80
HtehNaw
This memorial" Representative Scott
Lesvltt said In his dedicatory address
"will serve 10 inplant in the minds Of
those who come here the purposes and
the need OF the care CT our forests"
Unveiled by 100 Bov Shouts. the So
foot obelisk and tablet we're placed in
perpetual care OF the Forest Service by
the Montana Congressman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
DR|SCOLL GETS 18TH
CIVIC CLUB TERM
All Mid-City Citizens Group
Officers Are Reelected
at Meeting.

The presidency Of the Mid City Citi-
wpns' Association was bestowed upon A.
J Driscoll last night for the nineteenth
consecutive year when the association
reelected its entire slate OF officers.
other officers reelected are E5ith
L. Grosvenor. vice president. NJ. z.
Salisbury. secretary; Max T. Pines,
treasurer; George T. Bowman, financial
secretary. and. as delegates to the Fed
GRAFTON OF Citizens Associations. William
H Richardson and O. Howard Dunn
tngton.
Urge Zone Cab Rates.
The association adopted a resolution
which was introduced by Mr.. Richard
non urging the Public Utilities Commits
sion 70 continue the present zone fare
for tAxicAbs in the city in preference
90 the meter system.
Plans for the organizations participa
kion in the Halloween celebration being
sponsored Jointly by the Greater Ma
Gional Capital Committee OF the Wash
anRton Board OF Trade and the Fed
Grafton OF Citizens Associations were
completed. Decision was reached that
the association enter a large float.
George A. Warren introduced a reso-
luton, which was unanimously adopted,
requesting that the George J. Abbott
school, located ct Sixth street and New
York avenue, be removed and park
placed on the territory now covered by
the school.
Praise Traffic System.
Highly commencing the city traf1c
Bureau on the present control system
at Logan and Thomas Circles, the asso-
citation adopted a resolution protesting
against any change in the present syS-
fem at these circles. F. b. Hoffman
introduced the resolution. The fire
rescue squad was also commended.
Francis De Sales Ryan. president Of
che Central Citizens Association, and
Edwin II. Cabin Of the American Red
Cross addressed the meeting. Mr.. Ryan
stated his belief that the citizens aSso-
Citations OF washington would be called
npon this Winter 10 help relieve the
unemployment situation. This. he said,
would be the first action Of the kind
necessary In the District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Cabin outlined the activities of
che American Red Gross and urged
membership Harry F. Ashton. George
Urciolo and Maud T. Miller were ap-
pointed to receive memberships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Insurance Agent Asks Jury Trial
on Woman's Accusation.

Accused Of stealing a pocketbook
when he called at the home Of Mrs.
Nellie b. Gibson, SO r street. to sell
insurance, william j. McGarrah, IS,
demanded jury trial when arraigned
yesterday before Judge Gus A. Schuldt
In Police Court.
McCarrah, according to police, was
arrested on information given by
friend OF Mrs. Gibson The latter's
driving permit was found on the ar
rested man, they sale He was allowed
60 remain at liberty on $50 collateral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
PLAN HALLOWEEN FROLIC
Eastern Star Chapter Will Hold
Event Friday Night.

Prince Hall Chapter. No. S, Order
hf Eastern Star. viii give a Halloween
frolic In the junior bali room of the
new Masonic Temple, Tenth and u
streets, Friday night at 9 O'Clock Dance
muSic will be furnished by Carpenters
Berenaders. The proceeds will be APP
piled to the chapters charity fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
Silk and Sheer Wooden
Dresses So.
WOmou'e SizoS "a tn 16
WOmen's Sizes SO to 40

Add silk sheer WOOL both, your Winter
wardrobe; they equally popular. There dresses
for street. afternoon and business in this collection
Dresses that especially becoming women, with
their necklines and sleeves. Tile brown green,
black, and combinations.
KannS-Second
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07
Starvation, Sterilization, and the
Lesson OF Illinois

composed of both UNfWA and NMU members
1874 company suckers" - men holding priv1-
legged Jobs and various hangers-on of the COM
pany and the UMWA machine-voted against
the strike. Following the strike the Peabody
Coal Company paid for leaflet signed by twelve
of its stoopigeons, invoking the UMWA consu-
tuition and demanding another meeting on the
grounds that majority of the men involved had
not been present at the first meeting.
The strike committee and the miners gener-
ally organized for this meeting and the strike
vote was endorsed by a majority two or three
times as large as at the first meeting. The
determination and initiative of the miners is
shown by these instances.
The strikers later adopted resolution call
ing upon the sub-district of the UMWA to call
a strike to support them and also asked all
locals in the subdistrict to strike.
The reply of the UNIWA district officials was
10 order the miners back to work. The stand
of the UMWA officials placed them clearly with
the Peabody Coal Company and left no doubt
as to their ke-breaking policy.
Before the recent strike. due to the terrible
conditions in the mines and the betrayals of
the UMWA officialdom, a so-called rank and
file movement developed under the leadership
of Edmondson, one of the official family of the
Belleville sub-distrct The leadership of this
movement, ostensibly in opposition to Walker of
the district UMWA, and having strong connec-
ton with the new Lewis-Howat alliance. has as
its purpose the direction of the growing resent
ment and militancy of the miners into official
UMWA channels Up to the time of the Orient
strike its task was made easier by the tendency
of some comrades to look upon this as genuine
rank and file movement. and to confine the
activity of the NMU forces to work within the
constitutional limits of the UMWA local. sub
district and district organizations Such pol
icy, which limited the initiative of the miners
and hampered the development of independent
leadership against the UMWA officialdom, has
its origin in an underestimation Of the tremend-
Gus pressure placed on the miners and their
families by the constant speed-up and growing
unemployment and of the readiness of the min
ers to fight back against the bosses and their
official strike-breakers-the UMWA officials
In addition to struggle for official positions,
the criticism and exposure of the UMWA Of
ficials, and the bringing forward of local de-
mands in connection with the whole struggle
against starvation, it was necessary to form,
by election If possible, rank and file commit
tees of action entirely outside the official APP
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07
The Socialist Party of USA Helps
Prepare War Against U.SSR

over property rights such constitute ninety
per cent of the regular work of the general
practitioner in the legal profession"
Mr.. Hillquit claims it is of mo political sig
nificance" when American courts are petitioned
by him to restore the socalized property of the
Russian workingclass to its former capitalist
owners. He also thinks the same about the
solidarity of himself and the Socialist party
with the wreckers of the Industrial Party and
the Mensheviks who were exposed before the
whole world in the famous Moscow trials last
year.
When the Soviet Union smashed the wreckers
plots last year. the Socialist party and Hnquit
were deeply disturbed. During the Industrial
Party" trial in Moscow, the socialists organized
protest meeting in New York City. This was
held in the palatial Hotel Pennsylvania resort
of the upper circles of the bourgeoisie. The
speakers were such leaders as Oneal, Lee and
Hillquit of the Socialist party of America, and
Ingerman of the Russian Menshevik emigres
The Reverend Norman Thomas sent letter ex-
pressing his solidarity. Mr. Hillquit made the
main speech. Defending the wreckers and at
lacking the Soviet Union, he declared that war
would not be worse than the liberation of Boil
shevism. He said
soviet Russia rs today gH1ny OF acts of
despotism terrible as those in the days of
Czarism Russia today is a government of a
small minority which has taken advantage of
special conditions to gain and hold power. 1t
enjoys power through force and terrorism. It's
reign of blood is almost as abhorrent as war
among nations"
For the Socialist party of America, the confess
sions of the wreckers were arranged by the
OGP.U as a farce" to strengthen the Stain
dictatorship" C'New Leader" Dec. 49,.
The infamous Fish Committee, the purpose of
which was to prepare war against the Soviet
Union praised highly the aid given to capital
ism by the Socialist party and the American
Federation of Labor
The Socialist party openly helped to finance
the wreckng operations of the Mnsheviks in
Russia, which was carried out under the direc-
ton of the French General Staff. The Social
lists" knew exactly what they we're doing in this
campaign. They held consultations with Abra-
movich in 1925, 1923 and $780, and collected
funds for his party. In January, 1880, Abra-
movich spoke to socialist party meeting, say
ing:
The next year will bring great sur
prises to those people who have become per-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07

United States with which to prove their fake about the
hberating nature of the imperialist Hence they
were deceving the Negro with the democracy"
of France and Great Britain the imperiaist robbers
that associated with the United States in the lats
war.
we point the hand to the splendid
democracy of France the freeing of our felIcw
sufferers in Russia, and the slow steady advance
of principles of universal justice in the British Empire
and in our own land; and the other hand we point
to the wreched record of Germany Africa and her
preachment of autocracy and superiority" Crisis
June 1910.
Decept. bluff and hypocricy The Negro reformst
traitors the NAACP and others-were representing the
oppressors and mrderers of the Morocco and
Indo-China as the splendid democracy of France:
they were representing the oldest and bloodest colonial
eXploiter-British mperialsn-the despoiler of East
Africa and the hangnan of India the champion of
universal justice" they were representing in the
light the ynchers and oppressor of the Negroes in the
United States; they appropriated the Russian
voution of the masses AGAINST the imperiaist war
in order to induce the Negro to give their lives
for American imperialism.
These Negro reformists of the NAACP are con-
nuing in the service of the white ruling class They
are the White mans Negroes They helping the
champions of White Supremacy to prepare the mill
tary Intervention against the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union is the Stronghold of National
Freedom and Equality
The Soviet Union is the only country in the world
that knows national oppression In the Soviet Union
live numerous nationaties and races in complete
equality and fraternity. The victorious workers and
peasants revolution of November 1917, which overthrow
the rule of the capitalists landlords and imperiaiss
had freed the oppressed nations realizing the principle
of complete national equality including the right of
separation from Russia. The Soviet Union is FREE
AND VOLUNTARY UNION of Socialist Soviet Repub-
lies in which the toilng masses, and all natonalities
collaborating in the building of socialist society
Extraordinary efforts made in the Soviet Union to
facilitate the economic and cultural development of those
natonalities whose growth retarded by the former
rule of the capitalists and landlords.
The Soviet Union fights without mercy against all
ideas of national superiority and tendencies for
tional oppression and discrimination In the Soviet
Union the Negro received and greeted not only
equal but the representative of oppressed nation
such as they in the United States-whose revolu-
tionary struggle for liberation plays historic role in the
liberation of 81 oppressed and exploited from the yoke
of imperialism.
1t was because of this fact that tong masses of the
Soviet Union quick to resent and condemn the
expression of white superiority" by of the Amer
lean technicians working in the Soviet Union. This
condemnation in line with the whole Soviet system
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07

who were disabled or had large families fixed up
in order to qualify them for service under the law
Colored unfit for military service under the law
were railroaded into the army
An official investigation into conditions in typical
Couthern Camp-Camp Lee-disclosed the following
outrageous conditions:
Lack of medical care Brutality on the part of the
Military Police. Heavy penalties for minor infrac-
tons Soldiers working with civilians at the same
work were paid $50 per month, while the civilian
whites were paid from $3.50 to $500 per day.
Negro soldiers we're placed in tents while white
soldiers were living in barracks This was in winter
time with the result that it was common thing to
drag men out every morning frozen to death as was
the case in Camp Alexander Va
Numerous riots occurred in the camps where Negro
soldiers being trained for the mperalist slaughter
Recall the brave outbreak of the protest and revolt
among the Negro soldiers in Camp Houston, Texas
Ard what was the answer of the white ruling class?
Thirteen Negro soldiers were executed Al imprisoned
for life received short term sentences.
Negro officers of the lower rank were made to pay
for the mistakes and plumbers of white superiors
Such the of the we'll known battle in the
Argonne. The Ninetythird Negro regiment was sent
to battle without equipment without maps signals and
shears for the cutting of the barbed The order to
advance given without previous preparation and
terrific slaughter followed For this criminal blunder
of the white commanding officers dozen Negro Off
GERS of lower rank were raroaded to the galovs by
court martial
Negro Reformists in the Service of the White
Ruling Glass
The Negro refomists were helping the white ruling
class to deceive the Negro and to drive them
slaughter. This is important to remember. Especially
now when the Negro refornists helping the
white ruling class to railroad the Scotsboro boys to
their deaths and to prepare the coming mperiais
and the military intervention against the Soviet Union
Where was the NAACP in the late imperalist war?
What these friends and leaders" of the Negroes
to forge chains for their slavery?
The Crisis" official spokemen of the NAACP was
calling upon the Negroes to sacrifice their lives for the
white ruling class And in order to make the Negroes
do it willingly, these Negro reformist5 helping Will
to spread the lie that it for liberation
Read what the Crisis had to say in the Summer of
1917 when the United States entered the late nperi
alist
SO will the black fight against Germany
for America God grant freedom, too, in the end"
(C-'sis, May, 1910.
The Negro refornliSs of the NAACP we're exploiting
the dearest wish of the Negro nasses-freedon-
der to help the white ruling class of the United states
to proong and continue the system of ynchng and JIM
Crowism, These traitors could find nothing within the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07
BY ELL DUNE

THE situation in the Southern Illinois coal
fields especially Franklin, williamson and
salina counties-Which is marked by the recent
strike of 1900 miners in Orient Mines Number
and q is the latest and best example of the
rapidly worsening conditions in the coal fields
created by the continuous drive of the coal
operators, the government, and the UMWA Of
ficias upon the wages and living standards of
the miners and their families.
In Illinois we have, in the strike of these
1900 workers in the biggest and most highly
mechanical mines, perhaps the best example Of
all the recent strikes against starvation. These
miners struck against the Peabody Company
proposal to discharge some 100 men-againSt
mass discharges to use the formulation OF the
Executive of the Red International of Labor
Urions and the Trade Union Unity League In
Illinois we have also an example of tendency
on the part of some comrades to confuse this
strike with previous strikes-as in the anthra-
cite = under the slogan of equal division of
work" to fail to see in this strike practically
all the main characteristics of the struggle
against starvation and slave conditions now
raging in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern OHIO
md the Panhandle section of West Virginia. Or
ganized and led by the Rank and File Strike
Committees of the National Miners Union
One of the outstanding characteristics of the
Illinois strike in itself vastly more important
than the numbers involved indicate, is the rank
and file nature of the strike and its leadership
In Illinois, the UMWA, by giving the most SER
vile assistance to the speed-up drive of the coal
operators coupled with serious mistakes made
In the strike of December 9, 1929, by the Ma
tional Miners Union, has succeeded in retaining
the check-off and consequent machine control
Of the miners 1t has maintained a nominal
wage scale which has little if any relation to
the present income of the great ajority of the
miners since they work short time and complete
unemployment for thousands driven out Of the
industry following the Jacksonville rationaliza-
ton and union coal operator cooperation
agreement in 1924, has become permanent
The miners at Orient Number l and 2, after
being deluded for years by UMWA takers Of
varying calibers from Lewis. harrington, and
Fishwick to Walker, and played one against the
other by the company in the face Of threat
Of starvation TO HOO Of their number con-
tained in the proposal for this mass ousting Of
them from their jobs held a meeting, voted to
strike, and elected rank and file committee
TO lead the strike. The strike committee was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-07

paratus. The possibility and the effectiveness
of this tactical line was shown clearly by the
Orient strike which has changed the situation
by putting the Walker district leadership, and
the Edmondson fake rank and file leadership,
on the defensive.
The strike has shown that there is no es-
senual difference between the conditions of the
miners in Illinois and those of the miners in
the main strike areas. The strike is destroying
the illusions fostered by the fact of a nominal
wage scale and so-caled "unon conditions"
Even with a wage scale of six, eight and ten
dollars per day in the mechanical mines the
great majority of the miners and their families
are hungry because of part time work or COM
plete unemployment. They have to fight for
the right to live just the same as the miners in
Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
This does not mean that the same low level
obtains in every mine and it is here that the
working out OF specific local demands assumes
great Importance. But it does mean that the
similarity OF conditions is such that the struggle
against starvation becomes so necessary that
without skilled leadership, and without
program, important strikes take place
The organization of rank and file commit
tees for strike action, the working out of local
demands mercess fight against the demagogues
who are attempting to seize the leadership of
the developing struggles and throttle them, will
bring thousands of Illinois miners to the sup
port of the Orient miners and increase the ranks
OF the 10000 miners now in the fight against
starvation led by the Rank and File Commit
tees of the National Miners Union.
The Rank and File Conference held in Belle
vile, ILL., Sunday, July %, laid the basis for the
broadening of the struggle in Southern Illinois
by the election of a responsible committee to
organize meetings and conferences at all Mines
work out program of action and unity and es-
tablish local rank and file committees. At the
6 and which will be controlled by the Edmond
son faction, the proposal for strike in sup
port of the Orient miners. for the preparations
for general strike action against starvation con-
ditions and unity of action with the Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio and West Virginia miners will be
the central issue put forward by the NMU
forces and their growing following of militant
mine workers
1t is in this period and by this form of work
and struggle that the National Miners Union
will be built in Southern Illinois
Comrade DUNES article was written before
July 9Th but its publication was delayed several
days after it was received due to space diff
culties. For the same reason it has also been
necessary to publish Comrade DUNES article
in two instalments The second nstalment will
appear tomorrow