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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-09
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GUARDS FOR
WAR ON USSR
U. S. Troops Give Aid
to japanese in War
on China Masses
Grand Coming to us.
French-U. S. Press tc
Back japanese
Invasion
BULLETIN

Fruits Of the anti-Soviet plot Of the
japanese and United States upper
ialistS in Manchuria are beginning to
show themselves more clearly. A
Universal Service dispatch from Har-
bin, Manchuria, reports encourage
ment by the japanese imperialists to
White Russian officers TO organize
White Russian Army against the So
Wet Union. The report declares:
Former Russian imperial army
technicians and officers are al
legedly being recruited in Mukden
and eIsewhere!"
The threat is openly made that
these forces will be used against the
Soviet Union.
Serious fighting ragged yesterday in
the streets of Tientsin's Chinese
quarter, between Chinese policemen
and other Chinese armed by the ia
panese imperialists. Dispatches from
Peiping declare the police were at
tackled by forces which poured out of
the Japanese concession.
While the Japanese Chinese tools
we're carrying out their attack,
American and italian troops were
drawn up on bridge head, ready
to intervene if the battle went against
the Japanese tools. This is direct
evidence Of the leading role that
American imperialism is playing in
the war on the Manchurian masses
and the Soviet Union.
Another dispatch from Peiping de-
clares that second major battle is
imminent in Manchuria. The dis
patch brazenly announces that 1t is
deemed likely to involve Soviet Rus
STA"
In the meantime Chinese General
Ma has intrenched his forces directly
parallel to the Chinese Eastern rail-
way. The japanese are reported to
be preparing to cut the Eastern rail-
way.
Japan yesterday gave
a point blank refusal
to the League of Ma
lions fake request that
she withdraw her army
of occupation from Manchuria.
The japanese Army continues
its advance toward the Soviet
border.
At the same time the anti
Soviet front was pushed further to-
ward completion by the sailing for
the United States of Dino Grandi,
Italian fascist foreign minister.
Grand is coming here to hold
secret conference with Hoover and
Stimson who are leading the attack
for American imperialism against the
Soviet Union. Poland has cut down
all expenses except its military bud
SCb' "A OAopdbS4l AAOilt w dl saw SLdtSos
Expenditures already have been
reduced In almost every depart
ment as compared with this year,
the Ministry of War, with &c.,
100000 budget, alone escaping q
cut" The military budget is one
third of the total expenditures. The
French-owned munition plants In
Poland and other European border
states are reported to be working
overtime.
Continued Efforts To Involve Soviet
The American capitalist press con-
tinued Saturday and Sunday their
efforts to involve the Soviet Union
in the war in Manchuris. The Sat-
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CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE,

UNEMPLOYED OFFICE WORKERS
The Office Workers Union yester-
day called on unemployed workers to
be present at union headquarters,
Room 1903, 1893 Broadway, November
8, at 8 p. m.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
F j n D 8
TOTAL S1,852

The Relief Association of the
United States Public Health
Service ends the fiscal year with
total assets of $1,852.67, accord
ing to the annual report Of the
president just distributed to men,
bers. The assets include $659 ST
in the bank and $1,193 outstand-
ing on loans. Receipts during the
past IL months include: in build
ing association. $3.50; in bank,
$155.61; miscellaneous, $2,286.66
total 50. 892.47.
About 40 per cent of the loans
were made to employees not pay
ing annual dues. They were n
sick calls made. two parties ar
ranged with total net profit of
$162.58, and many new members
added during the year.
The association seeks a. 100 per
cent membership during this COM
ing fiscal year, with $4,000
finances.
New officers are: president.
Miss Lucy Minnegrode; vice presi-
dent, c. E. FELTON,; treasurer r.
A. Heffelfinger: secretary, Miss
Virginia Haley; directors, Miss
Margaret Doonan and Norman E.
Lindquist.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
WELFARE MOVE
STIRS WIDE
INTEREST
Federal Employees Unions
Seeking disqualification and
Medical Care for Retired

When the organized Federal
employees carry to Congress in
December their campaign for the
same disqualification benefits now
accorded soldiers, and free medi'
cal care for retired annuitapts,
they will initiate q welfare move
which will be Of far-reaching in
terest whatever its result.
Washington locals Of the or
ganized employees have sponsored
resolutions favoring both goals,
and between now and the assem-.
bly, Of the Congress they will en-
deavor to pile up support for the
proposals.
Those who favor the hospitali-
zation idea point out that civil
ians at desks are just as much on
the payroll Of the Government as
men in uniform on the drill field,
and keeping them in good physi-
cal condition is as important: !:
that most large organizations
have free medical treatment for
service e-connected injuries and
sickness. and that being wards of
Uncle Sam they are entitled to
consideration, even full hospitali-
zation.
The same arguments are put
forth by those who seek free
clinic service for retired employees.
The extension Of all clinic and
other medical privileges now
given to regular employees, to
those retired workers, will be
pushed by a considerable group,
abetted by the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
EMPLOYEES BACK
NEW FEDERAL
APPRAISAL
Local No. 2 Seeks Solution
of Personnel Problems
Through Proposed Agency

An open forum discussion last
night, sponsored by Local No. 2,
Of the Federal Employees Union,
the largest local here, resulted
in a resolution asking the crea-
tion Of a new and larger Federal
agency to handle all Government
personnel problems. The name
suggested was Civil Service Ad-
ministration, and it would be
composed Of the Civil Service
Commission, the United States
Employees Compensation Commis-
sion, the Personnel Classification
Board and various others.
The recent suggestion of
Thomas E. Campbell, president
Of the Civil Service Commission.
along a similar line also included
the Bureau of Efficiency. How
ever, sentiment last night was
to the effect that the Bureau Of
Efficiency should operate wit h
the Bureau Of the Budget If
at all.
A court Of appeals to which
employees could apply was also
suggested. The board Of repre-
sentatives of the various locals
will consider these suggestions at
a special meeting next Wednes-
day night,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Exams Announced
For Civil Service

A vacancy in the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission will be filled soon, since
the Civil Service Commission has
announced examinations to fill
this vacancy and to provide an
eligibility list for future vacan
cies' The position pays $4,000
and applications close August IA.
Other examinations announced,
with closing dates, and entrance
salaries, include:
Senior investigator, Bureau Of
the Budget, August 7, $500
foundry superintendent, July 81,
$4,000; associate and assistant,
Home Economics, August Z, $4,000,
$4,000, $4,000; associate super
visor. Home Economics, $4,000;
home extension agent, August IA,
$2,600; policemen, both Metro
politan and park, August 3.
$1,000; assistant statistical clerk,
July 81, $1,620; assistant radio
enforcement inspector, July 81,
2,400; principal metallurgist,
July "a, SIS, ,600-$6, 400; Junior mag
netic and chronological observer,
$2,0OO-$2,6 800.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
PARTIES HONOR
BUREAU VET

Friends Of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing gathered last
night at the home of Louis Voel'
ker as a surprise party for this
veteran plate printer who retired
yesterday after 40 years, 3
months II days Of service at
the Bureau. A. w. Hall, director
Of the Bureau. was one of the
prominent guests at the surprise
party.
The party at the home followed
Oen at the Bureau earlier in the
day, when his fellow employees Of
Section 6 gave him a hearty
"Send-Off' and presented to him
a fine gold strap watch and baS-
ket of flowers. The watch pre-
SentatiOn was by julius Stats,
with "YOur SweetheartS of Sec
ton 6" giving the flowers. Off
cialS and fellow workers warmly
testified to the esteem with which
he is held.
Mr.. Voelker. who was born and
reared in Chicago. entered the
Bureau when William Meredith
was director. May 20, 1891. On
August 81, the official date of his
retirement, he will be IS years
old. He lives with his son, DR..
Joseph W. Voelker, at 110 Will
low Ave-, Takoma Park, Md,
which was the scene of the gath
ering of his friends last night.
His father, 90. is still hale and
hearty, and Louis Voelker expects
to reach that age at least.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
THEY BEAT THE BRITISH IN THE FIELD
Reporter Visits Scene of
Gettysburg Battle

With only the weekend re.
naming of his two weeks hOIi-
day in Washington. the Vaca-
tiOn Reporter Is looking for.
ward to a colOrful finale of his
vacation.
He has spent less than he had
expected and there Is still
substantial portion of his Ovigi-
nal S10O remaining. Washing
ton has proven an ideal sum.
mer resort and both he and his
Girl Friend (whO has helped
plan the holiday and spent a
portion of his bankrOlD are
looking forward to repeating
the experience next summer.
By THE VACATION REPORTER
Only the weekend left of my
two weeks vacation in and near
Washington. And am still
S31.07 to the good despite my 1873
mile trip to the battlefield of
Gettysburg yesterday. The trip
itself cost me in the neighbor'
hood of So, although I figure I
could have made it much less
expensively if I had been in an
economizing mood.
AS it was, with plenty of cash
on hand, threw economy to the
wind and had me a time regard
less of expense. A chap from
the office went with me Che is
an authority on the civil war
and I figured I wouldn't need a
guide) and we used his car which
consumed more gas than the old
flivver. And the mountain
breezes gave me an appetite
which accounted for more reck-
less expenditure.
Skies are Clear
Gettysburg according to our
speedOmeter) is about S3 miles
from Washington. The extra
mileage was burned up in tour
ing the field. The weather
couldn't have been finer. We
ran into a bit of rain upon near
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
C1feteriGs Vanish
In Progress March

Two large privately owned cafe
terias, the Blue Triangle Hut Of
the Y. w. C. A. and other build
ings, are being razed this week
in the block at Nineteenth St.
and Constitution Ave. N. W., to
clear the site for the new Public
Health Service Building.
The cafeterias have been closed
for some days and the hundreds
of Government employees in the
Navy Building, Munitions Build
ing, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion and other Federal buildings
in that vicinity have crowded
the fow other lunchrooms in that
vicinity,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Age is Slight Factor
In Federal Employ

After 80 years, age appears to
be a factor of little Importance
in an employees advancement to
successfully higher-salary groups
in the Government departments,
according to DR.. w. w. Stock
berger, director Of personnel and
business administration, Depart
ment of Agriculture. He says:
"Of the total number of en-
plOyees, 4,O49 rs per cent? are
between the ages of rs and so
years, and 1,161 (21.2 per cent?
are above the age of So"
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
WHe's Look at Map
Causes Fatal Cr1sI,

PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Her
attention distracted when her
husband attempted to show her
a road map, Mrs. Edward M.
Bresett, 30. of Wayne, was in.
stantly killed as the car she was
driving five miles east of Gettys-
burg, on the Lincoln Highway,
left the road and rolled over four
times. Her neck was broken.
Mr.. Bresett was thrown from
the car and slightly injured.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

ing Washington in the evening
and a few drops fell as we pulled
out Of the town of Gettysburg,
but otherwise the skies were clear
and everything was jake.
To the history student the
Gettysburg battlefield has the
advantage of being more COM
pact than the average scene Of
such great conflicts. From the
tower of Round Top we could
see it all. Before our eyes were
spread the rolling meadows and
wooded hills where the Union
and Confederate forces grappled
in the great struggle. They must
have been near enough to hear
each other breathe.
Facing west to our right was
the pleasant meadow peaceful
enough yesterday through which
Pickett's men made their des-
perate charge. Man, that gave
me q thrill. They had their
nerve, those boys. Right into the
mouth Of the Union guns. They
must have known they couldn't
make it.
Huge BOuIders
Round Top is plentifully be-
sprinkled with huge boulders
(behind Which 7 would have been
parked if I had been in the war; ,
and even a few trees that from
their age and condition might
have been standing during tie
battle. General Meade's head
quarters, a quaint little cottage
with grape vines shading the
low porch, is there and a farm
house or two that withstood the
cannonading.
A number of houses in the
village bear bullet marks and
there is the tumbled little brick
dwelling where Jennie Wade Il
think that was her name) was
killed by a stray shot, while
baking. Can you imagine that?
Going right on with her house
hold business with the greatest
battle of the age laundering in
her ears.
Gettysburg can't be described
in q few brief paragraphs. You
have to see it to appreciate 1t.
It's near enough to Washington
for an easy days trip I'VE left
about 10 o'clock in the morning
and could have been back before
dark If we hadn't stopped for
dinner) and for thrills can't be
beaten:
Delightful Drive
The drive from Washington is
brief enough not to be tiresome.
We went through Rockville and
took the old Frederick Road up,
returning by the Buckeystown
trail. Both are delightful. Rolling
farm lands with stacks of freshly
harvested wheat. Cornfields. And
herds of cattle (for which that
section of Maryland is famous)
grazing in the meadows.
A few miles out of Frederick
you go through the quaint little
village of Catoctin. where the
bullets, ETC., for the battle of
Yorktown were made. The village
itself with its little stone houses
was built in 1854 to house the
miners and the mansion house
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The Washington times., 1931-07-25
TIGHTER RULES
FOR employees
To Be ASKED
Efficiency Expert Rebukes
Executives for Failure to
Fire Incompetent Workers

The recent dismissal of a mum.
Der of Census Bureau employees
for smoking in violation of rules
reminds that the coming Con.
gress will be asked to consider
the fact that incompetent EN-,
ployes often are retained on the
payrolls because executives are
reluctant to discharge them. or
fear a rebuke from some political
influence.
Federal employees who them.
selves are expecting to ask many
things Of Congress, will find that
a general tightening up in dis.
cipline will, on the other hand, he
requested of the legislators by
Government efficiency experts.
The survey-report of DR.. Her.
man Feldman, of Dartmouth Col
lege, economic adviser to the
field survey division Of the Fed.
elal Classification Board, rebukes
Government executives for laxitv
in not discharging employees who
are incompetent. The report is
dissatisfied with the small extent
to which "hopeleSSly incompetent
people" are eliminated from the
Civil Service.
Take Easiest Way
The reasons for the deep
seated reluctance to dismiss
proved incompetents" are plainly
stated by DR.. Feldman. One
reason is that firing any employe
is always unpleasant and lit is
an easier path to have the public
pay for ones lack of courage"
than to discharge an emplyoe.
There is "the possibility of a
rebuke by a Congressman or
Senator; the possibility that the
employe may be a veteran who
makes a tempest in a teapot;
the danger of other influential
affiliations to stir up trouble"
The difficulty minor super,
visory executive faces in con-
vincing the head of his division
or bureau that certain employe
should be removed also is cited.
The fact that some employees in
the Government as in private
business are lax, lazy, generally
and unresponSive
and should be removed, although
specific instances of grave nature
are difficult to state, is also re-
minded in the Feldman report
which will be offered to Congress.
Employer Sole Judge
The law, Of course, requires
merely that all that is required to
remove a Federal employe is that
he be furnished with reasons, in
writing, and be given time to reply
with the employing officer being
the sole judge and his decision
final.
Further urging the Federal de
partments to use the same strict
ness about discharging unsatisfac-
tory workers as do private con-
Germs, the recommendations con-
tinue:
"The elimination of an EN-
ploye from the Government Serv-
ice is unavoidable from the
standpoint of good organization.
It is a means Of correcting an
original selection, maintaining
discipline, and preventing the
exploitation Of the service by
INSCRIPTIONS and incompetent
people. II administered in an
enlightened spirit, the exercise
Of such a power will do much to
improve the general morale of
the service, to provide OppOrtuni
ties for promotion for the more
desirable employees, and to win
the confidence of the public"
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Engraving Bureau
Seeks Fire Alarm

The Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, the source of Uncle
Sans currency. bonds and stamps,
is seeking an emergency alarm
connection with the new Fourth
precinct station. The bureau had
an emergency alarm connection
with the old Third station before
the stations were reorganized.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
.Y0den Recovering
At Arn1U HOSDit0L

James T. Yaden, examining
division, Civil Service Commits
sion, who was operated on at
Walter Reed Hospital recently. is
reported to be convalescing nice
".
Mr.. Yaden, who as president of
the District Federation of Citi-
gems Associations, and in other
civic capacities has been active
in Washington for many years.
has been in the Army hospital
for some weeks for a general di-
agnoSiS and tres tment.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
EMPLOYEES ON CRUISE

Several civilian employees of
the Navy Department went on
the ocean excursion voyage on
the Leviathan. from New York
city to Halifax, which began
July %. Among them are Miss
Alleen Robbins. and Miss Roberta
Satterfield, photographic, and
Miss Goldie Allen, surgery.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
U. S. JOBS OPEN

The Civil Service Commission
announces coming examinations
for these positions:
Junior librarian, $4,000: asso-
ciate engineer and assistant en-
gineer, $4,000 to $4,000; assistant
parasitologist, $4,000 to $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
81" LEAP FATAL

NEW YORK. July 25.-Hyman
serhey, 3S, of Mount Vernon, was
killed when, according to the
motorman and another witness.
he jumped in front of a north.
bound Third Avenue Il" train at
the 14Sd Street station, the
Bronx.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
HAS YEARLY CLEANUP

The office section of the Smith
sonian Institution has had a thor.
ough interior painting. This gen.
eral cleanup was the first in a
year.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

FELLOW employees and
officials of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing yesterday
gave two parties for Mr.. Voel-
ker when he retired after 40
years with the bureau. Associ-
ate plate printers feted him at
the bureau, giving him a gold
watch and flowers. Last night
bureau associates came to his
home for . surprise party.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-17
Lew LesEe's Rhapsody in Black
Takes Negro Out Of jungle

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Lew Les
lie, who has successfully installed
Rhapsody in Black at the Shu-
bert Theatre. has introduced an in
novation in the Negro musical revue
which may have tendency to
change the entire trend of this form
of entertainment. By one bold stroke
Leslie has vertically taken the Ne
gro out Of the jungle Insofar as the
stage is concerned and has elevated
him to a new high artistic plane.
The idea that has gone into
Rhapsody in Black" has long fer
mented in the brain of Lew Leslie.
concededly the greatest producer of
Negro entertainment in the theatre
cal mecca, Broadway. 1t was this
same Leslie who started the colorcd
invasion to the Great White Way
Immediately after the war.
1t was Leslie who discovered the
late Florence Mills and placed the
mantle of fame on her brow. 1t was
he, too, who gave Broadway its first
glimpse of the rhapsodizing Bill
Robinson, Adelaide Hall, the Berry
Brothers, Aida Ward, MAINTAIN More
land.
Rhapsody in Black" however, is
a new step forward in Negro enter
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-17
Cab Galloway Orchestra
On Lucky Strike Hour

On Tuesday evening, December
10th, Cab Galloway and His Cotton
Club orchestra will make their initial
bow upon the Lucky Strike radio
hour. His Highness of Ho-De-Ho
will be picked up by remote control
from the floor of the Cotton Club
in Harlem between 10 and II p. m.
Calloway's will be the first colored
orchestra to be featured on an i'm
portant commercial broadcast. His
music on this occasion will be sent
out over the entire N. B. C. network,
distinction in keeping with his pop
ularity as a radio entertainer.
The inimitable Cab is playing on
the stages of various Loew Theatres
in the vicinity of New York, doubl-
ing from his regular engagement at
the Cotton Club. This will continue
until January 8, when he and his
band leave upon an extended tour of
the Paramount Theatre Circuit,
which will take him as far west as
Kansas City.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-17
Wildcat Carter Home
From San Francisco

Leslie wildcat" Carter breezed in
from San Francisco Sunday after
noon, still burned up at what he and
his managed stated was "bad deal"
he received in his Fidel La Barba
bout in Oakland last week.
The papers here stated that Carter
was knocked down twice early in the
first round and unable to continue,
the referee stepped in and stopped
the fight. Carter and his manager,
Gus West, tell us, and in a most en-
phatic manner, that Carter was not
even knocked down, and much less
out. Their story is that Fidel rushed
Carter into the ropes, and the Wild
cat, as. is his custom, sagged back
against them, relaxed and taking a
few on the head and face Twice
La Barba rushed him and twice Les
lie leaned back on the ropes, the
second time coming out with a slight
ly-cut lip. The referee, at the sight
of blood, stepped in and stopped the
contest as both boys were swinging
away at each other in the center
of the ring.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-17

Parson Scott taught his daughter
to sing and play the piano because
music was just as effective at revi-
val meetings as preaching. The lot
of colored minister is none too lu-
crative so when Parson Scott S
daughter was offered Job in a
small motion picture theatre out in
Kansas, he gave her his blessing
and the girl began career that led
to Broadway and recognition as one
of the foremost syncopated singers
of her race.
The girl in question is Ada Brown
who was recently co-starred with Bill
Robinson in Brown Buddies" and
who comes to the RKO Orpheum
Theatre Friday as feature of the
vaudeville bill. Miss Brown is often
called a daughter of Dixie, but as a
matter of fact she was born in juno
ton City, Kansas. Junction City,
if you happen to be curious, is a
railway crossing fourteen miles from
Fort Riley. Her father was a "Cir-
cult Rider" That is he occupied
the pulpit of little church in his
own town and journeyed to all of
the other little towns in that section
to hold camp meetings. Her mother
had charge of the singing which to
great extent consisted of spirituals.
Ada who was the oldest of the FAM