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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11
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ct line of $50 nassed at Mine No 8
of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co..
here this morning. After the first
big break yesterday in the plan of
the company, Governor Pinchet and
the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca to smash the strike in the Ternni-
nal mines first and then in the rest
Of the fields, the deputies have in
creased in number and arbitrari-
ness.
This morning deputies drew a
deadline on the road at Coverdale,
barring the pickets from even a
sight of the shaft. 1t is hard to tell,
therefore how many went in, but the
humber is known to be smaller than
yesterday, when 400 out of 600 quit.
This morning the pickets saw 81
men with miners clothes on leave
the patch and go away, apparently
leaving the mine. A method is being
worked out to picket all roads to-
morrow morning
Men are quitting daily at Pitts
burgh Terminal No. 4 at Horning,
not far from here. There is intense
dissatisfaction among those working
at the results of their pay slips. One
slip shows land this is an average OF
the rest) that the man loaded 492
cwt. or something over "a tons OF
coal in three days. For this he was
credited with Slot by the company.
But then, the company took away,
checked off, the following charges
Company store, $6o5; srnithing, 8
cents; rent, $170; doctor, 40 cents;
explosives, $1.27; lamps, go cents;
dues for the United Mine Workers,
rs cents; charge for checkweighman,
% cents-which left the miner just
exactly nothing to show for his work.
Furthermore, the miners feel very
uneasy about that $1.70 charge for
rent. There is no house for which
rent is charged at that rate. What
the company did was to add up all
the other charges, see what was left,
and then turn that over to rent"
II the man had made SIS they would
have taken the whole thing too.
There is no pay for dead work, no
supplies furnished, and one man
found that the weights on his three
cars of coal all he could mine in two
DAYS, ran as low as $500 and that
the highest was 44oo, for cars that
he knows hold 5000 pounds.
In Horring the U.M.W.A. organic
ers have been fired by the company
just what this tactic leads to is not
understood yet by the miners. But
they know it is part of some compli-
Gated trick
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa, July o.
yesterday when the picket line was
formed at Bulger Block mine here, a
scabg picked a fight with one of the
pickets. He welded a pick on the
striker, and went down before the
rush of the rest of the pickets. In
the general fight that followed, the
pickets drove the whole night crew
vt IL scabs, the two owners of the
mine who were present, the superin-
tendent, and all the foremen from
the scene.
McKEEsPoRT, Pa. July Q. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11

ers in Maynard, met yesterday and
decided to present their own griev-
ances to the company. and fight
against the u and half percent
wage cut.
Workers Offer Bail
PAWTUCKET, R. 7. July l0.-Syn.-
pathetic workers came to the N. r.
W. U. Office today to offer bail for
the release Of Kazinler Chorzempa,
Agnes Szpak and Manuel Francisco,
General Fabrics strikers being held
now in the East Boston Immigration
Station, by the U. 8. Dept. of Labor.
These arrests are part of the general
police bounding, which is trying to
break the Royal and General Fabrics
strikes. Strikers are still being called
down to the police station daily for
questioning
An extra heavy police escort sue
ceeded in getting through a small
number of scabs into the General
Fabrics mill But this will only re-
suit in an increased picket line to
receive the scabs when they come
out. Picketing before the Royal Mill
went on the same as usual today.
PAWTUCKET, r. l., July, 1o-To-
morrow Anna Burlak, N. T. W. U.
organizer in the General Fabrics
strike, goes before Judge Dexter for
sentence on the framed-up charge
Of throwing pepper at scab
Another worker was arrested today
on a city ordinance charge of dis
tributing leaflets before the Lorraine
Mill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11

No race hatred in workers Rus
STA by Patterson, In July Labor
Defender.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11
and foreign born workers.

and foreign born workers.
$500 Join Protest In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July, 10
Defying the attacks of the police who
broke up a demonstration at Turk
and Market Streets, $500 workers
rallied round the Scottsboro Defense
demonstration three blocks further
at Seventh and Market Streets.
The demonstration demanded un-
conditional release of the nine in
nocent Scottsboro Negro boys, de-
nounced race and national oppression
and supported the demand for full
equality of the Negro masses, with
death to the lynchers.
The workers pledged support to the
fight to repeal the Criminal Syndical-
list Law, and for the demand for the
release of Mooney and Billings and
the Imperial Valley prisoners, and all
class war prisoners. They pledged
to demonstrate on August LIST, against
imperianst war and for the defense
of the Soviet Union. The demonstra-
ton closed with the singing of the
Internationale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11

Huge Demonstration In Chicago
CHICAGO, July, 10.-Two huge de-
monstrations we're held here July g.,
for the release of the nine Scottsboro
boys. At Washington Park, thou
sands of colored and white workers
respond 70 Re fight to free the
boys. At Union Park, there was also
another large crowd of white and col
ored workers.
The crowds at both meetings una
nimously denounced the Scottsboro
outrage, the national oppression of
the Negro masses, and demanded
death to the lynchers. The workers
unanimously voted to support the
fight to save the boys, and the strug-
gle of the striking miners. They
cheered the denunciation of the
traitorous leaders of the NAACP, and
pledged themselves to build block and
neighborhood COMMITTEES, and to take
up the question of Scottsboro defense
in their organizations and in the
churches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-11

NcKEEsPoRT, Pa. July Q. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

Spring, for instance, neither the Board
Of Trade nor the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association considered it
worth while to continue reports or
recommendations on the budget.
The members OF the Advisory Council
have done everything within their small
power to make the undertaking success.
II the citizens decide that the council
should be abandoned. the experiment
should not be considered a total failure.
It has served as q splendid example Of
tbs flaws IN all such grants of artificial
representation" to the citizens Of this
community N the government Of their
own affairs. Such representation IS not
to be obtained by friendly gestures from
Commissioners, who are to be succeeded
by other Commissioners. nor does such
representation exist in any advisory
council, no matter how sincere and
painStaking are its members.
The Federation of Citizens AssoCia-
tons has always been one of the citys
splendid agencies for making known the
wants and protecting the interests of
the taxpayers. Its good work will con-
tinue, no matter what may be the fate
of the Advisory Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Chicago's Sad Prospect.

Such hopes as the friends of Chicago
may have had of betterment of the
municipal conditions resulting from tbs
1881 mayoralty elections vanished even
before primary day. They were dimmed.
indeed when at the outset of the cam
paign the race for the nomination by
the locally dominant party became a
disgraceful scramble, and they were
utterly uuenched when the race got
under way and the several candidates
for nomination engaged in a scurrilous
barrage of vituperation. The Judge who
descended from the bench to contest
the nomination with Mayor Thompson
at the same time descended to his level.
He at once alienated the Sympathies
and forfeited the confidence of the
people who were earnestly DESTROYS of
finding a municipal executive of high
character and courage and capacity.
That he was beaten by a considerable
margin was doubtless due to his resort
to the very tactics that have made
Thompson anathema to the law-abid-
ing, self-respecting residents of Chicago.
Tise election will take place April Z.
Thompson I'll be faced by a Demo-
cratic candidate, Anton J. Cermak, now
president of the Cook County Board
who appears to be himself a profess
sional municipal officeholder, and by
Herman N. Buhdesen, now coroner of
the county, running as an independent
Thompson'S victory is predicted, In con-
sequence of yesterdays triumph over
his three Republican rivals in the
primary. 1t is believed that many Demo-
cratic votes We're cast for him. II is
likewise expected that many such votes
viii be given 10 him in April For he
appears TO be precisely the man who Is
wanted by the political machines and
by the semi-pr0tessional politicians
among the citizens. That he is favored
by the gangs is clear enough from the
events OF the past few years Of his con
tinuous mayoralty.
IT. has been said that people get the
Kind Of government they deserve. There
: poor prospect Of the decent, law
abiding, respectable and honest citizens
Of Chicago getting what they in theory
deserve, but which their failure to ac5'
WITH intelligent political unity appears
to have forfeited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Employment Stabilize tion
Measure Widely Sup ported

years before tIh United States eollides
SO pathetically land needlessly with eco
monte fact aglin," remarks the Rock
ford Morning Star, but If the collision
does occur. a1er the train runs past
every semaphoke and torpedo and flare
on the line. there will at least be an
economic hospital train in readiness to
take care of the casualties" it AYERS.
The st. Loui9 Post-Didpatch not only
approves of tie present bill. but urges
appropriation bf money by Congress for
the financing Iof the first Wagner bill,
passed at helIaSt session of Congress,
providing "foH the collection of Federal
statistics on Unemployment" and sup
ports the thi4d bill, which has passed
the Senate, setting up "a system of free
public employment Offices"
"High-handed, Subversive rot, which
should be rejected" is the description
of the wagner Federal Employment
Service bill diven by the Fort Wayne
News Sentinel with the declaration
that it indu4eS the State to accept
Federal aid ID return for the surrender
OF its own police authority over an eX-
cluSiVely int4nal question OF policy"
The ews-Se1tinel also says In its COM
mentS On thd latter measure: IN its
appeal for patsage Of TIKI Wagner Fed
eral Employment Serpicei bill the Amer
lean Association for Labor Legislation
is painting a misleading picture, when
it, leaves The difference that the bill as
drawn, docs to mprc ghan propoSe a
coordination Of existing employment
agencies undfr the direction Of the
director genetal of employment The
bill goes mudh farther than that It
provides Federal aid. under a $3.50
principle. to hll States which, through
their Legislatures, accept certain rules
and regulations prescribed by this Fed
eral directori general Jas the general
plan of their pperation.p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

sometimes from to inches. but
this is not like a tree trunk, but is
made of several branches clustered to-
gcther.
Q. where is the largest industrial
museum in the world?-tH E.
4. The American Association Of Mu-
seums says that the 0eutschss Museum
IN Munich Is Tire largest industrial rnu-
scum IN the world, snd the second u1u-
scum in this CLASH Is probably the
Science Museum injLondon. There are
many industrial museums in E1r2ce.
but few in this COUNTRY Our lsrgest
IS the Museum Of Silence and Industry,
Chicago, although " have a large com
mercisl museum philadelphia.
g. When was lIlstruus pottery first
made u. S.
A. Vanished or lustrous pottery was
produced in Grecce from about the
NTH to the thisd century BIC. In
stead of being cogered with a true glaze
/ II possessed a ll6trous surface. the eX-
act nature of which is not dcfinitelv
known Glazed pottery was produced
in Egypt, Babflonia, Persia and the
countries bordering the Mediterranean
( Sea. Various methods were employed
/ in producing TIE surface. In Spain the
art OF glazing with glass was practiced
! TO some eXtenU as early as the fifteenth
century, having probably been intro
! duced from Persia. Lead-glazed pottery
is produced u practically every coun-
. try of the civilized world. It has been
used in the Cfient. the Near East. and
/ throughout Tiurope and the United
/ States. Green pottery was made in
/ China during the Han Dynasty, 202
/ BC-2O0 AID, which was the earliest
( lead glazed ware of which We have
/ knowledge.
1 Q. If paper money is kept in an air
/ tight container, will it disntegrate
/ when exposed TO the air?-G A
I A. 1t would mot unless some deterio-
ratiye agent las been included within
/ the container.
O Is the process Of naturalization
the same in all. the States2--R. w.
/ A Naturalization procedure is the
same IA all states. Each State, how
ever, has its OWE laws in regard 10 the
requirements lVr voting.
/ @ Who made the famous portrait Of
/ the Countess POtOCka? j. L.
| A. Tie pastel portrait made by An
/ ton Gfaff 81 Gle famous beauty Is
( Tie one So familiar through It's repro
duttion a. prinb.
matter which compo5es the braln9--C NJ.
4 In some places 1t il a quarter vi
an iuGh thick, while in the thinner
parts it Is but one-tenth OF an inch
thick.
c. How did the greeks celebrate VIC
| torieS?-R. =. A.
/ A. To celebrate victory the Greeks
/ placed laurel gTea9ns on the browS Of
the vctors ana erected small winged
( figures called Victories to commemorate
some great event
@. At what Temperature should band
| ages be kept IN 8 gAI oven in order to
stsri..ze then?-D. r.
a The Public Eea1ta Service says
Wher sterilizing fiction material for
/ bandages the temperature should be
/ $50 degrees Fahrenhfit for an hour. II
/ the bandage Is SolleIi; 1t would never
I become sterilized therefore, it would
/ be better to buk handages that have
already been prepared.
| @. Who prodlf Fed ii e Shasta Daisy?-
/ II. r. F..
/ A. Luther Burbank was the origina-
tor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
lame Duck" Reform Nearer.

A constitutional amendment doing
away with lame duck" sessions of Con-
| greSs appears 10 be appreciably nearer
contamination today. The House yes
terday by vote of 290 to SO, far more
than the necessary two-thirds for the
adoption Of a resolution proposing g
constitutional amendment, agreed to
the Norris lame duck" resolution after
striking out the language of the Norris
resolution and substituting its own.
But while the action of the House
yesterday hits at lame duck" sessions
Of the Congress, sessions in which Rep
reSentatives and Senators who have been
defeated at the polls for reelection con-
tinue to serve and pass upon legislation.
1t merely substitutes one short" ses-
sion of Congress for another. The evils
OF the present system of short" ses-
sionS OF Congress have been demon
Strated every two years with unfailtng
regularity. The House adopted an
amendment offered by Speaker Long
worth, proposing that the second regular
session OF each Congress should end on
May 4, II the Senate agrees to this
proposal, then a short session OF four
months Will have been substituted for a
short session of three months.
There IS nothing in the resolution as
adopted BY the House which appears TO
limit the noTer Of the President to
cal the Congress into special session
That being TIE case, it might be posi-
bic for TIE President, after the close
Of TIE second session Of, Nay 1, in:.te-
o-ateiy to recall tie Congress l. special
session e TIE business &c TIE country
warrants sUch scttcc. r would Is up t.
tee Chief Executive to determine, how
ever, whether the needs Of the country
warranted such session.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, who has
fought for the last ten years to have
the Constitution amended so as to do
away with the lame duck" sessions
OF Congress, admittedly does not ap-
prove of the Longworth amendment.
However, he has not shut the door. It
Is possible that the differences between
the two houses may be ironed out in
conference, If the Senate does not ac-
cept finally the House proposal. The
way Is opened to such conference by
the substitution of the Clifford or House
language for the Senate language in
the resolution.
Under the provisions of the proposed
constitutional amendment the terms of
the President and Vice President would
begin in the January following their cleo
ton instead of in March, and the Con-
gress would meet also in each year on
January 4. There are provisions also
for the selection of President and Vice
President in the event of contingencies
arising, due to death, which are not
now cared for in the Constitution.
Ratification of the proposed amendment
by the States seems assured once it
runs the gantlet of congressional APP
proval.
There is no good reason why members
OF Congress who have been defeated at
the polls should be permitted to con-
tinue TO legislate for the country There
are many reasons why they should not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Bonus Bill Prompted
Ry Political Motives
~ the EdLtor Of NJ star.

To the Editor OF The Star;
The statements made in your edltO-
rial Expense Ee Damned" regarding
the bonus bill express the sentiment OF
al least 80 per cent Of the American
people, including the members Oh Con
gress who almost broke then necks IaL-
ing over each other to vote Tor the
bonus bill. 1t has been many day
since the country has witnessed such a
total disregard Of the interest uf the
great masses Of Uaoplc BY the Congress,
al for political purposes. II was not
allt of sympathy for the soldier veterans
that tta members lost their heads and
refused to listen 10 suggestions offered
70 amend the Dill 50 that the additional
gosns would be available only 10 those
veterans in need. It would De wise Of
course to get their votes, but Ire mena-
oars reasoned tat II would Be st.,- rl.oer
t. make certain of capturing every vet
s~ans vote.
when tbs various bills bearing CT tbs
bonus question were first being dis
cussed the only reason advanced in
favor of some legislation was to aid
those veterans actually in need, but the
Speaker of the House, being quick to
recognize the political significance of
the situation, determined to make GER
tain his reelection to the Office he now
holds in the next Congress This po-
litical sense which all of the members
possess quickly spread, and before it was
over the country was forced to read
many of the speeches fashioned on pa
triotism which were all concocted for
home consumption, and in an effort to
hide the real reason back of the vote
on the measure.
Had the bill provided for the aid only
OF those who are in need, not a voice
in this country would have been lifted
against It, But as to those veterans
who are not III need and who are in no
sense entitled to more consideration
than the millions of other American
citizens who were either too young or
too old to- serve in the war, not one
word can be said in support of the bill
When the President VetoeS the BILL
as the thinking American people expect
and hope he will do, and when Congress
has extended it's political antics by over
riding the veto, the President should
promptly call an extra session and force
Congress to provide the funds with
which to meet the bill which it so reck-
leSSly and without due consideration
dumped on the taxpayer. This action
would of course prolong the recovery of
the distressing depression, but it would
also mean the finish of those politicians
in Congress. w. T. PARROTT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Generosity 10 c corporation
While the Taxpayer Pays

To the Editor OF The Star:
At the suggestion of several taxpayers
Of Washington I'm writing this to
commend The Star for its editorial
under the caption Such Generosity"
protesting payment by the District TO
the Alexandria car line for vacating the
streets.
The city iof Washington is particu-
larly Fortunate in having a newspaper
SO clean, 80 fearless. so independent
and so irycorruptible as The Evening
Star.
1t is toi be hoped that the gentlemen
who direct the policy of the corpora
ton couhsel's Office will peruse care
fully THE unansWerable logic of the
editorial referred to above.
We cannot help contrasting the gem
erosityI of the corporation counseps Of
flee relative to the Mount Vernon, Alex
andri$ & Washington Railway Co and
its pblicy toward the taxpayers who
weref coerced into paying assessments
undsr the unlawful Borland law.
We presume generosity toward a cor
poIation is more meritorious than gen.
erqsity toward an individual. differences
are odious and We refrain from drawing
any. DANIEL j. DIXON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Navy, Bills Failure
Let's the Country Down
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I compliment you on your editorial
in The Evening Star of Monday. Febru-
airy %, entitled Letting the Navy
Down" The only criticism 1 should
make of it is that it should be entitled
Letting the Nation Down." for, after
all, If the Navy Is let down, where does
the country stand?
Like many thousands of other previ-
Gus partlSans, I dislike to recall th5 pa
thetic past, but unless senile decay and
a forlorn hope IN the Republican party
have completely obscured not too
active memory, I think I recollect q
plank, h5vn at Kansas City, which has
not altogether faded from the memory
OF few million who are still alive, and
which expressed the general idea that
the party heartily concurred in the full
filing Of any and all rights and oblga-
tons which the United States might.
either through intelligence or inference
retain after the Naval Conference of
1922. This platform, pledge or pre-
vsrication still fingers in the memory
of voters who regard the security Of
their country as the prime object Of a
Government-aS the first law OF nature
and of nations. In our innocence and
gress to provide for the national Sc
curity and defense, and Congress has
failed Where then can we look for Sc
curity? Must it be to the League of
Nations? Heaven forbid, for there
would be no security there!
1 was particularly interested in your
mention of the American Legion. /
have been a I.egionnaire over a period
Of years and have followed its activities
with interest. have noted the Legion
interest in the bonus and many other
things, but during these crucial months,
with riot, revolution and unrest run
ming rampant, with communism and
pacifism playing hand in hand, am
ashamed to say that have yet to see a
broad and comprehensive statement or
action by the national body of the
Legion--or by those Senators most ia
miliar and most concerned with the
matter, regardless of party-which has
considered the security and nonor of
our country above and beyond the small
claims of SeCtS or sections.
PORTER ADAMS.