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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Seek Rate Restoration.
COMMISSION NOT ADVISED.
Rate Increases May Be Filed Before
Consolidation Agreement.

By the Associated Press.
Despite the decision of Eastern rsil-
roads to seek modification of the In
terstate Commerce Commissions con-
solidation plan and the more recent
proposals of nearly all carriers to ask
rate Establishments, the commission has
received no formal notification Of either
project.
President Hoover announced in De-
cember that negotiations undertaken at
his suggestion had brought agreement
between the four major Eastern roads,
exclusive of New England to submit re-
yised plans to the commission which
would facilitate consultations. 1t was
said today, however. no indication had
been given as to when this plan wo I'D
be presented or whether the carriers
had been able to work out the minor
details. which were incomplete at the
time Of the White House announce
ment
Revenue Increase Sought.
In the meantime, the carriers have
announced a determination to ask rate
adjustments to produce S400,0 600, 900
more annual revenue. While these are
expected to include mostly increases on
projects not in direct competition with
buses, pipe lines and waterways, ad-
justments downward are planned in
some instances TO meet this competi-
ton.
Belief is now current at the COM
mission that the rate increases involv-
ing long intensive studies, will be filed
prior to the consolidation agreement.
Opposition in the Senate to the pro-
posed increased rates already has de-
veloped on The ground they would be
unjustified at this time. On the other
hand. Labor. official publication of or
ganized railway workers, has taken the
position the greater revenue accruing
would speed business recovery.
AS a quaSi-Judicial body which Will be
called upon to pass upon the rates, the
commission has refused to comment
upon them However. Commissioner
Eastman gave a possible indication OF
his views in a recent address.
The commissioner said the prior
question which the railroad manage
nents must consider before such pro-
posal is made to us is whether it is wise
and would result in actual gain, at a
time when all industries are suffering
and when no othcr is contemplating. SO
far es am aware, an increase in
prices"
He added that he did not intend TO
imply at this time he considered the
proposal unwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages13, 14&1!
Prosperity Note
Sales of Christmas
Toys Rise Sharply
BY the Associated Press.

by tne ASSOCldteQ Press.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Santa
Claus pack may be heavier next
Christmas.
It's a long time off, but F. D.
Dodge, secretary of the National
Toy Manufacturers Association
said today he had bad news for
gloomy economists.
Gales for next Christmas, he
said, had taken "a remarkable
upward trend"
And the toys are going to be
better than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Murder Trial Adjourned.

NEW YORK, May % (P.-Trial OF
Rudolph Duringer for the murder of
Virginia Brannen, dance hall hostess,
on April q, was adjourned today until
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
PONTIAC BANK ROBBED
Two Escape With $4,000 After
Holding Up Six Teller3.

PONTIAC. Mich, May % (P).-Two
men entered the Pontiac Commercial g.
Savings Bank before opening time to-
day, held up six tellers. took $4,000 in
cash and escaped in an automobile.
The robbers entered the bank by the
employees entrance. They took the
money from conveyance used to carry
money from the vault to the tellers'
cages. The six tellers were forced to
lie on the floor during the hold-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
WEATHER.

~. 9. Weather Bureau Forecsst)
Showers tonight, probably ending to-
morrow morning; fair tomorrow after
noon; not much change in temperature.
Highest, 70, at 4:30 pm.
yesterday; lowest, 81, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
''FrOns Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
papers frankly report.
Wall Streets Silver Lean.

imperialist papers frankly report.
Wall Streets Silver Lean.
Through the instrument of the
National Convention, Chang Kali
shek secured the appearance of
having the support of the nation.
But this support" is merely legal
fiction which must be substantial
ed by real force. This force upon
which Chang Kai-shek has
been dependent ever since he
turne1 against the revolution four
years ago, comes from his ever
obliging "Uncle Sam" and, this
time, takes the form of proposed
silver lion. The aim of this loan, as
clearly stated in the U. S. Senate
Resolution of February IL, 1881, is
ito give moral, intellectual aid to
the Marking Government of Chi
na." Senator William H. King of
Utah, now the official agent of the
sponsors of the project in the Unit
ed States, exemplified this state
mept even more frankly. He said,
"It (the rehabilitation Of silver
which he claimed would result from
the silver loan) would fortify China
against Communism and strength
en- the hands of those who are
seeking to bring stable government
and economic development to Chi
ma" New York Times, May IS,
1870. Although the silver loan is
mainly intended to "fortify China
against Communism" it would of
course also help Chang Kai-shek
to beat off his other enemies, thus
strengthening the influence of Wall
st. in China as against its impe-
rialist rivals.
Thus armed with the support of
the National Convention and the
prospect of big silver loan from
the United States, Chang Kai-shek
sallies forth to meet his enemies.
Soon a new reactionary civil war,
the fourth one since Chang Kali
shek's betrayal of the revolution in
1927, will again be raging in war;
ridden China. Who will eventually
win? The answer is that both of
them and those that may follow
them will lose and die out in due
timel The final victory belongs to
a third force, the spectre of Com
munism! The Soviet Revolution
will take full advantage of the in
evitable dissentions and civil strife
in the camp of its enemies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30

FROM the latest news from China
i it is evident that imperialism
with the aid of its agent Chang
Kai-shek, is commencing q mon
strous and bloody mass terror sur
passing everything that has oc-
Cured hitherto in the way of
crimes and acts of violence in sup
pressing the revolutionary move
ment for freedom.
Chang Kai-shek, on the orders
of the imperiansts and with the
weapons and money supplied by
them, has already for six months
been waging a regular war against
the territories ruled by the revo-
lutionaries. But in spite of the SUI
periority of his military forces he
has been fighting for six months
without achieving any results. The
territory Of the victorious revolu-
ton is expanding. The reason OF
the impotency of the weil-armed
Hounter-revolutionary forces lies in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
r.. DOONPING

THE dollar throne of Chang Kali
Shek, so painstakingly propped
up through various crises during
the last four years by his patroniz-
ing Uncle SAM" is tottering
again. The Soviet movement, led by
the Communist Party and with the
Red Army as its spearhead, has
been for a long time persistently
undermining the authority of the
semi-feuda1 and bourgeois Marking
Regime, and is giving strong i'm
petus to the anti-imperialist and
anti-Kuomintang upsurge of the
worker and peasant masses.
Riding the wave of this rising
tide, a new anti-Nanking military
alignment has lately been formed
under the tutelage of British and
Japanese imperialism. This align
ment, embracing the right CKwang-
SD and the cleft" Reorganization
wing of the Koumintang, as well as
all shades of dissatisfied militar-
lists, of course, does not even pre-
tend to be anti-imperialist. How
ever, it is openly anti-Chiang Kali
shek, and as such it proposes to
play the demagogic game of deceit,
to turn the backward section of the
anti Chang Kai-shek movement
against the anti-imperialist and
anti-Koumintang movement, and
to take Chang Kai-shek's place as
the leader of the anti-red campaign
in China.
The New Bloc.
AS the symbol of imperialist OPP
preston and native militarist cor
ruption in China the name of Chi
ang Kai-shek has been much dis
credited and cannot even rally his
own troops against the rising work
ers and peasants and the Red
Armies. Subjectively, Chang Kai-
shek is intensifying the campaign
of white terror and concentrating
his best troops against the Soviet
forces and exhausting the financial
resources of the Marking govern
ment in trying to keep these troops
loyal. But effectively he is prac-
tically impotent in the face of the
reluctance of these troops to ad-
vance against the Communists,
mutinies and desertion, and the al
most insurmountable difficulties
connected with the task of sup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
Anttlmberialist Appeal Against Massacre
of Chinese Workers and Peasants

the fact that the Chinese peasant
not only in the territories of the
revolutionary government, but also
behind the front of Chang Kai-
shek-is offering resistance to
Chang Kai-shek's reign OF violence
and the intrigues of the imperial
lists, which in turn has revolu-
tionary effect on Chang Kai-shek's
peasant army.
According to the latest reports
Chang Kai-shek is beginning to
resort to the most frightful mass
terror in order to drown in blood
the tremendous and growing peas
ant movement. In the province OF
Hupeh, in the districts bordering
on the territory of the revolution
airy government but which do not
belong to it, he has had the popula-
ton Of all the villages arrested
and caused 1900 peasants to be i'm
mediately executed without any
trial whatever.
1t is highly probable that this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
A New Chapter Ia the
Civil War In China

pressing the enemy that has the
support of the overwhelming ma
jority of the local population.
Hence the anti-Red forces in China
need a new banner, new deceptive
slogans. The new Canton align
ment, under the political leadership
of Wang Chin-wei, thus emerges to
supply this demand. Blaming Chi
ang Kai-shek for his despotism
dictatorship and tyranny on the
one hand, and tolerance" Cd of
Communists on the other hand, the
new alignment came forward with
its slogans of democracy and more
intensive drive against the Com
muniSts!
The Last National Convention"
In the meantime, even before the
new Canton bloc openly declared
their hostility, Chang Kai-shek has
also been manoeuvering for bet
ter position in the coming reaction
airy civil war, which he knows Is
inevitable. Answering the charge
of despotism, he called a National
Convention but he was careful
enough to put the most powerful of
his political opponents, HUI Han
Ming, the chairman of the legisla-
tive Yuan and leader of the right
wing Koumintang faction, under
arrest. Thus Gripping his oppo-
nents temporarily, he had the Ma
tional Convention packed with his
own "appointees." This convention,
which met at Marking the first
half of May, enacted a regular bur-
lesque show, the chorus singing
songs of praise of Chang Kai-shek
to the tunes set by its floor leader.
When the ecstasy of the singers
reached its climax, they shimmied
to the platform and signed their
names to the prepared constitution
which elevated Chang Kai-shek
from the humble position of merely
chairman of the Political Com
mittee of the Marking Government
with equal votes with the other
members, to the exalted throne of
a real president (although still
called chairman) with the right to
appoint all other members of the
Political Committee. Chang Kali
shek was also careful enough to
instruct his convention performers
to utter few feeble cries about the
abolition of extraordinarily and
the abrogation of unequal treaties
for home consumption" as the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30

crime of the counter-revolution in
China represents only a beginning.
In view of their failures, Chang
Kai-shek and the hangmen of the
imperialist States who are backing
him are capable OF anything. IN
able to vanquish the revolutionary
armies they are beginning to mas
sacre in thousands the unarmed
peasants in the territory still ruled
by them.
The danger is great! There is not
a minute to lose! The League
Against Imperialism summons the
anti-imperialists of the whole world
to hold protest demonstrations and
take action Immediately in order to
call a halt to the fury of the crimi-
mails and hasten to the aid of the
Chinese revolution.
The League Against Imperialism
and for National independence,
International Secretariat.
Berlin, April 80, 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
The Anti>Imberialist
Struggles of the Chinese

the Alliance recognized the neces-
sity and it's responsibility to extend
its organisational form and activi-
ties. The Alliance in the summer
of 1880, adopted new constitution
and changed its name into the
present The Alliance of the Chin
csc Anti-Imperiahsts' in America,
affiliated to the All-American Anti
Imperialist League.
At the same time, the Alliance
carried on an intensive campaign
to mobilize the Chinese masses in
the continent to help to realize the
plan to enlarge the Chinese VAN
guard. The campaign was a great
success. This marked a great step
forward. The existence and con-
tinuance of this only revolutionary
paper in Chinese language in this
continent owe much to the effort
and sacrifice of the members Of the
Alliance and its sympati1izers.
In an attempt to suppress the In
creasing militancy of the Chinese
in America the ruling class In the
United States and Cuba direct their
reactionary attacks against them as
they do to other foreign born work.
ers. In Cuba, four Chinese work.
ers, all active members of the Al
lance, were deported to China to
quench the blood thirst of Chang
Kai-shek. Thanks to the aid of the
marine workers, these comrades
foiled the scheme of the imperial
lists and the Kuomintang to rail-
road them to death. This ended in
adding four militant fighters to the
ranks of the revolutionary move
ment in China! Seeing that they
cannot murder revolutionarieS
through the hands of Chang Kali
shek. the Machado government of
Cuba ~trangled to death Comrade
Joe Wong, another active member
OF the Alliance last year. In order
to cover this outrage, the beastly
rulers of Cuba announced Wong's
death as a suicide" They still can
not wash Wong's blood off their
hands. The workers and peasants
OF Cuba viii always remember
Wong as the victim of the white
terror of imperialism and its lack
eys.
At this very moment, the United
States government is trying to de-
port three militant Chinese revo-
lutionists, Ii of New York, Sheh
Chang and Sheh Choa of San
Francisco to Chang Kai-shek for
torture and execution. They single
out the most active and militant
leaders for deportation and death
in order to terrorize the Chinese
masses in this continent, hoping
thus to stifle the -imperialist
movement We must save these
leaders! We must answer their at
tacks with more militancy and
greater organisational strength. Our
success in this depends on the ef-
fort we exert in their behalf!
The outcome of this struggle can
not be foretold, but the Chinese
anti-imperialist movement in this
continent has given its expression
in this struggle. The movement is
determined to stay. 1t has his
tory OF struggle in the past, it
therefore has future of struggle.
No white terror can check its adj
vance with the workers and peas
ants of America in the fight
against Imperialism!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
J. F. III.

Just as a protest, later as an or
y ganized struggle against the be-
trayal of the Chinese Revolution by
the Kuomintang, the Chinese work
ers and farmers in America formed
in January, 1928, the All-America
Chinese Alliance for Support of the
Workers and Peasants Revolution
in China.
A bitter struggle was carried on
in uprooting the influence of the
Kuomintang amongst the Chinese
masses in this continent. It was due
to the success of this struggle that
the most revolutionary and best
fighting elements were drawn into
the Alliance. The Canton Soviet
helped to draw sharp line be-
tween the two camps, the camp of
reaction and the camp of revolu-
ton. While the campaign of white
terror was raging in China, the
struggles between the two camps
were tense in America, especially
in San Francisco, Philadelphia, New
York City, Havana, Cuba, and
Tempico, Mexico. Thanks to the
advice and assistance given by the
Communist Party of the U. S. A.,
victory for the Alliance was regis
tered, particularly in Philadelphia.
Thus, a definite line of march
was permanently established by the
class conscious and revolutionary
Chinese masses in America. The
slogan Of the establishment of So
viets in China advanced by the
Communist Party of China, was
adopted by the Alliance in recogni-
ton of the leadership of the Com
munist Party of China and the
Communist International.
Broader Activities.
In 1928-29, the revival of the
revolutionary wave in China had
commenced. simultaneously, the
Alliance cooperated with the Amer
lean working class giving much ma
terial and moral aid to the revolu-
tionary movement in China. Many
were saved from restitution, tor
ture and death under the white
terrorist regime Of Chang Kali
shek and other militarists, by this
showing of international solidarity.
1t inspires in every one and all of
us, faith in the international revo-
lutionary movement!
The Alliance did not confine its
activities to the support of the
Chinese Revolution. Its activities
went beyond that. In 1929, when
the Second World Congress of the
Anti-imperialist League met in
Frank-ford de Main, Germany. the
Alliance sent, as its delegate, Com
rade T. Hill who was then its gen.
eral secretary. We may here men,
ton the fact that now Comrade Ii
is detained by the Labor Depart
ment for deportation as a result of
his activities in the anti-imperialist
movement in the U. S. A.
AS a result of the revolutionary
developments in India, the anti
imperialist movements in Java and
other colonial and semi colonial
countries, the attempts of the i'm
perialists to intervene in the Soviet
Union through the seizure of the
Chinese Eastern Railway by the
Chinese militarists and upon the
report of Comrade Ii on the po-
litical situation in this period
brought from the World Congress,
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

Players from this minor league
outfit can be had at moments
notice, if the Browns should need
them. A case recently came up
where Manager Killefer's team
did need a performer, and almost
Immediately.
Catcher Rick Ferrell, rated by
many as the best backstopper in
the league next to Mickey Coch-
rane, of the AS, injured his wrist
about 10 days ago, leaving the
Browns without a seasoned re-
ceiver to hold down things.
BengOugh Fills Bill
Manager Killefer, afraid to take
a chance on Young, his youthful
reserve, turned to Owner Phil
Ball for help. Ball Immediately
exercised the option he has on all
Milwaukee ball players by bring
ing Bengough to the Browns to
sub for Ferrell until that player
was able to return to active duty.
In Bengough, the Browns
have just the catcher needed at
this time to carry things. True,
he is no Ferrell, but his expert
ence is far greater than any
of the other catcherS on the
teams roster.
This incident brings out an
example of the Importance farms
are to big league teams at times.
Without the Milwaukee team as
an incubator, as it were, the
Browns would have had to Scour
the minors thoroughly for de-
pendable receiver to substitute for
Ferrell. When they finally
landed him they would have had
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
REGATTA
DRAWS STARS

The fourth annual Tri-city
Regatta which will take place at
Herald Harbor Saturday is rapid
ly looming into one of the biggest
events of its kind on the Atlantic
coast.
Comdr. Edmund F. Jewell, rae,
ing committee chairman, has the
entries of nearly 10 of the lead
ing motorboat drivers south OF
New York.
Beautiful prizes, besides cash
awards, are Turing the water
speed fiends into the event.
Close competition is awaited in
all races.
Comdr. Charles F.: Chapman,
National Racing Commission sec
retary, has been named referee
The Coast Guard cutter Apache
|. will patrol the course and keep
it clear of all obstructions, to II.
sure the drivers safety and free
dom.
The regatta is under the
auspices of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Power Boat Association,
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Kept Right Hand Back

We believe Sharkey set up
enough margin between him.
self and Walker to have been
given the decision, but in so
saying we do not in any way
condone the indifferent scrap
the Sailor waged. 1t looked
many times to us like he held
back that dynamite right of
his when he should have been
hooking it to Mickey Walkers
face. Many in our vicinity
marveled that Sharkey kept
his right constantly cooked
but that's all.
The few times Sharkey did
bring his pile-driving right into
play, he missed right merrily
with it. Had he connected,
maybe those officials would
have given him the nod. He
deserved it anyway, according
to our viewpoint, if only for
the fact he fought splendidly
defensively the while he was
making something Of mince-
meat out of Mickey Walkers
features.
For about the first half OF the
fight Walker did considerable
tearing in. thoroughly spending
himself extensively and taking
many annoying jabs to the
face from Sharkey's serpent
like left. But by the eighth
round walker was plainly try
ing to stay and he found very
little objection to this plan
from the Sharkey forces,
& Mickey's left eye was oleeo'
,nc profusely from the fifth
round on, and it was this vulner-
ahle tarpet that Sharkev gave so
much attention. But the more
Sharkey concentrated on Mick
ey's orb, the more Mickey waded
in and thus he was very
grewsome aspect throughout the
majority of the fight the while
Sharkey was unmarked except
for what blood he absorbed
from Mickey's body IN those
numerous clinches.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
MISS MADISON
FAILS IN TRY

ATWOOD, N. j., July 23.-The
failure of Miss Helene Madison,
of Seattle, worlds speediest
woman swimmer, to break the
worlds record for $50 yards at
the Atwood Country Club meet
at the Montclair pool last night
surprised her followers today. So
accustomed have aquatic en-.
thuSiastS become to expecting
world standard performances
each time the West coast marvel
enters the water, that her time
of 3:13 is for the distance,
9 is seconds lower than the
mark set by Miss Josephine Nc.
Kim of the Los Angeles A. c.,
was unexpected.
Miss MadiSOn's failure was
due chiefly to the low tempera-
ture of the pool, which was
several degrees less than would
have provided good champion
ship conditions.
Miss Helen Hendry of the
Women'S Swimming Association
of New York, accomplished a
record feat by equalling the
worlds mark of OBS rs seconds
for the 50-yard back stroke. The
record was set by Miss Sybil
Bauer, of Chicago, on July IA,
1923, at New York.
Starting from scratch, the
New York girl, who is junior
national 100-yard free style and
national 300-meters champion
won by a large margin over Miss
Constance Hanf, 14-year-old Long
Island star, and Miss Margaret
Decker, junior national medley
titleholder.