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The Washington times., 1931-12-16
VICTIM Of LYE
BATHFREED

Augustus Warren, SO, colored,
of st Dominick's Court South
west, felt that he was justified
in being disorderly on November
"a and he said so emphatically
in Police Court today when he
was arraigned before Judge Isaac
r. Hit.
He declared:
Eyes, sir, / do plead guilty.
You would be disorderly too. if
someone was to throw 1ye in
your face while you were sleep
ing"
Policeman G. B. Reid said he
was called to Navy Alley South
west to investigate a fight and
found warren leaping wildly
about and cursing loudly. 1t was
learned that a colored woman
had thrown lye and water in
his face while he was asleep in
her house. Warren was taken
to C4allinger Hospital, where it
vas first feared he would lose
his sight. Judge Hit released
him on his personal bond.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Movies, Cabs, Job Agencies
Named in License Bill
License costs for operators of

License costs for operators of
lotels, manufacturing concerns,
heaters, drivers of taxicabS and
,ther taxable institutions are
provided in a bill introduced in
he House by Ernest w. Clifford
r., of Vermont.
The proposed law would regu.
ate the licensing of various bust
iesses, trades. professions or call.
ngS in the District, and provides
PENALTIES for the failure to obtain
license when it is required.
Theaters to $50
Motion picture theater opera
orS would be required to pay
license fee of $50 a year and
WnerS having a stage and NOV.
lble scenery, $50.
Operators OF passenger vehicles
or hire that travel over any
prescribed route having a seating
,apacity of more than eight
passengers, would be required to
,ay 500 per year while taxicab
operators would pay $25 a year.
Bond for Job Agencies
Requirements for employment
agencies would require a $1,000
,ond with two or more sufficient
ureties and would require the
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
GOOD FELLOWS,
HERE s A PLEA
FOR OLD FOLK
Man and Woman, Nearly 30,
III and in Need, Face
Christmas of Gloom

A devoted daughter has
asked the Good Fellow Editor
to send some one to make her
aged parents Christmas happy.
Both are in their late seventies,
Both are i'll and in reed of the
necessities of life. The daughter
has struggled to make a home for
them and keep them out Of Blue
Plains, where her friends advise
her to SEND them.
Hard to Find Work
The daughters letter made so
strong a plea for .lelp and SYM
pathy that the Good Fellow Editor
called at ht humble apartment in
the northeast to investigate her
story further.
She told him;
"They tell me ! should send
my father and mOthe- to Blue
Plains, but I can OF bear to rart
with them. As lOLg as 1 can
rake a few pennies together
they shall not know that dis
grace. But it is hard to find
work these days and both of
them need me at HONE"
All she asked of the Good Eel
lows was a bit of holiday cheer
for the old folks. If things grow
any worse it may be the last
Christmas they will be together.
Good Fellows Loyal
The Good Fellows who have al.
ready responded to the annual
call of The WaShin,t ton Times are
doing a splendid job. But there
are still many more opportunities
t. play Santa Claus this Christmas
than there are prospective Santa
Clauses.
A number of would-be Good
Fellows have called at The Wash
ington Times office and selected
their opportunities from the pile
of letters heaped on the editors
desk. Drop in and pick out the
letter which most appeals to you.
Or if you would rather not, fill in
the blank and the letter will be
sent to you today.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
DEFENSE
UNDER WAY

The Government today COM
pleted its case against Joseph H.
Diggs, colored, on trial for first
degree murder of Capt. William
Frank Norman and the defense
began it's fight to save the
colored man from the electric
chair.
The wife of the former Sena-
tor, Mrs. Robert L. Owen, who
lives at the Wardrnan Park
Hotel, testified in Diggs' defense
that she saw the captain strike
him the day before the shooting
and knock his hat off. At the
time of the shooting, Diggs was
doorman at Wardman Park
Hotel, where Captain Norman
had lived for years.
A number of prosecution wit
nesses testified that the door,
man fired two bullets into the
captains back and then fired
twice at him again when he lay
helpless and wounded on the
ground, one bullet missing, the
other going through Captain
Norman's neck.
Detective Sergt. James Spring
man, chief of the homicide squad,
testified that Diggs admitted to
him that only the day before the
shooting he had sent another
colored man to a secondhand
store to purchase the gun with
which he shot the captain in the
back.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
HARTMAN QUITS
j UTILITIES |
BE R 7 \
Assigns No Reason for Action
Though Reappointment
Was Under Fire

Resignation Of Harlcigh H,
Hartman as vice chairman of
the Public Utilities Commits
sion was announced today.
The announcement was made
in brief statement Ly Maj.
Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick, chair
man of the commission, who
said:
"Mr. Hartman sent his resig-
nation to the White House yes
ierGay. He asked me to an.
nOunce the resignation today.
l know of no reason which
prompted his decision and he
die not state reason"
Will Teach Law
Mr.. Hartman stated he had no
immediate plans for another po.
sition but said he intended to
continue for a while his profes-
sorship at the Washington Col.
lege of Law. He resides at 1920
Iris st. N. w.
Re-appointment of Mr.. Hart.
man to the commission was un-
certain. An investigation of his
employment by railroad interests
while serving as an attorney for
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in 1925 by the Senate Dis
trict Committee appeared certain.
ReappOintment Doubtful
At the time the charge was
made Mr.. Hartman issued a state
ment to the effect that at the
time he left the commission to
enter outside employment the
commission vas advised of his
action and knew it when he again
entered employ of the commission
on the special case.
Mr.. Hartman has been a men,
ber of the Public Utilities Com.
mission since May, 1929, when he
was appointed to. succeed Col.
Harrison Brand. His appointment
was confirmed b. the Senate and
his term ran until last June 30.
Last May he was given a recess
appointment ~ President Hoover,
but this appointment was never
sent to the Senate.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Charitable Groups
To Aml1se KilUdnianS

The Salvation Army and Union
Mission will give a program at
the regular luncheon meeting of
the Washington Kiwanis Club to-
morrow. John S. Bennett. super
intendent of Union Mission, has
s-cured for the program Homer
Rodeheaver, trombonist and re-
vival song leader, formerly with
Billy Sunday and now with Seth
Parker.
he Salvation Army musical
program will be led by Ensign
Luella Knox, Capt. RI h Gibbs,
Capt. Lenore McNIullen and Miss
Harriet Core.
A display of Boy Scout handi.
craft will be by Capt. Douglas
Eldredge, assisted by Dewey Tins
man and Joseph McKe1 N.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
ORDEREDMETER
. PLAN FLAYED
IN LETTERS
P. U. C. Ruling Held Certain to
Force Many Men to Lose
Jobs, Senator Says

Official scrutiny of Wash
ington s muddled taxicab stu
alton by the Senate District
Committee was forecast yes
terday by Senator Arthur Cap
per (R.) of Kansas, chairman.
Since the Public Utilities Com.
mission passed the order requiring
all taxicabs to operate on the
meter system next month hun
dreds of letters have been re
ceived by Senator Capper and
every mail brings others, all urg
in. that the committee do some
thing to retain the economical
zone system.
Stability Hinted
Just what scope the committees
scrutiny will take in was not re-
vealec. but the Senator indicated
it m; hit result in the introduction
of a bill to put the taXicab indus
try on a stable foundation for all
time.
The committee chairman ex-
pressed particular interest in the
testimony given at the commits
sion's hearing by the traction
companies officials.
They testified that unless the
cabs were regulated they would be
forced to increase fares or curtail
wages of employees.
Order Is Halted
Senator Capper believes that
the putting into effect of the
commissions order will throw
many men out of work. This ne
wishes to avert, if possible.
The commissions order already
has come under fire from many
citizens associations, and two in.
junction suits affecting it are
now on file in District Supreme
Court.
Pending disposition of these
suits the effectiveness of the
order is eStopped.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
2 Fares Take $3.50
In TnricGb HOLdlLp

Held up at the point Of a pis.
tol and a dagger in the hands of
two unidentified colored men, C.
w. Bockover, 81 Seventh st. N.
E., T. taxi driver, told Arlington
county police that he was robbed
of $3.50 last night in the vicinity
of Virginia Highlands, Va.
According to Bockover, he
picked up the two men at Tenth
and E Streets Northwest and was
ordered to go to Virginia High.
lands,
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Rep. HOrr to Orate
AGAINST Prohibition

Representative Ralph A. Hoor
of washington will be the prin-
cipal speaker at an anti-prohibi-
tion rally tonight at the Masonic
Auditorium. under auspices OF
the District Council of the
Women's Organization for Ma.
tional Prohibition Reform.
Other speakers will be Mat
thew Woll, vice president, Amer
ican Federation of Labor, and
Mrs. Marion Booth Kelley, OF
New York City.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Tired, Not "Tight,"
Prisoner Goes Free

Life was unkind to Charles
Cash, 35, colored, yesterday, he
pleaded. when arraigned tdiay be-
fore Police Court Judge IIaac r.
Hit on a drunk charge. lie said:
Judge, had just got through
loading Is tons Of coal into a
cellar when i was ARE ;ted. /
wasn't drunk; I was jugt tired"
Judge Hit took hisI personal
bond.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Man Missing Month
Sought by Sister

A nationwide search was
started today for George Ross
man, structural steel worker for
merly employed as a foreman on
the Arlington Memorial Blidge,
who has been missing for more
than rs days. When last seen
he wore a blue serge suit and
a blue shirt. He is SO years
old, weighs 1876 pounds and
has black hair and brown eyes.
His sister, Mrs. Rush S. Piffer,
of Charlottesville, Va, has been
seeking him since his disappear
ance, but without avail.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
LEGION GIVES REVUE

A paper 1rESs revue was given
by the auxiliary of the James
Reese Europe Post of the Ameri-
can Legion at the Garnet-Patter,
son Junior High School last night.
The dances were staged by Miss
Adrienne Marshall with Mrs. Ida
Peters as director. Howard Walker
was master of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Opposed by Bankers

Commissioner Eastman is serving his third He was
FIRST appointed Independent by Wilson in 1919.
Harding reapponted him again as an Independent Last
year When ms name up for third before Pres
dent Hoover it again an Independent who boldly
ehged private operation of the railroads an! who calmly
ana condenty prophesed their adoption by the
me bankers and many of the railroad executives were
against his reappoinment In Administration quar-
~ was strongly lntmated that the President would not
rename him. When this word reached the Senate Progress
SVeS they got INTO action Only few of them knew East
man personally but they all with him his views
about public utilities
Senator Couzens, chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Committee which passes on appointments TO the commits
Son called Mr. Hoover and told him that unless East
man was renamed, else would be confirmed The
Progressves prepared Cozens announced o raise the
issue of influence the White House by the "Inerests
Hoover Scorns Challenge
Mr. Hoover did not accept the challenge He reapnonted
Eastman for a third term of seven years
commissioners Eastman prodgious worker He begins
his day by twome walk from his home his office al
ways arriving before clock He works steadily through
the day taking time off only for light lunch until clock
when he to the Racquet Club for few stiff games of
racquets handbaIl
Then at least four nights week returns to his office to
continue his work until 10 80 clock of his HOLIDAYS
and Sundays at his desk He carries this schedule
out summer and winter
Such spare moments he has he devotes studies
economies, sociology and transportation He bachelor
He lives sister who kee enlv shares his interests and
reading.
When appointed the commission Eastman was 81 the
youngest man ever named to this powerful body He 40
now He graduated from Amherst President Coodges
and Dwight Morrow s alma mater.
Associate of Brandeis
He early took up the study of utilities becoming member
Of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission one of the
most advanced agencies of its kind in the country was as
member OF this State commission that he became closely
associated with Justice Brandes who then making his
tight against certain powerful New England railroads and
insurance companies
Justice Brandes recommended Eastman to Wilson for tho
Interstate Commerce Commission place.
Bankers are Commissioner Eastman pet antpahy They
all reglouSy refraned from urging his reappoinmen last
year and he doubtless would have been unhappy any of
them had recommended HIM
1t is Eastman conviction that the bankers are at the root
of much of the railroad difficulties and that SOONER they
removed from connection with the carriers better
! off both the public and the roads will be-
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Aid Society officer
Held UD and Robbed

Charles E. Bryan, colorec, an
officer of the Southern Aid So
ciety, told Eighth precinct police
that he was held up and robbed
of $82.10, at Third and T Streets
Northwest, at noon today, by
three colored bandits. who eS.
capped in an automobile, bearing
.Garyland license tags.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16

ance or manner 10 attract attention.
Small Of stature, quiet spoken, lie is one
of the most unassuming anJ retiring
men in the Capital But he has the one
infallble attribute that makes men sig
nificant-he has forceful striking ideas.
In some quarters, particularly among
bankers and railroad executives, Com
missioner Eastman is considered
radical" But they respect his ability,
his knowledge of railroad affairs, and
his unimpeachable integrity.
He never harangues nor storms. He
listens to the railroad representatives
who come before the ConmiSsion with
patience and courtesy, and then as
pleasantly trips them up on their own
claims. Twiddling n rubber band be-
tween his thumbs he mildly outs in
The Washington times., 1931-12-16

agencies to give a receipt to every
applicant for employment from
whom a fee is exacted.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Capitol Hill
MR. EASTMAN MAY TWlDDLE
RUBBER BANDS, BUT HE
HAS FIRM IDEAS
Ry ROBERT s. ALLEN

q LENEN members constitute the Interstate Commerce
~ Commission, but the average reader the regu
atng agency is epomzed in the person of Commissioner
Joseph Bartlett Eastman.
Where is nothing about Commissioner Eastmans appear
The Washington times., 1931-12-16

terrOgations that distressngly embarrassing.
AS the chief dssener of the Commission Eastman is
frequently overrden But his dissenting opinions like
those of Justice Holmes and Justice Brandes the United
States Supreme Court often the interesting part
of the Commission action and read discussed
widely.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Times Staff Photo

BILLY MRS LEHMAN VERNE
MRS. ERNEST LEHMAN, 925 North Carolina Ave
S. E. is shown with her daughter, Verne, weeks DID,
and her son. Billy 20 months DID, who played the part
of hero yesterday. Billy todded into the kitchen and
tugged at his mothers dress until she went to front
ROOM There she found that overheated flue had
set fire to the wall paper directly the crib of her
daughter She took the baby out of danger and sum-
moned the Fire Department.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-06
Prosperity Propaganda in Chicago

for years to come Doesn't it sound wonderful
to the half million unemployed and their FAM
lilies? All they must do is to keep on waiting
till June 1, 1888, and everything will be hunky-
dory, according to the McCormickS, Strongs,
Hearsts and the other owners Of the boss press.
Dean Heilman of the School of Commerce of
the North Western University, in recent speech
gave the following key to the exceptional posi-
ton o.. Chicago to overcome its difficulties: The
opening of waterways, which Chicago will be in
the center of, will mean increased trade and
prosperity. The improving trade relations with
the Canadian Northwest, the good prospects
with Latin America, China and the Soviet
Union 90 the growth of aviation industry, of
which Chicago is becoming the hub, all spells
prosperity. And last, but not least, the unfit
cation of the citys transportation agencies
tthrough the. hundred million dollars traction
steal of Insull). To prove that figures don't lie,
but liars figure, he compares the SO business
houses in 1885 of an annual business Of one mil
lion dollars with the 11,515 manufacturing estab-
lishmentS with the output Of five billions today
Isn't all this very convincing?
Workers Of Chicago Will Fight.
The workers of Chicago will not be so easily
convinced by the editors, professors and labor
takers Of the bourgeoisie They are looking
through this smoke-screen Of promises and So
cial-demagogy and see nothing but further
wage-cutS, more starvation. While the fascist
labor leaders talk about the 6-hour day, they
are kept on the job to II hours, with their
fellow-workers laid off. The two and three DAYS
they are working week, to give a chance to
another, explains them the evils Of the stagger
system. Governor Emerson Mr. insult, Jr, and
Mr.. Hunter Of the United Charities may keep on
telling that there is no more need for unem-
ployment relief, the starvation Of hundreds of
thousands, breaks through all these lies. The
workers want to eat. Not the civic pride Of the
Chicago Tribune, not the business revival dope
of the Association Of Commerce, not the optim-
ism of the A. F. of L. leadership, nor the "con-
structve proposals" of the social-fascist socialist
party-but they want immediate relief for the
unemployed. the stopping of wage-cuts and
speed-up.
The Communist Party and the Trade Union
Unity League call upon the workers Of Chicago
to reject all this capitalist poison and to fight
Not for the Jubilee Week or the World Fair in
1888, but for immediate relief for the unem-
ployed! For the appropriation OF rs million dol
lars by the city, including the million dollars
campaign promise of Mayor Cermak They
must organize themselves to fight the attacks
of the big business boosters the McCorrnicks
Swifts g. Co. They, too must participate, how
ever, in the Jubilee Week, especially in the in
auguration of the friend of the people TONY
Cermak, and remind these gentlemen, that there
can be no fake jubilee while hundreds of thou
sands are starving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-06
Party Life
Conducted by the Organization Department of
the Central Committee, Communist Party, lisa
How to Distribute Shop
Bulletins

Chicago, Ill
To many OF our comrades the distribution of
literature before the shops is a small matter
The making up of the shop-buetin takes hours
and hours, with the leading comrades of the
section assisting most Of the time the shop
nucleus, but the distribution end of it solved
with the usual 80 many comrades from each
unit to be before the factory gates at such and
such a time =" AS result of this mechanical
assignment only few comrades show up at the
distribution. They are just giving away the
papers, like the advertising agencies are dis
tributing the leaflets announcing fire-sales No
one to talk to the workers, no one to approach
them for donations for making contacts No
wonder that after years of concentration" our
nuclei do not grow.
The leadership of a Chicago section gave re-
Gently good example of proper distribution
They not only modified the best comrades of
the surrounding street nuclei for the Job, but
the entire section buro was on the Job early
in the morning, together with the rest of the
comrades before the factory gates. They divided
the jobs among themselves with the leading
comrades talking to the workers, asking for
their name and address and also donations for
the bulletin
The result was good one. They collected
money and secured two good contacts The men,
bers OF the shop-nucleus, seeing the attention
OF the leadership to the factory have been en-
Unused to work. The new connections, together
with the old Ones have been visited and May
Day Committee was organized. And what's more
important the leadership of the section knows
now more than ever before about the cond-
lions. They can now guide the nucleus much
better in its work They also decided that one
monthly meeting of the Section Committee be
devoted to the discussion of the shop-nucei
in the section. Distributing shop bulletins is
not a major matter to some of our comrades
But it is exactly these petty things" that are
so much responsible for our failures
e. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-06
Mixed Nuts

Modern Man Reptile" says big headline
in a strange sheet some sympathetic person
sends us with letter, urging us to read it. We
did, noting the sub-headline Reptiles Are Con-
stipated Animals" mean dig.
This is all about "Ersm," which begins with a
tale OF cat with broken leg and ends IND with
prophecies of buildings $50 to 200 floors high
populated by the youth, which are not afraid
to live in the clouds"
All to be brought about, we gather, by =
special kind of mating, to resuce man from
turning wholly into reptile species very
agreeable solution, no doubt, saving the trouble
OF revolution OF course, no ideal relations
are possible between the sexes under capitalism
Why, then, not fight capitalism? But "Erisn'
would divert this basic struggle into a discus
sion-not fight-with and within capitalism,
of sex. All of which reminds us that the paper
sent us follows out a consistent line, even If
lunatic one, in saying that Thinking Is usually
a degenerate process of the brain" And it is
characterizing itself when it says: Speech came
before thought"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-06
&A~.A
We Spread Out
By JORGE

Not long ago we noted that the Labor Sporta
Union has Red Sparks Athletic Club" Second
Ave, near st. Marks Place. in this village Bye
and bye somebody will be naming their babies
after us But what we wanted to say was that
we have invaded the Soviet Union with Red
Sparks, according to letter from Stalngrad,
some paragraphs of which we give:
Dear Jorge: We Americans at Tractor Plant
are sure glad to read in your column of March
IA that the campaign for radio is ended with
success If valuta weren't SO scarce around here
and if rubles would do, am sure the Americans
working here would contribute enough to buy
you 25-tube Atwater Kent, if such are made
one which would receive all the good news from
here
Coming 10 brass tacks: want to ask you II
you couldn't help our English paper here, the
Industrial Spark with little of your written
contributions. We've been quoting your column
right along in our Red Pepper column, but
lately there are too few themes in your column
Either you must write Red Sparks shorter or
write especially for the Industrial Spark.
Things are getting along fine here. We are
producing Al tractors and help in the build
ing of socialism BY the way, I won't give
Fish & Co. the satisfaction of investigating
forced labor here; but would like to see a
delegation Of the 100000 unemployed come
here and investigate forced labor am afraid
you'd never see them in the States again
yours for the Revolution, A. Geller, Ameri-
kanskaya Stolovaya, Tractorny zavod, Stain
grad, U. S. S. r."
Well we guess that we'll have to write 'en
shorter; though, strange as it may seem, it takes
longer TO write short articles than long ones.
And then, sometimes the subject seems to de-
mand lengthy treatment. But, to tell the truth.
with all the other work we have, we would like
to develop some new Red Sparks cadres" and
go out back of the barn and play hockey a
while