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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14
Tammany Priest GiVes
Blessings, But Denies
Poor Family Relief
Carries On Merciless Inquisition, Demands
That Woman Show Baptismal Papers
Unemployed Council Takes Up Case; Will De-
mand That City Give Relief
Oh d Worker CoyresD0adent)

NEW YORKWhe collecting signatures for the ballot on
Amsterdam Avenue between 6st and Sind Streets another
worker and came across example of betrayal by the Tam
many relief takers of helpless family into the erces
clutches of the parish priest. =,
This family has been out of works since last fall The
rent OF the three sparey furnished hoesn- wall they call
home has been unpaid since January and the andady is
taking eviction proceedings The family man. wife and three
babies youngest months old have no food The city agencies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14

Board Of Commissioners.
These same Commissioners which
refused relief at that time are now
running for reelection and the
Communist Party has nominated a
candidate in the Eh Commissioners
District at the insistent demand Of
hundreds of militant farmers who
recognize in the Communist Party
and the United Farmers League as
their leader.
A Workers and Farmers Election
Conference will be held in Virginia
on May 22nd to launehzt1e campaign
for the county, state and presidential
ticket Of the Communist Party,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14

Smash the illusions of the pa
cifists in the struggle against war.
Learn to struggle in the revolution
airy way against war. Read "Revo-
Versus Pacifism," by A. Bittelman,
five. cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14
Whot Our Readers Say on the Election Campaign

headquarters with small sum OF
money to cover the expenses of send
ing letters to these workers.
The sum should be decided at the
campaign office. For units of names,
say OF 10 persons, twenty cents should
be the amount, Or 81 per hundred.
The letters should contain the
Party platform and leaflets contain
ing questions and answers, something
like this Why is the A. F. OF L.
ffghting against unemployment in
surance? What is an Unemployed
Council2 And all questions that
workers are interested in
}. Jczeraky.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14
ArVid Salonen, Farmer, to
Run for Congress in Wis.

SUPERIOR WiArd Salonen, Of the United
Farmers Communist
candidate
numbers following
An election conference will 21s
in
Ashland County Northern delegates the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14
Suggests Method
for Rallying Nepv
SUPPORT to Party

Pittsburgh, N. j.
Dear Comrades:
In connection with the election
campaign would like to make a sug
gestion.
/ would ask all readers OF the Daily
Worker in all OF the cities and towns
to write down all the names Of work
ers they know and their addresses
and send them to the campaiga
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14
Sham Relief Bill Proposed
by Hooper and Politicians

WASHINGTON, May 12-Details of the sham relief plan
presented to Congress by President Hoover after consultation
with Democratic and Republican floor leaders in the Senate
were made public yesterday.
This bill calls for the further strengthening the Recon-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14

THIS the sih series Of discussion letters on he cleo
ton platform and campaign of the Communist Party
sent IN By readers Of the Daily Worker Articles viii be
'c1tten By comrades from the Central Conee on the
rarons suggestions and proposals the discussion pro-
crosses.
ALL. READERS ARE URGED TO AGAIN READ
THE PLATFORM AS PUBLISHED IN FHE} UAILY
WORKER or APRIL 28TH AND SEND LNsTHEIR
OPINIONS AND PROPOSALS. TfE
The special supplement- containing the platform cor
DC secured IN the office Of your district. =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-14

Prepare for the Straw Vote
on the Bonus!
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Smart Birds.

Saturdays snowstorm made living a
difficult business for sparroWs. But
somehow they managed. Their ordi-
nary feeding grounds in the public
parks and streets were covered with the
white blanket from the skies. 1t was
cold enough in all conscience for feath-
cred as for other folk. There were a
few persons who thoughtfully scattered
crumbs in sheltered places for the birds,
but, even so, finding completely sat-
isfying dinner was a problem. Never
theless, it could be done, and it was
done. The sparrows did not die.
One discovery especially helped them
to survive. The warm radiator OF a
parked automobile attracted their at
tention, and rowing photographer OF
The Star staff was successful Sunday
morning in the endeavor to snap a
representative group Of birds clinging
to the honeycomb netting over the en-
gine. One single bird must have made
the find in the first instance. The
impulse toward imitation prompted the
others to take advantage of its exam
pie. Soon nearly all the sparrows in
town were congregated around the hoods
of standing cars. They rested and re-
Iaxed, got nicely warmed. then few
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Supreme Law of the Land
Not Made bv the States

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your correspondent, James H. Quain
might lay aside his text books and read
with profit the second clause of Article
VI of the Constitution Of the United
States, as follows
This Constitution, and the laws of
the United States which shall be made
in pursuance thereof, and all treaties
made, or which shall be made. under
the authority of the United States, shall
be the supreme law Of the land; and
the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in the Con-
trary notwithstanding"
No State or States can make any
supreme law of the land: therefore. no
State or States can make a treaty
which Gas heretofore stated) shall be
made by the President Of the United
States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate
The diSorganizing action OF the States
under the articles of confederation will
reveal to any sincere seeker afte~ the
truth the vital reason why the t.eaty-
making power necessarily Wa sur
rendered by the States and given to
the United States
mo State shall enter into any treaty,
alliance or onfederation'-that is
found foremostly among the powers
denied to the States"
JOSEPH w. CHEYNEY.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Unjust Criticism of Police
For Hunger March Work

To the Editor of The Star:
If Senator Blaine had not placed
quite so much credence in the hearsay
evidence he has evidently been listening
in on. or if he had experienced for him
self the actual conditions under which
the rude police of Washington were
working during the three days of the
recent excitement, he might have a
is even conceivable. have indulged in
some strong language on his own
account.
We of the District lear-- d long ago
to regard with more or less patient in
diligence the interest" in District af-
fairs of the gentlemen on the Hill,
knowing full well that one of their
favorite indoor sports-Whether they
be lame ducks hobbling out after years
Of self-sacrificing service to their coun-
try. or newly Matched ducklings hurry
ing to sit in on the game-is to make a
large and speechful showing before
their constituents by picking on" the
helpless District, secure in the knowl-
edge that the District cannot "pick
back"
I strongly advocate that the next
time We are favored with visitation
Of the great unwashed" we should let
police interference. Then, if they take
it into their red heads to plant bomb
in the Capitol, perhaps Senator Blaine
and his fur-coated, limousine borne in
formants may be trif1e more lenient
in their criticisms of a hard-working,
hard-driven body of men.
MRS. CHARLOTTE RANDALL.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Physicians View of
SOcialized Medicine
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have Just read with great deal OF
interest in the Journal Of the American
Medical Association, issue of December
10, your editorial on the report OF Dr.
Ray Lyman Wilbur's Committee Tor the
Cost of Medical Care I think you
sized the whole situation up IN asking
why DR.. Wilbur and his committee 40
not include food, clothing, rent, fuel
and all other necessities for those o.
small incomes, and why do they single
out only the medical profession.
Whenever the medical profession y
socialized and converted into one CT
the bureaus controlled by politics, then
the quality of medicine dlsintegrates
and the "dear people" are really the
sufferers. The relationship between
the real high-class physician and his
patient and the personal interest that
the physician takes in his patient, the
sacrifice, the love and the interest. all
are qualities of service that cannot be
measured by the yardstick OF dollar.
You cannot measure profession as
you can measure trade, in dollars and
cents. The dollar yardstick will not
reach far enough to take in personal
interest that the real high-class doctor
has in his private patients.
I want to thank you most heartily
for the position you and your paper
have taken in this matter.
JNO. B. WRIGHT, M. D,
President.
Medical Society of North Carolina.
Evening star., 1932-12-20

available for work. The battle against
the snow was continued until it was
won.
It was not ever thus. Washingtonians
remember the storm of ten years ago
which the District attempted to fight
with few picayune plows and scattered
gangs, with the result that traffic was
hopelessly snarled and even the prin-
cipal streets of the city were impass-
able. Last Saturday morning, long be-
fore daylight, the District was getting
ready to launch an attack that in
creased In intensity as the snow fell
and did not end until every available
truck in the Districts service, and all
laborers as well as all unemployed who
could be put TO work, were on the job.
Per diem employees in the District do
not usually report for work ION Satur-
day, but, fortunately, enough of them
did report last Saturday morning to
form the nucleus OF an organization
that quickly grew as the word spread
that men were wanted. At the same
time the unemployed who gathered at
the municipal woodward for the weekly
payment for made work. given them
by the Board CT Public Welfare's I'm
employment Committee were notified,
and some fifteen hundred of them were
pressed into service at forty-five cents
an hour. Many of them worked two
eight-hour shifts. By cutting red tape
the District officials are paying them
today for this work instead Of waiting
until Saturday, the regular pay day.
For these unemployed the silver lining
of the snow clouds is not hard to find.
Washington has suffered the minimum
of inconvenience from one of the heav
lest storms in years.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Postmaster General Brown
And His Hat Raise Smiles

extra one-cent postage on $4,000 let
tiers to pay for that second car With
the suggestion that evidently it didn't
occur to him or to any one else, that
he return the car that didn't have
enough head ROOM" the World-NewS
notes: "Mr. Brown kept them both
one for day use and the other for eve
ming For he wears that top hat only
after dusk IF some of his assistants
were invited to evening affairs, they
could Use the first car and hold their
top hats in their laps
In the final analysis. Mr.. Browns
purchase Of the luxurious automobile
with ample space for his upper ex-
tremity is not matter OF national con-
Germ. but it will be received as sig
which public officials handle the pub
lies money" in the opinion of the AS
bury Park Evening Press, which thinks
that lit will not be with unmiXad Joy
that thousands who cannot afford
hat for themselves contribute to the
Postmaster Generals high hat limou-
sine The event will not force the
Nation off the sold standard. but it
will provide sardonic amusement for
those whom high taxes have driven into
the breadlineS," this paper concludes.
Calling the incident "tragi-comedy"
and the incest piece of literature pro-
duced by the Hoover administration"
the Columbia IS. c. Record, however,
sees in it something more than that
it is emblematic of many things that
have gone wrong." Quoting the story
told by Mr.. Brown to the House Com
mittee on Appropriations, and his con-
cluding words. That is the story of it,
this journal goes on to say: And so it
is But it is also the story OF gov
ernmental leadership that has come to
confuse dignity with ostentation. so
much so that the public is not sur
prised at the report that Owen D.
Young. Melvin Traylor and Carter Glass
would not accept appointments to
Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet because
they could not afford to take such a
iohD
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Danger Of Great Waste of
Public Funds for Farmers

TO the Editor OF The Star:
1t is to be hoped that the Govern
ment will not at this time. or at any
time in the future, seriously consider
granting additional special privileges to
agriculture, or for that matter to any
ether block of industry. When 1t IS
realized that the Farm Board has ut
terly thrown away $500 100000 Of tax:
payers money for no good purpose
whatsoever and that this is more than
five times as much money as was paid
on December Is by England and the
other European nations. then 1t must
be understood that the Government has
already committed a monstrouS wrong
II this waste of public money. But the
strongest kind of political influence IS
now being eXerted by the farm BLOCK at
Washington and there is very great
danger of further waste of public money
in this direction.
The excuse for this subsidy OF the
farming industry is the enormous favors
manufacturers under our protective
system but. of course, two wrongs do
not make a right. Any further favors
to agriculture would inevitably re-
suit in still further increasing the
production of wheat. cotton and other
products by the artificial stimulus thus
given. The use of labor-saving ma
chinery is responsible for what amounts
to overproduction at the present time.
and it is not the business Of Govern
ment to make any industry profitable.
If farming is becoming unprofitable, 1t
is then simply up to the farmers to go
into some other line of business. There
is no danger of starvation because OF
insufficient arm products. What the
farmers wan, more than anything else
is international free trade. This would
create greatly increased demands in
natural way and would thus produce
the prosperity that is now denied to us
by restrictive laws.
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita KapS
Evening star., 1932-12-20
7 ORTIZ CHINA HERALD,
Shanghai-A set of measures
aiming at the abolition of jul
venile slavery throughout the
country has hppn made Dub-

lie by the ministry Of interior.
According to these measures the va
rious municipal and district authorities
are to make thorough investigation
within their respective jurisdictions.
slave owners" should be required to
free their girl or boy slaves Immediate
ly. Should such slaves be voluntarily
desirous of continuing in the service
of their Owners" their status should
be changed to that of employees and
they should be entitled to wages for
their services and to terminate their
employment as in the case Of ordinary
servants or employees.
The measures also call for the estab-
lishnent of special institutions by the
various local authorities for the accom-
mediation of homeless juvenile slaves
who have been set free. Such institu-
tions should not only provide food and
lodging but should also undertake the
education of the released slaves as we'll
as training them in some useful avo-
cation.
Slave-owners who refuse to set their
slaves free in accordance with these
measures will be prosecuted according
to the provisions of the criminal code.
and will be further liable to a fine of
not more than $780,
Slaves who have already reached the
age of majority will be allowed COM
plete freedom in regard to marriage,
the measures further provide.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

"Litening-in" on street car converse
tions Is perhaps the best way to pass
the tedium of a long trip, especially in
the morning, and particularly on a
snowy day.
The state Of the weather. naturally
enough. is the supreme topic.
If you are fortunate enough to get
enjoy a chance meeting aboard, you
will get to hear great deal about
things meteorological.
After all, why shouldn't people talk
about the weather?
Occasionally one hears 1t spoken of
as boresome topic. unfit for intelli-
gent people to consider.
The truth seems to be that there is
no other single topic 50 pervading, so
largely of interest to so many persons.
or which provides such incessant
material.
Every day is slightly different in such
climate as this, even in stretches of
weeks when the general tone, as 1t
were, Is somewhat the same.
Since the Currier & Ives pictures,
now largely popular again. nothing has
appealed quite SO much to the imagina-
ton of the American people as a
snowfall.
Despite the misery 1t causes to indi-
viduals, and the expense to commun-
tiles, snow is dear to the heart, if
the body can at the same time be
warm.
Then the warmth Of the imagination
pictures 1t in Its best coors. And this
feat is peculiarly possible to almost any
one. if the snow is just beginning
The bitterness of it, the very coldnesS
OF 1t, has not had time to penetrate
bone and sinew, to dampen the feet
and heart.
These two gentlemen talking about
Of 1899, --''' -
That was long time ago. gentlemen,
One longs to turn in ones seat and
take look at them. to see If they are
as old as they sound.
On second thought, one does not turn
around.
The thing would be impossible, In
the first place.
Here is a nice young lady iammed
up against ones shoulder. and a fat
man hemming in the other side. There
are human beings to right and left.
One scarcely could turn if one had to.
On second thought, the listener does
not want to turn around. Such an
action would be impolite-and one Of
the conversationalists might sneeze
Part Of the street car complex seems
to be to sneeze. Perhaps it is the no
smoking" signs, relic Of ancient days
Maybe passengers, not being able to
smoke or expectorate, seize upon sneeZ-
ing as vast relief.
Yes, the gentlemen remember the
blizzard of 1899. 1t wasn't so long ago,
after all One of them recalls that he
was a very small boy In grade school,
and that he was rejoiced to hear, upon
that fateful day, that classes would be
dismissed at l o'clock.
What shouting and whooping ensued.
as they broke loose from the old build
ing!
They discovered. however. that their
noise was premature
Working ones way homeWard through
that blowing snow was not as joyous a
performance as one expected
Somehow or other the flakes got into
ones eyes, the familiar streets and
houses seemed strange. deep banks OF
white impeded small legs at every step.
The narrator did not say all this, in
so many words, perhaps, but he man
aged to bring 1t all back over the stretch
of years.
1t seemed very personal, there in the
grinding car, inching its way along the
tracks. Every now and then there
Evening star., 1932-12-20
World chief Making.
liCarn Daily Tribune.

FROM tAe CnlCdEO DdIly 1IluuHe
The British government Is again
moved to protest to Moscow against
the propaganda activities of the Com
munist Internationale in Great Britain
and India. The protest will probably
get as far as previous protests. The
Soviet government will say that it has
no control over the Intcrnationale,
which Joke is as good as it ever was.
There may be some temporary modifl-
cation OF the Communist agitation, but
il will be only on the surface. The
great machinery of mischief making will
go on. This is not time when its
directors are likely to reduce speed. On
the contrary If Communism cannot
make headway now it is not likely to
when conditions improve, and to check
agitation now would be to miss the
greatest opportunity since the period Of
disorder Immediately after tho war to
prevent conditions from improving.
A British member of Parliament re-
Gently called attention Of the govern
ment to instructions from Moscow to
Communist agents abroad. which as
sert that 1.-The world masses are now
about to enter the second revolutionary
phase-that of revolutions and wars"
that universal war is now inevitable
and not far distant, and that the Com
munist organizations are taking leader
ship of the unemployed.
The official press in Russia has pub
lished surveys of these activities
throughout the world, including the
United States, where credit is claimed
for paradeS and street fighting, the con-
troll of the war veterans movement, and
demonstrations in Detroit. Chicago and
elsewhere. The advance Of Communism
in China and India is described and
Stain is acclaimed as the head OF the
world revolutionary movement.
When the proposal to recognize the
Soviet now pending in Congress Is
taken up it is to be hoped this phase
Of the question will be thoroughly pre-
sented. --,-..---.---S-
Evening star., 1932-12-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This is a special department devoted
solely to the handling of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
Of an extensive organizatic:- in Wash
ington to serve you in any Dacity that
relates to information. IT.. service IS
free. Failure to make use If 1t de-
prives you Of benefits to which you are
entitled. Your obligation Is only cents
in coin or stamps inclosed with your
inquiry for direct reply. Do not use
post cards. Address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin,
Director, Washington, D. c.
@. What relation is there between the
weight of golf club and the distance
obtained?-W. j.
A. It depends almost entirely on the
speed with which an individual Is able
to swing the club at point Of impact
with the ball.
O. Should Dummy leave his seat to
watch his partner play hand at
bridge?-A. S.
A. He should not. Dummy has the
same status in the playing of the hand
as the other players, with few ex-
follow the play.
O. Is a Presto cnt-elect of the United
States protected by the Secret Service
of the United States?-W. S. B.
A. He has a Secret Service escort from
the day he Is elected.
@. What was done with the money
LEFT in the treasury Of the Belgian Re-
lief Commission?-M. M. F.
A. In report made by Herbert Hoo
Se Ioa fNl1 <t4% -.
balances final residueS of the
fund were applied to educational
and charitable work to be maintained
as enduring memorials to that American
good will that offered to help IN time
OF need through the Commission fOc
Relief in Belgium. In this manner the
final liquidation of the commission has
been completed
@. What Is meant by -blink?-S. b
A. 1t is name given by mariners TO
a luminous appearance of the sky caused
by the reflection of light from ice. If
the sky is dark or brown. it indicates
water beneath; if white, rosy or orange
colored, ice is indicated.
@. Was tuberculosis known to the
ancientS?-N.
A. Egyptian muummies show that tu-
berculosis existed 1900 years before the
Christian era.
@. What is the Floating University
S. w.
A. The term Floating University" is
applied to the University world cruise,
which is, in effect, modern university
which carries its professors and stu
dents around the world. A splendid
transatlantic steamship, equipped with
class rooms, study hall and library,
serves as a campus The countries of
the world are used as laboratory.
@. Was there particular significance
in the position that a knight carried
his spear?-D. A. +.
A. If he kept the point Of his spear
forward when entering strange land
he came as an enemy; if he carried the
point back 1t was a token Of friendship.
O. How fast do bullets pass through
the barrel Of a Browning machine gun?
W. F. V.
A 1t takes about 1-5O0th second for
bullet to pass through the barrel. One
bullet will travel about 100 yards before
the next cne leaves the barrel.
@. What was the Berlin decree"?-
J.R. H.
A. 1t was an order issued by Napoleon
November 81. 1906. forbidding the i'm
portation of British goods and even ex-
cluding from the herbcrs under his
control any neutral vessel which had
touched at British port.