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The Washington times., 1932-02-19

time, for even last night they
dropped shells within the In
ternationaI Settlement.
I'm no case will my troops
take offensive moves against
the Chinese army prior to Z
a. m. Saturday (6 p. m. today,
Eastern Standard Time) but if
1 still see the Nineteenth with
in its present lines at that
time, then / must take my own
action.
''WhiIe 1 make no promises
to restrict my military activi-
ties within the 2O.kilOmeter
zone, intend to cOnfine my
self to that area unless the
Chinese force me to do other
wise.
81 have been informed that
Gen. Chang Kai-Shek's body
guards are moving nearer to
Shanghai, but ] don't know
whether they intend to rein
force the Nineteenth Route
Army.
$50 long as they don't men,
ace Shanghai, they won't come
within the japanese ultimatuln.
Here 1 would emphasize the
fact that our enemy is q force
which menaceS peace and or
der in Shanghai; it's not the
Chinese government, it's not
the whole of the Chinese army,
and certainly it's not the Chi
nese people"
'Tt's not even the entire
Nineteenth Route Army. 1t Is
only part of that body. And
any section of it which does
not threaten the international
Settlement is not our enemy.
"ThuS we are attempting to
minimize the factor considered
hostile to us. And accordingly
we have not insisted upon the
withdrawal Of all Chinese troops
from the south bank Of the
SOOchOw Creek"
When asked whether the In
perial Government intended t
establish a new Chinese govern
ment within the evacuated zon
similar to it's action in Mar
churia, General Uyeda, with mil
tary curtneSs, replied:
81 am aStOunded that you
asked me such q question"
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
Vets and DryS Favor
Garner, Says BIanton

Speaker John N. Garner COM
mandS the support of both vets
and drys because the next presi.
dental issue will be fought out
on economic questions, Represen.
tative Blanton D0, of Texas,
declared in speech in the House
today.
He obtained consent to insert
in the Congressional Record the
endorsement of Garner by vii
liam Gibbs McAdoo, long a dry
power in the Democratic party
He said:
The people of the United
States believe there is some
thing more important than the
liquor issue. It is an economic
question"
Blanton said Garner ''knowS
more about the Government OF
the United States than any other
man He declared:
"He is a friend of the com.
mon people. He has been
fighting their battles all his
life."
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ALL SET.
FOR BATTLE
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(ContEnue0 rom rage ~
not individually puC as groups.
Sometime around z o'clock to-
morrow morning (6 p. m. today,
Washington time)-according to
the present murder schedule which
has been announced as officially
and publicly as any sporting com.
petition-these two groups OF
young men will hurl themselves
at each others throats.
TIL One Side Yields
With steel, lead, and explosive,
with bayonet, bullets, and bombs,
the grisly spectacle will open and
continue until one side or the
other gives way.
About 5000 American soldiers,
marines, and sailors will occupy
ringside seats-some of them dan
gerously close to the conflict, be-
cause at any moment after the
opening Of hostilities this fight IS
liable to get out of the ring and
spread over the arena.
Behind Both Lines
I visited the campS-the train
ing quarters of both these groups
today. I walked, rode and
crawled through mud and smok.
ing ruins behind the Chinese and
Japanese lines-talked with their
generals and smoked cigarettes
with the men in the ranks. IN
trenches and dugouts, in rifle
pits, in lookout posts, in gun EN-,
placements.
Many of them are friends OF
mine, Chinese and Japanese. In
three weeks of covering all sides
of this Shanghai fight, I have
grown to know them and some of
them have grown to know me
And though I am no great shakes
on the lingo of either bunch, we
have managed to get along fairly
we'll.
IgnOrantIy "FOr It"
The color of our skin is not the
same, and their eyes and ours
seem to be placed in different
alignment, and there are other
divergencies in our diet, apparel
habits Of living, and manner Of
thinking and background. But
all of us react to cold and hunger
and Joy and pain more or less
the same.
The smiling yellow faces of
these eager, happy, serious young.
sters, thousands of them, are be-
fore me now ss write. What
ever it is they are to face tomor.
row morning, they are for it, but
honestly they don't know what
it's all about.
The men in the ranks don't
even know what a map of the
country looks like-they don't
know where they have got tc
go tomorrow morning or what
they have got to go up against
Youth is like that.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
WARS
ON PHASES Of
TAX CHANGE
Mills to Protest Alteration
In Corporate Returns to
House Committee

A rift between the Treasury
and House Ways and Means
Committee over suggested
radical changes in the tax
law was threatened today.
With the committee considering
repeal of capital gains and losses
and elimination of consolidated re-
turns and deductions allowed for
eign investors, Secretary of the
Treasury Mills planned to go be-
fore the committee with a pro-
test.
All of these proposals have been
rejected by the Treasury in pre-
lirninary consideration of the new
tax increase bill. They were
brought to the fore by a sub
committee headed by Representa-
tive Doughton CD. Of North
Carolina, charged with drafting
amendments to stop "loop-holes"
In the law.
The Treasury Secretary also
planned to submit manutac-
turers' tax plan, designed to raise
$500 900 900 annual revenue.
Representative Rainey Cd, Of
Illinois, chairman of the sub
committee, 81 ID the amount to be
raised by sales taxes had been
tentatively fixed at $500, 600, 900.
A 2 per cent tax on manufactur-
ers' sales, with exemptions, Is
likely, he said.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
Jap General Plans
Chinese "Wipe Out"

TOKYO, Feb. 10 UN.S).-
Lieut.. Gen. Kenkichi Uyeda dis
Cussed offensive plans with two
subordinate commanders today
and is determined to wipe out
the Chinese in the attack begin
ming tomorrow, said a Shanghai
special dispatch to the newspaper
Nichi Nichi.
Tsai Ting.Kai, Chinese COM
mander. told Uyeda the Chinese
would answer every japanese
bullet.
The Japanese army will "de-
Stroy" the Chinese Nineteenth
Route army if the Chinese fail to
submit to the ultimatum delivered
by Uyeda, it was stated by a
high official Of the war office
today.
Should Gen. Chang Kai-Shek's
forces support the Nineteenth
army. the war office will ask i'm.
perial sanction for the dispatch
of additional troops to Shanghai.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
CHAMBER POLL
ON j. 8. TAXES

Calling upon the Congress to
reduce Federal expenditures by
$500, 100000 instead of increas-
ing taxes, a committee Of the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce today began a referendum
within its membership on the
subject of balancing the ma
tional budget.
The poll, President Silas H
Strawn, of Chicago, announced,
was undertaken to crystalize bust
ness opinion on a national t1s-
cal program.
It is the judgment of the com
mittee there is and can be no
satisfactory tax program to sup
port the Government in a con:
tinuation of the high level Of
expense to which it became &C.
customed in the years of inflated
prosperity and large Treasury sur
pluseS.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
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| OOHGBuUU0 BTUUU E0KS
offices of the two countries con.
cerned.
Mayor WI refused even to
transmit the ultimatum officially
to Gen. Tsai Ting-Kai, commander
Of the Nineteenth Route army,
which has defended Shanghai
against the japanese invasion.
A copy Of the ultimatum, how
ever, had previously been de.
livered to TSai Ting-Kai by Gen,
Kenkichi Uyeda, japanese mill
tary commandant.
In an interview with Interna-
tional News Service this after
noon, Gen. TSai Ting.Kai said he
would ignore the ultimatum.
Points in Chinese Reply
Couched in vigorous terms,
Mayor Wu's reply declared that
responsibility for any further hos.
tilities in Shanghai must rest
solely with the Japanese, whose
troops have encroached upon
Chinese territory and attacked
Chinese troops"
The points in the Chinese reply
were as follows:
l.-Solution Of all disputes
between China and Japan
should properly be referred to
the respective foreign offices
Of the two countries and not
to local authorities. v
2. Anti.JapaneSe boycotts are
spontaneous, patriotic Chinese
movements which local authori-
ties are unable to restrain. Lo-
cal authorities furthermore con-
slider that just causes for popu-
lar indignation have been given
by Japan.
3. Mayor WI refuses to re.
fer the Japanese demands to
Commander TSai Ting-Kai, since,
whatever happens in Shanghai,
"the responsibility is Japan'S
and not that Of the Ninenteenth
Route Army"
4. Responsibility for any
further hoStilitieS in Shanghai
must rest solely with the Jap
aneSe, whose troops have en-
croached upon Chinese terri
tory and attacked Chinese
troops.
By turning the ultimatum over
to wellington Koo, Gen. Tsai
Ting.Kai automatically placed it
in the hands of the Chinese I1a.
tional government, although he
termed it unnecessary and
ridiculous"
international Law Cited
The general characterized the
demand for withdrawal of
Chinese troops as absurd, point.
ing out that Japan had invaded
Chinese territory and therefore
had no conceivable right to order
Chinese troops off their own soil
He accused Japan of violating
international law by waging wal
against China for 20 days with
out a declaration of war and
then handing an ultimatum tc
the Nineteenth Route Army in
stead of to the national gov
ernment.
The Chinese said the Nine
teenth Route Army commander
not only have no intention Of
withdrawing, but will stand or
their present lines and resist Wig
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
HEAR
A, v. B|RDWELL

The teaching profession must
be made "winsome and appealing"
to lift 1t from the mire of medic
Gritty, it was asserted today by A.
w. Birdwell, president OF the
State Teachers College of Texas,
before the sixteenth annual meet
ing of the American Association
of Teachers College, of the Ma
tional Education Association, at
the Washington Hotel.
Prospective teachers must not
only have an above-average men
tality, he declared, but th7y must
also have that "elusive quality"
personality, and they must zap
pear we'll in social contacts"
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
Japs Set to Resume
Heavy Offensive
BY JOHN GOETTE
Copyright, 1892, by Interna tionaI
News SerVice)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 10 0N.S0.
Japan will take the offensive
against the Chinese Nineteenth
Route army shortly after 2 a. m.
tomorrow C p. m. today, Eastern
standard time) if the Chinese
troops fail to begin their evacua-
ton by that time.
Gen. Kenkichi Uyeda, COM
mander of the Japanese troops,
so told international News Ser
vice today and added:
81 will take my own action
If the Chinese are slow in
Obeying the ultimatum Of with
drawal."
He has no intention of wait
ing until the expiration of the
ultimatum at p. m. a a. m.
Saturday. Eastern standard time)
he said.
General Uyeda continued:
at is my impression that
the Chinese will not commence
Withdrawing at the specific
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

OF four chill.
dren by her
first marriage
with the late
Prin C e Won
S C h o e n ich-
Carolath, is
slowly W in.
ming popular
ity in her ma
tive country.
It has taken
her nearly 10
years to live
d o Wn t h e
odiun which
former court
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

why Columbo should not be re"
strained from working until he
SatifieS the court that Jack
Gordean, former $30-a-week Hol.
lywood song plugger, is not his
= .anager.
In papers already filed by
Gordean, the West Coast man
alleges that he and not Con
Conrad found" Columbo in a
Hollywood night club and start
ed him on his road to fame
and fortune.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

the most pop
ular of mod
ern novelists,
will appear in
superior court
here today to
ask for a di-
vorce.
He charges
his wife, Paul
inc K. Hon.
doff McFee,
deserted him
in 1927 after
seven years
of married
life. He says
H. I~A AI
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

1I6 UU6S IIUU
know her present residence. The
action is listed as uncontested.
McFee's statement recently
that many women have Rolls
Royce bodies and Ford brains"
started a storm Of criticism.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
HALLS TEXAN AS
IDEAL LEADER
Of PARTY
All Factions Can Unite Behind
Him, Ayers Wilson's SeCre-
tary of Treasury

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18
(U.S.).-William Gibbs Nc
Adoo today in a formal state.
ment unqualifiedly indorsed
Speaker John N. Garner for
the Democratic nomination for
President. He said:
'Under Garner all elements
Of the party should be able to
unite. In that case. his elec.
tiOn would be certain"
The declaration of woodrow
Wilson's wartime Secretary Of the
Treasury takes its place at once
as the days most sensational
pieces Of political news. one far
reaching in its influence, nation
wide in its furtherance Of the
popular demand for Gamers
nomination.
Great Following
With a loyal following that ex-
tends into every State, McAdoo's
declaration for Garner doubtless
will bring into the Texans camp
prominent members Of the party
all over the country. Many Of the
Democratic leaders in California
are with McAdoo in enthusiastic
support Of Garner.
Following is the McAdoo state,
ment:
81 have received so many in
quirieS as to my attitude toward
the forthcoming Democratic
presidential nomination that /
take this method Of answering
them.
81 favor John N. Garner,
Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives.
Knows His Ability
During the six years that
was Secretary Of the Treauury,
I had. of necessity, close Off
cial relations with the Ways
and Means Committee of the
House, Of which Mr.. Garner
was q leading member. I came.
therefore, to know him inti-
mately and to have the OpDOr-
tunity to judge, under the e.
we're test Of complicated prob.
lens, the quality Of his mind
and the measure Of his ability.
81 was greatly impressed by
his sound argument, by his
broad comprehension Of pOlit-
ical, social and economic prob
lens, by his integrity-mOraI
and inteIIectuaI-and BY his
high character and practical
ideas. His elevation to the
Speakership was not q matter
Of chance, but a recognition OF
20 years Of able and diStin'
guiShed service in the House
Of Representatives.
Well Equipped
''Mr. Garner has universal
knowledge. acquired by hard
work and experience. Of the
problems Of government. He
would bring to the Presidency
Just the equipment that Is
sorely needed to direct the af'
fairs of the people Of the
United States in these extraOr-
dinary times.
moreover, Mr.. Garner is
not involved in any party
schisms that threaten success
on election day. He is beyond
the reach Of those sinister and
subtle influences which work
increasingly against the In
terests of the masses Of the
people. He appeals to those
elements in our national life
which need q leader who un-
derstandS their problems, whose
sympathies are with them be-
cause he does understand them,
and who, because Of heredity
and environment, is one of the
people himself.
"He will know how to use
! the Executive power to promote
the common good and to sup
press favOritiSm and extrav.
agance and the flagrant forces
Of privilege and corruption
which have brOusht the country
to its present unfortunate con-
ditiOn.
"Under Garner all elements
Of the party should be able to
unite. In that case, his eleC-
tiOn would be certain"
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

Court today
when he an
S W erS to a
suit involving
potential mil
lions of dol
lars.
The S If
S t VI e d "Ro-
nneo of Song, "
his manager
Con Conrad,
and offici. Is
of the Ma
tional Broad
caSti, g Com
pany m u S t
c nW pallSn
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
.0,000,000 HIT.
BY IDLE ERA

The spectacle of 100000
American citizens living below
health standards, with
and physical disease fig
ures mounting, was reported here
today by the American Fedora
ton Of Labor.
Giving 100000 as its latest
unemployment estimate. the fed
Grafton pointed out in its month
ly survey that present conditions
were bringing about a lowered
national vitality and wreckage of
the American family structure.
In the face of these conditions,
according to the federation. re.
lief agencies are falling down
and funds are inadequate. The
survey points out:
"Apart from the suffering in
vOIved, conditions show that
our human resources are being
seriously impaired. This is Of
the greatest importance to
business and to our entire 1a-
tiOnal life, for it means q less
vigorous citizenship to carry on
our activities and q greater
public expense to care for those
who have broken down."
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
William McFee, Popular
Novelist, Seeks Divorce

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb.
19.-William McFee, former
ship engineer and now one of
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
rhotO

International fnclo
GEN. CHANG HUI-CHANG
WHEN HE was in Kentucky,
this daredevil of the air was
known as just Bert Hall. Now
he is commander.in-cllief Of
China's air forces and is known
as Gen. Chang Hui-Chang.
The Washington times., 1932-02-19

upon her head for consenting
to marry the former Kaiser so
soon after the death of his
queen,
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Ex-Kaiser's Second Wife
Slowly Regains Prestige

BERLIN, Feb. 19.-Kaiserin
Hermine, second wife of former
Kaiser Wilhelm II and mother
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
Russ coIumbo Being Sued
By His "DiscoVerer"

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-"You
call it love-" Russ Columbo will
call it an outrage in Federal
The Washington times., 1932-02-19
JUNIORS TO GIVE PROM

The University Of Maryland
Junior Prom will be held March
19 at the willard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06
,JURIST ADMITS
BOLOFF CASE
WAS FRAME-UP
by Mail to Daily Worker


PORTLAND, Ore, Jan, 29.-IrYtn
Goodman, International Labor De-
Tense attorney, filed the second pc
tition for rehearing in the case of
Ben Boloff today. The workers Of
Oregon have been flooding the state
supreme court with protests demand
ing the freedom Of Boloff, who is out
on his personal recognizance until
his case is decided.
The Importance Of increased pro-
tests from all over the country Is
seen in the Scottsboro cases and the
following quotation from a letter by
prominent Oregon jurist to Good
man.
Martin L. Pipes, we'll known Ore
gon jurist wrote voluntarily to Good
man on Boloff. The following quota
tons are from his letter which in its
entirety is used in the filed petition:
"As nearly everybody else, think
your client suffers an injustice by
the decision of the supreme court.
The decision Is precedent and 1t
effects every individual in the
state" 1t is not a crime to adj
vocate a change of government.
The Communists have that purpose
and think that it will be beneficial
to poor people. There Is nothing in
the record to prove that Boloff had
any other than the lawful purpose
Of benefitting himself and his class
by joining the Party. My ex-
perience In the u. S. Court in
duces the belief that NO DEFEND
ANT IN A CRIMINAL CASE HAS
A LOOK-IN IN THAT COURT.
Now take this and do what you
please with it,"
The procedure Of the court is that
it has no time limit on the decision
and will try and wait until it catches
the workers off guard. The inn
portance of the winning of Ben Boil
Gifts case is seen in this admission
by a jurist Of their own group that
the court has violated their own laws
in making this decision. The up
holding OF Ben Boloff's conviction is
based entirely upon inference (hear-
say by the stool-pigeons Of what
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06

The Soviet Ambassador at Tokyo
has protested to the Japanese govern
ment against the seizure of the south
ern branch of the Chinese Eastern
Railway. The Japanese Foreign Of
flee yesterday published statement
from the headquarters of Gen. HOMO,
Japa1 csc commander in Manchuria,
in vnich the ridiculous excuse was
offered that the japanese were
simply policing" the line because it
had been entirely deserted by its
Chinese guards"
No explanation IVES offered Ter It's
use for the tam . s.j9l q JAP
anese troops after the Sogiet Union
had turned down a Japa lese request
to permit such use OF the line. The
Soviet Union has pointed out to the
japanese that since. the railway was
jointly operated by China and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06

Soviet Union, il was necessary for
japan to obtain the permission of the
Chinese.
Significant of the development Of
the anti-Soyiet war moves around
Hardin is the temperance of Gen.
Ma Chen in the field and the revival
of his fake opposition TO the Jap
anese. Gen Ma, whose attacks" on
the japanese we're used earlier in
the war to afford the Japanese a
pretext for their advance toward the
Soviet border is notorious tool Of
the japanese.
While resisting the Japanese,
Gen. Ma was receiving his war sup
plies from the Japanese. At the
same time the Japanese seeking a
pretext for war on workers Russia,
~Nsre accusing the Soviet Union OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06

up and outstrip capitalist countries
in the technical and economic re-
spect,' will presently be acquiring ever
greater importance since we aim to
capture first place in Europe in tech
nique at the end OF the second Five
Year Plan
Sees Danger of War on Soviet Union
In conclusion Molotov referred
briefly 10 the foreign situation, de-
claring that the crisis greatly sharp
ems all antagonisms in the imper-
iaIist camp. These antagonisns
grow creating danger of new wars
and direct attacks upon the USSR.
1t is necessary to seriously consider
this.
Molotov further drew the picture
of the ruling classes in the capitalist
countries at the present stage, de-
sccibing the Generalization og bour-
geois psychology, illustrating this by
references to the foreign press.
The main hero of the foreign press
in 1881 was the king of the Chicago
underworld, Al Capone, to wrom the
foreign press according to calcula-
tons of American journalists, devoted
in 1881 over one and one-half mil
lion newspaper columns more than
Hoover. Whilst capitalist society is
degenerating, the USSR is undertake
ing Unprecedented historical, econ
omic and cultural tasks. We grow on
the powerful basis of pGrt 3.p'tcn IN
socialist construction CT raNg mill
lions Of toilers and formerly oppress-
ed nationalists which are nov build
ing their own socialist country.
Molotov concluded amidst thunder
GUS applause.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06
WALL ST. TRIES TO STEM WAVE
OF WITHDRAWALS FROM BANKS
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money normally, needed by Is per
cent.
The effect Of this boarding is to
intensity the financial crisis by
forcing banks to keep abnormally
large amounts of cash on hand III
constant fear of runs ON the bank.
This large supply Of money which
the banks are compelled TO hold is
made doubly difficult to get be-
cause of the steady stream of money
taken out by depOsitOrs.
Together with the calling into con-
ference of forty organizations in a
frightened effort to stop boarding,
Hoover issued call for the return Of
boarded money to banks. This
brought unconsciously sarcastic reply
in the form of a letter by Represen-
tative La Guardia of New York who
wrote asking for list Of banks
which the President considered suf-
ficiently safe for the deposit Of
money because with the thousands
of bank failures and losses sus-
tanned by hundreds of thousands
of Americans in conservative in
vestments" recommended by their
own bankers, and with the many
prOclamatiOns of prosperity and
clarion calls of corner cutting a
great many might yet be somewhat
timid and scentical.'
LaGuardiss letter also revealed
the fact that Wall ST. has been the
driving force in the series of sweep
ing wage cuts put over in every in
dustry The letter states.
May l suggest from you that
FROM NOW ON business men,
factory operators and merchants