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The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Sec. Adams to See
Expedition Chiefs

Members of an international
scientific expedition to make grav'
ity measurements in the vicinity
of the West Indies this spring.
from naval submarine SAB will
be presented to Secretary of the
Navy Adams today.
Among those to be introduced
by Rear Admiral w. R. Gherardl.
naval photographer, are Prof.
Richard M. Field, of Princeton,
and DR.. F. A. Vening Meinesz, OF
Holland.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

in the days of its high estate"
The Marylanders took his refer.
ence to a campaign and publicity
organization to be a thrust at
Roosevelt, and they cheered long
and Justify.
Prominent as was the talk Of
Roosevelt and of Ritchie among
the party leaders arriving for the
Jackson Jubilee tonight and the
National Committee meeting to-
morrow, there was one question
they were all asking. It was:
whats Al going to dO?"
He Keeps Own COupsel
Like some gigantic question
mark, the attitude of Alfred E.
Smith dominated all discussion
of party affairs.
Still the titular leader of the
party by reason of his captaincy
in 1928, and respected as the only
Democratic presidential candidate
in history who polled in excess of
100000 votes. the former New
York. governor mingled affably
with the incoming leaders and
preserved his own counsel.
He has never by word or deed
indicated that he was interested
in denomination. Nor has he
said he would not accept it were
it offered him. He has been
silent about other candidaci IS and
about party affairs in general.
That silence will be broken to-
night when he addresses the
jackson banquet, and no Demo
cratic speech in years has been
awaited with more expectancy.
1t has been widely reported that
he will clarity his position, al
though to what extent and in
what direction is yet to be seen.
Only Three Speakers
With him as the only other
speakers on the program tonight
will be John w. Davis, the 1924
standard bearer, and James M.
Cox, the party's candidate. in
1920. Thus the same platform
will present the only three living
Democratic eX-candidates for the
presidency.
1t will be a gala occasion. Vir-
tually every Democratic presiden-
tial possibility, save Governor
Roosevelt and Newton D. Baker,
and every one who can lay claim
to being classed as a party
leader" will be at the banquet.
There promises to y, a lively
fight over the selection of a con-
vention city tomorrow.
A few weeks ago it appeared
certain the choice would fall to
Chicago. which the Republicans
already have selected. Chicago
got the G.. o. P. meeting for
$150,000 and prepared to offer
the Democrats the same amount.
Kansas City In Race
Then San Francisco came along
with similar offer, and finally,
on the eve of the Democratic
committee meeting here, Kansas
City suddenly got into the race
supposedly upon information from
the Roosevelt leaders that they
preferred to go there if possible
This makes it a four-cornered
contest, for Atlantic City also is
in the bidding.
Today it was reported that
Chicago would be prepared to
boost its original ante of $15O.0OO.
Conferences before the COM
! mittee convenes tomorrow may
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
DIR. Mary WOOlIey
And StrdLUn to Talk

DR.. Mary E. Woolley, president
of Mount Holyoke College, delegate
to the forthcoming disarma,
ment conference at Geneva. will
speak at the BelaSco Theater at
3 p. M, Sunday. She is being
sponsored by the Women'S Inter,
national League. SilaS Srawn
national League. Silas Strawn
Chamber of Commerce also will
speak,
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
NAVAL ORDERS
SHIFT THREE

Capt. Ralph E. Pope, assistant
chief of the Bureau of Navigation
since June, was today appointed
chief of staff, commander, battle,
ships, with the United States
fleet.
Capt. Alfred w. Johnsc 1, 17O9
NJ st. N. W.. will replace Captain
Pope, and returns from his com.
mand on the U. S. 81 Colorado
Ordered to duty here also is
Capt. Cyrus j. ole, commander of
the U. S. S. West Virginia, as.
signed to the division of fleet
training.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Clinic for the Poor
Opened at Hospital

A clinic for treatment Of can
00r and allied conditions among
the poor has been established in
Providence Hospital. Second and
D SITS. S. E., under supervision of
DR.. CaSimir Leibell. Equipped
with a staff of "a physicians, the
clinic will be open every Thursday
morniR2 except holidays.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

of the recent
10-year expe-
dition of the
American Mu-
scum of Nat
ural History
to the Cobb
Desert, told
the students
at Barnard
College that
women have
no place in
exploration.
rn admit.
ted that they
are wonder
fnnl IN nricnS
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

W i'll confer
upon DR.. S.
Parkes Cad
man, vice
president of
the World Al
lance for In
ternat / o n a !
Erie n dShip
through the
Churches, the
decoration of
G. ON mander
of the Royal
Order of VaSS.
Pre- S enta-
tion will be
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Miss Alma McCrun1
Heads Quota Club

Miss Alma McCrum was elected
president of the Quota Club of
Washington at a meeting last
night in the Woman's University
Club.
Other officers elected we're:
First vice president, Mrs. Ruth
B. Shipley; second vice president,
Mrs. Marguretta Hume: third
vice president, Miss Sibyl Baker;
treasurer, Mrs. E. M. :BayliSs.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
PAID
COMMISSION
To GROUP
Frederick Strauss Tells OF
Floating $780, ,ooo,oOo Loan
Now in Default

A commission" of $415,00
was paid by j. & W. Seligman
& Co. in 1927 to Juan B. Lequia,
son of the deposed president of
Peru, for promoting a $780,
900, 900 loan floated to Peru by
this country, \ the Senate
Finance Committee revealed
today.
Under questioning by Senator
johnson (RO of California, Fred
erick Strauss, an official of Selig-
man, admitted his company had
paid the large commission" to
Lequia as compensation to a
group of promoters, of which he
was one.
The money was placed to Le-
uuia's checking account" on the
books of Selgiman & Co., Strauss
testified.
Company Didn't Know
His company did not know Le-
Quia was a member of the pro-
noting group until negotiations
were we'll under way" Strauss
said. Then it was too late to
withdraw, Strauss, declared, al
though his company did not "like
Lequia's participation"
Both Lequia and his father,
johnson brought out, have been
found guilty by a court in Peru
of having received hribes on va
rious government transactions.
Among those listed in the courts
indictment was the Seltgman
commission"
Loan in Default
The 500, 100000 loan is now
IN default, Strauss reported. He
emphatically denied Leguia's
commission" had anything to
do with the default.
Strauss asserted the Peruvian
loan was brought to his firm by
F. T. Lismand and Company, of
New York, who reported a group
of promoters were handling the
transaction and commission Of
2-3 of / per cent on the first
$15,000,000 and u of / per cent
on the remaining $S5, 5,000, 900,
would be required to obtain the
issue.
Seligman and Company did not
know Leguia was one Of this
group of promoters until nego-
tiations had proceeded to a point
where it was too late to with
draw, Strauss explained.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

called, was put on by Mayor
Walker and Governor James
Rolph, jr., of California, with
the anticipation of becoming
Senators or even Presidents Of
the United States, the editorial
charged.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Gossip Magazine
Forced to Suspend

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Town
Topics, which for SIS years has
specialized in dissemination of
gossip and scandal of society,
has suspended publication. The
publication has been under in
vestigation by the office of the
attorney general for a month.
It's hackers are said to be plan
ming to resume operations later.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

don for Tom
Mooney, i'm
prisoned labor
leader, W a S
characterized
as the pre-
mier vaude-
vile" act of
the age in an
editorial pub
lished today
by Spectator,
Colu m b i a
univ ersity's
lInderpradIIate
paper.
The vaude-
vile act, So
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

IuI III CIIS6o.
But he pointed out that there
are few technical feats they can
perform better than men, and
that they are lacking in the
physical attributes of men. They
are not suited, he said, to the
physical strains Of life in the
desert.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
PSYCHOLOGIST ON BILL

Thomas R. Gaines, psycholo-
gist, will address members of the
League for the Larger Life on
Right Breathing and Right Eat
ing" tomorrow night at the
league headquarters. 1400 New
Hampshire Ave. N. W.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Smith Speech Holds Spot as Democrats
Gather for Jackson Dinner

settle the issue in advance, but
if not, it is likely there will be
a spirited contest that will dis
close whether the Rooseveltian
strength in the committee is as
powerful as it has been claimed.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08

made al a DIX. CADMAN
luncheon for DR.. Cadman in the
Hotel Roosevelt. 1t is in recog-
milton of his services in behalf
of world peace. The decora-
ton was instituted in 1772.
Only eight Americans not of
Swedish descent have been
decorated with this order, with
the rank of commander.
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
PARK HEAD NAMED

Appointment of Preston P. Pat
raw as superintendent of Zion
and Brice National parks, Utah,
is announced by Secretary Of the
Interior Wilbur. 4
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
College Editor Calls
Walker VaudeViIIian

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Mayor
James J. Walkers recent trip
to California to plead for a par
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Andrews Bans Women
From Exploring Jobs

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Roy
Chapman Andrews, president of
the Explorers Club and leader
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Royal Swedish Honor
Due DR.. Cadman

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-The
King of Sweden on January is
The Washington times., 1932-01-08
Phone District $3.50

Ask for an Ad-Taker. she will
assist you in preparing your
Classified advertisement for
publication in The Morning
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CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION
for the ONE advertising price.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-05
The N.A.A.C.P. Helps City Mayors
Cover Up Jim-Crow Practices

on different days from the whites, gives them
the worst jobs and the fewesE OF these. Negro
workers cannot get their meager relief IN cash,
but may have only small grocery order.
Memphis and Atlanta practically eliminate
Negroes from relief altogether.
And since when, we should like to know, Is
the word OF city mayor about the conditions
Of the jobless worth q whoop? And since when
are mayors promises worth g plugged nickel
unless forced TO fulfillmenS by the organized
pressure Of the workers, black and white?
The truth is that Negro workers out OF Jobs
must suffer not only the usual misery Of unem-
ployment, but special forms Of persecution and
discrimination.
Last to be hired when workers are taken on,
first to be fired when someone is to be laid off
this policy Of the bosses forces into unemploy-
ment three times as many Negro workers as
whites in proportion to their numbers.
Jfm-Crow sections in the cities forcing the
Negroes to live virtual prisoner within q lin
tied area, bring with them high rents and un-
sanitary conditions. rent Of SO to 100 per
cent higher in such areas than is charged white
workers for similar quarters, quickly eat up the
small savings Of the Negro workers. More Me-
gro workers, in proportion to the total, find
themselves on the street with nowhere TO turn
for shelter.
Besides the discrimination at the relief agen-
cies, Negro workers in many cities testify to the
special terrorization OF Negro joblesS, both men
and women, by the police. Negro workers out
looking for Jobs are framed on any and all ex-
cuses. The case Of the nine Scottsboro boys,
who were framed on q FAKE rape charge while
out looking FOR work, is not isolated instance.
u is an example OF what les In wait Tor almost
any jobless Negro worker.
u is no wonder that Negro workers IN large
numbers have rallied 10 the call Of the Unena-
ployed Councils Smashing through all the
Jm-Crow lines, recognizing their equality OF
misery and their need TO fight together, Negro
and white workers have joined the local and
state hunger marches. Among the 1870 dele
gates Of the National Hunger March, Negro dele
gates made UP over 30 per cent.
In addition 70 che general demands Tor Tenes
and insurance, the hunger march delegates De.
msnded che tearing down Of che walls Of special
discrimination against the Negro jobless and the
Negro workers ss a whole. They demanded
equal pay for equal work, equal distribution OF
jobs and relief, the stopping Of the segregation
practices at job-lines, bread-lines and flop
houses They demanded the abolition Of the
Jin-Crow areas, with their high rents and slunn
conditions. They called on the workers FOR g
fight against the wave Of lynch terror. They
raised mighty protest FOR the release Of the
nine Scottsboro boys, victims OF police g,anaeup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-05
TRIAL OF THE OAKLAND
COUNTY HUNGER
MARCHERS

intense hunger, misery, and insecurity for the
workers Of Oakland County OF unhumanly IN
sufficient relief, of forced labor and Of the or
derby procession Of the march through several
cities until the uniformed clubbers Of Pontiac
took up their work" Aged women with grown
sons among the defendants awaiting trial testi-
fled to having been struck with blackjacks Wo-
men with babes in arms were struck and pushed,
but The real Towering Of General Motors de-
mocracy occurred when the defendants were in
the jail under arrest and were, one by one,
called out into an office and beaten with fists
and feet
A Negro youth named 3. J. Graham was brl-
tally beaten before twenty Of his fellow pris-
oners and then rope was thrown over steam
pipe and fastened around his neck and pulled
light. This was the occasion FOR hilarious laugh
ter on the part Of these uniformed brItes who
later jestingly inquired If any police wanted
request number, meaning a special victim for
beating.
Thirty -four banners carried by the marchers
we're brought in for evidence by the prosecution,
but were omitted on second thought because Of
the intense interest Of the workers. These were
introduced by the defense and each read into the
record.
The defendant was questioned as to Commu-
at the Communist convention In 1922 and about
the Communist International and many other
things remote from the charge Of disorderly con-
duct.
The defendant was represented by Oliver
Green. a Negro attorney Of Pontiac whose In
terest in the struggle of the Negroes against dis
elimination and terror has led him into an I'm
Outstanding that the Negroes fight is part Of the
class struggle and that emancipation is q class
issue.
As a rebuttal witness to diSprove the testimony
regarding police brutality the prosecution put on
the very brute who had led in the beating. They
had kept him under cover to avoid recognition by
the defense witness until his use as rebuttal
witness.
A sixteen year old boy who had been arrested
in the march and held over night, was being
cross-questioned by the prosecution. "Do you be-
long to the Unemployed Council?" asked the pro-
secutor.
ayes, sir" answered the lad.
"And do your father and mother7"
mo sir. but they will" was the answer, and In
this statement lies the keynote OF the whole
trial. Thousands OF workers who knew nothing
of the Unemployed Council didn't belong but
through this trial they have received the work
ing class message and to the open air mass meet
ings held during the trial thousands OF workers
responded. This is the answer to the mercenaries
of General Motors, whether their weapons
against the starving workers be blackjacks and
jail keys or law books and brief cases.
Preparations are now going forward FOR an
other hunger march whose mass power Of hun
cry workers will break though to the goal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-05
Bv ELIZABETH LAWSON

M The eve OF q great National Hunger March,
v which swept aside Jirn-Crow lines and united
black and white workers in g common struggle
against starvation and Jinn-Crowism, the Crisis,
,rgan Of the National Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People, came TO the rescue
Of, the city mayors who are helping to starv9
and Jim-Crow the workers
IN its December issus, the Crisis prints letters
from IL mayors in various parts Of the United
states TO the effect that their city will not
Jim-Crow the Negro jobless," On the basis Of
these letters the N.A.A.CP. sends out a press
release saying that I'm general, the replies give
assurance that there has been and will be no
discrimination in the application of relief to
colored people"
These letters are printed in order to help the
mayors cover up the truth about discrinina-
lion in relief, and to disarm the Negro workers
Tor real struggle against this discrimination
md against starvation during the coming winter.
The Crisis prints these letters almost without
comment. Yet its editors are well aware Of the
TACT that discrimination against the Negro job
less is carried on In all Of the large cities either
openly or by various red-tape methods.
The recent hearings Of the Unemployed Coun-
cils at which thousands Of Negro and white
workers testified TO starvation conditions, gave
plenty OF evidence Of discrimination. Workers
in every large city told Of systematic discriIn-
nation against the Negro unemployed in the
CLING Of jobs, at the 9eeding~statons, at the
slyo-aouses We mention only few instances:
W Buffalo Syracuse, Rochester and New
York, Negro workers are Systematically denied
Sobs at the city agencies In New York City
Negro women are forced 10 stand in Jirn-Crow
liacs. Cards printed by the New York State
employment Service list four branches in Greater
New York, one Of which, IN Harlem. IS called
the "colored agency" Colored workers say that
when they apply to other branches, they are ad-
ylsed to 60 TO Harlem regardless Of their place
OF residence The Gibson committee allotted
only 100000 for over 10000 jobless Negro
workers and their families much smaller pro-
portion than was allotted TO white neighbor-
hoods
IN California, sign over one relief agency
reads: we DON'T hegp Negroes" charity Or
& nizatiom In Loo Angeles nroedcc st the same
message over the radio.
Negro workers who testified at tie open hear
ings In Dultuh st. Paul and Detroit were par
ticulariy bitter about the discrimination az city
agencies. The open hearing at Superior, Wis,
revealed discrimination not only against the Ne
groes, but also against the Foreign born
The cities OF the South segregate and dis
ranntnaSs openly and ss @ matter OF course.
cAsss&annunn Sogcss the Negro workers DO come
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-05

-cumrx, as enazgsd WlngSy days in the county
Jail"
Thus ended The five day EsisI Of wr1iam
Reynolds, FIRST Of twenSy-Sour defendants TO be
s4ed on o ~disorderly conduct" charge fog par
ticipa$aon in the Oakland County Hunger March
On October IS.
The charge Of disorderHy conduct was only
nominal The defendant by proxy, represented
the whole hungry and exploited working class,
ariven 20 action BY starvation, and behind the
smiling and affabIe tool OF the master class on
me bench, The bewildered, petty capitalist and
capitalist minded workers, elements that COM
posed the Jury; behind the vicious lawyer stool
pigeon prosecution stood General Motors whose
police had eIubbed, arrested and beaten these
marcherS
The significance Of this trial nes IN Che fact
that both the workers Of Pontiac and Oakland
County and the tools Of General Motors cornpos-
ing the city and county machinery Of Govern
nent, understood that while the charge was dis
orderly conduct against our workers, in reality
The insane social order Of capitalism with its
privileges TO the rich owners and starvation for
the workers was being arraigned before the court
Of working class justice.
Before q crowd that packed the court room,
ceaded with the usual pretense Of justice Pre-
lenses that were completely torn away as the
class nature of the trial developed until when the
curtain fell upon the last stool-pigeon witness
and the prosecution had waved the flag and eX-
horted the Jury to our holy institutions, the
church home, and country, capitalist justice
5tcc& revealed before us as the brazen prostitute
she is, and the defense began the preparation OF
an appeal. which was ready before the jury had
returned the verdict of guilty
The defendants, twenty-five white and one Ne
gro-nlen and youth and one woman had been
9rutally dubbed arrested and beaten, The evil
3ence introduced by the police was that permit
to march had been denied, that we had entered
sae city Of Pontiac, halted In our conveyances,
5ha5 an offer by the county prosecutor to let
committee advance, had been rejected and that a
3oeech by Reynolds Characterizing the police as
srmed thugs, General Motors agents, plug uglies
ssc, had terminated when Reynolds called the
,olice bunch of yellow bellied bastards", and
inc police had attempted to arrest Reynolds, had
geen resisted and had resulted in disorder and
7iolence Police Witness after witness, wildly
recalled yellow beIlied bastard" though all else
in ten minute speech escaped their attention.
After the little camouflage, the real trial be-
gan with the Introduction by the people, at the
prompting of a well-l1nown fink Of the so-called
Constitutional EducaGionaI League Of copies OF
the Daily worker containing an outline Of the
National Hunger March. c. P. directives for work
among the unemployed and an article from Party
Life on unemployment work in Lincoln Park by
he defedanS, Reynolds, all Of which we're read
in full into the record.
The defense witness told consistent story Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-05
&4a~.<

Nothing TO Worry About-Sone OF the Gip9ea
ply patriots are viewing with alarm" the sttaaH
ton as pictured by General Macarthur, Chief OF
Staff Of the u S. Army, who says that the army
is all chopped up in little pieces and scattered
around The country, SO dispersed that they could
not meet the first phases OF mcrgency"-whats
ever he means by that. Maybe he means YOUg
Anyhow in view of the fact that the same Gem
eral Macarthur has given orders to the Reserve
Officers to be ready for service at moments
notice"-we are couple OF soos behind the
trple-ply patriots.
Have You Got Yours?-we refer to the No q
edition of "Red Sparks pamphlet. You know we
printed only 5000 of the first, or No. /, edition
And they were gobbled up quick, and that hume
Der ran short So the Workers Library has print
ed 5000 of No. 2-and it's really better than tbs
first pamphlet. But, hang it all, the front cover
is exactly like No. /, and we're afraid many OF
you will think you already have It," So look In
the lower left corner, and If mo. 2" is there
that's the new one. Wen have to change the
color or something of the cover on the next one
so you'll recognize it as q new one withoue
using microscope. But get No. 2, and send one
to some hard-boiled egg to see what happens.
A Piece of Effrontery-The college girls in Chs
ested in the working clawsses, recently got to-
gether in their Phi Pi Psi Sorority and advised
working girls (who might, be it noted, be work
Ing for the darling papas of these sorority lasses)
what they should do to become a success" Lots
Of advice about morals and keeping your neck
clean, but the worst insult was: do what the
boss wants, the way he wants it, even thoughS
he won't raise your salary"
How GenerOus!-According to the Los Angeles
Examiner, We are asked to give praise to Allah,
blessed be His name, because at Altadena, CALI
fornia, the good citizens have pledged; no not
given, pledged the sum OF s70O month FOR "aid'
to the unemployed heads Of families. And we got
all excited about such BIG sum, seven hum,
dred whole dollars a month, but But we saw
that this was supposed TO "aid"-FOUR HUN
DRIED FAMILLESl,