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The Washington times., 1933-03-17

emphatlcally AGAINST send
ing a 19-year-o1d boy to jail.
They admitted that he
needed some sort of punish
ment; but they pointed out a
tragic fact which we all know:
In the State penitentiary that
boy would be forced to aSSoci-
ate with mature criminals. He
would, according to the admiS-
sion Of prison wardens them
selves, come out more vicious
than he went in. What decent
end, then, would be served by
imprisoning him?
Still that poor mother can
not decide. She begs us to
publish her story once more,
giving it wider publicity. So,
in a last effort to find some
answer which will help her
through this tragic hour, we
are broadcasting in this column
her cry for help. And, that
you may judge the quality of
the advice already given, we
publish the following letter,
previously received.
Dear Miss Robinson:
The letter of Mrs. Mary Al
bright has caused me to recall
the similar plight Of another
mother. Her son, having been
pampered and protected, was
well on the road to self lf-deStruc-
tion. Then that sons protecting
angels passed away; his older
brother fell heir to the task of
keeping this young good-for-
nothing in line. He did, and the
young man is well on the
straight and narrow road to
being a useful citizen.
Mrs. Albright should not in
tercede for her young Scoundrel.
For that purpose, we have
courts. Our judges have a
humane as well as a legal sense,
and I am sure that this is a
case beyond any action she
could take. It. is a case for
the courts to decide.
The case should be permitted
to follow the regular legal pro-
cedure. The young man should
be arrested; should be jailed if
he is unable to raise bail him.
self. The longer he is kept in
Jail before his trial the better.
After this young mans trial
and ultimate conviction, then
that is the mothers time to act.
Let her make a plea to the
court for probation for her
son. I am sure the judge, if
he thinks there is a chance Of
kindling that spark Of decency
in her son, will grant him pro-
baton, provided he makes resti-
tuition Of his own efforts.
There is another thing. The
mother should be warned not
to have her son put in her
custody during his probationary
period. Let the regular proba-
ton officer be his custodian.
This solution is her only chance.
This is the time to make or
break her son.
JAMES VAN BUREN,.
DO YOU AGREE WITH
THAT LETTER?
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vourself -. ELSIE ROBINSON
'He's only a child. Surely his
employer will forgive if I ask
him for leniency and return
the money"
So you did-and forgiveness
was granted. And the boy,
shocked and sobbing, promised
it would never happen again.
But then suppose the boy,
now nineteen, began running
about with an eXtravagant,
madcap girl, who demanded
more fun than the boy could
give her
And again the boy took
money.
But this time by forgery. A
small sum, but it put him
within the reach of the law.
Yet you could still save him
if you made restitution, as the
boy, mad with terror, begged
you to do.
WOU1O yOU w ~:
Would you buy him off from
the consequences of his theft?
OR WOULD YOU REFUSE
TO HELP?
WOULD YOU HARDEN
YOURSELF AGAINST HIS
PTTIFUL PLEADING: STEEL
YOURSELF AGAINST THE
ANGUISH OF YOUR OWN
MOTHER LOVE
AND SEND YOUR CHILD
TO JAIL?
An awful dilemma? Yes.
But. an American mother is
facing that dilemma today. AS
you sit reading these questions,
she is pacing back and forth in
a frenzy of despair. trying. to
find their answers. This is the
true story of her only son, and
the hours in which she may
save him are swiftly passing.
What shall she do?
In anguish she wrote to a
certain paper, asking us to help
her. Her letter was published.
Scores Of answers were re-
ceived.
The writer's, like her friends,
took both pro and con stands,
and most OF n them were
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
ONCE OVERS

job is expensive in a large city,
a sum that might meet the few
requirements in a village would
not pay for very many days in
a city while looking for a job.
Due to inexperience many
girls have no conception of the
difference in expenses due to
city environment.
The girls are tired Of small
town life, but they don't know
when they are well off-they
want to see the bright lights,
and many times, to their sor-
row.
Girls should not forget that
they will never find anyone who
loves them in the way that par
ents do, wishing them wholly
good, caring for them when i'll,
and full Of love and sympathy
for them when things go wrong.
Copyright, 1888, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Spies Mean War
Europe Ill At Ease

Arrest Of numerous spies emphasizes war
danger in Europe Spies put to work. usually only when
war is expected.
In three cases. the spies all French One in prison
In Germany another working for France is imprisoned in
Italy another, French officer is arrested by French mill
tary authorities at Belfast accused of giving information to
foreign country
Germany united with Italy, and what is left Of Europe
Britain and the u standing aloo might make France
thoughtful
Ramsay Macdonald, British premiere, has
brand disarmament plan in which the United States
would simply be asked to reduce armament would NOT be
asked to guarantee the security of France.
The British finally realize that man, DETERMINED
may be more important than many that drift The
in Europe Mussoni and from Geneva Macdonald will
60 to Rome to talk with the Italian ruler
An agreement between Germany and Italy aimed
with Britain neutral the United States saying mot
ested and the Russian bear waiting to pick up the pieces
might change history and geography more
Two high-grade Spanish pilots, Captain
Mariana Barbarian and Lieutenant Jose Collar will fly from
Seville to Havana in May and expect to make the flight
than 40 hours single engine of 600 horsepower will bring
them.
Read that now and how old fashioned and SLOW "45
hours the Atlantic will sound 20 years hence
Senator Borah, powerful man from Idaho,
doesn't like the idea of putting all the blame Congress-
the assumption that legislative body have failed.
He adds the executive department is the real point Of
extravaganza in government II all Congressman were
Borahs might be otherwise but the people feel that the
ent Congress needed head and got it. name, Roosevelt
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The People Are With
Roosevelt .

In the meantime, President
Roosevelt asks the Senate
Committee on Banking to
continue its Investigations
into the former practices of
banks that are ruinous that
the Government may more
intelligently frame measures
for the better protection of
the people.
This can now be done with
safety, since banks now open
or about to open have been
found to be sound, and no
revelation as to past prac-
tices can affect the present
solidity of these institutions.
Now that we at length
have come to the conclusion
that we cannot merely "sit
tight" and confidently await
a return to the "good old
days now that we know
that our troubles have come
from evil practices; now that
we have been forced to the
realization that there must
be reorganization that def
nitely will put an end to such
practices, the Government
must have a clear picture of
just what has been going on.
Nothing will do so much
to restore the peoples conf
dence in Government, bank
ing and business than the
knowledge that the facts are
being faced courageously and
with a determination to clean
house, and start over again
on the basis of a new deal
and a square deal.
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Girls In the City

Young girls who are anxious
to leave home to be what they
term "free," should give serious
attention to why they so desire
to get out from under the par
entail roof.
Do they wish to be free to
work out their careers inde-
pendently, or is it that they
wish to do some things Mother
and Dad would think indiscreet.
The metropolitan centers are
over-crowded with capable and
experienced girls for all sorts
of jobs.
There are thousands whose
homes are in these large CEN
ters, and they can afford to
work for less than girls who
must pay for rooms and board
among strangers.
Then going about seeking q
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through lone.
ly, widowed
years.
A n d Su p
pose W h e n
that boy was
eig h t e e n
W ork ing at
his first job,
that he Gift
ed a. little
change" from
the cashiers
desk.
A hideouS
blow! B u t
you said to
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president ROOSE-
WELT in his third mes
sage to Congress, made a
record for brevity:
II recommend to the Con-
gress the passage Of legisla-
ton for the immediate modi-
fication of the Volstead
Act in order to legalize the
manufacture and sale of beer
and other beverages Of such
alcoholic. content as is per-
missible under the Constitu-
tion; and to provide through
such manufacture and sale by
substantial taxes a proper
and much needed revenue
for the Government.
II deem action at this time
to be of the highest impor-
tance."
If there is any major sub
ject in the world that could
thus be urged upon the Con-
gress in few words it is that
of the immediate modifica-
tion of the Volstead Act to
hermit the manufacture and
sale of beer.
The proposition Of modifi-
cation was presented clearly,
unqualifiedly to the people
whose government this is, at
the recent election; they
voted overwhelmingly for
modification.
They voted for it in voting
the Democratic ticket.
The issue between the
parties was distinct. The
Democrats had no ifs nor
ands in their platform pledge.
It was a pledge of honor.
And the integrity of the par
tvs promise is involved.
Such being the case all that
should be required from the
President in any communica-
tion to Congress on the sub
iect should be a reminder.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Would You Send Your Son To
Jail?
WOULD YOU SEND YOUR
SON TO JAIL?
Suppose you had a boy-an
idolized only child-for whom
you'd struggled and sacrificed
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
The IlIiteratti

Columbia University boasts
of the only self-made janitor in
town. He educated himself by
reading the professors waste
baskets.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
The Deficit
Must Be Met

Aside from the pledge of
honor given by the party
now in power, there are rea-
sons why some such step
would be recommended un-
der the existing fiscal con-
dition of the nation.
This nation now is fight
ing to balance the budget
and maintain the credit of
the Government. The def
cit must be met. 1t cannot
be lifted by any one act.
The enormously high taxes
we are paying this week
will not do it. The drastic
economies thus far planned
will go far toward it, but
not quite achieve it.
We need the revenue that
will come from the tax on
beer; we want to divert the
benefit from the bootleggers,
who are immune from tax
alton, to the Treasury of
the United States. This tax
on beer some have esti-
mated will bring in as much
as $3OO,OOO,OOO.
Without this tax $3OO,OO0,-
600 must be found in some
other way, and in the mat
ter of taxation on enter
prises now legitimate and
on the earnings Of men now
engaged in lawful business,
we have reached the point
of diminishing returns.
We need this tax on beer
we have to have it-and
the party in power in the
most solemn and positive
manner has pledged it.
Only a reminder should
be necessary.
There is not enough soph-
istry in all the crooked
minds Of the world to find
a pretext for ignoring or
repudiating that party
pledge.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
The Organized
Minorities

o'e~S~~S SSSSS
There is an organized
minority determined to pre-
vent the necessary econo-
mics by bringing pressure
to bear and by threatening
Senators. The curse of our
country for some time has
been the weakness with
which representatives of
the whole people have sue
cumbed to the threats of
organized minorities.
There is an organized
minority against a thorough
investigation into the vicious
bank practices that so nearly
wrecked the financial fabric.
There is an organized mi
nority against the modifica-
tion of the Volstead Act.
There is an organized
minority against the econ
omy program which is pro-
posed solely because the fl
nancial condition of the ma
tion demands it.
But now we are at war
against a depression that has
threatened to sink us all,
and the responsible repre-
sentatives of the nation can
do no less than sternly to per-
form their manifest duty to
the nation as a whole.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

The head Of a large travel
bureau just returned from a trip
to the South Sea Islands and
says missionaries are so scarce
over there that the cannibals
don't know where their next
meal is coming from.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Dizzy DiIen1lnaS

It's difficult nowadays when
a woman wants to make a con-
fession. She doesn't know
whether to tell her husband or
sell it to a magazine.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Take It or Leave It

Things are getting so tough
that the hold-up men not only
want your money or your life,
but they're beginning to de-
mand your insurance.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

Nature in the Raw
Times Square policemen ar
rested an effeminate thug a
couple of nights ago. He had
a. pink ribbon tied around his
blackjack.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
On a Party Pledge
'ActiOn-ActiOn Now
CZnude T.. BOzDerS-

Battles of the Jackson PERIOD The Struggle
For Democracy Jefferson and Hamilton The
Tragic and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

mes of merchants and manu-
facturers having no direct
connection with the manufac-
ture and sale of beer.
1t was to be assumed,
therefore, tn at Congress
would act promptly.
Statements of
Two Senators
Meanwhile the Senate
passes the economy bill by
an overwhelming majority.
Perhaps the most telling ex-
preston heard in the debate
was that of Senator Bailey
of North Carolina when he
said:
"Those who vote against
this bill must vote for $780,
100000 in new taxes"
New taxes for which it
would be extremely diff
cult to find a source; that,
and a blow at the balancing
of the budget which will
seriously affect the credit
of the nation and the re-
funding that soon will be
required.
And Senator Tydings said
something, too, that those
seeking the defeat of the
economy program for per-
sonal reasons would do we'll
to ponder:
IF we don't balance our
budget and put our house
in order financially it will
only be a short time before
all veterans compensation
will have to STOP"
And Tydings is a veteran.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
MAYBE I'M WRONG!
BY John p. MedburY

Jack Benny, the NB.C. comic,
has been counting sheep lately
to cure his insomnia, but will
have to try some other remedy.
He says that just when he
counts enough to make him
drowsy, the sheep start bleating
and the noise keeps him awake.
PitifuI Cases
A deaf and dumb hermit
died of lonesomeness the other
day. His hands got frost-bitten
and he couldn't talk to himself.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

A resolute advance will prove
The boulders are not there
And with the first firm forward step
They vanish in thin air!
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
homely that her sweetheart
kisses her by proxy.

Among the IntelIigentsia
A certain well-known actor
complained the other morning
that he couldn't get his shoes
on. It's worse than we thought.
He must have Swelled feet, too.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

Thousands of our unemployed
are now sleeping until noon be-
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Social Accomplishments

Fred Allen says he knows a
girl in Brooklyn who's so
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14
Picket Big Shops
in Tobacco Strike
Dance to Aid Strikers
Thursday Night

NEW YORK.-With the picket line
of striking tobacco workers strength
ened around some Of the largest
tobacco shops such as the Regens-
burg, the Lincoln, the Bachia, the
Alliance and the Martinez, workers
in these big shops are expected to
walk out momentarily, and join the
big strike of the tobacco workers.
Nearly 1000 strikers have returned
to work under the union conditions
and with wage increases ranging be-
tween 10 and 30 per cent since the
strike started. In some shops a
straight So increase was obtained for
the workers pending the settlement
of prices for the different grades of
cigars. In all shops the Tobacco
Workers Industrial Union has been
recognized as well as elected shop
committees.
The relief committee just organized
and working closely with the Work
ers' International Relief has greatly
strengthened the strike. On Thurs
day, September ID, a dance and movie
show is taking place for the benefit
OF the strike at Hungarian Workers
Center, 1853 East 81st ST., at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14
BY HELEN KAY

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-"Sometimes
l could hardly hold my pencil in my
fingers, my hands were SO cold, and
I had to wait until they got warmed
up. I had to walk to school because
it was one of those mornings when
the bus broke down." explained a 10
year-old who lives IN the Amalga-
mated Houses, where $50 children
from these particular houses are
striking to have Public School 95
opened.
Over an area of several blocks in
the. West Bronx, nearly 1000 children
are on strike, from private homes,
from the Analgamated and Sholem
Aleichem apartments, and from the
Van Cortlandt and Reservoir apart
ments.
Mrs. M. Davis, mother of three
children, two of whom are attending
school in the "A and IA grades,
explained that she must pay SIPS for
The bus rides to school per month for
each child, and since she has two,
he must spend $3.50 a month. "How
an one afford this when one has
.hree or even four children? 1t would
mount to S. month. Many of us
re unemployed, and we can barely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14
WhitegOOds Work
erS Spread Strike
Warn Against MIRA.
Conference

NEW YORK.-Thousands of work.
erS in the whitegoods trade are out
on strike as a result of the general
strike call. Close to 1000 workers
crowded the strike hall of the Needle
Trades Union at Irving Plaza and
enthusiastically endorsed the de-
mand proposed by the Industrial
Union for 35 hour week, and mini
mum wages of $50 for cutters, $26 for
operators, S25 for pressers, $40 for fin
ishers and SIG for learners.
Strikers voluntarily formed COM
mittees and are out to win other
shops for the strike as repeated re-
quests come in for committees to
bring workers into the strike.
Samuel Shore, manager of Local 81
of the IL.G.W.U., is already nego-
tiating with Whalen for a conference
to discuss a settlement. BY raising
the "red scare officials of local 81
hope to prevent the Industrial Union
from exposing their attempt to sell
out the strike. Strikers are calling for
a united strike with the workers of
the IL.GW. and are warning the
workers against maneuvers of the
A. F. OF L. officials which will defeat
their struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14
Bronx School Children "Srike on Until p S. IS Won"

and 10, Queens, and the Staten Island
for the opening of Public School 80.
IF the city can't provide a decent
Vocational School. In addition, the
new Brooklyn Technical High Sci'ool
building is only partly occupied be-
cause OF insufficient furniture and
lack of equipment.
On Tuesday morning when the
truant officers tried to force the chill
dren back to school, group OF fifty
r'-ildren jeered them in front OF p. s.
95.
A meeting of the Parents Neighbor-
hood Associations was held last night
in front of p. 8. IS, where future
plans were discussed.
The parents told the Board of
Education that they would not send
their children back to school in spite
Of truant officers, until p. S. IS was
opened.
The Board of Education, in an eff
fort to scare the worker parents, is
sued statement to the effect that
the usual truancy procedure would
be followed in dealing with the strike.
After two warnings have been mailed
to pa ents summonsss are served on
them. The fret ofsense is punishable
by fine OF IS or five days in Jail.
For the second and repeated ofisn7es
the penalty NAV be a fi''> Of $50, or
thirty days in Jail, or both.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14
UTW ofacials and the bosses.

UTW officials and the bosses.
While secret conferences are go
ing on in Paterson the hearings on
the silk code held in Washington yes
terday were declared discontinued by
deputy Arthur D. Whiteside Of the
MIRA. At the hearings determined op-
position was expressed by the dele
gates of the National Textile Work
ers Union headed by Moe Brown to
the imposition of the minimum scales
of s13 and $12 week Of the cotton
textile code on the silk workers.
Whiteside adjourned the meeting
after ordering the United Textile
Workers Union and the National
Textile Workers Union to call off
the strikes, send the workers back to
work and then confer on the wage
scales to go into the codes.
At conferences this afternoon in
Washington called by the National
Advisory Board to mediate the silk
strike, only U.T.W. officials were ad-
mitted. Delegates from the National
Textile Union we're barred. Mcmahon
of the U.T.W. agreed to call off the
silk strike on condition that hear
ings be reopened on a code for the
rayon industry, which is now func-
tioning under the cotton code. Frank
Schweitzer also agreed to call off
the strike, but declared that some
concessions in the way of wage in
creases would have to be given to
the strikers in order to put this over.
The silk bosses are demanding a
code similar to the cotton and rayon
code on the ground that they will
not be able to compete with the rayon
industry unless they are allowed to
exploit the workers on the same basis.
Delegates from the Allentown Silk
Workers Union, an independent union
Joined with the National Textile I'm
ion in denouncing this action and
repudiating the decision to call off
the strike.
Mass meetings Of strikers in Lodi
and Paterson continue daily. A tele-
gram condemniR U. 8. Conciliator
John Motifs action in refusing to
hear the demands Of the union which
represents the majority of the dye
workers on strike was adopted at the
general strike committee meeting of
the dye strikers Tuesday. The wire
which was sent to President Roose-
welt, Frances Perkins and members
Of the National Labor Advisory Board
declared that the UTW officials who
are now meeting with Moffit do not
represent the strikers and demand
the right of the N.T.W.U. to be heard
in the present hearings.
On Thursday night at 8 pm. the
Communist Party Of Paterson is call
ing meeting in support Of the strike
at Carpenters Hall, 56 Van Houten
st. Silk and Dye strikers are urged
to turn out to the meeting at which
Moe Brown, strike leader and Com
munist candidate for Mayor in Pater-
son, Rebecca Grecht, district organizer
and others will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-14

Senior Women:-100 I'd. DaSl
Broad Jump, High Jump, Basketba
Throw, Club Relay (4x10o ydsO
Boys (Under 49,.
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rs I'd. Dash, Broad Jump, Basketball
Throw, Club Relay (4x100 yds)
Entry ee:-Ten cents for men an
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A trophy will be awarded the clu
scoring the highest number of point
during the meet. Events will begi
promptly at 10 am. All entries mus
be in to the Vesa A.C., is w. 126t,
St., no later than Sept. IS.
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Three Hundred Boys and Girls Jeer Tuant Officer While Parents
Back Children; P S. q "a 80 Are Unsanary Congested and
Have FLOATING Classes

feed our children, leastwise spend
money on bus"
Public School 95 has been promised
the workers of this area ever since
1929. The school was finally COM
pleted last February, and all of last
year, as several years before the chill
dren were sent to distant schools in
buses.
The bus must make three trips
every morning to take the $50 chill
dren from the Amalgamated to the
school, as it has capacity of so per
trip. However, during the half hour
lunch period the children must rush
to such an extent that they very
often barely gobble their meals, and
nave not a second OF extra time.
On rainy days, the children must
wait out of doors in the wet until
the bus arrives. This exposes them to
the danger of colds and grippe. They
are SO cramped in both the school
and the bus that many of them catch
colds from each other.
One mother reported that her child
had the nlumps, and before she was