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The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Dinner Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j.
Cummings, Of Chicago, Ill. en-
tertatned a small company at
dinner last evening at the Carl.
ton, where they are stopping
while in the Capital.
The retiring Ambassador Of
Germany and Frau Won Pritt-
witz were hosts at dinner last
evening at the embassy in
Massachusetts, Avenue.
The Ambassador and Frau
Won Prittwitz are planning to
sail about the middle Of April
to return to their home in
Germany.
The newly appointed Am
bassador, DR.. Hans Luther, is
expected in the Capital about
the fifteenth Of April.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05

The ensemble Sketched was chosen because, first
Of all, it is sheer crepe-it has the new swagger.
box COat-it is crOSS-tucked mice detail)-it has
lingerie trimming-and while it may be had in va
ried cOIOrs-we think this in gray and yellow par
tcularly delightful In misses sizes, IA to TO- $165O
Q beige wOOIlen, with Ascot tie-but its real dis
tinctiOn lies in the revers Of brown KOlnSky-
however, it may be ordered in other shades. In
misses sizes. ............ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SIS
ENSEMBLE -FRocKs. THIRD FLOOR.
COATS, THIRD FLOOR
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
To Wed Today

The marriage of Miss Flor
ence Higinbotham, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow D. Higin-
botham, Of Joliet, ILL.,, to Mr.
John Shelton Williams, son Of
Mrs. Williams and the late Mr..
John Skelton Williams, of Pax
ton, near Richmond, Va, will
take place this afternoon at
the home of the brides father
at Joliet. Mr.. Williams father
was Comptroller of the Cur
rency under President Wilson.
Miss Higinbotham has chosen
as her attendants, Mrs. Hubert
L. Williams, of Detroit, sister-in-
law Of her fiance; Mrs. William
A. Robinson, little Miss Mar
garet winston, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Winston, of
Joliet, and little Miss Jean Will
liams, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubert Williams, who will be
the flower girls. Young William
Sims Metzel and his brother,
Jeffrey Metzel, of Chevy Chase,
Md, will hold the ribbons.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
War Mothers Plan
To Plant TLUO Trees

Piedmont Chapter, American
War Mothers, will plant two
memorial trees in the yard of the
Dunn Loring CVa0 Southern
Methodist Church on April "a,
it was announced today. Mrs.
T. T. Taylor, of Dunn Loring is
in charge of the committee plan
ming the ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Entertains Delegates

Mrs. Charles M. Lea enter.
tanned at q breakfast at the
sulgrave Club today, for The
Pennsylvania delegation to the
Women's Organization for Ma
tional Prohibition Reform.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Bristol,
Of Westfield. N. j., are at the
Carlton for a few days, accom-
panied by MRS. George n. Lee.
also Of Westfield.
Mrs. William H. walker, &C
companied by Mrs. Orlando N.
Dana, Of Englewood, N. j., is at
The Dodge for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F.
Grueninger, of New York city,
are at the Shoreham for a brief
stay.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Tea at Club

A tea will be given at the Eng
lish Speaking Union clubrooms
this afternoon, when Mr.. Denys
Smith Of the London Post will
be the speaker. The guests Of
honor will be the Commercial
Counselor of the British EN-
bassy, and Mrs. H. o. Chalkley;
Miss Freese-Pennefather; Group
Capt. the. Honorable L. j.
Fiennes, Mr.. Roger M. Makins,
and Mr.. H. w. A. Freese-Penne-
father of the British Embassy,
and Mr.. Eugene Kevin Scallon,
secretary of the South African
Legation.
The hostesses will be Mrs.
Copley Amory, Mrs. George
Scriven, and Mrs. Carroll Frazer.
X +
The residents of Kenwood
held their monthly bridge dinner
and dance at the Kenwood
Country Club last evening. Mr..
and Mrs. George D. Horning
acted as hosts.
Miss Flora Rose, of Ithaca,
New York, is at The Dodge for
several days.
Mrs. Lynn Ramsay EdminSter,
Of Wesley Heights, has returned
after spending two weeks in
Chillicothe, Illinois. where she
was called by the illness of her
father, Mr.. H. B. Forsythe.
Mr.. and Mrs. David D. Scan
nell, accompanied by their sons,
David and Gordon, of Boston,
Mass, are spending several
days in the Capital at the
Dodge.
Mrs. Leon j. Barkhorn and
Mrs. j. Victor D'Aloia, of South
Orange, N. j., are at the Shore
ham while in Washington for a
brief stay.
X
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Riley,
Of Goshen, Ind, are at Ward
man Park Hotel while on a
visit to the Capital.
X X
Mrs. George Hillyer, Jr., Of
Atlanta, Ca, is at the Carlton
for q brief stay.
The Washington times., 1933-04-05
Parking Service

The Capital Garage, located at 13121S2O New York
Ave- n w., has established branch service at the
curb adjacent to G. Street entrance Upon re.
quest of owners uniformed employees of the
Capital Garage will take the car to its garage for
parking, and return same when wanted at the
garages regular parking rates Of
Thirty.five (S5c) cents for the first three
C9 hours less. and
Five (5C) cents for each additional hour
part thereof.
woodward & LothrOp has no connection with or
control of this service-t being conducted solely by
and for the Capital Garage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
Eastman Suggests
Stagger Plan for
R. R. Employees
Asks for Reductions
in Working Time of
Train, Engine Men

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA sug-
gestion that railroad men in the train
and engine service agree to a reduc-
ton Of their working time in order
to permit the hiring of other jobless
workers was made today by Joseph B.
Eastman, Roosevelt's Railroad Co
ordinator.
Eastman has sent a QUESTIONABLE
to the railroads asking them for
their opinions as to the practicable
ity of his suggestions, which also in
Guided proposal to eliminate over
time work, to permit no worker to
work every day in the week, and that
no worker shall get more than eight
hours a day work.
The general effect of Eastman's
suggestion will be the reduction OF
the wages of the railroad workers
through the application of the share
the-work plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
Cleveland All Unions
Exposure of MIRA and A. f. of L. Officials One of Main Tasks
United Front Must Not Remain Paper

by betraying the workers.
We have seen in the past how after
we adopted good united front reso-
lutions and manifestos that this
brought no results to the workers.
These resolutions must become the
basis for action. Only when action
is developed do they serve the inter-
ests of the workers.
The Cleveland Conference took
place at the time Of the greatest ad-
vance of the struggles OF the work
ers. Since the conference new i'm
portant struggles took place. Thou
sands of miners are fighting in Utah,
New Mexico and Colorado under the
leadership the National Miners
Union. Tho Ids of silk and hosiery
workers are liking in Paterson and
Philadelphia. Numerous other strikes
are now in progress Some have gone
on for weeks. There are growing
struggles of the unemployed.
AT the same time there has been
the adoption Of the open shop auto
code, the issuance of new injunction
against the fighting bakers in New
York affiliated with the A. F. Of L.,
a sharp terror against the miners of
Utah and New Mexico, the killing of
two and wounding of is hosiery work.
ers in Philadelphia. Here are the
immediate issues upon which united
front actions must be organized.
A. F. of L. workers, r. u. U. T..
workers all workers must unite
Immediately In every city and town
in every industry, in defense of the
economic needs and political rights
of the workers. In each industry
there must be developed united &C
ton committees to force an improve
ment of the conditions. Especially
must we utilize the united front in
dustrial programs adopted at Cleve-
land to establish the united front for
struggle of the workers in the mining
and textile industry. In the same
manner the attacks against the un-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
l,5OO Iowa Miners
Strike, Disguised
With Code Promises

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 2-Dis-
IIusted with promises of a coal code
hat would raise their wages, 1900
oal miners in Lucas and Polk Coun-
hes went out on strike yesterday for
higher wages.
U.M.W.A. leaders said they had no
Aonnection with the movement, and
we're in favor Of waiting for the coal
sode.
They sent wire to General john
Ebn demanding "a fair living wage
qua to proper purchasing power,
It'll shorter hours and a shorter
lee. so that we may be able. to take
10 y he slack in the ranks OF the un-
Employed in all industries
The U.MW.A. officials said that
pcal union leaders took the initiative
pr the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
Charge Philly Cops
With Murder Of 2
Cambria PicketerS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The charge
that the Philadelphia police engi-
neered the murder of two Cambria
mill strikers here yesterday, and de-
mand for the immediate removal, ar
rest, and punishment of Police In
spector Reuben Reynolds and C2rtain
Coleman of the Branchsown station,
as well as the directors Of the pri-
vate strike breaking agencies in
volved, was made by the Philadelphia
district of the international Labor
Defense today.
The charges and demands were
made in a wire to Joseph LIE Strange,
superintendent of police. The LID.
also demanded the right of workers
to strike, picket, and defend them
selves, and the immediate release of
all arrested pickets
The Philadelphia district T. L. D.,
which has successfully organized mass
defense for and among strikers in
other industries here, offered the
strikers mass support and legal aid
in their struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04

must not fail to make clear the role
of the A. F. of l.. leaders. This is not
a simple matter. The A. F.. Of l.
leaders, despite their open announce
ment of agreement with the Presi-
dent to prevent strikes, despite their
acceptance of the slavery codes for
the workers, despite their acceptance
of the open shop auto code, are in
many cases trying to give the i'm
preston that they are for strikes
that they fight for better conditions
that they are for picketing. This we
can see in the events of the last few
days. The A. F. of l.. leaders are
dividing their role. While Green and
Mcmahon speak against strikes, the
leaders of the United Textile Workers
in Paterson and Philadelphia lead
the strikes. Green himself protests
against the injunction issued against
picketing.
This we must understand and give
a clear explanation Of to the workers
Are the A. F. of L. leaders really for
strikes? Are they really divided
among themselves? Are they in any
way even hesitating on policy? OF
course not Certainly there are
among the A. F. Of L. organizations
many local leaders who are fighting
for the interests Of the workers. But
the top leadership of the A. F. of L.
is part and parcel of the MIRA, of
the bosses system. They make these
pretenses for only one reason. To
stop the workers from really fighting.
Where the workers enter the fight,
and especially where the workers
have militant leadership from the
Trade Union Unity League unions or
from the left oppositions, these mis-
leaders try to win the confidence of
the workers in order to be able to
serve the bosses. How else could they
serve the bosses? If they become iso-
lated, of what use would they be-?
They are only useful so long as they
can serve the interests of the bosses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
R. R. Jobs Kept at
Minimum, as Profits
Soar 600 Per Cent
Speedup P e + m i t S
Roads to Coin Huge
Profits

NEW YORK. - What about re.
employment Of rail workers abou
which so much is heard? Here is {
Federated Press dispatch, August Is
1898, from Cleveland, Ohio, which
read1:
Complaints are reaching rail-
road brotherhood Offices in Cleve-
land that the roads are moving
most of the increased traffic with
out additional men above the skele-
ton force they have been carrying
through the depression"
And the Philadelphia Record, il
an editorial, August %, says quite
frankly that,
:" the railroads are firing men
and slashing pay as fast as any
other industry can hire men and
raise psy.
"Twenty-five roads have just re-
ported to the /. G. C. that they have
increased their operating income
SIT per cent. That figure is NOT
ST. but CIT. They have multiplied
their opc-st ng income seven times
in a year.
HAS their business picked up so
much, then?
ooh. no. Gross revenue has in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
Trade Union Conference Plans Must Be Put Into Action

employed that are now developing
with such severity under the cover of
the Presidents Unemployment drive
must be answered by the united
front of the various organizations of
the unemployed
A Word Of Warning
We have found from experience
thai aside from many of our resolu-
tions and manifestos adopted at
united front conventions remaining
on paper, there are some other seri-
Gus dangers One Of these dangers
is to rely on the top meetings and
negotiations Of leaders, or even mis-
take this to be the united front,
rather than sometimes necessary
move to develop the unity OF the
workers in the shops, in the local
workers organizations. The fight must
be developed in each factory, in the
trade unions, in the neighborhoods,
on the basis of working out the de-
mands of the workers, electing the
united committees of action, without
further waiting for negotiations on
the top, or prolonged conferences.
Another danger, especially in the
field of trade union work, is forget
ting to build up the militant indus
trial unions of the workers in the
course of the struggle.
The united front in the struggle in
textile, mining, steel or any other
industry does not imply the replac-
ing of the union by some new COM
mittee, but on the contrary the neces-
sity to strengthen the union as one
of the means to strengthen the united
front of the workers. This holds good
also in the case of work in all INDUS
try where the workers are organized
in the A. F. of L. union. Here the
task of building up the militant trade
union opposition must be kept in
mind.
Aside from the positive achieve
ments already accomplished in Cieve-
land, the main results will be deter
mined by the extent of the develop
ment of the struggle and The unity
of the workers. The T. U. U. L. unions
must prove to the masses that they
actually establish the United Front,
and through it lead the workers in
successful struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
By JACK sTACHEL


In the columns Of the Daily Work
er there have already appeared a
number OF reports, articles, and edi-
torials, dealing with the Cleveland
Conference. The manifesto Of the
conference was printed in full. Here
we wish to deal with only one ,ques-
ton. That is the translation Of the
decisions into action.
PopuIarixe Manifesto
The manifesto Of the Cleveland
Trade Union Conference was ad-
dressed to all American Federation Of
Labor locals, to all Trade Union Unity
League unions, to independent
unions, to the unemployed organiza-
lions and to all unorganized workers.
But in order to be effective these
millions must actually be reached.
How can they be reached? In the
first place through our press. But
even if all OF our papers were to
print the manifesto it would still
reach only small section Of the
workers. In addition to the mani
festo, all our trade union papers, and
for that matter, the entire press must
print the special programs adopted
at the various industrial conferences
that were held at the Cleveland Con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04

SEOIG OI OLlSIS,
The boss press makes a blunder-
ing revelation on Friday September
1st, the day following the gruesome
murder, admitting that Mr.. Leader
was on the scene when it occurred
in the hope Of calling off the
p!ckets, and scurried away rat-like
when the shooting began.
Disarmed by the pleas of the man
in whom they put their trust, the
strikers became victims of confu-
sion long enough to receive the
fatal gunfire that rained upon their
ranks from photographed trucks
bearing thugs and scabs to the
Cambria mills. Left without a
leader, the striking hosiery workers
fought back wildly, heroically, and
gave up their dead only after a
police sergeant paid with his
bashed-in skull and several patrol
men lay unconscious. All over the
city, the furious struggle found a
grim echo in the bitterness of
workers who were beginning to see
through the N.RA. mask and its
bird Of prey, through the McKeowns
and Leaders vino had so fatally
guided them down the road Of
death.
VIII Never Forget
Little dreaming that the blood
Of her murdered 1s-year old
Frank, ley upon the head of the
A. F. of L. leaders, the broken
hearted Mrs. Minor, sobbing as she
spoke, told a reporter, 'T'll never
forget this day as long as | live"
Steedying her with taut fist, her
husband grimly promises; Some
one should pay for this"
Ranked by the storm of protests
and kilograms sent by the Inter
national Labor Defense denounc-
ing the massacre and charging him
directly with murder, Joe lie
Strange, promoted to the office of
police superintendent for his sue
cessful frame-ups of Negro work
ers, rushes statements to the press
proclaiming his innocence and let
ting the cat out of the bag. Thus,
Mr.. LIE Strange, in a statement an
pearing in the Philadelphia Record
Of Sept. Isl says:
"We allowed picke;ing at the
mill under an honor system
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04

united front basis with broad sup
port.
The popularizarionS of the deci-
sions Of the Cleveland Conference
will serve as means to further de-
velop the. united front of the workers
for struggle against the MIRA and
around the issues raised at the Con-
ference.
National Recovery Act
One OF the most important tasks
to be achieved is to clarity the
workers on the meaning Of the NRA,
and what methods can be used to
hasten tho development Of the strug-
gle to defend the workers from the
attacks now being carried on against
them in the name of the MIRA. Here
1t is necessary on the one hand to
fight against any tendencies in the
workers organizations to capitulate
before the MIRA and to fail to take up
the struggle.
At the same time this struggle must
be developed with the full recogni-
ton that many workers and among
them even large sections Of the rad
icalized workers do not yet under
stand the true meaning Of the NRA.
Such workers must be convinced of
our indictment Of the MIRA. This
cannot be done merely through gen.
eral statements. It must be done
through : wing concrete facts as to
the working OF the codes already in
operation as to wages, hours, dis
missals, speed up and other condi-
lions.
It can best be done through &C
tually leading in struggle for i'm
proved conditions those very workers
who still place their faith in the
National Recovery Act. Certainly we
cannot be impatient with workers
who still believe in the MIRA. On the
contrary, we must recognize that these
very workers are today more than
ever ready to fight and are fighting
for better conditions.
In approaching the workers we
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04

workers get code of their own.
Over 100000 railroad workers
have been cast out of the railroad
system in the last five years
They have been left to starve by
the Brotherhood officials who have
consistently refused to make any
fight for Federal Unemployment
Insurance at the expense of the
government and the railroads.
Will Never Get Jobs.
In addition, Eastman made the
significant declaration that the
majority of the railroad workers
who have been fired since 1929 will
never again be re-hired, even if
traffic reaches 1929 proportions.
because of the many mergers and
speed-up arrangements made I'M
der the Roosevelt Railroad Co-ordi-
nator Act.
Whitney, one of the most promi-
nent labor Brotherhood executives
in the recent negotiations with the
railroads which resulted in a 10
per cent wage cut for the men,
applied to Roosevelt for a code in
an effort to divert the attention Of
the railroad workers from the in
creasing degradation of the work
ing conditions built up through
years of struggle against the
roads.
The adoption of railroad code
would even further curtail the
rights of the railroad workers to
strike, it was pointed out.
Whitney's request for NRA
code, Eastman also pointed out
would operate in the roads as it
has in other industries, by legally
fixing minimum which inevitably
tends to become a maximum wage,
against which there is no redress.
Disguised Wage Cut.
"Either the code would leave the
present agreements unimpairei
thus preventing any increase in
wages through collective bargain
ing to compensate for the shorten
ing of hours, or they would strike
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
Johnson million Labor Day. You deliberately
Workers! Fight for Unemployment Insurance hmge
Flood Coal Fields
With NMU Leaflets
Against BosSes'Code
Call for Miners to Re-
sist Lewis Sell-Out

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 2.-Tens
of thousands of leaflets are flooding
the coal fields, issued by the National
Miners Union, branding the pending
coal code as sell-out by officials
of the U. M. w. A.
The coal operators were ready, I'M
der pressure of the strike of 10000
Pennsylvania miners, the leaflet says
to offer a IS basic wage scale. "But
j. L. Lewis, Murray, Buttner, Pagan
Feeney g. Co., in negotiating with
the operators, sold the Pennsylvania
miners for $500, West Virginia for
$4.34, and the Southern miners for
$4.20 per day."
THE new code gives the operators
the right to deduct from the miners
pay for old debts, rent, company in
surance, doctor, supplies, store bills,
and other ITEMS"
No guarantee is given for minimum
earnings and work, says the leafiet.
No provision is made for 100000 I'M
employed miners. In fact, the code
cuts wages; takes no account of rapidly
rising prices and part-time employ
ment Under its provisions miners
would average around $11.78 per week,
from which the operators would be
allowed to deduct numerous items
The National Miners Union calls
upon all miners to organize mine
committees to fight for these de-
mands.
1. A IS basic wage scale, hour
day, 5 day week, with minimum of
40 weeks Of work a year. Increase
in wages corresponding to the in
crease in commodity prices.
2. Miners check we! gilman from
every tipple, elected and controlled
by the miners.
3. Payment for all forms of dead
work, slate, yardage, etc.
4. Unrestricted right to organize,
strike and picket; free speech and
assemblage, and against any form
of arbitration.
5. The right Of the miners to be-
long to any union they choose, for
the recognition of broad mine
committee elected by all the miners.
s. Against check-off for Lewis or
anybody else, and against any de-
duction from the miners pay.
I. Increased unemployment re-
lief for the unemployed and part
time miners and establishment of
unemployment insurance to the ex-
tent of $40 a week and So for each
dependent for all unemployed, paid
By the employers and government.
THE National Miners Union sup
ports the struggle of the miners for
the recognition Of the United Mine
Workers, but it warns the miners
against the check-of and against the
treacherous leaders. The crying slo-
gan of the miners must be: No check
off for Lewis! Lewis, Murray, Pagan,
Feeney g. Co. must go!' Rank and
file control in every local, every dis
trict, and of the Union as a whole!
1.-THE National Miners Union calls
especially upon the young miners who
are taking an active part in this
struggle to fight for the equal pay
for equal work.
Down with check-off! Strike
against the MIRA slave codel Fight
for higher wages, unemployment re-
lief, and other essential demands Of
the miners"