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Evening star., 1933-10-03
VOTE FOR DISTRICT
URGED BY CITIZENS
Sixteenth Street Body Refers
Matter to Legislative
Committee.

After several speakers had urged
granting Of suffrage to residents OF the
District Of Columbia, the Sixteenth
Street Highlands Citizens Association,
at its opening meeting Of the season
last night in the new Brightwood
School, referred several matters Of local
government. including national repre-
sentation, to its Committee on Law and
Legislation. with instructions to report
next month.
The Capper joint resolution, intro
duced during the past session Of Con-
gress, to give the right Of national rep
resentation to residents Of the District.
was called up by Arthur E. Cook, Sec
retary of the association during the
regular order Of business and was re-
ferred to the law and legislation body,
headed by Henry I. Quinn.
Vote for District Urged.
In discussing the resolution. the
cause of suffrage for District residents
was upheld by Edgar c. Snyder, United
States marshal; j. T. Guilfoyle, E. C..
Palmer and Vernon Cleaver.
Mr.. Snyder, voicing the opinion that
the Capper resolution docs not 20 far
enough" moved that it be referred to
the Law and Legislation Committee for
Guilfoyle characterized the fact that
District citizens have no right to vote as
ridiculous" This Is the only world
capital in which citizens have no rights
in government, he declared.
why all this poppycock about how
much suffrage rights we should have?"
he asked. LET us have full citizenship
or nothing. District residents 20 as
far as California to vote. Why do We
do this? It is ridiculous situation"
Opposes Army Engineer.
Cleaver, after advocating local citi-
zenship rights, opposed the appointment
from the Army of District Engineer
Commissioner.
We have enough capable men in
washington to fill posts in the District
government without drawing on Army
officers from outside the District"
Cleaver said
Marshal Snyder then moved that the
question of organization of the District
government also be referred to the Law
and Legislation Committee and that
complete report be made on matters
of this character at the same time
the suffrage question was reported.
Il believe in the three-man form of
commission government for the Dis
trict until we get national representa-
ton and govern ourselves, as we ought
to do" Snyder said.
Maintains Voting Residence.
Palmer said he has been a resident
of the District AZ years, for 27 of
which he maintained voting residence
in Ohio. He pointed to this as an in
dication Of unsatisfactory conditions
and declared that the District should
have at least as much representation
in Congress as a territory has"
The association reelected all its Of
f1cers for another year, the slate in
cluding DR.. j. P. Turner, president; P.
W. Nicholson and w. E. Stoutamayer,
vice presidents; Arthur E. Cook secre-
tary; David Lum, treasurer, and Henry
I. Quinn and j. D. Rhodes, delegates
to the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
KENILWORTH CITIZENS
SPLIT BY BEER TILT.
Faction Opposing Brewery Build
ing Loses Round When Plan
Is Tabled.

Dissension reigned at the meeting OF
the Kenilworth Citizens Association
last night over the erecting Of the pro-
posed Kenilworth Brewery in adjacent
Maryland The organization tabled q
plan to oppose the brewery by a sSte
Of to after heated discussion. Sew
eral did not vote.
The opponents to the brewery were
headed by John S. Driggers, former
president of the Citizens Association,
and Rev. Kenneth c. Buker, pastor Of
the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church,
where the meeting was held.
A delegation of three members will
call upon the District Commissioners
in the near future to present q resolu-
tion adopted by the association COM
planning of the treatment the COM
munity has received in regard to the
repairing Of Kenilworth avenue.
The new Kenilworth School will be
dedicated some time in November, but
no definite date has been decided, Rev.
Buker told the association. He said
some plans are being made by the Citi-
zens' Committee to have a ceremony
after the Board Of Education holds the
dedication.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
ROERICH SESSION
HERE next MONTH
International Convention Will
Bring Noted Leaders-Secre.
tary Wallace to Speak.

Washington will be the meeting place
for the third international convention
to promote worldwide Endorsement Of
the Roerich pact and banner Of peace,
November II and 18, it has been an
nounced.
Protector Of the conference will be
Secretary Of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace, with Prof. Nicholas Roerich and
Nine. Roerich as honorary presidents,
Senator Robert L. Wagner Of New
York as honorary chairman and Louis
L. Horch, president of the Roerich
Museum, as organizing chairman.
The gathering will be under auspices
Of the Roerich Museum Of New York
Acceptancies have been received from
official delegates in Spain, Argentina,
Japan, Switzerland. Chile, Colombia,
Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Yugo-
slavta and from numerous cultural
bodies from this and other countries.
Secretary Wallace also Is listed as
speaker Other speakers will be: Mrs.
Grace Morrison Poole, president of the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs:
DR.. James Brown Scott Of the Car
negie Foundation for Peace and presi-
dent Of the Institute Of International
Law. and Dr., Christian Brinton. art
critic.
Evening star., 1933-10-03
$145, 900, 1000 is NEEDED
FOR MISSOURI PROJECT
War Department Will Request
Sum From Congress to Com.
plete River Work.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
To complete Improvement of the
Missouri River for navigation, flood
control, irrigation and power develop
ment, the War Department will ask
Congress for an appropriation Of $145,-
10000 next session.
Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief Of Army
Engineers, submitted the plan to Sec
retary Dern for the construction Of q
huge reservoir at Fort Peck, Mont, and
completion Of 6-foot channel from
Kansas City to Sioux City, Iowa. The
project is by no means a new idea,
since 1t was based on study begun
six years ago and authorized by Con-
greSS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Red Center Banquet
Will Feature Artef


NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Delegates TO
the Workers Center Banquet on Dec.
"a arranged by the Central Committee
of the Communist Party are urged to
turn in all contributions in advance
The Central Committee has urged
all working class organizations to
utilize the remaining few days to get
action If no decision has as yet been
made to support the banquet. 1t also
calls the attention of all organizations
to the fact that failure to support
this drive on Dec. "a creates the
danger of losing the Workers Center
to the revolutionary movement.
Workers and working class organ
izations are asked to respond at once
to this appeal. Rush funds and send
the names of your delegates. The
Red Center Banquet will be held Sun
day evening, Dec. %, at so E. 18th
st., on the second floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Pass Buck on Jobs
for Needle Workers
CWA Head Admits But
10000 Put to Work

NEW YORK-Passing the buck
on all the demands raised by the
Needle Trades Unemployed Council
delegation yesterday, Mrs. Inez Ross,
head of the Single Workers Division
Of the c. w. A., stated they have
money for salaries, machinery and
goods, but no rent money for the
Needle project contemplated.
Fritz kaufman, registration di-
rector for the State C. w. A., when
interviewed by the delegation adj
mitted that only $4,000 had been
directly put to work without first
betng transferred from city relief
projects, since the c. w. A. was put
into operation He said that the
national figure for those employed
without first being on relief projects
amounts to only 100000, which
cuts Roosevelt's amount in half.
He refused TO give q definite
answer on the matter of registration
Of jobless needle workers at union
headquarters, stating that he had
similar requests from a number of
unions and needs time for confer
ences to decide the matter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Constitution Up for
Discussion at Shoe
Union Convention
Delegates Oppose Too
Much Power in Hands
of Executive Board

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 19.-SesSions
Of the convention to amalgamate the
shoe unions of New York and New
England into one organization Of
shoe workers are now being devoted to
discussion OF the constitution for
the new organization.
The name proposed for the new
shoe union by the constitution COM
mittee is the United Shoe and Leath-
er Workers Union Articles granting
the right to the Executive Board to
appropriate funds and revoke charters
Of locals we're tabled at today's ses-
sion. The general sentiment of the
membership Is that too much power
is being placed in the hands of the
Executive Board and too many re-
strictions are being put on the mem
bers.
Another important measure adopted
in the constitution today was the
granting of the right Of local auto
nomy to each territory to carry on
activity under its own form of or
ganization. While failing to estab-
lish an industrial union for the en-
tire organization, the constitution viii
not prevent the industrial unions al
ready organized from continuing to
function as such.
Four members from the New York
Industrial Union were elected on the
coordination committee which will
effect complete amalgamation and
supervise election of general officials
and a leading board before Jar. Is.
They are S. Ziebel, Jimmie Bonagura,
T. Mateo, and William McGrath.
The convention is expected to ad-
journ on Wednesday night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Walters Protest
Against MIRA. Code
Forces Strike Vote
Continued from Page u

code are the Sanctioning of the split
shift system against which the work
ers have fought for many years, and
the deduction of So week for meals
and $3.50 for lodging. BY this
method employers could obtain labor
fer as cheap as 50 a week.
The code also provides for an ap-
premiership system enabling the
employers to cut the hourly rate for
skilled labor by 80 per cent for ap-
prentices.
The code has created a stir
among the members throughout the
country and particularly in New
York, President Flore was compelled
to issue a letter to all locals calling
for protest meetings against the code.
In New York, where the rank and
file are up in arms against the rack
eteering practices of the officials, the
latter have been forced to vote for a
strike, in the hope Of heading off the
protest, but active rank and file
groups in the locals are working for
q real strike to win some substantial
gains and prevent adoption of the
N. R. A. code.
New York officials in six different
locals, including Vice-President Leh-
man, are under Indictment for rack
eteering, and a warrant is out for
President Flore
Commenting on the strike vote the
Food w. 1~ial Union de-
clared itself ready to throw its forces
into ls-, IL pay increases
and shorter hours in accordance with
the code which the union has formu-
lated.
The Industrial Union is calling an
Eastern United Front Conference of
unions from Philadelphia to New
York in the middle of January to
plan the fight against the hotel and
restaurant codes, against the COM
pany union now being forced upon
the walters and the racketeering in
the A. F. Of L. unions. Many A. F.
of L. locals and independent unions
are expected to participate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Elect Officers in
Hatters LocaIToday

NEW YORK.-The member of Lo-
cal of the United Hatters of North
America will vote for their union Of
ficials for the coming year at cleo
tions today
| The present officials. Humphreys
and Africk, are running for reelec-
ton, although they have done moth
ing to improve conditions, have proven
themselves incapable of organizing
the unorganized shops and have toll
Grated mistreatinent of union men IN
the shops without taking any action
against the bosses. Another ticket is
headed by Finger, chairman OF the
executive board. who, while charging
the officials with negligence, worked
with the present officialdom and sup
ports its policies.
The United ticket is composed of
rank and file members who are the
only ones running on a constructive
program in the interests of the men,
bers of the union. The candidates
on the United ticket are known to
the members as having fought wage
cuts end for SO day; they also have
fought for union conditions in the
shops and exposed the national Of
flcials 'treachery.
The United candidates point out
that in the case of the two opposing
tickets it is merely case of running
for jobs whereas their candidates want
to lead the fight for better condi-
tons for the workers.
The United ticket is calling for the
enforcement of the SO scale, and union
conditions, the establishment Of an
fund. for real democracy
in the union and unity Of the matters
and millinery workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Sharp Decline in
Jobs and Payrolls
Admits MrS.Perkins
Continued from Page u

Labor Secretary, ''is estimated at 234.-
000 with an estimate $1,000 additional
in the communicating group. The
decrease in payrolls is estimated to
represent a drop of approximately
$,30o,000 in factory workers pay en-
yelopes in November compared with
weekly disbursements in October
Jobs Declined Under P.W.A.
How the so-called $4,000 600. 900
public works program and the hun
dreds of millions given the railroads
by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration have affected the mass of
workers is shown in Secretary Per-
kins' employment report: 1.-THE
transportation group reported a de-
crease of 9.8 per cent in number of
workers in November, the decrease of
lib per cent in employment in the
automobile industry accounting large
ly for the pronounced decline. The
shipbuilding industry reported a de-
crease of 3.8 per cent"
The Perkins report unintentionalIy
shows up the misleading ballyhoo
emitted day and night by the huge
publicity machine of the National Re
covery Administration. The break
down Of industries appended to her
statement shows that employment in
the iron and steel industry during No
vember, 1888, was 1873 per cent as
compared with 1854 per cent in Octo-
Der of the same year. The percentages
are figured on the basis of a maxi
mum Of 100 for the 12-month 1916
average
Payrolls dropped from 1915 per cent
i'll October to 1876 in the following
month. In release issued on Dec. is,
only three days ago, the MIRA.
pointed with pride TO the payroll in
crease for October over September, re-
ported to the Blue Eagle by the Iron
and Steel Institute, the high sounding
name for the propaganda organ of
the big steel corporations and the steel
industry code authority. Nothing was
said about the November figures
which were In the hands of the gov
eminent at that time.
President Roosevelt himself in
dulged in the same baliyhoo. In re-
lease on the automobile industry dated
Dec. IS, bearing his signature, the
MIRA. boasted Of the effect on pro-
duction and employment, but speaks
only for the uly-September period.
One day later Miss Perkins announced
that in this industry employment de-
creased from 58.2 per cent in october
to 513 for the following month, while
payroll totals dropped from 422 per
cent to 1868 per cent.
Asked to comment on the drop in
union wage rates in 1888 as compared
with 1882, shown in so out of SO
separate time-work trades by the Bu-
reau Of Labor statistics in its 1888 sur
vey OF union scales of wages and hours
Ct labor" Secretary Perkins replied:
What's that? A drop. Now you're
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Members of Big Six
Oppose Officials
Move to Arbitrate

NEW YORK.-President Rouse ar
bitrarily shut off debate on the news
paper scale and threatened to put
out OF the hall" those who insisted
on being heard on the question of
the unions demands to be included
in the next agreement with the pub
fishers at the membership meeting of
Typographical Union No. last Sun
day night. This action prevented the
union from endorsing the World
Telegram resolution calling for i'm
mediate action against the publishers.
For the third time in as many weeks
the union members reaffirmed their
support of the unions demands for
q 30-hour week at the 1929 wage
scale and for an unemployment re-
lief fund to which the publishers are
to contribute 5 per cent of the payroll.
The newspaper scale negotiations
are now deadlocked, since the pub
fishers have not changed their orig
inal offer of IS hours at $135 per
hour Instead, they have offered ar
bitration.
Having had a sample of arbitration
of the newspaper scale last year, when
the impartial fifth man." MIR. Sault-
er, presented Typographical Union
No. with 10 per cent wage cut
and the Stagger system, the men,
bership is stubbornly refusing to have
any phase of the proposed scale ar
bitrated. The deadlock has resulted
in calling in ice-President Baker,
proxy of the Arbitration King"
Charles P. Howard.
The Amalgamation Party is arous-
ing sentiment among the rank and
file for a vacation" similar to the
one which took place in 1919. A wa
cation" means going out on strike
when the International union refuses
strike sanction, as was the case in
1919. Howard refused to sanction d
strike last year and Unanswered No.
6 into arbitration.
AS a member of the unions scale
committee put it, Strikes are not
made in committee, nor at union
meetings, but in the shops, in the
chapels; there we must rally the
members for the fight"
TN conference with your scale
committee" he said, the publishers
pleaded poverty; they said they
couldn't operate if we insisted on our
three basic demands. You say you
can't operate-well, if all members of
No. 6 felt like I do, we wouldn't OPP
crate until you had granted our de-
mandsl"
He was cheered Tor several minutes,
an indication that the sentiment of
the members is for immediate action.
President Rouse walled Historically
about abiding by the Law. He waved
the flag, took his hat off to the N.
r. A., Roosevelt, and, indirectly, to
the most crooked and reactionary
labor leader" of all time, Major
George L. Berry, on the Labor Ad-
yisory Board of the N.R.A.
The rank and file were the leaders
of the 1919 vacation" not Rouse,
and they are preparing to do it again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

lips almost never conceal.
The first three minutes they spend
in demonstrations of the Man Noun.
tain's fabulous strength. He breaks
Ernie's holds by snaps Of the arm,
Dusek stamps irnpotently and scowls
and curses. He sweats and spits. They
cheer him on, because he's outweighed
So pounds and because they like his
antics. The Glowing makes other
bouts look almost real. Two hundred
forty of the uninitiated nod to their
neighborS wisely and say, wait till
the main bout, you'll see some wrest-
ling" Unexpectedly Ernie picks up
the S02 pounds before him and slams
with crotch hold. Dean scarnpers
to his feet but is thrown again and
the second time he stays down and
the galleries stand as a r1an and rosr.
gONNENBERG and Lewis come
" on. Sonnenberg, the relentless,
and Lewis, the dignified but cagy
grand old man of the sport. They
go to a dull draw through . per-
sistent cIamor for action. Jack
Curly's huIking figure appears IN
the aisles. 1t Is time for him to
take hand. There had best be a
fast bout now. Sam Cordovano,
the line coach Of CoIumbia, and
Rudy Dusek take the mat and for
20 minutes you get the acrobatics
that pack them in. Howls Of pain,
roughhouse, flying tackles outside
the ropes.
TO me the Browning George thing
was like three hundred other
wrestling bouts, but there were
three women In my section who
made 1t interesting. They were for
the handsome George, OF course,
and the writhing of the intertwined
male flesh and the unusual effect
of the multitude Of impassive faces
through the haze and god knows
what other dramatic elements rem
dered them virtually delirious. The
mature, Iarge-mouthed brunette
laughed strangely throughout and
shouted occasional amateurish ad-
vice, but the little blonde was on
her feet most Of the time and she
screamed the most vicious cajoiing
to George 1t has been my fortune
to hear in public. Even the wrest-
iers turned around at times. They
were undoubtedly sorry to have to
follow Curiey's instructions instead.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

Cne BrOCnefS DuSek among
others.
There was a well-cast opener
involving Vic Christie and Stanley
Pinto. 1t is the function Of these cur
tain raiserS to amuse without excit-
ing, to coax the customers into the
proper receptivity and to serve as
foil for the more remarkable bouts to
come. Christie, who is inagnificently
built boy was the Noble Youth who
retaliated only when provoked, but at
times would Fling Caution to the
Winds. He is little clumsy and this
is his freshman year for seasoning
Pinto Is one Of the comic near
geniuSes Of the troupe, somewhat OBJ
vious but lapsing into moments of
greatness. He has perfected futility
Of gesture reminiscent of Chaplin and
of sections in 1.-THE Modern Temper
by Joseph Wood Krutch. His most
successful routine which he employs In
direct ratio to the size of the gallery
is the throes of sitting split hold.
Legs entangled and forced apart, one
by scissors, the other by a toe hold,
Pinto sits on the canvas and his fea-
lures comfort in fear and suffering
and puzzlement.
The folds ON his fieshy face null
tipiy and his mouth drops open as
far ,as the jaw win allow and his
arms mill about frantically. One
OF his fists pounds in despair on
his own bald skull while the other
hand filings upward with fingers
stretched convulsively In the APP
peal for mercy Of the dying retiarus.
Christie, the secutor, lets up bit
and Pinto glances over the scene
to see what ought to be done. He
tries one leg, then another, he
squirns and the despair gives place
to puzzlement. The hold holds and
there is nothing to be done.
Pinto sits back and mutters.
Christie applies pressure again and
the torturee responds franticaliy.
So they alternate until the mirth
of the crowd wanes and then Pinto
leans over and secures an armlock
he could have applied all along.
The sitting split cracks open and
they're ON their feet again. Joe
Humphreys comes up at the bell
and says it's Christie's bout and
Pinto beefs and filings the towel at
the announcer's feet and picks it up
and throws it down again and kicks
it around and he's booed when he
leaves the ring. Five hundred peo-
pie in the arena become Christie
fans and viii show UP at the next
card which features him.
ERNIE DUSEK specializes in rage
IL Immediately after shaking hands
with his antagonist he muses. his own
hair and does an aggressive jig to
indicate he's pugnacious. He has the
broad. round, battered face of his
family and prominent teeth, which the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Lay Plans for Fight
on Soaring Prices
Con ference Scores
NaZi Trial"

NEW YORK. ~ At a conference
against the high cost of living spon-
sored by the Unemployed Councils Of
East Bronx, held at the Cooperative
Auditorium, it was decided to organ
iae on the basis of house delegations
to struggle against the rising cost,
under the N.T2-A., of necessaries.
A signal victory in that direction
has already been won when the price
OF bread in the upper Bronx section
was lowered due to picketing of bak-
cry stores and mass pressure exerted
on the proprietors by refusing to pat
roni2e their stores
a resolution was also adopted to
send cable to the Nazi Court at
Leipzig demanding the unconditional
release OF Dimitroff, TorgIer Taneff,
Popoff and the thousands Of revolu-
tionary workers in the concentration
camps.