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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-29
BULLETIN,

LIE MARS, a., April 2S.--Seven
hundred farmers defied country
wide martial law today, assembling
on the outskirts Of LIE Mars, while
400 state troops went on duty 10
end q new outbreak Of violence In
this center Of agrarian unrest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-29
CAPTAINS NETTING

All captains must attend the final
-ee.rG 9l Lotlr6av. April 20, at ,
Pm. 81 ,5,g5yc7-r.5 Casino, 142 Sec
ri Avenue 10 set instructions,
,oadges. credentials, etc. Every Or
-anization riust appoint immediately
ne captain for every 80 to 100 mar
hers. Smaller organizations to ap~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-29
MOONEY CONGRESS DELEGATES ARRIVING
OVER 1000 EXPECTED AT BIG CHICAGO
MEET WHICH OPENS SUNDAY; HUNDREDS
OF UNIONS IHRUOUT US. REPRESENTED

Chicago Coliseum Demonstration May Day Night Will il the
Mooney Congress; Meet Symbol of United Front Action
Louis Scott MONEYS Personal Representative Frank
P Walsh Tactics in San Francisco trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-29

CONTINUED ON PAGE Nvn
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Better Than Charity
Jobs

What large scale public improvements could do to relieve
unemployment shown small scale by the State of New
York improvements being made to Palisades Inter
state Park
Every weekday morning at $50 train leaves Weehawken
with 1400 formerly unemployed who hour and half
later work the top Of Bear Mountain building roads,
making erecting fences and otherwise making the
place useful to the public.
All have families Many used to be white collar Few
have had much experience at manual labor but they dig
ditch with will They selected by the Home Relief
Bureau Of the Emergency Work and Relief Bureau for these
jobs instead of being given food and clothing The work pays
fifty cents hour and they glad to get it instead of
being made objects of charity
There hundreds of other projects throughout the United
States urgent than park improvements There great
motor highways to be built from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from the Canadian border to the Gulf Of Mexico There
vast subject to floods which need to be made
for life and property There harbors be deepene
land waterways to be dug sites which need to be de-
veloped for the benefit of the people.
The credit of the Federal Government despite mdreced
expenditures is still the best in the world.
It could be used.
The obvious to put to is to issue bonds for these
necessary public improvements thus paying wages instead of
relying private relief.
This would increase buying power would lift the nation
out Of depression It is the short cut to better times
Congress which n wasting the nations patience will not
take It, The next Congress CAN AND SHOULD.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
WISE WORDS

Few people know how to be
old.
Madmen and fools see only
through their humor.
Our wit sometimes enables us
to commit follies with impunity.
The vivacity which augmentS
with years is not far from folly.
In love, he who is earliest
cured is always best cured.
Elevation is to merit what
dress is to a handsome person.
We have few faults which are
not more excusable than the
means we take to conceal them.
A nation cannot afford to do
a mean thing. Sumner.
Listen to conscience more
IMAM 10 intellect.
Robertson.
Why should we despise those
who have not wit? It is not a
voluntary evil in them.
A great soul ought to be more
sensible of benefits than af-
fronts.
All the passions make us COM
nit faults, but love makes us
commit the most ridiculous
ones.
An acorn cannot make much
headway in a flower-pot.
Train.
70 do Is to succeed-schiller.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

More and more people are
coming to realize that there is
much to be gained from doing
ones travelling first and fore
most in the Americas, since
Pan American travel offers so
much of interest, charm and
variety. Many republics, large
and small, encompass much in
their borders, and although
next door neighbors they are
all very different.
Perhaps one of the most
beautiful and interesting is
Guatemala, with it's capital,
Guatemala City, as the high
light. The writer visited there
recently, after an absence of
some years, and was amazed at
the progress made, and at the
same time pleased to find that
the essential beauty and native
charm of the city had been
kept intact.
The city itself is a mass Of
brilliant colorings low build
ings in blocks of pink, soft
blues or yellows.
The center of Guatemala
City is the Parque Centrale.
Around it are grouped all the
administrative and government
buildings and the lovely old
and new cathedrals, always
filed with throngs of earnest
worShipers. In one church
there are realistic holy scenes
worked out with sand; beauti-
fully made, and dressed figures;
palms and desert plants.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
Attitude Of
r. F. G.

We are glad that some
one of influence has had
the courage bluntly to tell
the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation what the coun-
try thinks of it's illiberal
policy in the distribution of
the enormous sums of
money put at its disposal
for the relief Of the coun-
try. Former Gov. Smith put
it with characteristic blunt
ness when he said:
1.-THE r. F. G. can act like
a suspicious banker with
two glass eyes, or take up
its social responsibility and
put men to work."
It's attitude has been that
of the "banker with two
glass eyes. J." The purpose of
the loans authorized by Con-
gress was not to make as
much money, through inter-
est rates, as possible; not to
strike a bankers bargain
with business necessities.
The R. F. C. is not created
as a permanent body; it
would not have been Great
ed at all under normal con-
ditions, nor would it have
been tolerable under such
conditions. 1t was created
to meet a serious crisis, and
to act upon the theory that
it has social functions to
perform.
And while in the case of
some loans it has not been
the "banker with two glass
eyes," since loans have been
rigid as the commercial
banker in the matter of
loans for self-liquidating
projects.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

The native markets are fas-
cinating - everywhere wonder
full examples of native art, such
as pottery, woven work, tiny
figures, shawls, seraphs. The
Indian sells his wares so
cheaply that there is no need
to bargain or argue. The
prices delight you and you can
buy plentifully.
The market is divided into
several sections, and there are
always many visitors in the
section devoted to foods, for
there one may see strange
tropical fruits, while women
find special interests in the
fish and meat markets. Before
market day Indians come in
from great distances carrying
huge loads atop their heads,
many of them coming so to
100 miles. Even the smallest
toddler carries it's own little
burden, even if it be only a
tiny pottery figure. In the
city they sit against the wall
of the market building, their
wares spread before them.
Guatemala City has famous
university and everywhere are
exquisite Temples of Minerva"
where school children hold
their exercises and feteS. There
is a bull ring, a cockpit and a
race track for the more sporty
visitors and natives, and at the
race track a special attraction
is an amazing giant relief map
Of the republic made of cement,
plaster and stone.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

desperate men and women
across the chaos of despair.
There is the authentic story
of a great American general.
He had been sent with his men
to explore the Western wilder
ness. For months they had
been travelling, seeking the best
route across the continent. Mis-
led by a guide, winter trapped
them in the Rockies, walled
them in with snow.
Terrible days followed-days
that slowly but surely blurred
the memory of civilization,
turned men into beasts. Food
failed. Disease broke out. Hor-
ribly - there was evidence Of
cannibaliSm. Mutiny began to
smolder. Hour by hour the gen.
eral saw his men slipping to-
ward madness, which he seemed
poWerless to prevent. Yet he
did prevent it, and by the
olIuplCSG cApculCIII.
Each morning. blue with cold
and gaunt with hunger, he took
his stand in front of his ragged
shelter and went through the
gestures of civilization. He
washed, shaved, brushed his
teeth. And each day, through
dazed and desperate eyes, his
men watched him-and fol-
lowed his example.
Relief came at last. Once
more they took the trail. Their
bodies were skeletons. But their
eyes were sane. They had been
saved by a habit!
Millions of stories like that.
You know some of them.
Heartbroken women, cropping
their way through black hours
of loneliness by routine gestures;
doing the simple chores, over
and over, as if they were a
rosary-until strength comes at
last to kiss the cross!
Frantic men, going through
the motions of industry: steel
ing the eye: Steadying the chin:
making the hands move on a
familiar schedule-until, at last,
the worn gears mesh again!
Habits, seemingly so unim-
portant in themselves, but
beautiful as banners and brave
as bayonets in the hour of
need!
Have you lost your job? Seen
your savings go? Wrecked your
health? Made a mess of your
reputation? Seen everything
that was dearest in life vanish
into a six-foot slit in the
ground?
Even so-do not despair!
You CAN carry on! You
CAN win your way back. The
means lies within your own
will.
YOURSELF WITH THOSE
HABITS !!
Make a schedule for your
days and force the frenzied
hours into that schedule. Make
a routine for your shaking
hands, your dragging feet, and
compel hands and feet to go
through the motions.
The motions will be mean
ingless at first-or an agony
and your broken self will shrek
against the discipline. But go
on. GO ON: THERE IS HOPE
AHEAD! YOU ARE "the mas
ter of your fate, the captain of
your soul"-
ALL HELL CANNOT PRE-
VAIL AGAINST YOU IF YOU
CAN CONTROL YOURSELF.
Copyright, 1898. King Features q,
syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

rates for public work of a
sound sort which will put
men to work. Senator
Wagner was within the rec
ord when he said that the
present policy of the COM
mission has "been frustrat-
ing rather than aiding the
program to put men to
work. " Just now, in the
case of the New York prof.
ects, every one of them
sound, and every one calcu-
lated to put men to work,
it has been haggling over
half of one per cent interest
demanding 5 per cent
when New York was de-
manding AZ per cent.
Since the, commission is
getting its money at 3 per
cent and has been insisting
on 5 and 6 per cent in
terest on it's loans, its evil
dent thought has been bank
erwise, to make as much as
possible on the loans. That
is not the reason the R. F.
G. was created; that is not
the reason these billions
were put at its disposal. If
the Government is protected
against loss it can we'll af-
ford to make loans at inter
est rates equivalent to the
rates it pays for the money
it loans, if public construc-
tion can be started and job
less men restored to the pur-
chasing class. 11hueed the
original idea of Senator
Wagner to make self-liqui-
dating loans at an interest
of one-half of l per cent
in excess of the rate paid
by the Government can be
justified by the necessities
Of these times.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

laws to cover the rest of the
week.
Social Accomplishments
Having the butler wake your
feet at ten thirty.
MOmentOus Moments
When the circus fire-eater
meets an old flame.
AutO-SuggeStiOn
The emergency hospitals are
filled with thousands of who
had the right of way.
Stop, Look and Listen
According to chiropodists,
short vamps are dangerous
sure; so are the tall ones.
Ten Second TalkieS
Doctor-You say the patient
has a throat complaint?
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
MAYBE I'M WRONG!
BY John p. Medbury
By T. E. Powers

Nurseries,, he can't get any
thing to drink.
StrOlIing Through Cinemaland
Slim Summerville claims that
when he was a boy he was so
thin he had to look in the
mirror twice to see himself
once.
People are always ready to
praise the man who climbs the
top of the ladder of success,
but they never give a thought
to the fellow who held the lad
der.
Lots of movie actors are scared
to take whisky and quinine for
a cold. They're afraid of form
ing a habit for quinine.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

MIR. SMELL, Republican
AVA leader in the House, pre-
tends to be shocked at the
proposal of that branch of
Congress to give the coming
President more autOcratlc
power in the reorganization
of the Government than was
agreed to by the Senate. He
complains that the House
plan gives him more auto
cratic or dictatorial powers
than any ruler except Musso-
lini, and that "the country
is not ready for a dictator,
and that the granting of such
powers means we may as
we'll "abolish Congress"
1t is absurd, of course, to
say that it is proposed to give
the President the autocratic
powers of Mussolini. The
" dictatorial powers " pro-
posed are rigidly circum-
scribed. The President can
not levy taxes; he cannot set
aside the Bill Of Rights; he
merely has absolute power to
do whatever he thinks neces-
sary in reorganizing the ex-
ecutive branch of the Gov
ernment in the interest of
economy and efficiency.
And experience has shown
that this is the only way the
result can be attained. Left
to 500 men, each having con-
stituents involved in the re-
organization necessary, it is
impossible Of attainment.
Each is willing to sacrifice
the last of his colleagues
constituents, but not one of
his own. For a long time it
has been apparent that the
only way we can hope to end
duplication and waste is to
grant power to someone to
smash through and do what
ever is necessary to be done.
And the reorganization and
readjustment of the execu-
tive machinery is necessary
in these days of appalling
taxes and mounting deficits.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

q log.
What's the answer? When
will things clear? No one
knows, yet. But there is one
device by which you can hold
yourself steady and prevent your
own decentralization.
MAKE HABITS.
Habits? You've never priced
them very highly, have you?
In fact, you've rather despised
them. Doing the same thing,
over and over, at the same
time. That idea certainly
doesn't appeal to the restless
American nature.
Yet, rightly used, habits are
life savers.
Commonplace habits-simple,
prosaic gestures-have carried
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
New York Projects
an Example

O@A AAOS@AAcAO
This attitude probably re-
fleets that of the present
Administration, and we are
not prone to criticize the
members of the Commission
holding their credentials
under it.
The meeting Of the COM
mission with representatives
of New York asking $75,-
100000 loan for self-liqui-
dating projects was devoted
largely the first day to a
discussion of policy in the
making of loans. The com
mission heard the public
voice demanding a liberali-
zation of it's rules, and for a
reduction of its interest
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

il anything'S S
wo rth Whi le;
drop the job
i n h a n d.;
move on aim
lessly; S t a r t
S o m e t h ing
else
And every
one you know
is in tn e
same box. No
on S e e m S
S e C re any
more. Moth
in g S e e m S
S e t t ! e d.
Life's lost in
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
r. F. G. Was Created as
Emergency Organization

1t is not as though low in
terest rates interfere with
bank loans; for the banks
are not making these loans.
It is because the banks are
not making the loans that
the money was appropriated
to the R. F. G. that it might
make them. This has been
sufficiently impressed upon
it by Smith and Wagner
who have rendered a real
service, not only to New
York, in the case of the
loan it seeks, but to the en-
tire nation. The sooner it
is realized that the R. F. G.
was not created as bank
ing institution for money
making purposes, but as an
emergency organization for
the service of humanity in
distress, the better.
And so we come back to
where we began with
Smiths blunt but true ex-
planation of the national
understanding of the failure
of the R. F. G. to meet pop
ular expectations:
"The r. F. G. can act like
a suspicious banker with
two glass eyes, or take up
its social responsibility and
put men to work. -
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
A Limited AutOcracy
Loan Policy of R. F. C..
Bv Claude G.. BOUerS

Battles Of the Jackson Period THE Struggle
For Democracy Jefferson Hamilton The
Tragic "Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

Some of the little extra girls
in Hollywood are so cold that
every time you kiss one of them
you get frost-bitten.
Daylight was invented so that
people in night clubs can tell
when it's time to go home.
Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

There's dreadful sense of
drifting nowadays, isn't there?
You start to do some
thing; find yourself wondering
The Washington times., 1933-02-14
The Issue
Is Clear-cut

Of worldwide Importance
is the latest development in
the contest between Japan
and the League of Nations
over the Japanese policy of
aggression in Manchuria.
To end the hair-splitting,
the League has bluntly put
the question whether Japan
accepts the plan for the res
toration of Chinese sover-
eighty in Manchuria, and
has received an equally
blunt reply that she does
not. The issue is clear-cut.
In her determination to
spread, Japan has deliber-
ately determined to defy the
League and world opinion.
It remains to be seen
whether the League will act.
Japan has taken full ad-
vantage of the Leagues
procrastination in the be-
ginning.
Meanwhile, with tn e
smaller nations determined
to test the efficacy of the
League in protecting the
sovereignty of the weak
England and France have
moved to their side.
The Washington times., 1933-02-14

Hollywood, Cal: Saxophone
playing isn't allowed in Beverly
Hills on Sunday. What they
need now is about six more
The Washington times., 1933-10-05

But it, in two hours and get dozens of laughs
and some of them what Mr.. Nathan calls belylaughs,
and if Joe Cook tells half dozen stories (omtng all
reference to the Four Hawaians) and If the general
spirit is gay, ask for more in these times
Fine Dancing
It always surprises me that the dancing in musical
shows gets so little attention. Perhaps generation
ago dances were important because they gave the
audience chance to the legs of the chorus glrs
and critics thought the subject indecate. Today
dances are made for their sakes, as something
exciting to look at and they give pleasure than
nine out of ten solos and duets (Which the great
bores of musical entertainmen). The dances IN Hold
Your Horses are, technically speaking, SWELL
So is Mr. Cooks latest device for creating musical
note The service of Mr.. Cook to the cause OF music
is often forgotten. He is one of the few men who
know that the triangle horn player often forgets to
come in at the right moment, and all his enormous
machinery arranged for the single purpose OF giving
the player his In the present case this involves
half dozen operations, which passed so quickly l
didn't see them, then distribution of cash, causing
men who hold ropes scramble letting of the ropes
dropping Mr.. Chasen into tank of water and thus
producing the right note at the right time 1t IS one
of his best Inventions and is his story of his uncle
who put buckwheat cakes on syrup instead OF wee
versa ("Oh, boy, was it good! Don't ask me, never
tasted it")
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
GAS HEARINGS
DUE OCT. 80

Hearings on the valuation of
properties of the washington and
Georgetown Gas Light companies
will be resumed October 80, it was
announced today by the Public
Utilities Commission.
The hearings originally were
scheduled to begin last January,
but were postponed four times,
the last date set being october 2.
Before that time, Maj. Gen.
Mason M. Patrick, chairman of
the Public Utilities Commission,
resigned and the hearings were
postponed again, and no new
date was set until today.
If the hearings are begun
October 80, officials say, they
should be completed by December
l and the valuation fixed by De-
cember IS. Hence, it is possible
that the new gas rate, which will
be based on the valuation, may be
ordered into effect by January l,
officials said.
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
D. {. RELIEF WORKERS SEEK SALARY RAISE
Democratic Who's Who Cited as Proof
That Woman's Place Is in Politics
Sue White, National
Committee Aide,
Makes a List
BY RILLA SHREDDER

A Democratic women's Who's
Who, issued by Miss Sue White,
Of the Democratic national COM
mittee, will keep the women Of
the country informed hereafter Of
what the Administration is doing
for them.
The first of the bulletins went
out today, mailed to club women
and feminine leaders throughout
the United States.
Says Miss White:
eve believe such service will
be of great value to women.
Not only will it acquaint them
with the names of the women,
who by their service and ability,
have won recognition by the Ad-
ministratiOn but it will also lead
to a better understanding of the
functiOning of the Govern
ment."
Appointments Please Her
Miss White, who acts as ltaison
officer between the women Demo
Gratis Of the country at large and
the national committee in Wash
ington, says that she has found
the numerous feminine appoint
ments made since March 4 won
the confidence of women gener-
ally for the Administration. She
says:
"The very fact that a woman
was given Cabinet appoint
ment went a long way. 1t es-
tabliShed a precedent that will
be very hard to break"
AppOintees Cited
Summing up the feminine ap-
pointmentS, she says:
"There are the women Mem
bers of Congress, including SEN
atOr Caraway, Representatives
Norton, Jencks and Mccarthy,
and there will be Representa-
tive Greenway, from Arizona.
Then there is Secretary Per-
kins, Director Ross and Min
lister Owen, Commissioners Nc
MiIlin and SwOffOrd, Assistant
Commissioner Funk, Assistant
Treasurer Bannister, and so on.
"NOr will the calling of the
roll be complete without the
names of those who have been
appointed to Federal positions
of importance in their own
StateS-Such as collectors of Gus
toms, Mrs. Hodge, of Mime
sofa; Mrs. McQuilken, of Utah,
and Mrs. Wright, of Tennessee;
The Washington times., 1933-10-05
NUTR|T|ON
Of D. c. PUPILS
PROBED
Hundreds Unable to Attend
Because of Poverty,
Official Tells Board

School authorities today began
an investigation of reports that
hundreds Of washington children
are unable to attend school be-
cause of the inroads of poverty.
Malnutrition and lack of cloth
ing are direct results Of the
poverty which prevents these
children from attending classes,
it is reported.
The matter is before the de-
partment of school attendance,
of which Miss Fay L. Bentley is
director. This department will
investigate the homes of the
children where this condition
prevails and probably will report
its findings to the next meeting
of the Board TO Education.
At yesterdays meeting OF the
board, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
vice president, reported she had
heard from several quarters that
this condition prevails and sug-
gested the board take action.
The condition brings to mind
the survey two years ago in
stigated when Representative
Clarence j. Mcleod (RO Of
Michigan sought an appropria-
ton to feed hungry children in
the schools. The measure, after
considerable debate, failed of
MASSAGE
The Washington times., 1933-10-05

II was a grand ana glorious
time while it lasted. But funds
were running low, so Sylvia Blum
berg, is, of Washington, who
had been missing for three
weeks. came home last night.
sytvia left home with $500 Of
her MOI hers mo iey, and jewels
valued at 81 coo She went to
New Orleans end finding no
Mardi cras toere, went on to
Chicago.
The Centa17 of Progress alb
sorbsd most a her money, and
WITH sos lett, she arrived in
A1exsndvia Seen there by q
friend ner family and police
were notified.
THE B!unaberg family, happy to
hove heir, daughter safe, for
cav cave her and mere was a grand
,.e,,nion at the family home, 5000
hIock n st. N. w.
sylvia explained that she had
taken the iewelry to wear with
evening clothes, and that she had