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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05
Party Life
UNIT CRITICTZES
POOR CONDUCTING
OF MEETINGS

NEW YORK.--At our last unit
meeting while discussing the inner
Party life, comrades brought up the
question of Bolshevik discipline at
our meetings, affairs, demonstrations
section classes, etc.
Severe criticism was made about
starting our meetings so late Q-1M
hours later than announced or called
for). 1t was the opinion Of the Unit
that movement must be started
from below TO stop this irresporsi-
bility and looseness. A motion was
introduced and unanimously passed
that the Unit take the initiative and
draw up this resolution printed be-
low. We ask the Section to send q
copy to the other Units in the Sec
tion with the Organizers letter.
The last Section Affair, for in
stance, started at 1920, while dozens
Of comrades we're there at 8 pm.
Functionaries' meetings, member
ship, fraction, open-air meetings and
conferences all start or IL
hours late. BY that time the COM
rades are tired, discouraged. AS a
result, only part Of the business is
transacted, number of comrades
leave the meeting before it's over, a
number of comrades are unable to
speak, are cut off or limited in their
discussions, while the whole atmos-
phere breathes irritation, irnpatience
and reStlessness.
The same holds true of open meet
ingS with non-Party workers, who are
very much disappointed and disillu-
stoned not to find the discipline, pre-
cision and promptness they expect.
Many times they leave in disgust.
We ask the Party Press to start an
theological, agitational campaign
against this looseness, showing the
political and organizational damage
it does to our movement, and the
demoralizing effect it has on the
Party membership proper.
Resolved that our Unit, and all
Unit members pledge themselves
land ask other Units to take mp
seriously, TO start our meetings and
attend all meetings and affairs to
which we are called ct the time
scheduled and to demand that such
meetings start ON time, regardless
Of number present.
Let's start all meetings promptly
on time.
Comrades in charge b be the
first ones.
A definite time limit set fer the
agenda.
Finish on time, with everyone
staying throughout.
For more discipline and pre-
cision, for a higher moral and
healthier attitude to our meetings.
MerciIess criticism Of and organ
national steps against the non
Communist lOoseness.
Cut the number Of inner meet
ings as much rs possible.
We would like to hear the Opt
ion and steps taken by She Section
TO encourage this movement.
UNIT /, SECTION III.
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parent when it is recalled that the
farmers could have lynched him had
they been bent on that purpose The
fact that the Judge was released, aft
er being roughly handed, but not in
jured. shows that there was no in
tent to hang him.
Sill Rounding Up Farmers
Meanwhile the state militia, to the
number of more than 200 are roam
ing the countryside carrying on
marauding expeditions in attempts to
Jail other farmers known to be mill
tant fighters against foreclosures and
forced sales
Against this the farmers are def
initely organizing, building up defense
corps and preparing huge mass DEM
constructions.
Dcs Moires Demonstration Today
In response to a call of the Regional
Committee of the Farmers National
Committee for Action, lit Mcdonald
St., Sioux City a march has been or
ganiEed on Des Moines, the state cap
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05

NEW YORK. Conformation Of the
exposure made yesterday In the Daily
Worker of Taminany Halls order TO
cut all relief, give no further rent
checks or consider any new apph-
cants, was made when 100 workers,
led by the Upper Harlem Unemploy-
ed Council, presented demands for
s6 families in urgent need to Super
visor Moore of the Home Relief Blu
reau at 235 East 125th Street.
At the same time the workers
showed how to defeat this new hun
scr order.
First. barred from his ONCE COM
mittee of four workers by thei" mil
liant stand forced the supervisor 10
admit them. He said that acting on
the order OF Commissioner Taylor all
rent checks have been discontinued.
The workers would not accept this
answer. fearlessly demr ndine irnnle-
diate relief, with the Cit that tWo
workers in desperate need were given
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FIGHT ORDER TO
DEPORT> GRAFTON
FROM IRELAND

NEW YORK-A second confer
enee to broaden the protest against
the deportation of James Grafton,
Irish Republican Army veteran and
fighter for Irish freedom from the
Irish Free State by the Fianna Fail
government has been announced by
the Grafton Defense Committee, 210
W. 60 Street, to be held Sunday,
May Z, 2 p. m. at Lexington Hall,
100 E. lie Street.
The first conference was held
April 8 with representatives from
the following organizations partici-
pating: Co. Kilkenny Mems P and
B Assn; Jeitrim Irish Republican
Club; Leitrim Sports Club; United
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers Of America with membership
Of 100000, Irish Workers Club;
Irish American Alliance and the An
ti-1fnperialist League Of U. S. A.
Latest groups in Ireland to back
the protest which now includes many
eminent men and women Of letters,
republican and labor organizations is
Father John Murphy and Erskin
Childers Cumainn Of Fianna Fail.
Unfortunately" says the Com
mittee, "6ur aid for Grafton in the
United States SO far is too limited
unworthy, indeed, Of the great ira
ditions Of struggles for Irish free
dom that are the heritage of Irish
exiles and their kin in America"
The Committee urges workers or
CARNATIONS to elect delegates to the
May Z conference and asks them to
receive their speakers who come to
speak for Grafton.
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NEW YoRK-Hariem maxches a
Saturday
cepted
Organization delegates
Will bv
bring $500 for captain appointed by
th march committee him.
Those not coming from Harlem
se TO the conference Washington Monday morning
sasnxOAys WORKER
An bring credentials TO the ST. Nicholas
meeting 50 that they sit in the section
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y RLAMS ME SsSgmAMYK

the prcletsrian district
demonstrate May Day 1s2s despite
Police Chief wife
active Of The Communist Party
their
spy preparations poee-saton
demonstration.
worker demonstration $ attacked by police
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Harlem Workers Shoav How
to Stop "No Relief" Edict

food check and rent check on the
spot and Moore promised answers OH
the balance Of the SO families today
at ii am.
we will come back for the an
swsf with hundreds OF others" said
the workers as they departed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05

May First, 1888 sets historical
precedent for the workers of the
Turtle Greek Valley 1t was ON this
day, the international workers day
that more than 1000 workers took to
the streets in a most militant demon
stration.
Men, women and children; foreign
born and native born; Negro and
white marched in the most impress
sive demonstration ever witnessed
in Western Pennsylvania. Showing
the might of the organized workers
to their enemies, the bosses of the
Westinghouse Electric and Westing-
house Airbrake, in o march which
broke the police terror Of the vice
ridden, corrupted and Westinghouse
controlled towns Of East Pittsburgh
Turtle Greek and Wilmerding.
Permits for the parade had been
denied the workers in both East
Pittsburgh and wilmerdlng but the
parade marched through the bust
ness and working-class district OF
both East Pittsburgh and Wilmer
ding The hired thugs could only
make way before the strength of the
workers.
Take Possession Of streets
The wcriers flooded end took pos
session Of the streets, tying UP traf-
fic as they marched through the
valley. Extra police stood in awe as
the workers marched past Slogans
and songs of working-class origin
rent the air. Hearty boos rank from
5000 threats as the workers marched
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05

Concert Saturday Celebrates Opening
u Brownsville Children Center.
NEW YORK The opening Of
brownsville Workers Iuterns s!onsl
Relief Children's Center will be cele-
brsted by concert Saturday. May s.,
at . p. m
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05

May First Demonstration
in Washington. See the Cap
itoE building in the back
ground.
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NOTICE

The new office of the
HARLEM L1BERATOR is
now located at 21s2 Seventh
Avenue, near l28th Street
in Harlem.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05

Editors Note: This story by a
worker describes wildly the May
demonstration in the Turtle Greek
valley. The Turtle Greek valley takes
in a number of important industrial
towns near Pittsburgh In East
Pittsburgh is located the Westing-
house plants, the largest in the coun-
try. While in Wilmerding are To-
Gated large yards of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. 1t is in this center Of
heavy industry that the May Day
demonstration described below took
place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-05
WE MUST BLOCK THE STREETS

Comrades" I said, "the police
must not be allowed TO enter the
alley any more. We--not the police
must block the street. Particularly
We must prevent cars from enterinsl"
yes. that's the chief thing, those
tanned police tanks"
There's building material at the
,orner. We must build a barricade
lcross the street at once, like this"
lie pressed the large forefinser Of
his broad builders hand on the wood
IN surface of the table. This is the
llley" He drew line with his
inger, land this the wedding-arti
his the Pankstrssse."
The finger drew an irregular tri-
ngle, The workers gazed intently
t the scratched, spotty table and
ollowed me invisible lines OF the
Evening star., 1933-03-12

warships were and what were their intentions
1t was rumored that they contemplated forays
against coast cities of the Atlantic seaoard,
possibly, even. bombardment of New York.
At length, however, it was ascertained they
were still in the vicinity Of Cuba ana Com
modore william s. Schley and his Flying
Squadron were assigned the job of hunting
them out.
Toward the end of May, 1893, after patiently
watching Cienfuegos, on the southern coast Of
Cuba, where the Spanish feet was not, Schley
discovered it had slipped into the long winding
harbor OF Santiago farther east. A blockade
was at once established by the Flying Squadron,
which was rapidly being augmented There
was an inconclusive engagement when the
old battleships Iowa and Massachusetts,, Schley's
flagship. and the cruiser New Orleans were
permitted to toss few large shells at the
hidden Spanish warships to which they and
MORO Castle dominating the harbor entrance,
responded without effect.
THUS matters stood when at daylight. June
! /, the blockaders sighted ships from the
east Rear Admiral William T. Sampson was
arriving on his flagship, the New York, accom-
panied by the Oregon. fresh from her record
Evening star., 1933-03-12

dash around Cape Horn from the Pacific Coast,
and other elements, completing the North
Atlantic Fleet. Sampson now took command
and decided that the blockade should be an
immobile one, keeping the Spanish feet bottled
and allowing American capture of Santiago
by the Army from the land side
It was here that Lieut.. Hobson came into the
picture He was with Sampson on the New
York and before the flagship left Key West
to join the siege, had attempted to interest his
superior in scheme for an unsuitable boat
which could run the fortifications and clear
the channel of mines. This, it was argued,
Evening star., 1933-03-12

and take their chances of getting out alive.
Hobson readily acquiesced in the feasibility of
the scheme to more effectively confine the
Spanish fleet and was selected to make the
attempt and probably the supreme sacrifice. The
collier Merrimac, whose balky engines had been
giving no end of trouble to the feet, was chosen
to be the stopper in the Santiago bottle.
On the way to the blockade Hobson method
ically worked out his plans Briefly they were
to strip the Merrimac of all save the most vital
gear, man her with carefully chosen crew Of
six Clater made seven), run her into the harbor
under cover of darkness and sink her with
Evening star., 1933-03-12

would give the American men Of war a chance
to slip into the harbor and give battle to the
Spaniards in their lair.
Hobson found. however. that quite the re-
verse Of q non-sinkable vessel was in Simpsons
mind. What he was looking for was a ship
that could be sunk quickly and certainly. His
idea was to have picked crew take COM
paratively useless old ship into the harbor. sink
it across the narrowest part Of the channel
Evening star., 1933-03-12

IT was 2:15 o'clock on the morning of June
] 3, when watchers of the fleet perceived the
Merrimac was moving toward the harbor and
George Edward Graham an eyewitness, thus
described the scene:
"The coal steamer, without light of any
kind and not showing q particle of smoke,
moved along like a huge ghost ship on the
dark gray sea. On her bridge. as she passed
under the Brooklyn's stern, could be seen three
of her gallant crew, and one, whom we decided
to be Hobson, removed his hat, while Com
modore Schley leaned forward and, waving his
cap, said, God bless you my boy; good luck!
Slowly the Merrimac passed on toward the
black opening beneath the MORO that, faced
by two sharp hills looked like yawning
cavern of death From the bridge as we viewed
it, the setting moon striking the yellowish stone
of the castle and throwing the gorge at the
entrance into a deep shadow, made the effect
of huge, gaping mouth with a single cleaning
eye above it, waiting and watching for its
prey. When about two miles from the MORO
the Merrimac turned slightly to the west and
ran into the dense shadow Of the great hill at
that side of the entrance. Then, running at
full speed, she dashed for the entrance, and at
S:l5 o'clock we, straining our eyes through ths
Continued on Ninth Page
Evening star., 1933-03-12

= HATEVER may have been the
shortcomings of the late
n lamented Seventysecond Con-
NM gress embracing as 1t did
" " Americas last lame duck"
.o.,;op ~ fro1ly s,Iccaeded N
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series Of torpedoes attached to the outside OF
the hull. This accomplished, Hobson and his
men, If they survived, were to try to get back
to the fleet In q small boat
When the New York joined the blockade,
Hobson's plans were complete on paper. All
that remained was preparation OF the collier
and selection Of the crew Of volunteers willing
to go on the hazardous enterprise. signal
was flown from the flagship that volunteers
were wanted "for a desperate and, perhaps, fatal
expedition" The response IN accordance with
the finest traditions Of the American Navy,
was immediate and enthusiastic. Virtually the
whole feet wanted to go. Names poured IN by
the hundred many vehemently arguing special
reasons why they should not be denied the
joust with death. Capt Miller Of the Merrinac
eloquently advanced his right to go. but as
there was to be only one officer and Miller was
not familiar with the plan, his claim was re-
jected. The sailors finally selected to go with
Hobson were Daniel Montague of Brooklyn,
N. Y; George Charette Of Massachusetts,, j. e.
Murphy and Randolph Clausen, all of the
battleship New York; Osborn Warren Diegnan,
George F. Phillips and Francis Kelly, members
of the former Merrimac crew.
It was expected that the collier would make
her desperate dash into the harbor the night
of June 1-2 but preparations could not be
completed in time and the attempt was post
poned until the following night. Then mental
reactions of man about to embark upon
death -defying adventure are described in Hob
sons book The Sinking of the Merrimac.s
Those were hours of interesting experience
before the start" he wrote. There was no
diversion of the senses, and this fact and the
feeling of loneliness seemed to deepen the i'm
preston of the closeness of God and nature.
Ny business affairs had been disposed Of at
the beginning of the war, and I had no dis
quieting thoughts as to the past or the future.
The mind and heart accepted the reality Of
things with deep, keen. exquisite delight. There
were singular emotions, as the thoroughness Of
preparation and the sureness of execution be-
came clearer and clearer, while the details and
the processes were gone over again and again.
Toward midnight, when there was no longer
any chance Of the moon failing, these emotions
amounted to exultation, much so that I
could not help giving it expression"
Evening star., 1933-09-12
CAPITOL HEIGHTS
ASKS WORKS LOAN
Time Limit on Discount for
Back Taxes Extended.
Ennis Resigns.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, Septem-
Der 12.-The resignation of Councilman
Robert E. Ennis, fixing the tax levy for
the ensuing year, the closing Of three
bridges, seeking funds from the Public
Works Administration for street repairs
and the extension of the time limit for
the discount on back taxes were some
Of the high lights Of the council meet
ing held here last night.
Councilman Ennis resignation was
accepted.
The general license tax law, which
has caused quite bit OF controversy,
was repealed on the recommendation OF
Mayor Thomas j. Luckett and new
general license law was adopted by the
body. The new law assesses each busi-
ness place $40 instead Of on sliding
scale. Two injunctions have been filed
in the Circuit Court against the old
law, asking that the town be prohibited
from prosecuting the persons falling to
comply with 1t.
The tax levy for the ensuing year
will be the same as for last year. 81 per
500, This municipality Is the only
town in the country that has single
tax. Z The corporation tax only applies
to the ground and not the improve
ments. Persons who pay their 1888
taxes before January ! will receive 10
per cent deduction. An extension Of
80 days Of the so per cent discount was
granted all of the tax payers In arrears,
provided they pay up the back taxes.
Town Clerk Edward Hamilton was
instructed to communicate with men,
bers Of the National Recovery Admin
istration to see If the town could get a
loan to repair streets and bridges. He
was also instructed to communicate
with the county commissioners, asking
them for share Of the $43, 900 which
the commissioners received from the
public works fund.
Three of the wooden bridges in the
town were ordered closed by the coun-
Gil as being unsafe. The bridges are
located on Wine Oak avenue, between
Sixty-first and Sixty-second streets; on
Lawrence avenue, between Bergman
and Otway avenues, and on Charles
street. between Sixty-first street and
Kingston avenue.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
EAUQU|ER SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPTEMBER21
Assignment of Teachers in
County Announced-Meet-
ing Planned.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
wARRENTON, Va, September Ia
The white public schools of FauquieI
County will open September 81, with a
teachers meeting here. Assignment OF
teachers Is AS follows:
Warrenton High SCHOOL,. B. Smith
principal; Miss Lille Hotchkiss, Miss
Elizabeth Sexton, Miss Marie Lake
Miss Florence Hickerson, Mrs. Watkins
Smith Mis- Agnes Lake, Miss Louise
Dunnington, Miss Katherine Omohun-
dra. Mrs Margaret w. Hudson, Miss
Florence Moffett, Miss Maude Lee, Miss
Lucy Armstrong, Miss Ruby Jones, Mrs
G. B. Jones, Miss Ruby LoWman, Miss
Mildred Lake, Mrs. Alice ]. Cox, Miss
Frances Edwards, Miss Carrie Vaughan
J. A. Whitmore.
Remington High School-R. B. Law
son, Miss Frances Willis, Mrs. E: M
Pearson, Miss Dora Glascock, Miss
win. Miss Lillian Stonesiffer, Miss Zanle
Guthrie.
Bealeton High School-John A. Guy
B. A. Pope, jr.; Miss Mae Reynolds
Mrs. M. T. Blanchard. Miss Jane E
Campbell, Miss Frances Johnson, MISS
Mary Weaver, ]. P. jenkins, Miss 1rv-
ting Hand, Miss Lula Connolly.
Marshall High School-W. G. Cole
man. Miss Susie A. Smith, Mrs. Marie
II. Brent. Howard Fletcher, Blair Rouse
Miss Virginia Jones. Mrs. K. +. Mer-
chant. Miss Elizabeth Johnston, MISS
Lorraine Stephens, Miss Helen Fewell
Miss Marion Carter, Mrs. V. l.. Soie-
man, Miss Kathleen Moffett, Mrs. 4. II
Trainham. T. ]. Wakeman.
Upperville-W. E. Tyler, Jr.: MIS-
NeIla B Shute. Miss Dorothy Gibson
Miss Mary E. Lawson, Miss Mildred
Delaplane-Mrs. E. M. McCarty, Mrs
L. j. Finley. ,,,,rrs
Miss Sue Pierce.
Paris-Miss Anne Gochnauer.
Iandmark-Mrs. v. S. Elgin.
Hopewell-Mrs. Daisy Hutchison.
The Plains-J. Thomas Helm, Jr.;
Mrs. E. F. Cochran, Mrs. E. P. Turner
Mrs. E L. Moffett. -,
Hume-A. di Zerega. jr.; Mrs. S. M
di zerega, Miss Alice Ashby, miss MIL
dred Bowen, Miss Anye c. Clarke.
Orleans-Miss Jeannette Mathews
Miss Helen Hansborough.
Western-Miss IneZ Gum.
Markham-Miss Lindsay White.
Hitch-Stanley Owens.
New Baltimore-Mrs. Della c. Poe
Mrs. Lille Compton.
Evergreen-Miss Camilla Jeffries.
Piney Mountain-MisS Fannie Stat
ford. ,
Calverton-C. M. Bradley, U. P
Markham Mrs. c. G. Gray, Miss Irene
Pitcher, Miss Nellie Hill.
Bristersburg- L. Smith. Mis-
Tavenner.
Catlett-Mrs. Eudora Thorpe, Mis-
Gladys Silcott, Mrs. Annie B. Beane.
Casanova-Miss Olivia Tyler.
Pine ForeSt-Sam Patton.
Morrisville-Miss Ida B. James.
Midland-Miss Eloise Gray.
Goldvein-Miss Mayme Daffan.
Lois-Miss Mary Walter.
Sumerduck-Miss Drusilla Davis.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
PROBERS ASSIGNED
TO DEATH MYSTERY
Sergt. Bodmer Investigates AK At.
tack Theory in Melvin
Fatality.
By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, September IL
Montgomery County police have started
an investigation of the mysterious death
of Charles l. Melvin, "a, of Gathers
burg in an effort to unravel the strands
Of conflicting evidence and determine
whether the man met with foul play
or died as the result Of an accident.
States Attorney Stedman Prescott
has assigned Sergt. Roy Bodmer. COM
mander of the local substatlon OF the
county force and one OF the most
capable investigators in the depart
ment, and Patrolman Paul Watkins to
handle the probe.
Prescott said that indications point
more and more toward the accident
theory advanced by police, but SAID
that 1--WE will do everything possible"
to learn whether Melvin was the victim
of an ak attack, as claimed by the
latter'S relatives.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
G.. of c. Meets Tonight.

FAIRFAX, Va, September IL (Spe-
cial) The Fairfax Chamber Of Com
merce will meet tonight at $50 in the
court house.
Evening star., 1933-09-12
BLADENSBURG CALLS
PARLEY ON FLOODS
Co-operation of Towns to Be Asked.
Agreement on Late Dancing
Reached.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BLADENSBURG. Md. September IL.
Determined to push energetically ef-
forts to bring about flood control here,
the Bladensburg town commissioners
last night instructed their secretary TO
call representatives of towns and civic
associations Of this section for meet
ing to be held soon in the fire house
here to outline plans. The intention
is to have this meeting serve as a pre-
liminary for a later larger meeting.
Judge Alfred D. Bailey, president OF
the Federation of Citizens Associations
of Prince Georges County, and chair
man of its Flood Control Committee,
told the commissioners he was COM
piling data that would be available for
consideration at the meetings. He an
nounced the meeting of the Citizens
Federation scheduled tonight had been
postponed until he had obtained all
the information he was seeking.
1t was announced that proprietors
of beer and sandwich establishments
here holding dances had agreed to
abide by the wishes of the commits
sioners and discontinue the dancing
at a reasonable hour at night.