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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

The United Corporation, the
Morgan-controlled utility, sells
electric current to more than 55,OOO,-
900 people. All these consumers of
electric current pay tribute to the
Morgan financial dynasty, the most
powerful banking house in the world
Make Enormous Profits.
The way in which the Morgans
make their enoromus profits from
stock selling and merging of compa-
MES was graphically revealed in the
testimony of George H. Howard, pres
ident of the Morgan controlled utility
company.
The Morgans organized the United
Corporation as a holding company to
obtain control of the various electric
producing companies. They organ
lied the new company so that they
obtained the right to buy 100000
shares of the new stock for 81 a
share.
A month later, the Morgans could
have sold this stock for $50 share,
giving profits of $1,000, 900 for merely
organizing a new company.
In addition to this gigantic steal
the Morgans arranged to buy COM
mon stock of the United Corporation
at $3.50. They were able to sell this
stock at $67 a share as soon as the
stock was offered for sale on the New
York Stock exchange, giving them a
profit on their holdings of 100000
shares of at least $4,000, 900.
The minimum possible profit to the
Morgans on this one deal was, there
fore, in the neighborhood Of $60,000,-
900.
Control Other Companies.
The Morgans control other utility
companies in addition to the United
Corporation. Among these are the
American Telephone, the Interna-
tionaI Telephone Company, the Con-
solidated Gas Company, the Public
Service Corporation. of New Jersey
the United Gas Company, the United
Gas improvement Company, a n d
many others.
1t is admitted that the Morgans
control, or exercise influence in prac-
tically every utility company in the
country.
Not only have the Morgans made
enormous profits from their banking
manoeuvers, but they also draw mil
lions of dollars from these companies
in dividends and bond interest.
Pursuing his usual tactics, Senator
Glass attempted today to hinder the
investigation by denying that Pecora
had any authority to act as the Coun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

sci for the Investigating Committee.
The Senate Committee voted to
keep secret the names Of the Morgan
partners who owe money to the firm.
The United Corporation controls
the following companies; Niagara
Hudson Corp, Columbia Gas and
Electric, Commonwealth and South
ern, and United Gas and Improve
ment Company. These companies
cover many States in the East, South,
and parts of the Midwest.
There are two Morgan directors on
the Board of Directors, and three
members of the firm of Bonbright
and Company, company very close
to the Morgans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
SEEKS NEW TRIAL HERNDONDEFENSE

ATLANTA, Ga, May 26.-The de-
mand that Angelo Herndon, young
Negro organizer of the unemployed
be given a new trial, and freed on
bail will be made in court here Sat-
urday when Benjamin j. Davis, Jr.,
and John H. Geer, International La
Dor Defense attorneys, appear before
Judge Lee B. Wyatt to argue mo-
ton filed last January when Hern-
don was sentenced to 18 to 20 years
on the chain-gang
Awaiting this hearing In Fulton
County Jail, Herndon is constantly
subject to the most inhuman tor
lures. The entire Jail is unsanitafy
and pervaded with stencil and filth,
J but for Herndon the jailers have re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

served special cell.
In the cell above the one he occu-
pies, the toilet has been broken, so
that excrement constantly oozes and
drips down into the narrow cell
where Herndon spends twenty-four
hours day.
Protests, by telegram, letter, and
resolution, should go Immediately to
Judge Lee B. Wyatt, Fulton County
Superior Court, Atlanta, Ga, de-
handing that he grant Herndon a
new trial, and his freedom. Protests
should go at the same time to the
warden of Fulton County Jail, de-
manding the removal Of Herndon
from the unsanitary cell he now &C.
cupieA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

ent. If new accord cannot be reach
ed, we prefer to let the present treat
les exist, but without re-affirming
them or re-stating them in q new
convention. For that reason our
amendment appears necessary to rem
DER possible our adhesion to a new
convention"
Here we have the authentic voice
Of Japanese imperialism speaking
demanding naval parity with its rival,
the United States. 1t Is also Signifi-
cant, that the answer to the Japanese
amendment was made by Norman
Davis, on behalf Of American imper-
ialisIn.
The demands Of Japanese impe-
rialism is in answer to the sharp at
tack Of American imperialism against
Japan contained in Roosevelt's peace
message.
Demand Larger Navy
Under the London agreement OF
1880 the ratios 10-10-6 were laid down
for England, the United States and
Japan. The ratios were re-affirmed
in Article l of the British draft dis
armament scheme now under discus
sion, and Japan insists that they be
struck out, and replaced by 10-10-s
ratio. Japan said that If she was not
given virtual parity now, at Geneva
she would feel herself free latter the
expiration Of the London agreement
in 1880 TO build up navy with the
roof as the limit. 5....--r.es
Admiral Sato, in his speech attack
ing the London Treaty, which his
Continued on PAGE 6
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

City Hall following this, where speak
ers stressed the need to continue the
fight for students rights and against
retrenchment of education.
Last week there was also a stu
dent demonstration at City Hall on
the issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
New York EvictiOns
Increase so Percent

NEW YORK.-FrOm Febru-
airy to April eviction notices
have increased from $500 to
10000 per month. Prospects
are that in May the figure will
be $4,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
WORK IN A SLAVE CAMP
a Worker CORRESPONDENT

JBy a WOfKbf OUITtspOHutHII
KELOWNA, B. c., Canada-T'here
are about IS men here in one OF
BENEFITS slave camps. We have been
here all winter. They are trying to
put us to work for our board on the
roads. Some of the workers here
are trying to get the men lined up
to fight this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

battleship and aircrsft-carrier tons
mage of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan approximately $780,
900 tons below the existing tonnage.
Unfortunately, the Conference cannot
be congratulated on having reached a
concrete naval accord up to the pres
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
Jaban Demands
Macy AS Big AS
United States
Imperialist Powers Attack Peace Proposals of
the Soviet Union

GENEVA, 26-Adma Naoake japanese
the disarmament
striking
ted by the Washington and London agreements.
Sato aid eff the Conference
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
One ONLY OF MORCAN'S
ELECTRIC COMPANIES
SELLS TO SIS MILLION
Morgans Made S6O,OOO,OOO in One Deal Giving
Them Control of Enormous Utility System
All Over the Country
Senate Committee Votes to Keep Morgan Loans
to Partners A Secret

WASHINGTON, May 26.-It was disclosed today at the
Senate investigation that of the Morgancontroed public
utility companies selling electric current has total number
of cosumers equal to than half the population of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
Roosevelt Orders Final
Repeal of Gold Basis
Currency No Longer to Be Valued in Relation
to Gold Backing; Purchasing Power of the
Dollar to Fall As More Initiation
Is Being Prepared

Roosevelt has just ordered Con
United States is legally and definite
will all American money from
be backed and valued only relation
the convertible into gold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
Strike Against Forced
Labor to Pay Up Taxes
j. P. Morgan Doesn't Pay Taxes But Jobless
in Turtle Creek Must Work Them Out

TURTLE CREEK,
plan of the school board in this borough
building burnt down. Cleveland contract
clear the wreckge The school
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

foreign markets against British COM
petition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27

Continued on Page 6
Evening star., 1933-06-05
ICKES' IMPLICATION
DENIED BY BISHOP
RIGHT Rev. James E. Freeman
Tells G. w. U. Older Genera
ton Left Proud Traditions.

Denying that his generation had
smade mess Of things" as Secretary
Ickes of the Interior Department told a
Washington and Jefferson University
graduating class Saturday, Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington, declared in the George Wash
ington University baccalaureate sermon
last night that as a matter of fact the
older generation had left body of ira
ditions of which the younger men and
women may be proud.
Bishop Freeman addressed the TOO
candidates for degrees who will be
graduated by George Washington Uni
versity Wednesday night The sermon
was preached in the Washington Ca
thedral.
Called Proud Inheritors.
Bishop Freeman said that while it
Is perfectly true you of this gener-
alton are confronted with a situation
that I did not know in the period of
80 or 40 years ago, I do insist that you
are the inheritors of a body of tradi-
tions of which you may be proud"
Urging the graduates not to go FORTH
Will d IlUtC "a pCocA1lllo1n, o1c1iOp f4CV7
man said:
IF you tackle the world in wrGch
you live and tackle the problems knat
confront you with intelligence anG zeal,
there are as many doors of opportunity
open before you as there weres IN my
generation"
Cites Efforts of Presid ezlts.
Bishop Freeman cited Woodrow Will
son, wartime President, skid President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt as example
of high achievement in Che face of diff
ficulties. OF President Wilson, he said
Faced with inst berable problems,
that great spirit str dck out a sentence
that every youth of this land should
seriously take to, heart. Confronted
with the collapse of his ideal, he said,
I would ratheY go down to defeat in
a cause that. will ultimately triumph
than to triuTGph today in a cause that
will ultimat ely see defeat And so to
the last bIeath he drew he was never
defeated. His mighty spirit is march
ing on"
OF president Roosevelt. the prelate
said
Handicapped, restricted and re-
stIAined, he attacks with robustness of
Ldind the great problems OF our day"
Bishop Freeman will receive the hon
orary degree of doctor of laws at the
George Washington University COM
mencement Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
COURSES STARTED
By NEW SWIMMERS
Men Enter MLearn to Swim"
Lessons of The Star and
Y. m. c. A.

Thirty men who cannot swim entered
the pool Of the Central Y. M G. A.
at 10 o'clock this morning, marking
the opening Of the free Learn to
Swim" course under auspices Of The
Star and the Young Mems Christian
Association.
At 45-minute intervals thereafter
other groups Of non-swimmers were
to enter the pool to receive the first
of six lessons in the American crawl
stroke of champions. More than $50
men in all will be given expert instruc-
ton today and all this week by Ken
meth Clayton and Dallas Shirley, Y. M
c. A. and Red Cross swimming exam
iners.
Add Extra Glasses.
Because of the last-minute rush Of
applicants for the swimming lessons,
Y. M. C. A. officials directing the course
were forced to add several extra classes
to the original schedule. The Star and
the Y. M. C. A. have agreed that no
one whose application was filed in time
should be turned away, however. The
Evening star., 1933-06-05

president Of the Allegany and Garrett
County F1remen's Association at the
annual convention here in connection
with the firemen's festival, which closed
Saturday night.
Fred C. Peddicord. Oakland was
chosen vice president: Edward Steven
son, Lonaconing, secretary, and James
o. Small, Barton, treasurer. A fire-
mems parade followed, with companies
Of Maryland, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia represented. Over 900 fire-
men attended.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
SEES REFORMATION
In SCHOOL PROCEDURE
Howard President Declares System
at Present Is Over
Mechanized.

The time Is coming when the eco
nomic and political systems of the world
will cooperate to reduce the hours of
labF necessary to make a secure living
a1d mankind will begin the greatest
enterprise Of human existence-the
training Of the individual for the out
Towering and individuation Of his
natural aptitudes, so that he may live
a good, intelligent and beautiful life,' -
DR.. Mordecai w. Johnson, president of
Howard University, said in the annual
baccalaureate services at the university
yesterday
The physical distress of the people
today Is the more keenly felt because
of an accompanying spiritual dissatis-
faction resulting from lack of faith
adequate to meet the needs Of life, he
continued.
The reformation which must come
will have to include changes of edu-
cation procedure, DR.. johnson said, de-
claring that I'VE know that our educa-
tional system is over-mechanized and
altogether too heavily dominated by
utilitarian motives"
The invocation and response were de-
livered by Rev. Leonard z. Johnson,
professor of English at the university,
and the scripture reading and prayer
by Rev. William c. Gordon, professor
of homiletics, School of Religion. The
university choir sang.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

attracted wide attention by rising In the
House Of Commons and calling on the
members to repent, caused . furore In
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
during mass yesterday when he smashed
life-size statue Of Saint Joseph beside
the altar with an iron pipe.
About 1000 persons, half Of them
children. In the church were thrown in
a panic because Of q belief that Wishart
was brandishing q revolver. One child
tainted and had to be carried cut,
Wishart was seized by q church Of
fetal and turned over to the police who
locked him up on a tentative charge
Evening star., 1933-06-05

Regular and spearhead
styles of woven or striped
duck. Mounted on collap-
sible steel frames. 80 and
SO inch widths.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

campaign to teach washington men
how to take care of themselves In the
water Is sponsored in the interest Of
public safety.
All necessary equipment for the
course Is being supplied free of charge
through the courtesy Of the Y. M.
G. A. This includes towels, soap and
checking service.
Thirteen classes In all will be given
the swimming course. Two classes were
instructed this morning and the others
will be taken In turn until late tonight.
The first lesson was In "ducking" and
floating exercises, designed to abolish
Evening star., 1933-06-05

fear Of the water and familiarise the
novices with holding their breath be-
meath the surface. The men were told
to duck themselves well under the
water, first holding the nose and then
without holding 1t.
The beginners then were advised to
roll themselves into a ball by wrapping
their arms around the knees, with the
head down. In this position they were
shown how they could perform the So
called "jellydsh" float.
Tomorrow the men viii be given gid
ing exercises.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
Balustrade Again
Torn From Louvain
University Library
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED fIeSS.
BRUSSELS, June 5.-The pa
triotism" that led Edmund Nor
rem to smash the famous Louvain
University Library balustrade five
years ago because it bore an anti
German inscription still lives.
Morren climbed to the roof of
the library yesterday and, amid
the shouts of an excited group,
broke the railing with a hammer.
"You see. there are still true
Belgians," he said as he descend
ed and surrendered to police.
The legend, translated, as de-
stroyed by German fury; restored
by American generosity" was
placed on the baNIstrade by
Whitney Warren, American arch
itect Of the reconst fucted library.
1t was ordered removed by the
Belgian supreme court.
The workman said he was in
spired by patr rlotism, as on the
earlier occasion, when he was
sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
FEMININE HYGIENE
The First Step to Health and Charm

Dainty women everywhere use Keys
Powder, q refreshing, soothing and purify
ing hygienic agent. Effectively combats
lurking, disease-breeding germs. yet Is so pure
and safe thai 1t cannot irritate or harm the
most delicate tissues.
For only Soc you can get this safe,
hygienic powder at Peoples any reliable
druggist today. Economical and effective.
Evening star., 1933-06-05

Of damaging property. Police said
wishart told them God had commanded |
him to do 1t.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
FIREMEN PICK OFFICERS

Allegany and Garrett Association
Elects Barton Man Head.
OAKLAND. Md, June 5 (SpeciaD -
Joseph shuhart Of Barton was elected
Evening star., 1933-06-05

Only slightly more than half the boys
of high school age in South Dakota are
attending school, reports the State
Department of Public Instruction.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
BREAKS CHURCH STATUE
"BY DIVINE COMMAND"
Street Preacher Throws 1000 in
Panic by Smashing Figure Of
Saint With Iron Pipe.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 5.-Robert
Wishart, street preacher, who recently
Evening star., 1933-06-05
WOman's
Problem Solved

4 is no longer necessary TO use danger
ous poisons TO be sure of feminine hygiene.
Science has perfected dainty, non-Doisonous
hygienic powder that provides safer and
surer way to keep free from dangerous
germs. Also gives protection against dis
agreeable body odors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-06-23
20 Year-Old Dispute
Revived in Law Suit

Indianapolis, Ind. (ILNS) - A
twenty-year- dispute involving
jurisdiction was revived in federal
court here with the filing of an in
junction suit by the Metal Door and
Trim Company of Chicago against
Local Union %, International Asso-
citation of Bridge, Structural and
Ornamental Iron Workers; John j.
Roney, business agent for the local;
Local Union No. 81, international
Union of Elevator Constructors, and
Edward j. Spangler, business agent
for the local; Chester T. Spriggs and
Collier P. Batten, manager and con-
struction superintendent, respectively,
for the Otis Elevator Company.
A hearing on the petition for a
temporary injunction to enjoin the
defendants from interfering with the
employment of union carpenters will
be held next week Both carpenters
and iron workers claim jurisdiction
in the matter of door erection.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-06-23

So the farmer, and his wife, and his
sons, and his daughters
Operated whole textile establish
ment.
They grew the flax; processed it
for spinning; spun and wove it.
Their 'linsey woolsey" was warp
of linen with wooden filling.
1t wore like iron"
There were no steam engines for
power
Horsepower" even, was uncom-
mon.
Farm power was furnished by oxen.
So was power for transport.
The term horse power" as a unit
of measurement, was not vet in
vented.
Labor, in those days, was pure hu-
man labor.
There was no confusion about the
productive power of machines.
Commodities were made by "peo-
ple."
Husky sons and daughters learned
how to make things"
Energetic housewives knew ali the
mysteries of spinning, weaving, dye
ing.
Men and boys grew up in the midst
of stock raising, butchering, curing of
meat, and hunting.
The wealth of men in those days
was measured in stores of these
things.
Cellars of vegetables, and ware
houses of cloth and meats
Larders of eatables, and bins of
grain
Were on hand, in the house, when
they were wanted.
Only the surplus-an actual sur
plus-went ''to market"
These folks used what they pro-
duced.
There was little or no problem of
distribution
That problem arose when factor
les" came in.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-06-23
MINERS UNION
Makes Huge Gains as Result
of Recovery Act

Washington, d. C. (ILNS)-As the
national industrial recovery bill came
before President Roosevelt for sig-
nature, the United Mine Workers OF
America announced that in anticipa-
tion of the passage of the bill, $4,000
new members had joined the union.
At the same time the United
States Department of Labor reported
an increase in employment and pay
rolls for May and President Roose-
Welt said he expected the public works
provision of the recovery act would
provide several million jobs within a
month or two.
In announcing the gain in member
ship by the United Mine Workers,
President John L. Lewis hailed the
recovery act as bringing economic
emancipation"
"The enactment by congress OF the
industrial recovery act creates for
American industry an opportunity to
rationalize its industrial relationships
in accordance with modern concepts"
Lewis said. "For the first time by
statutory enactment, workers in in
dustry are guaranteed the unrestrict-
ed right to join union of their craft
and to bargain collectively with their
employers through representatives OF
their own choosing upon the question
of wages, hours and conditions Of en-
ployment. This right, although here
tofore conceded in theory, has in act
ual practice been denied the workers
in many industries.
millions of wage earners are eager
to enroll in their trade union organ
izations so that the machinery Of col
lective bargaining can be Immediately
perfected In the coal mining industry
the passage of the act by congress has
been anticipated by the workers. In
the last three weeks 1876, 200 bitumin-
Gus coal miners have been enrolled as
new members of the United Mine
Workers of America, and organization
work is proceeding in every field in
the bituminous industry. These men
who have so eagerly and enthusias-
tically Joined the union have for long
years been denied that right by the
coal companies which employ them,
and as a result their economic con-
dition has been degraded to a basis
of mere animal subsistence.
"The industrial recovery act gives
to coal miners and mine workers alike
the opportunity to agree upon a uni
! form production cost and thus put an
end to the destructive competition
that found its opportunity in the
spoilation of labor.
"The United Mine Workers, concur
rently with the signing of the act by
the president, is ready in every min
| ing district in the nation to start the
machinery of collective bargaining in
i harmony with the text and principle
of the recovery act. In so far as the
coal industry is concerned, operators
and mine workers alike can hail the
| law as an act of economic emancipa-
ton"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-06-23
LaborQueriies
Questions and Answers on La
bor: What 1t Has Done; Where
II Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.

Q.-When and where will the next
convention of the International
Photo -Engravers' Union of North
America be held?
A.-Beginning August 2l. at Bal
timore. 1t will be the 34th annual
convention.
Q.-WhO is president of the Inter-
national Allied Printing Trades Asso-
citation?
A.-John B. Haggerty, who is also
president of the International Broth
erhood of Bookbinders.
Q.--Are the Marine and Navy
bands still prohibited from broadcast
ing in competition with union musi-
clans?
A.-No. The order of former secre-
tary OF the navy Adams prohibiting
broadcasting by the two bands was re-
voked by Secretary Swanson recently.
Q.-What is the present deficiency
in workers buying power?
A.-Workers' total income in April
was only 43.9 per cent of the 1929
average, deficiency in buying power
amounting to nearly $4,000, 900, 900 a
month, the American Federation of
Labor estimates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-06-23
Moving Picture Operators
Strike Against Wage Cut

Pittston, Pa.-Moving picture oper-
ators here went on strike against un-
just demands made by the manage
ment Of the Roman Theatre, local
chain house.
The management tried to cut wages
12R per cent and at the same time
demanded that one operator handle
both news and picture reels, hereto
fore the work of two, according to the
strikers, who are members of Local
No. 120, international Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees and Mo-
tion Picture Operators.