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Evening star., 1934-04-22

evasion and avoidance very difficult
process.
One of the propositions advanced
was that giving publicity to Federal
income tax returns would help greatly
to this end The author of this
anne ndment stated in the Senate. Il
am firmly convinced that the adoption
of this amendment, making income
tax returns public records, will do
more to bring about the filing OF hon.
est tax returns in this country. will do
more to prevent this legalized form of
tax dodging, than all the other de-
vices"
Open to Public.
The amendment adopted by the
Senate provided that Federal income
tax returns shall constitute public rec
ords and shall be open to public ex-
animation and inspection.
Just how such a provision will work
out in actual practice is difficult to
state There is not much precedent
on which to base a conclusion.
There are 90 States that now have
some form of State income tax laws.
Only one of these, my own State of
Wisconsin, has a similar publicity
provision as to income tax returns.
The Federal law now provides that
the President has the power and au-
thority to provide such publicity for
income tax returns as he sees fit and
deems proper.
In 1924 the Congress adopted an
amendment providing for publicity of
income tax returns; thereafter the
names of taxpayers and the amount
of Federal income tax which they
paid we're widely published in the
newspaper. A great protest went up,
and in 1926 this provision was re-
pealed.
Those who favor publicity for in
come tax returns argue that, if tax
payer knows his return will be open
Evening star., 1934-04-22

Simple easy Any who expects electric
refrigerator enough of these valuable prizes
short MONARCH There strings attached to
this offer, nothing buy All you have do is write short
interesting Why I'd buy Leonard Refrigerator and why
I'd buy it at MONARCH Get busy, all you thrifty housewives
drop Monachs tomorrow-and in minutes you all
make easy you of the Big prizes
listed at the right.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
MERCHANTSG|vEN
NEW EAGLE DATA
Retail Code Assessments
Apply to Proprietors and
All FuII-Time Workers.

Proprietors and all fuli-time work.
so per cent of the regular weekly
schedule of hours, must be included
in counts made by retail merchants
when paying assessments at the rate
of 81 per employe to the retail code
authority for the District.
Emphasizing this in statement last
night, the authority cautioned mer-
chants to use extreme care in report
ing the number of employees as re-
quired by the N. r. A, in order that
the new Blue Eagle, just approved,
may be properly and promptly
awarded.
Correction of Mistakes.
"There seems to be some misunder-
standing on the part of some mer-
chants regarding the method of ar
irving at the proper count" the au-
thority said, land it is for this rea-
son that the retail code authority
wishes to make this statement. 1t is
perfectly proper for any merchant,
who may realize his error after hav-
| ing made his report, to advise the
authority OF the mistake and forward
an additional check to cover any dis
crepancy.
In some retail establishments there
are departments known as leased de-
partments, and it is the responsibility
| of the merchant to see that employees
of such units are properly included
In the count for assessment"
Payment of assessments for the
Washington area is being made at a
Evening star., 1934-04-22
VETERANS INVITED
TO ORGANIZE POST

BY a staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 21-Vet-
erans of the Spanish-American and
World Wars have been invited to
attend a meeting to be held at Odd
Fellows Hall here Wednesday night
for the purpose of organizing a post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
function in the Alexandria, Claren-
don, Falls Church and Fairfax areas.
The meeting is being sponsored by
the Department Of Virginia, Veterans
of Foreign Wars. George Dovel Of
Harrisonburg, department command
er, and others are to make addresses
Evening star., 1934-04-22
SOCIAL AGENCIES
SCOPE REVEALED
Report of Executive SeCre-
tary DiScIoSeS Many
Activities.

Some idea of the tremendous scope
of the work of the Council of Social
Agencies is contained in the annual
report of Mrs. w. A. Roberts, eXecu-
tive secretary, just submitted. The
report diScloSeS that the council &C
lively participates in practically every
welfare movement, public or private,
launched in the District.
Has Many Interests.
Among the legislative measures in
which the council is now interested
are: Old-age security for the Dis
trict, measure for a better adoption
law, law for the use of prophylactic
measures for the prevention of blind
ness in young babies, and a co-ord1-
mated program of recreation. Council
committees have spent hours of work
on these measures and have taken
definite action to bring about passage
of the bills. but in spite OF these et-
forts and those of other groups not
one of the four measures has been
passed by Congress, although in three
instances the bills have been intro
duced and referred to committees,
This means that the fight will be
renewed again at the next session
with the council as usual taking the
lead.
One of the large accomplishments
during the last year was that OF the
councils committee on transients,
which spent a great deal OF time dur
ing the Summer months formulating
plans for transferring the bureau for
transients from private to public aus
piceS and working on policies be
tween groups. The transfer was tlnally
made last Fall and this bureau is
now operating under the emergency
relief division of the Board of Public
Welfare. In this connection, and
aside from Mrs Roberts report. it
might be mentioned that Arthur Rosl-
chan. director of the D. c. Bureau
for Transients, stated in a public
speech that most of the ideas for
handling the bureau had been derived
from the councils committee.
Has Provided Volunteers.
Every organization in the Commun-
ity Chest has been carrying load
far beyond its capacity during the
past few years, and in this connection
the council has done yeoman work
in providing volunteers to aid in the
various phases of welfare efforts. The
Committee on Volunteer Service again
this year sponsored a course for vol
unteers in social work with l6O per-
sons taking the course and nearly 100
more coming in for various lectures.
Many additional volunteer workers
had been placed since the course end
ed. and this work has now been taken
over by Mrs. E. G. Montgomery, an
experienced volunteer, who is assisted
by Mrs Wilfred L. Godwyn and Mrs,
Robert Coe. Mrs. Montgomery re-
places Mrs. Virginia Christy, the for
mer head of the bureau.
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Senator Duffy Cites Abuses
Of Income Tax Publicity La,U
Wisconsin Democrat Says Main Pur'
pose Is to Make Euasion Difficult.
Reuenue Loopholes Are Explained.

Senator Duffy, the first Demo-
crat sent to the Upper House of
Congress from Wisconsin in many
gears, discusses here the ddudn-
tageS and disadvantages OF Fed
eral income tar publicity in the
light OF the experiences OF his opn
State ,oith open inspection OF tar
returns.
Evening star., 1934-04-22

every satisfactory rate" the code au-
thority reported.
The importance Of prompt payment
Is stressed, since it is the intention of
N. r. A. to issue the new retail code
insignia in the same order that pay
ments of assessments are received.
The new insignia, which will nullify
the present form Of the Blue Eagle
ON retail establishments, will be duly
registered, and the same regulations
regarding its reclamation for code vio-
lations will apply.
Evening star., 1934-04-22

had many loop
holes, and that
m a ny wealthy
people of t h ] s
c ou n try were
thereby enabled
to escape paying
their fair share
OF the tax bur-
den.
The chief con-
Germ of the Sen
ate, in its recent
consideration of
the revenue bill,
was to plug up
t h os e loopholes
Evening star., 1934-04-22
BY F. RYAN DUFFY,

United States Senator from Wisconsin.
How come that some millionaires,
who can afford to own yachts and
estates, do not pay income taxes? This
query was often made by an aston
ished and incredulous public when the
investigation conducted by the Senate
Committee on Banking and Currency
disclosed that information.
1t soon became apparent that tax
evasion and tax avoidance had be-
come a science in itself. 1t was evil
dent that our Federal Revenue laws
Evening star., 1934-04-22
Landscape Artist to Speak.

TAKOMA PARK, Md, April 81
(SpeciaD Ivan H. Anderson, land
scape gardener of Ballston, Va, will
speak at the meeting here Monday
night at o'clock of the Takoma
Horticultural Club in the Takoma
Public Library
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Vest Coast Labor, Freeing Itself from the Shacke Of
Glass Collaboration, Battles on a 1000 Mile Front

yesterday by 500 with additional equipment to cost
minimum of S180000 per month
In spite of all stang by the so-called sane and
conservative leaders of unions the number strike in
daily The present position of these leaders is
politically untenable More and they must depend
the various government agencies to limit the strike One
hundred and seventve unions affected by the strike
CALL but there many unions strike in this that
no but those directly involved knew existed.
In this State capital center of of the richest farm
ing districts of the whole world business is practically at
standstill Strikers stopping all produce trucks
Friscobound but nevertheless the farmers here
the greatest sympathy for the strike.
is impossible at this stage to predict the actual out
of the strike but thing certain: Roosevelt
not likely to agree to any demands of the workers with
out their abandoning their strike and putting themselves
at the mercy of his board.
This estimate given great credence by the confident
tone of the local press and the obvious fact that the
poyer and the Hanna board expect the sane leaders to
be able to make enough of split in the ranks to force
compulsory arbitration Today it is clear that the
bulk of the workers think quite differently
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
BY BILL DUNE

hin and the threat of state force from without nothing
without the of the strike committee in San
Francsco-tha shining storehouse of the Pacific whose
steps stands Roosevelt shaking his fist at the rebeou
millions of workers and peasants in the Orient.
Clearer than before is the fact that N. R. A. adj
instration looks upon this great struggle correctly test
of the main principle which it is based namely class
collaboration This fact is indispuabe the statement
of Archbishop Hanna, chairman Of Rooseves mediation
board, late yesterday in which he said:
1T is the policy of the United States, declared in the
N R. A. to induce and maintain united action of labor and
management and to Instructions to the free flow
of interstate and foreign commerce"
What this for labor is seen in the issuing of
secret instructions to the police for the roundup of radicals
of all shades beginning of course with Communists Mayor
Ross has declared emergency The police force has been
reorganized The Crime Prevention Bureau has been
made over into the "AntRadcal and Crime Prevention
Bureau. The outstanding San Francisco Lodge of the
knights of Columbus, Loyoa Council 2615 has passed
resolution placing itself at the disposal of Chairman Hanna
and the police department. The police force increased
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Special to the Daily worker)

SACRAMENTO, Calf, July 15.-Today the whole West
Coast from Vancouver to San Diego rocks gar
gantuan laughter This laughter roaring and echong down
the trafcbarren streets of San Francisco which
silent docks and rates the chains of thousand
chored ships from two places-the living dead in
the prison dungeons of West Coast capitalism from the
of those who died in the historic struggles that
marked the upward surge of labor for whole generation
the Pacific Coast.
American capitalism, not only the West Coast but
in the entire nation is scared stiff not only by the hoerc
mth of Tom Mooney, j. B. Mcnamara and Matt Schmidt
of Wesley Everest the workers leaders slaughtered in
Wheaand and Everett from the Communists who died in
Imperial Valley that labor movement might i've
They have right to laugh, these shock troopers of
labor for the thing they framed jailed and
dered prevent has come to passhe development of unity
and mllltancy workers 2000mie battle front
They hoped for it, they preached and fought for it.
was long in coming; but it is here.
In spite of the combination Of oSSieia treaeAssy fsom
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

the French Socialists Ma
tional Council last night ac-
cepted the proposal of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party
of France for united action 'in the
struggle against fascism and in de-
tense of labor and democratic
liberties"
Within few days leaders of the
Communist and Socialist parties will
meet to lay down concrete plans
of action, and work out details of
the agreement on the united front.
The greatest pressure from the
rank and file Of the Socialist Party
Of France, who for months have
joined in united front actions with
Communists, was brought to bear
on the Socialist leadership to enter
the united front appeals. The Com
munist Party had been issuing
numerous appeals to the Socialist
leadership for the united front
Under this pressure, the Paris
Section of the Socialist Party on
June rs, came to an understanding
for united front actions with the
Communist Party.
1t was this action finally that
forced Leon Blum, Louis Frossard,
Paul Faure and other Socialist lead
ers to admit that the united front
was necessary with the Communists
in order to beat back the alarming
danger of fascism.
The united front agreement finally
arrived at is having a tremendous
effect in France, and is rallying the
workers for gigantic common ac-
tons against fascism, against wage
cuts, against all forms of terror
and for the protection of the
workers rights which are being
CONTINUED on Page 81
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Working Men and Women! All
Forces Behind the General Strike!
: AN DIT o RI A L

cURGG the entire West Coast of the United States and part
the general strike which began in San Francisco
all barriers its
capitalists the government drawing tight the brakes
OF Labor the wheels of industry.
the land transport service all industry
and silent is
the factories and transport in Pacific Coast city
and town.
American working greatest fight
the history OF American labor.
The ruling classth bankers powne clippers factory
editors capitalist papers, Mr. Roosevelt and his NRA
understappers Republican Democratic Party politicians
States Of cities and toWnshose who live in lavish
luxury exploiting and shouting frantic
cooking mythical stories of revolution violence raising
101 varieties of the red boogyboo while they mobilize additional
police and thugs concerted attempt to break the strike
Mayor Of conveniently overlooking
that the strike fight for the elementary of the
class let that has been from
the capitalist claiming that the radical
control of the ongshoremen and aiming at revolution
Golden State"
ANY person rvolu-
"A ton the West Coast The aim of labor in this situation
Of the strike political power
shipowners demands ID
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shop. The Mission Merchants AS
ISOLATION voted to recommend that
stores in the Mission District,
strongly unionized, close. Practically
rs per cent of the stores have
stopped doing business.
Pickets patrolled til e streets
throughout the day on foot and in
touring-cars. There was hardly any
other traffic on the streets except
vehicles of the National Guard.
The capitalist newspapers have
launched into a series of frantic
appeals to the people to remain
calm and stand by the government"
But the residents Of the Bay
Region have not been greatly moved
by the provocative appeals in the
press, the cry Of revolution and so
forth. The greatest portion of the
citizenry are sympathetic with the
strikers and merely grin confronted
by official proclamations telling of
mythical red plots to starve the
population and Immediately over
throw the government.
People Understand
Most of the people understand
that this is fight for the imme-
date needs Of the marine workers,
general strike to force the Ship
owners to give the maritime work.
ers control of the hiring halls, to
recognize their unions and improve
their conditions. 1t is clear to the
majority of the folks here that
there is no revolution going on, but
stubborn and determined strike
the greatest that this country has
ever seen-and Mayor Rossi and
his understrappers is kidding very
few people when he shouts long and
loud about an uprising.
The strike, strong and dramatic,
has captured the general public
All sorts of people can be heard to
say that they hope the strikers lick
the shipowners.
Indeed, the city responds quickly
to the moods of the strikers.
The general strike grew out of a
strike of longshoremen and aeamen
which has tied up the ports from
Continued on Pogs 81
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NeWCeneral
Strike Call
Sounds in
Minneapolis
Laundry W orkers Union
Will Vote to Join
Truck Drivers
lspecial to the Daily WORKED

Especial to the Daily Worker)
MINNEAPOLIS, July 10
The stirring cry of General
Strike!" echoed through the
streets of this midwestern
metropolis today as laundry
workers swung to the sup
port of 5000 truckmen who
are scheduled to quit work at mid
night tonight.
Nothing that the Farmer-Labor
Party governor, Floyd B. Olsen,
could do could stem this movement.
second in power and significance
only to the history making actions
on the Pacific Coast. Nor were
the anti-strike "conciliatory" efforts
Of Federal Conciliator E. H. Dun
nigan successful in the face of the
militancy Of the rank and file
truckmen.
The Laundry Workers Union
pldAlllCQ W IliSCJ G1llo CfClll11S w
vote on the strike call. An over
whelming vote in favor was pre-
dicted by one of the leaders, who
said that conditions among the
laundry workers are even worse than
among the truck drivers. Some of
the 400 women employees work ten
and twelve hours a day for SO a
week, and then don't get paid. En-
ployers are now five weeks behind
in paying wages"
Meanwhile, efforts were being
made to enlist other unions of
Minneapolis into strike action, to
spread the strike throughout the
city. If other unions join the truck
men in sympathetic general
walk-out, and there is strong likeli-
hood that this will occur, some
thing over $4,000 additional work
ers will be on strike here.
AS in San Francisco, owners of
automobiles were buying up all
available gasoline in preparation for
such a siege as will exist
Mayor A. G. cambridge was ex-
pected to call in the National
Guard. He limited as much, in I'M
oficial statements, today.
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Continued on Page 81
Special General Strike Issue Thursday

American history, and other arti-
Giles of special interest to all
workers will appear in this
eight-page issue.
All units of the Communist
Party are called upon to put the
matter of gaining the widest dis
tribution for Thursdays issue on
the order of business at the next
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

NEW YORK.-Thursday's issue
of the Daily Worker will be de-
voted especially to the general
strike situation on the West
Coast.
Special feature articles from
the strike area by Bill Dunno
and other correspondents, his
torical background of the strike,
review of great strikes in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Secret Trial,
Death Feared
For Thalnann
Phila. Toilers i'm Stormy
Protest Before Nazi
Consulate

NEW YORK-Hitler's hangmen
Judges" of the so-called Peoples
Court" were sworn in last Satur-
day morning. The court was sup
posed to begin functioning today,
with Ernst Thaelmann, h er C
leader of the German anti-fas-
cists and Ernst Torgler, acquitted
Reichstag defendant, against whom
new charges" have been brought,
slated to be among the first VIC
Tins of the new murder courts.
The courts are empowered to
rush through death sentences and
executions within "a hours and by
secret trials.
No word has been heard of
Thaelmann. The fate Of Thael-
mann and thousands of other
anti-fascist fighters is shrouded in
a fog of silence and censorship by
the Nazi authorities.
Only the most determined
world wide fight for the freedom
(Cnafsaau1J nm pnno 81
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guard and the third
night, two company
policeman arrested
him.
In 57th st. Court,
before Judge Nc
Kee, Joe asked for
. dismissal. This
was denied. He then
demanded a Jury
tr1ai. Wnen this was
denied, he demand
ed a continuance in
order to S e c u r c
counsel. He further
asked to be paroled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

TT7ORKERS of NeD York: Join forces in mighty
" demonstration in support of the great general
strike of San Francisco workers at Union Square
Thursday, July 10, at $50 PM The San Francisco
labor Increment is out general strike in defense
of the heroic dock workers struggle against company
niOniSnr and for the right to establish union cOndi
lions. The elementary rights of the labor Increment
of the hoIe country at stake the right to organ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

ize, to strike and to picket. The outcome of the San
Francisco general strike cM seriously affect the
conditions of workers throughout the length and
breadth of the country. Brothers of the A. F. of L.
of the Independent Unions and of the TU.U.L.
unions! Let stand together shoulder to shoulder
they doing in San Francisco and help the dock
strikers Uin their demands. Let rally to broad
united front of all labor forces regardless of aG-
ion to bring all available resources and funds to aid
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DEMONSTRATE In SUPPORT OF FRISCO STRIKERS THURSDAY $50 PM

meet Wednesday, July Is, PM, at the office of
Carpenters Local 2O9O, 243 East S4th ST., to plan
the mighty demonstration in Union Square and fur
ther support of the great general strike of the San
Francisco workers. Workers of NeW York, mobilize
for mighty demonstration Union Square
Thursday, July 18th, at $50 Pm.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT
OF THE VEST COAST STRIKE.
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IN his own CUSTODY.
This morning his case goes to trial.
Workers are urged to pack the court
room. This is another instance where
the boss corporations and the boss
courts are attempting to check the
sale and distribution of the Daily
Worker. (The I.R.T. does not modest
the ncwsboys selling the Daily News,
Mirror and Amc-ican.)
ice not only expects TO win his case.
but to fight this discrimination against
our Daily" He has been selling ~
papers in about three and one-hsIf
hours each night. The night he was
arrested. the boy with the News only
sold 20 papers in the same time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

the West Coast strikers in dealing a crushing bLOW
to the pOcerfm open shop forces of San Francisco.
PROVISIONAL committee of the NeU York
II labor Increment, composed of representatives of
the A. F. of L. unions dependent unions and T. u
u. L. unions has been organized in support of the
West Coast strike. The committee is sending call
to all unions to join NTH it and elect delegates to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Red Builder Goes
On Trial Today for
Selling on SubsUays

NEW Y0RK.-Typica1 of the deter
mination being shown in the drive for
2o,e00 new readers, Joe Rogers has
been selling. the Daily Worker in the
I.R.T., Lexington Ave. Line, between
14th st. and 125th st. The second
night on the job, a guard told Joe to
get off the subway, but he stuck to
the job until his bundle was sold. The
next night. he was threatened by