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The Washington times., 1934-02-01
Rogers at His Best

Rogers at His Best
AS near as this department
can estimate at least 10000 acts
worked for the Roosevelt parties,
all without compensation. It was
magnificent tribute to our
Presidents popularity, and yet
the amusement world has never
failed a worthy cause.
Will Rogers revised his very
busy schedule to remain in Wash
ington and Emcee the proceed
ings here. Buddy Rogers got
night off from his regular joo
at the Paradise Night Club on
Broadway to come down. Cow
BOY Will made marvellous M. c..
In merriest mood nobody in the
world could have equalled his
visecracks on the notables seated
n lounge and lobby.
Rosemarie Brancato, the youth
'ul prima donna of the San
Carlo Company, was so over
ioyed at the honor of singing
for Mrs. Roosevelt that she aban-
doned her very strict routine
which calls for a 10 o'clock bed
On the night before her public
appearances.
Lois Moran. came in spite of
a bad cold and Billy Gaxton and
Victor Moore scratched the Wal
dorf Astoria party to accept the
invitation of Ray Baker and
George P. Marshall. j. Harold
Murray was delighted to discover
he had packed his opera hat and
suit with the tails in his ward
robe trunk SO that he was able
to appear in formal attire, while
Joseph M. DAILY represented the
Savin Hill democracy.
Jack Baron Munchausen Pearl
turned down a weeks work at the
Brooklyn Paramount to pay his
tribute and the lovely Yates sisters
spent the afternoon at the beauty
parlor primping for the Shoreham
party. Libby Rowland and the
Three Aces and Nathan Bachrach
were other talented Washington
ians who did their bit most cheer
fully.
AS the volunteer booking agent
for much of this talent the de-
partment expresses its grateful
thanks.
Down at the Fox, Barron, Won
ders, Meakin and company pre-
Sented an all-Star show that kept
81 customers up until 8 in the
morning. It was a grand enter
tainment with every act playing
In Washington taking part, most
Of them after having played four
regular shows.
The Washington times., 1934-02-01
Godfrey Honor

Arthur M. Godfrey, WJSV an
nouncer whom Winchel feels
should not be wasting his time
at the Alexandria station instead
of as a New York network star,
sends us a certificate that the
department is licensed Mug
wump and Sun Dialer." No. 43.
Whatever that means. Miss
Elizabeth McFadden, author Of
the play Double Door" will be
present as honor guest at the
National Theater Monday night
when the Smith College Alumni
Club fills the chairs for the
opening performance . 1888
were the receipts of the Fox
midnight show. Cold weather re-
duced the gross at least $1,000
Bill Levy proposes that Janu-
ary 80 be made a national toli-
day, Roosevelt Day. All the
hotels and night clubs will prob
ably second the motion. They
did a tremendous business on
Tuesday night.
The Washington times., 1934-02-01
Powder Puff Dance

Powder puffs cease to be
powder puffs and become clothing
in dance sequence in the Wheeler
and Woolsey comedy, Hips, Hips,
Hooray" at RKO-Keith'S.
The Washington times., 1934-02-01
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
HOT !: =: /: From,
HOLLYWOOD!
ny q" INN
Special to The Washington Time

HOLLYWOOD, Feb With every studio in the business
going heavily for classics and fantasies Radio trying
to clear the rights to the Washington Irving story
of Grip Van Wnke'
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Build theNegro "Liberator"

THE blows of the Roosevelt recovery
program" of bloody attacks on strik-
ers, wage cuts, crop reduction and denial
of adequate relief to the unemployed
millions, are directed with especial vehe-
mence against the Negro toiIers.
Under the N.R.A., the so-called mini
wage" set by the NRA. codes, have become
the standard wage in many industries. The Negro
workers, however, deprived of even this mini
mum starvation wage. The N.RA code authorities
have authorized lower, jm-crow, sub-human wage
for the Negro toiers This is particularly so in
the South, where white workers are being paid
lower scale than in the North with still lower
scale for Negroes under the traditional differen-
tials" upheld by Roosevelt in his infamous decision
several weeks ago against the Alabama Negro and
white mine strikers
Hand in hand with these attacks on the eco
nomic field, there is proceeding an increasing fas-
cist lynch terror and chauvnist incitement against
the Negro masses Frame-ups of Negroes are no.
toriously increasing. Violation of Negro civil and
constitutional rights and the use of the courts as
frame-up instruments have been sanctioned in the
UONAorOAo VI G4le tadpdIud ana Georgia state
supreme courts upholding the lynch verdcts against
the innocent Scottsboro boys and the vicious SEN
tence of 18 to 20 years on the Georgia chain gang
against Angelo Herndon heroic young Negro organ
lzer of Atlanta unemployed workers.
In the face of the desperate situation con-
fronting the oppressed Negro masses the cam
paign to build the Negro Lberator, national organ
of the League of Struggle for Negro Rights, takes
on additional significance. This campaign shouId
have the active, energetic support of every revo-
lutionary worker and of all persons and organi-
cations opposed to Iynching. Every support should
be given the drive to raise sustaining fund of
$4,000 for the paper, and to the building up of
mass following of Negro and white workers
around the paper.
The worsening conditions of the Negro masses
are measure of the increasing oppression and
misery of the whole toing population of the coun-
try under the New Deal" program It is no acci-
dent that in the South where the Negroes are
most oppressed and where the white ruling class
has been most successful in carrying out its pro-
gram OF splitting the working class that the con-
ditions Of ALL workers, Negro and white are worse
than in any other section of the country The
fight against Negro oppression and persecution is
the task and duty of the entire working class In
their own interests, the white workers must be in
the forefront of this struggle.
In this struggle powerful Negro Liberator"
be decisive factor.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Mass Trial of Fascism
Friday Night in Phila.;
Radio Talk Thursday

PHILADELPHIA, July A. Re-
spending to Dimitroff's appeal to
give mot a moments rest to Hit
ler's agents until Thaelmann is
freed" the South Philadelphia Sec
ton of the International Labor De-
tense sent another delegation to the
local German Consulate demanding
the release of Thaelmann and all
anti-fascist prisoners in Germany.
The executive committee of the
R.C.A, local radio workers organi-
zation, and the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union sent reso-
lutions to the Nazi Embassy in
Washington and the local Consulate
with the same demands, and for
the abolition of the bogus Peoples
Courts" set up by Hitler to rush
through the murder of Thaelmann
and other anti-fascists.
A mass trial of German fascism,
with Kurt Rosenfeld, Aneucin Be-
van, Mrs. Williams Ellis, and DR..
Fairchild, as the main witnesses,
and the audience as the Judge, will
be held in the Garrick Theatre, Fri
day night. The trial is under the
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
'gelo Herndon Is Adamant In Face of Terror

Governor Talmadge indicated that
he was tremendously impressed by
the vast amount of mass protest
which has poured into his office on
the Herndon case, and sent for the
file to show us the unbelievable
volume of letters and kilograms
which he described as "intinni-
dating" Our delegation assured him
that this material was simply an
indication of the international wave
of protest against the legal lynch
ing of Herndon; and that he should
be clearly aware of the extent and
force of working class indignation.
General Camp quoted A. T. Wal
den, the leading Negro lawyer of
Atlanta, as having stated at an open
meeting that Herndon was receiving
excellent treatment. Walden, local
president of the N. A. A. C. P,
has practiced law in Atlanta for
20 years and has never raised the
question of Negroes on juries. He
refused to have anything to do
with the Herndon case because he
knew that this issue would be
brought into the case. This prob
ably accounts for the Governors
hearty praise of Walden:
There's niger who's highly re-
Spected," said Governor Talmadge
of this prominent member of the
Atlanta bar, because he's humble
that niger is as humble as
the lowest farmer"
Seething Discomfort
DR.. j. A. Martin, Negro Clergyman
of Atlanta, who accompanied the
delegation, told Governor Talmadge
forcefully that the tactics of the
Klan and Men of Justice" have
caused seething discomfort among
the Negro masses. The Klan re-
Gently broke up a peaceful Scots
boro meeting in q Negro church;
the police came and arrested the
Negroes who we're holding the meet
ing, without interfering with the
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
New Cabinet
In Japan To
Speed Aiming.
Scandal Is Pretext for
the Ousting of
SaitO Group

TOKYO, July Am intensified
naval arms race and an increased
war budget will be the main result
Of the appointment OF Admiral
Keisuke Okada to form a new cab
met to replace the deposed saito
cabinet.
The Ssito cabinet resigned from
Office ostensibly on the pretext of a
graft scandal in the Bank OF Taiwan
(Formosa), but the real reason was
the growing sharpness Of the naval
rivalries between Japan, the United
States and Great Britain in prep
aration for the 1885 naval confer
ence.
This by no means minimizes the
huge graft scandal of the Saito
cabinet, in which government Off
cials peddled Taiwan bank securities
to their friends for practically Moth
ing. But this is not an unusual
situation in the Japanese ruling
circles, who are known for their cor
ruption.
The Saito cabinet had been in
Office for over two years and had
directed the seizure of Manchuria,
the rapid preparations for war
against the Soviet Union. At the
present time, however, with the
tremendous naval arms race in
Japan, Britain and the United
States, it was felt by the army and
navy forces, that new cabinet still
more drastic in its war prepara-
tions, was required.
The Saito cabinet was tottering
for some time, but the militarists
could not easily come to an agree
ment on who should replace it. One
of the factors in the downfall of
the Saito group was the opposition
Of some of the militarists to the
aged finance minister Takahashi,
who had found means of supplying
the heavy war funds heretofore, but
who argued for a slight reduction
of the war budget in view of grow
ing economic and financial diff
culties.
Some of the present ministers in
the cabinet are to be retained
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Begin Work on Second
I'll ug e Hydro-Electric
Plant in Soviet Union
Especial to the Daily Worker,

MOSCOW, July 4 (By Radio)-
Construction Of the second huge
hydroelectric station on the river
Svir has begun in the Leningrad
district. The first power station on
the Svir river was opened a few
months ago. The second power sta
tion will have four turbines each of
$4,000 horsepower, four generators
each of 10000 kilowatt amperes, and
two small turbines.
The new construction requires
100000 cubic meters of reinforced
concrete, or two and half times
more than the first Svir station al
ready completed.
Twenty thousand workers and
specialists will be engaged in the
construction. The academician.
Cratic, who constructed the Vol
khov station, and the first Svir sta
ton, will be in charge of the con-
struction.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
The Victory Case

GREETINGS to the Detroit workers. In
u freeing James Victory from the
clutches of the auto manufacturers police,
the Detroit masses struck ringing blow
in the struggle for Negro rights. Framed
on a charge of slashing a white woman,
Victory was the target of vicious cam
paign aimed at condemning the Negro people as
rippers, voodooists savages, etc. For weeks the
local press especially the yellow Detroit Times,
carried on campaigns to the effect that the Negroes
were banded together to assail white women. The
worst practices of the Southern lyncher were used
to whip up race hatred and provoke race riot
Fifty-two Negro workers were arrested a day,
cordng to Police Commissioner Pickert. Orders
we're given to arrest Negroes on sight in white
neighborhoods Negroes were quizzed on the streets
searched, bounded All of this eliminated in the
arrest of Victory, an innocent worker gas-flling
station employee, world war veteran and member
Of the American Legion,
The League of Struggle for Negro Rights the
International Labor Defense and the Communist
Party responded Immediately to the issue and mobi-
lized united front in defense of Victory. A con-
ference was called mass meetings held, white and
Negro organizations visited pamphlets and leaflets
isSued,-and protests began to pour in to the
authorities for the release of Victory At the trial
white and Negro workers streamed into the court
room to watch the proceedings and demonstrate
their solidarity.
THE united front Of whites and Negroes had its
effect In the court white workers and even
business men who had known Victory personally
testified to his unimpeachable integrity and honesty
The attorneys led by the able labor lawyer Maurice
Sugar exposed the frame-up completely. 1t was
proved that the police had singled out Victory and
lined him up alone for Identification" by the white
Southern woman, Mrs. Kaye. The police record of
the alleged assailant was proved to have been de-
hberately falsed by the police to fit the descrip-
ton of Victory In the court the attorneys courag-
eousy protested the exclusion Of Negro workers and
the further aims Of the police to surround the
proceedings with lynch spirit
Victory's freedom shows once again that the
line of struggle win, that only the united
front of Negro and white can achieve success in
beating back the chauvinistc drive of the fascist
rulers The struggle for the Scottsboro boys will
be aided by the Detroit victory. Mass struggle has
three times snatched the boys from the hands of
death. Now this struggle must be raised to an
immense mass action if the lynchers are not to
have the blood of our boys. Close the ranks more
firmly, Negro and white workers.
Now is the time to consolidate the gain, recruit
new members for the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights for the LID, and strengthen the organi-
cations that led in the defense of the Negroes
Now is the time to drive forward with an intensi-
fed struggle around Bill for Negro Rights!
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
10 Outdoor Meetings
In Bridgeport This Week;
Big Rally Saturday

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July A.
Ten outdoor meetings, including
several shop gate meetings, are
being held this week to demand the
freedom of Thaelmann A mass
meeting in the center of the city
will climax the weeks activities.
The International Labor Defense
is making every effort to enlist mass
support for the demonstration Sat-
urday night at Main and Canton.
One of the principal speakers will
be Michael A. Russo, candidate for
State treasurer on the Communist
Party ticket.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05

found the scene surrounded by po-
lice and machine guns and all
speeches or placards forbidden. Dr..
Martin, however, led the prayer,
as follows:
GOD give us men who have the
courage to fight police brutality;
God give us men who will die in
defense of their rights"
This spirit is strong and growing
among the oppressed masses of the
South. The particular brutality of
the verdict against Angelo Herndon
makes it perfectly clear that no
militant worker is safe against the
illegal lynch tactics of Assistant
Solicitor Hudson and his political
cronies. 1t is almost incredible that
Herndon's savage sentence is based
on an unemployment demonstration
at which there was no disorder;
this "insurrectionary" meeting was
SO calm that there was no police
interference and no arrests made at
the time.
Our delegation goes to Birming-
ham today, but returns to Atlanta
Friday to make further definite de-
mands for Herndon's protection.
We intend to concentrate upon two
vigorous points:
First, reduction of the absurdly
exorbitant bail; second, that the
Governor or the County Commits
sioner appoint a commission to in
vestigate Herndon's physical condi-
ton and treatment in the jail.
Herndon is in the hands of fas-
cist Negro hating officials; these
same officials want to destroy the
Atlanta Six and other workers; they
want to give the Klan and the
Men of Justice" free reign to mur-
der and burn and terrorize. John
H. Hudson must be exposed as the
leading tool of this criminal cam
paign. All honest opinion in the
United States must be aroused.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Continued from Page y

give it to Herndon without delay.
At this point, Bob Mccall, an as
sistant jailer, whispered to Mr.. Hol-
land that you'll have to show it
to Mr.. Hudson Hudson won't
like this" Mr.. Holland gracefully
ignored his assistant and repeated
his assurances.
Our delegation was greeted with
great courtesy at the jail and by
all public officials with the excep-
ton Of Hudson although it is per-
fectly obvious that they are using
Hudson in order to test how far
they can safely go in the campaign
of prejudice and red-baiting. John
A. Boykin, Solicitor General and
Hudsons immediate superior, is at
present preparing a new sedition
law, which is designed to supple
ment and be even more sweeping
than the old statute against slave
insurrection which is at present be-
ing used. Boykin addressed a meet
ing of the s"Men of Justice" last
night on the advantages of this new
fascist law which he hopes to pass.
Governor Talmadge on "Niggers"
Governor Richard Talmadge dis
coursed to us at great length on
the psychology and smartness of
"niggers'-in the presence of three
Negro delegates-and called Ad-
jutant General Lindley Camp who
said that the Governor had sent
him to weigh Herndon and that
Herndon had lost only five pounds
since being imprisoned. Herndon
told us that he did not recall ever
having seen General Camp or being
weighed by him The presence of
the General at our interview led the
Atlanta papers to state that the
Governor had Offered a military
escort" for our visit to the Jail.
General Camp said that he be-
lieved Herndon was "uppitty.'
The daily worker., 1934-07-05

ton at Ridgewood Grove, comes up
for trial today, before the Special
Sessions Court in Jamaica, on
charge of third degree assault.
SloSsberg will be represented by
the International Labor Defense At
torney, Schriftman. Workers pres
ent at the Ridgewood Grove demon
stration are urged to see the LID.
attorney at the court before the
trial begins. All workers are urged
to pack the court at 1858 Jamaica
Ave, at $50 am. today, to protest
the attempt to railroad this anti
fascist fighter to jail. The charge
carries sentence of six months to
three years Imprisonment. Direc-
tions to court: Jamaica line, B.M.T.
to 16Oth St., walk to 1888 Jamaica
Avenue.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05

Klansmen who broke up the as
semblage. There isn't a Negro in
the United States who has any
doubts about the innocence of the
Scottsboro boys; we intend to go on
fighting for, those boys, and when
rowdy gangs are allowed to break
up peaceful protest meetings, the
mass of Negroes are forced to see
that the government won't protect
them. I tell you, Governor, I'll
vote the Communist ticket before
I'll vote for people who allow fas-
cist gangs to threaten and kill Ne
groes."
DR.. Martin has been repeatedly
intimidated for his stand in defense
of Herndon When another Negro
clergyman, Rev. j. Raymond Hen
derson, was recently persuaded to
repudiate Herndon, reporters from
Atlanta papers called DR.. Martin
and told him that it was now about
time for him to give up his foolish
fight for Herndon and to admit
oAir1V o4lO bCoOCto LII. lN1dl
tin Indignantly refused, and wrote
scathing article in the Atlanta
Daily World defying the oppressors
of Herndon and other Negro work
ers. The terror here is so great
that few people dared to publicly
support DR.. Martin, but he tells us
that hundreds of phone calls
reached him from workers, and hun
dreds of other workers came to
him secretly at night to pledge their
support.
DR.. Martin is the man who of
ficiated at the famous funeral of
Blind Glover Davis, A policeman
killed Davis, claiming that Davis
drew a knife on him in spite of
being a blind man. 1t had been
intended to make the funeral the
occasion of mass protest against
the brutality of the police: but the
thousands who came to the funeral
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Union Orders 1000
Free Thaelmann" Cards

NEW YORK. = The Steel and
Metal Workers Union has ordered
1000 of the Free Thaelmann" post
cards to be sold to it's members for
mailing to Germany.
The union has also sent kilograms
and resolutions to Hitler and the
Nazi Embassy in Washington, de-
manding the freedom of Thaelmann
and other anti-fascist fighters i'm
prisoned in Germany 1t has sent
a delegation to the German Consul
late at IT Battery Place. Members
of the union are participating in
the picketing of the Consulate, and
have taken part in all the city-wide
Free Thaelmann' demonstrations
in this city.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Wave of Bank Crashes
Feared in France as
Two Banks Shut Doors

PARIS, July 4.-Fear of an avail
anche of bank crashes here was ex-
pressed following the closing down
OF two banks yesterday The Brois-
sier Bank at Mines, and the Banque
Castineau of Montpelier shut their
doors yesterday and suspended pay
ments.
Small businessmen whose com
bined debts amount to $465 900, 900
are on the verge of bankruptcy and
their failure to make interest pay
ments, together with the growing
economic and financial crisis in
France, is putting the banks in
dangerous situation.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
500 Workers Send Free
Thaelmann" Demand to Nazis

CANTON, Ohio.-Eight hun
dred workers and their families,
assembled at the Communist Party
picnic here on June "a, demanded
the immediate and safe release of
Ernst Thaelmann and all anti
fascist prisoners facing the threat
of the Nazi axe-men in Germany,
in a resolution adopted and sent to
the Nazi Embassy in Washington.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Envoy Calls Cops
On Anti-FaSCiStS
Continued from Page y

workers and working class SYM
pathizers of Washington, D. c., we
instruct you to communicate our
demand to Hitler for the immediate
and safe release Of Ernst Thael-
mann, leader of the German work
ing class, and head of the Commu-
mist Party of Germany.
1--WE warn you that, together with
millions of other workers through
out the world, we will keep up our
protest until the heroic Ernst Thael-
mann and all other anti-fascist
prisoners who are being held and
tortured in the concentration camps
and dungeons of the bloody Hitler
fascist government are released"
Police are maintaining 24-hour
guard before the embassy.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Plan Free Thaelmann'
Bicycle Parade in
Brooklyn. July IA

BROOKLYN. A Free Thael-
mann" demonstration, organized by
the Brooklyn section of the Asso-
ciated Workers Clubs, adopted and
forwarded a resolution to the Nazi
Embassy at Washington.
A Free Thaelmann" bicycle pa
rade is being organized for July ID
at 5 p. M, starting at Pennsylvania
and Sutter Ave.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05

joint auspices of the Philadelphia
Committee to Aid the Victims of
German Fascism, American League
Against War and Fascisn, Interna-
tional Jurioical Association, and the
Philadelphia committee of the Ma
tional Committee for the Defense
of Political Prisoners. Tickets are
on sale at the theatre.
On Thursday night, at $50
O'Clock, H. NJ Wieks will deliver
radio address on fascism over Sta
ton WPEN.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
Duluth Workers Push
Signature Campaign

DULUTH, Mimi, July 4.-Duluth
organizations are preparing a city
wide campaign for Free Thael-
mann" signatures. The National
Students League, the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, Farmers
National Committee for Action, are
calling for a million signatures and
a million pennies.
The daily worker., 1934-07-05

They we're part
Of a group of
1000 poor peas
ants who were
scourin g the
countryside for
food.
Cold and hun
cry, t hey left
their bare farms,
stricken by star
va tion T h e
Chilean govern
ment sent them
The daily worker., 1934-07-05
On the
World Front
HitIer's Methods in Chile
A Shanghai Strike
Pro-Fascist SANDERS
By HARRY CANNES

UTTLERS methods of trying to
ii solve economic and political crises
are becoming popular among the
depressing classes. Yesterday fifty
hungry peasants in Chile were