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Evening star., 1934-12-12
Woman's Burns Fatal.

Hattie Green, 40, colored, died late
yesterday in Casualty Hospital from
burns received in her home in the
400 block of K street southwest Mon
day when her dress became ignited
from a gas stove. Coroner A. Magru-
der Macdonald issued Q certificate Of
accidental death.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
MACHAD0 IN HAMBURG
Former Cuban President Seeks
Exclusion in German City.

HAMBURG, December IL P.-
Gerardo Machado, former president
of Cuba, sought seclusion in a board
ing house yesterday after a voyage
from the Dominican Republic.
The fugitive statesman gave orders
to the house personnel to disclose no
information about his movements. 1t
was believed. however, that Machado
was preparing to go to Interlaken,
Switzerland, and later to Italy.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Nurses Hear Address.

Mrs. Marie Madre Marshall was the
guest speaker last night at the meet
ing of the Freedmen's Hospital Nurses
Alumnae Association at the hospital
Mrs. Marshall is the president of the
Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
in the District.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

regimenta t / o n
had been broken.
THAT Is the
most important
thing that has
happened" he
said In an ad-
dress before the
Illinois Manu-
facturers' Asso-
citation, during
which he avowed
his faith in q
future full of
opportunity and
told what he
thought of price
fixing 30-hOIlr
Evening star., 1934-12-12
TEST OF LIGHT BULBS
SOUGHT BY ROBERTS
Peoples Counsel Urges Action by
Bureau of Standards After
Numerous Complaints.

Numerous Complaints.
The Bureau of Standards was re-
quested today by Peoples Counsel
william A. Roberts to make tests to
determine if electric light bulbs in
general use in the District are up to
standard.
Roberts revealed he had received
numerous complaints as to the quality
of the bulbs and their burning time
in ordinary domestic use.
"It is obvious that at the rates now
being charged for electric current in
the District the cost of bulbs and
appliances is actually greater cost
to the consumer than that of the
current itself, taking into account de-
probation" Roberts declared.
The letter was addressed to Lyman
j. Briggs, director of the Bureau of
Standards.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
PLANNEDECON0MY.
DECLARED AT END
"SpeII" of RECOMMENDATION
Declared Broken by In
dividuaI Spirit.
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 12.-Alfred p.
Sloan, jr., president OF General Motors
Corp, asserted last night that the
spell" of a planned economy and
Evening star., 1934-12-12
HAUPTMANN NOTE
INQUIRY SOUGHT
Authorship Question Left to
New Jersey Officials
by Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j., December r.
The defense hoped today for a
State investigation of its claim that
the second Lindbergh ransom note
was written, not by Bruno Richard
Hauptmann. but by a New Jersey
carpenter of known criminal connec-
tions.
Edward ]. Reilly, chief defense
counsel. flung a verbal bombshell into
the States legal camp yesterday by
announcing that at least one of the
notes received by Col Charles A..
Lindbergh after the kidnap-slaying
Of the flyers son was written by a
member of a gang.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Wilentz Non-committal,

Attorney General David T. Will
entZ, chief of the State staff which
intends to show that Hauptmann not
only kidnapped the child but wrote the
notes when the case comes to trial
January 2, was non-committal.
Il would like an opportunity to
study the newspaper accounts of Mr..
Reilly's statement" he said. Then
the State will determine whether to
investigate"
DR.. John F. (Jafsie) Condor,
Lindbergh intermediary, meanwhile
Evening star., 1934-12-12
GIRLS DORMITORY
IS PRESENTED G. W.
BY MRS. H. A. STRONG

Continued From First Page.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
ROOSEVE TO FIRE ONE MILLION FROM eva JOBS FEB IS
Communist Party Sounds Call for 10000 NU Readers in "Da" Circulation
Workers Enthusiasm Shows
That Coal Can Be Reached
COMRADES

CONFADAS
Beginning with Lenin Day, continuing
until May 1t the through
laton campaign the objective securing
the daily edition. and 10000 Saturday
The need increasing among
the toing pressing imperative
comrades
We want 10000 everyday
Of
IL weeksn which achieve goal
be done Revolutionary enthusiasm organized 90
Comrades must be enlarged Daily
reach the growing number
continue to improve That is the only fulfill
the Of Party, masses
lot under the capitalist dictatorship government
THE daily and 10000 new readers of the
Saturday edition be easily provided
Similar effort resulted campaign
difficult conditions confronting workers
organized effort the circulation of our Daily Worker has
already increased by daily $4,000
for the Saturday edition
lion copies OF tenth anniversary
the workers the praise that they
welcome it.
The every the sections and units must
feel that day, from until May concen-
raed drive show workers. discussing them
comparing with the capitalist press an
date task Of the entire Party
How else will Boevk resistance the grow
be able mobilize against the MIRA against
the menace and fascm capitalism
do not constantly carry paper readers?
Thousands Of to meet ten
For immediate preparations for u week drive
In unit begin to plan
the steps for the victory for our
own revolutionary
For 10000 daily readers
For 10000 new Saturday readers by May
CENTRAL COMMITTEE, C. F. U. 8. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Packing Men Show
Hatred of Company
Union in Election
l,20O Stay Away; Others
Turn Out Company's
Official Slate

SOUTH ST. PAUL. Minn.-The
company union elections" in the
Armour Co. plant show the hatred
that the workers have toward the
Conference Board, and the loyalty
shown to the clearinghouse Workers
Industrial Union. Out Of 1900 work
ers in the plant, it was reported that
only about 400 took part in the "elec-
tions," and even then the slate Of
strikebreaking Conference Boa
members was defeated and new work
ers were elected in their places. This
is big victory for the clearinghouse
Workers Industrial Union, which
urged the workers to boycott the
elections.
A two-day public hearing was held
by the local N.R.A. Conference Board,
before crowd of packinghouse work
ers. on the complaints that active
strikers belonging to the Industrial
Union were blacklisted by Armour
81 Co Worker after worker took the
stand and re-affirned his loyalty to
the Industrial Union Due to the
mass pressure Of the workers, and
the sympathy OF many small bust
nesSmen, the NR.A. Board was forced
to hand down decision that Armour
g. Co. was violating Section Ia, and
that all blacklisted strikers should be
re-employed within one weeks time
Proof that the MIRA. gives the right
to organize" is nothing but sham
was given when General Manager
Shelby, Of Armour 81 Co.. openly
declared that no matter what the
Board would decide, Armour g. Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Peace Is Deep
Desire OfUSSR.
Says Bullitt
Wants Peace TO Build
Great, New Life for
Its Workers
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.
The Soviet Union does not
intend to engage in any war
except in self-defense. If war
comes between the Soviet Union and
any Of its neighbors it is not likely
that the initiative will have been
taken by or be attributed to it," VIII
liam G. Bullitt, the first American
Ambassador to the Soviet Union
declared tonight at banquet given
in his honor by the Chamber of Com
merce Of Philadelphia at the Belle
-Stratford Hotel.
In the course of his remarks, in
terpreted generally to be directed in
the direction of Japanese militsrists,
Bullitt said:
THE government of the Soviet
Union has gone as far or even fur
Their than we have gone in showing
its desire for peace. 1t has offered
non-aggression pacts to all neigh
boring nations and has signed such
pacts with many Of its neighbors. If
there is one impression among the
many with which I returned from
Moscow that stands out above the
others, it is the impression that the
Soviet government today desires
peace with the deepest sincerity.
''The Soviet Union is Just begin
ming the great task of internal recon-
struction. Industry and agriculture
have been reorganized. Life is going
ahead. But the new Russian eco
non1ic life is a young tree. 1t is
strong and vigorous. 1t will grow
straight into immense stature unless
it is stunted and twisted by war. The
primary object of the Soviet govern
ment today is to see to 1t that the
growth of its new life shall not be
distorted by war"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
N0Sis Jail Gallagher,
LID. Attorney; Order
Him to Ledue Germany

BERLIN, Jan. 19-Leo Gala
CHER. attorney for the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, was arrested
here this morning by the Nazi
police. He was released later i'll
the day, only after he had been
griiled for several hours, and was
ordered to leave Germany within
three days.
This incident, viewed in relation
to the Paris cable on Din1itroff
yesterday, again emphasizes the
secret plans of the Naxi butchers
to do away with the life OF George
Dimitroff, heroic Bulgarian Com
munsit, who exposed the Nazi
frame-up prosecution against
himself, Torgler, Popof and
Taneff at the Reichstag arson
trial. No news has been heard of
Dirnitroff for several days, and
grave fears for his safety are wide
spread.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

Storm Troopers in fascist Germany,
the witness testified. It consisted of
high black boots, black trousers,
white shirt and black tie.
Seeking to justify the actions OF
the Friends of New Germany, y
which German officials have insisted
has been liquidated, DR.. Konrad Bur
chardi testified that he made a
speech advocating that the A1neri-
can people take advantage of the ex-
perience the new German govern
ment has had with Communism.
One of the attorneys objected to
the manner in which the witness held
up his hand when being sworn in as
witness and charged that it was a
Nazi salute, but Judge Bush blandly
oYerruled the objection.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

is being sharpened to fall on
the necks of the struggling
C.W-A. workers.
Assuming that Hopkins is correct
in estimating that there are four
million now on the C.W.A. rolls, it
means that the $3.50 100000 which
C.W.A. no doubt will get from Con-
gress on February Is, will last until
April Is. The only thing which NAV
postpone the period when the Spring
weather will be offered as food, is.
as Hopkins declared, that "on stag
gering basis, lie, on a gradual de-
mobilization basis, the $4,000 600
may be stretched TO May II
In any event, this show is going
TO close ON May l." Hopkins ststso
firmly.
What are YOU going to do With
all these millions ON May I" cor
Respondent asked hopkins.
We'll, God can't predict this
thing" he replied, With noticeable
evasion and vagueness. ct depends
upon what you think about this sitt.-
alton. It's 8 matter OF opinion. !
think there's going TO be a step-uo
It's your guess as TO what effect the
whole recovery program will have ca.
employment"
Ignores job Decline
He had nothing to say about yes
terday's Labor Department an
nouncement that both payrolls and
employment figures for December.
1888, as compared with the previous
month, showed an appreciabIe de-
crease-that the payroll total for De-
cember, 1888, is only 49.9 per cent
on the 1926 basis to which the
Roosevelt administration is trying 10
jack up prices
In explaining the recently an
nounced C.W.A. cut in total hours
worked, so that the C.WA. wages
would coincide with the low-gesred
N.R-A. wage scale, such as the South
ern Lumber code, providing "a cents
an hour for 48-hotu week. Hopkins
informed the press that hereafter
C.W-A. would permit maximum OF
"a hours OF work in the cities and
10 hours in all rural areas. There's
no significance in this action, other
than mine" ne fastened to add. He
estimated the average C.WA. wage
to have been around s12 a week. In
the South, however, he himself Is
the authority for the statement that
the average has been about 81
week.
Cut Wages On C.W.A.
The fact Of the matter, however
Is that it is not matter Of money.
Congress would give Roosevelt . bill
Continued on Page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
British Weigh
Plan to Renew
Tokyo Alliance
Begin Negotiations for
Recognition of
Manchukuo

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Imme-
date renewal of the Anglo
Japanese alliance was advo-
Gated by Sir Bolton Eyres-
Monsell, head of the British Ad-
miralty, at a meeting of the Cabinet
which considered the growing war
tension in the Far East and repriSa.
measures aaginst Roosevelt's move tc
further cheaper the dollar in the in
creasingly fierce fight for markets.
Several of the Cabinet members are
said to have opposed the proposed
alliance as premature" and certain
to strengthen Japan's hands in
China, whre japanese aggressions are
threatening British and U. S. i'm
perialist interests alike.
The proposal will come up again
for discussion at the British Empire
naval conference at Singapore next
Tuesday, it is reported.
Hardin dispatches report that the
British Consul at Darien is negoti-
ating with the Japanese puppet Man
chukuo State for the opening of a
British Consulate in the Manchukuc
capital. The Chinese press in Man
churia is said to be greatly excited
over the report, and interprets such
move as equivalent to British rec
IGNITION of Manchukuo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Nasi Storm Troopers Drill
In Uniform in Los angeles

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. -
His own recent Investigation of
Nazi activities in the US. having
resulted in dud, Congressman
Samuel Dickstein and the House
Committee on immigration of
which he Is chairman yesterday
moved to seek authority for a"fulI
Congressional Investigation
Dickstein, who at one point in
the Notwithstanding the teS-
timony of c. A. Hathaway, editor
Of the Daily Worker-adj0urned
the hearings on the ground that
testimony was "too hot" has often
complained that his own commit
tee had mo funds and no power 10
subpoena.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. l9-In
this much-publicized sunshine par
adise" where radical and even liberal
gatherings have been brutally smash
ed by Lieut. Hynes' notorious Red
Squad, uniformed Nazi storm troop
ers have been permitted to drill I'M
moleSted.
This startling fact was inadvert-
entity revealed here at a trial before
Judge Guy F. Bush where an order
was sought to remove officers of the
German American Alliance on the
ground that they were illegally put
over by Nazis and their sympathizers
of the Friends of New Germany
Exposed in recent issues of the
Daily Worker-Ed. Note).
Captain John H. Schmidt, former
German army officer and later a
lieutenant and captain in the Alneri-
can army during the World War, teS-
titled that he distinctly heard the
sounds of marching men and sharp
commands in German in an adjoin-
ing room as delegates to the Ger
man-American Alliance met in
caucus to select officers in an effort
to seize control Of the organization.
The uniforms of the Nazis were
the same as those worn by Hitler
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Ben GOIdSent total
for 40 DaySOnOrder
of Edward McGrady
A.F.L., Fur Bosses Be
hind McGrady's Move
to Jail Gold

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 19-Ben
Gold, national secretary OF the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union, was
sentenced to 40 days in jail today by
Judge Rodney in the Wilmington
Criminal Court for his activity for
the unemployed workers as one OF
the leaders of the National Hunger
March in December, 1882.
The decision to sentence Gold to
jail is directly due to Edward Nc
Grady, A. F. Of L .rnisleader and now
assistant secretary Of the U. S. De-
partment Of Labor, who is notorious
for his instigation of repeated at
tacks on the left wing in the A. F.
Of L. unions.
1t seemed evident that the judge
had decided to suspend sentence in
Colds case on request of Attorney
Buitenkant, who represented him,
when a letter was introduced at the
hearing from McGrady, declared
Gold to be a menace to American
society and institutions, trouble
maker and a Stacker during the war
McGrady Historically appealed to the
patriotism of the judge in jingoistic
attack on Gold and virtually ordered
the judge to sentence Gold to jail.
McGrady Old Labor Foe
McGrady is well known to the fur
workers as provocateur for the
bosses, whose chief task as govern
ment agent is to break strikes and
push forward the fascist domination
of the government over the workers
His letter puts the stamp of govern
ment approval on the drive to crush
the left wing unions
Needle trades members, surging
with resentment against McGrady's
entrance into the case recognize the
hand of the Fur Joint Council and
the fur bosses behind McGrady's
move. The fur workers, in Colds alb
sence will intensity their union &C
tivity and are prepared to continue
Colds work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Mendieta Plans
BlOOdbath for
Cuban Workers
viii Get Wall Street Aid
for Batista's Terror
Reign in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 49,
Carlos Mendieta has been in
stalled as President of Cuba,
by the direct intervention of
Jefferson Gallery, Wall Streets am
bassa6or to Cuba.
All night, cars filed with landlords
and native capitalists, as well as
disgruntled and displaced AIachado
office employees visited and con-
graduated Mendieta. The Spanish
bourgeois and the American capital
lists here particularly, are celebrating
the advent Of the new regime and
its Wall Street alliance.
In its appeal to the workers. the
Communists Party declares that the
new regime is reactionary concen-
tration block of Mendieta, Col. b.
t!sts, head Of the army, and the re-
dictionary AB.C.
Workers Oppose Mendiets
The working class is opposed TO the
new government and demonstrates
this by sabotaging all OF the celebra-
tons. In working class sections,
clashes take place repeatedly with
A.B.C. members.
The new government began its ac-
ton by breaking the strike Of the
electrical workers in the American
public utility. Fifty street car work
ers were arrested for taking control
Of their union and driving out the
reactionary leadership.
Discomfort in the army and navy
is growing. The soldiers are sullen.
realizing the seil-out.
The students strike for forty eight
hours against the Caffery-inStalled
Mendieta government, led by the Ala
/ Izquierda, LETT students organiza-
iton, continues only in one university
because it is mGsied by reformists
and reactionsries.
The program of the new govern
ment has not yet been published, yet
deliberations are going on in the
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Wholesale Initiation,
Senator Predicts As
Result of Gold Plan
Terrific Slashes in the
Buying Power of Wages
Predicted
GOVT ASKS HASTE
Roosevelt Speeds Plan
for Use Against
Trade Rivals
By MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker, Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49,
''We are going to increase the
currency by some millions of
dollars" Senator Tom Con-
nally, Texas Democrat, today bluntly
declared before the House Coinage
Committee. 1t was one Of several in
dications that many see the rolling
Of money printing presses as one OF
the results of the Roosevelt dollar
devaluation bills as it is now being
hurried through Congress.
BENJAMIN M. Anderson, Jr., a
Chase National Bank economist, gave
the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee some suggestions for
amending the Roosevelt measure
which would mean, he said, "the DIFF
ference between blowing this coun-
try sky-high in the next two years,
and leaving it within the power Of
the President to control initiation"
Continuing their frenzied drive to
push the bill through with mini
mum Of elaboration, Democratic lead
ers hoped TO see It enacted by Tues
day, This has been ordered, Democrat
Il Leader Byrne, said, by the President
himself. It will be passed tomorrow
by the House, barring unforeseen de-
velopments, and the Senate will act
upon it early next week.
The reason for the pell-n1ell haste,
it now appears, Is that other inpe-
rialist nations already are seeking to
visit reprisals upon the United States
for this new effort to further It's own
imperialism by dealing in Interna-
tional Exchange.
The dollar has been forced up on
the Exchange This, far more than
the official explanation that some
government refinancing must be done
next week, is responsible for the
speed at which Congress Is moving
An administration amendment to
the bill, introduced late yesterday by
Chairman Fletcher Of the Senate
Banking Committee, would permit an
increase of $z,5oo,Ooo,oOo in notes
which the Treasury could issue.
No labor spokesman has been
heard, nor any scheduled to be heard
on the effects the measure will have
upon the masses of the population
witnesses today we're almost all bank
ers. In their testimony, however
some baneful provisions OF the bill
were developed.
Roy Young, governor of the Federal
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Strikers Demand
Mass Picketing of
Anthracite Mines
Local Unions Decide to
Defy InjunctiOns,
State Police
BY DAN Singer

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Jan. 1s.--
The rank and file anthracite miners
on strike are pushing forward the de-
mands Of the miners in such a mill
tant way that they are forcing the
officials to take Up these issues in the
local unions of the United Anthracite
Miners Union.
The demand OF the miners to
smash the injunction by mass viola
ton and picketing, is being talked
of in ali of the meetings OF the min
ers. Last night at a meeting of the
Maxwell Colliery miners the local
union decided to organize stronger
picket lines, and TO ignore and smash
the vicious injunction.
The miners favored a march on
the county court house. let them
arrest us ALL" shouted the miners.
I'VE might just as we'll be in Jail as
working for nothing" This sentiment
prevailed throughout the meeting.
A committee was elected to go to
the Burgess and demand that he stop
the state troopers from coming into
the boroughs and causing trouble.
The state troopers were the ones that
were responsible for the trouble, said
the strikers.
ProvOcatems at Work
Just as in every strike the coal OPP
orators are employing provocateurs.
Last night the Kahol-Berg Coal Co.
Office was dynamited. 1t is the opin-
ion Of every one that this act was
committed by someone hired either
by the U. M. ". Of A. officials or the
coal company.
The miners especially are interest
ed for the reason that the coal COM
panies at this time are asking for
injunctions, and the miners see in
this bombing the means which the
coal companies use in order to secure
the injunction to suppress the work
ers. AS one miner stated, III the coal
operators and the U. M. W. OF A.
leaders enforce this injunction, it
means that not only the miners but
every worker becomes an abject
slave"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
In the Daily Worker
Today

Page 2
Sports, by 81 Gerson.
Page
Steel Union Acts to Stop Lay
Offs.
Page
Lenin's Influence on Trade
Unions in US, by Jack Stachel.
The Fight for Social Insurance,
by I. Amter.
U.T.W. officials Aid Wage Cuts,
by Nat Kaplan.
Page S
'Lenin, the Mountain Eagle
Genius of Revolution" by
Joseph Stain.
Events in Lenin's Life.
with Leninism in Struggle
Against Opportunism," by
Alex Bittleman.
Page 6.
''Lenin's Letter to the American
Working Class"
when LeniiI Smoke to Ameri-
can Working Glass;" by Alex
a76c- IT, se--hnrg.
Page Z.
wall Streets Capitol by Sey-
mour Waldman.
Lenin to the Youth, by Mac
Weiss.
CAPITALISTS Build Navy for Huge
Profits, by James Casey.
Lenin's Room Preserved, by
vern Smith.
Page s.
Letters from Mine Workers.
Party Life"
with Our Young Readers"
%. Luttinger Advises
~ tf,e Home" bv Helen Luke.
"Change the World" by Michael
Geld.
Tuning In; What's On; Stage
and Screen.
Page 9.
Lenin on Culture.
Page 10.
Foreign News,--Editorfals.