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Evening star., 1934-03-04
MRS. DAVID NJ. LEA
CHOSEN HOME HEAD
Reelected President of Episcopal
Institution for Children.
Other Officers Named.

Mrs. David Meade Lea was re-
elected president of the Episcopal
Home for Children at the annual
meeting Of the Board Of Lady Man.
ayers last week at the home, Nebraska
avenue and Rock Creek Ford road.
All other officers were reelected, the
vote being unanimous.
Other officers are Mrs. Arthur A.
Birney, first vice president; Mrs. Will
liam c. Hanson, second vice president;
Mrs. Andrew B. DuVall, third vice
president: Mrs. Harvey Graham, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Francis c.
Wallace, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Charles F. Roberts, treasurer; Miss
Mary r. Kurtz, assistant treasurer,
and Mrs. Irwin M. Violet, Mrs. w.
Elkins Reed and Mrs. Lloyd B. Will
son, members Of the House Com
mittee.
Mrs. Birney. first vice president,
was one Of the charter workers for
the home, beginning more than 10
years ago, when Prof. and Mrs. Mel
vile Bell gave to the Daughters Of
the King the property at Colonial
Beach, since known as the Bell Home,
and which is used as Summer home
for the children. She has seen the
home develop from q spot on one of
the hilltops in Anacostia until 1t
moved to Its present location as q
result Of the gift Of nine acres Of
land by the late Edwin Gould Of
New York, on which one Of the most
modern homes Of its kind In the
country has been built.
There are now - children receiv-
ing care at this home through the
Community Chest.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
COMMITTEE TO DRAFT
SMOKE NUISANCE LAW
Commissioners Name Officials and
Business Executives for
Joint Action.

A joint committee Of District Of
ficials and private business executives
WIS created yesterday by the District
Commissioners to draft q proposed
new smoke nuisance law for the
District.
The action followed recent protests
by members of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association that en-
forcement activities had been too
strict against business houses, while
there was no provision for similar &C.
ton against owners Of private resi-
dences
Representatives Of the District on
the committee are Capt. Howard r.
Clark, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner: Capt. Hugh P. Dram. director
Of inspection; c. A. Bennett Of the
Municipal Architects Once. and Dr..
william G. Fowler. health ofncer.
Other members Of the committee are
James E. Collihower, M. x. Wilberdins
and p. G. Bowie.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
THREE PERSONS HURT
IN FALLS ON STREETS
District Fireman Breaks Leg in
Alighting From Cab-Mother
Fractures Hip.

Three persons were injured, one Sc
riously. in falls to the street yesterday
They are James S. Kane, 76, of 1916
Tenth street, who suffered hip frac-
ture and shock when he slipped on Ice
and fell to the sidewalk at Seventh
and N streets: George Harvey, 80, Dis
trict fireman living at lit South Car
olina avenue southeast, who broke his
leg when he slipped and fell to the
curb after alighting from a taxicab,
and Temple Briggs, 81, Of 1915 street
southeast, who broke his ankle when
he slipped and fell while at First street
and Virginia avenue southwest.
Kane was taken in taxicab to Wal
ter Reed Hospital, where his condition
was said to be serious. The fireman
was taken to Emergency and Briggs to
Providence Hospital and thence to
Gallinger.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
HOUSE TO SETTLE
PAY RESTORATION
Restoration of TWo.ThirdS
to Federal Workers As.
sured by Leaders.

The matter OF Federal salaries is
expected to be settled by the House
this week, with Government workers
assured by both Republican and DEM
ocratic leaders they probably will re-
ceive a restoration of two-thirds of
the Is per cent pay cut. Many men,
bers say that if President Roosevelt
does not interfere the full Is per cent
will be approved as passed by the
Senate.
All day yesterday conferences were
held by various groups, particularly
among House Leader Byrns, Minority
Leader Smell, Speaker Rainey and
Chairman Buchanan of the Appro-
priations Committee. These confer
ences indicate an early settlement Of
the question is to be expected, accord
ing to these leaders.
The salary restoration is linked
with veterans benefits, these being
the two Senate amendments to the
independent offices supply bill that
added most of the s354,000,000 in
controversy between the House and
Senate. The White House wishes are
IIlOSC CIldCdNOAAl6 W SaI
down this amount.
Speaker Rainey said last night he
had been assured oy Buchanan that
prompt action will be taken on the
independent Offices bill as soon as re-
ports have come in from the Budget
Bureau, Veterans Administration,
General Accounting Office and other
agencies which have been asked to
make special studies and statistical
comparisons to show the effect of the
Senate amendments.
While no date has been set for the
House Appropriations Committee to
meet on these Senate amendments,
it is expected meeting will be called
by Chairman Buchanan for Wednes-
day or Thursday.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
LEVIN FACES HOlD-UP
CHARGE. HERE APRIL 3
Extradition Hearing in Phi1ade1-
phia Releases Men Under
1880 Bond.

Louis Levin, alias Callahan, idenu-
fled in the attempted hold-up in Oc-
tober, 1882, Of the Washington Me-
chanics' Savings Bank branch, in the
3400 block of Connecticut avenue, will
be returned here April to answer
charges made by Washington police.
Detective sergt. Floyd Truscott re-
turned to Washington last night after
attending an extradition hearing In
Philadelphia yesterday, when Levin
was released under $500 bond to ap-
pear here April 3. Levin was arrested
In Philadelphia Wednesday.
The attempted hold-up Of the Con-
necticut avenue branch Of the bank
failed to materialise when employees
releaoad taax-D8 taGahA
Evening star., 1934-03-04
Police See HOar
In Leap Threat,
But Hunt Body
Ice and Water Under
Key Bridge Scanned
as Note Is Found.

Police last night were searching In
the vicinity Of Key Bridge for the
body Of a supposed suicide victim fol-
lowing the finding on the bridge of a
mans coat containing a note which
read, "Goodby, Chris. be happy with
your new boy friend"
Doubt was expressed that any one
could have leaped from the bridge
into the river. as there were only
small occasional openings in the 18-
inch ice through which a body could
have fallen.
There was no Identification in the
coat of its owner and the brief note
was unsigned.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
WOMAN HURT IN FALL

Mrs. Edna M. Duvall, 80, Of 4527
Canal road, was injured last night
when she fell from . truck driven
by her husband. William Duvall.
while riding on Conduit road, near
the District line.
Mrs. Duvall was leaning against
the door Of the truck, she told po-
lice, when It few open. At George
town Hospital Il was said she was
suffering from conclusion 0 The
|.aeain ard Shoek
Evening star., 1934-03-04
DISTRICT BUDGET
HEARINGS CALLED
Consideration of Estimates
for Year Will Be Begun
Wednesday.
Hearings on the 1885 District budget

Hearings on the 1885 District budget
estimates will begin Wednesday, it
was announced last night by Rep
resentative Cannon, Democrat, Of
Missouri, chairman Of the House Sub
committee on Appropriations, which
will frame the appropriation bill for
the coming fiscal year.
Twice the scheduled date for the
start Of these hearings has been post
poned because Cannon was serving on
the subcommittee, which considered
the 1885 estimates for the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and was unable
to give consideration to the District
budget.
The Department of Agriculture ap-
preparation bill is not out Of the way,
however, and Cannon believes all
members Of his group will be ready
by Wednesday to attend hearings on
the District estimates.
Commissioners to Testify.
The District Commissioners and
Maj. Daniel ]. Donovan, auditor and
budget officer, will be the first wit
nesses. Some of the department
heads, especially DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of schools, may be
called before the hearings conclude.
The Justiflcations submitted by the
department heads in support of their
estimates, go into such minute detail,
however, that the subcommittee may
not need any additional information
The hearings are not expected to
last longer than a week. If this pro-
gram Is followed, the District appro-
priation bill Is expected to be ready
to report to the House by March 20.
Supplemental Items.
In addition to the regular estimates,
the subcommittee will have before it
supplemental items totaling more
than $1,000, 900 for establishment, of
a branch public library in George
town and several school building
projects. The Commissioners also
have asked the Budget Bureau to ap-
prove additional supplemental items
amounting to $2,700. 900 for emergency
relief purposes. but these estimates
have not yet been transmitted to
Congress.
Representative Blanton, Democrat,
OF Texas, as member Of the subcom-
mittee, has already served notice that
he would seek q reduction In the
estimates Of the Commissioners to
permit reduction in the tax rate
from $1.70 to $120. The tax levy,
he believes. can be lowered through
. reorganization in the personnel to
put the District service on . more
efncient basis.
Other members Of the subcommit-
tee have declined to express any views
on the estimates in advance Of the
hearings.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
MONUMENT REPAIR
.PLANS TO Be GIVEN
Fine Arts Commission to
Get Proposals at Its
Meeting Friday.

Plans for repairing the Washington
Monument, the lower section surface
marble of which has been diinte-
grating for number of years, will be
laid before the Fine Arts Commission
at its March meeting Friday. Arno
B. Cammerer. director Of National
Parks. Buildings and Reservations,
Interior Department, will discuss the
problem.
Vigorous criticism was leveled
against Mr.. Cammerer's Office re-
Gently by the Washington National
Monument Society because Of failure
to utilize Immediately the 500, 600 al
location made some time ago by the
Public Works Administration for re-
pairs to the shaft. Officials Of the
Office Of National Parks, Buildings
and Reservations contended the
weather has held them up and that
there were other projects that would
employ more men, proportionately.
Will Consider Barracks.
It is known that the engineers are
puzzled over the best method to
remedy the monuments present con-
dition. 1t has been said that the
Washington Monument has been built
inside out" as granite was placed on
the interior and marble on the ex-
terror.
The commission will consider plans
for the erection Of . proposed bar
racks building of the War Depart
ment near Twenty-sixth and C streets.
DR.. Paul Cret will submit plans for
the treatment Of the triangle bounded
by Virginia avenue, Constitution ave-
nue. and Nineteenth street, on which
the Pan-American Administration
structure Is to be built. At present
the Government heating plant that
serves the Navy and Munitions Build
ings and temporary structures in that
area Is standing In the way Of the
Pan-American development.
Howard University authorities will
lay before the commission . program
for q library building and new power
plant. These structures are part Of
. building program now In progress
there.
Ot8tUS 70 nc DASCu8DCOs
Plans for improvement Of the parks
Of the city will be discussed with the
commission by G. Marshall Finnan,
superintendent Of the National Capt.
tai parks.
Erection Of q statue honoring the
Revolutionary War hero, Gen. Arte-
mas Ward, will form part Of the COM
missions deliberations. Harvard Uni
versity Is presenting the statue as q
gift to the National Capital and q
circle Is to be constructed ut MaSsa.
chusetts and Nebraska avenues Is q
setting for this new memorial place
here. American University has given
part Of the land necessary for the new
circle. A model Of the statue, BY
Leonard Crunelle, Chicago. NJ, sculp-
tor, has received commission approval
and casting Of the memorial Is ex.
pected shortly.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BABY'S FALL FATAL
Skull Believed Fractured in Ac-
cident in Home.

Richard Francis johnson, 9-month-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Z.
johnson, died in Childrens Hospital
yesterday from injuries received when
he fell from high chair In his home
at 434 Jefferson street last Tuesday.
Mrs. johnson said the baby did not
appear to have been injured after the
fall. His condition, she said, did not
become alarming until Friday. when
he was removed to the hospital. Ply
sicians expressed the belief his skull
was fractured.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
FOUR LOCAL SCHOOL
PAPERS IN CONTEST
Central, Eastern, st. Adams and
Mckinley Students Represent
cd at Convention.

The onlcial organs Of four WASH
ington schools have been entered In
the tenth anniversary publication
contest Of the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association. to be held next
Thursday. Friday and Saturday at
New York, City in conjunction with
the associations annual convention.
More than 1000 publications Of
normal schools. teachers colleges.
Junior colleges, high, Junior high and
elementary schools are entered.
Washington schools to be represent
ed and their publications are: Central
High, "The Review" and Central
Bulletin: Eastern High, THE East.
efner":: Mckinley High, Tech Life, "
~ o. AIhaaA ~ A1hanb 1ouAs
Evening star., 1934-03-04
Turkey Dinner Postponed.

GAITHERsBURG, Nd, March ;
Especially The annual turkey dinner
Of st. Martins Catholic Church,
which was postponed this week be-
cause Of unfavorable weather, Will
take p1Ace n March 4
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BOOK EXPLAINS N. R. A.
Brook ings Institution Publication
to Be Issued Tomorrow.

to Be Issued Tomorrow.
A narrative of the organization and
procedure Of the National Recovery
Administration will be set forth In
"The A B c Of the N. r. A." pub
hshed tomorrow by the Brookings
Institution.
The authors present an analysis Of
the recovery act, describe the I'M
mediate historical background out OF
which 1t developed, and point out
the constitutional and economic ~
>ales 70 which 4 g1v0 xiGAL
Evening star., 1934-03-04
dope" Search Futile.

Capt. Barnard has suspected that
small quantities of dope" are snug
gled into the prison, also, Bischoff
said, and has tried to find it but
without success. He denied Bedell's
allegation, made a few hours earlier,
that it was a matter of common
knowledge that two or three men
were walking around the reformatory
with hypodermic needles.
Bischoff said Bedell's charge that
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Ann BurLGk Flags
Lies Of Boss Press
Communist Position on Revolution Arouses Par
ticular Enthusiasm at Mass Meeting

such a manner that although there
were Communists, Democrats, So
CialistS, and Republicans present,
everybody felt right at home.
During her speech she pointed
out the fact that during the last
strike which involved about half
million workers, the capitalist press
gave out propaganda that the Com
munists were trying to make revo-
luton. Then she said that the Com
munists don't want a revolution.
Then she said that the Commune
lists don't want a revolution until
the majority of the toiling popula-
ton OF the U. S. A. are in favor of
revolution. What an applause there
was after these words! Why, it made
my ears ring for half a minute!
This shows that the workers every
where are beginning to realize that
they can not get permanent better
living stadards until the now exist
ing corrups capitalist system is
abolished.
Several copies OF Labor Unity
were sold and almost everybody
bought the pamphlet Communists
IN the Textile Strike" by G. A. Hath
away. A few Daily Workers were
also sold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Rise in Price
Doesn't Bring
WageIncrease
By a Laundry Worker Correspondent

By Laundry Worker Correspondent
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-The first
fruits Of the N. r. A. on the work
ers at Cascade Laundry, with its
minimum wage law and the Section
IA Clause, which gave the workers
right to organize had the follow
ing effect on the wages
The minimum wage became the
maximum, while the cost Of living
rose out of proportion with the raise
gotten by the lower paid laundry
workers. Those getting above the
minimum were cut to the minimum.
Cost Of production was cheapened
through the usual tricks of the
bosses, speed-up, firing of old work
ers, hiring OF young workers, thus
making fewer workers do the same
work that was done by a greater
number of workers before, thus in
creasing the individual working ca
pacity.
In the Cascade Laundry this is a
fact. In the Prim Press Department
old workers working from 8 to 1C
years on the job were fired, the
same work being done by the re-
naming younger workers. The Cas-
cade bosses are already preparing
the way for wage cuts and f1rings
Throughout the plant scores OF
workers have been fired, while
others have had their wages cut
Through the N. R. A. the bosses
are making still greater profits by
their additional raise of price in
their services (wash), while at the
same time refusing to give the
workers corresponding raise ir
their wages.
1t is no secret that the workers
of the Cascade are no longer sure
of their jobs or safe from a wage
cut
Only through organization car
we laundry workers make mini
mum of our own to increase ou1
wages and decrease our working
hours. We can get concessions ir
the Cascade providing we prepare
and organize for that aim.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Conditions in Drought
Area Bad, Says Farmer
CBy a Farmer Correspondent

LOUP CITY, Neb.-I live in the
drought-stricken area where the
capitalist system is SO rotten YOU
can smell it few feet from The
court house. The farmers are
plenty dissatisfied, but are afraid
to show it, and some are ignorant
of the fact that only through mass
action can we gain relief and the
right to live. The courts are against
us, The picked juries are against us,
and they lie about us because we
dare 20 expose the rotten conditions
that exist.
Let's get rid of this rotten sys-
TEN that has no respect for workers
or farmers. Conditions will be ter
rible this winter. Sometimes I
think it's a good thing because
everyone will have to open his eyes
and see, and if we want change
we will have to do it ourselves.
l am proud of your paper, and
will state that you have eliminated
lots of big words that are hard for
people who have not had much
schooling to understand.
A REVOLUTIONARY FARMER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Workers Will Probe
Hanging of Prisoner
In Buffalo Police Cell

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. IA. - A
joint committee to investigate the
suspicious death of Charles Will
Jams, Negro worker found dead in
Police Station No. on Nov. 4, has
been set up by the international
Labor Defense and the League OF
Struggle for Negro Rights.
A mass protest meeting will also
be held this Thursday evening at
313 Jefferson Street.
Williams death is the second to
occur in the same precinct within
the last four months under very
suspicious circumstances. Last July
Earl Wilson, Negro worker, was
found hanging from cell door. An
investigation by the I. L. D. and
the L. S. N. R. at that time showed
that Wilson could not possibly have
committed suicide as claimed by the
police. District Attorney Newcomb
however, refused to act in the mat
ter.
Williams died in the same man
ner as Wilson. A significant fea-
ture is the fact that while Medica,
Examiner De Dominicis, tool of the
local bourgeois politicians, issued 6
certificate of Suicide" two Other
local physicians, Drs. Scruggs anc
Jones, refused to call the death 6
suicide and stated it could hav,
been either suicide or murder.
The fourth precinct is known
throughout the city as the "bloody
fourth" and one of it's officers il
charge, Lieut., O'Leary, openly
boasts that he is Niger hater.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Letters from Our Readers
WORKERS ROUT TAKERS
natr0ik NH;ol.

DCGAOlt, MICH.
Dear Comrade Editor:
A mass meeting was recently
sponsored by few white guardist
elements, who had been expelled
from our working class organiza-
tons, for the purpose of exposing
the eorruptness of the Communist
leadership. Immediately our COM
rades prepared to answer these fax
ers, and rallied workers to the meet
ing. At this mass meeting some four
hundred workers gathered.
At the very beginning, it was noted
that the sympathy was not for these
white guardists and immediately
the meeting was taken over by our
comrades. We elected our own chair
man and secretary and started the
meeting. A white guardist. the
worst kind of an individual, spoke,
saying nothing but ridiculous sland-
ers, such as II saw a woman com
rade steal six eggs, all the cab
bage was eaten by these crooks, 4"
meaning a few workers.
This angered the workers so
much that fight threatened.
The floor was then given to a
few of our own comrades. A collec-
ton was taken to pay for the hall
and little sum was contributed.
After the expense of the hall was
deducted, it was voted upon to give
the remainder to the Daily Worker.
This met with great enthusi-
asm. We are therefore enclosing two
dollars for the Daily Worker, and
We are hoping in the future to make
bigger contribution.
Committee for the Russian
Progressive Workers Club
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
In THE HON E
The Greatest Moment in Her Life
BY ANN BAR TO \

HERE is a story which appeared
ii in recent issue of the South
ern Worker.
"WE must set price on our labor,
w and refuse to take less" said
Leah Young, in hearing in At
lanta, Georgia, where she and her
sister we're held for distributing
discretionary literature" She is
faced with as high as twenty years
on the chain gang on the charge
of distributing workers literature
on the picket line during the recent
general textile strike. She, and
Annie Mae feathers, her sister,
were offered their release in ex-
change for betraying their fellow
workers. Because Annie Mae would
not give up her I. L. D. lawyer,
John Greer, Negro attorney, she
received a beating. Leah spoke for
two and half hours to a court
room packed with Negro and white
workers. In the Southern lynch
court, loud and clear, she said that
the greatest moment in her life was
the day she heard a woman eX-
planning that the workers had to
stick together. In the same city,
where Ann Burlak was threatened
with death for her working class
activity, Mrs. Young stressed the
need for unity of Negro and white
workers.
Tales of the militancy of women,
more frequent every day, are fast
proving the fact that far from be-
ing backward" they display ex-
amples of militancy and courage
IJE have been trying for days to
w use M. RS letter, in column
where it might fit at least part of
the subject matter. And although
it. is as apart from the column to-
day, as it has even been, because
some of our readers may find
M. RS "sure fire" cure for reaches.
helpful, we include it today,
She writes Sodium Floride costs
about thirty cents for two pounds,
and that amount could rid a ware
house. 1t is the only preparation
recommended by the .. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15

By A Textile Worker Correspondent
NEWPORT, N. H.-During the
great textile strike which was set
tied with only sell-out to the
strikers, a U. T. w. local was Or
ganized in Newport with a member
ship of about 750.
So far the union has failed to
improve any Of the conditions of
the workers. This is due to the re-
dictionary leadership of the local
q. T. w. which does nothing but
take away the few dollars the tex
tile workers make and actually be-
trays the workers.
Realizing the miserable situation
which now exists in the wooden and
cotton mills here in Newport, the
Communist Party unit arranged a
mass meeting for the textile work
erS at which Ann Burlak was to be
the chief speaker. Two other Com
muunists also made short speeches.
Loud applause for these two
speakers was heard throughout the
crowd which numbered about 300
Then came Ann Burlak. She be-
gan her speech with few remarks
on the 18th Anniversary of the Rus
sian Revolution.
She spoke from the beginning in