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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-12
By a Worker Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-Swift & Co.
Of Cleveland not only pays low
wages, but robs workers of even bits
of those small wages.
The time checkers argue every
day with the workers, who resent
the robbing of Is minutes or even
two or three hours out of their pay
envelopes. The time checkers keep
book in which they record the
time a worker starts and when he
finishes. Nine times out Of ten
they record Is minutes less each
day, and as a result many workers
find their pay short two hours and
sometimes as high as five hours.
This is no exaggeration, and we can
prove it by taking the time record"
of one worker who was recently
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-12

Correction. In our description of
the book Our Lenin," for children,
we gave the name of one of the
co-authors as Ruth Siegel." This
should have been Ruth Shaw, who
put lot of work into the making
of this volume. eve carelessly re-
peated the name of the artist illus
traitor, William Siegel0 We had
offered copy of this book to the
mother who would have sent the
most yearly Daily Worker subscrip-
tfon until April T. Not having heard
from the mother about this, we have
concluded that for mothers to Sc
cure many yearly subs is too diff
cult, so accordingly extend the Of
fer until May First and ask for six
month subs instead of yearly. (Send
subs to the Daily" in care of the
Home" column
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-12

elevator operators, the household
servants,-al are expected to be
fresh-cheeked and rosy, well
groomed" and smiling, a pleasure
to behold! That SO many do sue
coed, in spite of the most adverse
conditions, is eloquent testimony
to their stamina.
The job of preserving good looks
requires optimism in working
women, but nobody has a better
right to them, so with what means
and time at our disposal, we'll do
our best.
ITO Be Continually
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Board of Commissioners

In an all day session the District Commissioners agreed
upon the of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
to be announced when the President signs the liquor BILL
and took proposed regulations which will be established
under the new liquor law (Story on Local Pagel.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
MRS.ROOSEVE[7
LAUDS PILOT

Warm Springs, according to
Mrs. Roosevelt, is eagerly await
ing the celebration January 30
of the Presidents birthday.
Patients plan to enliven the
Birthday Ball at the foundation
with their famous 'Physia-Poli
Follies" presented in wheel chairs.
The "Follies" was a feature of
the Thanksgiving Day celebration.
The juvenile patients will sing
spirituals.
Mrs. Roosevelt flew down last
week to visit the foundation.
She left on the 11:45 p. m.
plane after the Congressional re-
ception.
Her return trip by plane was
halted by Greensboro, N. c., by
Glow ceilings" over Richmond.
Speaking about the change in
her plans at her conference TO-
day she turned to her secretary,
Malvenia Thompson. and in
structed her to find out if
Duckworth, the mail pilot, got
through"
Duckworth, pilot of the plane
Mrs. Roosevelt was in, was to
have brought the air mail to
Washington from Greensboro.
Said Mrs. Roosevelt:
Il think it is very interest
ing the way those youngsters
bring the mail through, no
matter what the weather"
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BABCOCK FEARS
NEELY BILL

Government employees discov-
cred today that the Nicely bill,
passed by the Senate without a
record vote at the last session,
and now reposing with the House
Judiciary Committee, still has Sc
rious potentialities, since, if en-
acted, it would remove from the
civil service all employees receiv-
ing $4,000 a year or more.
Although vigorous agitation was
raised against it at the last Ses-
sion, the Senate put it through
without a record vote. 1t was
generally underst stood mat it
would not be pressed further, but
E. Claude Babcock, president OF
the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees, said today the
bill apparently is not dead, and
that it must be watched.
He said he had written a let
ter to Representative Hatton w.
Summers CD of Texas, advising
against it's passage on the ground
that it would endanger the merit
system.
The bill, it was said today at
the judiciary committee office,
has not been considered by the
committee as yet.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
.iStrictLOS
daily of all action By the Senate District
Committees and the Board of District Commissioners
House District Committee

Subcommittee Public Health for House District Com
mittee met in old House Office Building with Representa-
tive Thomas j. Bren (D) of Illinois presiding. (Story
Local Page).
Members present: Representatives Randolph, Drksen
and Wthrow. Absent: Representative Jenckes Time
80 minutes. Subject under considerations Open hearing
old age pension and alley elimination bills. No action
House Military Affairs Committee i'll House Of
flee Building with Representative John j. McSwan D.)
of South Carolina, chairman presiding.
Members present: Representatives Fitzpatrick Montet
Thomason, Rogers Coffin Thompson Harer Fadds Turner
Duncan, Peyser Kvale James, Goff, Andrews, Christian
and Edmundston. Absent HILL johnson, May, Carter
and Mclean Time: l hour and so minutes.
Subject under consideration: Hearing local airport
problem Committee decided to inspect sites tomorrow
(Story on Local Page)
Request of National Trade Marks Company received by
Representative Mary 7. Norton D) of New Jersey, chair
man. House District Committee, that all printers of liquor
labels submit record of jobs to District Liquor Board
(StOry Local Page.)
House resumed consideration Navy supply bill carrying
provision for per cent restoration July l.
Bill making lenient fire escape regulations intro
duced by Representative Mary T. Norton D) of New
Jersey, chairman of the House District Committee.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
HOUSE PUSHES
z D. c. BILLS

Anxious to make recommended
tions to the House District Com
mittee when it meets tomorrow
on old age pensions and alley
elimination bills, the subcommit-
tee on public health, hospitals,
and charities met in the old
office building today.
Rep resentatiVes Thomas j.
O'Brien CD of Illinois, as presid-
ing officer, called for hearing
Repr e sentative Benjamin K.
Focht (RO of Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Richard Hoge. j. F. Duhamel and
w. C. flushing.
Focht urged consideration of an
old-age pension bill he has intro
duced several times, while Mrs.
Hoge. representing the citizen as
sociations' committee for old age
security in the District, discussed
the merits of the Black and Nor
ton bills.
She told the CommlCCee Ile
population at Blue Plains has
increased from 456 old persons
to TOP in the last three years
and there has been a gain from
735 to 1,142 in private old-age
homes.
flushing spoke for the Fedora
ton of Labor when he said:
'It is unfortunate the Dis
trict is tagging in this type of
legislation when it should have
been way out in front. But
it is not too late"
A letter was read from Comp
troller General John R. McCarl
saying the proposed measure was
not in accord with the Presi-
dents financial program.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BOOTLEG LABEL
USE ILLEGAL

Washington bootleggers are sell
ing not only illegal liquor but are
using illegal labels.
This charge was made today by
Marie S. Meem, an official of the
National Trade Marks Company,
Munsey Building, in a letter to
Representative Mary T. Norton
CD of New Jersey, chairman of
the House District Committee.
The letter declared Washington
bootleggers for long time have
been using well-known liquor
labels. It urged Mrs. Norton to
see if something could not be done
to require lithographers and
printers to list their sales and re-
port them periodically to the
Liquor Control Board.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
BENTLEY CASE
HEARING DUE

Hearings on the nomination of
Miss Fay L. Bentley, named by
President Roosevelt as judge of
the Juvenile Court, will be held
late this week or early next
week, it was stated today by
Senator William H. King CD of
Utah, chairman of Senate
Judiciary subcommittee to hear
complaints.
Senator King stated he has
not yet had the opportunity to
call a meeting of his subcom-
mittee to set a date or to de-
termine whether the hearings
shall be open or executive.
Any persons desiring to ap-
pear before the subcommittee to
protest the nomination or to
support Miss Bentley will be
heard, the Senator said. Those
who have already written to
King will be informed of the
hearings.
On the committee with sena-
tor King, who is also chairman
of the Senate District Commit
tee, are Senators M. M. Logan
CD of Kentucky and George
w. Norris (R0 of Nebraska.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Shirted Police Say 'Nertz'
To Suffering New Workers

Major Ernest W. Brown, who
as Superintendent of Police. heads
"Washington's finest" tangled
verbally today with General
Organ, war hero, and New York'S
police commissioner.
It's all about the question of
policemen wearing their uniform
coats in summer when the ther-
mometer mounts. and mounts. In
Washington, the police shed their
coats and go about in shirt sleeves.
In New York, Commissioner
Grover Whalen inaugurated this
practice. But the sturdy General,
who took office with the LaGuar-
dia regime this month, was
shocked by it.
Decreeing that next summer
New York cops will wear coats, he
said:
Last summer / saw Wash
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
LEASE
THREAT BEFORE
HOUSE. GROUP
Long, Term Plan PubIiCized
BY Times Story; New Sites
To Be Given Inspection

Learning from an exclusive
story in The washington Times
local airport officials are plan
ming to force airline operators to
sign long-term leases so as to
fight any movement by Con-
gress to build another airport,
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee today held an open hear
ing in the House Office Building.
The committe put both Samuel
j. Solomon, manager of Wash
ington-H Hoover Airport, and Capt.
Thomas B. Doe, president Of
the Eastern Air Transport Com
pany on the stand and ques-
ton them at length regarding
leases.
Leases Expire
Solomon revealed that a six
month lease held by Pennsyl-
vania airlines had expired April
/, one held by Eastern Air Trans
port, May q, and one held by
American Airways, April IS.
He admitted his company would
consider asking long.term leases if
Congress establishes another COM
mercial field.
At this point Representative Ed
ward w. Goss (RO of Connecticut
asked Solomon what his firm
would do if the challenge was met
by granting congressional consent
to airlines to operate temporarily
from Boiling Field.
Solomon said he suspected Ma
tional Airways, Inc, would be re-
vived to operate in competition
from Washington-Hoover Airport.
Capt. Doe Appeals
Captain Doe appealed to the
committee to take such steps as
necessary to prevent the local air
port from demanding long-term
leases.
Headed by Representative John
j. McSWain CD of South Caro-
lima, chairman. the committee to-
morrow will motor to half-dozen
proposed airport sites for first
hand inspection of their possibili-
ties.
They will be accompanied by
Captain Doe, Lieut.. Col. Jacob
Fickel Army Air Corps.
shortly before the hearing ad-
journed by Fairfax Naulty, local
aircraft engineer, who said he had
examined Buzzards Point and was
convinced it would make an ex-
cellent irport.
Under his plan mammoth steel
would be built Is feet
above the ground,
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
OFFUTT To HEAD.
p D. c. LIQUOR
CONTROL
Till
Cans Decided Upon as Third
Member of Board; Signing
BY President Is Near

With Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
widow of the war time President,
today declining to accept place
on the District Alcohol Beverage
Control Board, the District Com.
missioners made their final selec.
ton of the three members.
While formal announcement Of
the names of the members will
not be made until after the
President has signed the District
liquor bill, an authoritative
source revealed that the members
will be George W. Offutt, Mrs.
William Beverly Mason, and
Isaac Cans.
Offutt as Chairman
Offutt, it was understood, will
be named chairman of the board
which will handle all of the de-
tails in granting liquor licenses
and directing methods of sale.
Offutt, who is a practicing at
torney and bank director here, is
past president of the Board Of
Trade and has been active in the
fight for the license method Of
sale.
AS chairman of the Board of
Trade committee on liquor legis.
lation, he was a primary advocate
Of the license system. Through
the work done by this committee
in investigating various methods
of handling liquor sales, the Board
Of Trade urged that the liquor
board be given wide discretionary
powers in handling the question.
Woman q RepeaIiSt
Mrs. Mason, the wife of DR..
Mason, has been active in the
fight for repeal, having served for
two years as chairman of the Dis
trict branch of the Women's Or.
ganization for National Prohibi.
ton Reform.
At present she is chairman Of
the Women's Organization for
District Liquor Control, and is a
Democrat.
Cans has been active in civic
and business circles here for many
years.
Signature Due
Moving on toward speeding
the legal sale of liquor here,
the following developments were
expected today:
/. President Roosevelt will
sign the District liquor bill
as soon as the Attorney General
and the Treasury Department
have reported to him that it is
legal and in proper form.
2. Regulations governing the
sale of liquor will be approved
by the District Commissioners.
ga joint resolution will be
sent to Congress appropriating
$4,000 to cover costs of oper.
ating the liquor board for the
balance of this year and the
next fiscal year.
A "hands off" policy in lming
the board members will be fol.
lowed by Postmaster General
James A. Farley, it was under
stood,
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

ingtOn police patrOlIing the
streets and directing traffic in
their shirtsleeveS. They looked
terrible. The appearance of the
Washington police on a summer
dav is a disgrace to the Capi.
tai"
When Major Brown was in
formed of the Generals criticism,
he grew wrathy and responded:
"Whatever General Organ
wishes to do about dressing his
force is his business. And what
we do about our officers Is the
business of the District Com.
miSsiOners and myself.
$50 he thinks our men look
terrible, does he? Well, just
let me say that the policeman
who is comfortable is the one
who does his work most eff.
ciently.
LET THEM SUFFER"
Let the New York police
wear their coats and suffer.
Our men vii wear a new type
of uniform shirt next summer.
and let me tell you it Is Of
excellent appearance.
"ThiS shirt is part of a new
summer costume, which will
also include a new type of cap.
We will not have to apologize
for the appearance Of our
officers"
In his order Of coats ono
General Organ said:
Ever member of our de-
partmc will have to stand up
like he-men and take it-and
like it,"
To which Washington police.
men derisively responded:
'Nertz!"
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
PARTY PURG|NG
MAY CRIPPLE
TANNANY
Roosevelt Insists Committee
Members in Federal Jobs
Must Step Down
By International News Service

The political house-cleaning de-
creed by the White House, which
already has caused several resig-
nations from the Democratic ma
tional committee. moved ahead
today in several directions.
In washington, it is expected
to result in more designations by
committee members who hold eX-
ecutive posts in the Administra-
ton.
Tammany Menaced
In New York, Administration
leaders are bent upon reducing
Tammany to the status of a
county organization, stripping the
wigwam of the overlordship it
has enjoyed in recent years.
The death of John H. McCooey,
the Brooklyn boss, is expected to
facilitate the trimming OF the
tigers claws. The way is now
open to bring about a new Brook
lyn leadership which will play
ball" with the Roosevelt leader
ship in the Bronx, rather than
with the Roosevelt leadership
of Curry in Manhattan.
Farley At Funeral
Postmaster General James A.
Farley, the political generalissimo
of the administration, will have
charge of the Tammany reducing
exercises. He leaves the Capital
today to attend McCooey'S funeral
and to confer with Roosevelt
leaders in the Bronx, Brooklyn
and Manhattan.
Many to Resign
New designations of Democratic
national committee members are
expected to include:
Mrs. Nellie TaylOe Ross,
Wyoming, Director of the Mint;
w. A. Julian. Ohio, Treasurer
of the United States: J. c.
Adams. Texas, Federal Board
of Tax Appeals; HOratiO Abb
(Continued on Page IS, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
S71,799 Repairing
Contract Awarded

Olaf Otto, of the 1000 block
Wisconsin Ave. N. w., today was
awarded the contract for repaving
of Conduit Road Northwest, west
of Reservoir Road, by the District
Commissioners.
Otto'S bid on the work was
$71,799.75. The mony for the
work will be provided by the high
way division of the Public Works
Administration.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
To Mrs. Mason Gets Post Mrs. Wilson Declined
True To
/ Type
Habit Of Reading Only
SO Years in
Making
By GILBERT SELDES

''Now as to the rise of a gen.
eral taste for reading :. con-
slider this. It is important.
There always had been readers.
but the habit of reading did not
become widespread, until the
1905. BY widespread, I mean
Of universal practice. I mean
that until that time, it could not
safely be taken for granted that
every man and woman could
read. In the 1880's, a man Of
the working class, a peasant,
who could read aloud well. stood
out as an important somebody,
in a country village; while the
presence Of those who could not
read at all, excited no remark"
This is from Charles j,
Fingers book, After the Great
Companions" (Dutton) strikes
me as being one Of the things
no writer, and certainly no re-
viewer, should be allowed to for
get.
We take reading for granted
and assume that it is a perma-
nent habit in human beings and
that civilization would go to
pieces if books we're not written
and read. Here is Mr.. Finger
himself writing a vigorous and
enthusiastic book about books
although, to be sure, it is also
q book about adventures and
human beings. Mr.. Finger and
perhaps a hundred thousand
other people could not bear the
thought of a world without
books. But the world, as he in
dicates, has managed to bear
that thought for centuries.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
SCOUTS TO HEAR LEWIS

Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent for the London
Times, will address the annual
meeting of the District of CO.
lumbia Council, Boy Scouts of
America, at the Willard Hotel,
at 8 p. m. Monday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
NAMED TO CWA POST

Jack Einbinder has been ap-
pointed safety director of the
Alexandria civil works projects
succeeding Harvey Poss. The civil
works committee will meet Thurs
day to receive reports on the va
riouS projects which are uncom-
pleted.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Adventure

TO Mr.. Finger, who loves ex-
citement, I recommend Peter
Fleming's Brazilian Adventure"
(Scribner's) which is witty sa-
tire on it's own subject-"It re-
quires far less courage to be
an explorer than to be a char
tered accountant" and is at
the same time true adventure
In itself. For the young Mr..
Fleming joined an expedition to
explore a part of Central Brazil
and if possible to find out what
happened to Col. Fawcett, miss
ing since May Of 1925. Mr..
Fleming is sophisticated enough
to be disappointed in alligators
and young enough to be enter
tained by hardship and disaster.
Part of the book is rowdy
comedy and all of it is first
class entertainment.
A quite different type of ad-
venture is another English book.
slack Robinson" by George
Beaton (Viking0 1t begins in
the style and tone of Treasure
Island" it seems peculiarly time
less-it might have taken place
so years ago or six months ago.
On the surface the story of a
boy who took to the road and
fell in with odd characters
among tramps and rogues. it is
also a story of spiritual adven-
ture.
Away From 1t All"
For the most part in the past
two years people have read for
practical purposes or for the
very practical purpose Of tax
ing their minds away from prac-
tical affairs. Economics and
romance have been running
close race, but there are GER
tain books of information which
in themselves can transport you
to a strange and perhaps bet
ter, and certainly more enter
tanning world than our own.
For instance. Albert Parry's
"Tattoo" (Simon and Schuster),
which is a quite serious study
of tattooing, from its motives to
its mechanisms. can't say that
It is too much influenced by
Freud because I have no infor-
nation to back this. Disregard
ing theory, the book is full Of
odd and curious and incredible
information,
Another book to transport you
Is Julian Streets wines"
(Knopf). I do not know how
successful the effort to wean
America from whiskies and
teach it to drink wines is going
to be. But a book like this,
which is not too pedantic, has
the right information and SEN
sibly understands American hab-
its of drinking, ought to be a
help.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
Senate District Committee

Senate District Committee not in session.
Senator King introduced bill designed to aid in the
reorganization of two local banks (Story Page 2)
Senate appropriations subcommittee the Independent
offices BILL which has under consideration the pay-cut
matter, did not meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28

the opening of her studio at 1875 Park
road northwest for advanced pupils and
beginners.
Warren F. johnson. organist, will
play "Toccata in E Major" Malein-
greau, and "Priere," from Pieces
Lturgiques." by Alexandra Mottu. be-
fore the evening service at the Church
Of the Pilgrims today.
Flora McGill Keefer. mezzo-soprano,
will assist Lewis Corning Atwater. or
ganist. in the last of series of Bach
programs this afternoon, at O'Clock,
at All Souls Unitarian Church.
The Mems Glee Club Of American
University, under the direction of Har-
Ian Randall. gave a concert at the
Methodist Church in Bancroft. Va, on
December 6, and the Mems and Wom-
ems Clubs presented joint concert at
the Union Methodist Church of this
city on Friday. January IL. The Amer
lean University Male Quartet sang at
the ninth Conference on the Cause
and Cure of War banquet held in the
Hall of Nations, Washington Hotel, on
January II. This quartet is composed
of Emory Buckle, Joseph Thomas, Rob-