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Evening star., 1934-05-16

Nine. Entezam, wife of the former
secretary OF the Persian legation in
Washington. who has been transferred
to European capitals; Mr.. Walter
Peter and Mr.. George Venable Allen
and Mr.. William Dawson Moreland.
jr.. vice consuls of the United States
temporarily in Washington.
Mrs. M. de Clare Berry is in Phila-
delphia where she went to attend a
tea and a reception yesterday at the
Barclay given in honor of the Magma
Charter Danes and the Descendants
of Americans of Royal Descent. Mrs.
Berry is lineal descendant from Ed
ward I of England and from Is barons
of the Magma Charter.
Mrs. Cabot Stevens will entertain
the women of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church and their friends
at ''ThimbIe Tea Party" Friday aft
ernoon from $3.50 to o'clock in her
residence at 1915 Webster street. Mrs.
Thomas Edwin Brown is chairman of
Circle No. 2 of the Women's Mis-
sionery Society sponsoring the party
and requests that acceptances be sent
to Mrs. Stevens.
There will be entertainment by
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lowrey Of the
Marjorie Webster School of Dra-
matics, an exhibit of antiques and
"Ye Olde Time Spelling Bee" in the
garden.
Assisting Mrs. Stevens in the tea
room will be Mrs. Joseph r. Sizoo.
Mrs. Albert Evans, Mrs. Thomas E.
Brown, Mrs. Frank Edgington, Mrs.
Samuel T. Conkling, Mrs. L. T.
Breuninger and Mrs. Philip NJ. Ash
ford.
Mrs. Viola s. Snyder has returned
to her home at ATOP Hunt avenue in
Chevy Chase, Md, after attending the
annual meeting of the American So
ciety of Mammalogists at the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History in
New York. Mrs. Snyder is director
and treasurer of the American So
ciety of Mammalogists.
The play, How Do You Like This
Country?" by Nathalie P. Scheffer,
will be repeated in Pierce Hall, at
Fifteenth and Harvard streets, tomor-
row evening at $50 o'clock. The
author has the leading part; Others in
the cast include Lisa Gardiner, Geor-
gia Hiden, Daphne Humphrey. Norah
Offut, Eleanor Chambers, Velda
Craven, Wilbur Belts, Hilmar Bauk-
hage, Hugh H. Hartley, Countess
Heiden, Irene Mishtowt, Eugenia and
Paul Baltsof, Alexandria Taranin,
Christine Semina. Vladimir Gsovski,
Vladimir Kolesnikoff, Olga and Vladi-
mir Grineff, Peter RouzitSky and
George Belikovich.
The Grand Duchess Marie Is pa
troness for the play, which is given
for the benefit of the Russian Church
of st. Nicholas, at ITO Church street.
Other patronesses are Mrs. Hamil-
ton Fish, jr.: Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Prin-
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Cake-B Baking Contest for
Confessional Club Benefit.

Mrs Clarence C. Dill, president Of
the Congressional Club, heads the list
Of hostesSes who have entered the
cake baking contest to be decided at
the bridge and garden fete Of the
club to be held at the Letter mansion
on Dupont circle Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, Mrs. William Mark Con-
Evening star., 1934-05-16
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts at
Luncheon at White House to
Belgian Mission.

THE President and Mrs. RooSe-
welt entertained at luncheon
today in the Executive Man.
Il sion in honor of the official
couriers of the new King OF
the Belgians, Leopold III, which Is
headed by M Emile Francqui, COVER
nor of the Societe General, Belgium
most important banking house.
Theguests included M and Nine Emile
Francqui, the Belgian Ambassador,
Nine May and Mile May, Mr.. Camille
Quit, Mr.. Etienne Allard, Count
Philippe d'Arschot, Prince Eugene Se
Ligne and Princess de Ligne and Mr.
and Mrs. Gerard Walravens. Also in
the company were the Secretary of
State and Mrs Hull, the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau,
the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Roper, Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene R. Black, Gen.
and Mrs. Hugh S. johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
James c. Dunn. Mrs. Curtis Dali,
Miss Marguerite LIE Hand, Capt. and
! Mrs. Walter N. Vernon and Col. and
Mrs. Edwin M Watson.
Mrs. Roosevelt will go to Mount
Vernon at 3 o'clock today to spend a
short time with the regents of shrine.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock Mrs.
Roosevelt will be present at the pre-
sentation by the President of the gold
medal of the American Institute of
Architects to Prof. Ragner OStberg.
leading architect of Sweden. The
ceremony will take place in the east
room.
Mrs. Roosevelt will attend and speak
at the annual dinner of the American
Federation of Arts at the Shoreham
this evening. The dinner will conclude
the three-day sessions of the fedora
ton, which has been holding its twen-
ty-flfth annual convention at the
Shoreham
Former Ambassador Robert Woods
Bliss will preside at tonights dinner,
and Dr. Arnold Bennett Hail. noted
educator, will discuss Art and
Democracy" Mrs. RooSevelt's subject
will be 1.-THE New Governmental In
terest in the Arts" The dinner will
be held in the main dining room of
the hotel.
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Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La Fol-
lette, jr, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Sucher.
Mrs. Clarence e. Miles Of Arling-
ton, Va, Is spending several days in
Newark, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Kellogg came
here by motor from their home in
New York and are at the Wardman
Park Hotel during their visit OF a
few days.
Mr. and MIS-. J. Bibb Mills Of Biz
mingharn. Ala, are At the Dodge for
a short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy o. Pierce Of Phil
adelphia are at the Carlton for q
few days.
West -Jeffries Wedding
| Sunday Is Announced.
The marriage OF Miss Jessie E
! Jeffries, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
/
Evening star., 1934-05-16
/ Ambassador and Lady Lindsay
Honor Guests at Dinner Tonight.

The dean of the diplomatic corps,
the Ambassador of Great Britain, and
Lady Lindsay will be the guests in
whose honor the Minister of China
and Nine. SEE will entertain at dinner
this evening.
Evening star., 1934-05-16

The Ambassador of the Union of
the Soviet Socialist Republics and
Mrs. Troyanovsky will hold an at
home this afternoon in the embassy
from to 7 o'clock, when Prof. Otto
Schmidt, chief of the Cheluskin
Arctic expedition, will be the honor
guest.
Evening star., 1934-05-16

The Secretary of the Interior, Mr.
Harold L. Ickes, will leave Washing
ton today to spend several days in
Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the
Secretary OF Agriculture, was the
honor guest at a luncheon tooay given
by Mrs. Warner w. Stockberger anc
{ Mrs. Joseph w. T. Duvel at Normandy
Rexford G.. Tugwell, Mrs. Seth
Thomas, Mrs. Clyde w. Warburton
Mrs. William A. Jump, DR.. Louise
Stanley, Miss Claribel Barnett, Mrs
Henry G. Knight, Mrs. Knowles A
Ryerson, Mrs. John R. Mohler. Mrs
Lee A. Strong, Mrs. Walter G. Silcox
Mrs. Ollie E. Reed, Mrs. James T
Jardine, Mrs. Samuel H. McCrory
Mrs. Paul H Appleby, Mrs. c Ben
ham Baldwin, Mrs. James D. LIE Cron
Mrs. Beverly T. Galloway, Mrs. Joseph
M. Mehl and Miss Jones.
The Minister of Panama and
Senora de Alfaro will entertain at
DINNER this evening in the legation
in honor of the retiring Ambassador
of Spain and Sonora de Cardenas
This afternoon Representative and
Mrs. Richard B. Wigglesworth will be
hosts at a cocktail party in honor OF
the Ambassador and Sonora de
CardenaS.
Representative and Mrs. Ashton C.
Shallenberger will entertain at dinner
this evening at the Hotel Hamilton
Rear Admiral Henry v. Butler will
come to Washington and join Mrs
Butler who is temporarily at the
Alban Towers, to attend the wedding
of Mrs. Buffers son, Mr.. William
Preston Smith, 3d. and Miss Virginia
Mayo, Saturday, June 2.
Brig. Gen. Matthew A. Delaney
U. S. A. and Mrs. Delaney of Car
p Isle, Pa, are spending a few days
at the Martinique.
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Arthur T
Brice, jr., arrived Saturday by air.
plane from San Francisco for short
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur T
Brice in their home at It'll M street
northwest.
Capt. Frank r. McCrary, U. S. N.
until. recently commandant of the
Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla, ac-
companied by his family, has arrived
at the Martinique for an indefinite
stay.
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Robert H
Fladeland will entertain at dinner al
the Shoreham this evening.
Engagement of Miss Rissler
To Mr.. Mason Announced.
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dreds Of scabs we're beaten up. All
strikers arrested were freed from
police clutches by the militant
workers In the course of this bat
tie the first tear gas charge was
made by the deputies from the
Auto-Lite plant. All the traffic cops
were rushed to the scene Of battle.
Throughout the battle two generals
of the National Guard, sent as OBJ
servers by Adj. Gen. Henderson,
were onlookers.
Militancy of Workers Grows
Wednesday the mass picket line
still grew. On Wednesday the police
and deputies grew bolder and tried
to dispense the militant, determined
workers by wholesale throwing of
tear gas bombs and shooting by
deputy sheriffs from the windows
of the plant. There also occurred
the throwing of barrage of iron
nuts and bolts from the factory
windows One of these hit one of
the woman pickets causing severe
injury to her face. Around this issue
there occurred great resentment
which stirred up the fighting moods
of the masses The masses began
to rush the factory, determined in
their anger to clear out every scab
and tear down the building. which
symbolized their class enemy. From
3 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon I'M
til O'Clock Thursday morning,
when the National Guard arrived.
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a running battle took place with
thousands Of workers UP all night.
The scabs never left the plant. The
deputies and police fired tear gas
bombs from guns into the crowd.
The crowd answered with bricks.
Streets for blocks around didn't
have brick left In them. Women
carried bricks to the men. Others
broke the large bricks into handler
sized weapons. There wasn't a
window left in one entire side Of
the Auto-Lite building. ct was
through these windows that the
deputies we're constantly firing their
tear gas bombs and guns0 Several
workers we're badly injured that
night and scores overcome by gas.
How many deputies and scabs suf-
fered is only known to themselves.
Extracts from the Toledo Blade of
May "a gives further description,
colored, of course, by the class ap-
preach of this newspaper;
THE first tear gas was re-
leased from the factory at $3.50
Pm. Wednesday. {. Many were
ecccted and men and women were
seen lying in the street, suffering
from the fumes :. =. Shortly
after midnight strikers broke irto
the plant at three different places
nesr the north end Of the struc-
ture. They gained entrance by
creeping along Tho walls snd
climbing through broken windows.
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climax, business manager of
the Negro Liberator, Merrill C.
Works 20 years have been full Of
revolutionary lessons,
Born in the heart Of the South
Nashville, Tenn. his father john
w Work. one OF those few Negroe
leaders who fought against the
Uncle Tomism OF Booker T. Wash
ington, Merrill learned early Of the
position Of the Negro in capitalist
America. That is why he is help
ing to launch the Negro Liberator
at united front conference Of Ne
gro and white organizations to be
held this Saturday. June Is. at the
st. Phillips A. NJ. z. Church in Har-
lem at pm.
While freshman at Fisk Uni
versity, where his father was head
Of the History and Latin Depart
ment and organizer Of the world
famous Fisk Quartet Merrill Work
learned Of organization. Merrill, the
elder Work. and George Streeter, al
present editor Of the Crisis, agitated
for the removal Of the white COL
lege President Fayette Avery Nc
Kenzie for his anti-Negro speeches.
Secret agitation was carried on
in clubs and class rooms against
the President. In the eight years
Of the Presidents stay at the uni
versity from 1ol7-1927 he caused the
expulsion Of nearly 100 students and
professors,
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-. After this melee. deputies were
placed on guard at this sector,
armed with saweao;t shocgurs
and ordered to shoot any intrud-
ers in the legs. =, A dangerous
situation existed as darkness fell
and the supply of tear gas ran
low. Members of the mob became
holder and stormed at the doors
of the plant, breaking down one
gate. The shower of missiles was
endless and the crowd gathered
closer as darkness fell. A supply
of tear gas taken into the plant
by police after dark saved dan
gerous situation and enabled those
besieged to withstand repeated at
tacks from the enemy. :. The
situation became tense. A ship
ment CT tear gas received at the
Trarsoontinenfal Airport at $50
pm. was taken into the plant by
the police. This arrived just as
the mob was breathing into the
employment office about 9 pm.
and was used to drive them back.
There were fifteen cases in the
shipment accompanied by addi-
tional pistols of vlricus range.
Workers were sent from TIE plant
buildings into courtyard ard
shortly sfterwsrd = stssl gate was
torn down near TIE employment
offices, After The rioters wcre
driven away by gas, machine
gun YVES mounted at The gate. /. f.
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Thousands Starving As
Roosevelt Gives No
Cash Relief

forage supplies at the expense Of
the government from the supplies in
storage. in the hands Of grain deal
ers and large farmers.
Production loans, without interest
to the ruined drought farmers
wherever and whenever needed.
All payments for slaughtered or
purchased cattle TO 60 to the farm
ers. none to the mortgage holders.
Relief to be administered and the
purchase price OF slaughtered cattle
to be set by committees Of the poor
farmers themselves.
Demand the repeal Of the vicious
A. A. Al
Demand the immediate passage of
the Farmers Emergency Relief Bill.
The campaign must be intensified
on nationwide scale to get re-
lief and prevent untold suffering for
the poor farmers. This campaign
must be linked up also with the
fight of the city workers for re-
lief and against the N. r. A.. for
the passage Of the Workers Unem-
/ ployment Insurance Bill H. p.
] 1899 and against the whole Roose-
( velt New DeaD.
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used not for direct relief but for the
purposes Of pushing through the
program Of the New Deal. of the
bankers. Loans will be made mainly
to the large, well-to-do farmers.
Just as little as possible is to be
used upon those who need it most,
the small and ruined middle farm
ers. Roosevelt wants to get rid Ct
them anyway, why should he give
them relief? Assistant Sec Tugwall
has already stated that 100000
farmers should be taken out OF pro-
duction.
Only the fear Of the Mass revolt
of these farmers forces the little
amount Of relief which they do re-
csive, and only the mass struggles of
these ruined farmers will increase
the amount Of relief.
Roosevelt says that there is no
danger Of famine. that fear of
famine is groundless. lie wants it
restated that there is plenty to eat
in the United States Yes, there is
plenty to eat. but millions Of work
ers, their wives and children are
underfed or actually starving. There
is plenty to eat. but what does this
mean to the drought ruined farmers,
who have everything wiped out,
cattle, chickens, garden and all? A
large part of the slaughtered cattle,
perhaps one half, will be buried on
the farms because the government
neglected the situation until the
cattle were already dying from
thirst, and Starvation. Estimates are
that 100000 head will be killed.
How many hungry people. in this
land of plenty, would this have fed
If properly taken care OF?
This drought not only hits the
poor farmers. but it is estimated
that large numbers Of city workers
who ordinarily depend upon agri-
cultural products for work will be
unemployed. the agricultural work
ers will suffer severely. Prices to
the city workers are already being
raised because OF scarcity" in this
land of plenty to cat Food spec
ulstors as usual are using this situs-
ton to make huge profits out Of the
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Roosevelt Uses Misery Of the Drought to Clamp
A.A.A. Yoke on Small, Impoverished Farmers
Govt Buys Cattle and
Turns Funds Over to
Creditors

THE poor farmers are suf-
4 fering the worst drought
in the history of the United
States. The boss and govern
ment-controlled press is now
forced into a partial admis-
sion of the seriousness of the
situation. Mr.. Hopkins, relief adj
ministrator. states that This in
wolves the most serious disaster that
has ever occurred in this country %
That conditions are lust terrible"
has to be admitted by Secretary
Wallace. Thirty-f1ve states are sf-
fected, of which 20 are affected Sc
riously. The wheat crop is esti-
mated at only 500,0000 900 bushels.
Many sections have a total crop
failure. Grass has withered. Ponds.
creeks and wells have dried up.
The country has been swept by
dust storms. Cattle and stock are
WlbllOuJ leu anu WdJ6Is
The government, the New Deal,
has known that terrible drought
existed for weeks. but has tried to
hide the fact, and still conceals its
great extent. Not only this but It
has delayed its meagre relief until
irreparable damage has become
widespread.
Putting Through A. A. A.
The drought exposes the A. A. A.
Agricultural program, showing it in
all of its nakedness as A scheme for
crushing out of production two or
three million small and middle
farmers Drought destruction is to
considerable degree still beyond
human control, But Roossvelt's
destruction campaign of the New
Deal in agriculture is -man-made, is
capitalist made.
Not only this but Roosevelt is
now using the drought as means
to help put through the A. A. A.
reduction and destruction.
Farmers are being forced to agree
to the reduction campaign in order
to be eligible for benefit payments.
The payments for slaughtering
cattle is only a bounty, from 81 to
So for calves under year, from
$40 to $40 for older stock. The small
farmers will receive the smaller
price for their starving stock. But
these payments go in large part TO
the creditor. And most Of the stock
is mortssssd. The government,
large creditor, thus pays bonuses to
itself.
The forcing Of the small drought
ruined farmers to subsistence
starvation farming is being pushed
by the government relief agencies.
Thousands of farm families will be
permanently removed from their
home farms in this manner. If the
government plans are allowed to go
through.
Rich Farmers Profit
The main part of the S500,000,0o0
drought relief appropriation will be
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suffering and starvation Of the
workers and poor farmers.
These great sections Of the toiling
and suffering masses must throw
back into Reosevelt's teeth his state
ments that there is plenty to eat in
the U. S. A mighty mass move
ment must demand that this gov
eminent and the rich who are roll
ing in wealth and plenty must give
cash relief to the A. A. A. stricken
drousht-strioken and N. r. A.
stricken masses. Only the mass
struggle will win this.
Communist Party Relief Program
In contrast to this program of
Roosevelt. the Communist Party put
forward the program Of struggle for
relief. In contrast to the Roosevelt
plan Of destruction and the use Of
the drought to further its aims, Toe
Communist Party drew up the
Farmers Emergency Relief Bill
which calls for the repeal Of the
A. A. A. and embodies the burning
needs Of the farmers against the
drought destruction. What a con-
trast! Capitalism, the New Deal,
the A. A. A., the N. r. A., destruc-
ton and oppression for the poor
farmers and workers, help to the
rich. The Communist Party. an
immediate fighting program of re-
lief, a fight for the only permanent
solution of the problems Of the ex-
plotted through the establishment
of revolutionary workers and
farmers government, for a relent-
less dictatorship against the exploit
er5. against the rich.
What is necessary to be done?
Local conferences, demonstrations.
and mass struggles throughout the
drought region A national confer
ence Of all drought stricken farm
ers to coordinate the fight for re-
lief is needed. The United Farmer
League Convention, on June %.
must receive wide support as
rallying ground for the fight for
the drought stricken farmers.
Demand and fight for immediate
cash relief for the small and middle
drought stricken farmers. The fur
of immediate feed and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-16
LESSONS OF THE GREAT TOLEDO STRIKE :: :: By JoHr

This Is the first Of a series of
four articles for the Daily Worker
starting today. This will be fol-
lowed by more detailed article
in the July COMMUNIST
THE Toledo events and ex-
4 periences, with the great
militancy, determination and
/ fighting ability displayed by
the masses, Notwithstanding
tremendous odds at times,
makes this one of the great
est events in the history of the
Toledo labor movement. Occurring
at a time when tremendous mass
struggles are sweeping the country,
a successful Toledo general strike
would have lent impetus to the ma
turing class battles, particularly the
steel strike.
The Background Developments
Last February a strike struggle
took place involving these same auto
parts shops. They were Unanswered
back to work with q 5 per cent wage
increase and promise that by
April LIST further consideration
would be given their cases by the
employers and the Labor Board.
April 1st came, but nothing hap
pened. They we're given new prom
ises. In the second week of April
the workers in the Electric Auto
Lite Company, the Logan Gear and
Bingham Stamping Co. struck un-
der the leadership of the American
Federation of Labor. The Auto
Lite factory is the largest, en-
ploying 1000 workers.
The main demands of the strik-
ers were 10 per cent. increase in
wages and recognition of the union.
The strike was poorly organized
End led. The outstanding leader, a
business agent by the name of
Thomas Ramsey, to whom we will
devote considerable space later, had
sold out the February strike, but
proved himself clear left phrase
n1onger, adapting himself to the
moods of the masses in order bet
ter to betray them Within two
weeks after the strike was called.
about 1900 had already returned
to work and the company was hir-
ing additional scabs. Prior to the
big events, the plant was practically
running at normal as far as pro-
duction was concerned. The 800
to 700 strikers were for all intents
and purposes, prior to the mass
fights, blacRlisted workers. The
company had secured an injunction
which limited picketing first to six
and later to Is at each gate. The
A. F. of L. leadership lived up to
injunction to the letter. The picket
ing conducted by the union, even
on such basis, was very irregular.
The Party, through its influence
in the Unemployed Councils, init
ated movements for mass pieketing
and smashing of the injunction.
These efforts took place over
period Of weeks. and resulted in
from 100 to zoo being modified in
a PICKET line in front Of the plant.