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Argued March 9, 1884. Decided
April %, 1884
Edwin C. Brandenburg, Louis
M. Denit, of Washington, D. c.,
for appellant.
A. B. Fennell, L. @. C. Lamar,
of washington. D. c., for appellee.
Before Martin, chief justice;
Robb, Van Orsdel, Hitz, and Gro
ner, associate justices.
Van Orsdel, associate justice:
This is an appeal from a decree
of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, dismissing a
bill for the specific performance
of an alleged contract for the sale
of real estate.
Appellant, plaintiff below, a
resident of the State of California,
in November, 1881, was the owner
of certain real estate known as
Improved Premises No. 1882 I
st. N. W., in the city of Wash.
ington. The care and manage
ment of this property was en-
trusted to John w. Calvert, q
lawyer and an officer of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Company.
The defendant is a social and lit
erary club, incorporated under the
laws of the District of Columbia.
Its business is conducted through
a committee on ways and means.
The negotiations we're instituted
by Mr.. Kraft, a real estate broker,
in Washington, who undertook
to effect sale to the defendant
club. Negotiations were conduct
ed by Kraft with plaintiffs agent
Calvert, and with the committee
and officers of the defendant. It
appears to have been agreed upon
by the members of the committee
on ways and means, who had in
spected the premises, that $22,-
10000 would be a fair price for
the property. After an exchange
of kilograms between plaintiffs
agent and his principal, plaintiff
agreed to sell the property for
that price.
Both Kraft and plaintiffs
agent insisted upon a contract be-
ing signed by both parties, and a
contract was prepared by Kraft,
but the defendants committee
refused to sign any agreement
whatever, and gave as a reason
that due to some litigation then
pending between the club and
some of its members, or former
members, they felt that if such
a contract was made, and it be-
came known, other members Of
the club might file a suit to en-
join the performance of the con-
tract. When the refusal of de-
fendant's representatives to sign
the contract was made known to
the plaintiffs agent, Calvert, he
wrote Kraft that he reserved the
right to withdraw his contract at
any time, in which event plaintiff
would not be responsible to Kraft
for any commission.
Kraft then, on his own respoH-
sibility, directed the District Title
Company to search the title. The
title company prepared a deed
of the property from plaintiff to
defendant. This deed was sent
by Calvert to plaintiff in Califor-
MIA, where it was executed and
returned. Calvert delivered the
deed to the title company, with
instructions for the distribution
of the proceeds of the sale.
At the instance of defendants
attorney, Mr.. Fennell, the direc.
tors of the club held a special
meeting on February 2, 1882, and
passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Concord
Club of Washington, D. c., buy
a tract of land in the District Of
Columbia, described as lot 300, in
square los, together with the i'm
provements thereon, the s ne be-
ing known and designated as 1882
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
Pi Sigma Tau Plans
Spring Dance May IL

The spring dance of Pi Sigma
Tau Sorority will be held at the
LAFAYETTE Hotel on Saturday, May
IL. The committee on arrange
ments is headed by Miss Rose
I,epley and includes Misses Ann
Chambers, Anna Mae Ryan, Helen
Hilem, Marion Faulkner and Rose
Sullivan.
The Washington times., 1934-05-03

mortgage refi-
fina n ng at
the end Of the
week of April
26, accord i n 6
to a report is
sued by the cor
poration today.
During tn e
six-day period,
1876 loa n S
amount ng to
$50, ,666,514 were
closed. This is
the record high
weekly figure
to date. A study
Of the S1llfl.
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married. report shows that during
the past eight weeks 1O9,92S
loans, to a total of 1927 ,810,062
were made, an amount greater
.nan the entire refGnding volume
Of the corporation for the nine
months following the passage OF
the Home Owners Loan Act in
June, 1888.
Also interesting is the state
ment that more than 81 per cent
of the loans have been conSum-
mated by exchange of corporation
bonds for the outstanding mort
cages.
Apparently it indicates that
most mortgage holders have given
up hope of ever getting any real
money and are finding something
to use in its stead.
Chairman John H. Fahey, oS
the Home Loan Bank Board and
its emergency subsidiary, the
Home Owners Loan Corporation,
delivered an enlightening radio ad-
dress the other night on the func-
tions his great agencies are per-
forming in the recovery program
Cites Building Action
He gave new hope to builders
when he said:
. "Only three days ago Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed a new act
Of Congress which is likely to
have definite results in creating
new employment in the building
trades and in making Federal
and private home mortgage
money available in larger vol
ume. 1t should also be ef.
fective in preventing the abuses
that developed under legislation
and in stimulating the I.salthy
revival of private investmeAt in
loans that are based upon the
best of all possible security
conservative first mortgages on
American homes"
He was referring to the guar
antee of principal as we'll as
interest on home loan bonds; to
the structure of the regulation
providing that relief will be ex'
tended to "involuntarily' de-
faulted mortgages; to the pro-
vision of penalties where either
the mortgage or mortgagor mis-
= represents in obtaining the loan
and to the $2O0,O00,0OO moderni.
Zation allotment.
Principally, however, he was
referring to two more important
phases of the legislation, one of
which deals with the Federal
Savings and Loan Associations
which are springing up all over
the country.
P0stpOnements Banned
The other was the change
which no longer makes it possible
for the borrower to exercise The
right to postpone payments on
principal up to June, 1886, as
has been the case in the past
Except in proven cases, all Dor.
rowerS from the corporation will
be obliged to make combined
payments of principal and inter
est each month.
Mr.. Fahey sounded the death
knell of the short-term home
mortgage when he said:
"The change to which re-
fer probably means the very
general abandonment of the old
style home mortgage which was
made out for a term of one,
three, five or seven years and
fell due in full at maturity date.
That is a type of mortgage by
an entirely different form of
loan which is safer for the
lender and more convenient for
the home owner or borrower.
1t is known as the amOrtiZed
loan, the type of loan on which
the Federal Home Loan Banks
are empowered to advance a
larger ratio against underlying
property values than on any
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
REPORT SHOWS
LOAN RECORD
!: SET BY HOLC
BY DICK BAKER

. The Home Owners Loan Corp
Grafton passed the 1923 900, 900
mark in the total of distress
The Washington times., 1934-05-03

Appeal from the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia
Argued March 9, 1884. Decided
April %, 1884
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
No. 6102

No. 6102
John Mcknight Storrow, Appellant
y.
The Concord Club, washington,
D. c., a Corporation
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15

while making demands on the
N.R.A. Boards, always used mass
pressure Of the workers as its main
weapon The Office Workers
Union organized mass picket lines,
in which the authors as well as
technical workers joined.
The class struggle unions bring
the mass pressure of the workers
and the threat of strike, into the
MIRA. Boards. The A. F. of L. Of
ficialdom, on the contrary, works
together with the N.R.A. Boards to
prevent strikes and to deny the
workers their demands through
compulsory arbitration. For ex-
ample, German, far from bringing
demands on the MIRA. Boards,
sent the textile strikers back to
work under an N.R.A. agreement
which denied the workers all their
demands. Green made a no-strike
agreement which lost the auto and
steel workers, their demands and
prevented their strikes.
What actually happened on that
in the first strike of the Macaulay
workers, the mass pressure of the
workers forced the MIRA. to call
employers before the board and
order them to reinstate the dis
charged workers. This mass pres
sure and mass picketing was the
main factor in forcing the Macau-
lay company to take back the dis
charged worker and win the strike
for the union. If it had not been
for this mass pressure, the Macau-
lay company would have paid no
attention to the decision of the
N.R.A. board.
Three months later, four mem
bers of the Office Workers Union
were fired, and again the office
workers struck. This time, the en-
ployers ignored the N.RA. boards
and refused to appear at the MIRA.
hearings.
In the second strike, as in the
first, the mass pressure of the
workers has been the main weapon
of the union. The demands on the
MIRA. boards served to rally the
workers for more effective mass
pressure, through publicity, dele
cations, etc., and put the dema-
gogic claims of the MIRA. regard
ing the right to organize, on the
spot before the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15

Question: The annexed clipping
is from the Sun" Will you please
explain in the Daily Worker how
it is that a Communist Union, rep
resented by a Communist attorney
negotiated and arhttrates with the
notorious Mrs. Herrick of the Re-
gional Labor Board?-A White
Collar Worker.
Answer: The clipping referred to
relates to the strike of employees
of the Macaulay Company New
York publishing house, in June
1894.
First, the statement that the Of
flee Workers Union is a "Commu-
mist Union" is incorrect. The Of
flee Workers Union is affiliated
to the Trade Union Unity League
which has a policy of class struggle
There are Communists in the
union, some in leading positions
in the union, but the members OF
the union include workers of all
political beliefs and all parties
Similarly the lawyer referred to
was an attorney of the Interna-
tionsl Labor Defense, which has
members of all political beliefs.
Regarding the question of
whether class struggle union
should negotiate with the Regional
or National Labor Board. 1t is not
correct to state that the union
"arbitrated" with Mrs. Herrick or
the MIRA. Board. The union ac-
cepted or signed no arbitration
agreement with Mrs. Herrick of the
N.R.A. The union made demands
on Mrs. Herrick and the Labor
Board, as well as on the MIRA. in
Washington. A worker had been
fired by the Macaulay company be-
cause this worker was active in the
Office Workers Union. The fed
eral government claims that Sec
ton IA of the the MIRA. allows
workers to join a union of their
choice. The union demanded that
this worker be reinstated. If the
mass pressure of the workers forced
the MIRA. to act, this would
srengthen the case of the union. If
the N.R.A. upheld the firing of the
union member, this would expose
clearly before the workers the fact
that the NR.A. is an instrument of
the employers.
But the Office Workers Union,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
CT No. 81 Contains
Articles on U nit e d
Front Moves in u. S. A.

The latest issue of 1.-THE Com
munist international" No. 81 which
will appear early next week, con-
tinues the discussion of the ques-
lions on the agenda of Seventh
World Congress of the G. I. The
eight articles in this number cover
a wide range of subjects of interest
to revolutionary workers, as a
glance at the full table of contents
shows:
The Seventeenth Anniversary of
the October Revolution-Edi-
torial.
Appeal of the Communist Inter
national on the Seventeenth
Anniversary of the October
Revolution.
The Work of the Communist
Party of Great Britain since
the Sixth Congress of the C. 1.
Harry Pollitt.
The Historic Path of the First
Internationally. Zorky. Dis
cussion for the Seventh Con-
gress of the Comintern.
The Question of Fascism L.
Madyar.
The American c. P.'s Proposal
for United Front with the s. p.
Of the U. S. A.-Sam Brown.
The Latest Maneuvers of the
French Trotskyites-A. Boreau.
Book Reviews: The Struggle
Against Unemployment and
Starvation "a review of the
unemployment pamphlets issued
in the U. s. An. Davis.
The good reception accorded the
last issue of THE Communist In
ternational' should be capitalized
to further raise the circulation of
the magazine. The contents are
such that no revolutionary worker
will want to miss THE Communist
International" if only he becomes
acquainted with it. Party units
and workers organizations are
urged to set themselves the task of
increasing by 10 per cent their sale
of each succeeding issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Service Offered
By Information
Bureau ofF.S.U.

NEW YORK-A. A. Heller, head
of the National Educational Com
mittee of the Friends of the Soviet
Union, at the official opening of the
newy reorganized Information Bu-
reau, declared: up to now we have
been asking organizations and
friends to do work for us. Now we
are ready to offer service to them.
"Our Information Bureau will fill
long standing need for authentic
information about the Soviet Union.
Before this, there was no central re-
gularly organized source of infor-
nation on all topics relating to the
Soviet Union. When the Soviet
Union was recognized, the Friends
of the Soviet Union was besieged
with requests for information which
we could not satisfy. Now we can
say we are ready to answer ques-
tons about the Soviet Union of all
those who inquire.
"Since our Information Bureau
was reorganized, we have answered
numerous queries about different
phases of the Soviet Union. A press
service representative came to our
Office for statistics about the prog
ress Of the Soviet Union in industry
and agriculture during the first
eight months Of 1894. A well known
woman speaker on the Soviet Union
wanted to diSprove a statement of
the Peoples Lobby in Washington
that cooperatives in Russia were
disappearing. Students writing
theses, labor papers, and various in
diyiduals have written for and re-
ceived true facts concerning the So
Wet Union.
THE most numerous requests for
information arise in connection with
statements in books and articles.
The Information Bureau is collect
ing a file of such books and articles
and is prepared to furnish material
to refute lies and ISLANDERS of enem-
les of the Soviet Union. The infor-
nation service is directed particul-
arly to trade unions, professional
organizations and study groups, who
want authentic and most recent
material on different phases of So
cialist Construction in the Soviet
Union. We are confident in our
ability to answer requests, and in
vite organizations and individuals
to write to the Friends of the Soviet
Union, Room 234, 80 East 18th st.
There is no charge for the service
and prompt response is assured"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Southern Textile Workers
MiIitancy Stifed by U.T.W.
Reviewed by
CORLISS LAMONT

The Committee to Suppor
Southern Textile Organization re-
ceives letters daily from militant
workers doing rank and file or
ganizing in the U. T. w. in the
South. The following letter from
a Southern textile worker shows
how the U. T. w. is sitting the
militant spirit displayed during
the strike, and preventing a re-
strike movement from taking form
Mrs. Dodson who is President
of the lokel union of the U. 7. w.
has proven in the last strike she
is not for the workers. She has
also proven since the last strike
that she is not for the workers.
why do ] say this? Jim Crews,
a Iokel boy who was in the lokel
who was militant worker in the
U.T.W., why did Mrs. Dcdson
kick Jim Crews out. She kicked
him out of the union because she
thought he was Communist.
why did she think he was
Communist? Because he was for
the workers. viii say any time
any worker will fight for the
workers they will call them
a Communist. How come she
doesn't want me in the U. 7. w.
Because it is proven that / am
for the workers. Now she says
she is for the workers. If she is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Monthly Review Will
Give 500 of December
Sales to Daily Worker

THE MONTHLY REVIEW cultural organ of American pro-
fessiOnals and nteecuals will contribute 50
total income from December sales of the
Worker drive addition the
lowing letter about $50 liberal semiberal literary pub
locations:
November, s. 1884
American ineIectua firmly that Fas-
eism is country They fairly certain
they have being into support
Of American brand of the vicious political
ntelectuals and professionals becoming
the American ruling class fascist
newspapers proasc propaganda arriving
at the conclusion that the Daily Worker
daily which has consistently and earssy defended
not only of the manual workers but of professionals nteeuals
and white collar workers
The cynical boast of the western
the San Francisco strike Is itself
with all other workers exposing
capitalist This accomplished
by supporting the Daily Worker An
the Daily Worker the strengthening
hunger and fascn respect intellectual nor
manual worker.
Even those who do not subscribe to the principles
mun Party should intelligent beings all poll
tal considerations and aid the Daily" present
funds. The matter S urgent
As token of the appeal Monthly Re-
white collar workers will contribute per income
from the December sales Of the
Sincerely yours,
THE MONTHLY REVIEW,
Joseph Koven, Editor.
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she has not proven it and she
will never prove 1T by kicking out
militant workers like Jim Crews
and myself and other militant
workers.
Il will do everything l can get
workers to join the U.T.W. not
for the U.T.W. but for the work
ers and ] hope that every worker
here in Danville will join the
U.T.W. l know that the workers
has not forgotten 1881 and 30.
But the workers will have to
realize one thing. We can't de-
feat Mrs. Dodson if we stay on
the outside of the union. We will
have to get on the inside. There
fore it is most important that
every worker get in the union
and kick out Mrs. Dodson be-
cause just as long as she has any
thing 70 do with the leadership
of your union you viii never get
nowheres.
"Will say that if Mrs. Dodson
is so dun that she could not see
where the workers were mis-
treated by the leadership of the
U.T.W. in 1881 and 1892 she is
also too dun to be president of
a lokel union. If we can't build
a union when we charge 81 to
join, it is plain we can't build for
So to join, Concord, n. c. charges
S1.50 to join union. Burlington,
N. C. they charge S1.59. SO Mrs.
Dodson's lokel charges more than
any other lokel to Join. Why.
Because Mrs. Dodson doesn't
want no union. If she does, she
has not proven it. Now coed
workers get in the union and
help kick Mrs. Dodson out so we
can have fighting union here in
Danville, Va, where the workers
run and not Mrs. Dodson."
1t is obvious that such workers
as the one who wrote this letter
are blacklisted. In order to carry
on their work they must receive
every week minimum sum to live
on.
Anyone interested in helping in
this work should send contribu-
tons to the Committee to Sup
port Southern Textile Organiza-
ton, 500 Fifth Avenue. Further
information On the work of the
Committee can be gotten by
to this address.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15

WABC-Gray Orchestra; Annette
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Robert Morris of N. Y. C. ad-
mits using profuse profanity and
pledges abstention of such terms
during the drive-with a fine of
cent for each breach of prom
ise-all for the $4,000 fund. II
challenge Mike Gold Il think he
swears, tool to make a similar
pledge money to go to your
credit"
Steve Katovis Br., LID. 5 11.S5
Previously received -. 1883
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SCIENCE BOOK OR LECTURE

Just to remind you: Comrade
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book on general science to the
individual raising the highest
sum toward his $3.50 quota, or a
lecture, if the honors go to an
organization.
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