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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05
Detroit Will Observe
18th Birthday of C.P.

DETROIT, Oct. 4.-John Ander-
son, Communist candidate for gov
ernor, will be one of the speakers
at the 18th anniversary celebration
of the Communist Party on Sunday,
at Finnish Workers Hall, 1868 18th
Street.
The celebration will open with
mass meeting at 2 p. m. Other
speakers will be William Weinstone,
secretary of the Michigan District
of the Communist Party; John
Pace, secretary of the Unemploy-
ment Councils and Communist cam
didate for Congress in the 10th
District; and a prominent out-of-
town speaker. There will also be
singing by the Freiheit Gesangs
Ferein.
There will be banquet at 7 p. m.
in the same hall. In addition, there
will be speakers and a musical pro-
gram,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05


holds that decision, in which it had
arbitrarily struck from the record
the bill of exceptions, and refused
to note the violation of the con-
stitutional rights of the Negro
people by the lower court, and
the rabid lynch Indictment of the
presiding Judge, Speed" Callahan,
as well as of the prosecutor, At
torney General Thomas E. Knight,
Jr, son of one of the Supreme
Court justices.
In the Decatur trial, Callahan
had hampered the defense at every
move, overruling the objections of
the International Labor Defense at
torneys and even denying their
right to cross-examine perjured
witnesses or to inquire into the
glaring contradictions of the States
witnesses. AS a fitting climax to
the openly hostile actions of the
court, Judge Callahan in his charge
to the jury neglected to state that
the jury could acquit the defend
ants, and had to be reminded by
the defense attorneys of this or
binary court procedure.
Callahan was put in charge OF
the case when Judge Horton, who
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presided at the first Decatur trial,
was forced to admit that the evi-
dence was preponderantly in favor
of the innocence of the nine boys,
framed up on charge of having
raped" Ruby Bates and Victoria
Price on a moving freight train
between Memphis, Tenn, and Paint
Rock, Ala, in 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05
Negro Liberation

-FOUR Negroes were slugged in open
L court in the recent "sedition' trial held
at Pemiscott, Missouri.
They were organizers of the Pacific
Movement of the Eastern World, move
ment nurtured in this country by japanese impe-
rialism
This case. the details of which are given in an
article by Cyril Briggs in another part of todays is
sue, reveals in miniature the forces at play in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05
Free Courses Are Given
at Factory and Mill
Apprentice School
By Vern Smith

KALININ, US. S. R., Oct. 4. -
Wages in a Soviet cotton mill are
fixed according to the collective
agreement made yearly between the
union and the factory administra-
ton, certain features of which are
provided for by the labor laws of
the country. Wages are usually
piece rate, the contract in the Kali
inin mills here stating that only
where, because of necessity of shift
ing from one job to another, or in
PRODUCTION of new processes, it is
difficult to establish fair piece rates,
payment will be by hour or day.
The union contract and the needs
of the industry, which makes cloth
to make into clothes for the work.
ing masses of the Soviet Union, and
is recognized by both workers and
managers as one of the important
sectors of the national economy,
require that every worker be train
ed to bring out the very best that
he is capable of. The factory pays
the expenses, including a salary
while studying, to $50 young work.
ers from the spinning mill employ
ing about 1000 workers altogether)
to study in the Factory and Mill
Apprentice School, 1t also provides
for giving courses in technology and
management to 100 adult workers
yearly from this same mill of the
Proletarka factory.
Special Courses Given
Similar provisions apply to all
other mills (weaving and calico
printing MOSTLY of the Proletarka,
and similar contracts contain SINH
lar provisions for all other textile
factories in the Soviet Union. The
workers selected for these courses
are those who show intelligence, and
a good social consciousness, a reali-
zation of the Importance of their
work. In addition to this, special
courses are given after work, taught
by the engineers and technicians of
the factory, to prepare the workers
for the regular technical minimum
examinations" passing of which
automatically raises the workers
wages because of his increase in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05
C. p. TICKET IN WISCONSIN
COUNTY

IRON BELT, Wis, Oct. 4.-For
the first time in the history of this
county workers will have an OPP
portunity to vote for Communist
A county slate has
been chosen here headed by Donald
Biork, candidate for County Reg
istrar of Deeds
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continued from Rage u
from obtaining more than four or
five hours continuous rest in TWEEN
ty-four, was demanded by the radio
men. This condition" Haddock de-
clared lis practiced in no other
maritime nation except the United
States" Radio officers will be kept
advised of the developments in the
strike by radio. Radio communica-
tons have been broadcast to ships
in all parts of the world advising
them of the impending strike action.
Operators on the ships have already
started to send in a stream of re-
plies supporting the strike.
A strike of radio operators was
in process yesterday on all ships of
the Cliff Company on the Great
Lakes. Owners of the Emma Alex
ander, of the Pacific Steamship
Company, were forced to increase
the wages of the first and second
operators and establish the position
of third operator as the result of a
strike which was called in San Fran
/ cisco on Oct. 2.
Baltimore Seamen Ready
The Baltimore seamen have shown
that they will answer the strike call.
Ships have been visited by represen-
tatives of the Joint Strike Prepara-
tons Committee. Yesterday sew
eral crews we're voting on the ques-
ton of the strike. Picket lines are
being prepared in all sections of
the port.
More than a thousand seamen en-
dorsed the strike call at a mass
meeting held under the auspices OF
the Joint Strike Preparations Com
mittee at South and Whitehall
Streets in New York on Wednes-
day night. A mass meeting of sail
ors in Philadelphia also endorsed
the call.
M. w. I. U. Opens New Halls
In preparation for the strike the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
has opened two new halls in Great
er New York: one at Is Union ST.,
Brooklyn, and the other at sos w.
10 ST., Manhattan.
1t was announced yesterday that
Silas Blake Axtell, counsel for the
International Seamens Union, will
speak over station WEAF at seven
o'clock tonight in final attempt
to call off the strike. A delegation of
seamen will visit the radio station
and protest against the radio being
used for the purpose of strike
breaking.
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Scottsboro Appeal
Denied in Alabama.

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-21
By Blosser

then said. "Oh. kindly look al me.
| am "a little yellow flower. Butter
cups my name.
II live close to Miss Violet.
You've often seen me. too. Twas
real fun dancing for you tots. We
are really glad you came"
Real shortly Scouty heard a cry
for help, and promptly shouted, ~
am going to ind out where that
came from. OF he ran. peii-meIl.
The other Tinies traiied along.
They found a lad. 'Hey, some
things wrong" he shouted. John
ny Green has tossed my pussy IN
the we'll"
"Oh. lead us 10 the well, real
quick" said Deity. what an aw-
fui trick" They reached II. IN a
moment. and the Tinies gathered
round.
Then scouty said. Gee you
can thank Your stars we came. Til
turn the crank ana try 10 pull your
frightened kitten 40 here 10 the
ground"
fGDppS catches asenm SOiannS
a1ssaa.. IA lfsM s19s4f efe.EAh
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Tho flowers shortly stopped TO
rest. when Mistress Mary said, ITS
best IL you all wait little while.
I fear you'll wilt away.
you've done your best for all
these tots. | know they thank you.
lots and lots" "Oh, they are very
welcome" all the bunch heard one
flower say.
Then 10 that flower Dotty ran
and said, please tell me. II you
can, Just what your name IN. ]
think you're as pretty ms can be.
II love your little purple dress.
You wear II all the time. guess"
The flower replied. why. vl0Iets
the name they gave TO me-
Another Hover. dressed To- red.
With yellow trimmings. smiled and
eaid. How do you like my CO.'S
tunnel" Dotiy answered. Quite All
right"
"And ! can tell you your nnme.
ESQ. Its Tulip. I've seen flowers
Hike you. You bloom all through
thn dag. and then you close right
~ AZ night"
4 voice. az faint as u could be.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-03
FIVE MONTHS AFTER REPEAL

Some people who saw only the evils that sprang
up under prohibition are just beginning to realize
that repeating the amendment did not in any way
solve the liquor problem. The Literary Digest has
been making an informal survey of conditions
throughout the country and finds:
1.-The revenue from taxes and license is far
short of what was predicted by the vets. Denver
alone reported revenue in excess of expectation
ARRESTS for drunkenness increasing in many
places, as much as rs per cent in Boston; 80 per
cent in indianapolis. Chicago Tribune admits no
ticeable increase in intoxcation on streets"
3.-Large quantities of "moonshine" still being
sold and several papers report it is cheaper and
better quality than the legalized liquor. Much
.complaint of widespread counterfeiting OF labels
and reflling genuine bottles with inferior bootleg
liquor.
Although South Carolina did not vote for repeal.
nobody can honestly question the statement that
there has been let-down here since general SEN
timent for repeal became acutely evident.
There have been more drunks on the streets
than for many years and in the cities where pubic
DRINKS have been specimens the past ten
years it is not uncommon now to witness disgust
ingly intoxicated men and women on the busiest
and best thoroughfares. .'...
There is disappointment all along the hne.
Neither vets nor drys nor public officials are salts
fed. The bootleggers and moonshiners are saying
little-still doing business.
The need for temperance education is becoming
more apparent every week. Laws are necessary but
laws will not suffice The schools, the churches,
the homes, have real job on their hands to teach
temperance and respect for law.-Rock Hill, S. G.,
Herald. .. .....r
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A LoW-DoWN THAT WAS LoW-DoWN

Now that Virginia has discarded prohibition for
the dspensary system of sale and control of whls-
key, the people of South Carolina will watch the
Virginia experience with more than passing inter-
est South Caronans have had an experience
with a state dspensary system. Those in mature
life who recall its operations are not enthusiastic
about any such plan. ever again being foisted on
their state. It's blight, corruption and ruin still
leaves it's indeble marks Its management be-
came tainted with politics of the most practical
type, and the mixture resulting therefrom created
stenches that rose to high heaven.
Referring to Yirginia's dispensary SYSTEM the
Charleston Evening Post suggests that the Old Do
minion may make better business of it than the
mess that was created in South Carolina, but adj
monishes that sharp, vigilant incessant watch
should be kept on its management and adds:
"They would do well to send some of their admin
istrators to South Carolina to get at first hand
from veterans of the dispensary era the low-down
on the subject-for it was very low-down."-The
Spartanburg Journal.
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PROFITS BEST, TONIC

Business continues to be jumpy and jittery-
better of course but afraid to go around by itself
in the dark. Deg. ....
COLLINS and ghosts still lurk behind its corner.
1t is in the attitude of expecting some untoward
incident to block it's way:
That's not peculiar-and it will stay that way
until it get stretched out an open road and
enjoy some steady fair weather.
Then, too, it needs some dosage that will soothe
its nerves, and no medicine puts business in calm
mood and tranquil spirit life profits.
Give it spell of profts-all business, not the
spotty kind the exceptional house, or the occa-
sional factory-give it run of little cash-in-
bank and margin of earnings over operating COSTS
and it will show its heels around the whole track
The Charlotte Observer
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
THE BISHOPS AcoUITTAL,

u. Whatever else may be said or thought of the
proprietiesr of the case, Bishop Cannon has been
exonerated of the charge that he had violated
federal statute relating to political practice and is
entitled to all the congratulations that he and his
friends can justly gain from the acquittal.
The ont point in the case upon which the YER
dict turned was that of intentiOn-of conspiracy.
The jury said he was innocent of this charge.
The case dated back to the memorable 1928 CALI
paign in which Bishop Cannon took conspicuous
leadership in seeking the defeat Of the Democratic
standard bearer. ..--.. g.
Large sums of money at his command He
went into the fight with his Characteristic verve
and energy and stayed with it until the end, never
relenting in the face of the pressure exerted either
by the world, the flesh, the devil or, even church
men.
And this fighting quality of the ecclesiastic was
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there was nothing left for upkeep
and interest on investment. Sad
died with the expense of owner
chin, out of work, one was really
ont of luck. The City of Greens
boro. alone, has taken over for
taxes. $4,000 in homes and
lots, and there are plenty more
still to be sold for taxes.
Some so-called leaders try. TO
make us believe the sales tax
hasn't taken off much Of thu tax
load, but a comparison Of the '32
and '33 tax statements for
Greensboro and Guilford county
show a very material relief here.
Now much has been said about
labor being against the sales tax.
/ will admit some of the Officers
can raise more noise than all the
rest of us, but there are thou
sands Of union men who are sup
porting the sales tax and will
support it until fair and work
able substitute can be found for
it. | have been connected with
organized labor for years and
have filled various offices. |
have been checking the sentiment
Of workers in the building trades
and I find a majority in favor
Of the sales tax.
p. G. SILER,
Former vice-president North Car
Dina Federation Of Labor.
Greensboro, II. c.
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So I breezed into citing
only to find to NM frass-
ment that l was whe{ mot
expected to be and zvaEt;
ed. retired in CON! and
accused the personF OF 1ehzrd at
the door of having wu1gfy adj
vised me. k;
"Well," she defended a4there
isn't anything on thesbrogram to
indicate that the meeting. isn't
open to everybody" Bat there
was. There was this inconspicu-
Gus phrase, Executive Session"
But what does Executive SEES
sion" mean? 1t didn't mean any
thing to the person on guard at
the door. Do you know what 1t
means. Does one person IN a
thousand know what it means?
What it means is, Outsiders,
keep out"
Why shouldn't we always say
Just what we mean. Why should
not we use plain, easily under
stood language that can be read
lily comprehended by everybody.
For instance, instead of printing
Executive Session" on a pro-
gram likely to fall into the hands
of persons unfamiliar with organ
ization shop phrases, might it not
be better to say. "This meeting
not open to the public" or "Pri-
vate Session.? Then even a
yearling could make no mistake.
Any guest at a hotel where a
convention is going on that has
been holding open sessions is
likely to drift into a session
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AT LAST, AN EFFORT TO SPEED
JUSTICE!
(By BRUCE CATION

A recent dispatch from Washington an
nounces that "a vigorous campaign to SIM
plifv and speed action by the country S
courts is being begun by leaders OF the
bar: and it is hard to think of any reform
that would be much more welcome.
Slowness and ineffieiency of legal pro-
cesses is the chief complaint. 1t is also
charged that lawyers delay cases instead
Of pressing for a quick decision, and that
appeals are made unnecessarily expensive
bv the requirement that the entire record
be printed.
The New York bar not long ago named
q commission to study the states judicial
system. One member of the commission
Harry d. Minis, wrote an article for the
state bar associations journal and said
several things that laynren have long been
saying privately.
son the calendars of the New York su-
preme court today there are about 5o,Ooo
cases awaiting trial." he wrote. Some
thing like 10000 litigants are Interested
in these cases. They are represented Dy
lawyers.
these cases represent work to be done
Are we so prosperous that We desire no
increase in business? Apparently, Tor the
profession is exerting little pressure upon
the Judges and the legislature to adopI
measures which can be used to make il
possible to bring these cases to trial ana
dispose of them.
"The attitude of the profession Is some
what like that of the old storekeeper VINO
refused to sell sugar because too many
people came in to buy 1t.
Litigation is necessary and may De
made beneficial under proper conditions.
The decrease of it does not necessarily
mean that there is more justice between
man and man. 1t may mean compromise,
fear, initiation of the nuisance value of uL-
founded and illegal claims"
All this is mild and fair statement Of
the case. The delays and expense incident
to legal processes have become, in many
cases, quite uncomfortable. In some states
ways have been found whereby minor law
suits can be disposed Of without recourse
to lawyers at all. nee
Unless this tendency is to grow to
point where lawyers as a class find lot
of business taken away from them, action
to make litigation cheaper and faster is
essential.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-03
BY RODNEY BUTCHER



VTASHINGT0N-Senator George
w Norris fought and bled in
vain for law that would keep
politics out of the Home Loan
system.
But just as tough as any law,
the politicians who killed the Nor
ris amendment are going to find,
is Chairman John H. Fahey OF
Hole. About the time you be-
gin to notice camels leaping
through needle-eyes without graz
ing a hair, you'll find Fahey well
coming incompetent Democrats
into his organization.
This will be news to you, but
since Fahey took hold last No.
vember he has gotten rid of
seven state directors who were
weak sisters or worse.
Hole under the politician who
preceded him was becoming a
national scandal. Under Fahey,
regardless of Congress, jobs are
being given out on a sheer merit
basis and loans handled efficiently
in accordance with need.
He is a handsome, white-beard-
ed, but active Massachusetts, pub
Usher and business man, a for-
mer president of the U. S. Cham
Der of Commerce. He did much
to carry Massachusetts for Roose-
Welt in 1882 and encompassed
such reconciliation as there was
between F. d. and Al Smith.
THE way Secretary Ickes fooled
the collusive bidders on mn
'teriais for PWA projects is an.
other new story. Throw 'en,
, out! Ickes used to shrek ,as
sets of identical bids came i'm y
He said the fact that the bids
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rather dramatically in evidence during his trial
when his attorney was about to ask the judge to
order mistrial and the defendant at once voiced
his protest against such summary ending OF the
case. He determined to see it through
He went into the trial with an Astounding con-
fidence in his capacity to win verdict and 10
have the charges of his adversaries Haunted as
prove that whatever his technical
errors, he was resolute transgressor of the law,
and he won.-Charlotte Observer.
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WHY PUZZLE A FELLOW?
-By WICKES WAMBOLDT :

marked Executive" unless he
happens to be acquainted with
the technical meaning of the
word Executive" when it is
linked to the word session"
We are apt to put on airs with
language. We are likely, if we
are not careful and our education
will permit, to fall into the use
of terms and phrases that are
over the heads of our fellow be-
ings. We lean to "innocuous
desuetude" instead Of "harmless
disuse." We like the sound Of
mon compos mentis" better than
mot quite right in the head"
Simple plain language should
be employed when it will serve
the purpose. Our greatest words,
like our greatest people, are
simple.
"What does all that mean"
asked q man after he had read
two pages of a legal document.
at MEANS" replied his lawyer,
"that ~ou can't do it."
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BEHIND THE SCENES IN
ASEIINGTONl

were all alike, regardless OF
freight charges involved, showeG
collision. Bidders blamed MA
price-posting provisions.
Anyway, as fast as Ickes threw
'em out, the same bids came
back. So Ickes adopted a policy
of accepting the bids from COM
panies most remote from the prof.
ect. That gave. business and EN-.
plo, ment to railroads-and kept
down profits for the alleged
ring"
ONE of the privileges following
" from boiling your party's
presidential candidate seems to be
a choice OF running on any ticket
you like for reelection.
Senator Bronson Cutting of
New Mexico, progressive Re.
publican who followed Roose-
welt two years ago, is as likely
I'D lux year
as a Democrat as he is under
the G. o. =. banner.
If Cutting didn't get either
major party nomination, he could
still run as the candidate of the
Progressive (which he
keeps in his pocket,
Senator Hiram Johnson of
California will seek denomination
on Republican, Democratic, and
Progressive tickets and probably
will win all three contests.
Grapevine report: William
Randolph Hearst, an influence In
California politics, has turned
against Johnson after many years
of journalistic support. Johnson
displeased Hearst by voting with
Other progressives for the 10 ne,
cent income tax Increase. Hears,
hates income taxes.
tGopvEighi 1871 NE& Service. Inc,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-03
20 REPORTED DEAD
IN INDIA TORNADO

CALCUTTA. May 3. (UP).-
At least 20 persons were report
ed killed and many injured today
in a terrific tornado which struck
the town of Sylhet in Assam
province.
Details were lacking but it was
believed the death toll would be
higher than first reported.
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WANTED PURBLICITY

BROOKLYN, May 3. (UP).-
Frank Cushing, 81, told police ne
jumped 135 feet from the center
span of Manhattan bridge to get
his "name in the papers," He did
on the want ad page.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-03
PARK TRAMMELL FILES

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May a..
VUP). = United States Senator
Park Trammell yesterday paid
the $500 fee to qualify to run
for reelection. He stopped here
briefly on a speaking tour Of
West Florida. He visited Gov
ernor Dave Sholtz who said pol
itics was not discussed.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic-
titious name will be published.
EDITOR.
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On one occasion ! butted into
secret session at convention
of newspaper publishers. Why?
Because, of course, / did not
realize that | was doing what l
was doing.
But why didn't / take steps to