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The Washington times., 1934-06-25

COCCOn got Two breaks IN making
his score, being seeded to start al
st. Georges, which was considered
easier than the other qualifying
course, Deal; while he also played
in perfect weather, with hardly
the suggestion of wind. Later
especially when Joe Kirkwood, the
American, was shooting 800
IS, it was practically blowing a
gale.
Kirkwood's IS equalled that Of
Gene Sarazen, the American, who
broke all championship records
with his 283 here two years ago;
while Mac Smith. a third Ameri
can, also had a rs. Denny Shute
rounding out the American big
four, was one stroke higher, the
defending champion having two
38s for a rs. He played St
Georges, Sarazen and Smith
taking on the harder assignment
at Deal.
Fail to Dominate
The Americans, in other words
failed for once to dominate the
situation. They have won this
championship for 10 consecutive
years, and IL out Of the last Is
times the tournament has been
held.
But today not only did Cotton
tie the qualifying round record
and break the Royal st. Georges
course record with his Sc, but D.
H. r. Martin, an almost unknown
British amateur, was in second
place with a 10. This incidentally
broke the amateur record for
Royal Cirque Ports, official name
for Deal.
Moreover, four of those next in
line at II, Cecil Denny, Aubrey
Boomer, S. B. Roberts and Bert
Gadd, were British, while a fifth
entry, Angel De La Tore, Spain,
also shot a II. There were many
other low scores, Phil Rodgers
having 70, Ernest and Reggie
Withcomb a pair of 1875 and seven
AngelicanS being tied at IA.
Yet this wasn't the champion
ship proper. The latter really
does not start until Wednesday, so
that not even Cotton's record will
go down in the records of the
actual scores and his six-strokeS-
under-par performance will not
help him at all, except probably to
win the qualifying medal. The
best score in the championship
proper, a 81, belongs to Walter
Hagen, the American. It was
made in the second round at Muir
field in 1929.
Barring Mr.. Smith, the Ameri-
cans merely played comfortably
and, in truth, not so we'll. Smith,
by contrast, shot Is holes from
the second to the fourteenth, in
elusive, in three under par, miss,
ing puts for eagles and brides
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
SARRON SEEKS
BASS SHOT

At Griffith Stadium Friday
night Petey Sarron, swarthy Biz.
mingham Syrian, engages AL Fore.
man over a ten-round distance in
the main event of Promoter Joe
Turner's boxing show.
His injured hand neatly mended
and having rounded himself into
fine physical trim, Jimmy Erwin's
colorful battler predicts that he
will qualify for a shot at Benny
Bass by Soundly trouncing the
former Fort Myer soldier.
AL claims lightweight titles of
Australia, Canada and the British
Empire and will bring into play
against Sarron a record Of 50
knockoutS, At decisions and ten
draws as against only IL reVersalS.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
HEIGHTS NINE
TAKES LEAD
IN LEAGUE

A 6-to-2 win over Grace A. C.
and the defeat of Ross jewelers. at
the hands of Wentworth enabled
Capitol Heights to take undis-
uted possession of first place in
the District Independent Baseball
League.
Postal A. C. and Compensation
Commission gained forfeits over
Mt. Rainier Grays and Pelican
Filling Station, respectively, when
they failed to put teams on the
field.
Kenilworth garnered IA hits off
the offerings of Usilton and Club
for q total of IL runs as against
runs and hits for the jewelers..
Both Capitol Heights and Grace
were limited to 7 hits but the
Heightsmen's ability to hit when
they counted meant the margin OF
victory.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
By CHARLES A. SMITH

WIMBLEDON, Eng, June Is.
w. L. Breese, former member Of
the Harvard tennis team, was
the first American to be elimi-
mated as the Wimbledon cham
pionships got under way today.
The Harrison, New York. star
was beaten by Marcel Bernard,
four-time winner Of the French
junior championships, 81, 81,
60.
Two former queens Of the
Wimbledon courts, Mrs. Helen
Wills Moody, Of California, and
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, of Paris,
were beSieged by autograph
hunters.
The day was sultry and low
menacing clouds hung over the
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
Six Local Women
In Md. Net TOURNEY

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 25-Six
Washington women are included
among the A. entries in the Mary
land State Women'S tennis tourna-
ment which opens today at Balti-
more Country Club.
Included in the Washington
contingent are Ruth Martinez,
Dorette Miller, Marian Wood,
Mary Ryan, Bobsey Turney and
Sara Moore.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
INSECT LEAGUE
TEAMS BUSY

District Independent Insect
mines face a busy schedule tomor-
row. A and p Cleaners VS.. Hem
lock A. C. on South Elllpse at II
o'clock: Lou Gehrig plays Boys
Club Police No. on North EllipSe
at II o'clock; Merrick Boys Club
meets R street Sluggers on East
Ellipse at II o'clock.
Neighborhood House and Star
Radio clash on the South Ell1pSe
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
PA[A|S ROYAL
TAKES LEAD

Palais Royal jumped into first
place in the Department Store
League with a 5-to-3 win over
Hecht, behind the pitching Of
Kaldenbach and the bat of
Jimmy Corcoran. Kaldenbach
was effective in the pinches and
Corcoran's two doubles came at
opportune moments. In the other
games, Kanns romped over
Lansburg'S, ii to S.
PalaiS Royal has 6 wins and 2
defeats, Hecht 5 and 3.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
Hornsby Loses Maught
Oils OLd-71me
Enthusiasm
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Time has not tempered the former fire eater of the Ma
tional League Rogers Hornsby who is here with his st.
Louis Browns and full of ideas and ambition
That is say Rogers Hornsby, after playing manag
ing with four in the older loop invariably getting
the green signal and ultimately into the Amer
lean circuit still speaking his mind qualifying nothing
and emphasizing everything.
Hornsbys still dynamic! Hornsby's still voluble Hornsby
has licked despite his checkered which has
seen about many ups and downs in the lives of
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
66 BY Cotton Leads
Sarazen BY 9Shots
In British Golf
Bv F. A. WRAY

SANDWICH, Eng, June Is NNs).-For the first time in
many years. Great Britain completely stole the Americans
thunder today at the start of the annual British Open golf
championship Henry Cotton shooting &c in the qualifying
round at St. Georges equal the championship record The
other Sc made by Bobby Jones at sunnngdae years
ago, also in the qualifying round.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25

INSECTS DESIRE
Monroe Insects are after games.
Call Decatur 6169.
The Washington times., 1934-06-25
Never Again." Says Kuhel
Viewing Broken Ankle
Bv GARRETT WATER'

IF It's broken ankle I'm going to get every time try and
keep from spng guy while sliding in the future Ill look
out for myself"
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-12-05
CHRISTMAS

Christmas this year can be made a happier and merrier
one for everybody concerned if home town merchants are
patronized. Not only would this enliven the spirit of the
holiday in your community, but it would also have a far
reaching effect, even long after Christmas, 1884, has been
forgotten.
Dollars travel in circles; the wider the circle, of course,
the longer it takes them to return. Christmas dollars are
larger and more plentiful, so it is easy to see why they
should be spent at home and why they should be kept in a
circle as close as possible to the home town.
Your home town merchants are here to serve you for
your every Christmas need. Their stocks are complete,
their prices are within reason and their interests are for
the betterment of the community at large, the community
in which you live. In service the home town merchant is
excelled by none. He is your friend and neighbor and his
Christmas suggestions are offered in this spirit. You can
depend upon him.
Every Christmas dollar spent at home will make for q
merrier Christmas and a better town in which to live. Ev-
cry Christmas dollar spent by you with the merchant out
side your community is a blow struck at the future well
being and prosperity of your home town. See for yourself
how much pleasanter it is to patronize the home town mer-
chant and to know that you are doing your bit in building
for a better community in which to live. Buying at home
is always a good policy but, by all means, DO YOUR
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING I'M YOUR OWN HOME
TOWN!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
SUGGESTION FOR SELLING
DAILY"
Minneapolis. MINI

Mlll1lSdpOllS, N11lU.
1t is great pride to see how the
May Day demonstrations took
over the US. and the world. Our
parade here was praised by almost
every one who saw it. I want to
show everyone who sells the Daily
Worker that there is more of a fer
tile field now than ever before. Some
people are slightly prejudiced yet,
but they are easy to get if one ap-
plies the right method. The Daily
Worker, after being read, should be
taken to apartment houses. Select
a name on a mail box which has
the most names. Write on the top
of your paper Mr.. so-and-so. Then
come back to these people later and
note the results. I sold Is copies in
Is minutes by this method. Others
can do the same. I only wish I had
more time to agitate and help your
paper, but I do what 7 can.
I think all readers should praise
DR.. Luttinger for his kind contri-
buttons to the Daily Worker. This
should not be overlooked.
Your paper is getting better day
by day. I hope the utmost success
to you.
E. E. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Govt Railroad
Pays SASS Per
Week in Alaska
BY a Worker Correspondent

NENANA, Alaska-The govern
ment-owned and operated Alaska
railroad, wherein they put to work
on the road an extra surfacing gang
of men, paid wages of 1870 an
hour for a 30-hour week. 1t was
possible for a man to earn $1485
per week if he worked full week
weather permitting. They charged
each man $1,000 per week for board
leaving his net weekly earnings
$4.35. They were obliged to board in
the boarding car.
The rate of board charged them
was as high as it was during the
construction period of the road in
wartime when the price of every
thing was sky-high. Bit the men
at that time would draw down a
monthly pay-check of from $120
to $3.50 a month. I can assure that
there was none of that surfacing
crew singing the praises Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his New Deal"
They were cursing the necessity that
obliged them to accept such beg
carly pittance. 1t would scarcely
pay for the shoes and clothes that
they wore out on the job, to say
nothing about supplying them with
enough to live on during the long
Alaskan winter; but hunger's power
is strong.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Ryan Gets Cangsters To "Picket'' Dock In
attempt To Force Longshoremen Into l. L. A.

Liza. and the police-both have
been constantly forcing the strik-
ers across the street into a park
ing space.
Perhaps THIS is the kind of
picket line referred to in the
''Times," because this picket"
works Is hours day to protect
the scabs and to prevent the
workers from picketing the piers.
Most of the coastwise men know
that in 1892 Ryan also pulled off
a phony strike, which resulted in
the men going back to work under
the same conditions they were
striking against. Ryan collected
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
DUES and then deserted the men,
leaving them disorganized and at
the mercy of the shipowners. THE
LONGSHOREMEN HAVE NOT
FORGOTTEN THAT!
Take look at the demands
raised by Ryan. He demands: (D
Recognition of the Liza; (2) A
reduction of the working week
from 4S hours to 44-the real
needs of the workers are forgot
ten, such as higher wages, better
working conditions, against the
speed-up and for Unemployment
Insurance. Ryan raises his de-
mands to confuse the longshore-
men and not to win concessions
from the shipownerS-why? Be-
cause if these demands are
granted, the shipowners will not
be forced to better conditions, be-
cause recognition of the LILA.
MEANS DUES TO RYAN, while
reduction in the working week
means nothing, since the men do
not average Is HOURS PER
WEEK in most cases; and since
over so per cent ARE UNEM-
PLOYED!
That is why in line with it's
policy, the Daily Worker ruthlessly
exposes these misleaders and calls
upon the longshoremen to rally
around the militant Marine Work
ers Industrial Union, which says
that in this strike only the unity
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Calls for Rank and File Struggle for Vacations
With Pay and Other Important Demands

of the facts. Only in this fashion
can we carry on the fight that
we so nobly won with the early
return of the five per cent. We
must and can win vacations with
full pay; double time for Sunday;
return of all furloughed employees;
return of full disability and sick
ness benefits; stopping of demo-
tons and transfers at the whim of
the officials, as well as other i'm
portant demands.
To further our common fight,
we must have publicity and a
medium of common expression.
The ideal vehicle would be a shop
paper, by and for the telegraph
workers. 1t is the intention Of
this committee to inaugurate one
as soon as we get your support.
If you are at all interested in
your job and the working condi-
lions surrounding it, if you are
at all conscious of the real need
of unity through which demands
can be won, you will give us your
support. We are rank and file
employees as yourself. Our jobs
are the only source Of income. But
we realize the bad" breaks we
get so far was because of the lack
Of any such unity.
We appeal to all sincere fellow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW York; am sending the
enclosed clippings to you in the
hope that you will explain the ap-
parent contradictions involved.
am comparatively new reader
of your fine fighting newspaper and
wish to express here my deep adj
miration for the uncompromising
struggle you are leading in the
cause of the working class of the
world.
AS a marine worker, feel that
without your leadership we would
be moving blindly and haltingly,
not knowing our enemies and I'M
aware of our strength. And yet
fear that in this attack on the
leaders Of the LILA. you are I'M
knowingly assisting in disrupting
the unity of the strikers and con-
fusing the issues. Conceding the
correctness of your opposition to
Ryan as leader, you must agree
that in a strike, as in a war, or
a game, the idea is to win. A Com
munist is a realist above all else,
and therein lies his strength and
the ultimate triumph of his ideas.
And SO I ask the Daily Worker
to amplify with convincing proof,
the charges against Ryan and other
officials in this strike and to pub
lish these proofs, together with
specific and detailed line of action
for the rank and file to follow in
order to win the strike and to de-
pose their false leaders,-or else,
to support with all the power and
prestige it commands. the leaders in
charge of the strike, in spite of
their political hypocrisy and petty
grating.
When the rank and file workers
are sufficiently enlightened and
guided by the Daily Worker, so that
they can see and follow the cor
rect line, they will win their strikes
and the misleaders Gf they are
misleaders) will be exposed when
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18

posed Of rank and file members,
had issued leaflet, headed !:
Demand the Return of the 10
per cent Wage Cut" It found
ready response in the minds of
its readers. This leaflet was
passed from hand to hand, and
its contents from mouth to mouth.
Branch offices buzzed with COM
ments as to why shouldn't we
get it?" Morse operators flashed
it over their keys. Simplex OPP
orators repeated it when the
watchful eyes of the supervisor
was in another direction. Lines
men discussed it in the lonely
stretches of the hinterland. The
demand was slowly taking shape.
Several locals passed resolutions
demanding an increase in pay. 1t
reached the ears of the company
officials. A quick survey indi-
Gated the rising discomfort. 1t
was decided to stem the tide by
throwing a cop. The five per cent
was decided upon. The company
union, A. w. U. E.. had nothing
to do with it. They were merely
called in to affix their signatures
formally to the announcement.
Too long has the company union
ruled the roost at our expense.
We must expose it in the light
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
By a Worker Correspondent

PORTLAND, Me. - The Dirigo
Fish Co., Frank Willard, the Port
land Fish Co., Harris Co., and the
Ramsdell Packing Co. practically
control the fishing industry of our
town. 1t is actually run by a trust.
They usually pay the fishermen
2 to 3l2c a pound Of fish less than
in Boston. If a boat loaded with
fish docks at the Union Wharf owned
by Mr.. Willard and the men have
been offered 4c a pound or even &c,
though the price may be much
higher, they will not get a cent
more for their fish anywhere else
Mr.. Willard picks the telephone up
and tells the other companies of his
offer, and that is that.
This has been the practice Of the
last 80 years. The companies own
the men, body and soul, by extend
ing credit, supplying them with al
the outfit they need and charging
them plenty of interest. There have
been cases where men, after work
ing years for company, not only
lost their boats in the end, but theil
homes also.
The men are not organized
What can we do?" they say. What
they give us, we've got to take"
If you speak with Mr. Frank
Willard he'll inform you that bust
ness is terrible. The boats, he'll
complain, are doing nothing. At the
same time he takes out five or six
boats to fit them out with new
Diesel engines, each one costing be-
tween $1,000 to $4,000.
The Union Wharf, the sardine
factory, the storage place and most
of the fishing feet belong to Mr..
Willard. He gets paid 81 per day
by each boat for wharf1ng, he also
gets paid for the use of the scale
and takes Is per cent of the gross
of each catch for the use of the
vessel, besides 10 per cent of the
gross for the trawl gear.
An average crew will in one year
pay out 10 times the worth of the
gear but it will always belong to
the owners of the boat, A string of
gear will last or years but the
10 per cent collection for each trip
will never cease until the gear is
worn out; and when another one is
installed, the collection goes on.
The Harris Co. owns one-tenth Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
Shaw & Thompson
Workers Strike
For 4O-HOur Work
Bv a Worker Correspondent

PORTLAND, Met is about 10
days since the men of Shaw &
Thompson's Plate Glass Works
went out on strike. Their demands
are: 40 hours straight and the re-
storation of the 1929 scale. The
local press, as in similar cases, never
mentioned a word about it.
The men worked there for the
last five and six and sometimes 10
years. Until 1929 they used to earn
between $50 and $40 a week, but
that was in the prosperity years.
At first a 25 per cent cut was put
into effect, and then more cuts fol-
lowed, until the men were made to
work for $12 week. Burdened with
large families and prices going up,
the men, though very conservative,
had no choice but strike. They only
now begin to realize the unbearable
conditions they are working under
IN this sweatshop.
Though the code calls for a 40
hour week, the men were obliged to
be available in the shop all seven
days of the week and some weeks
put in as much as so and SIS hours,
but were told never to punch the
cards over 40 hours. That is how
Shaw & Thompson made $4,000
profit last year.
At Farley's, a similar factory in
Portland, the men were cut to So
a week. They put UP kick One
of them walked down to the Cham
Der of Commerce and complained to
the MIRA. Board. AS soon as that
man reached the shop, Mr.. Farley
informed him that he knew all
about his visit to the Chamber of
Commerce and warned him to give
1t up, but the men stuck together
and won. They are getting now be-
tween $40 and $25 and work only
five days week.
The workers of Shaw & Thomp-
son will surely win their fight if
they'll only stick together. The next
thing to do is: those men of the
two shops that went through the
same experience should get to-
gether and form union which will
protect their rights and fight their
battles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18

Of the workers, under rank and
file leadership, that raises the
demands Of the workers and is
willing to fight for them, can win
the strike.
The union proposes the follow
ing line of action: a. mass
picket line to keep scabs off the
docks; ~ a rank and file strike
committee ELECTED from the
ranks of the strikers, who will
negotiate directly with the ship
owners; and proposes that the
strike be turned into a strike for
the DEMANDS OF THE WORK
Frs, which are: ~ IS cents an
hour, $1.20 overtime, the present
deepwster wage; ~ regular
shape-up times; (S) rotary
system of hiring, controlled by
elected committees of the work.
ers; ~ RECOGNITION OF A
UNION OF THE WORKERS
OWN CHOICE.
In your last paragraph you place
in parenthesis eff they are mis-
leaders," By this you imply that
perhaps we are wrong about Ryan
he is just confused
No, J. L. The government has
placed Ryan on the National
Labor Board because he endorses
the N.R.A. and the slave codes Of
the shipowners. He is also
member of the United States War
Board part of the government
owned and controlled by the ship
owners-an out and out enemy
of the workers; and as such we
must mobilize the workers to
clean their ranks of these rats.
And then the unity of the work
ing-cIass will be established, under
the leadership of the Communist
Party and the Marine Workers
Industrial Union and T.U.UL.
which will lead the whole Amer
lean working class out of the
dark sea Of misery, starvation and
war. into the calm sea of a
workers and farmers government
In America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Demand for Medical Students In
Russia
N. Y. 1.-THE second Five Year
Plan calls for fourfold increase in
the number of medical workers by
1887. This is due to the extensive
plan for public health which the
government is determined to carry
out; also to the rapid increase OF
the por~ alton. The population OF
the Soviet Union was 16O.500000 in
1880. BY the end of 1888 the pop
uGation had increased to 168,000,000.
The increase in the population and
in the cultural life which grows by
leaps and bounds has thus created
an unprecedented need for medical
workers. Quite contrast to con-
ditions in capitalistic countries
where we are told that there are
too many physicians and too many
dentists!
Dora N, Ann ArbOr, Mich. -
Spring fever is not mere joke. A
sufficient amount of evidence has
been accumulated which shows that
what we usually call spring fever
is really due to deficiency OF cal
cium Qime) and that instead OF
making fun of the average young
person who feels "lazy'' and is easily
tired and liable to various infections,
in the early part of May, he or she
should be treated with irradiated
codliver oil or sunshine, either
natural or artificial. The sulphur in
molasses which your grandmother
insists on giving you is time
honored remedy; but hardly in
agreement with modern medica,
science. During the winter months
the store of lime in the body which
has been accumulated in the body
during the summer, becomes ex-
hausted and it is this relative def
cheney in lime which gives the symp-