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The Washington times., 1934-12-29
1.-THE WORLD OUTSIDE" is BITTER

was always behind him. And
in the end it drew him even
pleasantly. Prison was safe.
In his cell he knew he would
find comfort of sort and
peace from the beSieging le-
gions of fear.
So Will went back to his
gray walls. His going is almost
a relief to the reader. 1t was
clear from the first that back
he must go. And that prison,
after all was the only place
for him.
The World Outside" is a
better book than Little Man"
It marks q distinct adItnc in
Fallada's literary powers. 1t is
more searching and in certain
passages there are bits of al
most lyrical beauty.
Herr Fallada displays an as
tonishing acquaintance with the
psychology of the convict. And
an intimate knowledge of the
workings of small souls.
But his book is not merely a
sermon nor does he preach"
too obviously. The World Out
side" is not just piece of real
istic fiction. 1t is a social novel
of real artistic Importance.
Bachelor
John McKenney, whose book
on hunting, "Tackroom Tattles,
was recently reviewed in this
column, is a bachelor and lives
on a farm down near Easton,
Md.
He is blonde, handsome and
a Princeton graduate.
Leighton Rogers, who some
years ago wrote Wine Of Fury,
book on the Red revolu
ton in Russia. has returned to
Washington and has taken a
house in Georgetown.
Since Wine of Fury he has
written a number of magazine
articles on the technical side Of
aviation.
Nancy Hoyt has been Christ
mas-ing in Washington with her
mother, Mrs. Henry M. Hoyt,
and small daughter, Edwina.
New Novel.
Since leaving Washington
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
Gibraltar Is Huge
Guardian Boulder

Gibraltar is a huge boulder
two and a half. miles long and
is we'll within the Mediter-
ranean, instead of on the Allan
tic, as is popularity believed.
The huge rock is pitted with
great guns which make it the
invulnerable watchdog of the
entrance to the Mediterranean.
Across the strait, on the Afri-
can side. gleam the white houses
of Tangier, in Morocco.
Evangeline. Other distinguished
guests are Sir Selwyn Grier,
colonial secretary of Trinidad,
and Lady Grier. who are making
their first visit to the resort.
Paul V. Betters, Chicago. sec
retary of the United States May
orS conference, returned this
week to the Roney Plaza to join
Mrs. Betters and their son.
Richard, after a trip to Wash
ington to confer with Secretary
of the Treasury Henry Morgen-
,hau with regard to five bill
lion dollar program for unem-
ployment relief.
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
RIO TOUR
Carnival
At Rio DratUs
Tbronqs

A carnival tour to South
America of forty-one days at
an all-inclusive fare and fea-
turing attendance at the ia
NOUS Mardi Gras of Rio de
Janeiro will sail from New
York February Is on the Mum
son liner Pan America and re-
turn March %, according to an
announcement by Thomas Cook
& Son-Wagons-Lit, Inc, who
have arranged details of the
trip. A personal representa-
tive of Cooks will accompany
the party throughout the en-
tire tour.
AS the high spot of this tour,
which will include stopovers at
Sac Paulo, Santos and Trini-
dad. Cooks are offering four
days at Rios joyous Mardi
Gras, which in 1885 will take
place from March to March s.
1t is then that Rio gives it.
self over to the spirit of the
carnival, with dancing and
singing in the streets, dazzling
costume balls in the great no
tells, theaters and casinos, pa.
rades of mummers and process
Mons Of gorgeous floats.
Two weeks will be spent in
Brazil with visits to Santos,
Petropolis and Nichteroy. Other
features of the tour will be an
ascent of Sugar Loaf Noun
tain and an excursion by pri.
vate motor through the famous
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The Washington times., 1934-12-29
Fallada' S Ne1U Book
Marks Advance
In PO1UerS

If you enjoyed Little Man,
What Now?" you should read
Hans Fallada's latest book,
The World outside"
1t isn't intended for roman
ticistS and such are advised to
pass it up. That is, of course, il
they wish to avoid being re-
minded of certain unpleasant
phases of life.
It is a bitter book. The
story of an ordinary soul, not
heroic, not criminal, genuinely
desirous of becoming an hon.
est citizen but unable to shake
off the taint of a prison term.
The world wouldn't let Will
Kufalt "go straight" A larger
. soul might have put up
stronger fight but Will wasn't
the man to conquer dragons.
Shadows
The shadow of the prison
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
RARE OLD WASHINGTON ENGRAVnNGS AROUSE INTEREST
Name of Artist
Remains a
Mystery
By RILLA SCHROEDER

A bit of mystery sur
rounds the collection of rare
old Washington engravings
now on exhibition at Studio
House.
The Autographs were pur-
chased by Adele Smith,
manager of Studio House,
abroad, from the Victorius
Gallery in London. They
date back to about 1920 or
1880, but the artist is un-
known. He was, Mrs. Smith
found out, either English or
German. His name, however,
is lost.
Historically, the engravings
are of great interest. They
show a Washington almost for.
gotten in these days of we'll
paved streets, towering build
ings and hurrying throngs.
Important
ArtiStically. of course, they
are even more important.
They date to an age when
lithography as an art reached
its climax, when the lithogra-
pher rated as an artist with
the painter and sculptor.
Since the introduction of the
power-press and the develop
ment of the photographic indus
try along commercial lines the
photographer has lost some OF
his artistic standing.
Lithography today has lost
favor as a mode of individual
expression. 1t bears the mark
of the machine.
Commercially, of course, it
has grown tremendously. To-
day it is one of the most i'm.
portant branches of the print
er's craft.
Intriguing
All this, however, has deVel-
oped since the unknown mas
ter's hand produced these rare
engravings on the walls of
Studio House.
Perhaps the unknown was a
friend Of Julian, whose "Etudes
en- Deux Crayons" made him
famous. Or of the satirist Dau.
mier. He may have known
Raffet, the photographer whose
engravings of Napoleon and
Napoleonic subjects are so
highly priced by collectors.
He may possibly have worked
with Senefelder, the father Of
the art. The latter died in 1884
and the engravings are dated
prior to that.
Rare Prints
Studio House has on eXhibi-
ton, also, a collection of rare
flower prints from the book
collection des Fleurs ct des
Fruits" by Jean-Louis Provost,
published in Paris in 1905. The
prints are regarded by collec-
tors as among the finest and
earliest examples of color print
ing and of flower plates.
Their coloring is exquisite.
Nearly 1870 years old they glow
with their first radiance.
New Showing
The artist, Provost, needs no
introduction to collectors inter-
ested in this branch of arts
wide field. Recognized as a
master in his own day his name
endureS.
At the conclusion of this ex-
hibit Studio House will be
closed for a few days to permit
the installation of a new collec-
ton.
On January 5 the studio will
reopen with a private showing
by Olin DoWs and Robert
Franklin Gates.
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
New Liner Would
Bar Port Entrance

If the Cunard White Star
superliner Queen Mary were
placed crosswise in the NarroWs
at the entrance to New York
Bay, she would completely fill
all the deep-Water space between
Staten Island and Long Island.
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
Our Sun-Drenched RiUierd Is Within
Easy Reach of Washington Ola
SWift Transit Systems
By BETSY CAsWELL

We Americans indeed fortunate in having own
beautiful Riviera close hand and easily accessible
to most of us.
This sundrenched spot Florida with its miles Of velvety
beaches Tapped by sapphire waters its flowers its countless
interests and its charming people.
The Washington times., 1934-12-29
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The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Seamen Rap
Forced Labor
Camp Scheme
Elect Delegates for Cap
ital Congress On
Insurance

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 25.-
Calling for a fight against the Hit
lerite transient relief camps which
are planned for all seamen on re-
lief, a meeting called by the Water
front Unemployed Council here last
Friday elected delegates to the
Washington Congress for Unem-
ploymenb Insurance.
The "scuttle Butt" bulletin is
sued by the Waterfront Unemployed
Council, in its Dec. 81 issue, warn
ing the seamen that Philadelphia
may be the next port where a
forced labor camp may be estab-
lished for all seamen on relief,
states:
"Seamen's relief has been cut off
in Norfolk and seamen are being
put on transient relief. A fascist
program Of 80 hours forced labor a
week for rs cents and garbage has
been established. This attack upon
the seamen's relief follows on the
heels Of the transient policy for
sesmen in New Orleans and New
port News"
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
NJ an Jailed
For Picking
Coal in Yard

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Dec. 25.-
The Unemployment Councils and
the International Labor Defense
have organized a joint campaign
for the release of Joe Salonas, a
young unemployed worker who was
arrested by the Hudson Coal Com
pany for picking coal, and is being
held for sentence here.
An attempt is being made to rail-
road Salonas to Jail on a charge
Of larceny and trespassing. The re-
lief officials of Lucerne County, in
order to stop unemployed families
from receiving coal through the
Emergency Relief Bureau, tells
these workers to go out and pick
coal and not be so lazy. When
these workers are caught, the relief
board washes its hands of the whole
affair by calling it an unfortunate
incident" and telling the workers
that they should be more careful
and they would not get into trouble.
The Unemployment Council is
carrying on vigorous fight against
this system of rsiroading workers
to Jail, and has declared that the
relief officials are responsible for
all such cases.
Resolutions protesting against
this system of rsilroading workers
to Jail and has declared that the
relief officials are responsible for
all such cases.
Resolutions protesting against
this arrest and demanding the re-
lease Of Joe Salonas, as well as all
other workers arrested on similar
charges, are being passed in all Un-
employment Council locals, and
mass meetings are being arranged
throughout Wyoming Valley to fur
ther this struggle and to raise the
question of an adequate supply Of
coal for all families on relief.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
WOrkersCentel
To Get Funds
From Banquet

NEW YORK.-Many outstanding
leaders in the revolutionary activity
of the American working class will
be present at the banquet in Irving
Plaza Hall, Irving Place and 18th
St.. on Saturday evening, sponsored
by the Central Committee of the
Communist Party for the benefit OF
the New York Workers Center.
Among those who will greet the
delegates from workers organiza-
tions attending the banquet will be
Earl Browder. Clarence Hathaway.
James w. Ford, Jack Stachel, and
Charles Krumbein. Joseph Brodsky.
chief counsel for the International
Labor Defense, and Carl Brodsky,,
treasurer of the New York State
Committee of the Communist Party,
will also be present
The banquet will be high point
in the effort of workers organiza-
tions to raise $1,000 for the Work
ers Center. which is needed imme-
diately to maintain all the services
and functions of the building.
A concert program has been ar
ranged for the occasion. There will
be dancing following the banquet.
Volunteer walters and ushers have
been asked to register at Room 200,
so z. 18th st.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Store Strikers
Hold Rally
In Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 25.
The united front mass meeting in
support of the Boston Store strik-
ers, held at the Municipal Audi
torium last Friday evening, was a
tremendous success, and a collec-
tion of more than S100 went for q
Christmas fund to the strikers.
The official policy of the Socialist
Party was to stay away from the
meeting. but many members of the
Socialist Party we're present, includ-
ing Mrs. Meta Berger, wife of the
late Socialist leader Victor L. Ber-
ger, who presided. Strikers coming
from each department in the Bos-
ton Store told Of the conditions in
the store and why they strike.
Women Collect Signatures
A committee of the League Of
Women Shoppers went to the Bos-
ton Store Saturday with thousands
of names on petitions pledging sup
port to the strikers and boycott of
the Boston Store, but were refused
admission.
The Communist Party's official
paper here, the Wisconsin Voice of
Labor, has devoted its last few is
sues chiefly for rallying support to
the strikers, and building up a
united front behind them. One is
sue prints a photostat of a Boston
Store advertisement in the Mil
waukee Leader, Socialist Party daily
here, which includes statement
to the public on the strike by the
company.
Leaflets issued by the Communist
Party headed Refuse to Buy at
the Boston Store" have been passed
out in the neighborhoods.
Another leaflet was directed to
the strikers. and especially warns
them against a settlement on the
basis of arbitration. Part of the
leaflet to the strikers reads:
Some of the slick tongued speak
ers and lawyers tell you that
wage increase is not important.
They claim the chief thing is to
settle the strike. Why did you or
ganize into union? Because you
want better working conditions and
higher wages which cannot be got
ten without union. The advice
of these people, therefore, is all
wrong. Some of the officials try
to intimidate you by saying the
strike is Illegal and that 1t did
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
"White Paper
On Reich Fire
To Be Printed

PARIS, Dec. 25.-The letter of
Karl Ernst, Storm Troop leader,
who was executed in the Nazi purge
of June 30, confeSsing his part in
setting the Reichstag fire, and the
ReichSwehr memorandum to Mar
shall Hindenburg are to be published
as the white Paper on Events of
June 30th, and will be issued
by Carrefour, Paris. Senator Brant-
ing, of Sweden, has written pre-
face for the work. Branting pos
sesses a photograph of the document
and declares that there is every
reason to believe it's authenticity.
The Swedish senator writes in his
preface:
There is deep inner connection
between the German massacre of
st. Bartholomew (June 30th) and
the Reichstag fire. National-Social-
ism opened the way to power with
crime, and heaps crime on crime
to keep that power. The technique
of June 30th is similar, down to the
tiniest detail, to that of February,
1888.
THE effects of the two crimes,
however, we're not the same. That
of February 27 helped the rise OF
National l-Socialism-tha of June 80
was an attempt to arrest its decline.
The White Paper appears at
an opportune moment. AS the Saar
plebiscite approaches, Hitler seeks
to appear not as the man respon-
sible for June 80 but as a man of
peace. Hence the peculiar political
and moral significance of this docu-
ment on the events of June 80. The
White Paper is vivid picture of
the Germany of 1884. i. This Nazi
clique, which has made Germany q
prison for millions of Germans, is
judged by this evidence irrefutably
and inexorably."
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Turtle Greek
Mass Tax Sale
ROuses Fight
Owners and Tenants to
Raise Demand for
Moratorium

TURTLE CREEK, Pa, Dec. 25.-
A mass meeting was held in Turtle
Greek high school last night to pro-
test against the impending sale of
400 homes in the vicinity scheduled
for the auctioneer's block if delin-
quent taxes are not paid by Jan. 7.
Aroused citizens voiced their pro-
test at the vicious laws of the state,
which not only allow the sale of
homes for delinquent taxes, but
also provide that "the goods of a
tenant on leased premises is subject
to distress for payment of taxes
and may be levied upon and sold
to satisfy the claim" Quotation
from State Act of April Is, 1884, as
amended by Act of April %, 1871
Speakers denounced the obvious
lobbying of landowners in passing
the amendment three years ago, as
the depression began to take on its
present permanent character. A
committee will visit county COM
missioners to protest for mora
torium on the properties, with pro-
test letters to be mailed to all re-
sponsible state and county authori-
ties, and a campaign is to be
launched to have the act repealed
at the next session Of the legisla-
ture.
The meeting was called by the
Turtle Greek Congress of Clubs, in
cluding the Republican Club, the
Democratic Club, the Partisan
Club, the Italian Democratic Club,
the Citizens Council, the Better
Government Club, the Real Estate
Owners League, the Italian Citi-
zens' Club, the Small Home and
Property Owners Association, the
Unemployment Council, the Com
munist Party and the Young Com
munist League.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26

| charged for misconduct shall not
thereby forfeit benefits beyond a
reasonable period"
What is misconduct? Agitation
in the shop, building up a union.
The steel. auto and textile work
ers can tell an eloquent story. They
are blacklisted in their industry
and Green would not penalize them
beyond a reasonable period" Quit
ting work without good cause
who is to judge that? If workers
go on strike-rhave they good cause?
Particularly since. according to
Green's plan. labor and manage
ment should be represented equally
in the management of unemplov-
ment benefits" This means to
penalize strikers-in other words a
strikebreaking bill! Only those who
still have jobs when the bill goes
into effect and who behave them
selves" would receive benefits. The
bill could not become law till Oc-
tober, 1885. This is what Green
offers"
Three days later Green appar-
emily abandoned his plan" her
aided as the "a. r. Of L. plant"
He accepted the plan of the Ad-
visory Council of the National
Committee for Economic Security. :"
What is this latter plan?
According to the meagre reports
that have been published IN. Y.
Times, Dec. 15), it corresponds in
the main with the Wagner-Lewis
and the Green plans. 1t calls for
contributions of per cent from
the employers, with the employees
exempt for the same reason as given
for the Green bill, viz, that it will
be handed on to the consumer (the
worker) who would pay his share
of the tax that would be attached
to the things he buys" Unemploy-
ment benefits would be at the rate
Of so per cent of the workers aver
age weekly wage, with maximum
compensation of SIS a week. The
worker who is laid off would re-
ceive "on ratio Of one weeks
benefits for every four weeks Of
previous employment" That is to
say, IL he has worked 20 to 30 weeks
in a year, he will be entitled to only
five to seven weeks of compensa- :
ton. And then? "At the end of
such period, the insurance would
be exhausted and the payments
would stop"
Benefits Not Assured
The benefits, however. are not
assured. The plan states that: ITO
finance these payments, the Advisory
Council provided that if business
measured by the Federal Reserve
Boards index does not average 90
per cent Of normal in 1885, the tax
rate in 1886 shall be only per
cent"
| That is to say, economic produc-
tion (which means profits) must
equal at least 30 per cent of normal
1929 prosperity, In order that the
laid-off worker should receive the
amount of benefit above mentioned.
II it should not reach that mini
mum, then the amount of tax on the
payroll would be cut to / per cent,
whereby the amount of compenSa-
tion to the lsid-off worker would
also be reduced.
The bill further proposes that
there shall be waiting period"
Of two to four weeks. 1t has been
established that during that period
a worker finds some kind of work.
If, for instance, a worker in the
third week of a waiting period of
four weeks should obtain work for
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Scottsboro Mother
And Richard Moore
To Talk in Brooklyn

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Ida Norris
Scottsboro mother, and Richard B
Moore will speak at mass meet
ing for the defense of the Scots
boro boys tomorrow evening at the
Boro Park Cultural Center, 1880
56th Street, Brooklyn. The meet
ing is called by the Ella May
Branch of the West End Section OF
the International Labor Defense TO
help raise urgently needed funds to
push the mass fight and the appeal,
already filed with the U. S. SUI
preme Court for reversal of the
death sentences imposed upon
Clarence Norris and Haywood Pat
terson.
The State of Alabama has filed
briefs with the courts opposing the
I. L. D. appeal against the lynch
verdicts, and the decision of the
court is expected early in January.
Mrs. Norris and Moore will speak
at another Scottsboro rally Friday
night at 220 East 14th Street, un-
der the auspices of the Tom Mooney
Branch Of the l. L. D.
The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Mass Rally
Called in South
On Social Bill
Alabama Red B alters
Lose Ground in Move
to Block Insurance
Special to tn. paiIr worker

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec 2s.-
Negro and white workers will rally
this Friday evening, 7:30 o'clock,
before the County Courthouse in 2
tremendous demonstration in sup
port of the National Congress for
Unemployment and Social In
surance to be held in Washington,
January 5 to Z, and for the Workers
Insurance Bill.
The demonstration will be ad-
dressed by Howard Kester, Nashville
chairman of the Committee on
Economic and Social Justice. A. L..
Bowers. International Organizer,
Local 81 OF the Blacksmiths Union;
Mr.. Bradford, editor of the Bir-
mingham World, Negro paper; DR..
H. A. E1kourie, Pres. of the Cos
mopolitan Political Club; Joe
Strange, Secretary of the Dairy
mems Union; Rev. Stewart Mea-
cham, Jr., A. Thorp, Secretary Lodge
rs, Switchmen's Union, who will
preside.
Wide Support
Widespread support of the Work
ers Insurance Bill insures a huge
crowd Friday night. The labor
bureaucrats who oppose the bill are
rapidly losing ground as the work
ers recognize them as enemies
within their ranks. The militants in
the unions who are leading the fight
for the Bill are also planning a
fight for immediate unemployment
relief. Lodge 46 of the Switchmen's
Union endorsed the Bill and the
forthcoming Congress at its meeting
last Sunday and elected militants
to office. This is the beginning of a
relentless struggle by the rank and
file against the reactionary interna-
tional officials and their treach-
erous class-collaboration policies.
The united front of A. F. of L.
unions and other workers organiza-
tions Is rapidly materializing here.
Many A. F. of L. unions are form
ing unemployment locals to unite
with the Unemployment Councils
and others.
On every hand it is recognized
that the Communists are leading
the fight for working-class unity.
The "red scare" raised by the bosses
and their agents in the unions is be-
ing defeated even in locals where
there are no Communist workers.
This militant workers united front
will further materialize in the trade
union conference here on Decem-
ber 30.
A rapid growth of Negro and
white workers is resulting from the
struggles developing here, with
white workers now coming toward
the Communist Party.
A sharp struggle against barter
schemes and dollar a day work re-
lief which means less relief for un-
employed and wage slashing for the
employed. is developing fast Bu-
reaucrats who favor this scheme
are exposing themselves, while the
protest is growing in the unions
against the scheme as blow to or
ganized labor.