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Evening star., 1934-03-10
SUBJECT OF PASTOR
is "DOlNG ONES BIT"
DR.. H. M. Canter to Give Ser
mon Tomorrow at Ep-
worth M. E.

DR.. Harry M. Canter, pastor OF Ep-
worth M. E. Church, South, an
nounces for his sermon tomorrow at
IL o'clock. Doing Ones Bit" and in
the evening, Some Scriptural Syn
tax"
March ushered in the loyalty pc
riod and it will be continued until
Easter, during which time every
member is especially invited to at
tend services in the church.
Mrs. Dorothy DeNeale will have
charge of the services of the Wesley
Fellowship Group at pm. Services
Of the young peoples department will
be held at pm.
A matter of considerable impor-
tance to the church as whole will
be brought before the officers of the
various organizations of the church
in a group meeting in the social
rooms Wednesday evening.
DR.. Canter on Thursday evening
will have as his general topic for
March IF Jesus Came Today" He
will discuss another phase of that
same subject each succeeding meeting.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
A. z. A. SABBATH FRIDAY
Services to Be Held in Emerson
Street Synagogue.

Members of the Aleph Zodik Aleph
Chapter in the District will observe
their fourth A. z. A. Sabbath next
Friday at the Fourteenth and Emerson
street synagogue. The service will be
conducted by the chapter members
with the assistance of Rabbi Volkman.
Local boys taking part in the service
are Norman Freggor. Ben Bookoff
Kenneth Bennett, Irving Tash, Leon
Cohen, William Sober, Bertram
Abramson and Lou Bergart.
The A. z. A. Sabbath will be OBJ
served in lis cities throughout the
United States with approximately
900 boys participating.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
PRICE Of LOYALTY
IS SERMON TOPIC
DR.. Perkins Will Preach at
Universalist National
Memorial Church.

"Jesus and His Family, or the Price
Of Loyalty" is the sermon topic of
DR.. F. w. Perkins, at the Universalist
National Memorial Church, tomor-
row at IL o'clock. This is the fourth
In a series of Lenten sermons deal
ing with Jesus and Some People He
Met" AS a feature of the annual
observance of Young Peoples day in
Universalist churches members Of
the Y. P. C. U. will assist DR.. Per-
kins in conducting the service. The
Scripture lesson will be read by Miss
Betty Smallman, Miss Margaret Chap
man will offer the prayer, and Miss
Miriam Uppercue will read the con-
gregational hymn.
There will be a special service IN
the church at $50 when DR.. Perkins
will meet with the members of the
Y. P. C. u, and at 7 o'clock supper
will be served in the parish house Tor
all the young people of the church.
Miss Helen Learn is the chairman In
charge of arrangements for Young
Peoples week, March IL to II.
There will be a sewing meeting Mon
day at the home of Mrs. Weishaupt.
1882 Ingleside terrace. sponsored by
members of Mrs. Lees circle. On
Tuesday luncheon will be served in
Perkins Hall at noon, followed by
the business meeting of the Ladies
Aid Association.
At the Lenten organ recital We'd
neSday at o'clock, DR.. Albert W.
Harmed will be the organist.
The Ladies Aid Association will
have a sale of food and other articles
Thursday afternoon and a supper
from to 7 in Perkins Hall. At 7
o'clock, the w. E. D. o, Circle will
have a party in the Romano van
Schaick room. The Boy Scout troop
will meet in the Weston room at 7:3O
Evening star., 1934-03-10
FOURTH LENTEN SERMON
DIR. Blackwelder to Preach at
Reformation Service.

DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor Of
the Church of the Reformation, will
preach tomorrow morning on "The
Difference Jesus Makes" This is the
fourth sermon in the Lenten series
which includes "How to Keep Your
Conscience Clean" on March ID; 1.-THE
Meaning of Palm Sunday" March IS,
and Endless Easters," on April l..
Pending completion of the new
church on East Capitol street at the
Library, church and Sunday school
services are being held in the Avenue
Grand Theater.
The Luther League will meet tomor
row evening at 7:45 o'clock in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w.
Raab, 1915 Massachusetts, avenue
southeast. The ladies' aid will hold
benefit luncheon Wednesday at
noon in the home Of Mrs. Annie v.
schaefer. 223 Ninth street southeast
Evening star., 1934-03-10
MISSION TO CLOSE
DR.. ]. Phelps Hand Will Preach
Tomorrow at Wesley.

The closing service Of the Com
munity Preaching Mission" sponsored
by the Wesley, Eldbrooke and Chevy
Chase M. E. Churches, will be held
in the Wesley Church tomorrow at 8
pm. The music will be led by the
combined choirs Of the cooperating
churches.
DR.. J. Phelps Hand will have as his
subject tomorrow morning at Wesley
THE Christians Credentials"
The Woman's Guild will meet Tues
day at 1890 am, with Mrs. Walton
Hendry presiding. The Woman's Mis-
sionary Society will meet at 11:30
am. and will be addressed by Mrs.
Carl F.. New, president of the Balti-
more branch OF the Woman's FOR
eign Missionary Society. Her address,
on Thank Offerings" will be visu-
allied. The fellowship luncheon Will
be served at l pm.
The "Lenten Meditation Hour" pro-
NOTED by the Woman's Guild, will be
held on Wednesday from 1:3O to 2:30
o'clock in the church auditorium.
The pastor will speak on Surrender.
The congregation Of Wesley will
unite with the other Protestant
churches of Chevy Chase in the COM
munity Lenten service Thursday at
pm. in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church. DR. Solomon B. Cousins Of
Richmond, Va. will deliver the SER
Evening star., 1934-03-10
DR.. Will SON TO SPEAK
AT COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
marks Son of Man" Subject
Tomorrow Morning-Sermon
Series Continued.

Marks Son Of Man" is the sermon
topic tomorrow at 1O:45 by Rev. A. P.
Wilson, minister of Columbia Heights
Christian Church. At 7::30 he will
speak on Matthews Messiah" This
is the third in series of sermons
which deals with Portraits of Jesus"
as given us by Matthew, Mark and
Luke. The junior church. directed by
Miss Betty Anderson, at IL am.
In preparation for the pre-Easter
week of special services, an every
member visitation program will be-
gin Committees will meet at the
church at O'Clock tomorrow.
The Women's Council will meet
Tuesday at 10:45. Mrs. F. Ehlis pre-
siding: Mrs. o. Tarrant in charge of
the missionary program, devotions by
Mrs. Ben Waldo. Miss Muriel Con-
naughton will speak on the Philip
pines and Rev. A. P. Wilson on Japan.
World call program at the luncheon
table, and those taking part are Mrs
F. H. Harmon. Mrs. E. v. Pugh, Mrs.
J. H. Gibson and Mrs. Barger.
Official Board meeting at 7:30 We'd
nesday. Midweek prayer service, in
charge of the young peoples depart
ment; topic, "The Christians Attitude
Toward the Moral and Social Issues
Of the Day."
Evening star., 1934-03-10

day and Tomorrow" DR.. Stockdale
will give a reading with musical ac-
compartment by Victor Neal, who
will also play piano numbers. Lunch
con at / o'clock.
The Young Women's Club will meet
Tuesday at 6:15 o'clock for dinner
and a program. Mrs. William Allen
Wilbur will be the guest speaker.
The Women's Society will give a
st. Patrick's eve dinner Friday at
6:l5 O'Clock. A program has been
arranged including the presentation
OF a fantasy by the Drama Glee Club.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
COMMUNION RITES
Rev. H. B. Wooding to Preach at
lexington Presbyterian.

The sacrament of the Lords sup
Per will be observed at the Ecking-
ton Presbyterian Church tomorrow
morning at the II o'clock service. In
the evening the pastor, Rev Henry
b. Wooding, will speak on Divine
Healing" Mrs. j. M. Nickles will
lead the devotional exercises of the
Emmans Bible class.
A meeting of the Missionary So
ciety will be held Wednesday at
noon. A business and social meet
ing Of the Fidelity Bible class will
be held Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Alfred johnson, 314
Upshur street, assisted by Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. A. Cole.
The communicates class will be
taught by the pastor Sunday evening,
ut z o'clock. The baptismal service
will be held at the morning service.
Evening star., 1934-03-10

beth Won Oesterreich." The Business
and Professional Women's Club, under
direction Of Miss Kathryn e. Dunk
horst, has arranged an Irish fantasy,
1.-THE Emerald ISLE" for Saturday
evening.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
MEMBERSHIP CANVASS
Petworth Baptist Church Makes
Arrangements for April 8.

Arrangements are being made for
an every member canvas" of Pet
worth Baptist Church for April 8.
Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor, an
nounces the B. Y. P. U. will have
charge of the evening service tomor-
row with a sermon-theme entitled
"Serpents or Septres" In the morn
ing his subject is Gods Tools or
Toys"
The annual banquet of the Phila-
thea class and the mems class will be
held March 20 at the church, with
Representative D. D. Glover of Ar
kansas 6 the principal speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Dodge Heiress Plays in Persia
While Auto Workers Starve

trunks, did not even notice her loss.
When the loss of the trunk was
discovered Mrs. Dillman was already
gone. But she had no need to
worry. Detectives from the Detroit
and Crosse Points police depart
ment got busy. They soon found
the trunk, a gray wardrobe type
with Mrs. Dillman's initials painted
on the ends. The trunk was shipped
on the next train.
In the trunk were: IL lace night
gowns valued at $50 each; SO pairs
of stockings valued at $40 each; u
pieces of French lingerie, valued at
$500 each; A Silver Fox neckpiece,
$4,000; a mink trimmed suit, $500;
five pairs of shoes, $50 each; u
dresses, $500; IL evening gowns,
500 each.
The total value Of the contents of
Mrs. Dillman's trunk was over
$4,000, and this was one of many
trunks taken on the pleasure jaunt
to Persia. Mrs. Dillnlan secured
her millions from the profits of the
auto factories, where the auto
workers are now fighting for relief
The police who promptly came to
the aid Of the distressed Mrs. Dill
man, came out with national guards
who had drawn bayonets to ter
rorize a recent demonstration of the
C.W.A. workers.
On the same day that the unfor-
tunate Mrs. Dillman, the Dodge
heiress, lost her trunk, the police
took the body of the frozen, starved
unemployed woman to the morgue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
A Short Story

sheriff, got out and walked over
to us. 81 guess you know why I'm
here, jeff" he said. II don't like
to do this. but it's my duty. got
the papers here; you'll have to
leave the farm"
We just looked at him and didn't
say anything. jeff cleared his
throat couple of times, but didn't
say anything. It made me mad
to think of Jeff being chased off
his land. Suddenly the stranger
said Martins not getting off!
You'll have to put the whole ten of
us off before you put Martin out.
And if you do, we'll come back
tomorrow and put him in again!"
The sheriff turned to look at him
for a second, then he said: You're
a newcomer around here, amt
you?"
Yeah"
well, remember that in this part
Of the country we obey the law"
rs man breaking the law if he
tries to make an honest living and
feed his family? 1t isn't Martins
fault that the price of feed has
gone up, or that the freighting
charges on apples is so high that
he loses money, is it2"
The sheriff was still for mo-
ment, as If he was thinking, then
he said: He borrowed two thou
sand dollars didn't hep He took
their money and now he has to pay
it back That's only fair?"
How is it fair? If some of the
directors of that mortgage company
hadn't raised the price of feed at
the Grain Pit, he could have made
some money on his eggs. If some
of those directors hadn't raised the
frieghts on their railroads, so that
they could squeeze out few more
dollars of profits, Martin could
have sold his apples for a fair
price and paid them back their
money, We don't think it's fair
and we're not getting off this landl"
mo. we're notl" the Harris boys
shouted.
mol" we all shouted and l felt
good because I had shouted.
JEFF Martin, in the name Of the
law. order you to leave this farm. F"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
By LEN ZINBERG

I'VE we're all standing around look
W ing at the Martins house like We
had never seen it before. There was
old man Martin, still slender and tail
and powerful, the two Harris boys
myself, Harry Peares, and a couple
Of other farmers from around the
neighborhood 1t was cold and harsh
as only bleak New England morn
| ing can be. We stared at Martins
two-story frame house and talked in
low voices. Inside Eve Martin was
packing her stuff and getting the
kids ready. Then somebody said:
Here comes the stranger"
He was short and dark looking
and I guess a foreigner. Nobody
knew much about him, except that
he had moved in on the old Ham
mond farm few weeks ago. Char
ley, who ran the general store at
the Corners, said that the stranger
had come from the city, one of the
mill towns, and that he had good
looking but thin wife. You could
easily see that he had never been
a farmer before and that he was
going to have hard time of it.
Nobody had spoken to him yet or
visited his farm, because we liked
to wait awhile and judge man
and let him speak first. He walked
up the driveway with short quick
steps, and when he was next to
Walter Harris he said: Hello" and
nodded to us all.
Walter said: Hello"
Whats going on here?" he
asked and his voice was clear
sounding with just slight accent.
I think he must have been an
Italian.
They're taking my farm away
jeff Martin said in a low voice "a
company in the city, mortgage"
he added briefly.
That's shame. Lived here
long?"
My folks have been living on
this land for more than hum
dred years. Tom Martin settled
here right after war of 1912. I'm
JEFF Martin
I'm Nick Spindle; I live at the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
THE STRANGER

old Hammond place. Just came
out here. No work in the city, so
I'm trying farming"
You sure picked out good
business" Walt Harris put in bit
terly. Things is getting so that
it costs more to raise eggs than you
get when you sell them. We act
ually lose money! And apples
haven't paid in years High
freight rates-that's what licked
jeff"
Yeah know, but at least you
eat and breath fresh air and that's
more than lot of folks in the
city do"
You can't eat if they take your
farm away" jeff said.
Are you going to let them take
it?" the stranger asked.
What do you mean am 1 going
to let them-what else can I do?
The sheriff will be here any minute
now. This isn't the first farm
around this section that's been
taken"
We'll. I suppose you fellows
aren't organized much. But in the
city all the workers in the mills
were in unions. If they treated one
of us wrong, We all went on strike.
Sort of mass pressure 1 think they
call it. Now l saw in the papers
that the farmers out West organ
lied and refused to let the banks
forclose the farms. Why couldn't
we organize and stop Jeff Martin
from losing his farm? There's about
ten of us here and I bet we could
easily stop the sheriff from taking
the farm"
was kind of surprised and
shocked. It was bad to fight the
sheriff and the law. It's all done
lawfully and it would be breaking
the law to stop the sheriff." JEFF
said evenly.
IF it was my farm, feeding my
wife and kids would be my first law.
l think that it is more important
to feed my family than some fat
banker Now we could
THE stranger stopped talking and
! We all turned as a car swung
into the driveway. Ted West, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Canadian Govt Bars Book Which
Describes Achievements of U.S.S.R.

Dangerous writing" considered by the
Canadian unfit the whose organiza
tons cripple through Section &c. the
Criminal Syndicalst Law
The which just prevented by popular
from raoadng Smith, Secretary the Canadian Labor Defense
pentena where eight working leaders of
the Communist Party already ncarcered for long terms has
banned the the Plan" from entering
Canada. The book is issued by International Publishers.
The progress in the fight for Socialism in the USSR
reports impressed Daily
this liberal paper contains
interesting information concise language Both the
Montreal permitted
of the book which banned literature to the general public
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26

jeff didn't say word; then he
looked at the stranger and at Eve
Martins white face as she stared
out Of the window. Il guess Mr.,
Spindle, here, is right, Ted. I'm
staying on my land" he said in that
slow voice of his.
And we're all right behind you'll"
Spindle shouted turning to us.
"Yes!' we shouted and I Won
dered what the sheriff was going
to do. Ted West was pretty
tough man.
But the sheriff didn't seem to
know what to do. He just stood
around for few minutes, then he
got into his car and drove off.
Thanks Mr.. Spindle JEFF said,
holding out his hand.
Spindle is the name. Nick Spi-
nido. Mister isn't part of it. -
And they shook hands.
JEFF went into the house TO tell
his wife what had happened and
we walked about in silence. I was
little scared that the sheriff
would come back with deputies or
something, but I didn't say any,
thing about it.
After awhile the sheriff came
back He was alone. Jeff walked
down to his car and we followed
him.
THE company agent was wait
ing down the road a way. jeff. He
got pretty excited when I told him
what had happened. He said that
he didn't want anything to happen
like they had out West, so he gave
you a six-month extension. You
can stay here for awhile"
Spindle smiled and no one said
word, so the sheriff backed his
car out and went away.
Jeff Martin shook hands with
Spindle again, and then we all
shook hands with him. Then JEFF
said: 'If you could like to come
over to my place some time, Spi-
nido--Nick, maybe we could all help
you out with some of your farm
ing troubles. We could all come
over and bring some of the other
farmers too. We'd tell you about
how to farm, snd-uh--we could
talk about this organizing too"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
BY CARL REEVE

The police of Detroit, Michigan,
have been having a busy time. Re-
Gently. they found an unidentified
woman in school yard frozen to
death. Hunger and cold had
brought her wanderings to an end
The police, a few weeks ago, put
Walter Olyniezak safely behind the
bars with a ninety day sentence,
Walter is a C.W.A. worker with a
family who has long been jobless.
He was told he must work on a
C,W.A. project out of town, and pay
his own transportation. This
brought Walters C.W.A. pay below
the hunger rations he was getting
on relief, He refused to transfer
from the relief.
The dignity of Roosevelt gov
eminent was offended. C.WA. die
tates were Haunted. And so Walter
was rounded up and put into jail.
He was given the ultimatum by the
auto barons courts-either serve
80 days in jail, or take the C.W.A.
work out of town, at the terms Of
the C.W.A. administration. Either
go to Jail and see your family
starve or take the starvation wages
Of the CWA. and pay your own
transportation. He was given
suspended sentence on probation,
providing he took the C.W.A. work
The police of Detroit showed their
value to the auto magnates when
Mrs. Hugh Dillman lost a trunk
Mrs. Dillman did not lose an or
binary trunk, nor is Mrs. DiIlman
an ordinary person. She is Mrs
Anna Dodge Dillman, heiress of
the Dodge auto millions, and at
present married to one of the most
prominent Of society's lounge liz
ards.
On Feb. g. Mrs. Anna Dodge Dill
man left Detroit for a three month
vacation trip to Persia. En- route
to the station, one of Mrs. Dillman's
many trunks fell out on the street,
Mrs. Dillman. with a few dozen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
Oil Workers Organize
Against Company Unions

were little more than 1 900 union
men, If that many. ont Of the en-
ytirs organized field at the height Of
oil production and wages in 1929.
When the crash and the demes-
sion came, the unorganized men
l promptly found themselves with
wages cut, speed-Up system grad
uslly put into effect. and when
that was not enough, the firing be-
gan, especially the older workers.
This process continued unabated al
during the years until within re-
cent months. Many Of those who
were not working drifted away
from the oil fields-to the land, the
cities whence they had originally
come, in efforts to get back into
their old industries. and failing in
that we're thrown upon the charity
dung heap.
When, however, with the recent
pick up in oil production and the
employment or re-emDloyment Of
about $4,000 out Of the 100000 oil
workers normally working in the
Oklahoma fields, the companies,
fearful of possible union activities,
started 10 organize company unions.
When the men Cmany Of whom. it
must be remembered had been
union workers in other crafts be-
fore they came to Oklahoma saw
the sort Of unions the oil COM
panies tried to put over, they re-
belled and started to organize their
own without solicitations from any
one.
Today, including the clerical.
about half of the workers are en-
ployed in the industry. This leaves
about $4,000 still out Of jobs in the
state.
Out of the $4,000 who are work
ing, SIS per cent of those employed
in the refineries have been organ
lied and about IS per cent of those
in oil fields. There are % locals
which threw themselves at the A.
F. of L.. each locals membership
ranging from $50 to in one case
over 1000 members.
The refinery employees are much
fewer than the field workers and
also more concentrated, which &C
counts for the larger percentage
which have organized themselves.
In the fields the A. F. Of L. is
simply waiting for them to come
and beg for a charter.
The exact figures Of the number
organized is not being given by the
A. F. of L. Wildcat Williams. the
clustering gun-men in charge of
union activities in % counties.
would prefer the oil workers to
think that many more have been
organized so as to use that as a
bait for them to come in and also
as an excuse why A. F. of L. Or
ganizers are not in their territory.
They are busy all over the state"
the word is passed around.
TO BE Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
WHAT'S ON
Monday

WORKERS SCHOOL Spring Term, third
week Of registration. Glasses are filling
up. Register now, IS E. 18th St.
REGISTRATION for courses at the
Brownsville Workers School. now open
at 1855 Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn.
REGISTRATION for Spring term at
Harlem Workers School, now open at 200
W. 135th st., Room 212-B. New courses
have been added to the curriculum. Glasses
are filling rapidly Ask for descriptive
booklet. Phone: Audubon 3-5055.
SAM GONSHAK will speak on the Pre-
sent Situation and the Fight for Social
Insurance at the Bath Beach Branch Of
the Unemployed Council, tonight at $3.50
pm. at 81 Bay 25th st. Admission free,
MASS MEETING Against War and Fas-
cism. The Rockawsy Comm of the Amer
lean League Against War and Fascism
holds symposium tonight at pm. at the
Ex-Firemen's Hall, 2l1 Beach 86th Street,
Rockaway Beach Speakers: Rose K. Edel-
man Of the women's International League
for Peace; Rev. Dale De Witt of the Hollis
Unitarian Church; Pat Toohey for the
Communist Party; Rev @. G. Halman of
the Church Of God; and CANINE Kauf-
mann for the War Resisters League. Ad-
mission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
WILT. Inaugurates
MariOnette CrOup

NEW YORK Maxine PICARD.
who has worked for six years with
Reno Bufano and Meyer Levin. is
forming a marionette group in con-
nection with the Workers Ia6ora
tory Theatre. These will be the
first marionettes to perform rsvo-
lutionary skits for workers audi
ences. All interested in working
with this group may communicate
with Maxine Picard, $50 w. 18th St.