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The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Nov.
15.-WeII we was just feeling
fine, and we thought we had
listened to our last campaign
speech out here for two years,
when who comes in here on .
transforming tour, but John J.
RascOn, Irenne Du POnt and
Edward F. Hutton, $500 worth
of talent.
They got q plan called (nO
not opic), theirs is called
Liberty League. They feel that
under the New Deal the United
States Constitution is the for
gotten man, so they are doing
a modern Paul Revere, and are
going down the valleys in three
private railway cars, arOusing
the people. "BIOck that kick.
Block that kick. The Demo
Gratis are kicking our, COnsti-
tuition around"
They are all three mighty
fine estimable men, and II
they happen to play your town.
get all the big wigs out, they
are darn nice fellows and got
the best show on the road this
season.
Copyright, 1884, by Mcknight
eyndieate)
See will Rogers In "Jud Priest"
Ut the Columbia TheateK -
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Gas Seller Wounds
Alleged Gun1nan

Two alleged gunner were cap.
tured and one Of the two was
wounded early today by a filling
station operator on the Richmond
Boulevard near Pohick Church,
Va.
According to George Denly, sta.
ton owner, he surprised the men
in the act of robbing his station.
He obtained a shotgun and fired,
the charge wounding one of the
men in the right arm. He held
the pair until Fairfax county po-
lice arrived to take them to jail.
They gave their names as Charles
James q, and James Watkins, Is.
James was wounded.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
VETS OPPOSE
new MARCH
ON D. c.
Legion Acts to Check-Mate
Plans of Bonus Advocates
In States -

Faced with reports that an
other bonus and hunger march
will be staged this winter, the
District Department executive
committee Of the American Legion
today was seeking the aid OF
Legion posts throughout the
country to halt the march.
A resolution was adopted by
the committee and will be sent
to all posts, asking them to urge
all ex-service men not to join
any march on the Capital.
Opposes Fund Grants
It was voted also to appeal
to both the Federal and District
authorities not to provide any
funds for caring for persons COM
ing here in bonus or hunger
march groups. It was pointed out
that all available funds for re-
lief here will be needed to care
for those on the local rolls.
It was explained by James
c'Connor Roberts, head Of the
iocal legion organization, that the
executive committee feels that
q march on Washington this
winter, such as those that have
taken place previously, would
serve only to work against the
Legion's proposal for immediate
and full cash payment Of the
bonus.
AntLWar PIedges Hit
MIR. Roberts also was author.
ized by the executive committee
to contact DR.. Cleyd Heck Mar
win, president Of George Wash
ington University, to learn what
steps the school intends to take
against anti-war movements such
as that which was begun at the
university last, week. Students
sought to campaign for sigma
lures to pledges that the signers
would not serve in the country's
military forces in time Of war
even if the country were in
vaded.
Mr.. Roberts said all DR.. Mar
vim has said to date is that the
university stands for free speech
He added that the Legion, too,
believes in free speech, but not
in unlicensed free speech"
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
TUGWELL BACK
. FROM EUROPE

NEW YORK, Nov. IS GN.S0'
Control of agriculture abroad is
far more rigid than anything
attempted in the United States,
Prof. Rexford G. Tugwell, Under
secretary Of Agriculture, declared
today upon his return from
Europe.
Undersecretary Tugwell attend
ed the assembly in Rome of the
International Agriculture 1nsti'
tute. He also visited England,
France, Belgium, Holland and
Ireland, talking with the agricul'
ture ministers of most Of these
countries.
He declined to comment on the
report that he had discussed
tariff agreements.
He said he had talked with
MusSolini and that the Italian
premier showed a deep knowledge
of agricultural problems.
Prof. Tugwell pictured Europe
as practising an agricultural pro-
gram of "self sufficiency."
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
LANDIS, VICTOR
NOV. 6, DIES

LOGANSPORT, Ind, Nov. is
G.N.S0 Frederick Lands, 81
years old, Indiana'S only success
full Republican candidate for Con-
greSS in the election last week,
died here today at the Cass County
Hospital.
Ill for three weeks of bronchial
pneumonia Mr.. Lands succumbed
at 1922 a. m.
A brother Of Kenesaw Mountain
Lands, commissioner of Organ.
lied Baseball, he had attained a
national reputation in his own right
as statesman, lawyer, editor, col
umnist and radio commentator.
He had served two prev us terms
in Congress, one in 1908 and the
second in 1907. He was a staunch
supporter Of the late Theodore
Roosevelt in the Bull Moose move
ment.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Cummings to Ask
New Judgeships
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Attorney General Cummings to-
day announced that at the con-
vening of Congress he would re-
new a recommendation previously
made for the creation Of two
Federal judgeships in the south
ern district of New York and the
creation of two judgeShips in the
southern district of California.
The southern district of New
York includes the metropolitan
area Of New. York city while the
southern district of California in
cludeS Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
This Bare-FaCed Yarn
Is Barely BeGevable

BANGOR, Me-, Nov. is dN.SO.
1t was a whale-no, a bear-of a
story that John McEachern, the
Hercules of Caucomgomac Lake,.
told today as he flexed his mighty
biceps and hurled challenges at
four.footed animals who make
the dense Maine woods their
habitat.
John, who tells the story, is the
intrepid trapper who slew a brown
bear with his bare hands after
riding Bre'r Bear, bronco style,
for two miles through the silent
forest.
Visiting his traps, said John, he
suddenly came across the bear.
But let John tell the story:
1--WE chase each other around
the bushes for half an hour.
/ trip. The bear trips. We
both get mp, He trips again.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
INSULT BARES
B|GG|FTSTO
CHARITIES
Taxes and Donations Put
Utility King In Red Two
Years, Son Testifies

CHICAGO, Nov. is Q.N.S).
His father often gave bigger sums
in taxes and charity than he re-
tanned for his own use from vast
earnings, Samuel insult, jr., testi-
fled today when he resumed the
witness stand at the trial Of Sam
uel insult, fallen utilities car.
Young Mr.. insult and his father
are the chief defendants in the
mail fraud case nearing an end in
Federal JNdge James H. Wilker.
sons court. The charges were
made in connection with the sale
of stock in the Corporation Securi-
ties Company, an insult concern.
Mr.. insult, jr., testified:
"Father explained to me that
the men at the head of any
public business, not only utili-
ties, have to make a disprOpOr.
Tomato contribution to civic
welfare and charity compared
with what is demanded Of the
men in private business"
TWO YEARS I'm RED"
The witness then said that in
1929, 1880 and 1891, his father
dispensed larger sums to the U.
s. Treasury and to charity than
he kept for his own uses, In
fact, according to the witness,
the elder Mr.. insult was Gin the
hole" during the two last-named
years.
He said:
'Tn 1929 fathers total salary
was $481, 900, but only $134,OOO
remained after taxes and con-
tributionS had been taken care
Of. In 1880 he made $474,41S,
but went into the hole $137, 444
after deductions for taxes and
charity were made. In 1881 he
made S485,767, but was minus
$276,225 after taking care Of his
charitable and tax obligations"
BARES OWN SALARY
Young Mr.. insult testified his
own salary from the six operat-
ing and investment companies Of
which he was an executive was
SGT ,084 in 1929, $106,260 in 1880,
and $135, 900 in 1881. Subtrac-
tons for income tax and charity,
he said, left the 34-year-old bust
ness leader only $27,257 in 1929,
$23,655 in 1880, and $28,S83 in
1881.
The witness drew comparisons
between the earnings Of the In
sull companies and the salaries
of the chief executives of Beth
lehem Steel and Montgomery,
Ward AMI Company and their
executives in 1925. He said:
Earnings Of the insult COM
panies curing that year were
q little better than $9O,OOO,0OO,
while the combined salaries of
myself and father tOtaled
$54S,OOO in round figures. The
Bethlehem Steel Company reve-
nue. for the same peri I was
$50, 100000 and the chief ex-
ecutiveS' salaries tOtaled ST.
636,OOO. Montgomery, Ward
and COmpany's revenue was
$15,OOO,OOO while the principal
executives received salaries Of
$43S,7OO."
The Washington times., 1934-11-15

President Roosevelt today ap
pointed Miss Josephine Roche, OF
Denver, to be Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury. ~
This is the first time that .
woman has ever been appointed
to such a high position In the
Treasury Department:
Miss Roche, one Of the most
outstanding women industrialists
In the country, was an unsucceSS'
full candidate on the Democratic
ticket for the governorship OF
Colorado in the last election. She
has long been active in the Demo
cratic party and is. also well
known as president Of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel Company.
Miss Roche, who came into pos
session of the Colorado coal mines
at her fathers death many years
ago, shocked industrial leaders
several years ago when she arbi'
trated a miners strike by increas
ing wages far beyond the de-
mands of the workers and bet
tered their working conditions to
a point they had never expected
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
NRA-WeirtOn Suit
Ends in u. S. Court

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. IS
uN.SO.-The NRA.Weirton Steel
Company trial concluded in the
q. s. District Court today as
company officials and ste e !
workers returned to the mill
towns to watch the developments
Of the approaching company
union" elections.
On December IA, the 10000
workers of the company will
have their third opportunity to
vote for employe representatives,
a collective bargaining medium
which has been under fire for
the past seven weeks.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Lanneck to Seek
Civil Service Quiz

International News Service
Investigation Of alleged dis
elimination in the division of
Civil Service jobs among states
will be proposed in Congress by
Representative Lamneck CD Of
Ohio, he announced today.
Some States, especially those
near Washington, have far more
employees than called for by their
quotas, he said. Ohio, Mr.. Lam
neck said, failed to obtain a
single job in the new Federal
Housing Administration here.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
MIRA LITIGATION
CHIEF NAMED
BY international News Service

Attorney General Cummings to.
day announced appointment of G..
Stanleigh Arnold, of San Fran.
cisco, as special assistant to handle
enforcement Of NRA code viola
tons.
Mr.. Cummings said it was de.
cided to concentrate all the MIRA
litigation in the hands Of one man,
who will institute a vigorous
policy of enforcement.
Foremost among the cases con-
fronting Mr.. Arnold will be the
Belcher lumber case in Alabama,
in which the constitutionality OF
the MIRA act is challenged directly
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
British Fascist
Is Jailed Again

WORTHING, Eng, Nov. Is
G.N.SO.-Acquitted only yester-
day on charges of assault grow.
ing out of a riotous meeting OF
his Black Shirts, Sir Oswald Mos.
ley, British Fascist leader, and
three of his aides today were
committed to trial on new charges
of riotous assembly. Sir Oswald
was freed in bail of $500, and
the other defendants in bail of
$3.50 each.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Plantation Fraud
Holds Pair in Jail

PITTSBURGH, Nov. IS G.N.SO.
Accused of using the mails to de"
fraud in carrying out a banana
plantation" investment C h m e
which allegedly netted tn m
nearly $1,000, 900, two men were
held in Jail here today following
their arrest on Federal warrants.
The warrants were issued
against Claude j. Webb, Pitts
burgh, and Crawford H. Kennedy,
of Beaver, shortly after they had
been indicted by the Federal
grand jury yesterday. Unable to
furnish bond of $4,000 each, the
pair, president and secretary
treasurer of the Jantha Planta-
ton Company, respectively, were
committed to Jail.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15

and quick as q flash I leap
on his back. He runs away
with me. I grab his ears and
steer him when the going is too
tough.
II remember I have q knife.
I pull it out. 1 test it on the
bear. His skins too thick. I
throw the knife away. The
bear stops suddenly and turns
over.
eve clinch; we rasSle; he
claws; / claw him back. He
bites me; I bite him back. But
he gOugeS me once and I get
mad.
81 ND on my feet and I grab
q tree. With all my strength
/ pull and pull and just as the
nasty bear is coming ut me /
crack him on the head and he
dies"
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Auction Ordered
For Railway Line

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. IS.
Property of the United Railways
will be sold at auction under an
order issued by Judge william
C, Coleman, of the United States
District Court.
The sale is a routine matter,
court attendants point out, and
simply carries out a plan agreed
upon months ago to 2eorganize
the company in favor of stock
holders.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Wife Cuts Date
For Trip South
With President
BY international News Service

BY International News Service
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
was scheduled to accompany
the President on his special
train leaving Washington today
for Kentucky and Tennessee.
But. Mrs. Roosevelt was not
in Washington. Instead, she
was on train, en- route from
st. Louis to New York.
Expecting to arrive in New
York this evening for q 8
o'clock dinner and Immediately
thereafter, she notified the
White House she will take q
plane to Harrodsburg, KY, q
night trip Over the mountains.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Phone Regulation
Topic At Farley

Discussions on the regulation
of communications companies fea'
tured the final session today OF
the forty-sixth annual convention
of the National Association OF
Railroad and Utilities Commits
sioners at the Willard Hotel.
E. o. sykes, chairman of the
deral Communications Com.
mission, disclosed in an address
the Federal Governments inveS.
tigation of the American Tele'
phone and Telegraph Company.
The utilities commissioners have
been urging this investigation for
many years. The convention ends
today with committee reports.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
TELEPHONE PROBE BEGUN BY j. S
Thanksgiving
Day Set By
President

President Roosevelt today Off
cially designated Thursday
November 20, as Thanksgiving
Day. The proclamation, signed BY
the President and Secretary o.
State Hull, states:
"TO set aside in the autumn
of each year day on which to
give thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of life is a wise
and reverent custom, long cher.
ished by our people. 1t is fit
ting that we should again OBJ
serve this custom.
During the past year, we
have been given courage and
fOrtitude to meet the problems
which have confronted us in our
national life. Our sense Of
social justice has deepened. We
have been given vision to make
new provisions for human wei
fare and happiness, and in q
spirit Of mutual helpfulnesS, we
have cOOperated to translate
vision into reality.
'MOre greatly have we turned
our hearts and minds to things
spiritual. We can truly say
what profiteth it a nation If
it gain the whole world and lose
its own sOul?' With gratitude
In our hearts for what has al
ready been achieved, may we,
with the help Of God, dedicate
ourselves anew to work for the
betterment of mankind"
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Lew Ayres, Bride
Off on Honeymoon

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. Is G.N.SJ
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres
were honeymooning today. The
trip will be brief, since the de-
mands Of the motion picture
studios will prevent, for the time
being at least, a longer post-wed.
ding holiday.
The wedding at the Little
Church of the Flowers here
brought out one Of the greatest
array of stars Of the motion pic
ture. world ever assembled. go.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Mercury Tumbles,
Stages Comeback

It was really winter weather in
the Capital today, with the mer.
curry sinking to q degrees, five
under the freezing mark. How.
ever, rising temperatures were fore
cast for today and tomorrow.
After reaching a high of Al de.
grees late yesterday afternoon the
mercury started to drop, reaching
the lowest mark at s o'clock this
morning.
It then started to rise slowly,
reaching 81 at II O'clock.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
JAPANESE FIRM
On NAVY ED|CT
BY International News Service

BY international News Service
Japan's intention to stand pat
on it's demand for the right to
build a navy as powerful as the
American or British fleets was
made known today by Ambassador
Hirosi Saito.
Following a call on Secretary Of
State Hull, Mr.. Saito told re-
porters he seriously doubted that
japanese public opinion would &C.
cept any compromise reached at
the London naval discussions that
did not grant full equality.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
CAR RADIO STOLEN

Samuel T. Rolls, of the $500
block Connecticut ave. N. w., re-
ported to police today that his
automobile had been broken into
by thieves and radio equipment
valued at $94 stolen. The ma
chine was parked near Ninth and
II SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
Elevator Strike
DELAYED in n. Y.

NEW YORK, Nov. Is U.N.SO.
James ]. Bambrick, Building
Service Employees leader, indi-
Gated today the threatened
strike Of elevator operators
throughout the city will not be
called until Monday.
The Washington times., 1934-11-15

See Will Rogers in "Jud Priest"
Ht the Columbia ThsateR
The Washington times., 1934-11-15
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair today and tonight; Lowest
temperature about 81 degrees.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-25
PARTY LIFE
HoaO GIo0ersoiHe ShOpNucIeus
Uncovered a Stool Pigeon
Stool Pigeon Who Had Tried to Provoke
Workers to Acts of Violence Is Exposed

the union. I told him that 1t was
very important and a confidential
message. It was enclosed in a plain
envelope with nothing written on
the top, but inside the envelope a
mark was made. The letter enc
closed was of an important nature,
but something that I wanted the
enemies to know.
When the letter was delivered to
the given Comrade I found that
the envelope was changed. Now we
will get this stool pigeons picture
and Party book and the job is COM
pleted.
Comradely yours, L. L.
CORRECTION
The resolution published in the
Daily Worker of May 2nd, refers
to the KenOsha Section, instead
of Milwaukee, as enormously
stated. Milwaukee has a Negro
population of 5000, whereas Ken
Osha has only 200. This has been
called to our attention by COM
rades who point out that the
quota of five Negroes TO be
recruited was far too small for
Milwaukee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-25
By = Post Office Worker
Correspondent

BROOKLN, N. VI am enclosing
a clipping from the Federation Bull
letin Of the National Federation of
Postal Clerks "a. F. Of L. Local
25l, Brooklyn, N. Y. AS you can
read in this item. John N. Bishop,
State President of the Federation
and also first vice-president of the
Brooklyn local has finally made
good as labor leader. He has
been promoted to the position of
foreman.
Bishop has had a meteoric
career in our organization by his
sheer perseverance and hard work, I"
says the leaflet. Mr.. Bishops career
has been one of back-scratching
and boot-licking. He has hobnobbed
with Democratic politicians and
ward-heelers, obtained favors from
them, and finally climbed into his
present position as foreman.
Mr.. Bishop has worked hard, ex-
erting all his efforts to break a
rank-and-file movement which aims
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-25
Laundry Strikers
OF MuskegOn, Mich.
dubbed and GaSSed
tBy a Worker Correspondent

MUSKEGON. Mich, May "a. -
The laundry strike here is still in
progress.
The first attempt of open police
terror in the city of Muskegon,
Mich, was t'-e grabbing of Mus
kegon WON striker and an at
tempt made to force her into a So
called squad car. The mass senti-
ment at the strike was so great that
the police were obliged to go with
out their woman prisoner.
To bring about the terror effect,
the state police began a hand-to-
hand battle with the women strik-
ers. In the muddle two leading
workers were hurt badly. Seeing
that this method would not disperse
the crowd Of about 300 sympathiz-
ers, the police came out with their
clubs and tear gas.
Out of the melee three militant
sympathizers were arrested. Men
sympathetic with the women strik-
ers fought side by side with the wo-
men to protect them from the police
clubs.
We are striking for wages we law
fully deserve through the N. R. A.,
but seeing the boss with aid of po-
lice are breaking the code and
forcing it through for what they will
give.
What are we paying taxes for?
For protection? Or for clubbing and
casing?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-25
Will Follow Up Idea of
Shop Paper, Says
One Manager
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

BRONX, N. VI want to thank
you for the copy Of your paper you
sent me of last Fridays issue con-
tanning the statement Of the United
Committee of Action of the tele-
graph workers. 1t was certainly to
the point. With brevity it success
fully covered the whole gamut Of
betrayals Of the A.W.UE
However, it fails to mention the
close connection of the slave-driver
Carroll and the A.W.U.E. officials.
The whole commercial department
is demorahzed by CAROLS senseless
terrorism. He is hated by all the
employees. Yet our local president,
Coloa is seen sneaking in and out of
his private Office after licking his
boots.
Tho I hold the position Of man.
ager I am worse off than the cler-
ical or operating slave. It is my dis
tasteful task to put pressure" on
the slaves or I lose my job,
I left my copy of your paper in
the washroom where it was read by
the clerks. A shop paper is a good
idea, and I am planning to speak
to another manager to share in a
donation which I will send to you.
l will look for your paper on the
news stand next Friday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-25
RISE of a BOOTLICKER

to smash craft unionism in the
post office. Like all A. ?. of L..
bureaUcrats, Mr.. Bishop, together
with the local officers, have raised
the red scare to crush this growing
movement for industrial unionism.
The enclosed item is one Of praise
for Mr.. Bishop. But he is far from
popular with the men. Every time
he used to get up to speak at meet
ings, the audience would groan and
prepare to go to sleep. His use of
the old style oratory, full of empty,
trite, meaningless phrases nauseates
the men. But, as reactionary and
demagogue, he has risen from the
ranks"
Before closing permit me to en-
phasizes the viciouSness Of the last
sentence of the clipping. Note that
the editor of the Bulletin hopes that
Mr.. Bishop will continue to teach
to his new associates (the bosses)
that kindness and fairness 4.
bring forth good relationship and
cooperation" In other words, a
policy Of class collaboration.