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Evening star., 1934-12-02
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8.

Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
ton, 8 pm, Mount Pleasant branch
library. reorganization on Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations crime
report and appointment of Vigilance
Committee should it be approved; dis
cussion of proposed downtown park
ing ban; action on retaining the pres
ent board of trustees Of the Public
Library; reviews of Christmas books
by Mrs Helen M. Steinbarger of the
Mount Pleasant library.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Civic Calendar
Yule Plans Vie With
Crime and Traffic
on Programs.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3.

Citizens Association Of Takoma
D. c., 8 pm, Takoma Public Library
Program-Review of various plans oi
proposed reorganization of the Distric,
government by George E. Sullivan and
Jesse C. Suter; special committee re-
port on rerouting plans; discussion OF
downtown parking problems; plans
for community Christmas tree cele-
bration.
Dupont Circle Citizens Association
4:30 pm, Pan-American room, May
flower Hotel. Program-Address by
John Ihlder, chairman of the Alley
Dwelling Authority.
Forest Hills Citizens Association, 9
pm, Ben Murch School. Program
Address by District Engineer Com
missioner. Col. Daniel I. Sultan; dis
cussion of a modified plan for the
Municipal Center at reduction in
cost from original estimates; opposi-
ton to all forms of new taxation in
crease in present forms unless ad-
ditional revenues are found necessary;
action on proposed all-night parking
ban on certain streets; discussion of
proposed increase in police force; dis
cussion Of proposed organization of a
Northwest Conference of Citizens As
Sociations.
Kenilworth Citizens Association,
~ Krpf1urnrth
Program-Talk by Paul L. Kirby, as
sistant director of public welfare; re-
port from the SECRETARY. Mrs Mable
Hubble, on paving of Kenilworth ave-
nue. northeast: action on crime situa-
tion; report from joint conference of
Northeast Citizens Association dele
gates; report on alley conditions in
rear of Minnesota avenue northeas st
and action to secure ash collection
service in this area.
Manor Park Citizens Association,
8 pm, Whittier School. Program
"Neighborhood night; talk from the
oldest member. H. S. Bryant, on
Things I've Seen Come to Pass, "
and from the newest member, w. G..
Duke. on Things I expect to See
Come to Pass; action to secure pro-
posed additions to the Whittier and
Manor Park Schools and a proposed
new senior high school.
Michigan Park Citizens Association,
8 pm, Bunker Hill School. Program
Discussion of the crime situation;
discussion of a proposed District air
port: report on progress to open South
Dakota avenue northeast; report on
police facilities; action on proposed
community Christmas tree celebration
Progressive Citizens of Georgetown,
8 pm, Currie School. Program-Dis-
cussion of proposed rerouting plans;
action on proposed establishment of a
community center at Gordon Junior
High School; special social program
to get acquainted with new members
who joined in last years membership
drive
Evening star., 1934-12-02
LISTS ACCIDENT CAUSES

NJ o. Eldridge, assistant traffic
director, listed the following causes Of
fatal traffic accidents where the mo-
torists are at fault, at a recent
Lincoln Park Citizens Association
traffic meeting: Reckless driving,
speeding, failure to exercise proper
care at intersections. intoxication, de-
fective brakes and improper turning
However, he pointed out that II
per cent of all pedestrians killed
during the past fiscal year were
attempting to cross the street IN the
middle Of the block.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6.

Washington Highlands Citizens AS
sociation. 8 pm. 1919 First street
southeast. Program-Action on pro-
posed District airport; action on crime
situation and appointment of Vigilance
Committee should the report be ap-
proved action to better street car
service; surprise musical program
refreshments,
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Meet in New Place.

The Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
tion will meet in a new meeting place
this week Mrs. Mable Hubble, secre-
tary, announces the new meeting
place at the Kenilworth Recreation
Center, which was opened Novem-
ber l6
Evening star., 1934-12-02
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4.

Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
tion. 8 pm. Fourth Presbyterian
Church. Program-Report on police
activities and the crime situation
Fairgrounds Committee report urging
appropriation for proposed play
grounds: report from A B. Carly
chairman of Committee on Taxation
report from the secretary. w. I. Swan
ton. on proposed monthly payment Of
taxes.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Many Cabs in Accidents.

Four per cent of the automobiles
here are taxicabs, whereas IL per cent
OF traffic accidents occurring here
during the past year involved cabs
M. O. Eldridge, assistant traf1c direc-
tor, declared at a recent traf1c safety
meeting of the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5

Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
7:30 pm. Old Union Engine House.
Program-Annual election: plans for
observing sixty-ninth anniversary
Friday at an annual banquet at the
Raleigh Hotel.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Continue to Urge So, ,00O, 900
Sewage Disposal Plant.

"HE Federation of Women's
Clubs at its meeting last
week, by unanimous vote,
adopted resolutions insisting upon
carrying through the sewage dis
posal plant In accordance with the
original program. The resolution
was offered by Miss Elaine Eppley,
vice chairman of the department
Of legislation, who has been one Of
the most persistent advocates Of
this project.
Miss Eppley reviewed the efforts
to get the authorization from Con-
gress for Q p. w. A. advance for
this plant as recommended by the
board of eminent sanitary engi-
neers who had made q survey at a
cost of $4,000. She explained the
system and the estimated results
expected to be obtained In removal
Of the greater part of the pollution
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Friendship Citizens Association. s
pm. Janney School Prcgram-Ac-
ton on question of retaining the pres
ent board Of trustees of the Public
Library; formulation of program to
prevent further increase in traffic &C
cidents; plans for a Christmas cele-
bration for benefit Of the poor; dis
cussion of James G. Yaden's proposal
for the formation of a Vigilance Com
mittee; action on proposed small loan
bill; action ON proposed revision of
constitution and bylaws
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Named for Sixth Term.

John S. Gorrel was unanimously
elected for the sixth consecutive time
as president of the Burleith Citizens
Association at Q recent meeting.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Chillum Heights Citizens Associa-
tion, 8 pm. Keene School. Program
Report of representatives to the
joint conference of Northeast Citizens
Associations and action on joining this
group, with election of permanent
delegates and alternates.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Central Citizens Association. pm.
Blake School Program-Discussion
of proposed traffic regulations; action
to secure needed police protection.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Burroughs Citizens Association.
pm, John Burroughs School Pro-
gram-Action on crime report; dis
cussion of proposed all-night park
ing ban in the downtown area; dis
cussion of taxation problems: report
on police protection in northeast: re-
port on opening of South Dakota ave-
nue. northeast; discussion of trans
portation facilities between notheast
and southeast; discussion of proposed
District airport.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

North Cleveland Park Citizens AS
sociation, 8 pm, Reno-Esther Hall
Wisconsin avenue and Window place
Evening star., 1934-12-02
The Crime Committee and
The Vigilance Committees.

TINE Board of Trades energetic
i Public Order Committee.
with the official sanction of
the organization, is giving hearty CO.
operation with the other organi-
cations in the study of crime in
the District. This committee. under
able leadership of Odell S. Smith,
has for a quarter of a century
worked in close cooperation with
the Police Department.. 1t has
made study Of that department
and its problems and has never
been carried off its feet by any
sensational public reaction.
THE Board Of Trade feels that
every citizen should cooperate
to the end that crime may be re-
duced to the minimum in the
District of Columbia" said Presi-
dent Fleming in his message to
the recent crime mass meeting
held at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Some of the organizations, by
their actions, indicate a belief that
the job is entirely one for the
Police Department and are not in
clined to assume any Of the re-
sponsibility of systematic organ
lied cooperation. 1t has been
reported that some of the bodies
have passed on the request Of the
Federation of Citizens Associations
for appointment of so-called vigi-
lance committees, without even
reading the Sullivan report. One
organization recently acting ad-
versely put aside this able civic
report as entirely too long to be
read.
This is considered by many as
regrettable, aS q study OF this
report would have been helpful in
reaching q clear understanding Of
the proposal.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
FRIDAY, DECEMBER !.

Association of Oldest Inhabitants
annual banquet, 7:30 pm. Raleigh
Hotel.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Of Federal funds for the District.
This petition with its appended
argument is most valuable civic
document which should be clipped
and saved for reference by every
one interested in our civic welfare.
In addition to Chairman Noyes
and Chairman Colladay the petit
ton bore the signatures of the
presidents of the Board of Trade,
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tionS, Central Labor Union, Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, Voteless
District of Columbia League of
Women Voters, Bar Association,
Northeast Washington Citizens
Association, District of Columbia
Bankers Association, Washington
Real Estate Board, Rotary Club,
Kiwanis Club, Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants and Society of Natives
of the District of Columbia. Added
to these presidents were the chair
men of legislation. fiscal relations
and District finance of the Bank
ers', Federation of Citizens As
sociations. Board of Trade and
Federation Of Women's Clubs.
The Citizens Joint Fiscal Com
mittee has been in existence for a
number of years and has prepared
and put up a strong case for the
District before committees of Con-
grees on numerous occasions. The
present petition to the President Of
the United States and appeal to the
director OF the Budget Bureau
mark a complete new departure.
The joint committee petition
with its convincing supporting
argument is a fine example of
team work in support of the Com
missioners position, for which the
Commissioners show keen appre-
citation.
At the proper time a somewhat
similar petition will be presented
to the Congress praying for a new
financial deal for the District,
which will be a nearer approach
to equity than the voteless and un-
represented District has enjoyed
for many a day.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
IA December Conventions.

More conventions will be held In
December this year than in the same
month during the last two years. ac-
cording to Curtis Hodges executive
director Of the Greater National Capt.
tai Committee There will be IA meet
lngs this month as compared with II
in 1888 and 10 in 1882
The largest convention this month
is expected to be that Of the American
Historical Association, which is sched-
uled to meet December 27-29 in the
Mayf1ower Hotel. bringing to WASH
lngton more than 900 delegates.
Other meetings here during the
month are: National Drug Conference,
December S, at the American Phar-
maceutical Association headquarters:
Ticket and Coupon Manufacturers
Council, december 8; American Civil
Liberties Union. December 80. Arling-
ton Hotel; National Crime Conference,
December TO- Constitution Hall: Amer
ican Mining Congress. December 49,
Is; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity,
December 27-29. Willard Hotel: Phi
Alpha Fraternity, December 29-Janu-
airy /, Mayflower Hotel; Sigma Delta
Kappa Fraternity, December 29-31,
Raleigh Hotel. and the Bibliographical
Society of America
Evening star., 1934-12-02
ROMANCE BEHIND
YULET|DE DISPLAY
FOR STORES HERE
Conventions ip December
Show Increase, With "a
Set for This Month.

| Inc past week saw the opening OF
the christmas displays at most of thu
Guys stores, which are cooperating
WIN the Merchants and Manufact,,r.
ers' Association in its .tShon Ear1v.
Mail Early Campaign"
Many OF the merchandise house.
oegan their major Yuletide sbou3no,
rIloay' presenting to early holiday
shoppers one OF the most complete gift
dsSortments exhibited here.
sack OF these displays. the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers Associo-
lloh points out, lies one of the hidden
lomances OF modern business Al
tnough the general public has given
nlIle attentlon to the rapidly an
pioachlng CHRISTMAS season Until the
past week, the time of year has loomed
idlse Ior long IN the minds OF roer.
oi!aAIs' loooers, manufacturers. trav.
ehng statesmen, inventors, artists ad.
eertiSlhg men, designers of novelties.
Call1orn1a fruit growers Vermont
turkey ralSers, woodmen of Michigan.
Sl4Versmlths, Irish linen weayers'
commercial courierS whose lives are
spent comblng the obscure markets of
tne orient, and tens of thousands of
otherS engaged in the tremendous
TASK OF cleaning from the far places of
tne earth supplies for Americas mar
kets.
Mnglng on the counters of the
cHyS stores are articles from the
widely separated markets. There are
dolls from the cottage workshops of
quaint German villages. napery from
ireland and the Philippines, glassware
winch has made Czechoslovakia ia
nous. and trinkets which give life sus-
tanning year around EMPLOYMENT tn
thousands of Far Eastern peoples.
For months it has been the nner-
chants job to hunt out these objects
and secure them at prices which the
average shopper can afford.
An analysis of Christmas shopping
records In number Of Representative
cities by the Merchants and Manufac-
turerS' Association indicates a marked
advancement of the Christmas shop-
ping rush. Where formerly most Of
the buying was done in the week i'm
mediately preceding the holiday. it
now Is spread over five-week period,
This change is attributed principally
10 the fact that the public has been
made to appreciate that it can secure
a lar better choice of gifts and shop
much more comfortably if it is done
early.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
More Murder Plans

lust when the Senate arms inquiry
q brings out more proof of the wholesale
graft in connection with military aviation
in the United States and in Latin America,
the Navy Department approves and sub
mits to the Budget Bureau a construction
program of 500 new murder planes
There is ceaseess rapid preparations for war
financed by the Roosevelt government out of money
that should be going to the unemployed and to the
starving farmers.
War talk, and proof of war preparations is shot
through the whole capitalist press Nobody can
escape the fact that new bloody imperalist war
is rushing lis.
The Congress Against War and Fascism 10 be
held in Chicago, Sept 49, % and 30 will rally ire
mendous united front gathering TO work out q
nation wide struggle against these war preparations
and against the Fascist developments which accom-
pany them.
Every organization fighting against imperialist
war should send delegates to this Congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
Textiles and n. R. A.

WHAT Roosevelt and the N. R. A. have
done to the workers living standards
can be no more graphically seen than in
the conditions against which the textile
workers are fighting today. AS proof of
what conditions were and what they are
now use only government and N. r. A. official
figures.
Just a little than year ago the textile
code, the first N r. A. code signed by Roosevelt
was put into force Minimum wages in the code
were set up at So In the South and $13 week in
the North
What was Roosevelt's aim? Roosevelt wanted
to hold wages down to these starvation levels while
at the same time, shooting prices of goods upwards
In reality, it must be remembered that through
part-time work. through piece-work and speed-up
the textile workers did not get the $12 and $13
week promised them by the N. r. A. In the
majority of instances the minimum approached
more closely So and SO a week
Now what has happened with the workers living
standards since the textile code went into effect In
August 1888? We refer to the latest figures Of the
U. S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics for the answer
Food prices rose IL per cent; meat prices par
hculariy, rose 2os per cent.
WHILE Roosevelt's signature on the N r A. textile
" code held wages down to the starvation levels
like in iron vice. the prices Of what the textile
workers must buy to live and to work, shot up IL
and 2o.9 per cent?
In other words, the purchasing power of wages
were actually dragged down to this extent by the
working out of ROOsevelts schemes to raise profits
for the bosses.
That is why the textile workers are striking
That is what has been the real effect of the R. A.
on the entire American working class. That is why
Green and company strive with might and main
to keep the A. F. of L. workers from taking action
RooseVelt's rotten scheme has succeeded in keep
ing wages at frozen level while hiking prices sky
ward. The result is the workers suffer; the bosses
gain in higher profits from higher prices
Only one road is open for the workers the road
taken by the textile workers-to organize their
forces and through strike through effective closing
of mills to force acceptance of their Just demands
by the bosses for higher wages to meet the rising
living costs as admitted by the u. S. government
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to finally get the reluctant order to call for helpl
Three hours delay to protect the stockholders OF
the Ward Compsny-to keep down possible sal
wage or towing expenses.
Three hours delay so as not to incur unneees-
sery expenses for the shipowners.
And for this three hours delay 1856 human be
ings, crew and passengers, paid with their lives
in horrible death!
NO. IT will not work, this hastily manufactured
~ red scare" the American Reichstag frame-up,
which the Federal officials and the shipowners have
dug up to whitewash murder for profit.
There are the GRIM stark facts which tell the
story of criminal negligence of murder. resulting
from the greed of a capitalist ship company
l. Notice of the fire was not given until three
hours after it started
2. To save salvage expenses. SOS. signals were
delayed by more than hour after the blaze had
reached the decks and the order was not given until
three hours after the fire started
g. The fire apparatus never registered the fire
= The pumps did not work. the water pressure
was wholly inadequate and the hose broke at the
couplers
s. The Hfe-boats did not contain flares legally
required to light up the wsrk waters.
s. The commanding officers at the bridge never
took any steps to organize the feboat crews never
issued orders to man the lfe-boats
T. There was no communication between the
officers on the bridge and the engine room.
g. strange fire on the Moro Castle, on Aug
a. due probably to dry wood was not officially re-
ported until Sept. 5, in a report deliberately pre-
dated Sept l.
9. The locker from which the fire is charged
to have started was not all accessible to the crew,
but only to the leading officers.
IT is the smell Of capitalist profit that mingles
with the smell of burning flesh in the story of
the Moro Castle holocaust.
The willingness, even the esgerness, of the Fed
ersl Government officials to cooperate with the
shipowners in a criminal frame-Up against the
Reds" in SUCH indicates that the American
government is fast reaching the point where it need
not feel inferior to Hitlers specialists in perjury
Goering and Coebbels.
Not only brutal murder for profit reeks through
the Moro Castle case but the sinister shadow of
fascist reaction which seizes such spectacles to
infiame pogroms against the revolutionary party of
the working class.
But the revelations Of the Moro Castle sea-
men, the instinct of the American working class
indicate where the guilt lies with the shipowners
with the insurance and salvage companies with the
Infamous system which stakes profit above human
life
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
1t VIII Not Work!

MO, 1T will not work
~ The attempt to cloak the hideous truth
about the Moro Castle disaster by trying
to discredit in advance the testimony of
the first assistant radio operator, George I.
Alagna, with viciously hysterical innuen-
does about him "vengeful agitator"-this will
not work.
Alagna knows the truth about the criminal
negligence of the ships officers sacrificing human
life TO save profits and expenses.
Alagna, for all the dirty ISLANDERS against him
stack to his post to the very end riskng horrible
death by fire.
II is the criminal delay in ordering the SOS
call that the chief operator cooperating with the
Ward Company, Is striving desperately to hide!
II took three hours after the fire was discovered
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$4,000

CIRCULATION of the Daily Worker yes
terday reached $4,000!
This represents gain of about 10000
papers this week, largely in the textile
areas.
But this is not yet enough!
All districts, with the exception of Con-
nectcut. have greatly increased their sales There
sre still, however, weak points in every district
which must be Immediately strengthened.
All districts, particularly the textile districts,
must strive for daily increases. Around the in
creased sales a permanent apparatus must be
created The circulation must be held at the figure
established In the strike
$4,000 must be goal within the next week.
This Saturdays issue with the reply to the Socialist
Party and the Central Committees resolution
the lessons of recent strike struggles, must reach
100000. This is job for all districts
Yesterday the following orders in: Lam
caster decreased its order from $50 daily to 100
daily How about it, Comrsde Mills?) Lodi in
creased from so to 200 Springfield from $50 to 30O
Paterson from $50 to 3Oo Bridgeport increased It's
order by S. winston-SaleTn, N. c., by 25.
Good But frankly, comrades not yet satisfsc-
tory
We will expect to hear more tomorrow psrtieu-
LARRY from Connecticut
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Berkman on the textile strike stu
alton. The T. U. U. G. secretariat
will make report and recommen-
cations ON a number Of other ques-
tons.
All delegates are urged to be on
time and all union functionaries are
invited to attend, as this meeting is
of great interest in view of the
strike situation in the textile in
dustry and other impending strikes
in the city Of New York.