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F.S.U. Secretary Is
dubbed Unconscious
by Vancouver Police
BY a Worker Correspondent

VANCOUVER, B. c.. = We have
just come from a demonstration in
which the police were as brutal
as ever. The district secretary of
the Friends of the Soviet Union
was dubbed unconscious. The
thugs who always get their men
when he is unarmed) were out in
full force with gas bombs.
The Daily Worker is getting
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IN THE HO M E
The Women's Paris Anti-War Congress
BY HELEN LUKE

going to tell you more about that
marvellous Congress!" Rosa de-
scribed delegates from Indo- China
who told of the intense suffering
in their land; of masses so starved
that mothers sell or kill their chill
dren, that they go to the forest
and eat herbs and leaves, yet man.
aged to send delegates to the Con-
gress who pledged to return to carry
on their work.
ITO Be COncluded.l
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Elevator Operator
Gets Zoe an Hour
BY Worker Correspondent

~ FFUEhtI correspondent
NEW YORK-The writer of
this is an elevator operator in an
apartment house. He works
daily on this schedule:
800 pm. to 7:30 am. minus
hour for supper equals II and
half hours.
s days or l week, IS hours
rs days or l month. 325 hours.
Total 325 hours for $65
month.
One hour for 20c.
Where is the New Deal7
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WORKERS ASK FOR MORE
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Dear Del:
Today's strip in the Daily Worker
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ing than the news about the drive
for new readers. But, in between
drives, why not have such cartoons
every day? SO many young workers
are in the habit of reading the
"funnies," I shake your hand Yours
for a million D. w. readers.
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The Washington times., 1934-04-14

lady was sending the nosegay to
the gent. In fact, the dangerous
proximity of the bee had long
ceased to worry me, and I have
just been ploughing ahead, using
my own version, and even teach
ing it to others. It rather
frightens me when I think of it.
1 have also been going hog
wild on "A Bird in a Gilded
Cage" singing "a pitiful sight"
for "a beautiful sight" "She's
not what she seems to be" for
"she's not tho she seems to be-"
and "She sold her soul for an
old mans gold" for "her beauty
was sold for an old mans gold"
In the laSt-mentioned mistake
have even been so cocky as to
laugh to myself at the ignorance
of the writer in rhyming "soul"
with gold"
The first line to "Daisy" I
have sung, DAISY, Daisy, give
me your answer true" instead
of "give me your answer, do"
In II Want a Girl" I have in
sisted on "a dear old-fashioned
girl with eyes of blue" in place
of the original, "a good old
fashioned girl with heart so
true" have done those things
which ought not to have done
and left undone those things
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
GARBLED FAVORITES

A few nights ago found my
self, not very much to my sur
prise, singing in a loud voice
from a pink song-sheet on which
were printed the choruses to a
batch of old-time favorltes. There
were lots of other people singing
with me, so could let go. I
rather fancy myself at singing
old-time favoriteS.
At least, I always had fanc1ed
myself, especially in the depart
ment of lyric-remembering. None
of this "dum-de-dum-de-dum for
me. I sing the words right
through from beginning to end,
and have had many compli"
ments on my memory. AS yet
no one has mentioned my voice,
but I take that as a good sign.
However, on consulting the
song-Sheet (Which I did more to
humor the management than
because I needed it, I was
shocked to find that I have been
singing the wrong words to many
Of my speciality numbers all
these years. Not all wrong words.
Of course, but enough to make
me stop and think.
have, for example, been bel
lowing I'm the Shade of the Old
Apple Tree" with considerable
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
President Alone Represents
The Whole American People
By James r. Williams, Jr.
James T. Williams, Jr.

sibility in both houses and in
both parties.
Calvin Coolidge admitted that
his knees trembled the first
time that he shook hands
with the President of the
United States. "They trem-
bled," he said, because it
came over me that in shaking
the hand of the President, I
was shaking hands with the
American people"
In going to the railway sta
ton to welcome home the
President, Congress realized
that it was on it's way to
greet the American people.
Another meeting between the
Congress and the American
people will take place when
the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress meet the
people of their respective States
and districts at the polls next
November. Then one-third Of
the Senate and all of the
House will come up for cleo
ton. In the meantime, the
entire membership of the pres
ent House and one-third of
the members of the Senate,
which are up for reelection,
must encounter the voters Of
their respective parties as can
didateS for denomination.
More Than Tribute
With the breakdown of party
government, many Democratic
Senators and Representatives
whose terms expire with the
present Congress find them
selves on the defensive, by
reason of the things done and
left undone by them during
this Congress.
The Democrats in Congress,
who have failed to support the
leadership of the head of their
party On major questions, must
explain that fact to their con-
stituents. The Republicans in
Congress who have felt COM
PEELED to oppose the leadership
of the President, on major queso
tions, face the necessity of con-
vincing their constituents that
they were doing a statesmen's
duty and not playing party
politics.
The march of the Congress to
welcome the President upon his
arrival was more than a tribute
to the leadership of the pres
idency. It was an admission by
the legislative branch of Mr..
Roosevelt's national popularity
in the reflection of which many
a Senator and Representative in
Congress is hoping he will be
able to shine in the coming con-
tests for denomination and re-
election. These are the chief
concerns today of one-third of
the Senators and all of the Rep
resentatives in Congress, as
President Roosevelt well knows.
Copyright, 1884. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

The bill was referred to the Banking and Currency
Committee. That committee promptly went into
long sleep with it's head powed the Mcleod bill.
The committee continued it's slumbers for than
two months.
The Weideman petition to discharge the committee
from further consideration of the b-which it had
intention of reporting as the magic wand to
awaken the somnolent committee.
IT WOKE THE COMMITTEE UP, ALL RIGHT,
BUT WHILE ITS MEMBERSHIP WAS STILL IN
DAZE IT BEGAN SHOOTING OUT REPORT
AFTER REPORT. AFTER IT MADE TWO RE
PORTS ON THE SAME BILL THE COMMITTEE
DECIDED THAT TT HAD BROKEN THE MAGIC
OF THE PETITION
So it proceeded to go back to sleep again.
But the American people not going to let that
sleep last long.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET THAT COM
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
JnsaUOrv Record on the Mcleod Bank Pay-On Bill

BER WHILE THE WEALTH OF OUR THRIFT
EST CITIZENS IS DISSIPATED THROUGH PRO
LONGED RECEIVERSHIPS AND FORCED SALES
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE HOUSE
LEADERSHIP SIT IDLY BY WHILE A FEW
WEALTHY MEN BUY UP THE ASSETS OF THE
CLOSED NATIONAL BANKS AT A FRACTION
OF THEIR VALUE TO THE DISTRESS OF THE
REAL OWNERS OF THOSE ASSETS
More than 145 members of the House want to vote
bank relief measure.
Opposed to them are probably dozen so-called
leaders who wilfully are opposing their wishes.
It is the privilege of these socaed leaders to fight
the Mcleod bill It is their privilege to vote against it
for whatever reasons they may conjure up.
BUT 1T IS NOT THEIR PRIVILEGE TO PRE-
VENT THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE FROM PLACING THEMSELVES
ON RECORD FOR OR AGAINST THIS GREAT RE-
COVERY MEASURE
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

There is only one way by which the leadership in
Congress can recover from the bunder which it COM
itted Thursday by the tricky maneuvering on the Nc
Leod bank payoff bill.
THAT WAY rs TO CALL UP THE HYBRID
MEASURE WHICH THE BANKING AND CUR
RENCY COMMITTEE REPORTED, PERMIT THE
MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE ON AMENDMENTS AND
FINALLY TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER THE HOUSE WANTS TO RENDER
JUSTICE TO THE TEN MILLION OF GOVERN
MENT DUPES.
AS matters now stand the record of the leadership
particularly represented in the Banking and Cur
rency Committee on meeting the Governments plain
duty to the victims of misplaced confidence is far from
savory
Let us look at that record:
On February H. Representative Clarence j. Mcleod
introduced his bill for 100 per cent payoff of deposi
tors of closed banks.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

A politician thinks of the nert
election: q statesman, of the
1Iert observation-disclosures Free
man Clarke.
The march Of the Congress
from the Capitol to the Union
Station to welcome President
Roosevelt on his return to the
Federal City may have been
unprecedented but it was not
inappropriate and it was
fraught with significance that
Is unmistakable.
Congress is well aware of the
3act-even the present Congress
that, under the American
system of government, there
is no substitute for the leader
ship of the presidency.
The President is the only
officer of the Government at
Washington who represents the
American people in their cor
porate capacity as nation.
A Senator in Congress repre-
SentS the sovereignty of his
State. A Representative in
Congress represents the people
Of his district. Both share with
their colleagues the representa-
ton Of the Nation.
The Chief Justice of the
United States shares with the
Associate Justices of the United
States Supreme Court the au-
thority and responsibility dele
gated under the Constitution to
"the great tribunal" which is
the capstone of the judicial
branch of the Government.
Delegated Powers
But the President himself rep
resents the whole American peo-
pie. His leadership owes it's pow
er to that ineScapable fact. The
dignity of his exalted office, the
respect that it commands, the
mighty influence of its example
these are the outward and in
visible signs of a power that be-
longs to the people, and is dele
gated by them for certain Speci-
fled purposes and for a limited
time to the occupant of the
White House.
., Seldom, if ever, in time of
peace has the welfare of "the
household of the Nation" been
more dependent upon the lead
ership Of the President than it
is today. Party government in
both houses of Congress has
well-nigh disappeared. Today it
is only a ghost of it's former self.
This accounts in large part for
the legislative confusion in both
houses.
If party government is ever to
be, restored, it's restoration can
only be achieved under the lead
ership Of the President. He is
not merely the titular leader of
the party in power, he is also
the Chief Executive, the head of
the great American family that
is the Nation. He is best able to
quicken a sense of party respon-
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Enjoy Your Food

It may be necessary for you to
follow a rather restricted diet.
This need not lead you to ap-
proach meal time in displeased
mood.
Unpleasant thoughts cause
less desire for appropriate food.
Even in perfect health mental
disturbance will cause indiges-
ton.
Enjoyment of a meal depends
much upon the spirit with which
you contemplate the food pre-
Gented.
It is easy to bring on a state
in which you will not relish any
thing that you can safely eat,
because you are thinking so
much about those things that
are forbidden to you.
Instead of complaining, con.
6der yourself fortunate that you
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
ONCE OVERS

have the money to pay for food
and can still eat enough of GER
tain food to sustain life.
Thousands would count them
selves lucky if they could digest
what you can.
Thousands are digging early
graves for themselves because of
Ignorance of their own condi-
ton or because Of lack of knowl-
edge as to what and how to eat.
You have the benefits Of SCI
entific education and preScrip-
ton.
While you do live. life will be
more comfortable if you are
careful to follow the rules for
health laid down in your own
case-so be thankful and happy.
There are many thousands
who are in a much worse condi.
ton than you are.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
The Human Side of the News
Subtle Force Lies Behind Arming of Nations
Bv EdUin C.. Hill
Bu EdWin C.. Hill

If you turn again to that
most singular Of all the books
of the Bible, the Revelation of
st. John the Divine, and find
the sixth chapter, you may read
the vision of the Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse, the
vision which came to the saint
on the Isle of Patmos-an un-
yelling of things secret and
hidden.
For there appeared before st.
John, four terrible horses with
four terrible riders. And the
first of the four horses was white,
and he bore upon his back a crea-
ture with a bow and a crown,
and he stood for all the con-
querors that have ridden forth
to war and to conquer. And
the second of the horses was
red, and he that sat upon the
Red Horse was War itself, the
power to take peace from the
earth, and the sign of him was
a great sword. And the third
horse was black, and the fourth
horse was a palse horse and his
name was Death.
And ones mind goes back
inevitably to the Revelation,
when one reads in that unique
and sumptuous magazine called
Fortune such an arraignment
of the armament makers Of the
world as certainly never before
appeared in print. For, If we
believe the writer, the armament
lords of the earth are the true
horsemen of the apocalypse. A
group of men and of tremendous
interests, whose business it is,
with their mines, their smelterS,
their banks, their holding COM
panies, and their smoking fac
tories, to supply everything
needed for war and whose
policy it is to prolong war and
to disturb peace.
Stock in Trade
According to the best &C.
countancy figures, it cost about
twenty-five thousand dollars to
kill a soldier in the world war.
And we are told further, that
there is one class of big busl-
ness men in Europe that never
rose to denounce extravaganza
in this respect.
The reason for the silence OF
these big business men OF Eu-
rope is quite simple. Arma-
ments are their stock in trade.
Governments are their Gus
toners. While there may not
be such a thing as an Arma-
ment Ring-no such thing as
a single group of individuals
who sit down in a sound
proof room and plot war and
the causes of war, it neverthe-
less appears that there is a
huge and subtle force which
lies behind the arming of ma
tions and the counter-arming.
And this force consists Of, or
seems to consist of, huge inter.
locking industrial and financial
organizations, controlled by a
very few men, whose power, IN
some ways, is greater than the
power of nations. These great
organizations own mines, smell
ters, armament works, holding
companies and banks. And the
power of the few men who con-
troll these great groups reaches
into government itself
First on the list is the name
of Krupp. The first of the
Krupps was Alfred, who built
up the giant plant at Essen
and who made his name syno'
nym for cannon. Today, in
theory, Krupp's smelts only
peaceful ore, but actually, we
are told, Krupp is rearming
Germany in defiance Of the
Treaty of Versailles.
We come now to England,
and to the gigantic armament
firm of Vickers-ArmStrongs.
It's chairman is the Hon. Sir
Herbert Lawrence, G. c. B.,
and Vickers-Armstrong is ac-
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

tive from England 10 NEW Aed-
land, and from Spain to ia
pan. It's financial and indus
trial interlockings are innu-
merable, and its scorns a profit
of less than four million, five
hundred thousand year.
But the wiliest genius ever
connected with VickerS-Arm-
Strongs was the ageing gentle
man who used to be known as
Basileios ZacharoaS, but whom
we know today as Sir Basil Ia
haroff. He was the greatest ar
mament salesman the world ever
knew. He sowed half the world
with machine guns. He per-
suaded Greece to buy a subma-
rine, and used that sale to scare
Turkey into buying two.
Today, he is one of the richest
men in the world as he sits in
his palace at Monte Carlo, cloak
wrapped around his shivering
form, gazing at the picture Of
the Spanish Duchess who was
his lifelong love.
In this panorama Of arma-
ment makers and war breeders,
we move to France, and to the
gigantic organization Of Schnei-
der-C r-Creusot, the giant of the lot.
It's chief is Charles Prosper Eu-
gene Schneider, executive head
of hundreds of armament firms
throughout Europe. He controls
1872 French companies, and $50
outside of France. The vastest
of these is the Czechoslovakian
firm of Skoda, which built the
great cannon Austria used in
the war. During the great war,
Germany's forces occupied
French territory known as the
Briey Basin. without the Briey
supply of iron ore, Germany
could hardly have continued the
war
Simple Philosophy
Yet, in 1915, when Briey was
in range Of the big guns Of the
French Second Army, scarcely
a shell fell within the district.
So long as the French let Briey
alone, the Germans did not bonn
bard Dombasle, the French
source of ore supply.
We are told, in this ama1.
ing article, that the whole
philosophy Of the armament
makers clearly reveals itself.
That philosophy is simple.
Keep Europe in a constant
state of nerves. Publish periodi-
cal war scares. Impress gov
ernment officials with the
vital necessity of maintaining
armaments against the aggres-
sions of neighbor states. Bribe,
as necessary. In every practi-
cal way create suspicion that
security is threatened.
When the Kaiser's armies
marched westward into Bel
GUM, and eastward into Rus
sia, German soldiers were
killed by German guns used
by the Belgians and the Rus
slams. In the Dardanelles,
British ships were blown up
by British mines, shattered by
British cannon. Bulgarian
troops turned upon French
soldiers the famous French
seventy -fives, manufactured in
the plants of Schneider Creusot.
In every naval engagement Of
the World War, the German
fleet encountered enemy ships
protected by armor plate made
by Germans, or with German
patents.
The Riffs found French
guns useful in moving down
French regular troops. China
had been glad to use excellent
Japanese guns for the purpose
of killing japanese soldiers.
The friendly exchange, we are
told, is still in vogue. If a
man must be shot to death,
what difference does it make
whether his enemy or his
brother FORCES the gun that
kills him?
Copyright. 1894. King. Features
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

According to it, the ante
penultimate line of "Yip-i-addy-
lay" reads my heart wants
to holler hurry" Now any
printer who would set hurry"
for "hooray" is not infallible.
Possibly the whole song sheet
is wrong.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
confidence for over a quarter of .
a century, singing the antipenul-

innate line so that it made no
sense:
"I could hear the dull buzz Of
the bee,
In the blossoms that you sent
to me-"
Whereas, of course, it should
be sung:
I'm the blossoms, as you said
to me-"
remember occasionally think
ing that a bee in a noSegay was
a bit out of place, but never
stopped to consider also that,
according to my version, the
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

d. O. '~-- =" -o-'
O.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
By Robert Benchley

which I ought to have done,
and there is no health in me.
There is only one ray of hope
for me in this song sheet.
Evening star., 1934-07-26
JOBLESS RESERVES
QUESTIONABLE OUT
200 Code Authorities Asked for
Opinions on Suggested
Program.

A QUESTIONABLE on unemployment
reserves and unemployment insurance
has been sent to 400 code authorities
by the Business Advisory and Plan
ming Council of the Department of
Commerce to ascertain the views Of
business before anticipated legislative
action by the next Congress.
The series of questions was de-
viSed under the supervision of S. Clay
Williams of Winston Salem, N c.,
chairman of the council; A, P. Green's
fielder, St Louis, and Walter C. Teagle
of New Jersey.
The questionnaire is the outgrowth
of President Roosevelt's message to
Congress on June 20, in which he
outlined comprehensive program of
social legislation, including unemploy-
ment compensation.
The several code authorities are
asked for their opinions on the de-
STABILITY of the principle of unem-
ployment reserves. If the principle
is approved the code authorities are
asked their opinions as to methods of
provision of such reserves and their
administration. whether they should
be compulsory or voluntary. and how
such funds should be disburSed to
tnvoluntarily unemployed persons.