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The Washington times., 1934-06-15

Much" he agreed. There
are no big apes in this hemi-
sphere"
They left it unsolved and
went over to the ruin. There
was nothing to inspect but the
tower and q sector Of wall in
which was a big doorway with
a flattened arch the early Span
iards seemed to favor, and
which has proved curiously re-
Sistant to time. The rest was
hidden in cactus and creepers.
such old monasterieS were to be
+. found in remote locations like
this round the shores Of the
Spanish Main.
A narrow beaten path led to
the tower. They followed this
and entered an enclosure about
IL feet square. It was stone
tagged and bare with long
pointed arched windows and q
narrow stone stair that Spiralled
to the bell tower. There had
been another floor and the loft
but these had fallen in.
Entering from the vivid glare
outside Linda stumbled on
something. Then as her pupils
reacted to the dim light she
saw that it was one Of Jerome's
rubber-Soled deck shoes.
He picked it up and carried
1t to the door, then he looked
at the sole.
"This is what the fool was
using to whang the bell"
How do you know"
"Verdigris on the new sponge
rubber heel. That's what made
the bell sound muffled-and
the crack in it. Let's hunt
round for the mate"
They failed to find it, but
Linda found her other silk
stocking which, having nothing
else to do with it, she put on.
Jerome said, I'VE could put
on q castaway comedy sketch.
I in blue striped shorts and one
shoe, and you in a mans sport
shirt, one stocking, and a pair
Of snappy shoes. It's the one
stocking that gives the raffish
touch"
Linda grabbed his arm.
"I.ook!" She pointed to the old
cracked bell over their heads.
Strange Prank
The sun was streaming in
and diffused a little from the
light grey stone, but the cavity
of the bell was dark. Project
ing from it was apparently the
toe of a mans shoe.
Gosh, that spells 1t! This
bird is crazy. He's rammed the
clapper Of the bell into my
shoe"
Jerome got up into the en-
brasure of the window beside
the bell but could not reach the
clapper. The height was not
great but it was trying to look
down into the dark interior. He
came down and twisted off a
tough length of vine with which
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
Exploring the Isle Csstsways Find
Several Articles Which Had
Been Stolen
CHAPTER K

They set out explore in the direction from which the
sound of the bell had Thick jungle to the edge
of the plantation they followed this round hoping to
strike path There path, but the growth dry
and not mpenetrabe The ground oped upward at an
grade that interrupted by lodges few feet in height
forming natural terraces.
Before long the underground thnned and the going
easier 1t mostly of grape with scattered
and larger spaced well apart They skirted marshy
swale that appeared be pocket for the recent rains Be-
yond there higher and sleeper ledge that from dis
tance looked artificial but proved be oucrop Of gneou
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CAST INTO EDEN = By Henry c. Rowland

he finally shared the shoe and
dragged 1t off.
AS they left the place Linda
said. How ever did he manage
to jam that shoe on to the
bell clapper?"
"I pass. A monkey wouldn't
have the strength and besides
he couldn't reach the bell. It's
e. double puzzle; how he man.
aged to jam the clapper into
my shoe and why the devil he
should want to-"
Sheer lunacy," Linda said.
"A big sailor with long arms
could climb out on the beam
that holds the bell and reach
down far enough to do the
trick. But not the ordinary
native"
They crossed the plateau and
made their way to a point CON-
manding a view of the crater
lake.
That's the source of our
brook" Jerome said. 1T fills up
in the rainy season and funds.
the water that leaks out slowly
through e channel underground.
Before 1t drains the rains come
and fill it up again. Even dry
season showers would probably
be enough"
Going down to the edge they
could see occasionally a silver
flash in the water that was
clear like that in a granite
quarry.
"This lake is full of fish"
said Jerome.
How do they get into it way
up here?"
"Hatched out from spawn,
and carried in the maws or
feet or plumage of BIRDS"
Jerome said.
He went on to explain the
geologic formations and their
significance. In his interest on
the subject he did not notice
Linda'S glances from time to
time.
She said finally when he
passed, Didn't know you were
such a high-brow, Jerry"
I'm not. They teach us few
things in the Academy besides
the science and art of destruc-
ton"
do you know botany, too?"
Enough to treat us if we get
malaria. I've seen a couple Of
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AS they climbed up and over
the brim Of this escarpment
they found themselves on a
plateau that swung in q circu-
lar formation like the flattened
top of an ancient crater. It
was the highest point Of the
island and except where inter-
rupted by clumps of trees the
sea was visible all about. A
bright blue gleam of water
showed that it contained
crater lake. Just below them
less than q quarter of a mile a
patch Of vivid green and a CLINT
Of water through the tree-tops
located their own house.
There was a low square
crumbltng tower, all that re-
manned Of q heap of ruins
partly screened by some gnarled
old cedarS and other trees that
were low and spreading. The
orderly arrangement showed
these trees to have been set out
many years ago, three centuries
perhaps.
The top Of the partly ruined
tower was open, with high
pointed Gothic arches on its four
sides. Two of these had fallen
in, and revealed more plainly
q big bell that showed q fis-
sire on the side presented to
Jerome and Linda. Such as
they could see Of the ruins indi-
Gated q building that had been
of considerable size, rectangular
and buttreSSed rudely.
"An old monastery" Jerome
said. But nobody can be living
in it now"
Strange Ruins
Then there must be some
other hang-out for this troupe"
Back in the grove, perhaps.
There must have been a colony
here at some time"
They crossed the intervening
space where the ground was
hard and arid with outcrops of
volcanic rock. There was no
sign Of any tenantry. Then as
they approached the ruins there
same . stir in the tangle that
filled them. They caught a =
glimpse Of a figure in a pale
blue garment that Scurried into
the thicker scrub beyond.
THAT looked like the shirt I
was wearing when we landed on
this crazy island" Jerome said.
AS he spoke the curious cry to
which they were growing more
accustomed welled out from
some invisible source. This
time it sounded less mocking.
more angry. and it held fright
ened note.
"I'l tell you what" said
Linda, "some Of the early ma
tives were left on this island,
and they've gone wild"
He shook his head. Natives
don't go wild. They keep on
Just the same
'Then what is it? That thing
had on your shirt. It was too
big for a monkey"
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cinchona trees. There are some
castor oil plants round the
house, too. They're supposed to
keep away mosquitoes"
II wonder If anybody ever
comes here"
Nothing to come for. We're
pretty we'll inside the power YES
sci course up and down the
coast. Ships keep well clear Of
the Mosquito Bank"
What if somebody finds the
boat and reports us drowned?"
Then we've just got to wait
till this hermit comes back. It's
tough on you to beat 1t from the
yacht to get rid of me, then get
marooned with me on an island
inhabited only by crazy people
that steal your clothes off your
back"
"And you feeling the same
way about me-"
She was silent a moment, then
asked, What if he never came
back? Something happened to
him or he left for good. I sup
pose we'd go wild, too."
mot very. There must be tools
put away somewhere. With an
axe and a saw I could make a
dug-out to take us to the main
land. It can't be far. Besides
nobody'S apt to find the boat
and then they'll send a search.
ing party"
He did not tell her what an
extensive job it would : be to
comb the islands of the far-flung
Mosquito Bank. Instead he
said, There's nothing really to
fear from this band Of half
witted a borigines. They're
prankish and shy"
Il wish though we could &C.
count for them" Linda said.
They'll get used to our being
here and show themselves be-
fore long" he assured her.
Every living creature, however
turtive, Graves the company of
the superior race"
That seems to be the trouble.
Tonight we'll go inside and lock
up as soon as it gets dark"
ITO Be Continued.)
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
Roosevelt Settlement Is Victory for
Auto Company Unions; Workers!
Unite Your Ranks 4 gai1pst SeU-Out!
AN DIT ORR AL

THE automobile manufacturers had every
L reason to express the jubilation they
did over President Roosevelt's last minute
settlement in the threatening auto
strike. The capitalist newspapers ad-
mitted that the company unions won the
victory. "AutO Pact Saves Company
UniOn!" declared the New York Evening
Post in its headline.
Were it not for the miserable treach-
cry of the A. F. of L. leaders, the capitalist
press could not now delight in the victory
Of the company unions. The auto workers would
now be on strike, on the road to achieving union
recognition, higher wages, improved conditions.
The auto manufacturers gained their main end
delay, and delay in the Strike-al this thanks
to Green, Collins g. Co. Faced with the determi-
nation Of 100000 auto workers to win the victory
OF real union recognition and better living condi-
to delay and to kill the strike.
With them, fighting against the strike was the
A. F. of L. of1cialdom. But they were not able to
stem the avalance Of strike sentiment the burning
desire OF the men to fight for union recognition and
against the hated company unions. The automobile
bosses would not even make the usual fake gestures
to give the A. F. of L. leaders face-saving way out
Finally, at the eleventh hour President Roosevelt
performed this service for the bosses by mobilizng
the power Of the government against the strike and
to strengthen the auto company unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
.SuitWagne
Bill to Scab
.BOsses'Wsh
Strikebreaking Features
Strengthened for Man
ufacturer's Assn.
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau

BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.-sen-
ator Robert F. Wagner announced
today that he will amend his labor
disputes bill to make it apply speci-
f1cally against labor unions engag-
ing in any activities that may be
considered "coercive" or unfair
labor practices"
This will make the bill more
openly a strike-breaking weapon. 1t
will give the National Labor Board
carte blanche to declare any labor
union activities unfair labor prac-
tice," and to provide heavy penal
ties for them, enforcing them
through court iniunctions.
Wagner gave the promise to meet
a demand raised in the Senate labor
committees hearing today by James
A. Emery, lawyer and lobbyist for
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, one of the most power
full anti-union employers organiza-
tions in the country. The promise,
following President Roosevelt's
declaration in the auto agreement,
that the Governments duty is to
secure absolute and uninfluenced
freedom of choice without coercion,
restraint or intimidation from any
source" discloses precisely whom
the Government will accuse of "co-
ercing" the independent labor
unions, instead of the employers who
are notorious for coercing employees
into company unions.
Two more militant labor spokes-
men arrived today to testify against
the Wagner bill. Pat Cush, Presi-
dent Of the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union, and Joe Kiss,
Secretary Of the Furniture Work
ers Industrial Union, personally re-
ceived assurance that they will be
heard tomorrow.
N. R. A. Administrator General
Hugh S. johnson was scheduled for
the third time today to appear to
testify on the bill-and for the third
time he failed to turn up. This
indicates anew that the Admins
tration is keeping the Wagner bill
as an ace-in-the-hole to be rushed
through when the current strike
wave reaches a stage that employ
ers consider necessitates a new silk
encased iron club for them.
Emery testified against the bill
today because he, like other most
reactionary business leaders, con-
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
World Crisis Worse.
League of Nations
Trade Study Shops

GEN EVA, March 26.-The
world economic crisis is getting
worse as reflected in the state
Of world trade, reports the
League of Nations trade bulletin
for March. The drop in trade
for January was more than the
usual seasonal decline, the bull
letin reports.
The total amount of world
trade is now about one-third of
what is was in 1929, having
dropped more than 66 per cent
since January, 1929. In certain
countries car loadings rose, with
transportation generally showing
some improvement over last
year, due to commodity move
ments rejecting stocking up for
inflationary rises and war prep
arations. In addition, there was
some movement In ship tonnage.
In the struggle for trade, Japan
succeeded in outstripping Britain,
her tonnage cleared still main
tanning its lead over the world.
The state of world trade, thus,
indicates that whatever improve
ment is taking place in various
sections of several countries, the
general world crisis of capitalism
is intensifying, further sharpen
ing the world imperialist an
tagonisms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
Providence AL, Ne,U England
Macl,inists Endorse H.R.7508
New England Machinists (A.F of L. Convention
Rejects Wagner Bill After Debate

NEW YORK.-The sweeping de-
mand inside the A. F. of L. for the
immediate enactment by Congress
Of the Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill Oh. r. 1899
continues, with the Providence,
Rhode Island, A. F. Of L. city CEN
trail body, the Federated Union, and
the New England district conven-
ton Of the International Associa-
ton Of Machinists CA. F. OF L. de-
handing the enactment Of the
Workers Bill. Providence Is in the
heart Of the New England textile
center, with 250,000 population.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27

The response Of the automobile manufacturers
to Rooseyelts settlement" terms speaks volumes
Privately, the automobile manufacturers were
delighted with the outcome of the dispute" reported
the New York Herald Tribunes Washington cor
respondent. He goes on and more specifically tells
why the automobile manufacturers were delighted"
"The manufacturers particularly pleased
that the Qualification of section Ia seems to up
hold their contention in behalf of the company
union"
IN APPRECIATION of the services of President
Roosevelt in acknowledging his strike breaking
activities Avan Macauley, President Of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, speaking in be-
half Of the auto employers said:
1--WE very grateful to the President and
to General Johnson that they have been able to
find settlement in accord with the PRINCIPLES
in which believe"
What are the principles in which the auto bosses
believe that was written into the settlement" to
stop the strike of the auto workers. It is the abb
solute right Of the boss to hire and fire workers.
to perpetuate the low wages and the speed-up; the
right to maintain and expand the company unions.
1t is the continuation of the N R. A. slave pact
that has made conditions unbearable for the auto
workers.
An examination of Roosevelt's terms of settle
ment shows the workers gain nothing Roosevelt's
statement speaks about collective bargaining stat
ing that each group Of workers shall have the right
Continued on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
Lynchburg Fire Victims
Increase as Officials
Exonerate Themselves

LYNCHBURG, Va, March 26.-
Federal and local officials yesterday
attempted to completely whitewash
themselves Of responsibility for the
deaths of IT homeless unemployed
workers and the injury Of Is others
by the fire which swept the jim
Grow Federal Transient Relief Bu-
reau fire-trap here at dawn Sat-
urday.
The death toll reached II, when
Walter De Long, Hinton, w. Va,
Mamie Taylor, Glen Allen, Va,
and Ann Trap, died Of injuries
yesterday.
Relief authorities, headed by Alan
tombstone, Washington Director of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
AFL Heads, Auto Bosses Work
10 ExpeL Militant Members
Co. Stools in AFL Local
Make Drive on Those
Who Favor Strike
BY A. B. MAGn

DETROIT, March 26.-In prepa-
ration for putting over the sell
out, the A. F. of L. machine, to-
gether with the management, is
cleaning out militant workers from
auto shops and from A. F. Of l..
locals. This was learned by your
correspondent at the Motor Products
A. F. Of L. local meeting yesterday,
held at Amity Hall, Parkview and
Kercheval. Your correspondent saw
one militant member Of the local
kept out by A. F. of L. strong arm
men. Another was being pointed out
for election when he called out to
the workers: I'm the fellow who
called for strike vote last week,
and now they're trying to keep me
out"
This created a commotion and
the machine thugs were compelled
to withdraw. This worker told the
men around him that he was fired
Saturday from the factory.
At the meeting the whole policy
of putting locals safely in the hands
Of reactionarieS and company men
was revealed. The executive COM
mittee meeting, without some of the
militant officers who were unable to
attend because they had been
shifted to the night shift (evidently
by arrangement with the company
decided to keep militants out of
the local, and out of the executive
committee.
Hugh Thompson, A. F. of L. Or
ganizer, tried to put the scheme
over by appealing that: I'VE need
fConttn,Ied On Pn0e q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
Auto COnfab
Prepares to
Extend Fight
Make Unanimous Deci-
sion; Oppose Wag-
ner Bill
Especial to the Daily worker)

DETROIT, March 26-The united
front auto conference wound up
yesterday with statement by ].
Wilson, national organizer Of the
Auto Workers Union, that the union
would do everything possible to
carry out the main, resolution and
.eftact- tles .aIG;sIaR. nfa.-sslll
automobile WORKERS against the A.
F.. of L. leaders sell-out and for
the workers demands.
Bernert, vice -chairman of the
conference, and delegate of the
Mechanics Educational Society of
America, elected from a shop stew
ards meeting, while stating the
MESA. delegation had no power
to act Immediately and must re-
port back, promised to do every
thing to carry through the pro-
posals at the shop stewards and
district executive meeting.
The proposals for united action,
which. were unanimously approved,
were the calling of city-wide mass
meeting by the Auto Workers
Union, the MESA, and the A. F.
of L. rank and file; setting up of
united committees OF action in
every shop; joint appeal fol
united action to the A. F. of L.
rank and file and unorganized; a
mass fight against the sell-ouJ
through strikes and stoppages. The
conference demanded the release of
the Scottsboro boys and Tom Moo
ney and demanded the freedom of
Thaelmann and Torgler and other
anti-fascist prisoners in Germany.
A resolution was passed supporting
the fight for the continuation of
the C.W.A., adequate cash relief
and for the immediate passage of
the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill, and supporting the mass
protests on March 90.
1t was decided that the resolutions
committee, on which all groups were
represented, should serve as an &C
ton committee, to be enlarged by
additional Representatives to carry
out the program Of the conference.
There will be an MESA. district
executive and shop stewards meet
ing tonight where it is expected
the report on the conference will
be acted upon.
A resolution was adopted oppos-
ing the Wagner strikebreaking bill,
and for reinstatement of all vic
timized workers, and demanding
the withdrawal of all A. F. of L.
leaders from the MIRA. boards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27

reached must be reached on the
question Of housing. This is a grave
danger point of the convention.
Cleveland workers must rally in
their neighborhoods and shops to
solve this difficulty, and form shock
brigades to contact all sympathetic
workers who will provide sleeping
quarters for the convention dele
gates. Workers are urged to get in
touch at once with the Cleveland
District Office, 1914 Prospect Ave,
Room S06, with lists of homes where
delegates will be given sleeping
quarters for the duration of the
convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-27
ReScueExpeditiOnS
Converge on Soviet
Ice-Floe Castaways
Planes, Airships, Ships
on Way to Save Grew
of Chelyuskin

Especial to the Daily WOrker)
MOSCOW, Mar. 26.-Rescue ex-
petitions are approaching the
Boring Sea ice-fioe camp of the
Chelyuskin expedition from all
sides. The steamer Soviet, carry
ing two airships, four air-sleighs
and the airplane T-5, left Vladi-
vostok yesterday, heading for Pc
tropavlovsky, Kamchatka, where it
will meet the steamer Smolensk
and transfer its cargo to the lat
ter, as the Smolensk is better
fitted to sail under Arctic condi-
lions.
Airplanes under the command of
Kamamin, which flew from Oliu-
tsorskaya, are delayed at Anadir
by snow; so are Doronin, Cali
shev and Vodopianov, pilots snow
bound at Nagaevo.
The famous ice breaker Krassin
is already in the Baltic on its way
to the Boring Sea by way of the
Panama Canal. The crew sent the
Chelyuskin company the follow
ing radiogram last Friday: 1--WE
started to your assistance today.
We are making every effort to
reach your camp as rapidly as
possible. The U.S.SR. does not
abandon its heroes, and we shall
do our duty"
Radiogram from Professor Otto
Schmidt, leader of the camp, re-
ports that the ice-field airdrome
on which Pilot Lapidievsky landed
when he rescued the ten women
and two children of the expedition
has been damaged by ice-cracks.