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Evening star., 1935-08-15
LIST TAKES
UNEVEN COURSE
Few Soft Spots in Contrast
With Large Gains of
Some SpeciaIties.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 15.-Shares
closed irregular in the curb market
today. A few soft spots contrasted
with good gains in one or two spe-
cialties.
International Petroleum ended more
than a point higher at 37A, while
Parker Rust Proof ran up for net
gain of points at 5612.
Fractional losses occurred in Alu-
minum Co of America and Bunker Hill
& Sullivan at 81 and 49,, respec-
lively.
Evening star., 1935-08-15

Central Railroad of New jersey
Deficit, six months ended June 80.
was $516, 746 vs.. net income of S7,376.
Evening star., 1935-08-15

NEW YORK BAR SILVER.
NEW YORK, August IS UP.-Bar
silver easy, q lower at 652s.
Evening star., 1935-08-15
RK CURB MARKET QUOTATIONS
By private wire direct to The Star.

Stock and Sales
, D,y.dend Rate. Add 90. High. Low. Close.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
LONG FOE FACES
FRAUD CHARGE

NEW ORLEANS, La. June 7
(U.SO The bitter political feud
between Senator Huey P. Long
and Col. John P. Sullivan led to
the Criminal Courts building
here yesterday.
There the Long controlled attor.
ney generals office filed bills OF
information charging Colonel Sui.
Ivan with fraud in connection
with various realty deals. The
bills contained three counts in
which a homestead swindle was
alleged. Bond was fixed at $4,000
Meeting this bond, Colonel Sui,
Ivan shouted:
"Flimsy! There's not a word
of truth in the charges. Longs
only hope for success is to pack
the jury"
Then the Colonel added gen
eral warning"
"Any other citizen opposing
the present State administration
may find himself suffering the
same indignity."
The Senator and the Colonel
were once friends and the stanch-
est of cohorts. That was when
Senator Long was running for gov
ernor. Colonel Sullivan acted as
city campaign manager. Then
came the split-a split which has
never been mended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
PRESS CALLED
AID To HONEST
B BUSINESS

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va, June 7 0.N.S0.-News,
papers in America are the protec-
tive rampant against unsound
elamoring Of crackpot theorists,
and stand as a great ally Of con-
sumers and honest business. Frank
A. Blair, president of the Proprie-
tary Association, told members at
the opening of the annual conven-
ton here today.
The association is composed Of
manufacturers Of more than 80
per cent Of packaged drugs pro-
duced in America.
The convention adopted a reso-
luton calling upon the industry
to give full recognition to news
papers of the country for the out
standing service performed by
them in giving editorial support
to sound Federal food and drug
legislation.
Mr.. Blair said, referring to the
daily press:
"AS CATERERS and purveyOrs
Of news which they must pre-
sent in q form that will be read
by the average man and woman,
they have a close understanding
Of people. As the constant cham
pions Of the public interest on
numberIeSs issues, they have a
practical knowledge Of where
that interest lies.
"Since they must deal with
business day by day. they un-
.derstand the practical opera
lions Of business, the service it
performs in the distribution of
merchandise, and the Difficult
ties and hazards attendant upon
making reasonable profit
through rendering y service
which the public appreciates.
Thus, equipped alike with an
understanding of the public in
terest and of the needs of bust
ness, they are enabled to follow
. clear path Of common sense
in public questions, from which
they are not easily frightened
by the DOGGY on the one side Of
threatened Government autOc-
racy, or by the clamOrS on the
other side of extremists, self.
styled champions of the con-
sumner, who seek to change our
social and economic structure"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Woodward School
To AwardDiplOma

George A. Lewis, chairman of
the educational committee of the
Y. M. C. A., will preside at the
graduation exercises at the Wood
ward School for Boys, which is af.
filiated with the Y. M. C. A., to-
night at the Central Y. M. C. A.
Building, at Eighteenth and G
Streets. DR.. Theodore =. Martin,
of the National Education Associa.
ton, will speak and James j.
King will present the diplomas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
DafOe Gets Sub
To Attend Quints

CALLANDER, Ont. June 7.
DR.. Allan R. Dafoe is all ready
to leave next week for Atlantic
City to attend the Canadian.
United States medical confer,
ence.
The Dionne quintuplets were
reported "s5l fine"
That DR.. Dafoe may attend
the conference. DR.. Harold A.
Williams. of the Hospital for
Sick Children. Toronto, will care
for the five babies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

event is being planned for Sum-
day night, June 80, when, if
present plans mature, the Ma
thaniel Dett Chorus of Wash
ington will be heard in concert
at the Sylvan Theater. This
choral group gave a splendid &C.
count of itself this spring here
in a concert at the Washington
Auditorium when DR.. Dett con-
Quoted q music festival.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

this an outstanding musical or
ganization of the Capital City.
The second event will be held
on Monday night, June "a. when
the Washington Community Play,
ers win repeat Three Short
Plays" recently presented at
Roosevelt Auditorium, preceded
by a concert by the Community
Center Symphony Orchestra.
The third event will take place
on Thursday night, June q,
when the United States Marine
Band will play preliminary
program followed by a dance re-
cital by the Lisa Gardiner Dane
ers and the Washington CompoS,
ers Club.
Another interesting musical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
World Of Music

Observation-Disclosures
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08
Protests Win
The Release
OF Cramsci

Antonio Gramsci, c o m m un S t
leader Of the Italian masses and
tortured for years to the point of
death in the dungeons of Mussolini
has Just been released "on condi-
tions, according to a radiogram
yesterday received by the Unita
Operaia, Italian language Commu-
mist newspaper published in New
York.
Gramsci was hurriedly set free at
the moment that an international
delegation headed by Roman Rol-
land and othrs had arrived at Rome
to visit him and make strenuous
efforts to save his life from the
ravages of disease and imprison-
ment.
A symbol of the thousands of
barbarically confined political pris-
oners bcutally mistreated on the
island dungeons of fascist Italy
Antonio Gramsci had, up to the
time when world opinion and an
imminent investigation of Italian
prison conditions forced his free
dom, been the subject of thousands
of demonstrations, petitions and
campaigns the world over. How
Gramsci is now living, even his
whereabouts, is at present unknown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

Continued from Page y
friends" in Detroit. This was seen
as an attempt to link the abduction
to members of the notorious
Purple Gang" of the auto city.
Miss Cow admitted having some
male friends in Detroit.
Reilly then probed into her as
.rnriation with Charles (Red) john
son, an employee aboard the yacht
of Thomas Lamont. Miss Cow adj
mitted having gone to a number of
places with johnson, including
roadhouse.
Questioned on .Thumbguard
The insinuation that she had
planted" the baby's thumb guard
in the roadway was bitterly re-
sented by the witness. She had
testified that she had, picked up the
little aluminium guard about two
months after the kidnapping, re-
turning to the Lindbergh home in
Hopewell, on a roadway.
Are you sure you didn't drop it
on your way DOWN." Reilly insisted.
Il did not" Miss Cow flashed
back, flushing angrily.
At one point in her testimony, the
packed courtroom, obviously SYM
pathetic to the nurse, applauded.
After describing in detail her dis
Icovery that the child was gone on
the night of the kidnapping, Reilly
began a long series of questions, APP
parently disconnected.
Most of them dealt with Miss
Cows background, the fact that she
had received $3.50 from the State
of New Jersey to appear as a wit
ness and her friendship with
johnson.
After ceding the witness stand to
Joseph Wolf, a state trooper, at
|2:l5, Miss Cow collapsed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

alton, declared yesterday at the Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
Insurance.
Under examined every one of the
constitutional objections heretofore
raised in objection to the Workers
Bill, and spiked for all time the ex-
cuse which william Green had
raised in the American Federation
Of Labor as an excuse for his bit
ter denunciation of the workers
measure.
In an analysis of the many rami-
fications of the Workers Bill, Lin
der said that the Workers Bill
provided for the appropriation of
federal monies out of the Treasury
of the United States for the pay
ment of compensation of the I'M
employed, the sick. the aged and
the disabled, the first now under
fire from Roosevelt in a forced labor
drive, the others now are faced
with complete abandonment by the
Roosevelt relief administration.
Cites Welfare Clause
'The Constitution grants to Con-
gress the power to levy and collect
taxes, pay debts and provide for
the general welfare of the United
States" Under quoted, and brought
forward the United States Supreme
Court decision in the famous Sugar
Bounty case, 1853 U. S. 427, in which
it declared that Congress may ex-
ercise its power to spend money for
any purpose which it deems the
general welfare"
Under pointed out that in that
case the court recognized the power
of Congress to expend federal
money out of considerations of
pure charity" Citing this general
welfare clause, Under showed how
Congress has spent money for the
purchase of Louisiana from France,
of Alaska from Russia, and has
made outright gifts to the various
States, appropriated millions for
agriculture, internal Improvements
and education. And in the last few
years, under this same welfare
clause. Under showed how Con-
gress has spent money and appro-
priated billions for the R. F. c., H.
o. L. c., F. H. A., and other Roose-
welt bodies.
Citing this same Sugar Bounty
Case, Under pointed out that the
Supreme Court declared that the
courts have never attempted to set
limitations to the power of Congress
to spend money, THE Supreme
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08
F.D.R.G etsDemand
For Workers Bill
Continued from Page y

cation he "has no power" or author
ity to take action for the Workers
Bill. Shaw, railroad worker, head
of the delegation visiting Garner,
demanded that Garner present the
Workers Bill in the Senate. Garner
replied he would have to look it
over" Shaw in reply declared that
the masses will continue the fight
to force the Roosevelt government
to act on behalf of the starving
millions and pass the Workers Bill.
Joseph BvrneS, Speaker of the
House. was busy" and refused to
see the delegation from the Con-
gress for Unemployment Insurance.
He gave a vague promise that he
might see them later. Miss Perkins,
Secretary Of Labor. was too busy"
to wait when the delegation visiting
her was held up little. Edward
McGrady, former A. F. of L. leader
and now Assistant Secretary of La
Dor, for more than two hours heard
one worker after another tell of
suffering in the mining fields, in the
professions, in the auto industry. in
every part of the country. His final
answer was that he has his own
personal opinion on the Workers
Bill but he can't give it officially,
and that the Department of Labor
is still studying all bills" and has
no opinion yet on what bill it will
support. The delegates pressed Nc
Grady: what are you going to do.
what is the Department of Labor
going to do about the suffering
which you admit exists" and he al
ways evaded and replied that the
question was being Studied" He
posed as a friend of labor" and
former worker himself, but refused
to make single proposal for any
action of the Department of Labor
ito better the conditions. When a
miners wife from West Virginia
took up death of children and
mothers in the mining fields he
said, Il would be glad to send you
some booklets of the Department
of Labor on child care" The miners
wife replied, Books won't buy milk
and orange juice for babies
Amter Heads Group
A mass delegation headed by Is
irael Amter, member of the Ma
tional Action Committee set up by
Congress, met for two hours with
Aubrey Williams, first assistant
Federal Relief Administrator Hop
-kins, administrator, was sick"
Amter cited the relief slashing poll
cies of the Roosevelt Administra-
ton, the discrimination against
Negroes, the starvation doles, and
demanded a clear-cut statement of
relief policy and endorsement of
the Workers Bill HR. 1927. A
dozen other delegates took the floor
and related relief conditions and
police terror and demanded the
statement of the Administration.
Williams declared his full support
of the Roosevelt program of denial
of real unemployment insurance,
promised to take UP any cases of
discrimination, and promised Moth
ing in the way of better relief con-
ditions or increased relief. He took
no stand for the Workers Bill.
A delegation from the Congress,
composed of members of the A. F.
| OF L. from many unions visited the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08
MESA Farley
Sidetracked by
Clique Fights
Vital Issues OfWages and
Conditions Not Touched
By Convention
BY SANDOR VOROS
Especial TO the Daily Worker)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. T.
After sending telegram endorsing
the National Congress for Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance
meeting in Washington and in
structing its delegate there to act
for the organization, the convention
of the Mechanics Educational So
ciety of America here adjourned
yesterday without touching any of
the burning questions of wages, inn
mediate working conditions or or
ganization in the auto industry.
The convention almost broke up
in chaos on Saturday night, when
a fight was provoked by the Griffin
clique. An INSCRIPTIONS struggle
for personal power between Griffin
and Smith marked the entire con-
vention with continuous inter-
change of slanderous attacks,
Although going on record for in
dependent political action and for
the workers ticket and alteration of
the constitution, advising unity with
all metal unions to be decided
locally, the convention, dealt mainly
with technical inner reorganization
problems. No orientation for. strike
struggles, wage increases or mass
organization efforts, vitality affect
ing membership, was arrived at.
Maurice Sugar addressed the con-
vention Saturday, exposing the N.
l. r. A. and Hearst's attack against
the Communists, urging strikes to
defeat N. l. r. A. He exposed the
proposed annual wage as a measure
of preventing real unemployment
insurance.
Dues and capita tax came up
again Saturday night for the fourth
time in convention. Delegates vio-
lently protested this sidetracking of
more important issues. A decision
was made leaving dues to the dis
tricts and fixing a two-dollar
capita tax, with New York locals
paying only one dollar.
A strike clause passed, giving
rank ana lille full power.
The Women's Auxiliary becomes
part of the M E. S. A., with their
own constitution, under the iuris-
diction of the District Committees
of the M. E. S. A. ~.
Griffin on Friday was assigned as
organizer to Torrington, Conn. He
was given one hundred dollars for
expenses. Saturday he resigned as a
national officer. His resignation
was not taken seriously: Griffin
demanded $500 back wages for the
period he spent in the East without
permission, Viciously attacking the
organization.
All other points hot taken up by
the convention were referred to a
committee.
The delegates left the conven-
ton determined to crush both the
Griffin and Smith cliques and save
the M. E. S. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

NOOHbtHUSU rom rage
line began to march around CITY
Hall. The line grew each minute
as new hundreds joined the ranks.
Workers poured out of nearby build
ings for their lunch but remained
to watch the demonstration, many
of them buying copies of the Daily
Worker.
A three-piece band, representing
the Young Liherators of Harlem.
preceded the march, the dull boom
of the bass drum keeping time with
the heavy thud of the rain-soaked
feet and the steady chant: 1--WE
Want Unemployment Insurance"
By the time a committee of two,
composed of Sam Gonshak of the
Unemployment Councils and Tim
Holmes, Negro executive of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union filed through the police lines
towards the City Hall steps. the
demonstration had swelled to at
least 1000. Mounted police guarded
the east and west ends of the Plaza.
while men on foot watched the
other entrances. At a number of
entrance in City Hall Park the
police had placed park benches to
prevent the unemployed from COM
ing in.
Refused An Interview
"You can't see the Mayor" Lieu
tenant Harten of LaCuardia's staff
told Gonshak and Holmes.
Upon hearing this the men walked
out and reported to the waiting
crowd 1--WE demand the Mayor see
our delegation" the workers began
to shout in unison. So loud and eff
fectively did the workers voice their
demands that group of aldermen,
who had just adjourned their meet
ing, rushed to the windows of the
second story of City Hall to watch
the proceedings. One of the signs
facing the aldermen bore the legend.
Alderman Sullivan - You're
Supposed To Be The Peoples
Representative. Why Did You
Vote for the Sales Taxi"
Police Inspector Camille Pierne. in
charge of the 100 patrolmen, 20
mounted police and about a score of
plainclothesmen, sensed the determi-
nation of the workers. After brief
conference with the leaders of the
demonstration, he agreed to let three
of them in.
Gonshak, Holmes and Mark
Boerun, representing the Fur Work
ers' Industrial Union, were escorted
into the City Hall by the INSPECTOR
as the workers cheered their partial
victory.
Just outside of the Mayors Of
flee, the committee was again met
by Lieut.. Harten. Just as Harten
began to argue with the workers,
the group spied LaGuardia walking
out of the reception room where he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

Court" Under declared, held that
no taxpayer can properly raise any
question as to the use Congress
makes of the proceeds of taxation"
Here this famous constitutional
lawyer brought in the case of a tax
payer who sought to stop Congress
from spending money for the build
ing of the Panama Canal, and he
cited the case of Wilson VS.. Shaw,
204 U. S. "a.
Legislative Power
Under, however, pointed out that
the bill may be challenged as I'M
constitutional on the grounds of the
delegation of legislative power, since
it invests the Secretary of Labor
with wide discretion. But at the
same time he pointed out that the
Supreme Court has invested far
wider power in the President, Cab
met members and Cabinet officers.
He then went on to say that the
Bill names certain specific benefit
Charles who are to receive the COM
penSation, the minimum and max
imum compensation to be received,
and the nature Of the compensation
fixed. He then compared it to the
power given to the President to fix
tariffs and duties, the power of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenues
to adjust the rate of excess profits,
the power given to the Secretary of
the Treasury to fix the standards
Of quality and fitness of imports,
and pointed out that the Supreme
Court has never reversed these.
Although no specific amount is
appropriated in the bill, Under de-
clared that the bill is nevertheless
constitutional, for general appropri-
ations are common. On the ques-
ton of violation of due process"
he showed that the bill does not in
volve the setting up of reserves
created by enforced contributions by
employers and employees, and that
thereby no person could under the
bill consider himself deprived of
property.
Lastly, Linder blasted the ques-
ton of unconstitutionality on the
grounds of State Rights, and point
ing to the far wider provisions on
the same instance of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation (R.
F. Co and the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act CA. A. Al, declared, in
closing, that "the Bill is, in view
Of the foregoing, clearly constitu-
tional."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

hAlCl. Lie WOIheIS report GIldI, d.
though the increase from S55 a
month for able bodied seamen to
the $3.50 scale was put into effect,
reduction of the crew and cuts in
wages of workers in other crafts,
has reduced the company's total
payroll and increased the speed-up.
The workers are greatly incensed
over the trick and it is expected
that struggle will develop.
In line with the general policy of
the shipowners, the American
Shipper" eliminated its passenger
service. Elimination of many ships
as passenger carriers, an agreed pol
icy among the shipowners, results
in many sailors, stewards, cooks
and others being thrown out of en-
On the American Ship
per" it resulted in the firing of all
stewards, bell boys, most of the
walters, cooks, ships doctor and
others.
Other Ratings Cut
In addition the following rules
were put in effect for those remain
ing in the crew: in place of the for
mer ten sble-bodied seamen, there
are six now. The four eliminated
are replaced by three ordinary sea-
men at $40 month. The wages of
the latter have not been increased.
The chief engineer was given a $50
per month cut. The carpenter was
cut IS a month. One of the mates
was cut $40 a month. The deck en-
gineer had his wages cut from $95
a month to $3.50. The boatswain
was cut from $75 to $6750 per
The reduction of the crew will in
crease work for those remaining. AS
an example the workers point out
that able-bodied seamen must stand
quartermaster's watch, although at
seamen's pay.
Cheated of Overtime
The workers having returned
from a trip to Manchester and Liv-
erpool are especially enraged at be-
ing cheated out of 10 hours over
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

has been meeting with the veterans
officials.
The Mayor and the Workers
The following conversation then
ensued:
GONSHAK: Mr.. Mayor, we
want to present a list of griev-
ances.
LaGUARDIA: Have you got
them written out?
GONSHAK: No, we have notes.
LaGUARDIA: Write them out
and I'll see them.
GONSHAK: We've got notes
and we want to present our griev-
ances. We've got a right to pre-
sent our grievances to the seat
of government.
LaGUARDIA: If you came this
close to the seat of government
In Russia you know what would
happen to you, don't you?
GONSHAK: We're not discus
sing Russia. We have a list of
specific grievances here"
The Mayor walked off, chortling
at his little joke, borrowed in its
entirety from the literary arsenal of
William Randolph Hearst. The
workers were "ushered" out by the
police.
Indignation among the crowd, BY
now tightly packed on the east side
OF the Plaza, rose high as Tin,
Holmes described the treatment the
workers committee had received al
the hands of the Mayor.
Flags "Pro-Labor" Mayor
Mark Boerum was cheered to the
echo when he attacked the "libera
Mayor LaGuardia." 81 remember
when LaGuardia posed as a frienc
OF the workers." Boerun related
Why, he even marched on a picket
line during a fur strike some year.
ago. Look at him now. a workers
delegation can't even be seen BY
him. We're going to come back il
greater numbers and he will see us.
Boerum concluded.
Speaker after speaker was lifted
on the shoulders of their fellow
workers to make brief speeches. AL
of them flayed the pseudo liberalism
OF the Mayor, his hollow talk O
unemployment insurance and hi,
refusal to endorse the Workers I'm.
employment Insurance Bill or see 6
delegation of New York unem.
ployed.
After resolving to organize an ever
mightier demonstration, the Grove
marched up Center Street toward.
Union Square. There they marched
past Klein's store, where strike i,
now going on, stopped and shouted
Don't buy at Klein's" and Support
the Klein strikers"
The paraders circled Uni or
Square and came around in from
of the Ohrbach department store
where again they shouted slogans il
support Of the Ohrbach strikers.