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Evening star., 1935-12-26
$2,OOO,ODO HARBOR
FUND TOBE ASKED
AT NEXT SESSION
w. P. A. Allotment Lacking,
Board of Trade Group
Will Seek Action.
CITY HEADS FAVORABLE
TO PROPOSED PROJECTS
Plans Call for 24-Foot Channel
in Both Rivers, With Two
Turning Basins.

Congress will be asked to appropriate
nearly $2,000,O00 for contemplated
harbor development in the Capital as
a result of the failure to procure from
the Works Progress Administration
funds sufficient to dredge the channel,
build piers and make other water
front improvements.
John A. Remon, chairman Of the
Rivers and HarborS Committee Of the
Washington Board of Trade, an
nounced today that his committee will
go before the Appropriations Sub
committees of the House and Senate
District Committees and request the
needed funds.
The District Commissioners, mean
while, have not yet decided to press
for the funds at the current session.
although they favor the proposed
projects.
Want 24-FoOt Channel.
The program will call for a 24-foot
channel, 400 feet wide, for the Potomac
River Up to Key Bridge. On the Ana
costa River a channel of the same
size would be dredged to the Eleventh
Street Bridge.
Two turning basins also are in the
program. One, 800 feet wide, would be
constructed opposite the navy yard;
the other, 400 feet wide, would be of
the foot of Fifteenth street southeast
A total of $1,650,000 would be asked
for improvements and 1925, 900 Tor
dredging.
The improvements would include
construction Of four yacht basins, three
commercial piers and bulkhead walls.
All these projects were included in
the omnibus rivers and harbors bill
during the last session of Congress, but
authorization for funds was to come
from the Works Progress Administra-
ton and the committee was unable
to obtain the allotments.
Active Support Sought.
The Board of Trade committee
hopes to enlist the active support Of
the District government, although the
Commissioners plans do not include
any request for the necessary funds.
1t was pointed out at the District
Building that the program will cover
a period of eight years. and since the
dredging is a wholly Federal project,
no effort will be made to expedite the
work.
The only cost to the District will be
S389,0o0 for construction Of piers.
But In view Of the long-range plan
ming Of the whole project, the present
officials are not willing to go ahead
until the Federal Government makes
its own plans known and actually be-
gins the dredging.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Annual Exchange
Of Gifts ThrOngs
Stores of Capital
Statesmen Busy adjust
ing Purchases Made
Before Christmas.

That aftermath Of Christmas shop
ing, the exchange of holiday gifts, was
in full swing here today in department
stores and smaller shops.
Shortly after the opening hour sales
men were adjusting the size, color and.
sometimes, the nature Of the gift itself
to please recipients.
The general rule is that merchandise
is exchanged only for other merchan-
disc. Adjustments concerned chiefly
the size of wearing apparel.
Washington stores will allow ex-
changes to continue through the I'd
of January.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
LEGAL ADVICE COSTS
ALEXANDRlAN $40 FINE
BY STAFF Correspondent Of Thr Star.

BY staff Correspondent Of Thc Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 26.-
It cost Philip Blakey, 10, colored, $40
for saying nothing in Police Court
here today.
Advised by his attorney to "say
nothing" until he came to represent
him. the youth so emulated a mute
that he was fined SIS each on two
charges after the court became i'm
patient waiting for the lawyer, who
did not appear, or for Blakey to speak
10 his own defense.
, He was charged with reckless driving
and colliding as the result Of an auto
mobile accident here yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
RANKIN MAY PUSH
GREAT FALLS BILL
At NEXT SESSION
Congress Held Obligated to
Develop Power Project
at Potomac Sites.
$60,000,0O0 PROJECT
TURNED DOWN IN 1890
Power Commission at That Time
Held Parkway Program
Barred Development.

Agitations for Government con-
struction Of a hydroelectric plant at
Great Falls was revived today by Rep
resentative Rankin, Democrat of Mis-
sissippi, coauthor of the Tennessee
Valley Authority act.
Congress ought not to sit idly here
and see this great wealth of hydro
electricity and important national re-
source going to waste" Rankin de-
clared.
Great Falls has been surveyed for
power possibilities many times by pri-
vate interests.
Rankin indicated he might press a
bill at the coming session OF Congress
providing for construction of the pro-
posed plant. This move would revive
a long dormant controversy which
ended July, 1880, when the Federal
Power Commission rejected, without
prejudice" an application by the
Byllesby Corp. of Chicago for a pre-
liminary permit to harness the Poto-
macs waters at Chain Bridge and
Great Falls.
The company had planned to spend
s60,0O0,o00 on the project. The Power
Commission, however. held the Cap
per- -Cramton act authorizing a me-
mortal parkway and boulevard on
both sides of the Potomac precluded
the development. The act provided
that Congress would have to author
ize specifically power project on the
Potomac.
Rankin said he favored harnesSing
of the Potomac at Great Falls be-
cause it would furnish an economical
supply of power to the Government
in Washington, as we'll as to resi-
dents of the District and nearby Mary
land and Virginia. High electric
rates, he pointed out do two things
burden the people with exhorbitant
charges and prevent liberal use of
electricity.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
MRS. E. l. HEITZAUS,
LONG RESIDENT, DIES

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Heitzaus. 81, a
resident of Washington for 43 years,
died Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John A. Eckert. 3o42
Newark street, after an illness of sew
eral months.
Besides her daughter she is survived
by six grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the
Eckert home tomorrow at $50 am,
followed by requiem mass at St.
Thomas Apostle Church at 10 am.
Burial will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
GIRL AMONG MISSING
Emma De Bernard Not Seen Since
Accepting Ride.

Police today we're searching for En-
ma De Bernard, 16, of 48 H street
northeast, reported missing from her
home since last Tuesday. Her mother
stated the gil had not been seen or
heard from since accepting the offer
of a young man to ride downtown for
some last-minute shopping.
When last seen, Emma, a student at
Dennison School. was wearing q mink
coat, bright red dress, blue hat and
brown shoes. She weighs about 1856
pounds, has fair complexion and
ngaXR haix and sYek
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Sleigh Takes Injured Motorist
D0,Cn Mountain to Ambulance
edge of Shenandoah National Park.

edge of Shenandoah National Park.
A companion, Carroll Frazier,
jumped from the machine as 1t began
sliding down the steep road and was
unhurt, but the driver was thrown
headlong against the trunk of a tree
when he attempted to follow suit.
Carroll Frazier, according to measer
reports available here, made his way to
a nearby home, secured q sleigh and
carried the injured man 4 miles down
the rnountainside TO an ambulance
which had been summoned to meet
ham at A daeianate6. poipk
Evening star., 1935-12-26
SHOT WITH GIFT GUN,
BOY is In HOSPITAL
Alexandria Victim, Wounded in
Leg, Had Been Hunting"
With Playmate.

by a STAFF Correspondent Of The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 2e.-
A playmate's Christmas present sent
James E. Garrison, IA. 100 Hume
avenue, to the Alexandria Hospital
yesterday afternoon.
Young Garrison was hit In the LETT
leg below the knee with bullet, ac-
cidentally fred from q .22-caliber rifle
by John Hoover, IA, 1l8 South Pitt
street, while the youths were "hunting"
on Seminary road, according to q re-
port TO police.
His wound is not sericuh hospital
attaches ksid. .-
Evening star., 1935-12-26
MOTHER AND son DIE.
Fire Destroys COlored Home Near
Gaithersburg,

Gaithersburg.
GAITHERSBURG.M Md, December 26
(SpeciaD Two colored PERSONS
35-year-old mother and her young
Son-were burned to death in q fire
of undetermined origin which de-
stroyed a bungalow on the old Watkins
Mill place near here early today,
They were Virginia Frazier and
Marshall Frazier, 8. whose charred
bodies were found in the remains Of
their bed when Montgomery County
police searched the ruins.
Smoke awakened three older chill
dren in another section of the home
and they raced from the building after
calling TO their mother. They said
they thought she answered their
shouts.
Gaithersburg- Watkins Grove volun-
teer firemen were unable to reach the
blazing building because Of snow drifts
The woman and her children lived
with her widowed father, Isiah Frazier,
a colored farmer, who was visiting a
son, Laurel, at the time.
Evening star., 1935-12-26
O. E. s. to sponsor Dance.

GAITHERSBURG, Md, December
26 (SpeciaD .-Pentalpha Chapter, o.
E. S., will sponsor a Christmas dance
in the Masonic Hall here tonight from
9 to IL o'clock. Mrs. c. E. Crawford
heads the Committee on Arrange
rnents
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
: LURAY, Va, December 26.-Seri-
ously injured in an automobile acci-
dent today, Elmer Frazier. % years
old, of Berryville, Va, was carried 4
miles down the mountainside on q
sleigh and rushed to the Harrison
burg Hospital in waiting ambulance.
Frazier, returning home after a
Christmas visit with his family in
Rappahannock County, was hurt
when his automobile began sliding On
the icy surface Of one Of the most
treaeherolH mountain rQada nn ke
Evening star., 1935-12-26
Departments Merged.

Six of the Spanish government de-
partments will be merged into three.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

demands, as aid to the striking
printers, taxation Of the S. U. M.
and fight against the octopus of
gas, electric and transportation. the
Public Service u. P. Morgan"
All this can and must revolve
around the struggle for rank and
file control of the unions. Our party
has special role in these struggles
and it is not true that the c. P.
will become obscure and lose its
identity. On the contrary, our party
will adhere to the immediate and
ultimate aims of Communism. One
of the prerequisites of the struggle
for the attainment of the workers
and farmers government is the unity
of the workers. Such a genuine
Labor Party will be a step forward
to creating mighty united force
for an ultimate Soviet America.
FulfilIs Need
The need of a Labor Party is
primarily the fulf1llment of a desire
of a move already made by thou
sands and millions away from the
old two party forms of parliament
tary structure. A new form must be
given to unite Labor Gin conjunc-
ton with the rest of the toiling
mass, farmers small business men,
intellectuals and students) in an
energetic fight against war and fas-
cism, against company unions, for
freedom Of the right to organize, the
fight for the rights of the Negro
people, relief to the needy farmers
and foremost the question of I'm
employment, Old Age and Social
Insurance.
With this objective program based
on local demands workers can bring
about a higher plane of struggle
against the capitalists. A genuine
Labor Party, when accomplished in
any locality, will be one of the bold
est steps forward to united work
ing class.
A labor ticket can be elected in
Paterson this November!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

With the 1888 strikes of silk and
dye workers the Labor movement
Of Paterson increased its strength
MANIFOLD. Our revolutionary textile
union (NT.W.UD, in ali cert to
organize the dyers and fight against
the S13 a week NR.A. Codes, called
the dyers on strike. Fifteen thous-
and workers, for the first time since
1919, were involved in a militant.
heroic battle. The National Union
had hegemony of the dyers through
out the major portion of the strike.
At the same time the silk workers
came out in national silk strike.
The U.T.W. (associated was quite
influential among this section Of
the workers. With the help of the
NR.A, Arbitration and Relation
Boards, the insistence of the bosses
on dealing with the A. F. of L., the
help of the local politicians and
Lovestoneites, Grub en- stein and
Keller, the workers joined the A.
F. Of L. Unions, Although the ma
jority of the workers belonged to
the A. f. of L. the theological in
huence of the militant unions per-
meated the new unions.
The next important step and
highly desired by all the workers
was the going over" or the merging
of the small but militant union with
the U.T.W. The workers immedi-
ately crystallized the militant ideol-
ogy that permeated the A. F. of L.
into organizational opposition. The
influx of militant members and
known Communists heartened the
workers into a militant struggle
against their reactionary leaders.
Then the General Strike took
place. The role of German in be-
traying the strike is common know
ledge to all. Keller in his small
Napoleonic way stifled the resent
ment of the silk workers against
German. He worked with German
to gain the victory" which has
so enlbittered the workers.
The final drive back to the mills
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
By a Worker Correspondent


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 49, The COM
pany union at the Avondale Cotton
Mill in Birmingham has succeeded
in recruiting 100 men and As women
in the last few weeks with the aid
Of wholesale discrimination against
the U.TW. Conner, the owner of
about twelve mills in Alabama, is
planning to start one eight-hour
shift at the Avondale mill in place
of the two four-hour shifts by Feb.
Is and only use workers who belong
to his company union.
Last week Otis Preston, a frame
hand, was fired for refusing to clean
his frame on his own time. Preston
is a strong union man and his boss,
Tom Cochran, was obviously dis
eliminating agaist him. Wn5n Pres
ton tried to get the president of the
U.TW. local to send the grievance
committee to the boss about it the
president started blankly and asked
What grievance committee?" And
he refused to go with Preston him
self. Preston went to the boss and
zeb Msngum, the General Super
of all the mills, told him to apollo
gize to Cochran and he could 60
back to work. Preston used similar
language on Mangum while refus-
ing to apologize.
Bill Ballinger was fired a short
time before for telling a company
suck the union would strike if
Conner didn't put on two eight-hour
shifts. Ballinger is also a strong
union man.
The president of the union is a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Half Of CCC Camp
Deserts
Ry q Worker Corresnnndent


NEW YORK; am not a Com
munist but I notice the Daily
Worker takes an interest in and
publishes letters from fellows in the
CC,C. camps.
This is what happened to us at
the Iona Island Camp near Central
Valley, when the weather was ten
degrees below zero. We were served
cold sandwiches which we had to
eat while we were on the go. They
served us frozen milk for our break
fast cereal which we could not use.
One day, three Of us were dis
honorably discharged" because when
our feet we're almost frozen we
turned into camp and were fined
one dollar.
Every day there were some fell
lows fined for refusal to work. we
three were discharged because we
were "instigators.
We are supposed to get so many
pounds of bread in each days al
lowance. Part Of this was turned
in to the bread man in exchange
for cookies and cakes, which were
given to the captain.
There were 206 in the camp when
came. Inside of only two weeks
there are only 100 left. Most of the
men either deserted or we're dis
charged for protesting bad condi-
lions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Oliver Strikers Reject Arbitration;
Unions Promise Sympathetic Action

expects to feed and house scabs in
the future.
Brothers Frank Horvath and
Horky made good at today's meet
ing, calling on the workers to
tighten all picket lines. The entire
strike committee, which consists Of
rank and file workers from the
plant, is carrying out it's duties in
a militant manner. So far there
has been no police interference.
The Studebaker union of $500
members has pledged strike to
support the Oliver workers If they
are attacked. The Bendix Brake
and Aviation Plant of 4,200 work
ers is also demanding wage in
.creases and union recognition. The
men will strike if the demands are
not granted. There is sentiment for
a general strike if the Oliver work.
ers are attacked.
The Oliver workers are demand
ing a 30 per cent increase in wages.
recognition Of A. F. of L. Local
1905 and no discrimination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

Leaders Desert UT. W. Local
AS Militant Stand Is Taken

Defense Committee in the shop
where many workers read it. The
super saw it and vent into fits.
That same day Overman was fired
on the excuse that he had been
talking to a girl on a nearby set Of
looms. Later the super told him
that if he would tell who put the
leaflet in the mill, he could have
his job back.
The local officials of the United
Textile Workers, who fought so
desperately against the rank and
files determination to support the
six innocent workers, have really
shown their colors since we put
motion through to get behind the
Workers Defense mittee.
Sonny" Davis, the president, and
his chief lieutenants, the Socialist"
Carmel and a certain Tanner, are
doing all they can now to sabotage
the union and to break it.
At the last meeting this President
Davis and his lieutenants failed to
show up. They did not come neer
the union hsll all day. Davis has
set himself up in business" here in
town and seems to have lost in
terest.
In addition to staying away from
the union meeting without an apol-
ogy, they have started the lying
tale, that "the reds have gotten
control of the union" and German
was going to take the charter away
because the reds are in the union"
This goes to show the true colors
OF these company stools. Just as
soon as the rank and file votes to
do something which the company
is against, these union leaders" re-
fuse to come near the union hall
and try to start lying gossip about
the union. But we rank and file
workers are more determined than
ever to build our union into q real
workers union and we do not re-
greet the loss Of such stools as Davis,
Carmel and their gang.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

For the first time over a length of
time a united front was built. This
Conference to Aid the Striking
Printers ranged from the Central
Trades Council, Typographical
Union, Silk and Dye Workers
Unions to the S. P. and G. P. A
united campaign was initiated to
support the printers in their fight
against the two daily scab news
papers in the city. These printers
issued their own paper which has
wide circulation. The circulation of
the two scab sheets have dropped
considerably. The Conference has
launched drive for the establish
ment Of daily labor paper in Pat
erson. This Conference has definite
~ proved that many shades of
opinion can unite around a definite
object in support of the workers.
All these developments have given
great impetus TO the labor move
ment of Paterson The Communist
Party has grown in prestige and or
ganization. Our influence has pen
etrated to new groups and people
where formally we were not.
The unemployed movement al
though weak has great possibilities
with the building of unemployed
groups in the unions With the
growth of the rank and file struggle
and the anti-fascist campaign, q
new group Qtalians, who comprise
large percentage Of the popula-
tom has been drawn closer into the
revolutionary movement.
This is the situation which creates
favorable background for the
building of labor party in the city
of Paterson and in PasSaic County
Labor Chiefs Active
Weaknesses prevail in some of oul
work. The major and most serious
shortening that must be overcome
is the neglect in our work among
the Negro people. In order to in
sure success Of labor party. work
among the Negroes must be started
! Immediately around the Negro.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
OeWOrkers Back
Militant Slate
BY Shoe Worker Correspondent

BY Shoe Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, Mass.-The Stitchers'
Local of Boston at a special meet
ing on Wednesday, Jan. 30, nom
mated and endorsed Fred G. Bic
denkapp for General Organizer of
the United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union. The local also en-
dorSed Ralph Holmes of Hayerhill
for Secretary Treasurer, Joe Co.'S
tello Of Haverhill and Myer Klar-
field of Boston as members of the
General Executive Board Most of
the other locals will hold meetings
for the nomination Of general Of
ficials during this week.
The indignation of the member
ship of the United" was so great
against the announcement made by
the Resident Committee of the
General Executive Board that the
members of the G. E. B. of terri
tory No. l will remain in office
for another year, that the officials
were forced to retreat twice.
First, they announced to all To-
Gals that four members of territory
No. l will remain in Office for an
other year, and six are to be
elected. Even when this announce
ment came, which was already a
concession, still almost all local
unions of New England passed mo-
lions demanding that the General
Executive Board resign and a new
one be elected in its place. This
week another announcement came
to the locals that the whole G.EB.
has decided to resign" and that
an entire G.. E. B. is to be nom
mated and elected.
There are reports from Lynn and
Haverhill that several locals have
nominated and endorsed Fred Bic
denkapp and Holmes for General
Organizer and Secretary Treasurer.
This shows that the shoe workers
are convinced that only by elect
ing a militant, fighting leadership
can the union be built and
strengthened.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Wages Cut on City
and Relief Jobs
BY a Worker Correspondent

HAVERHILL, Mass. - Thousands
of municipal and E. R. A. workers
in Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell and
other nearby towns are facing wage
cuts and adverse working condi-
tions.
In Haverhill Mayor Dalrymple,
in line with the wage cutting drive
Of the manufacturers, is attempting
to cut the municipal employees and
E. R. A. workers seven and half
per cent. The pay of over a score
Of E. r. A. workers was held back
recently when the pay dispensing
office was moved to Salem. The
workers were left penniless but this
did not jar the city officials any.
A short time ago shed was
burned, and five E. R. A. workers
lost their coats and lunch kits. The
city received the insurance on the
shed but could not reimburse the
workers for their loss" They en-
treated the Salvation Army to solicit
some old coats, thus showing their
sympathy" for the workers.
In Lawrence, Mayor Griffin. at
tempting to balance the city budget
at the expense of the workers, has
ordered a wage cut for all city en-
ployeS. The f1remen, however, re-
fused to accede to the cut. Because
Of their militant stand their pay has
been held back. They are seeking
counsel to litigate the matter.
In Lowell, an E. r. A. worker
father of five children, was SEN
fenced to the Federal Penitentiary
for working on the E. r. A., then
transferring to the P. w. A, thereby
receiving two weeks wages" accord
ing to U. S. Attorney Hurley, who
labeled this worker as "the meanest
man in the United States" At
AmeSbury the hours of work for
each worker on the E. R. A. will be
reduced to 104 per month.
The above instances are typical
of what is going on in Massachusetts,
for E. R. A. workers and municipal
employees.