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he didn't see "how he could have
handled his ship any better under the
circumstances. as the results speak
for themselves"
Admiral King declared "the disci-
pline of the crew was beyond praise
and accounted for the very small loss
of life"
Il think it's wholly unwiSe and
wrong to attempt to say anything
about the cause of the disaster, ="
continued the admiral. In due course,
the commander in chief will order a
court of inquiry, whose function it
will be to inquire into the facts"
The fleet is going into San Fran
cisco, the admiral said. explaining that
wherever there is loss of life, there
must be a Court of Inquiry He added
that he is confidant there will be
ample evidence adduced as to just
how the serious casualty began and
the sequence OF events.
Lieut.. Comdr Wiley got prompt in
formation as TO what happened aboard
and the ballast and fuel slip tanks
were dropped to balance the ship, said
the admiral. Men were stationed at
all points aboard the Macon and each
will tell his own story, and this will
be pieced together
The Court of Inquiry. probably to
be held on one of the ships of the
fleet, will likely be very senior board
asserted Admiral King. He explained
that such board plays the same role
in the Navy as does a grand jury, de-
veloping facts upon which to bast
any further action.
AS the admiral saw it, the court vii
be composed of three officers and 6
Judge advocate. One of these, sale
he. would be expected to be familiar
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Above, left to right: Map Snow
ing point off California where
dirigible Macon crashed and sank
last night; Lieut.. Scott E. Peck,
navigator, who was guiding ship
at time; A. T. Clay, senior officer
on board the Macon, although not
in charge of flight; Lieut.. Comdr.
Jesse L. Kenworthy, executive
officer; Lieut. Comdr. Herbert
Wiley, in command of the Macon.
Wiley also survived the Akron dis
aster, giving a startling account of
that crash during the Navy lnves-
tigation.
At left: Victor L. Babb. who, as
radio operator at Navy headquarters
in San Francisco, spread the alarm
of the disaster.
Center: The giant dirigible being
handled by a ground crew. Note
the tiny figures Of men on the
ground.
"A. P. and Wide World Photos.
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PRINCE AND BRIDE
AGAIN HUNT SHARKS
Duke and Duchess of Kent to Fly
Tomorrow From Trinidad to
Windward Islands.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORT Trinidad, Feb
ruary ia prince turned fisherman,
the Duke of Kent cruiSed about
Trinidad's Bocas Islands Yesterday
with his bride in search Of sharks.
1t was the second time the royal
bridegroom had joined the shark
hunters since arriving here last week
on his honeymoon. Sunday he and
the duchess came back with nothing.
This morning they were off again,
Prince George vowing he would get
his shark before they come back to
land. Tomorrow they will fly to the
Windward Islands.
Their last night in Trinidad will be
marked by small private dance to
be given in their honor by Gov. Sir A.
Claude Hollis and Lady Hollis.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, February
10 H).-SoldierS in the I'd Battalion
| Of the 65th Infantry last night were
busy vanishing the iron helmets they
have never worn in public before.
The reason: The Duke and Duchess
OF Kent will arrive in San Juan to-
morrow and the I'd Battalion will be
| their guard of honor.
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DC. Man, Rescued in Macon
Disaster, Escaped THO Others
Failed by NarrOW Margin
Going on Akron and
Shenandoah.
Father and 2 Brothers
Are Residents of
Washington.

A lucky star seemingly governs the
life of Lieut.. Anthony Leo DAMS
U. S. N, Washingtonian, who was
rescued in the crash Of the alrStlI
U. S. S. Macon off the California
coast and who narrowly escaped
going on the U. S. S. Shenandoah
another of the Nays dirigibles that
crashed in Ohio, and also on the
U, S. S. Akron, which met destruc-
ton off the coast of New jersey IN
the Atlantic.
The father of the lieutenant, Alfred
DAMS, lives on Conduit road here and
one of his brothers. Norman F. DAMS,
Potomac Electric Power Co. employe,
lives with his father, and his other
brother, Robert C. DAMS, makes his
home at 1910 Forty-fourth street. The
latter is an architect in the War De-
partment The lieutenant was aero
logical officer aboard the Macon.
His family recalled the day he was
transferred from sea duty to the U.
S. S. Shenandoah, but delayed report
ing so that he was not aboard at the
time of the disaster. Orders for his
transfer from the U. S. S. Akron came
shortly before the tragedy.
The Navy Department announced
that Lieut.. DAMS is one of the sur
vivors aboard the cruiser U. S. s.
Richmond.
Born in Woonsocket, R. l., February
l, 1899, the lieutenant entered the
Naval Academy in June, 1918, from
North Dakota, and he was graduated
four years later. Prior to entering the
lighter-than-air service he served
about five years at sea. Members OF
his family said he attended Dowd's
Academy in this city. The naval Off
Ger served at Annapolis, Md, short
time back and he completed grad
uate courses at Harvard and Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology at
Boston, Mass, specializing in aerology
officials here said Lieut.. DAMS was
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MacOn's Officers and Crew

Mr.. Conover, B. G. Perks, l.. E. Schel-
berg, E. w. Kirkpatrick, w. A. Thomp-
son, w. A. Macdonald, w. M. HAM
mond, w. H Clarke, J. B. Connolly,
j. E. Speale and H. H. Ashcraft;
special rating men, P. F. Randall,
A. Frances, w. F. Butcher, j. c. Gill
more, w. S. Kosar, E. E. Daley, w. j.
Bighouse, H. B. Sullivan, T. Glass, "
T. Moss, M. Cariaso, Edward Outlay,
X. H. McArdle, W. H. Germaine, M. I.
Walters and A. F. Glowaski; engi-
neering crew, M o. Miller, chief petty
officer; A. B. Galatian, M. G. Fraas,
jr.; J. N. Garner, G. L. Dunn, S.
Hooper, C. C. Padette, E. Klasson, C.
M. Sleek, C. S. Solar, j. F. Todd, j.
y. Hall, D. r. Stafford, j. c. Jennings,
A. F. Carroll, j. F. Leonard, c. L. De
Forest, j. E. Malha, w. A. Baker, E.
R. Morris, D. w. Rounds, l.. E. Leth-
oven and F. M. Colvert.
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with aviation and. if available. a
lighter-than-air officer.
officials said it was likely the Cen
eral Board of the Navy would be called
upon to decide definitely the military
value of airShipS and recommend TO
Secretary Swanson the policy that
should be adopted.
There was a disposition among line
officers of the service stationed here,
who are not lighter-than-air experts
and not even aviators, to view the
Macon tragedy calmly. Conceding
that there is a structural weakness in
the present design of naval airships,
as indicated by the disasters to the
Akron and Macon, the officers ex-
pressed the opinion that the Navy
Should fight this thing" and not let
the structural weaknesses battle the
service.
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several thirgs could have happened
TO the Macon-a break in the Struc-
ture, a break in the bag, or dis
mantled steering and power gear.
Wives and naval officers not aboard
the dirigible hurried to the Macon's
home port at Sunnyvale, only IS miles
from the ocean grave of the Queen
of the Skies" to await anxiously the
brief reports of the disaster and
rescue.
The aerial beacon which normally
would have welcomed the Macon home
within an hour turned on auto
matically even as the craft sank into
the sea.
Second Close Escape.
It was Lieut.. Comdr Wiley's sec
ond close escape from death in dis
aster to a huge Navy dirigible. Wreck
age and his ability as a swimmer were
credited with his being among the
three survivors of the Akron dis
aSter.
In the hope that the two missing
men may have had similar fortune
IN seizing wreckage and keeping them
selves afloat one cruiser division and
the cruiser Milwaukee were ordered
TO continue the search throughout the
night.
Comdr. Wiley's previous experience
and his intimate knowledge of lighter
than-air craft doubtless played a
large part in preventing heavy loss
of life last night.
While he was giving orders in an
attempt to save the ship he mesSaged:
will abandon ship as soon as we
land on water, somewhere within 90
miles of Point Sur about 10 miles
at sea-"
Maneuvering Successful.
He directed his maneuvering sue
cessfully to bring his charge down
near the line of battle cruisers.
Earlier in the day the Macon had
trouble bucking a wind of near gale
force along the Santa Barbara Chan
mel, but this apparently was not re-
garded as an omen of disaster. While
attempting to head north, she was
driven 80 miles to the southwest, OBJ
servers along the channel reported.
The other 1000 hours aloft of the
Macon, almost identical with the
Akron's hours in the air, mad been
without untoward incident.
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BY the Associated Press.


SUNNYVALE, Calf, February 49,
Following are the officers aboard the
stricken U. S. Navy dirigible Macon.
as announced last night by officers OF
the Naval Air Base here:
Lieut.. Comdr. Herbert v. Wiley,
commanding officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. Edwin P. Cochrane,
engineering officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. Jesse L. Kenworthy,
executive officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. George H. Mills, tao
tical officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. Scott E. Peck, navi-
gator.
Lieut.. Comdr. Donald M. Mackey,
gunnery officer.
Lieut.. Calvin M. Bolster.
Lieut.. Howard M. Coulter.
Lieut.. Anthony L. DAMS.
Lieuts. Harold B. Miller, John D.
Reppy and Frederick N. Kivette,
pilots of the airplanes aboard the
Macon.
Lieut.. George w. Campbell.
Lieut.. Earl A. Van Swearingen.
Lieut.. Gerald L. Huff
Lieut.. Leroy c. Simpler.
Lieut.. C. S. Rounds.
William A. Buckley, chief boatswain.
Emmett c. Thurman, chief ma
chinist.
Comdr. Alfred T. Clay, scheduled to
replace Comdr. Alger H. Dresel as
commander of the Sunnyvale Naval
Air Base. Comdr. Clay had been as
signed to the Macon as an observer
pending his assumption of the post
here next June. Lieut.. Rounds was
also aboard the Macon as an observer
The following roster of enlisted men
aboard the Macon when she crashed
also was announced:
Chief Boatswain's Mate r. ]. Davis;
deck force, w. Brook, E. H. Harring-
ton, T. C. Brandes, E. M. jackson, c.
w. Miller, F. S. DOMAIN, C. z. Adams,
L. E. Gentle, NJ Felt, A. M. Oliver,
H. r. Rowe. w. H. Herndon, jr.: w.
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COURT TO PROBE
D|R|G|BLE CRASH
Future of Navy Airships
Hinges on Findings in
Inquiry.

The future of airships in the Navy
hinges upon facts to be developed at
the forthcoming Court Of Inquiry
which will sit shortly aboard one of
the battleships of the United States
fleet. Rear Admiral Ernest j. King,
chief of the Bureau Of Aeronautics,
Navy Department, today indicated.
This Court of Inquiry, before which
the survivors of the Macon will testify,
will be convened within a couple OF
days by the commander in chief OF
the United States fleet, Admiral Jo-
seph NJ. Reeves.
Each man will tell his own story
of the disaster and this will be pieced
together" said Admiral King. Until
this is done, it is mere conjecture tC
attempt to establish what really hap
pened.
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SEES OWN CAR STOLEN

READING, Pa, February Is CP.-
Daniel Dudley, private detective, sat
in the Office of Alderman Charles
Lease, comforting on prospective case.
They faced a window, and outside
at the curb was the detectives auto
mobile.
THAT fellow there certainly knows
a good car when he sees one" said
Dudley. Look how he's giving my
new machine the once-over."
"M-u-mmm," agreed the alderman.
Nov look" said Dudley, "hes TAX
ing a peak inside. Maybe he wants
to buy one like-hey! Stop. thief"
City police are helping the private
detective look for his stolen car.
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Ice.Cutters Win Strike.

CONNEAUT LAKE. Pa, February
Is R.-Warm weather probably
would have settled this strike anyway,
but the ice-cutters on Conneaut Lake
got what they wanted. After a two
day walkout the cutting firm granted
a boost of from 20 to 40 cents an
hour and the saving went on before
the thaW commenced.
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PHILATELISTS TO MEET

Washington Society to Hold
"Open House" Session Tonight.
The Washington Philatelic Society
will hold an open house" meeting at
the Hotel Carlton this evening for
stamp collectors of Washington and
vicinity. Philip Simms Warren, treas
urer of the organization, will be
chairman of the Reception Committee.
The program includes brief ad-
dresses, movies, an exhibition OF
stamps and covers, and other features
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-13
Cuba Asks for Machadn.

HAVANA, February 13 lP)-The
State Department yesterday instructed
the Cuban Minister in Paris, Rene
Morales, to ask the French govern
ment for the extradition Of former
President Gerardo Machado on charges
of murder.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Christened Dirigible.

Mrs. Moffett christened the dirigible
Macon at Akron. Ohio, March IL, 1898.
Fear expressed by Comdr. Charles
E. Rosendahl, in charge of the Naval
Air Base at Lakehurst, N. j., that the
Macon would be lost forever, was cor
rotated by word from Comdr. Wiley
that the dirigible had sunk
RoSendahl, veteran blimp skipper
and survivor Of the crash of the NAVY
dirigible Shenandoah, observed one OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
By AMY TER

am on the Pit Committee" he said
But the company only recognizes
us If it chooses. If it chooses, the
company can refuse to take up cases
with the Pit Committee, but saws in
stead: Well take up this case with
your Board Member. They do this
whenever there is a big case. When
they think there1l be trouble. Nat
urally the Board Member is lined
up with the company, so we lose
our case"
This is exactly the way things
have been going at the Jones and
Laughlin mines. A few weeks back
the Pit Committee at Vesta No. 5.
where the recent strike first broke
out, protested to the superintendent
against the shifting of union men
around in the mine. They claimed
that the company was shifting men
in order to change active unionists
from good Jobs to bad Jobs, and
from good places in the mine to
water holes, places with thick slate.
ETC., where they could not make
anything, and would be forced to
quit.
Refused to Deal with Committee
The superintendent refused to set
tie the case with the Pit Commit
tee. William Feeney, U. M. w. of A.
Board member for the district.
and International Organizer, was
called in. Feeney ruled in the com
panys favor on the ground that the
company had offered the men other
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
Colorado Relief Strike
Against Slave W ag es
Solid in Second Week

DENVER. Col, Feb 25. - The
strike Of relief workers in Greeley,
Colo, is now in its second week,
with practically all the workers SOL
idly out, more than 300 in Greeley.
The strike is now starting to spread
out into nearby towns and FIT. Nor
gan and Sterling in northeastern
Colorado.
The demands of the strikers in
clude so cents an hour, and a guar-
antee of $50 a month for a family
of four.
At FIT. Morgan, county workers are
getting 30 cents an hour and city
workers IS cents. This is far below
the amount necessary for the aver
age family Strike sentiment is
strong at Fort Morgan. A number
Of workers we're laid off for "agi-
tation" but now the officials find
themselves confronted with the ne
cessity of laying off all the workers
if they wish to fire agitators.
Since the successful demonstra-
ton of Feb. 2 when the workers
marched through the streets with
banners, the militancy of the work
ers has been steadily rising.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

jobs for those from which they were
transferred, and, according to the
agreement, the company has the
sole right to direct the working
force" incidentally and typically,
Feeney was placed in his present
position by the Lewis machine after
the F'ayette County miners literally
drove him out of their district in
1888 for his part in breaking their
strike.
The situation indicated in vesta
No 5 is typical of the general stu
alton in the captive mines. In ad-
dition to direct violence-shootin
of union men, bombing their houses.
etc, by company thugs. the COM
panies employ number of methods
similar to those used in Vesta No
to freeze out active unionists. The
company union men, or Brother
hoods, get twice as many DAYS q
week as the union men. A Joint
meeting of the Republic Steel
Corporation locals with COM
pany officials to demand an end
to discrimination, and closed shop
union mine, stated that U. M. w.
of A. members were being laid off
for dirty coal, and mot one of the
Brotherhoods has lost day for the
same reason; union men who had
worked for the company for long
time had been changed to the night
Shift, and new men put in their
places on the dayshift, etc.
Miners at the Bethlehem Mines
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

Corporation mines say that their
company capitalizes the plight of
the miner youth, demanding that
father and son join the Brother
hood before the boy can get his first
job in the mine.
Company interviewed
The companies also intervene di-
rectly in the inner union affairs of
the U. M w. of A. locals actively
cooperating with the Lewis ma
chine to force the militant Rank
and File elements out of positions
In the union. There is the case of
young Mike Stanevitch. an out
standing leader of the Rank and
File in the Pittsburgh District.
elected as president of the u. M.
w. Of A. local at the Russelton mine
Of the Republic Steel Corporation
last June, on q Rank and File slate.
when the Rank and File cleaned out
the Lewis machine in a large num-
Der of locals in the Pittsburgh Dis
trict.
The company fired Stanevitch
from his job as coal loader together
with around $50 of the most active
union men; and then demanded
that the local remove him from Of
flee on the ground that he no longer
worked in the mine. The District
machine backed the company. but
couple OF hundred miners backed
Mike Stanevitch, and he still is
president of the Russelton local
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26

company unions side by side with
the U. M. w. of A. locals in each of
their mines. Under the clauses out
having all strike action, empowering
the companies to levy fine of a
dollar a day on every striker. and
abolishing the voice of the Pit Com
mittee in hiring and firing (provi-
sions in the Appalachian Agreement
applying to the closed-Shop union
commercial mines, as we'll as to the
captive mines, the steel corpora
lions have free hand to use dis
elimination and terror to drive
union men into the company unions
or out of the mines, in mines even
where the U. M. w. of A. local has
the overwhelming majority of the
membership.
The special captive mines ''indi-
vidual recognition" provision. which
substitutes recognition of John l..
Lewis as an individual for the union
recognition for which the captive
miners struck and struck again in
1888, allows the company to refuse
to meet with Pit Committees or To-
cal officials, in cases where the lat
ter are known as fighters, to go over
their heads and carry on all nego-
tiations with picked Lewis machine
District or International officials.
How 1t Works
A Pit Committeeman at one of
the Bethlehem Steel mines recently
described how this individual rec
ognition' works out in practice. 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
i. S. Orders
Deportation
OfUniOnM Man

WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. 25. -
Gust Saderquist, militant member
of the Paving Cutters Union.
Branch No. 9, of the A. F. of L.. has
been ordered deported to Sweden
because Of his labor activities.
Arrest on Job
Saderquist was arrested on his
job last fall by immigration au-
thorities and taken to Portland,
Maine, for hearing of the case. He
has been in the United States for
the past twenty years. and has been
active in organizing the paving cut
tiers.
His fellow workers on the Job
Immediately raised the $1,000 de-
manded for his release pending de-
cision from Washington, D. c.
Part of Campaign
His work in the labor movement
especially his activities in organiz-
ing joint committees of the various
locals of the Paving Cutters Union.
to fight for relief for the unem-
ployed, has won him the hatred of
the employers and the local author
tiles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-26
A GRAVEYARD
Lost Chances To Build Movement Have for MOnu
ments Those Tall Piles of UnsoId 'Dailies'

does work while we sleep. But
there it rests in those piles.
Why"
How is this possible? II Is be-
cause our units never check I'D on
the comrades work. They collect
the money. The comrades paw. But
they do not circulate their papers.
In that pile We have the papers
telling about the Dickstein commit
tee, the attacks Of the Roosevelt
government, the united front, all in
neat. well-kept pile ="
The report of the subsection rep
resentative indicates the following
mistakes in the work Of the units:
The units accept quotas but they
only check up on the fulfiIment of
these quotas financially, not politi-
cally.
No houses have been chosen for
concentration.
No permanent connections have
been built in the houses.
Mute Accusers
A monument then grows in a
corner Of the headquarters, built up
entirely Of papers that should have
been brought to the masses.
The comrades become hardened.
They can walk by this monument
of theirs without disturbing their
sense Of duty to their class. Now
they already have three Of them.
well laid straight, man-high piles.
And this takes place at a time
when the enemies of the working
class are making special efforts to
spread their poison among the
workers and when fascism is at
lacking with increasing violence.
We must see that the prompt
payment of debts is accompanied
by a good circulation for the Daily
Worker. Every unsold Daily Worker
is q mute sccuser!