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The Washington times., 1935-06-06
American Communist Reveals Contrast
Between Lives of Red FunctiOnaries
And Mass of People
By ANDREW SMITH

In America and elsewhere the hirengs and dupes of Stain
carry violent propaganda under the banner defend the
Soviet government"
In Soviet Russia the workers silently praying for the
defeat of the Soviet government in the event of
Last year. when the danger of between Russia and
Japan seemed imminent number Of workers at the Click
trozavod the Moscow electric plant where employed,
engaged me in conversation the prospects of
asked if it true the Soviet press wrote, that
the United States would join Japan attack the Soviet
Union. I replied that everything possible.
"oh, what blessing that would be the workers
claimed.
was taken aback although knew how bitter the people
'elt towards the government, and asked:
why do you think that it would be blessing?
Hope Japan Would Seize Country
whats the good of living? We cant go on this way War
would be much better Perhaps Japan would take over.
Why do you talk that way? asked trying to conceal
why? Because we can't bear it any longer" the
epy.
"Seventy-five kopecks month. Ah you don't think so!
is the truth The rs rubles that make just like Is
opecks in times past
''And how much do you earn?" asked another man.
"Three hundred rubles" the II am in the
highest category, and have large family and all wages
amount to is 800 rubles good machins Before the
revolution earned 100 rubes but had nice apartment
Now we live in barracks
"Look at my clothes have shoes There is bread
the house fought in the revolution the side Of the
bolsheviks and that's what The loafers and he
pointed at funconaries, "are getting along nicely
We workers rong from hunger All, there only
war! We would know whom to fight"
aren't you afraid to talk that way?" said:
"No!' he exclaimed Let them take away right now,
can't stand any It's all the to There
plenty of my kind in prison"
Challenge Answered.; He Vanishes
month later this worker seized and disappeared
without trace,
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S|BLEY UPHOLDS
CONSTITUTION

DETROIT, June 6 G.N.SO.
Any plans New Dealers may have
to seek a constitutional amend
ment to give the Federal Gov
eminent control over industrial
and economic affairs will be op-
posed by Harper Sibley, president
of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
In his first speech since such
proposals were banded about in
the Nations Capital, made before
the triennial convention of the
Federation of Women's Clubs to-
day, Mr.. Sibley said the scheme
would not work within the
American form of government.
He said:
"Our country still possesses
the initiative and courage to
move forward by Self-deveIop-
ment."
He expressed belief that the
majority Of business men will
voluntarily continue the provi-
Sions Of the NRA codes invali-
dated by the Supreme Court,
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population the workers and peasants form the underdog
class.
The bureaucracy from Stain down. is the ruling class,
just like the czar's nobility used to be- The loathe
the governing and privileged fnctonares They call them
parasites boodsuckers To the the entire govern
ment is a vast hive of leeches.
The contrast between the life of the Soviet aocracy
and the downtrodden workers is appalling
had friend working in the G. P. U. and residing in
apartment house restricted to g. P T. officials In the
number of visits to my friend eventually invited
the home of Of the higher G. U. officials living in
the same building
led into gorgeous apartment equipped
with it's kitchen and individual bathroom with elevator
service telephones, steam heat, hot and cold water.
Ny lived here with his wife and maid
The couple had children.
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An unrelenting attack on the
Wheeler Rayburn utility holding
corporation bill by conservatives
in both parties today appeared to
have won, at least, a partial modi-
fication of the measure in the
Senate.
A flood of 81 amendments we're
sponsored by the conservatives, as
a deluge of Geographic protests
against the bill continued.
Conservative leaders were boast
ing they would be able to recon-
NIT the measure to the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
for complete revision. This was
denied by Administration leaders.
The bill would outlaw many
utility holding corporations by
1910, permit some to continue un-
til 1912 and in a few instances,
permit operation of such com
panies indefinitely if in the public
interest. 1t has been attacked
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Senate to Speed
Air Defense Bill
international News Service

Senate military leaders today
anticipated speedy action on the
Wilcox bill providing for construc-
ton of six primary air defense
bases and an indefinite number
of landing fields for use by the
Army air force in transcontinental
maneuvers.
The measure, sponsored by Rep
resentative wilcox CD, of
Florida, was approved within
few minutes by the House yester-
day.
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NAVY YARD FIRE
PER|LS PLANT

After battling for hours, fire
men early today brought under
control a blaze in the coal bunk
ers near the power house at the
Navy Yard.
Three alarms brought out all
down town apparatus in addition
to the Navy fire fighting unit and
the fire boat.
The fire, which menaced 100,'
900 tons of coal, is believed to
have started from spontaneous
combustion. It was first discov-
cred about 2:30 a. m. and was
placed under control six hours
later.
All the Marines stationed at the
yard were turned out when the
blaze was discovered, and heavy
guard, assisted by 40 policemen,
was posted to prevent intruders
from entering.
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Patrol Boys Get
Awards Tomorrow

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 6.
More than 100 awards will be
made to members of the school
boy patrols of the Alexandria
schools here tomorrow by the
American Automobile Association.
Ninety certificates and Is
medals will be presented at 10
o'clock by Superintendent T. C.
Williams and Capt. of Police
John S. Arnold.
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Clad in heavy dark silk dress cut very low she silk
stockings and hghheeed shoes to match Occasionally she
glanced at her imported gold wrswatch and oyed with her
pear necklace
We were served in the brilliantly lighted dningroom with
delcaces which had in the Soviet Union There
real tea served in delicate Oriental eacup poured from
enormous steamng silver samovar.
The knives forks and spoons apparently relics of the
treasures of the deunct Russian arsocracy There
special silver service for each We had white bread
butter caviar cheese fresh radshes saami fish, fresh fruit
apples pears raspberry compete delicious Russian candies
and pastry and cognac of the most ancient vintage.
In the of the repas hostess consumed most
generous portion of the cognac She began laugh hyser
cay and talk in loud tones.
This is the tenth of series of articles Soviet Russia
By Andrew Smith, an American Communist.
The Washington times., 1935-06-06
Jaw Is Fractured
When MenBeatHiml

Accosted by two white men at
Delaware and Constitution AYES.
N. w., early today, Austin Bran
men, %, of the 100 block Twelfth
st. N. E., was beaten severely.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for a fractured jaw.
He told police he was unable to
explain the attack and said the
men made no effort to rob him.
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JOSEPH STAIN

the meeting Of the nonCommunist speakers remarked
to confidentaly:
If Japan declares against Russia the workers will
be glad
Last December when the Of the assassination of the
allpowerful Serge Krov in Leningrad reached the
Eektrozavod," the workers geeful They secretly
wished for Stain to meet the fate.
All the while they adopting resolutions prepared by
the Communist administration expressing their indignation
the murder of 'he beloved leader of the
And in their hearts there murder for these leaders
For the people of the Soviet Union divided if by
gulf into two major classes. The vast iorty the
The Washington times., 1935-06-06
Heart Victim Dies
On Stairs in Home

Mrs. Mary A. Sprosser, 81, first
block Third st. N. E., was found
dead at the foot of the stairway
at her home early today by her
son, William C. Sprosser.
A victim of heart disease, police
concluded, Mrs. Sprosser had gone
to the first floor of her home to
obtain some medicine when she
collapsed.
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UTILITY BILL TO BE EASED.

chiefly as unconstitutional on a
number of grounds, including the
charge it would delegate un-
limited power to the Federal Sc
curities and Exchange Commits
sion to destroy private property
without due process of law.
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Luxury. at Every Turn

IN the sitting room, reading a mag
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PENTECOST SERVICES

ALEXANDRIA, June 6.-Spe-
cial services in observance of the
Jewish holiday, Pentecost, will be
held here Friday and Saturday in
the Agudas Achim Synagogue on
Wolf Street.
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Challenge ANSWERED; He Vdnishes

month later this worker seized and disappeared
without any trace
Patriotism in Russia is dead Starvation and terror have
killed the love of the country At the time of the Japanese
menace open meeting of the workers called at
plant There many addresses by Communists and non
Communists assang Japan That for publicity After
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SunptuOus Furnishings

The apartment sumptuousy furnished with thckly
upholstered chairs soft touches and expensive antiques Scat
tered throughout the suite SMALL handcarved tables
covered with beautifully coored mosas made of Ural
stone
From ceiling in each hung heavy crystal chan
deler casting gerng light These supplemented by
The Washington times., 1935-06-06
RUSSIA WORKERS STARVE BUT OFFICIALS LOL LUXURY

modern standing electric lamps of cut glass and silk
shades.
1t the most luxurious apartment had seen,
richer than the apartment of the wealthy businessman
in Pittsburgh for whom my wife had worked a cook.
found the lady of the house reclining in soft easy chair
in the sitting room, reading a magazine.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Embassy Scene
Of Dinner

The Ambassador of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics and
Nine. Troyanovsky gave din
ner last evening at the embassy
in Sixteenth Street.
Their guests included the Am
bassador of Italy, Signor Augusta
Rosso; the Turkish Ambassador
and Nine. Munir, Senator and
Mrs. Key Pittman, Senator and
Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, the
United States Ambassador to
the Soviet Union, Mr.. William c.
Bullitt; the Austrian Minister
and Nine. Prochnik, and Miss
Valerie Prochnik; the Minister
of the Irish Free State and Mrs.
MacWhite, the Uruguayan Min
lister, Mr.. Jose Richling; Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Sam D. Nc
Reynolds, Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clement
Dunn, the Counselor of the
Polish Embassy and Nine. Soko-
lowska, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Richberg, DR.. Stanley K. Horn
beck, Miss Marguerite LIE Hand,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank SimondS,
Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin, the Counselor of the
Soviet Embassy and Nine.
Skvirsky and the First Secretary
of the Embassy and Nine. Ney-
mann.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20

The Chilean Embassy in Mas
sachusetts Avenue was the
scene of q large reception yes
terday afternoon, when the Am
bassador, Senor Don Manuel
Trucco, entertained in honor of
the members Of the Chilean
Education Commission who are
on official business in the
United States.
This group includes, Senor
Don Juvenal Hernandez, rector
OF the University of Chile;
Senor Don Gustavo Lira. some
time rector and present dean OF
the University's School of Math-
ematics: senor Don Dario Be-
navente, director Of the School
of Juridical Science; Senor Don
Raul Ramirez, secretary of the
second Pan American Congress
on Education, and professor OF
English at the Chilean Univer'
sity's Pedagogic Institute; Senor
Don Domingo Duran, former
Minister of Education, and Sc
nora Amanda Labarca, mem
ber of the Council Of the Uni
versity of Chile, and a former
director of the secondary educa-
ton of Chile.
Daughters Assist Host
The Ambassador was assisted
in receiving by his daughters.
Senoritas Marta, Graciela and
Rebeca Trucco. Sonora Labarca,
woman member Of the commits
sion, also stood in line with
the host. She wore a smart
dark blue crepe gown with a
hat to match trimmed with
a touch of red and white.
Senorita Marta Trucco was IN
slate blue crepe, made on long
gracefully draped lines, with
short puffed sleeves; Senorita
Graciela Trucco chose a navy
blue and White pin dot frock,
and Senorita Rebeca Trucco
was in a lovely gown of dove
gray chiffon.
The guests were received in
the large drawing room to the
left of the entrance on the
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Luncheon Today

Mrs. Garden, wife of Repre-
sentative Cap R. Garden Of
Kentucky, entertained at a
luncheon at the Mayflower, in
compliment to her sister-in-law,
Mrs. C. B. Larimore, Of Mum
fordville. KY.
The company included Mrs.
Alben w. Barkley, Mrs. F.
Ryan Duffy, Mrs. Brent Spence,
Mrs. Glover H. Cary, Mrs. Will
liam V. Gregory, Mrs. Emmett
O'Neal, Mrs. Fred M. Vinson,
Mrs. John N. Robsion, Mrs.
Basil Duke Edwards, Mrs. An
drew J. May, Mrs. C. E. Boles,
and Miss Frances McElroy Car
den, daughter of the hostess.
The Minister of China and
Nine. SEE and the Minister Of
the Union Of South Africa and
Mrs. Close were the guests of
honor at the dinner given last
evening by Mrs. Thomas Henry
Clay Reed in her apartment at
2101 Connecticut Ave. The
company numbered IA.
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Miss McNinch.
Bride Today

The marriage of Miss Mary
Groome McNinch, daughter of
the Chairman of the Federal
Power Commission and Mrs.
Frank Ramsay McNinch, and
Mr.. John Merritt Hunter, jr.,
son of Rev. and Mrs. John Mer-
ritt Hunter, will take place
this evening at 8 o'clock at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Reverend Hunter Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. DR.. Jo-
seph R. Sizoo, pastor Of the
church.
Miss Ariel McNinch will act
as maid of honor for her sister.
and the other attendants will be
Miss Huldah McNinch, another
sister; Mrs. Frank Ramsay Nc
Ninch, jr., her sister-in-law; Miss
Marion Virginia Hunter, sister
of the bridegroom; Mrs. Roy Ar.
thur Gezelius. Mrs. Stephen van
Rensselaer, Splitter, and Mrs.
Ben Cole Norton.
Robert Groome McNinch,
small brother of the bride, will
be the ringbearer. Mr.. De-
Wayne Greenwood Hunter, OF
New York, brother of the bride
groom, will act as best man,
and the ushers will be Mr..
Stephan van Rensselaer, Spit
ler, Mr.. Ben Cole Norton, Mr..
Robert C. Lisk and DR.. Louis
Dan Jones, all of Washington;
Mr.. Charles jenkins, of Char.
lotte, N. c., and Mr.. Charles
jenkins, of New York.
A reception will follow the
ceremony at the home Of the
brides parents. and later the
couple will leave for their hon
eymoon.
Mrs. Francis r. Hagner is at
the Weylin Hotel, In New York.
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Word comes to us from
Egypt that Gen. and Mrs.
William Crozier, of this city,
who have been visiting in
Cairo, were hosts at a bril-
liant dinner party there at
which our Minister to that
country, the genial and hand
some Bert Fish, of Florida,
was present; also former SEN
ator and Mrs. David A. Reed,
of Pennsylvania, who have so
many friends in the Capital.
Apropos of this, I was told
recently that Mrs. Reed was
chosen as one of the most
prominent business women
in the country in a poll con-
Quoted by a Bureau of Eco
nomic Research, which Sc
lected the Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, Miss Joseph
inc L. Roche, who is the only
woman mine executive in the
United States, as the leading
business woman. Mrs. Og-
den Mills Reid and Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
were also on the list.
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Sonora de Finot, the
very charming oOife of the
Minister of Bolivia, WGs
glimpsed at tea time Mon-
day 2Uith Mrs. Paul Buckley,
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Dinner Party
/ asst EVeninQ

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Francis
Mullen gave a dinner last eve
ming at the Shoreham, in COM
pliment to their sister-in-law,
Mrs. John C. Mullen, of Falls
City, Neb., who is visiting them.
The other guests were Rep
resentative and Mrs. John F.
Dockweiler, of California; Rep
resentative Harry B. Coffee of
Nebraska; Mrs. Catherine Doug
las; Mr.. George Shea; Mr.. Ar
thur Francis Mullen, jr., son of
the hosts, and Mr.. Chester A.
Gerbracht, of Los Angeles, Cal.
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Newcomers Here

The neWly-appointed Attache
Of the Japanese Embassy, Mr..
Jiro TakaSe, and Nine. TakaSe
have arrived in Washington and
are at the Shoreham where they
will remain for a week or more
before taking up permanent
residence here.
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zoagN q? \! i, Topics
GTrado Mark RSgIStOrOd)

a former Bolivian, and an.
other friend.
She Was aOedring q Very
. modiSh afternoon go1Vn of
wood-green ribbed geor-
gette, made on simple lines,
aUith q black stra1O hat, one
of the neoO Spanish sailor
models, With a flat TRIM
ming IN Which green, gel
looO and white appeared.
Mrs. Buckley Vas smart
IN a black ensemble With
a little pill-boG turbGn.
Adolph Merz, who is on the
wing most of the time, first
in Montreal, next in Havana,
with a few days in Miami to
top off a wonderful cruise in
Southern waters, is back in
town and Saturday he is
planning to give a large cock
tail party for that popular
pair, Gwendolyn Brownlee
and s. Abbott Maginnis,
whose engagement was an
nounced a few months ago.
The glamorous Gwen, with
Mr.. Maginnis and Ida Kite,
were cocktailing with some
friends a day or two ago.
Mrs. Kites beautiful color
ing and prematurely gray
hair was set off with a gown
of black crepe matelasse and
a cherry red French felt, with
a silk rope trimming of the
same shade caught with gold
clips.
Mrs. Brownlee was re-
splendent in a new dark blue
ensemble of a sheer material,
with a cross bar pattern made
with a cape reaching to her
finger tips with Sits for her
arms. Her blue toque that
was reminiscent of China
had the brim turned up all
around and the crown, which
extended into a point, topped
with two rather large silk
flowers, one of a deep shade
of pink and the other of a
paler tint.
A triple strand of pearls
and white pull-on gloves COM
pleted the picture.
Saw Gertrude Faust driv-
ing her sporty little black
coupe, with the red stripes
across the doors, downtown
yesterday and she was wear
ing one of the new tweed out
fits in a rich shade Of brown
with a brimmed hat to match,
which turned up in the back
and down in front.
DR.. and Mrs. Richard
Derby, the latter the daugh-
ter of the late President
Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt, who have been
abroad for several months,
are in Switzerland. Mrs.
Derby and their daughters
went to Italy in November,
where the young women were
placed in school. DR.. Derby
joined them in December for
the Christmas holidays. The
family will return late in the
spring to Old Adam House,
their home at Oyster Bay.
X X X
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Belgian Envoy
.DinnerHost

The Ambassador of France
and Nine. de Laboulaye were
the ranking guests at the din
ner given last evening by the
Ambassador of Belgium and
Countess van der Straten-Pon"
thoz at the embassy in Massa'
chusetts Avenue. The company
numbered "a.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20

for the Easter which promises to be marked
will be with number of large formal paries certainly
like April May going have the jump June in
marriages. if the dates selected far any indication.
the Month of Roses will have its usual large
know of several girls who have been selected dates hn
but don them announced yet.
Mrs. Swanson Enjoying Real Rest at Resort
These Lenen days Turing the particularly
members Of the Cabinet circle Mrs George Dern wife of the
Secretary of War; who Miami visiting Mr. Mrs George
Steiner has feted delightful affairs which
winter residents have been present. and letters
that there will prolonged than
BEFORE of the folk planning keep their
villas until June
One of Washngton most delightful hoe Mrs Ralph Worth
ington, whose magnificent home Miami Bay Terrace
gathering place for the e has been dvotng much Of her time
interesting people of prominence there in the restoration of
The Washington times., 1935-03-20


Mrs. Swanson, wife of the
Secretary of the Navy, slipped
away quietly to Atlantic City,
where she spent the first few
days of her stay in absolute Sc
clusion, resting and enjoying
the sunshine and marvellous salt
air there, which have recupera.
tive powers that are famous the
country over.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Lambert
are also sojuorning there, and
Mrs. Lambert, whose daily con-
stitutional is as much a part of
her life as orange juice for
breakfast is with most of us,
can be glimpsed any day walk
ing briskly on the Boardwalk in
the smartest of black caracul
coats cut on tailored lines, with
a black toque either of the same
fur or of felt.
New Spring Style
Speaking of clothes, taffeta,
which has such a crisp, in
triguing look to winter-weary
eyes, and is only one of a wide
variety of fashion firsts for
spring, permits an individuality
of silhouette which allows for
greater elegance and more per-
sonal type of clothes than the
smart world has seen in years.
Suits of it in dark blue with
hip-length coats either made on
strictly tailored lines or with
inverted pleats or other trim
ming are very popular. And
they are worn with pill-box hats
made of tiny folds of crepe or
taffeta, with halo wells, that are
the last word. These suits are
being worn under fur or cloth
swagger coats which flare al.
most from the shoulder line, the
lower part ending in ripples.
One of the most interesting
and delightful women in At
1antic City just now is Mrs.
John Kendrick Bangs, widow
of the distinguished author
and lecturer, whose presence
at the Traymore Hotel is a con-
slant delight to her friends and
acquaintances.
She is petite, with a chic that
Is altogether Parisienne, and
like all women of taste, she
affects tailored models for day.
time wear, from sheers to tweeds,
and the loveliest filmy things
for the evening. One of her din
ner gowns is of black starched
chiffon and lace, with tur-
quoise blue grosgrain ribbon
band encircling the bodice above
the waistline, the ends tied in
a flat bow in the front just be-
low the square decolletage, Civ.
ing the effect of vestee.
CQ4ng40
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Tea Cancelled

Mrs. Roosevelt has cancelled
the tea she was to have given
at the White House this after
noon, owing to the serious con-
dition of Col. Louis McHenry
Howe, secretary to the Presi-
dent. She will be unable to at
tend the reception planned by
the Women's Democratic Edu-
cational Council for Friday at
the MayfloWer and all other
social engagements have been
foregone.
The Minister of Panama,
Senor DR.. Ricardo j. Alfaro,
left yesterday for Oklahoma,
where he will speak at the Pan
American Students Forum. He
will return to the Capital on
Sunday.
Baroness Hostess
Baroness Won Nagle. of Flor
ence, Italy, who spent part of
the past season in Washing
ton, entertained at a luncheon
today at the Mayflower, her
guests including Mrs. James
Hamilton Lewis, Frau Leltner,
Mrs. James Francis Sullivan,
Mrs. Huntington Williams, Mrs.
St. John Greble, Mrs. Frederic
Atherton. Mrs. Wilbur w. Hub
bard, Miss Antoinette Greely,
Miss Rose Greely, and Mrs.
Francis S. Whitten.
The Minister of China, Mr.
Sao-Ke Alfred SEE, will have as
his guest at luncheon tomorrow
at the Legation on Vernon
Street Dean Frank L. Martin, OF
the School of Journalism of the
University of Missouri, at Co.
lumhia. Mo.