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Evening star., 1936-06-18
lAN0THER M'NAIR PROBE
| is REFUSED BY JUDGE
Request of Pittsburgh Council to
Broaden Investigation Is
Denied.

~ the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, June 1S.-Judge
Ralph H. Smith refused q request
by city Council yesterday for Q grand
Jury investigation Of all the oficial
acts of william N. McNair since he
became Mayor in 1884.
The Judge, who already has author
lied an investigation Of the police
courts, told o committee representing
the Council that to broaden the in
quiry would open the way for possible
political maneuvering.
Former Mayor William A. Magee,
arguing for the committee, charged
that constant turmoil and strife has
existed in the safety department"
under McNair.
He contended the mayor, since tax
ing once, has had four directors Of
public safety, three superintendents Of
police, four city solicitors and has
Evening star., 1936-06-18
HORACE TAFT URGES
END OF 'SPOILS SYSTEM
b. the Associated Press.


NEW HAVEN, Conn. June ls.-
Horace D. Taft, brother Of the late
President Taft, urged the establish
ment Of merit system" for govern
ment positions yesterday as q substi-
tute for the "spoils system"
In a brief talk Robert Moses, New
York park commissioner, predicted the
United States will survive even Mr..
Roosevelt" Their statements were
cheered by more than $500 Yale
Alumni at the annual commencement
luncheon.
Taft and Moses were among II re-
cipients of honorary degrees at Yale's
235th commencement exercises. In ad-
dition, the university conferred l.lss
degrees in courses. Taft was honored
with doctor Of law, and Moses with
master of arts.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

when she struggled with him for pos
session Of the weapon. She likewise
denied she had ever seen Goldberg be-
fore or that she had purchased the
pistol at his shop under an assumed
name.
Bolton was shot to death in his
Loop brokerage ONCE Monday.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

deep into their
favorite subject
Julie Dell
Zimmerman and
ura Tucker
man plu C K e d
leaves from the
outdoor H e | g h
Ho' S Shrubbery
. Mrs. Bucky
H arris stayed
through nine in
ningS of the Pete
MaciaS music
Eleanor Roosevelt
a n d il m m y
Mitchell nrac-
Evening star., 1936-06-18

dismissed 40 or so of the most capable
men in the city employ"
The grand jury investigation led to
the arrest last week of McNair on q
charge he ordered magistrates to dis
continue hearings in criminal cases.
He Is at liberty on bond.
Evening star., 1936-06-18

special project 49,.
the W o / n b o W
Hamilton insists
W DOM at the
its patrons prac-
tically need ear
muns on the hot
test nights, what
with he ne W
cooling syst e m
turning out chills
faster than an
ChOrahapa ,ar.,,~
Evening star., 1936-06-18
LUNCHEON ARRANGED
Social Workers Council to Hold
Final Meeting Tomorrow,

The final luncheon meeting this
season Of the Washington Council
of Social Workers will be held at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Twelfth street
Y. M. c. A. Officers and committee
chairman for the ensuing year will be
elected.
Mrs. Lettie N. Galloway will pre-
Evening star., 1936-06-18
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places.
By the Spectator.
Trad Msrk .. o
By the Spectator.

A r POwHATAN ROOF last week
n Betty McNally celebrated
~ birthday with a cake adorned
4 n by one white candle :. sig
nifying nothing Ned Ellison, the
baby usher, danced with two smiling
ladies -. Hugh Reilly and the Peck
uTatharollc u,opf
Evening star., 1936-06-18

sent q summary Of the eight lectures
delivered during the year on a study
of The Negro Family Of the Dis
trict of Columbia"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20
AS Some Folks Feel

When things get tough, as they
sometimes do,
It helps to tell q fib or two.
Nobody finds out for you see, I'm
smart
In fact Pm a master in that art.
It's SO much easier than the truth
l found that true early in my
youth.
Practice makes perfect the old
poverb goes
Who made that statement no.
body knows.
But you can take a tin from me
You should have a good memory.
Whenever I get myself in a jam
I've found it won't help much to
say damn,
Instead 1 smile to let things slide by
And cover my trail with another
lie.
Some think life's trial; to me it's
a joke,
I'm hiding behind the sturdy oak.
When the tempest strikes and the
thunderbolt,
Take care Of yourself; let some
one else get the jolt.
Though I've caused heartaches by
the score,
My aim is now to float to shore.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20
.c,rtinped from last week.
BE- S4pIEESSSENT CRISIS

80 If the developing
b the e. the tSe forces for the be-
rayd Of Sas war are maturing
de agalllSTS roro all sides, in all
sPidly. The sueI liberals the pacifists'
.g1ntrIsesS,,, list the social-patriSo.tts,
Be ret tsa cover of what look like
1d !.1 snS and ID pro-peace campaigns
cdTa If.t ald preparing for sell
re in s .5s war-makers, are max
Nt to J sro to turn over the masses
. ag he 5sD ihnperialists' -, 1855.
Again. gs1 The e' old ways and methods
sc tI1 lao ans Of betrayal. But the
o % Is, slogans al are not enough; New
ID i nssllces must be added; the
g l.ss. cannot be deceived again in
passes ssTso.iseIy the old ways. 1t
D s'ro becomes of crucial inn
hereL rao to analyze the new and
PoIIa aI forms of betrayal which
9s' .l1nlpearing in the present crisis
- r 20 and Dad" Capitalist
| Powers
rss most fatally dangerous doc
,- Ne a. doctrine which has been
p .lllltss't,aticaIly propagated during
I gsS1 Years by liberals and by
II. lstT4i the Socialist and Communist
s oo-tie ~ throughout the world, is
+ theory that a basic distinction
us F Se drawn between the COM
a.., lsS W "good" capitalist ma
E a-c t6e "peace-Ioving" nations
c cypot Britain, France, and the
United Tl States, on the one hand;
s yli.' on the other, the altogether
s ari' capitalist nations as
Itav and especially Germany.
This theory reasons as follows
Eapisni, especially Hitlerism, only
means war. Therefore, the fight
AGAINST war is the fight against
Tsscisn, and especially against
HaeriSm, the worst form Of
Fascism. The success of Fascism
means the destruction of all demo
Gatic rights. The destruction Of
democratic rights means crushing
q the organizations of the work
ing class, and thus defeat for the
revolutionary movement. Blu t
Easci8m, especially Hitlerism, can
succeed only by war, and since
Fa8cism means war, will inevitably
undertake war.
What then follows? What fol-
lows is the betrayal of the work
ing class Of France, England and
the United States, For, on the
basis Of the above chain of reason
ing, to support the democratic ma
lions in war against Hitler is to
defend democratic rights against
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20

farmer had to sell eggs to buy
buttons it was arguable that, the
farmer was at a certain disadvan-
tage."
The article points out that the
AAA was an attempt to subsidize
the farmer and which its death at
the hands of the Supreme Court
in an election year the government
is forced to carry on the task.
"Once the taxpayer has actual
ly faced the fact that he is now
in farming up to the elbows he
will ask himself, How long," The
answer is simple if somewhat
crude. The American farming on
a plenty basis finds again the
constantly expanding. markets
which such a producing system
means.
American farming, as it is
now organized, cannot survive
without the taxpayers help in a
period of contracting markets, and
it would cost the taxpayer just as
much or more to change American
farming over from a plenty bas-
is to a basis Of artificial scarcity
like that enjoyed by industry.
"The only possible escape from
that conclusion would be a Europ-
can war;"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20
NEED WAR TO HELP
AGRICULTURE HINTS
BIG BUSINESS MAG.

WASHINGTON.-A European
war is the only possible alterna-
tive to having the taxpayers pay.
the cost of farming, Fortune mag
azine says in it's March issue.
The farmer has been tied around
the taxpayers neck, the magazine
which sells at dollar a copy says.
Any congressman could tell this
without taking his feet off the
desk. The federal government will
pick up the farmer where the Su-
preme Court set him down and
carry him considerably farther
than he was carried by the AAA"
Since Lincoln's time" SAYS this
magazine which is spokesman of
business men and which wears the
collar of the wealthy, Industry
has won every important engage
ment in it's struggle with agricul-
ture particularly in it's fight for
tariff which would give Industry
a closed market"
"But not only did industry win.
It also imposed upon the country
an economic partition. In effect
industry set up for itself IAN &C.
onomy of scarcity separate from
the national economy leaving ag-
rlculture to practice an economy
of plenty by itself.
"U. S. industry, its market pro-
tected by tariffs and It's prices
raised by an artificial scarcity,
lived one kind of life. And u. S,
agriculture, it's market the world
and it's prices lowered to meet the
worlds competition lived another"
The article points out that in
| 1920 the agricultural half Of the
nation event to pot" though fol
ten years industrialists refused tc
admit it. 1t is noted that the av.
erage farmers cash income, which
sometimes exceeded $1,000 a year
had fallen to approximately $66 2
year in 1892.
"It began to look as though The
farmer had had dirty deal some
where along the line. What made
it look that way was an awkward
little computation which seemed tx
show that though industrial prices
were still 10 percent above pre-
war level at the very pit of tn,
depression in 1892, farm price
were 48 per cent below. Since tn,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20
Raymond Lad Treated
for Gunshot Wounds

Charles Grantham, 1S-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Grantham
of Raymond was brought to the
hospital here Friday suffering
from a gunshot wound above the
left ankle.
The lad was hunting rabbits
with a 20 rifle. The gun acct
IDENTIFY discharged. The bullet i'm
bedded in the youths leg and an
operation was performed and the
pellet was removed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20
VAR AND The WORKERS

Fascism; thus to defend the orea-
nlzatlons Of the working class:
and thereby the revolution. The
wheel completes its circle. De-
tense of the national state =
that is, defense of the imperialist
bourgeoisie of England, France
and the United States-becomes.
through this theory, a revolution
airy duty!
The mortal fallacy in this DO
sition is easy enough to under
stand when once examined from
the point of view of Marxism. The
statement, "Fascism means war"
is incomplete. It is not Fascism
that means war. Rather is f. The
continued existence of capitalism
that means both Fascism and war.
Fascism means war only in the
sense that it marks outwardlv a
great intensification of the inner
conflicts of capitalism, and is
thus an indication of the more
rapid drive of the whole capitalist
system toward the highest err
preston of these conficts-ilm-
perialist war. But in the linked
chain of causes that make war an
inevitable concomitant of the con-
tlnued existence of capitalism, the
democratic nations have as integ-
raj part as the Fascist nations.
From the point of view of the
working class, there can be no
"good," no "peace-loving" capital
ist states. Every capitalist state,
democratic as well as Fascist, rep
resents one or another form OF
the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
over the working class, and is thus
the implacable enemy of the
working class. To defend the
democratic rights of the working
class is one thing. But this has
nothing in common with the de.
tense of the democratic" capital
list state. The former is a pri
mary duty of every working elias:
party; the latter is the occupa-
ton of traitors. The latter will
be put forward as the only way tt
protect the working class against
war and Fascism; in practice, il
will give the working class both
war and Fascism, for the bour.
geoisie of the democratic countries
will not overcome the necessity fol
a resort to Fascism during the de-
cline of capitalism merely by sue
cess in the next war. Indeed, the
outbreak Of war will in all prob,
ability be the signal for setting
up Fascist governments in the
democratic" countries.
The business of the working
class within any country is never
under any circumstances to de-
fend "the government"-that is
the political executive of the class
enemy-but always to fight for its
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20


We shall see the workers Of
France, England and the United
States rallied to the flag by the
leaders of the Communist Party
defend the Soviet Union! Enlist
in the army, and-fight against
war and Hitlerism! Defend the
Soviet Unionl'
This policy of betrayal has, also
been Systematically developed over
a period of many years. The re-
cent Congress of the Communist
international made it official fol
the sections of the C. l.; and the
Dan-Zyromski-Bauer resolution on
war advances it within world So
cial-democracy. Unlike the situa-
ton at the beginning of the last
war, the betrayers this time wish
to be fully ready beforehand.
Sanctions
A sperial and profoundly i'm
portant feature of betrayal in the
present war crisis revolves around
the question Of sanctions. The
Covenant Of the League of Ma
tions provides that when nation
has been declared an aggressoT
against a member state, certain fl
nancial, economic, and even mill
tary measures shall be-following
an elaborate proceduce-invoked
by the other League member
states against the aggressor ma
ton. These measures are called
Sanctions" and the term "sanc.
tions' is being extended to include
measures which might be taken by
nations on their own initiative
(e.g., closing of the Suez Canal by
Great Brittany as well as meas
ures taken collectively by the
League members.
This extension of the use of the
word ''sanctions" is significant. It
indicates a new and ingenious
method for turning opposition to
war into support of war. All that
is necessary Is to CALL the war
an application of sanctions. Then
it becomes the duty of all friends
of peace" to support it.
This, indeed is the real mean
ing of the doctrine Of sanctions
League sanctions are, of course,
nothing else than sanctions under
taken by the leading member
states of the League. The League,
as we have seen, is only the in
strument of its dominant men,
bers. Support of League sane
tione, therefore, is exactly the
same as support of sanctions ap-
piled by individual nations-e.g.
bv Great Britain or France.
Continued next week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-03-20

e judge t are rare to che least But In 1911 We o
nned the confined his bed because OF ckneSs
For & jury to his bedroom there delivered % ne1
'N1S8 Of this century '~ 's''U'0 - OA' y w
Evening star., 1936-08-09

couldn't be. She had broken faith with him
for the sake of a little cheap glamor. And now
she was paying for it. He was glad. He loved
her as only he was capable of loving. But it
was only right that she should suffer.
Leslie" She was holding both his hands,
smiling at him through tears. why didn't
you come to us at once? You knew where we
were. The folks at home could have told YOU"
He shook his head. Il didn't ask them.
don't 60 to the Farm any more. Not since
you left. couldn't bear it"
But, my dear, that's all over"
Mot for me. 1t never will be. I'm not that
sort. But didn't come here to worry you.
I've been Ill. Overwork. The manager said,
You look all shot to pieces, Janson. You
should take long vacation So came here.
thought it might help. just to see you"
Poor Leslie -"
He did look i'll, sfTunken and greyer than
ever. with unsteady eyes that seemed unable
to bear the light. 1t cut her to the heart to
know that he had suffered for her and was
still suffering. And yet there was comfort in
it. to find that something lasted.
"Oh, I'm not poor" he said. For on no
account was he to be pitied.) 1--WE made
money. On the Market. have fair for
money. When get back =" He stopped, as
though for moment he had lost the thread
of his own thought. But I'm not going back,
at least not for long time. I've got to get
away from things. It's just my nerves. ALI
shot to pieces. thought perhaps you l. but
you've got all your new friends. l shall be
in the way"
(ConiinVsd on poss 12)
Evening star., 1936-08-09
THE STORY so FAR

Y A IHEN Lois Graham left her home
A/ little New England town and wer
W to Hollywood as the wife of h
childhood sweetheart, Gale Thornton, film
lands newest idol. she soon found that it
easier to be star than to be the wife of on
''You wouldn't have chance against tho
smart, pretty women he plays with" Lesl
Janson, who had begged her in vain to MARI
him, had told Lois. And he had been right
at least, partly. She did not know how
dress or talk or play the game in the sophist
Gated Hollywood manner.
1t was Janet Courteney. Gales fellow-sta
who suddenly took Lois under her wing ar
saw her transformed from pretty, simple ar
unaffected country girl, into smart, poise
and lovely woman fitting wife for
popular star. Strangely
enough this very transfor-
nation drove Gale and Lois
even farther apart, and soon,
Gale was turning to another
woman, to Catherine Fen
Evening star., 1936-08-09

and with alacrity. 1t wasn't often that
they got customer who peeled thou
sand dollars off banluoll as did this
slender grey-faced man. Not for them to
bother their heads as to the steadiness of his
hands, though it was detail that he knew
they noticed.
Nerves. Overwork," he said. 'Ive come
here for my health. don't want to waste
any time
So it was all fixed up in a couple of hours.
They described the road minutely, for he
seemed to have difficulty in remembering.
Anyhow no one could miss the Villa Stella.
1t fairly shrieked at you.
GO easy, sir, for the first hundred miles
or So"
But he didn't want to 60 easy. When he
was in this state of exaltation he had to drive
fast. He felt reckless, ruthless, and yet very
cool and calculating too. He loved the feel
of the new car. 1t gave him an increased sense
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25

thoughts naturally strayed to the
days and years when the Christ
mas rush was one of my personal
griefs, especially so when my as
signment was to see to the delivery
of several thousands of special let
tiers that came with the season.
That most naturally, too, turned
my mind upon Homer Smith, one
of the most brilliant of the
younger Minneapolis Negroes who
fell heir to that job.
Homer had about everything it
takes, good looks, brains, ambi-
ton, most unusual courage with
deep rooted love for his own
people. He possessed very
trenchant pen and the journals of
Minneapolis eagerly accepted his
articles, criticisms or defenses sure
to follow any derogatory mention
of his people that found their way
into print.
Beginning newspaper work with
the Minnesota Daily-a student
publication-he continued for sew
eral years with the Timely Digest
and the Twin City Herald, both
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25

publications then under the direc-
ton of C. E. Newman, now the
editor of this paper.
Writing under the pseudonym of
"Chatwood Hail." young Smith
wrote for a number of the larger
eastern weeklies. His informative
cartoon, "Take 1t or Leave It,"
found ready entry into many i'm
portant Negro publications.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25

press fascinating accounts of life
in the Soviet Republic-accounts
as true, perhaps, certainly as at
tractive, as anything that reaches
us from that mysterious land.
Asked recently by an American
traveller visiting Russia if he ever
contemplated returning to Amer
lea, Smith bluntly said, "Do you
think I'm crazy?"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25

American injustices in time wore
Smiths patience thin. With start
ling suddenness he resigned his
work in the Minneapolis post office,
went to Soviet Russia where he
was made chief of it's newly estab-
lished special delivery service.
From Russia Mr.. Smith still con-
tinues to send to his racial group
through the medium of it's Negro
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25
Homer Smith,
Former Resident,
Now in Moscow
By w. M. Smith

Standing in line with hundred
other impatient stamp buyers at
the post office this week, my
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25
Friday, December 25, 1886
Yuletide Reflections
By Ess


Things could be thankful for this Christmas:
For people who their subscriptions with the prompt
of Buelah C. Johnson and A. " Hail.
For with sparkling personalities like Belle Sal
people of Walker.
For lovely little girls like Jeanne Hyde and Phyllis
Mccullough.
people vitality dependabty Boyd
ou-of-town friends.
young couples splendid Jimmie
divers.
Tor more pretty babies like Joan Washington
politically minded like Louis Erwin and O. c. Hall
personality of Carlyle Stewart
For men with voices like Bill Carroll
lovely Roper
grandmothers like Mrs. Lenora Cox
accommodating people Galloway Paul
For pretier sub-debs
reporters Tuesday of each
Form more fine friends the B Archers.
For girls with waist lines like Ann Pearl Harris
people with the spunk of Ev Kelly and Villa Wilson
Form compatible couples Banks.
For less people who tell everything they hear know
For people with voices like Zee Anderson
people Wyle Eastman dele and Carrie
Lindsay who help lazy columnist out once in a while.
For ladies with the charm of Lorena Griffin and Zua Tandy
more people buy White Scotch.
Form drivers Mann and Hargrave.
For like Carolyn Monoy Jones.
For we-dressed couples like Code Freeman and Doc
Mobiley
Allen Howell Walter Mcfarland Tommy Hickman.
For students who make grades like Warren Gssom
For like "Ths Is My Last Affair"
For trusting newsboys like Billy Boyd.
football players like Harris, Simmons
Dwight Reed and Horace Bell.
For more attractive averns like the Beaux Art Cafe
bartender like Williams Hutchcraft
For more people who can make cake like Mabel Brown
For housewives like Florence Logan.
who do lovely fine art work like Jennie Young
people with the humor Booley P.
doctors like "Doc" Crump dentists like Doc Weber,
For good enographers like Marie Hyde
choirs like Pilgrim Baptist
ivory ticklers like Doty and Bee Edwards
fellows with the genemany of Bud Roach
Leroy Lazenbury, and Nat Evans.
For lovelier brides like Althea Douglas
club presidents like Walker and John Lawrence
places Spurlngs
Williams
For places with chill and barbecue like Goodman's
Form patient Buelah Johnson.
who play golf like Munde and Reed
places o dinners like Bells Cafe
good business propreor like M.
For good business like Martins
bridge like Artie
berton
For good looking like McGavocks.
For grand parties like the Cameo Formal
people who have their cigarettes and face powder
ladies who don't gossip like Hattie Walker
girls who keep their nails like Mure Wgngon
folks with smiles like Annette HattOn and Freddie Stem
people who enjoy like Andy Clark Shirley
people always pay part parties
Form dependable people
Form Squire
Fora bos
pastors wives Stewart
For fairy godmothers
For Packard coupes
Donald
For enterprising newsboys like Gene Hyard.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-25

sEsSGsssSsSSsSSsGSSGSSs
GARLAND 'S-Offer a Wealth of Leather GIFTS!
La gaceta., 1936-04-13

do la costumbre de presentar
los accessories seg1n ell cOncepto
que les pertenece, pero suelen
encontrarse unos cuantos deta-
lies cue son iguales EN- todas e.
las: zapatos de piel de ante y
charol, para ell dia, con tacones
de mediana altura y base cua-
drada; para la noche, zapatos la
')rados y bordados, con cintas
de cuero, y que Sc hacen con to-
da clase de tejidos armonizados
con ell veStido, tacones altos
guantes de pique, con mangui :
tos almidonados, para ell dia, o
bien bordados con materiales de
fantasia; echarpes de soda y Dol
SOS de piel de cabritilla, cuelle-
citos Y cuellos de lin6n, de or =
gandi 0 de pique, Joyas macizas
de ORC y CRYSTAL.