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The Washington times., 1936-03-28
JONATHAN E. LEWIS

JUNAIHAN Z. LEWIS
Funeral services were held to-
day in Kensington, Md. for
Jonathan Edwards Lewis, 80-year.
old former employe Of the Library
Of Congress, who died at his home
there Thursday. Burial was in
Cedar Hill Cemetery in this city.
Mr.. Lewis retired from the
Library of Congress is years ago
and moved to KenSington. He
was q native Of Loudoun county,
Va, and was unmarried.
He Is survived by a sister. Miss
katherine, and a brother, John T.
Lewis, both Of KenSington.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
FEDERATION
HITS SCHOOL
SLASH
BY A. J. DRISCOLL,
Citizens Association Editor

Citizens ASSOCIATION E0lCOe
Deploring the action Of the sub
committee on appropriations in the
House in reducing the public school
appropriations in the 1887 Dis
trict bill, recommended by the
Federal Burget Bureau, the Fedora
tion of Civic Associations at last
nights meeting in the District
Building, adopted a resolution in
troduced by Howard D. Queen,
urging the Senate to restore to the
bill $136,0OO for an eight-room ad-
dition to the Birney School, and
$45, 900 for needed repairs to the
Armstrong School.
President George W. Beasley and
Mr.. Queen were named TO defend
the appropriations when the Sen
ate subcommittee resumes con-
sideration Of the District supply
bill.
In adopting a report from How
ard D. Woodson, the federation
went on record opposing the mag
istrate courts bill.
Action Put Over
Due to lateness Of the hour, the
Ellenbogen rent bill, and q bill
proposing new laws to govern the
Juvenile Court, were made the Spe-
cial order Of business to be con-
sidered at the April meeting.
The federation recommended
the appointment of Is additional
colored firemen, and indorsed
Capt. j. G. B. Keys Of No. 4 Engine
Company for promotion to bat
talon chief.
Charles H. Flagg, representing
the Washington Committee on
Housing, announced q conference
to be held at the Miner Teachers
College, April 18 on better hous-
ing for eolored.
Repairs Requested
During q brief meeting Of the
AnacoStia Citizens ASSociating last
night, q resolution was adopted
requesting immediate repairs to
ceilings in the old Van Buren
school, declared to be In danger
Of falling at any moment, which
compelled teachers to use the base
ment Of the school for class room
purposes. Mrs Carrie G. Smith,
chairman Of the Education Com
mittee, and Mrs. w. j. Plemmons,
president Of the Parent-TeacherS
Association, were directed to pre-
sent the resolution to the Board Of
Education at its next regular meet
ing.
The commissioners were asked
to install lights in the rear Of High
Street between Valley Place and
Morris Road.
= The meeting was held in the
Masonic Temple, Fourteenth and
U Streets Southeast, Mr.. Diehl pre-
siding. s.:s.
The following citizens associa-
tions will meet next week.
Tuesday Night
Logan.ThomaS Circle - Logan
Hotel.
Southeast Washington - Hine
Junior High School.
Wednesday Night
Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants-Old Union Engine House.
FriendShip-Janney School.
Thursday Night
Northeast Conference of Citi-
zens AssociationS-Twelfth Pre-
cinct Police Station.
Progress Of Summit Park
1919 First st. S. E.
Friday Night
y, ACCOMPLISHMENTS School.
Chillum Heights - John r..
Keene School.
Saturday Night
a.. Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions-District Building.
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MRS. FRANCES S. FARRAR

Funeral rites were held today
in the Great Choir Of the Wash
ington Cathedral for Mrs. Frances
Scherger Farrar, wife Of Ross
Farrar Of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, with the Rt.
Rev. Bishop James F. Freeman Of
ficiating. Mrs. Fsrrar, who lived
at IA Elm Ave, Takoma Park,
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

lHolt in Dangerous Waters; Jessie
Mathews in First a Girl; Adventures
of Frank Merriwelr' No. I.
CENTRAL-Sunday and Monday: Jea-
nette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy IN
"Rose Marie; Chic Sale. Tuesday and
Davis in THE Petrtfied Forest":, COM
edy. Thursday and Friday: Bing Crosby
and Ethel Norman in Anything Goes;
Major Bowes' Amateurs. Saturday: Ad-
miral Byrd in Little America: Preston
Foster in "Muss EN- Up; Mickey Mouse.
COLONY-Sunday, Monday ana Tues
day: Eddie Cantor in Strike Me Pink;
Mickey Mouse. Wednesday and Thurs
in THE Lady Consents" Little America.
Friday: Boris Karloff and Bella Lugosi in
"The Invisible Ray; Todd-Kelly COM
edy. Saturday: Rochelle Hudson and
Harry Richman in "Th" Music Goes
"'f HoMEEsunday NE. and Monday: Leslie
Howard and Bette Davis in The Petri,
fled Forest" car cartoon: Tuesday yo,anS anS
Callelia in Tough Guy" Little Amer
lea" Thursday: Herbert Marshall and
Ann Harding in The Lady Consents,
Fl Fl. sEsadH saddie WeS DICK oaY Toras chic
Sale. Saturday: Margaret SULLIVAN in
Next Time We Love;" Jane WitherS In
Paddy O'Day'" cartoon.
sAvOY-sunday and Monday: Jack
Holt in Dangerous Waters" Todd-Kel-
ly comedy. Tuesday ana Wednesday:
Charles Dickens "A Tale Of Two Cities"
day: MAN Hunt" with Ricardo Cortez,
Claire short Friday: Ken Maynard in
western Frontier" Major Bowes'
Amateurs. Saturday: Claudette Colbert
in THE Bride Comes Home" musical.
T"vOLI-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Bing Crosby and Ethel Norman in
Anything Goes" Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday: Warner Baxter in 'The
Prisoner of Shark Island" silly Sym
phony. Saturday: In 'O'Malley Of
Mounted" Adventures Frank MerrL
well No. s." "Crime Doesn't Pay"
YORK-Sunday and Monday: Robert
Taylor and Irene Dunno in Magnificent
Obsession"; cartoon. Tuesday and Wed
nesday: George Raft ana Rosalind Rus
sell in 'Tt Had to Happen; Major
Bowes' Amateurs. Thursday: Murder
Of DR.. Harrigan" with Ricardo Cortez;
Fiji D'Orsay comedy. Friday: william
Boyd in Bar 20 Rides Again; comedy.
Saturday: Frank Bucks Fang and
Claw: Todd-Kelly comedy.
PENN-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Bing Crosby and Ethel Mermsn' in
wednesday, dgs ErSS Thursday 9 and Friday:
Warner Baxter in 1.-THE Prisoner Of
Shark Island" Saturday: Harry Rich
man and Rochelle Hudson in ''The
Music Goes Round"I "CrimO DoeSn't
Pay"
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BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

; Ida z. Steward, 50, 1893 Twelfth
st. N. w.
Clara Brown. 4s, 1921 Kraemer st,
N. e.
Rebecca A. Lyles, rs, 1853 Willard
st. N. w.
Richard Butler, II months, children's
Hospital.
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She is survived by two young
daughters, her parents, a sister
and a brother, besides her
WidoWer.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Warmers Bros, Theatera

AMBASSADOR-sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, Colleen with Dick Powell.
Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie and Joan
BIondell. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday: jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy in Rose Marie" Saturday: Jane
Withers in Paddy O'Day": Chic Sale,
Crime Doesn't Pay; ADV. Frank
Merriwell," No. /.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
DIED

AWL. FRANCIS ASBURY-on THURSDAY,
March 20 1885. at Mount Alto Hospi'
tai. FRANCIS ASBURY AWL, beloved huS.
0SP1 Remains Es S resting Il At the W. W. Chambers
Company funeral home. 1400 Chaplin Street
Northwest.
Monday, March so, i93e. at p. m.
IntermenI in Arlington National Gene.
terry with full military honors.
DAY. WIILLIIAdMso an W. . sk;-on on,,:g Friday. Day
DAY. sR.. father of William W. ir;;, Min
ME- Charles ar Merrill Day. Mrs. Mamie
S. Perry Mrs. Grace Heflin and Mrs. Mary
Remains resting at the W. W; Chambers
Company Southeast funeral home. 517
Eleventh Stree: Southeast.
Funeral services on Monday. March 30.
bers Company Southeast funeral home.
617 Eleventh Street Southeast,
Relatives end friends invited.
Interment in Congressional Cemetery.
JOHANsON. DAyID G.-on "wednesday.
DAVID G. JOHNSON, the beloved father
Of Mrs. Margaret shade. Mrs. Ellen Swan
and Clarence D JShanson' c,,nn.,.
Co. funeral home, 14oO Chaplin St: y.
W. on Saturday March %. at 2:30 P.
M. MASONIC services hy King David
Lodge No. 2S. +. A. NJ. Relatives ana
frierds are invited. Tnterment in Rock
Creek Cemetery
SCEONBERGER. ROSA X.-on Friday,
March % 1886, at sibIey Memorial
loved wife of the late James H. schon.
berger and mother of Mrs. Ruby Schon.
berger jackson and sister of Wesley
Hampton OF Louisa County. Va: Funeral
funeral home, 400 Chaplin St. N. W. on
Monday March thd 80 at ,1J.sa II f. m a9sas Es1s
Interment In Oakwood Cemetery, Richs
mond, Va. on Tuesday. March 81. 1886:
WILLIAMS, TILE Con ThuFsday.
beloved wife of Charles E. Williams and
mother Of Charles F. ir, Esther .,nl Emma. nD..
ing at the W. W. Chambers Company
Southeast funeral home. 617 Eleventh
Funeral from W. W. Chambers. Co.
Southeast funeral home, 6l7 Eleyenth ST.
S. E.. on Saturday. March %, at p. N.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

AVALON-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Eddie Cantor in "Strike Me Pink" /:
day: Herbert Marshall and Ann Hard
ing in THE Lady Consents; Little
America" Friday: Robert Young and
Barbara Stanwyck in Red Salute: (:
cartoon. Saturday: Robert Donat in
THE Ghost Goes West: adv. Frank
Merriwell," No. s.: cartoon.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

AVENUE GRAND-Sunday ond Mon
day: Conrad Veidt and Helen Vinson In
king of the Damned: comedy. Tuesday
and Wednesday: Jean Harlow and Spen-
Ger Tracy in Riff Raff''; sportreel.
Thursday: Freshman Love-" with Frank
McHugh and Patricia Ellis; musical. FRI
days Man Hunt" with Ricardo Cortes;
Tom Howard come& Saturday: Jack
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

APOLLO-sunday Monday and Tues
day: Eddie Cantor in Strike Me Pink; /;
Mickey Mouse. Wednesday and Thurs
day: Robert Donat in The Ghost Goes
West; Charlie Chase comedy. Friday:
Buster Crabbe in Drift Fence; Phil
Harris comedy. Saturday: Frank Bucks
and Otto Kruger in Lady Of Secrets": !:
Popeye; adv. Frank Merriwell," No. 3.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

ROSALIA-Sunday and Monday: Jean
Harlow and Spencer Tracy in Riff
Ra Il" Tuesday: George o'Brien in
day and Thursday: 80 Red the Rose
with Margaret SULLIVAN, Daniel Haynes
and Clarence Muse. Friday: "Coronado''
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

REPUBLIC - March 81 to April 2,
'sThe Petrified Forest" with Leslie How
Rrd and Bette Davis.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

BOOKER T-March 27 to April 2.
''Fang and Claw with Frank Buck.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

PRINCESS-Sunday and Monday:
Shirley Temple in THE Littlest Rebel":
also Charles "Chic" sale in "a Perfect
Tribute" Tuesday and Wednesday:
William Powell and Myrna 10y in The
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

T"VOLI-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Bing Crosby and Ethel Norman in
Anything Goes" Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday: Warner Baxter in "The
Prisoner of Shark Island" silly Sym
phony. Saturday: In ''O'Malley Of
Mounted" Adventures Frank MerrL
well No. g." Crime Doesn't Pay"
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

HOWARD - On stage: Direct from
Comics Inn. N. z, Luis Russell and his
Sonny woods. on screen: 'Tn Person"
with Ginger Rogers and George Brent.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

lHolt in Dangerous Waters; Jessie
Mathews in First a Girl; Adventures
of Frank Merriwell" No. :.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

LINCOLN-March 81 to April 2, "Ex-
elusive Story with Franchot Tone and
MadRe Evans,
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

One profession in which the
Communists of the United States
have been working with great
energy to seek converts is that of
the professional and amateur art
fists. That they have made some
progress is indicated by incidents
which have frequently come to
light, in which there have been
interpretations of red propaganda
in paintings designed for various
purposes and different projects,
including WPA projects. The in
cident of the Communist painting
some months ago in the Rookie
Teller Center will be recalled as
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
COMMUNISTS NOW
ORGANIZING ARTISTS

one example, and there have been
others in the Federal Projects
from time to time.
The Communist workers now
evidently consider the time ripe,
in view of the long depression
and widespread unemployment
among certain artists, to seek to
perfect nationwide organiza-
ton of Communists among paint
ers and those of related arts of
the country.
From information coming
from Communist sources, we
learn that a Mid-Western confer
ence of radical artists was held in
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
A. B. Gilbert Sees Party
Shdke-Up important

Lashing out at unfairness in
the primary, A. B. Gilbert, Re-
publican candidate for governor,
scored the Hennepin County Re-
publican Club for its refusal to
offer equal time to the two party
candidates for the Office on its
program last night and demand
ed that Martin A. Nelson, his
rival, "repudiate such zeal which
can't stay within the limits of
fair play
Gilbert warned that the Farm
er-Labor crowd is anxious to
hold down the Republican pri-
mary vote and that Republicans
who practice steamrollering for
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

the opposition may use it later as
evidence of party unreliability.
"The party leaders know that
I would call for a new chairman
of the state committee if nomi-
mated, but that is no excuse for
unfairness. Since the last cleo
ton they have largely failed as a
party of opposition to Farmer
Laborism. The voters should
consider, before it is too late,
whether these leaders saved a
candidate for this campaign or
put him and themselves out of
training for it. I see party shake
up as important if we hope to fu-
migate the state capitol"
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

Today, over a dozen strikes
are raging in various parts of
the country, and Communist or
ganizers are responsible for all
of them. The iron mine strike
in Alabama has been the most
violent. Eight persons have been
shot during riotings.
The stakes involved in these
strikes are wage increases and
union recognition, and thousands
of Communist-inspired workers
are out battling to win them.
The main issue, however, though
not primarily stressed, is union
recognition. Labor-radical la
bor-fearS what the national
elections may bring. If the New
Deal goes out, labor domination
is apt to go out with it, this de-
spite the fact that the labor plank
in the Republican platform has
been greatly liberalized.
In the East, the strike of
Remington-Rand employees is in
its second week, with more than
1000 workers in the picket lines
at six Remington-Rand plants.
1t has been proved that the REM
ington-Rand strike was brought
about by a minority of the
understanding, of course, a
small band of professional agi-
tators, Communists and radicals.
At Schenectady, N. Y, a 'sit-
down" strike, of which type there
have been two in Minneapolis
(the J. R. Clark Co., and the
Northern Oats Coz is in prog
ress, though no strike has been Of
ficially called.
With negotiations under way
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

one candidate in the primary are
like dumb wrestler who lets an
opponent use his own strength
against himself.
"It's an issue of party integ-
rity and not of my own merits or
lack of them. The party took a
formal position against indorse-
ments in this primary Gilbert
said. 'There has been so much
of this sort of thing that l fear
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
STRIKE EPIDEMIC HITS NATION

for a Silk Dyers' federation con-
tract involving over 10000 work.
ers in the Paterson, N. j., area,
nearly 200 Paterson Dye House
workers are out on strike.
At Newark, N. j., 800 milk
drivers abandoned their wagons,
leaving a number of children
waiting in vain for the morn
ing's milk for their cereal.
At Canton, Ohio, strikers pro-
tested the reopening of the
Stamping and Enameling Co.,
closed since the first of May,
with a barrage of stones and bad
eggs.
A strike at the Weeling Steel
Co., Portsmouth, Ohio, is still in
progress.
Stevedores, wood workers and
stove plant employees continue on
strike in Milwaukee.
In Oregon and Washington,
80 lumber camps are closed.
More than ten thousand men are
involved. The union wants con-
troll of the hiring halls.
In Seattle and in Portland,
auto mechanics are seeking a
closed shop.
In Mashfeld, Ore, three
veneer plants are closed, with
five hundred employees out on
strike.
In Dallas, Texas, taxicab driv-
ers have resumed work under a
tentative strike settlement.
All is quiet on the Arkansas
front, where cotton choppers are
on strike.
In Alabama, where eight per-
sons have been shot in labor dis
orders, officials expect $500 men
to return to work.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
1--WE ASK FOR 1T"
Continued from page y

importance, namely his racial
background, for no candidate for
public office can have the right
slant on American fundamentals
unless he be a descendant of
those who have had an active
hand in the building of the ma
ton, for it is hardly logical to
expect some recently imported
alien to feel the same regard for
the basic American principles.
We certainly could use the
same care in selecting a man to
become a part of our government
that business does in selecting an
office boy, but instead, we elect
an official to an executive job
in the largest business in the ma
ton without regard for his train
ing or ability, for no other rea-
son than that we didn't like the
way the other fellow handled the
job.
We permit the public officials
who were elected by the majority
of the people to sacrifice the in
terests of them all in favor of a
small noisy minority, permitting
a favored few to ignore all laws
and refuse other law abiding
groups the benefit and protection
of the laws they are sworn to adj
minister impartially.
We smile at officials we have
elected who condone the law
breakers in their open violation
of our constitutional rights, per-
hitting any crime from treason
to murder, in order that they
may not offend a few individuals
who may control a few votes,
placing their selfish interests
above those of the public who
placed them in office.
We listen to their wheedling
promises before election and then
suffer their arrogance and bull
doing, watch them pamper trait
ors who advocate the destruction
of the very government of which
they are part, and all we do
about it is to whine and pan
them.
We salve our conscience with
the argument that we chose the
lesser of the two evils, but do
nothing to destroy the basic evil.
Yes, we ask for it, we, the electors,
and we certainly get it. and how.
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Communistic theories. The trend
of the Artists Union can, there :,
fore, be judged from its political
motives as well as from those
which have to do more directly
with art and the union itself.
The "paciist' angle of the
union is indicated by the fact that
in the New York meeting a reso-
luton was adopted asking men,
bers to refuse to aid "militarism"
by refusing to draw or otherwise
produce art for ''war posters. 1t
was understood, of course, that
this resolution covered only post
ers which might sustain the
United States Army and Navy,
and not the carefully concealed
military plans of Soviet Russia,
which call for a war against all
capitalistic society.
In the Chicago meeting this
month, it is indicated that the
same method of organization
and the same recommendations
for future policy that prevailed
in the New York meeting were
scheduled. All of this is pre-
liminary to the national confer
ence to be held a few months
hence at a date not yet named, at
which meeting the organization
is to get well under way. Par
ticulars of the plans for the
forthcoming national meeting are
to be announced later.
The methods used by the reds
in penetrating artistic circles"
and seeking to win American art
to Communism are similar to
those used in many other direc-
tons. The artists are told that
they have never had a chance
under capitalistic society,"" that
their efforts have never been APP
preciated" and that they have
been compelled to 'half starve in
garrets'' while they should have
been living on the ''fat of the
land.'' The Establishments of the
reds appeal, of course, to the
unfortunate and unsuccessful
among the painters and sketch
ers, who are made to believe that
their lack of success is due en-
tirely to ''the economic system"
and not to any inability on the
part of the artists themselves to
deliver the goods. They are made
to believe that when we have
production for use and not for
profit, - together with a Commu-
nistic artistic standard, every
thing will be different and rosy.
The artist will succeed, wheth-
er he has the necessary ability or
not, simply because of the new"
system, according to the red
propagandists. Although intelli-
gent and gifted artists who un-
derstand the high ethics of their
profession will not be seriously
affected by this palably insincere
argument, yet there are many
hundreds who will be taken into
camp by the soft pleadings of the
red workers. The average artist
is no different from other HUI
mans. If he fails, he is too prone
to place all the blame on the "sys-
tenn" of government rather than
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

Chicago from May u to May "a
for the purpose of furthering the
interest of the painters in Com
munism and its associated cults
and also to bring nearer a nation
wide organization of artists along
Communist or near Communist
lines.
The Midwest Conference is
to be followed this fall by a ma
tional convention of artists with
radical tendencies. This conven-
ton will very probably take place
in New York, which is the CEN
ter of radical activities among
the artists, and at this meeting
it is reported that it is hoped that
the work of forming central
organization of the '1ocal cells"
will be completed and that the la
Dor of spreading Communist
propaganda by brush and pencil
will thereby be greatly facilitated.
The first district conference of
the radical artists was held a few
weeks ago in New York, and in
cluded representatives from all
of the Eastern cities.
The first group of radical art
lists in that section, which was or
gained early in the depression to
create class consciousness in this
group of workers, has developed
into an Artists Union, including
about fifteen hundred members,
all of whom, so the Communists
boast, are in agreement with the
principles of the Moscow cult.
When the first Eastern district
meeting was called together, &C
cording to the Communists them
selves, there were around 1000
artists in attendance, for the pur-
pose of taking the first decisive
step in the organization of a ma
tion-wide union" of artists.
The concensus of opinion
among those in attendance, an
opinion which was the theme of
most of the speeches, was to the
effect that stronger union, "
nationwide in extent, must be
formed to prevent the abandon
ment of many Federal art projects
which have had the support of
Federal funds and in other ways
to retain the 'gains" which have
ALREADY been won."
The meeting was politically
| conscious, also. 1t was recon-
| mended that the new union ought
to 'enter the field of political or
ganization,' the better to achieve
the "aims at which it is directing
its attention. One of the recon-
mendations along political lines
was that local cells Ought to be
established wherever possible, .
and that wherever such a local
has been or is formed, immediate
steps should be taken to form a
branch of the "Farmer-Labor
Party" which is advocated by
Moscow and local Communists.
This party, as is generally known
by those who are politically wise,
is a brain-child of the Third In
ternational Congress held in
Moscow in August, 1885, and of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-05
ONLY SON OF MRS.
 ARMSTRONG PASSES

Glenn Haggeth, aged 35, only son of Mrs. Caroline Armstrong, of the Bergman Hotel, passed away yes terday in sanitarium at Marsh field, Oregon, as the result of heart trouble and tuberculosis. He had been in i'll health for the past two years. For several years Haggeth was a resident of Fairbanks, Alaska. Besides his mother he is survived by his wife and one child.
 Funeral services will be conducted in Marshfield and burial will take place in that city.