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The Washington times., 1938-08-22
|'RED' WITNESS
OUTLINES PLOT
TO WRECK U. S.
Boring Within" Policy
Keystone Of Program
Continued from Page II

INUUtIuuCu \ @bS ~
not name the Connecticut fac
tories.
Then there was the plan to use
the popular front" organizations
in this country such as the League
for Peace and Democracy. the
American Youth Congress, and
many others, to force America
into a war on the Soviet side
rather than against her.
How the organizations were
welded into a popular front"
was recited by Prof. Matthews,
using the national committee to
aid the victims of Germ a n
fascism, of which he was treas
urer, as an example. This was
virtually run, he said, by Earl
Browder.
Prof. Matthews continued:
There are now literally sew
eral thousands of more or less
prominent citizens in this coun-
try who as dupes, stooges and
decoy, readily lend their names
as decorations for the ma
neuvers of the Communist
party"
A sidelight on the operation Of
these groups and others designed
to uplift the working men and
women of the country and the
world was given by Prof. Mat
themS. He said a girl stenog-
rapher for the Communist united
'front.'" a competent employe, was
paid just SIS a week.
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Details of Plot

In perhaps the most startling
series of revelations since the con
gresSional investigation got under
way, Prof. Matthews began with a
discussion of how the Stalinists
planned to undermine the two
great American political parties.
He cited the plot for actual de
struction of the Democratic party
and weakening the Republican
party. This excited the interest
of the committee.
would you say" asked Rep
resentative Thomas CRO of
New Jersey, that the New Deal
program follows the Communist
Ine?"
mo, I wouldn't say that"
Prof. Matthews replied. "In
some instances, however, their
interests coincide"
Lenin Deceptive
Prof. Matthews explained Lenil
once said that he worked will
French monarchists although h
knew each side would cut tn
throatS of the others.
Would you say that this new
program of the Workers ALI
ance to raise $4,000 to defeat
Representative Connor of
New York and others as an ex-
ample Of driving in this
wedge?" asked Representative
Mason (RD, Illinois.
1T would appear So" Mat
theWs answered. He added that
the Workers Alliance - which,
he says, is Communications
inated-Seeks to elect members
of Congress favorable to its
program.
I'm particular, call attention
to the deliberate aim of disinte-
grating the Democratic party by
driving a wedge between its So
called Liberal wing and its So
called conservative wing" Mat
thews went on.
Seeks Democratic Ruin
Before the Communist party
can hope to advance far toward
its revolutionary goal, it under
stands, and rightly, that there
must be a sweeping realignment
Of political forces in this coun-
try.
That realignment is sought
at the price of the very exist
ence Of the Democratic party.
Out of the chaos Of the Demo-
cratic party's destruction, 1t Is
expected that a national Farm.
er-Labor party would emerge.
"The backbone of this new
grouping would be the industrial
unions, a single political bloc
numbering millions and suscep-
tible of being moved as chess
pieces upon the political board.
1.-THE effort of the Communist
party will be everywhere to hold
a commanding influence-not
necessarily numerical ma
jority i'm these industrial
unions, and consequently in the
Farmer-Labor party. With a
Farmer-Labor party in power,
the Communist party would
exert every ounce Of it's influ-
ence to use it as a means to
sabotage the capitalist system
Of production, by placing upon
that system burdens of restric.
tive legislation and enervating
taxation"
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Dream Book Guides Policy PlaY
Graveyard Dust Also Held Potent Charm

} graveyard dust, 81. Or some
Special Madame Kato Liquid
Incense, ST."
Dragons blood and graveyard
dust, advertised in Rajah Rabo's
Dream Book, are popular with
Harlem policy players whose luck
has eluded them. The former Is
noted for its drawing power;
the latter "chases away evil spirits
and brings success and happi
ness"
ALL ONE DOLLAR EACH
Tillie explained that these scien
tific preparations are extensively
sold to numbers players as an aic
in conjuring up the right dreams
There is no point in using a dream
book If your dreams are no good
Tillie said I had been pretty rast
trying to dream by just going tt
sleep, without putting a devils
shoe-string under the pillow OF
burning some Lucky High John In
cense, 81.
She indicated a catalog o.
more than two dozen luck, gooC
fortune, and dream-conjuring de
vices, all Of which are guaranteed
to help you with the numbers
horses, love, OF your social life
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Defense OUerruIed

Judge Pecora overruled the de-
fense objection and Pompez was
allowed to testify regarding Smith.
Pompez said that Smith had
come to his house frequently, that
he had seen him as many as 100
times from March, 1882. to March,
1884. He said he often saw Smith
in company with big Harry"
Schoenhaus, who was treasurer Of
the Dutch" Schultz policy syndl-
cate.
Assistant District Attorney
Grimes drew Pompez back to the
time his drop station" was ralded.
In response to question as to
what he did when one OF his
places was raided, Pompez said he
would get a bondsman for those
arrested and then lawyer.
Independents Uneasy
"Who was the lawyer?" asked
Grimes.
pixie Davis" replied Pom
PEI.
]. Richard Dixie" Davis was ct
one time the 'mouthpiece" Tor
the Dutch Schultz mob.
Pompez explained that this was
the procedure before he was torceG
to join the Dutch" Schultz COM
bination. After he went into the
combination, he said that in tne
event of trouble he was told to
telephone 351 Lenox Avenue
headquarters for the policy racket.
George Weinberg Zone OF
Schultz henchmen) told me
thev'd take care of all trouble
from now on" said Pompez.
$50 after that I'd call 351 Lenox
Ave, whenever there was trou-
BILE"
Pompez described a meeting OF
nolicv collectors and controllers
which he attended after the
schultz gang took the racket over.
some independent" bar er S
didn't think things would pan ouC
ali right so, according to the VIII
ness. "Bo" Weinberg, anotner
Schultz nobSter, announced:
May Break Skulls
Don't worry. We've got
enough men to take care OF
everything. Well line up the
collectors and controllers. Well
break a few skulls if we have to.
pomnez then told the previously
related story of how the Schultz
mob decided to reduce the cut
of the controllers from 80 to Is
per cent and of how the control
lers and their coworkers went on
a sort of "sit-down" strike.
"I told them" said Pompez,
"that If they cut the percentage
:, we'd 20 into bankruptcy. They
said not to worry, they'd take
care of that"
The witness related that Dave
Hitler, a controller, said he was
going to quit, that he wouldn't
work under those conditions, and
Abe Landau, one Of the Schultz
mob, said: What! You are going
to uuit?" and, according to Pom
pez, Hitler retorted: "Yes, and I
don't care for all your machine
guns"
Business Drops OFF
Pompez, just as previous wit
nesses had related. told how busi-
ness fell off after the mob an
nounced the cut.
I'm a week my business
dropped from $4,000 a day to
S186 a day." said Pompez.
Pompez said Landau sent for
him and warned:
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Queer schemes for getting up In the
world. Odd old pictures of gadgets
that anticipated the airplane, the ele-
vatOR and the moving staircase. A
page of unusual photographs in The
American Weekly,
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
= rance Turns Back
Troop Problem
Rejects Proposal
For Withdrawal
Of Aliens
BY KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, Aug. % GN.S0.-The
thorny question of withdrawal OF
foreign fighters from Spatn's civil
war today headed back toward
the boiling cauldron Of interna-
tional debate as a result of Gen
eraliSSimo Frances note, rejecting
large sections of the non-lnter-
vention committees plan for re-
moving the alien troops.
British officials receive d
Frances reply with intense diSap.
pointment. They foresaw many
difficulties before any alternative
solution can be found-and
months of dangerous delay.
FRANCE MAY ACT
Fears that the nationaliSts reply
may stir up a political hornets
nest spread in London.
France may now suddenly throw
open her PyreneeS, border, allow
ing huge amounts of war materials
and supplies to pour across into
government territory, 1t wa
feared, and Soviet Russia may
take drastic action. The U. s. s
R. recently warned Britain she
would not agree to further con
cessions to the nationalists or tc
any modification of the with
drawal plan.
AS a last resort before taking up
the entire question anew, it was
stated, the British government
may bring pressure upon Premier
Mussolini to use his influence
upon Franco to change his mind
and agree to the withdrawal plan
with a few notifications.
FARLEY SCHEDULED
Meanwhile, the Earl of Ply
mouth, British chairman Of the
non-intervention committee, was
expected to summon subcommit-
tee of the major powers this week
to see whether anything can be
salvaged from the Wreckage OF the
scheme.
Lord Plymouth spent the entire
morning studying the note with
foreign office experts preparatory
to comforting on it with individual
members of the non-intervention
group.
In his reply, which confronted
Prime Minister Neville Chamber.
lain's peace program with fresh
obstacles, Franco accepted the
principle of withdrawal of foreign
fighters from Spain but virtually
rejected the plan worked out by
the committee to accomplish this
purpose.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

you better get yourself some
dragons blood"
Some what?" I said.
Dragons blood" she re-
peated. lone dollar. Or some
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
ScI1EzScI1I1igg Trial
Due Soon in Vienna

BERLIN, Aug. 90 CT.N.S) Former Chancellor Kurt
Schuschngg and other Austrian leaders who opposed the
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

F~A
to the An
schluss with
g er m a n y
will 60 on
trial shortly
in Vienna,
accord ing g
to an an
ouncement
today.
1t W a 8
stated that
a sp e cial
C e n t r a |
co rt has
been created
to try the
" f o r m e r
members of
the Austrian
federal and
m u n icipal
q o v e r n.
mentS who
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Hines ReIaxes
By Playing Golf

NEW YORK, Aug. 22
u.N.SD.-After q weekend
of relaxation which in
cIuded a none too satisfac-
tory round of golf, James ].
Hines today faced tedious
court sessions supremely con-
fident his lottery trial will
end with q verdict of
acquittal.
The IA business and pro-
fesSiOnal men sitting on the
Hines jury spent Sunday
attending church, sightseeing
and reading. Everything re-
lating to the Hines case was
deleted from newspapers
given them.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
EX-CHANCELLOR KURT
SCHUSCHNIGG
Will Soon Be Placed on Trial IUith
Other Ausfri0n Le0ders

through their activities violated the law committed hos
tile acts against the public interest"
Chancellar Hitler will appoint the judges.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Business Drops off

Pompez, just as previous wit
nesses had related. told how busi
ness fell off after the mob an
nounced the cut.
I'm a week my business
dropped from $4,000 a day to
S186 a day." said Pompez.
Pompez said Landau sent fol
him and warned:
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Says Boake Carter

HERE are the answers which, so far as this
IA writer knows, is the first time they have been
set down for public consumption
First and foremost, an explanation of the in
ternational law on war" and warfare is essen
tial.
According to accepted principles (Which have
been followed by the United States in the pasD
one nation may wage warfare" against another
without declaring it to be war" The attacking
nation under accepted principles of interna-
tional law may even deny it is war
Under international law, as clearly reaffirmed
by the Kellogg Pact itself. there is no restriction
against the right of elf-defense" and the EX
elusive privilege of each nation to determine
FOR ITSELF WITHOUT INTERFERENCE from
any other nation, as to when "selfdefense' is in
volved and what measures it may take hereunder.
War With Spain Recalled
THE United States justified its armed conflict
with Spain about Cuba in 1898 under the
heading of abatement Of an international
nuisance" John Basset Moore. the dean of all
American authorities on international law and
relations said Its Omitted States) intervention
rested solely upon the ground there existed in
Cuba conditions so injurious to the United States.
as a neighboring nation that they could no
longer be endured It's action was analogous to
what is known in private law as abatement of
nuisance" It is therefore, not without its point
to note that Japan has claimed both "self-de
fense" and abatement of a nuisance" in the
Far Eastern conflict.
Copyright Ledger Syndicate
(Boake Carter's opinions are his o,Dn and not
necessarily those of The Washington TtnleS.)
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

try. including AFL unions.
In the longshoremen case, the
board appointed the CIO as bar
gaining agent for all the Pacific
Coast, including the strong AFL
union in Seattle and some small
er ones. AS applied to autos it
would seem to mean that mas
much as Lewis has General
Motors and Chrysler he auto
matically becomes the bargain
ing agent for Ford, even if Ford
employees voted to join AFL.
OF course, it would cut both
ways and might help AFL in
some cases, but AFL does not
appear to want the kind of help
which abolisheS the right of
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Tax 'Cheoters'
Illinois Plans Drive
After Arrest

CHICAGO, June q Q.N.SO.
With the arrest Of four merchants,
the States attorneys office today
announced a sweeping campaign
against sales tax "cheaterS. AS
sistant Prosecutor Thomas j..
Bugan declared evidence already
uncovered against 1856 business
men shows that each one has
withheld from $4,000 to $50, 900
in sales taxes from the State.
The four, including a former
investigator for the State finance
department, are alleged to have
defrauded the State Of $4,000 in
taxes.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27


ing the warfare raging in Spain and the Far East.
To the layman it seems obvious that war is
being waged in all its brutality in China. 1t has
caused some editors to label our failure to recog-
nize the Oriental death struggle as war" as
Colossal piece of fraud"
This writer puzzled like everyone else set out
to find the explanation.
To all to whom he went-international law ex,
perts, statesmen diplomats-theSe questions were
posed:
Is Americas failure to recognize a state of war
"a colossal fraud or is there some other expana-
tion for what appears to be grim and heartless
paradox?
Is it true, as most Americans believe, that the
distinction between war" and warfare" is purely
academic and recognition of the situation as
"war" instead of warfare" would hold no vital
consequences for American citizens?
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
By E0alyn Walsh Mclean

The great harvesting machines can go over
acres and acres a day, automatically cutting,
binding, threshing and getting the wheat ready
for market, where before it used to take 20 and
80 horses hitched as one team to pull these ma
chimes, and many, many men.
OF course this new cotton picking machine
has not proved feasible up to date because while
it goes through the fields rapidly and plucks the
cotton, it also takes lot Of dirt with it, so the
cotton is not as pure as when it is handpicked.
But understand they have got this trouble prac-
tically eliminated and when this machine goes
on the market, think of the poor devils who live
on cotton picking every year, heart-breaking
task which brings them in barely enough to
exist on.
Take our airpanes-one Of the greatest fliers
in the country told me the other day the real
cause of many of these accidents was that most
of the planes we're flown automatically nowadays
When there is a short circuit or something fails
in this automatic machine to control the flying
and the plane is thrown back on the pilot, he
having depended so much on machinery, is utterly
at a loss as he has not had the experience and
training to think aI,, act for himself.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

Roosevelt and his associates are trying to make
the country over For what it may be worth
however, the precedent furnished by similar mar
ket action does not suggest any large decline
ahead in the near future
Probably the present move, taken in connection
with the preceding conditions is sufficiently like
the turn which came in July. 1882 to warrant
the conclusion that real bull market is in the
making. Optimism or this score, however, must
be limited by the thought that political expert
ments may at any time cause a setback.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Court Death Seen

TRUSTWORTHY legal opinion
l. is the decision probably will
not survive the first court it gets
into, for this reason:
Congress obviously intended
NLRB should handle cases in
single employer units. A House
amendment was adopted to the
act for that purpose. The board
itself has maintained that prin-
ciple in its own previous de-
cisions where the craft versus
industrial union issue arose.
The way it got around both
the law and itself this time was
by changing its legal definition
of the terms person" and "em-
ployer" to apply to groups of
persons and groups of employ
ers throughout an industry.
KindeSt thing any lawyer out
side CIO is saying about the de-
cision is that the board got in
over its head and was wise only
in waiting until Congress ad-
journed before announcing the
decision. If the boards interpre-
tation of the law is right and
the courts should, for some legal
reason uphold it, the law itself
will certainly be changed at the
next session of Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

NLRB h as
adopted h e
Hague princi-
Pile of civil
liberties. The
Jersey City
shoe is on the
other foot.
1t means las
they see it)
OLldO ally Gl1A1C
j hn Lewis
CIO g e is a
half d OF n
plants in any
industry, he
takes over the
whole indus
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

suddenly turned and scared
last week.
Considering the volume and
breadth of the trading and
the decisive penetration Of
nearby upper-resistance levels,
we may conclude that the bear
market is over. After some ir-
regularity and minor reaction,
the market probably will rise
and eventually regain the posi-
ton occupied in 1887.
1t is difficult to rely upon
orecedent at a time when Mr..
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

these great monsters of wheels
and steel to get ahead of us,
control us, and are they slowly
but surely turning on us and
destroying our civilization?
When you think that one
man now, by just throwing a
switch, can do what 100 used
to do; when you think Of the
new dial telephone, where you
simply pick up the receiver and
dial, the number being auto
matically rung; when you
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

has: Never declared war;
China has never declared war;
no other nation has termed the
Oriental conflict "war."
Troops have battled, cities are
bombed, people die, but not a
single nation in the world has
admitted it to be war" in
the legal sense. China herself
has not even broken off dip
lomatic relations with Japan.
1t is this fact which has
puzzled more Americans than
almost any question concern
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

A FL is frothing over the long
"A shoremen's decision of the
Labor Board.
Lawyers prowling through un.
noticed ramifications of the rul.
ing have come to the conclusion
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
E'But'' %

that has been snuffing out human lives with
the impunity that one stamps upon ants. Japan
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
|. Q. Answers

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/. Salem, Mass. 2. Sake. 8.
Russian wolfhound. 4. a-infringe-
ment with e) b-yes. S. Fortuna.
6. THE Wearing of the Green"
7. Charlotte Corday. 8. Adelaide.
9. Oldest-24 years; youngest
3 years.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
BY PAUL MALLON

(world copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, all rights reserved. Repro
duction in full or in part strictly pro-
hibited)
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
AFL BOILS OVER NLRB DECISION
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS

pany which is five million dol.
lars in arrears in paying inter-
est on its preferred stock. 1t
worked. The utilities publicity
was smothered by headlines on
the REA charges.
1t all comes under the head
Of comparatively clean fun.
REA has so much money it does
not know what to. do with it.
1t probably cannot spend all
the 140 millions which Congress
appropriated. The utilitists do
not care much either as each
new non-competitive Govern
ment line means that much
more power will be bought from
them.
FarIey's Job
GENIAL JIM FARLEY, who
" was looking for a good pri-
vate business job sometime back,
seems to have found one in his
own Democratic national COM
mittee office.
His Democratic campaign ex-
pense report for the last three
months show these items:
Sale of Donkey Banks
$512.60."
sale Of Donkey Pins
$67.03."
Next month he may put in q
line of 10-cent handkerchiefS
for Republicans to cry on; prob
ably also some Roosevelt dolls
for the kiddies
He took in only $685. from
sale of literature so he seems
to be doing far better in the five
and-dime end of the business
than in the main line.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
My Say

WE ARE certainly living in machine age
w today, as everyone knows. And the interest
ing and puzzling question t-have we allowed
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
For intensive Training

MY FRIEND said that every single instrument
AVA should be taken off every training plane and
these pilots forced to fly on their own initiative
for certain length of time. Then. if anything
went wrong if the radio beam failed, or the 101
other things that might happen to automatic
machinery they would feel perfectly at home
and at ease and would know how to bring in their
ships safely without these awful crack-ups
I haven't even begun to touch on the horrible
inventions they are preparing for war. If they
ever do have to use them they will blow this civil
lization up pretty badly. have been wondering
little if perhaps this hasn't happened many
times before in history. Men may have allowed
machinery and the terrible weapons of war to
overcome them:
Perhaps it is one of the answers to that mys
terious monument, the Sphinx, or the Pyramids
which have never been explained They we'll may
have been the last remnant of some civilization
that, through not understanding the dangers of
a Frankenstein, allowed itself to be completely
destroyed.
Dangerous ground the world is treading on and
want to beware and tread lightly, to try to
have a fuller understanding of the other mans
side and complete and absolute faith in God.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
AdUice in Senate

A FRESHMAN Senator came
N to philoSophic Senator Ash
urst and asked his advice about a
letter which the freshman was
sending to a constituent back
home. The letter read: There
are many things I have done
since have been in the Senate,
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

thlnk OF the automobiles that EvaIyn walsh Mclean
have flooded the world when you think of the
new cotton picking machines that will soon be
perfected; when you think of the great har-
Vesters-you wonder where is this all going
to end.
OF course, when these new inventions are first
put on the market they take great many people
to construct them but, on the other hand, once
they are working safely and satisfactorily, hun
dreds and thousands of people are laid off,
Take the automatic telephones. Before these
were put in, as everyone knows there we're thou
sands of telephone girls employed.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

Don't be a stay-at-hOme when vacation
land calls. You can make the whole
summer a vacation in a good used car.
You'll he surprised how easy it is to own
one. See tOday'S Classified Used Car
bargains.