SCHWAB GIVES PHONEY STORY ON SHEARER
Todd, Laurence
Schwab Gives Phoney Story On Shearer "Weeping Charlie" Says He Didn't Know His Firm Hired Big Navy Lobbyist By Laurence Todd WASHINGTON— (FP) — Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of...
...making tttraa candidates for Mayor who have taken sueh t stand...
...Each Federation had already contributed substantial sums to the fund...
...ef ttts sttsstttaav graphic djaoartsrtnn by Jadgra Psnbas...
...First a gentlemen 2 Set who by his courage and •Say bt* earned a right to speak...
...But even under capitalism it seems to me that marginal trading has gross and palpable evils...
...It is wonderful that every so often this greatest patriot of all should be either leaving an investigation, getting ready for one, or testifying at one, while his off hours are spent telling the rest of the world bow to live a decent honest noble life...
...For the sake of your ova reputation whT do you not ask the Governor to clear matters up...
...At later stages of action on the bUL there will be two other chances to defeat the onasorship schema...
...Practically all of It has been collected...
...Governor Roosevelt, Mayor Jas...
...am tired of the dirty cracks ^ajnosfl sad direct against the J*L ^ the last issue of the Leader ~Z^0f* a statement in which you 2_ai the South and possibly Sfes*—always suspicious of the JJJ—esth a sort of gratuitous and Sheet idea that the South is no Sanest the rest of the nation...
...Hence the delay...
...the Bethlehem and the Newport News— paid out (150,000 to lobby the JonesWhite merchant marine bill through Congress, and paid $25,000 to Shearer, to go to Geneva to "observe" the naval limitation conference of 1927...
...o o o Zt we can believe the Inlawmij of men oka Schwab, Grace and Feje*son tat the Shearer case, these great cegNatr* of industry are too guileless sad smoo*at to be let loose in the world without s guardtaa...
...particularly, the Comptroller's office had power to prevent them...
...New Persecution of Socialists in Lithuania Zurich—(LSD—The Lithuanian Fascist Government, which recently gave permission for a Socialist organ "Darbo Balsa" (Labour Opinion) to appear, suddenly had the editor of this paper arrested some other members of the Social-Democratic Party which had meanwhile been suppressed were also arrested, including Pavlovski, member of the Kovno City Council...
...He has the becking of a clean, earnest and forward-looking party, and his political friends and fees alike admit that be is personally better qualified for the office of Mayor of this greet city then any of bis opponents...
...Allen remarked that this was a "shocking" disclosure, and pointed out that Wakeman, in replying through his lawyer, Hunter, did not criticise the claims of Shearer except to assert that "You have fulfilled your obligation to us," and that the employment was terminated owing to disapproval from higher up...
...This vote has never failed him in the past...
...Of course...
...He added: "Mayor Walker has a party, bat he has bo platform and is lacking In personal qualifications...
...Wakeman Was Satisfied "The fixing of the time limit on the naval building program to five years to lay down and eight years to complete establishes the period of our understanding to*the length of the naval program of eight years at $35,000 a year, or an aggregate of $200,000 due me from the result of my endeavors in the interest of the shipbuilding industry...
...The reaction to Thomas' address, as represented to the press, was exceedingly favorable...
...James Develin, former soap-boxer who announced bis rededicatioo to party worst, Arthur McDowell, Federated Prase correspondent who recently was ousted from the University of Pittsburgh because of active ceeinection with the University's Liberal Club, and William J. Van Eeasen, Socialist Mayoralty candidate In the present campaign...
...Palen represented the Newport News company in sending Shearer to Geneva...
...In addition to Senior, abort talks were giwaa by Frank Manning;, of Cleveland...
...Shearer was active in propaganda hostile to its success...
...I have repeatedly pointed out mathematically that tt neither offers aufflcteat interest to attract selfish capital nor permits sufficiently low rent to get rid of alums There Is no way for dealing with Shane except by the Socialist proa seals...
...TIELY TOPICS By Norman Thomas ^Qfraf while since I've run any H^Le, talk m this column...
...Palen, mentioned In the letter, is vicepresident of the Newport News company, and Wilder is vice-president of the Brown-Boveri News company, and Wilder la vice-president of the Brown-Boveri corporation...
...s co-ordinated system of city market...
...To this conference leading figures in political and religious life have been invited to attend...
...was raised, while those in charge of the arrangements promised that Washington's contribution will go above $600 before the drive is over...
...It makes people craay to get semethtng for nothing the whole profit system as praoticed by "the wise buainass man" dees that It to a short step from marginal trading with legitimate brokers to the bucket shop...
...Samuel O'Brien of the Typographical Union No...
...Solomon Cites Milwaukee Solomon took as his text e statement made by Joseph McKee, his Tammany opponent, that all cities of the nation are wasteful of public funds...
...Senior left at 10:30 for Rochester, with the well wishes of the local Comrades and the firm conviction that Pittsburgh was behind him in his new tasks...
...These reports indicate that instead of letting down, the drive is gaining momentum...
...But the Rothstein case requires action...
...In these words, the Socialists of Pittsburgh, through Sidney Stark, wired the directors of the United Socialist Drive last Monday that on the day before, at a banquet given in honor of Clarence Senior, National Secretary of the Socialist Party, Pittsburgh took over the lead held by Boston Socialists since September 16, when at a similar dinner given in Senior's honor, Bostonians contributed $891 to the $50,000 fund...
...23, In questioning 8. W. Wakeman, vice-president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, and Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydoek Co...
...1,089, and hotels were paid $24,000...
...They covered their tracks by means of secret slush funds...
...The conference la especially eager to have representatives of Socialist trade unions to attend the conference...
...His sua cess or has been far more noisy and spectacular but equally unfortunate or inefficient in the apprehending of the Rothstein murderers...
...S. M. Neistadt, socialist State Secretary of Maryland is in charge ef the arrangements...
...This sinister fact was developed by Senators Shortridge...
...C«r» tinned an Pace Z) Telegraphers' Reply Exposes Charlie Schwab ST...
...The dinner will be held at the Emerson Hotel on Sunday evening, September 89...
...We know full well that, so long as the parasitic system of capitalism holds sway, it will corrupt politic breed crime, poison public opinion, and make democracy a by-word...
...Wakeman and Ferguson continued the fishy story begun by Bardo of the Brown-Boverl corporation and by Schwab and Grace of the Bethlehem concern, by denying that Shearer was sent to Geneva with any orders or permission to engage in any activities against naval agreement between the United States, Great Britain and Japan...
...He denied all responsibility...
...Further, that owing to the failure of the tri-power naval conference at Geneva, there is now before the 70th Congress a 71-ship building program costing $740,000,000...
...The Governor can Investigate both...
...All that we toss a right to ask our Southern stoato is to admit that we do have tenants concern which cannot be OnM by calling us Yankees or damn Tenses—-terms which the gentleman sea the good Republican state of font <nd not use...
...The Socialists had only two primary contests and won both...
...Thus far the representation of Socialist unions in the conference has been small...
...Even under capitalism marginal trading as distinct from investing Immensely extends the area of speculation...
...me, If I can, try to make clear to you the distinction between speculation and gambling...
...The Buffalo Evening Times, a Scripps-Howard paper, states, in commenting on the primary results, that Perkins will be the dark horse candidate for Mayor and they consider his chances for election very good...
...Frank X. Schwab, Democrat, and Frank C. Perkins, SocialistMayor Schwab, a Republican, was defeated In his own primaries but in turn defeated the regular organization candidate in the Democratic primaries...
...Senior also spoke in Reading, Pa., and Richmond, Vs., where the dinners were held mainly as a get-together for the future party activities...
...But the State Teaming Board's plan which La Ouardia approves, itself Is almost an equal failure...
...In a second letter giving me permission to quote his first and reiterating his position...
...By universal belief Rothstein was not only king of the underworld but a potent political fixer with friends In high places...
...But in general the marginal trader is not investing at all but betting which way stock is going to go within the next week or the next month...
...Only Mr...
...Ihomea said: "Mayor Walker, will you not yourself lata to the request that Gov...
...Instead your line of action tended to Impede their discovery and punishment The District Attorney's legal power aad your potent influence in Tammany Ball did nothing for the people to the City Trust scandals...
...Socialist Candidate for Mayor Declares Companies Have Mulcted Cities (By a New Leader Carrasf—east) XVUFFALO.—"Every one of the pub° lie utilities, Including the Natural Gas Monopoly, the Power Trust, the International Railway, and the New York Telephone Company, have been unfair to the city and to the people of Buffalo," Frank C. Perkins, Socialist candidate for Mayor, has charged...
...But there is a vast difference, ethically and practically, between the gambling of the man who day by day takes responsibility for bis farm and live stock, feeds and waters his own stock, and the man who gambles on the watered stock of Wall Street...
...hsSjhss* undertaken by Charles Rogers, aad a provisional committee of Socialists to tbat city...
...The reason given was alleged relationship with the Lithuanian emigrants la Vlma...
...It Is significant tbat marginal trading as we know tt is almost unknown in England...
...Less than 50 per cent of the voters participated in the primaries and therefore the race for Mayor is still undecided...
...that is...
...investigation have simply been hushed up as fast as possible by your administration...
...With the opening of the 1930 campaign, an intensive drive will be made to increase the membership of organizations having membership in the permanent conference...
...Surely the people are easy marks if the Public Service Commission allows the gas company the two dollar rate...
...to reduce the cost of living...
...20 the solemn show of probing the big-navy lobbying activities of Shearer and hi* employers...
...He ridiculed the idea of voting merely for "good men...
...I am, of course, fighting for Socialism...
...Although not mentioned in the press, a bitter anti-Catholic campaign, more intense than the SmithHoover fight last year resulted...
...Just now all energies are directed to making the meeting on October 15 a decisive beginning of the 1930 program...
...The total announced last week was $21,000, and <th subscription during the week brought the total reported to the headquarters up to between $23,000, and the subscriptions during the collections made by individual branches and not reported to the drive headquarters as yet...
...It draws out hundreds of millions of dollars to back up brokers' loans which even under capitalist theory should be employed in productive work...
...Enthusiastic Meeting At the Town Hall Thomas sounded the Socialist slogans before an enthusiastic audience in Town Hall on Sunday afternoon...
...That conference failed...
...Sacco and ragntti were lynched by a court as ajawhe wars done to others In New ¦any sad- Pennsylvania...
...In addition to this, Mr...
...I letter from wenraew oseei lad now for another sort of critinea Some weeks sgo I paid my ssBstts to marginal gambling on M street, and particularly to Prooner Royal Meeker's extraordinary srtomsat that Senator Glass' bill inOatae to prevent marginal specula** "would reduce civilization to canOtoneM.'' To my criticism ex-GovOssr William E. Sweet of Denver, fobfoau, elected as champion of the •nam and farmers, wrote me in art as follows: ¦ntegtaal trading, per se, is no ¦*» a farm of gambling than for to bay a piece of real estate in ¦or Tork City and place a mortgage a it at 50% or 60% of 75% of its eke...
...30, 1938, to Waxeman, and made public Sept 33 by the probe committee...
...Considering the extra work assigned me and the expense involved, I believe a part of my bonus should be paid me March 5, 1938...
...to be paid as a salary of $35,000 a year, receipt hereby acknowledged for year ending March 4, 1938...
...the appeal which was written by Norman Thomas, National chairman of the drive, Socialists are asked to contribute $5 each on the average to raise the balance of the fund...
...Then b< gave an idea of the earnings of New York workers...
...With clarity and force, he stated the Socialist program...
...Seditious Book Clause Is Still Before Senate WASHINGTON—(FP) — Final consideration by the Senate of Sec...
...It will thus be seen that these municipal gas wells are only starting out on their life of activity and they have produced millions of cubic feet of natural gas' of high heating value of a thousand B.T.U.'s, while the gas monopoly is mixing coke oven gas with the natural gas, lowering its heating value...
...We are out to put an end to that legalized grafting which, under the names of profit, rent, sad interest, takes billions from the workers every year...
...MuluMni law) can be exissed, at toast la part by poverty...
...N.Y...
...Miss Minnie Weisberg, who conducted the drive among the members of that branch, reports...
...It Is too bad the City has lost the opportunity to hear the fiery criticism of the La Guardla of IMS by the La Ouardia of 1924...
...The 23rd Assembly District, Kings County, branch, will remit $300, the largest amount raised by a single branch in New York City, after the next meeting of the branch...
...By T o'eeeeSthe time of Sea tort arrrfSJ...
...Race prejudice today is not nsjesf to the South...
...J. Walker, Fiorello La Guardia, and Representative Hamilton Fish have also been invited to attend the meeting...
...This big bill tor lood and shelter in the capital caused the three senatorial diners-out to open their eyes...
...When In Geneva Shearer posed as spokesman for American patriotic societies, and as a press correspondent and dose friend of American admirals...
...It proceeded then to thank Thomas for helping make SSBSaespal issues Intelligent, The Evening Sun commented on Thomas* proposal for spwwjl mmr — Usntten mb H. Mug, Sr>The Sua sasaatosi* vKblbM^ Scant itnaitlan that DeteneTs party, ansae Thcenes', has bad On opportunity to carry thai promise oat be* had tailed to deliver...
...taxation of land values...
...I am still unconvinced...
...This well being 40 years old...
...Washington Give* $460 While Pittsburgh Socialists were making certain that Pittsburgh would be second to no other city in providing the funds necessary to strengthen the Socialist Party and its various institutions...
...6 and member of the Committee of 25 of the New York Conference, announced that his organization of 10.000 members had given Its unanimous approval to the work of the conference on Old Age Security, and voted $100 for the work...
...The contributions made by Pittsburgh and Washington to the drive during the past week, together with contributions that have come from individuals and branches from most of the states of the Union, added between $2,000 and $2,500 to the sum already subscribed to the fund...
...elimination of graft, corruption and racketeering...
...Frank C. Perkins, as usual, is depending: on the 'silent vote' for his Mayoralty strength...
...Alexandra Sehoenbaum, of the Jamaica branch of-the Socialist Party...
...Labor may have the dignity but the prises go to tbs tacky speculators...
...LOUIS — (PP) — While Charlie Schwab of Bethlehem Steel, war profiteer and defrauder of the American government, 'was successfully smiling his way out of the ticklish naval lobby investigation...
...Definite arrangements is that cess, ss In the ess* of sever*] other cities that are tdarrntng affairs to aid the drive, win be announoed as soon a* they are onanplersd socialists and other* who wtoh to help iasur* the success of the drive by helping provide the balance of the fusd age asked to mail all contributtons to Norman Thomas, 2g Bast XSth street, stew Task Ctty...
...The Natural Gas Monopoly showed a surplus of seventeen million dollars by the National Fuel Gas Company which owns 100 per cent of the stock of the Iroouois Natural Gas Corporation, all of which was accumulated on gas rate of less than half the present prices and 100 per cent stock dividend was declared...
...according to the statement of your own police department, neither mysterious nor difficult, arouses suspicion either of gross incompetency or a pararystag f ear of what will come out In a murder trial, or both It la commonly believed that even the opportunities given for the extraction of compromising letters from the Rothstein files has not made certain people feel safe...
...If you really believe that your police department Is I il» i in lew in this matter, why not prove *> to the people and refute your critics...
...Booeevelt yc Acting Governor LstMnan appoint a scanmlaafcner to conduct a full and fearless inquiry Into the handling of the Rothstein murder by the District Attorney's office and by the police...
...SsdaJsnB eames to remove the eaases that prevent men from being lovers and brothers one with another, and to bring la that eqnatHy of opportunity wtthswt which there can be no craw fellowship, no abiding social lore...
...The as* trouble in the South is the diss...
...Lewis Is Enthusiastic "Our fund is rapidly climbing towards the $30,000 mark, according to the reports that are being received from all parts of the country," Marx Lewis, drive director, declares in a statement Issued to the Socialist press from his headquarters, 28 East 16th street...
...Charles Pog-orelec, of the Jugoslav Federation, which leads all other Federations in the amount contributed to the fund, sent in a check for $266 87, and W. N. Reivo, secretary of the Finnish Socialist Federation, sent in two checks totalling $175...
...Citing book and page, Solomon disputed this statement as far as Milwaukee and Reading, Socialistgoverned cities, were concerned...
...Thirty-eight workers died as the result of falls, Isd. ders and scaffolds being Responsible for nine...
...Sweet's own illustration, bets on what the next ball will be...
...Mrs...
...Senior and Panken Speak Reporting the results of the dinner held last Friday in Washington, Mrs...
...Two arguments support the case for an Investigation by the Governor...
...He was to be paid $35,000 for going to Geneva and "observing' the conference and for "reporting, though we did not know what to expect" Payment was made by each company, through an operating officer, to Hunter, counsel for Wakeman...
...Reading has raised over $500 for the United Socialist Drive so far...
...This was a case Involving primarily the State but the State got no help in dealing with it south of the Bronx County line...
...Ivy Lee Got His Further questions developed the fact that $102,000 had been spent in Washington in the publicity campaign for an American merchant marine, by Bardo's company alone...
...C. L. Bardo, president of the New York Shipbuilding Co., the first witness heard, gave the committee his word, under oath, that he had had no knowledge or even suspicion that Shearer was doing anything at Geneva except observe the trend of the conference and send home advance information...
...Another natural gas well at Foster Hall, University of Buffalo, was cleaned out and the water removed, resulting in...
...Is not easily provoked, thinket.h no evil...
...whtah eaytmted the entire andience, Evervone toft tbat RsS with a spark Mailed in bta beaust...
...Thomas' statement follows: "At last we know where Major La Guardla stands—at least for the duration of this campaign In the evolution of the only candidate who has ever run on every ticket the Major has reached the stage of the business-man city reformer...
...Pittsburgh Gives $1,200 To United Socialist Drive...
...We have no doubt that within two years of his release from jail Harry Sinclair will also be boosted as one of the greatest patriots of all time and one of the best fitted authorities on how to grow rich by being honest...
...It is estimated that about $2,000 more is available from these sources...
...Socialists of Washington, D. C, at a dinner held last Friday evening, September 20, brought the total contributed by the Socialists and liberals of that city up to $460...
...Bardo and yourself, I have continued my activities in your behalf and in your Interests to get action on a naval building program which is now assured...
...None of the Fammaay public officials involved has had the decency to resign...
...These employers, the first evidence disclosed, were the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, the Newport News Shipbuilding lc Drydock Co., and the New York Shipbuilding Co...
...Such little progress as we have made in dealing with the forces of graft and corruption in New York City we owe to Gubernatorial investigation...
...A display of the posters ised by the Labor Party in the recant British elections were spread around the room...
...the municipality greater control of its highways...
...Par the sake of your party why do you not encourage a Governor of your party to do that which If be falls to do It win redound to his and his party's hurt not only In the state but In the eyes of the American public generally.'' Thonuu Attacks LaGuardia Speech of Acceptance Thomas last no time in taking up the address of acceptance delivered by p. H. La Ouardia, Republican nominee...
...Elmwood avenue and the Airport, with a value of $39,871, and these wells are only their infancy...
...The Bethlehem share came from a personal expense fund sat aside for Wain-man1* use...
...It may be argued that stocks will become over-inflated and the whole stock market come down with a crash...
...and the response...
...who yowled and cussed, and gave Charlie a clean bill of health...
...Se does real estate become over-inflated in exactly the same way and those who buy at the top have to suffer the consequences of over speculation...
...He is utterly silent m how be would finance new constructs which is the very heart at the awecent fare issue...
...Fund Is Nearing $30,000 Hi11 quit in Philadelphia and Panken in Baltimore for Drive Dinners 6({~}F course Pittsburgh beats Boston...
...Very often, as in the famous case of Representative Dyer of Missouri, he does not even know what the company makes on whose stock he Is betting...
...not a sorsteh of pen on their books left any record of their connection with Shearer...
...27, 1928, that 61,000,000 cubic feet had been taken from the gas wells at the City Hospital...
...Inquiry into the contract terms led Wakeman to testify that the agreement mads by the three concerns with Shearer was entirely verbal and that no memorandum of Its terms was made...
...A full report of the results of the questionnaire will be made on October 15...
...Sehoenbaum remits $100, and writes that there is much more coming on pledges that will be collected at the next meeting of the branch...
...My dear Mr...
...I beam that it is traditional among the nCesTssasBd Southerners that if a gag ever gets Into a court that he pawl ss given a fair trial . . . The » the sheriff and all the police abb sjay be corrupt but the judges as stdbarfiy honest...
...Palen and Mr...
...He puts a mortgage on his cattle for the jgy which the bank supplies over gfaove the margin which he hrm*PJ*«*- This whole discussion BnKS?1 m WaU Str**t U lAr*"e~ EJpoduct either of mlslufurma•^r^*J*ostee to criticise it and condemn It to bolster op sera* economic theory...
...the Public like Charity, doth not behave itself unseemly, seek eth not her own...
...The 16 workers were either killed Instantly or died shortly after suffering their fatal Injuries...
...There may be borderline cases where It is hard to distinguish marginal trading from what has been called Instalment plan investing...
...The attendance at the dinner was 120, and the principal addresses of the evening were made by former Judge Jacob Panken, of New York, and Clarence Senior...
...Biassns tar rrebe "I have hitherto declined to loin in the various requests that have gone to dot...
...Thomas Puts Housing First On Program N. Y. Campaign Has Enthusiastic OpeningWalker Challenged On Rothstein Murder lMAJOR developments m the New New York municipal campaign last week came under three general headings: 1.—Opening of the Socialist campaign for Norman Thomas for Mayor at Town Hall 2.—Development of police failure to solve the Rothstein murder ease as an issue...
...If a customer buys 100 shares * tnerkeu Telephone * Telegraph *** at 300 and gives a check for **», or 40% of the cash cost, and *J stoker loans him the balance, •1Mb, the customer is buying this Hp wa 4 margin.' If he gives the ¦*or a check for $20,000, in full, y Una goes across the street to his JJ*esd borrows on his stock, as col¦¦01, $11,000, he is buying the stock ¦Hnargm...
...A oomptete fist of all contributions win be made public after tba drive to over, while partial hats are being ptasaseS aa rapidly as subscriptions eaa bt Itatae...
...Charlie Schwab, is again In the limelight...
...Usually ttts boom collapsas, sod when it rnlUpsoa there Is suffering and woe...
...t'je National Broadcasting C...
...Now the Gas Company wishes to charge two dollars foy the first thousand cubic feet taking toll of more than two million dollars from the gas consumers without giving an additional cubic foot of gas in return...
...tba .tba* sat, it was ******* that many •vMMttlT'm, -Mf HrjjfttfltlflrtS would have to) be toaae...
...The Socialist candidate declared Major La QuanHa's attack on graft consisted of fir"1-"*— Mr...
...If he borrows money for his farm or his live stock that is in a sense speculating on the future...
...special taxes on property benefitted by transit construction—these were the things a Socialist administration would strive to do...
...Wilder was an active lobbyist in Washington for the Jones-White merchant marine law, under which the shipbuilding subsidy U now being paid to Brown-Boveri and other concerns...
...The N. Y. Telephone Co., he said, pays its girts $15.50 a week...
...Sweet says: "Anyone who borrows money to conduct his business upon is guilty, if that is the word you would like to use, of marginal trading...
...Again he was Investigated, this time before a friendly committee, for knowing something about one hundred millions that were missing...
...Wilder, in the interests of all who are seriously Interested in the shipbuilding Industry and adequate seapower...
...Cutting of New Mexico, who Is opposing this section, before It can come up for a vote...
...Fight For Old Age Aid Opens Oct...
...The primaries resulted In three nominations for Mayor: Charles E. Roesch, Republican...
...Legally you might conduct an investigation of your own into your own Police Department...
...We owe no thanks at all to you or Comptroller Berry for the discovery of the Queensboro sewer ¦caadaja The Board of BSUuiate and...
...305 of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill, dealing with exclusion of books and other printed matter which may be sedition* or otherwise dangerous in the opinion of customInspectors, has been Indefinitely delayed...
...As stated by you and agreed by your group, I am to receive at the rate of $35,000 a year as a reward, a bonus, or money earned as the results of the naval preparedness campaign which benefits and in reality saved the shipbuilding industry...
...It was also pure patriotism which moved Charlie at that tune to bribe naval officers doing the inspecting of his plant...
...Then came the war and Charlie was made head of the shipping board...
...Mr...
...Originally you made your old associate...
...the Public like Charity envieth not, vaunteth not itself...
...He says nothing about the gift of hundreds of million dollars to the fortunate owners of real estate adjacent to subways and other public improvements...
...This Is what the organ of the organized railroad keymen has to say after a whirl at Charlie's past: 1 "The greatest patriot of all...
...Letter Exposes "PatriotsHow "patriots" are whipped up to defeat naval limitation, drive a cruiser bill and ship subsidy bill through Congress and spread propaganda of hate Is order to increase the profits of private shipyards, is disclosed in the letter addressed by Shearer, Jan...
...no accounting is mads by Wakeman to the Bsthlehsni concern for disbursements of this money...
...New York City cannot raise wages of the workers, Thomas declared, but it can increase the social Income through municipal services in the direction of better and cheaper housing health care and general welfare provisions...
...see indirect consequence of the ¦n problem on which the tendency ¦ nee violence is a terrible example, ssf Sew Knglanders brought most d tss stores to the South in their she...
...Hunter, Mr...
...The high prinHJbj shown by the judges in North Oawsnv ate generally the rule . . . fhb eternal ding (longing of the Ms a sot wholly, but fifty per cent, ¦safes «or...
...Major La Guardia has neither platform, nor party, nor personal qualification...
...Other matters not subject to 'formal gubernatorial...
...I would not agree with Bv*»»toe, but it would be need[2y «*fue with you on that propo[Hfc *|y criticism of your stete¦* to that you condemn marginal l^**L *o such ,and there is no crime Ef***> moral or otherwise, in buyIlPVtaing on a margin...
...The wise business man is the one who comes nearest to buying at the bottom and selling at the top...
...His company paid its share of the expense, he said, without taking any interest in the outcome of the negotiations...
...A personally good man elected to office by a party whose policies are Injurious to the masses may do much more harm than a personally bad man It the same position, because he is honestly ably carrying out bad policies...
...Schwab Gives Phoney Story On Shearer "Weeping Charlie" Says He Didn't Know His Firm Hired Big Navy Lobbyist By Laurence Todd WASHINGTON— (FP) — Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of the, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Eugene Grace, head of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., a Schwab subsidiary, have blandly assured the Senate investigating committee, that they knew nothing of the employment of W. B. Shearer, notorious bignavy propagandist, as "observer" for their own and other shipbuilding companies at the Geneva naval conference in 1927...
...i^3bs, ta p*rt...
...15 Thomas, Walker, La Guardia Invited to Address Conference—-Legislators Questioned "THE New York Conference on Old X Age Security will launch Its 1930 campaign on October 15 at the Russell Sage Foundation when a meeting of all member organizations as well as other groups will he held...
...Even the hard boiled business world senses the ethical weakness of —-gVi' trading or, whatever its motives in crttieistag Bishop Cannon, tt would net have singled out bis Wan street ventures as a peculiarly vulnerable spot...
...One gas well at the University of Buffalo, at the boiler house, is 53 years old and on May 16, 1928, this well was cleaned out resulting in a pressure of 200 to 250 pounds...
...Such dan ss we Northerners have to peosnr faiarest In the rapid induatrialsstna of the South comes not from seal superiority but from common ¦scam in the social consequences of sa industrialization...
...The local Comrades were enthused over the splendid meeting...
...He toes not even declare unequivocally tor tottat of recapture...
...Foremost, said Thomas, a Socialist administration would wipe out slums City planning in an Intelligent manner...
...There Is reason behind stock purchases the Governor believes...
...a pressure of 165 pounds...
...people were -seatail, taxing...
...the fail oav pactty ef tba room...
...are being worked out Dinner In Philadelphia and Baltimore With Pittsburgh holding,, the lead, and Boston running it k close second, Philadelphia and Baltimore will eater the field to win a place among the cities that lead all others in the amount contributed to the United Socialist Drive on Sunday evening, September 39, when these two cities will have banquets...
...The text of Thomas' address will bt found on page 2.) Hillquit Assails Walker, La Guardia The Town Hall meeting was also distinguished by addresses by Morris Hillquit, National chairman of the Socialist Party, who presided...
...Allen and Robinson, Sept...
...Several offers of large contributions made subject to the condition that all up to those amounts necessary to complete the $90,000 fund be raised have been received...
...I now *Te»fcr doing all the talking by ^a— tee of my correspondents Jjlja* ieor...
...Be may have been murdered in a mere gamblers' row—which has not been proved— but the Immunity his murderers have enjoyed to a case which is...
...By request and instruction, I am devoting considerable time and endeavor to the merchant marine program as laid down: and approved by the members cf your group...
...Be bets on bunches and tips which are certainly no better guides than the baseball fan has who, to use Gov...
...Men drunk with the gambling erase, whether it is Florida land or margins, cannot think constructively about any social changes...
...Foreign language Federations during the past week added $441.87 to the drive...
...At the same time many who have already given are volunteering to send in additional sums...
...Plans by which these offers may be utilised to raise the balance, and thus insure the receipt of them before the drive is over...
...Now comes the news of Charlie's ship company being one of three hiring a gentleman to horn in and break up the plans of the government of the United States at the Geneva naval conference...
...norman Thomas nana en e definite program of thorough-going city reform and public welfare...
...HyBtotaS<tasT gsjSg...
...The majority of the voters refused to participate in this religious fight and these voters will decide the election on November 5th...
...The apparently poor showing made by Perkins in the primaries was due to the bitterness of the antiCatholic fiirht waged in both primaries...
...At least two weeks will elapse, in the opinion of Sen...
...N. Y. Industry Kills 191 In August ALBANY, N. Y.— (FP)—Electricity, explosions and burns account for the death of 15 workers on the Job In New York State, of the 191 deaths reported In August, according to the State Labor Department...
...Items of the lobby expense were interesting...
...Charles Solomon, Socialist candidate for controller, and Algernon Lee, Socialist candidate for the board of aldermen...
...Prof, a D. Herron...
...Verily, is it not true that: The Public, like Charity, suffereth long end is kind...
...The Socialists have a full ticket for all offices and intend to wage a good campaign...
...Thomas declared that the situation La Guardla described with respect to the failure to pay labor on public works the prevailing rate of wages existed under the Hylan administration of which "he (La Guardla) was an Indistinguishable part...
...Saw^Bobie attitude is recent Up Safaaabrj a year ago everyone in zz T«ik frankly spoke of how iggaVt tbt South is . . . Among the gage seooie ignorance is as well SawSt « New York as in other ^mb, (Amen, brother, don't they BK Jbamy Walker ?) New York _a serf intellectuals because it is Sanaa* of such classes and they g, jg SttbtB thirty minutes of each ¦ atai mi in Texas some of them gs tkrs* days apart . . . When Mrsngs take place in Texas they SSmbt a mob without the aaof the courts...
...This Is gambling, pure and simple...
...an order of society wholly different from that typified by the modern stock exchange...
...Epstein has been sending out a questionnaire to all candidates for assembly as to their stand on old age security...
...It probably made certain the defeat of Mayor Schwab, a Catholic, in the Republican primaries and on the other hand, probably secured him the Democratic nomination...
...Ferguson testified later that the Newport News company paid Shearer indirectly through its blind "merchant marine" fund...
...This ex-progressive holds a vague threat of city operation over the heads of the companies to be used only u a last resort "The Major is silent on the enormous assessment evil in New York, silent on our cumbersome and inefficient method of assessment and the favoritism in assessing real estate which is at the root of Tammany's power...
...Even the terS* iStoraey of states like MiastsstofsSd Arkansas (where they have sj sat...
...In any Wot As Stock Exchang house bor^ths money with which to carry r^ocalator from, perhaps, the ¦jfcal bank from which the cus¦¦t borrows the money on the 100 ¦¦stock certificate...
...They were caused by Democrats entering- the Socialist primaries...
...Baltimore will have as Its guest of honor former Judge Jacob P auk en, whose visits to other cities have helped sweU the total raised so far for the $00,000 fund...
...Charlie wept tears, told of his patriotic sacrifices, and the committee also cried, listened to Dawes and Daugherty...
...the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., 333 Broadway, New York City, and the Brown-Boveri Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. "At the request of Mr...
...justice for the workers in the courts...
...sV troth Is most of our problems sa basse problems, they are Amerns) sroeTema, not in any fundamen01 fens* sectional problems...
...Yngo-Stav Federation Gives At Rochester, where Senior spoke last Monday evening, illness of a few active Comrades prevented a large turn-out, but when the dinner was over $50 was added to the Socialist fund...
...With the smoothly evasive method that has permitted him to escape serious questioning in half a dozen previous investigations, Schwab begged the senators not to get angry with him, while he ignored the few pointed queries that reflected on his veracity...
...wrs fbst and there's a lot in it Sjner ts1 °""-r~ and the Centralis settee <ad not live in the South, festhne capitalists are among the wseest foes of labor in the South nt flat South taught them no new fdsb) la ruthless methods...
...He bluffed the ordeal through and was excused without reprimand...
...Today his company is borrowing millions from the government, under the new legislation, at very low interest rates, for construction of trans-Atlantic liners...
...Also I feel that the time has arrived for me to come out in the open as suggested by Mr...
...Hillquit declared there were three tests by which the candidates should be Judged: party, platform and personal qualifications...
...Falsa seems to have known why they were paying sheerer...
...I do not know more than two limited dividend companies in operation uadar it...
...Until we can do that It lent much good to preach the dignity of labor...
...Wakeman," wrote Shearer to Schwab's man: "Pursuant to our last private conversation and understanding in your office, that future negotiations would be with me direct, I wish to_call to your attention that as a result of my activities during the 69th Congres, eight 10,000-ton cruisers are now under construction...
...Shortridge asked whether banquets were given every night, during that publicity drive...
...Late comers wart tT*1!** to go on half rations...
...As to Bishop Cannon's seeking to bless Wall Street, you know as jssh as I do that the Bishop's activity in die dry cause was the main reason, if not the whole reason, why "even our Wall Street was shocked,' and I think your reference to Bishop Cannon's blessing Wall Street is of the same piece...
...I wauld further recommend that legislation be advocated which will give reasonable regulation of the public utilities by the municipalities and the right of the city to operate mutvcioal buses to give adequate transportation as voted by referendum by a large majority of the people...
...Mrs stock producer does his [3**J °h a margin...
...In a sense, of course, the poor farmer spends his life betting on the weather...
...Tracks Covered Up When the three big anti-union shipyard corporations—the Brown-Boverl...
...The amount of $300,000 to be divided by and between the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., 35 Broadway, New York City...
...La Guardla atfll talks as the friend of labor...
...The New York Permanent Conference on Old Age Security is composed of civic bodies, religious organizations, social and welfare organization, fraternal organizations as well as trade unions...
...When Judge Panken made his appeal for funds, all but $40 of the $500 set as the quota for the District of Column'3...
...safer and more comfortable transit lines operated by the city...
...In Philadelphia, Morris HiUquit, national chairman of the socialist Party, will make his first appearance since his election to the highest poet in the Socialist Party of the United States on September 19...
...Together, these three shipyard corporations paid 925,000 to Shearer to go to Geneva in 1927 to "merely observe" the naval limitation conference which'had been arranged by President Coolidge...
...George Hyman, who, with Mr...
...Schwab referred all inquiries to his personal secretary, who, he declared, handled such matters for him...
...Only so can you relieve the Governor of serious embarrassment...
...The lasge contribution from a New York City branch last week from Mrs...
...When the rates were increased from 30 cents per thousand to 65 cents per thousand the cost of this service was not only doubled, but trebled because of the decreased heating value of the mixed gas requiring a larger number of cubic feet to produce the aunt heating results...
...Bardo denied it...
...No automobile or other machinery could be operated for two years, without attention and it is necessary that these wells should be kept cleaned and in good condition...
...Many millions of cubic feet of gas have been taken from these wells since this report and although money was available these wells have not been cleaned of their water for two yeais...
...Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for Mayor, and Lieutenant-Governor Lehman have already accepted the invitation of Abraham Epstein, secretary of the conference...
...The baseball fan may know the law of averages and tl:: tiruzl performance of his hero...
...Many slurs have been cast at the municipal gas wells drilled, yet the facts were reported on Nov...
...His Heeetag Man "The Major srlttotoas Walker tor his broken down housing plan which was always for political paypocas and never could have been more than a salve on a cancer...
...Panken, who participated in the recent campaign in England on behalf of the British Labor Party, will speak on his experiences wail* campaigning for the British Labor Party...
...I refer to the Equitable Bus franchise scandal, the milk racket, the street department frauds, etc...
...He drew the applause of the audience when he said that he would be the same kind of a comptroller that Philip Snowden is In England...
...His principal opponent in each primary was a nonCatholic...
...There is no possible reason why I may judge as to whether the next bell will be a strike, a hit or a foul...
...Grace imitated his chief...
...An esmeJtant speaking- program bad bees arranged...
...It mentions Perkins' previous record as one of the greatest votegetters in the history of the city, says that less than half the voters have spoken yet and "that Perkins will draw a tremendous protest vote from both Republican and Democratic camps seems certain...
...The Public, like Charity, beereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things, but there win come a time when the lest straw will break the camel's beck...
...The "wet" and "dry" issue was no factor for all the regular old party candidates for Mayor are "wets...
...From Ebnil Umherti, ctf Pystonrwb, foSisBf*ft^SuTmJS*11 * •^nacegwe^sWttbrs«TICSdltaert at 8:»s...
...The dinner will be held at the Philadelphia Labor Institute, 810 Locust street...
...The Herald-Tribune, staunchly conservative, carried an editorial which summarised Thomas' views without a fine of crlticiwn...
...Formation ef s committee ef liberals and socialists to receive Norman Thomas, should he be available for a speaking date bt Onrbmstl early in October...
...Ripley put these eases to bat Believe It or Not, and XT1 not battel* tt...
...Pittsburgh Socialists ring up $1,200 for United Socialist Drive and pledge themselves anew to active participation in rebuilding of our party...
...The issues from the broader viewpoint of Socialist criticism of political and economic forces today were stated by Lee...
...Back in the first decade of the century he was telling a committee of congress that he was motivated by pure patriotism when he "sought to put off on the navy department of the United States armor full of blow holes which had been rejected by England...
...They may not be the true tacts, but they are what k generally behaved to well informed circles in New York...
...Is not puffed up...
...The dinners held so far have not only aided the drive, but have created a spirit of enthusiasm that bids well to mark the beginning of a new era in Socialist Party history in the United States, according to the accounts which those in charge of the arrangements in various cities have transmitted to Lewis...
...Roosevelt to investigate various phases, of your administration I have preferred to appeal to the people...
...Thomas Asks Walker Urge Rothstein Probe rastlgatkin of tba Hothsteln murder ease aw placed squarely Man Mayer Walker Wednesday by Ttinsnss Tba Sectohet aaadtobto Sectored himself to favor of such aa Invssrsjsllnci...
...Aside from the general argument why the Governor should act, the Rothstein case itself calls for action...
...If the stock drops and out his margin ,the bank is In •¦^ the same position as though ¦ dresnattance should occur with ¦stock exchange house...
...Charles H. Roth defeated former Assemblyman Patrzykowski in the Lovejoy district and Henry J. Ruppel defeated Walter Slisz for Supervisor nomination in the seventh ward...
...Perkins will speak with the other Socialist speakers in scores of meetings...
...Many who have contributed to make possible the first $25,000 are now matching their own contributions to provide the second $29,000 and assure the attainment of our goal While we are doing well, there are still many cities to be heard from .and it is upon those cities that we expect to center our forces during the next few weeks...
...S.—The presentation by F. H. La Guardia, republican machine candidate, of his "personal platform...
...Tor the teat the Major advances eartain pteSataSsa against graft and certain proposals for eooneemee which have long ago been generally accepted even by Republicans when oat of cafioe...
...Just aa Z believe that society eaa recover the value of land which it creates by a tax, so do I believe that by taxation society can prevent or, at any rate, curb gambling on margin...
...a school system free from graft and from "political end ecclesiastical control...
...It is no less ¦•rsliLlve transaction in one case , to the other, and the purchaser real estate in the instance B obm li 'marginal trading* In S«**to...
...You cannot investigate the District Attorney's office...
...Perkins Hits At Buffalo Utilities Cos...
...He prefaced his •summary of the issues with an en'ghtening comparison of housing jsts and Income in New York City He told of apartments renting fox 124,500 a year, for $125,000, for $15,000 and $40,000 a year—all comparatively small apartments...
...go**_tt you argue that all forms gtaesiatloa is gambling and gam¦J * * wicked act I have nothing l-z* fcPsy...
...Ethically the practice has all the effects of gambling...
...Sen...
...Perkins ran in both primaries, polling- only a total of 6.207 votes...
...The Railroad Telegrapher was delving into his past record...
...Militarists Run Probe Three of the most rampant militarists and reactionaries in the United States Senate—Shortridge of California, Robinson of Arkansas and Allen of Kansas—began Sept...
...Thom*»' cbalkesgs to Mayor Walker cams as the seventh of tba dally ruwttniw on rampaign tame* which he Has been putting to the Mayor...
...Hie understanding for which expenses were furnished me to conduct the campaign for naval preparedness was to March 5, 1938...
...The address was very well reported...
...He wants the public to forget to connection with the prevailing rate of wages controversy that the city's disregard of this law went on in full blast under the Hylan administration of which for two years he was an tndlsttaguishable part Be wants labor to forget bis enthusiastic endorsement of Judge.eaBaghan whose injunctions may be defensible from the conservative point of view but are entirely in •PPceJUon to labor and ptugresslvo printfplea aad to La Ouardia's own farmer "On subways La Guardla stffl hopes » make the oM companies be good...
...You and I ait side by side at a baseball game and I bet you that the next ban pitched will be a foul...
...Warren, the eoape-goat of this delay, or so it was understood...
...A follow-up appeal to all who failed to respond to the first letter is now being addressed to about 5,000 SocialMs...
...Very truly yours, W. B. SHEARER...
...I do not state these tacts, of course, from any private knowledge...
...The last named is the Brown-Boverl concern...
...These amounts do not include what was raised in each city before the banquets were held, and which would bring the total raised in Boston to over $1,200 and the total raised in Pittsburgh to over $1,500...
...Let Mr...
...I would therefore recommend that the City ^Council go on record in favor of the election of such representatives as will a^—cr'" and work for legislation which will return the streets of the City of BoffsJo to the people by giving...
...The report of a governmental investigation soon to be published, he revealed, places the average wage of working girls at $14.61 a week...
...Ivy Lee got $5,400...
...Probably tee to a little more of the Jeffersshb tradition in Southern courts tat fa some Northern states...
...His Federation has contributed over $500 so far...
...Palen, Mr...
...You can count on the Jugoslav Federation to do as well or better during the balance of the drive," Pog-orelec writes...
...Just how the $25,000 spy was to learn secrets that had not been revealed to 100 newspaper men in Geneva he had no idea...
Vol. 9 • September 1929 • No. 8
