The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1926, Page 5

1000 © WORKER. CORRESPON THE DAILY WORK ENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 A.C. W. MEMBERS ARE DEMANDING INCREASED PAY Tiring ‘of Continued Wage Cuts By a Worker Correspondent It is time for members of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers’ Union in Chicago to begin thinking ofshow the agreement that the union has with the bosses is working out.. There is one clause which says “changes in the general level of wages can be pro- posed annually by either party to this agreement on thirty days’ notice.” Only Bosses Benefit. So far only the bosses have bene- fited by this clause. In 1924 the re- opening of the agreement resulted in the famous’ “readjustments.” -These readjustments at the time weré sup- posed, at least the officers of the union told the members, to be ‘mere “expedients for a short while. The fact is that these so-called ex- pedients have now become part of the Tegular policy of the union. These readjustments that have now ‘been in practice for two years have resulted in constant wage cuts in the workers’ pay, intensification of work thru va- rious “efficiency” schemes, and caused a lower standard of living for the workers, Demand Increase. This year the agreement can be re- opened again. The membership as usual is being kept in the dark as to the plans of the officials. But work- ers in the industry know only too well that one of the crying needs of the moment is that the agreement be re- opened as soon as possible and defi- nite demands made for increases in wages, It is high time that readjustments— in the wrong direction for the work- ers—stop. It is evident to anyone fa- miliar with the condition of the work- ers in the clothing trade that an in- crease of at least 15 per cent in wages is needed to insure a decent living standard. Unemployment Fund. Another demand that should be em- bodied in the next negotiations is that the bosses should be completely re- sponsible for the maintenance of the unemployment fund to be adminis- tered by the union. This is very im- portant in an industry that is of such @ seasonal nature and that results in much unemployment every. year. The members of the Amalgamated must insist that their officials coun- tenance no compromise in the enforce- ment of these altogether justifiable demands. In addition there is the question of eliminating competition between the various markets by establishing a system of standard prices. Also de- mands should be made by the mem- bers for rank and filers to sitvon the committees that meet with the bosses. Cost of Living High. The workers of the Amalgamated are demanding an increase in pay be- cause the cost of living ‘has increased in the last two or three years. Wages are being cut continuously and make it impossible tor workers in our in- dustry to meet tne costs of the ne cessities of life. The members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers are demanding to know what the officials of the union are doing sbout these things. The membership is urging their represen- tatives to act on the enforcement of the above’ demands when they open negotiations with the bosses, Our Workers’ Schools By SYLVIA WEISBERG (Worker Correspondent) NEW. YORK, March 24 — To do Communist work in this country, to make propaganda among the workers, we must know how to speak English. Where shall we learn it? ‘The ‘city gives us free evening classes, where the exploited workers have to learn patriotism, or how to be loyal to Morgan’s “free country.” ‘These schools are not for the proletarian ele- ments, We have a Workers’ School, where we can express our thoughts treely, without seeing an ironic smile on the teacher's face, ‘We read radical books and write compositions about, them. We also have discussions concerning the class struggle. In our school we find our- selves in a comradely atmosphere. When I'am in class, I forget al the capitalist world, and I have thi lusion that pupils all over the country are taught in the same spirit that we are taught, But this illusion will be a reality in the near future. We will build schools in this country where the coming generation will be brot up under the proletarian. influence. Then they will think of the present capitalist system belonging to a ~dark and ancient past. “Say it,with your pen inthe w worker ford of The DAILY prin aise ut jin the minutes. .}he refused publicity follows: prasacanee, ahi ayeril ie This Week’s Prizes! The prizes offered for this week’s best Worker Correspondents’ articles will be somewhat different from those previous. First Prize: A six month’s sub to The DAILY WORKER which may be added on to the winner's subscription if he is a subscriber. Second Prize: The choice of any $2.00 book from the Books for Workers’ catalogue which will be sent to the winner as soon as he is awarded the prize, and the book will be mailed to him immediately upon receipt of his choice. Third Prize: Education in Soviet Russia, by Scott Nearing. Write as You Fight! Send in your contributions. Many are coming in but we should get more. We want a full page of Worker Correspondence EVERY DAY, not only on Friday. Write about the shop, factory and job. Go out and interview other workers. Talk to them wherever you meet them always with the thot In mind of getting a story for the Worker Correspondent’s page. Get the facts and send them in. Every- body ‘likes to read the Worker Correspondents’ page because it Is written by workers for workers. If you enjoy reading it, then write for it, too. The DAILY WORKER CANNOT HAVE TOO MANY WORKER CORRESPONDENTS! OUTSTANDING FACTOR IN EVERY HOUSE OF CORRECTION CASE IS POVERTY AND OVERWORKED PARENTS By a Worker Correspondent, NEW YORK, March 24.—In the prison on Welfare Island, New York, a boy of sixteen, David Greenblatt, died from chron{c heart disease. Welfare Island was formerly called Blackwells Island, which name it justly deserved. When the criminal management and the outrageous treatment of the inmates became widely known and horrified the public, the city saviors decided to change the name of the place, but con- Tis boy, Davia Greenbiat, was} | WORKING GLASS YOUTH ROBBED OF HEALTH BY VICIOUS EXPLOITATION known to the city’s correctional au- thorities since the age of five. At thirteen he had already served a sen-} tence in the House of Refuge for bur- glary. He was serving his third sen- tence at the time of his death. a By M. PERLIN, David’s mother supports herself and Worker Correspondent. three younger children by covering} Milton is a young boy of seven- pieces. of soft wire with leather to} teen and already ‘ is mania by make curlers which women use forf'the capitalist system. The son of a curling their hair. She earns $10 @| poor railroad worker, he was forced week, turning out thousands of such] to go to work as soon as he finished Pieces. Out of this sum she pays $25] public school. He got himself a job a month rent for two rooms. Not an| at the steel, dye and embossing unusual case at all. There are many} company, where he worked for three more of them, years.» Lately he began complain- In New York City alone there are| !ng about aches in his sides and thousands,of such children like David.| Very bad headaches. In my personal experience as a Social together with the worker I met hundreds of them. 1] ‘ifferent dyes used in the trade, health a thing of the past. When he became very il! his mother took him to a physician, who Giagnosed the case as one of slow isoning. The doctor prescribed met boys of eight, who were repeat- edly sent to the children’s village (formerly called “The New York Ju- venile Asylum,” and changed for the same reason as Blackwell's Island).|, And every time they returned physically and morally in a worse plight than when they entered. I met boys of 14 and 15 who were repeat- edly sent.to the House of Refuge and came. out more demoralized. I know girls who began to run away from home and stay away for days since the age of six and at fifteen landed in the Bedford Reformatory for Girls. I knew girls of twelve extensively prac- ticing sexual intercourse and suffering from venereal diseases. All these children were under the care of po- lice and private charity correction or- ganizations since their earliest child- hood; in al these cases the dominat- ing factor was poverty, congestion, and overworked parents. Enormous sums of public and pri- vate money are spent in New York alone on day nurseries, mental hy- giene clinics, children’s courts, re- formatories and other child caring in- stitutions. ‘Every year new organiza- tions and institutions spring up. More and positively not to return to his trade, 8. D. Child & Company, where Miltén worked, is unorganized. Théy employ mostly young girls and boys, making a fortune on them. Milton, with twenty-nine other chil- dren, worked all day where neither fresh air nor sunshine ever pene- tratés, for even on the sunniest day they work by artificial light. Added to that the different inks used and the result is many cases of occupa- tional poisoning. This young boy told me that the company he worked for was very rich, but, he said, “their richness didn’t do me any good.” ——— money spent but the number of vic- must exist as long as capitalism ex- ists, Organizations ‘born from the ¢: in physical and moral decay. Martel Plays Dictator’s Role (Continued from page 1) the last meeting of the federation, one protesting. intervention in China and the other protesting intervention in Mexico.» The first passed unanimous- ly with instructions to forward to Coolidge, Borah, the Detroit press and to publish it in the Labor News. When the second was introduced, it was moved to refer it to the Cemetery Association, otherwise known ag the board of directors. When it was pointed out that there was no reason for this, Martel announced that any- thing that ¢omes from a certain group, even ‘tho it had merits, was under his august stspicion and would be care fully investigated before action was taken, ‘The resolution was accord- ingly “tabled.” Fears Publicity. Martel evidently considered that the first resolution was also suspl- cious and so it has not appeared in the Labor News. It was not even included The resolution which vation of these rights when such measures are applied in China, and, their struggle for independence have been continually opposed by interests who have been more interested in the exploitation of the natives for profit than in their progress as a great and and “Whereas—The United States has professed friendship for the Chinese people time after time, but hag in many instances been a party to at- tempts on the part of certain nations to force agreements from the Chinese, and the press is filled with reports of proposed intervention in which the United States is taking an active part, having warships now in Chinese waters and sending more, therefore be it, Against Intervention, “Resolved—That the Detroit Feder- ation of Labor again reiterates its stand against any attempt to inter- vene in China or to coerce the Chin- people, and be it further, ‘Resolved—That we demand the im- mediate withdrawal of all United States military forces and warsh!ps from Chinese territory and waters, and be it further,» , “Resolved that “Whereas—The Detroit Federation of Labor is already on record as be- ing strongly opposed to intervention or coercion of the Chinese people in again threatening the use of military force in order to compel the Chinese nationalist forces’ to agree: to certain demands of these powers, _ manner they ee ft and they are jus- ‘activities in the open air for Milton” tims like David do not diminish but steadily grow larger. Such conditions cerous body of capitalism must result tified in using such measures as they may consider necessary in the preser- “Whereas—The Chinese people in important section of the human race, ITALIAN SENATE TRIAL SHOWS UP FASCIST SPLIT Bank Is Real ] Power Be- hind Mussolini (Special to The Daily Worker) ITALY, March 24.—The crash of the Banca Italiana di Sconto, which four years. ago marked the greatest financial distaster in the history of modern Italy, ‘had a striking sequel when 18 persons, amongst them three senators, involved in the mismanage- ment of the collapsed bank, were all absolved by the Italian senate, Like the acquittal of De Bono, Sig- other verdict by the Italian senate is also the resul§ of flagrant political bias. The Italian senate was faced with this dilemma: er to ignore the law or to ignore Fe ci, the secretary- general of the fascist party. The lat- ter has been Hani, the ex-m Commerciale Italiana, whose manag- ing director, Toeplitz, is accused by Farinacci of having caused the crash of the Banca di Scontg. Count Volpi’s Power, Not long ago,.Farinacci urged in the chamber of deputies that Toeplitz should be shot.as a traitor, But the Banca Commerciale, especially after the crash of the Banca di Sconto, is the only leading financial power in On the contrary, Count Volpi, borator. Council next meets. derzoni and Count Volpi. fascist party of Mussolini—or his neutrality. Restaurant Workers Hold Mass Meeting at 8 o'clock. ie U.S. IMPORTS NEARLY TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN FARMING PRODUCTS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 24—The na- tion imported $1,818,000,000 worth of agricultural commodities, $1,056,- 000,000 of which were in direct com- petition with products of American farms according to figures for 1925 made public by the National Indus- trial Conference Board, 247 Park avenue. J “While some of these are import- ed beca not produced in the United States, in sufficient quantity,” Says the report, “this is the case rather because production cost and competitive market prices do not leave sufficient, margin to make it Pay to produce them here, and not because they eguid not be produced here in sufficient, quantity. This con- dition is responsible in part for the decline of agricultural production in Proportion tq, our population growth,” ‘at Some of the leading competitive Imports are: Tobacco, $83,881,000; vegetable oils.and fats, $75,000,000, cotton, $52,775,000; sugar, syrups and honey, $266,000,000; wool, $141,- 976,000; oi! seeds, $64,725,000; hides and skins, — $96,746,000; nuts, $34,283,000; vegetables and vege- table preparations, $36,244,000, Importance of Agriculture, The report stresses the necessity of agricultural prosperity to the well-being of the rest of the nation in view of the investment of $65- 000,000,000 capital in 1921, as com- pared with $44,000,000,000 in manu- facturing industries. Agriculture, it Says, supplies one-fifth of the total tonnage of the railroads, pays one- fifth of the total cost of govern- ment, buys $6,000,000,000 worth of the products of other industri nually, pee aye depend industr rial workers, rep- half of our i nor Mussolini’ “ex-police chief, this ly championing Pog- paging Girector of the Banca di Sconto, against the Banca Italy, and so Toeplitz was not shot. “the man of the Banca Commerciale,” be- came later, as minister of finance, Sig- nor Mussolini's most important colla- Some people even believe that the real dictator of Italy is not Mussolini, merciale is behind his opponents with- in the fascist party, and he knows that his opponents,,.Jed by Federzoni and Count Volpi, Will try to throw him overboard when the Grand Fascist Mussolini dislikes Farinacci, but is also afraid of him. Fortunately for Farinacci, Mussolini dislikes also Fe- Still, fortun; ag for Farinacci, the | it, h shown that it is prepared to enact him, and to fight for him. What remains to be done is for Farinacei.to secure the support on Thursday Night A mass mépiing wh where an attempt will be madé to get cooks, pastry cooks, waiters,’ waitresses and soda clerks to join the American Federa- tion of Labor *whions will be held at Musician’s Hall, 175 West Washing- ton St., Thursday evening, March 25 Page Five CRAF TUNIONS LOSE HEAVILY IN MEMBERSHIP DURING THE OPEN-SHOP DRIVE; MILITANT PROGRAM NEEDED By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press, Reductions both in the number of local unions and in total trade union tmhembership in Massachusetts during 1924 are shown in a detafled report by the state department of labor. The number of local unions fell from 1,392 at the end of 1923 to 1,302 at the end of 1924, In the same period total union membership declined trom 265,969 to 252,377, a drep of 5 per cent. High Point In 1919. ine The high point in labor organization 2 in Massachusetts came at the end of Sinema aa a bes 1919 when there were 1,554 locals|pojephone Workers . 5.645 4.631} with a combined membership of 368-| United Textile Workers... 5,444 7,385 486. From this high point to the end|Rajiroad Trainmen ........ 4,982 5,167] of 1924 the decline in membership Amalgamated Clothing ang amounted to 31% per cent, The 262) workers 4,480 5,364) 377 at the end of 1924 compares with | Bricklayers - 4,409 4,277} 243,535 at the end of 1915, thé first] yunicipal employes 4,359 4,568 year covered by the report. Plumbers .... 4,171 4,006 ; The building trades ranked first at Blectrical Workers 3,778 the end of 1924 with a membership of 52,623 closely followed by the boot and shoe industry with 50,732. This, according to the report, is a reversal of the usual position due to an in- crease of 7.3 per cent during the year in the membership of building trades, unions and a decrease of 16.2 per cent in the membership of the boot and shoe unions. Other groups in or- der of membership were, transporta: tion 43,688, textile industry 23,748, me- tal and machinery trades 7,690, print. {WHen there were’ 34,404 members of ing and allied trades 6,917, and ali (metal trades unions in the state, It other industries and trades 66,978. is less then half the membership at Membership of Unions. the end of 1915 when the metal trade The 20 unions with largest mem- unionists numbered 16,742, bership in Massachusetts at the end Open Shoppers Active. of 1924 and their membership at the] The metal trades unions thruout end of 1923 were: New England have for many years | Massachusetts faced the open shop drive of the Na- union membership tional Metal Trades Association, The Boot & Shoe Workers’ tactics of this employer union have} Union made it as hard to maintain organiza- Carpenters & Joiners. tion in such towns as Worcester as in Shoe Workers’ Pro. Un. 21,071 22,784 |the steel towns of Pennsylvania. The Textile Oper., A F of........! 12,864 13,761 | association is the arm of Gary reach- Street & Elec. Ry. Employes ing out into the manufacture of iron Firemen and oiler Typographical union 3,174) An outstanding featuté of the re- port is the weakness jof the metal trades unions in Maegachusetts. With tens of thousands of metal trades workers in such centers as Boston, Worcester and Springfield these un- ions claimed at the end of 1924 only| 7,690 members. This marks a decline | End of End of 1924 1923 but the Banca Commerciale, thru| Amal. Assn. 11,821 12,202 |and steel products. Massachusetts Count Volpi. ., Painters .. . 7,468 7,083\and its neighboring states present a Inner Fascist Struggle. Teamsters, jee 7,383 8,279 | challenge to the metal trades unions On the other,hand, Farinacci seems | Hodcarriers and bldg second only to that of the automobile to take the view that the Banca Com-| laborers ssssneeessseneee 1248 | 5,082 | cities. Which Is a Working Class Organization— The Y. P. S. L., the Pioneer Youth, or the Young Pioneers? ‘ng them to feed the strikers’ chil- dren and to help win the strike. The Struggle inthe Schools. We are carrying this struggle to the schools where the teachers are doing their level best to convince the children that the strikers are crim- inals. We organize the, children to. fight against this capitalist propagan- da, d hsege Young Pioneers of America is ‘ working class organization, but merely saying so it does not prove The Y. P. 8. L. and the Pioneer Youth also claim that they are work- ingclass organizations, but it is up to us to see which really is a work- ing class organization. , We can only call an organization of children a workingclass organization 2,576 | that while |law relief was | population in ‘of more than 75 per cent from 1919! | ment’s activities on the if it fights for the workingclass chil- dren, Now let us see how much the Y. P. S. L, has done for the. workingclass children, 3 The Y. P. S. L. Does Nothing. Last year the board of education decided to teach religion in the schools. That was done with the pur- pose of doping the working class chil- dren so that when they grow up they should be loyal slaves to their mas- ters and should not risé against them. What did the Y. P. S, L. do against the teaching of religion? They took the same stand as all the other social- ist party members did and regarded religion as a private matter, some- thing that has nothing to do with the class. struggle. The Young Pioneers Fight Religion. What did the Young Pioneers do? We issued a special leaflet which was distributed in the schools, which pointed out to the children how dan- gerous religious training in the school was for the workers’ children. We called upon them to protest and fight against it. Then we called anti- religious mass meetings. We fought bitterly in the schools. Here, com- rades, draw your Own conclusions as to which is a real working class or- ganization, The Young Pioneers Fight Child Labor, Then came the question of chlid labor. Now let us see which organ- ization took the active part in the fight against it. As far as the Y. P. 8, L. was concerned, they did noth ing. How about the Young Pioneers? Let’s see what we did. First we held special open air meetings near the schools. We again distributed leat- lets in the schools and raised discus- sions in our class rooms. The Young Pioneers Fight American Education Week, Then came “American Education Week.” A week during which the scouts, the teachers and the rest of the capitalist machinery are quite ac- tive in convincing the workers’ chil- dren whata wonderful country this is and how much money they spend in educating us (with. capitalist educa- tion), The Pioneer in distribut- ed leaflets in the schools, We again had a mass meeting and took our stand against capitalist education, Where is the Y. P. S. L. in the Passaic The Pioneer Youth, Dream of Their Camps. What is the Pioneer Youth doing in all this? They. are interested only in one thing—a big. treasury and a summer camp. They dream about “free education” and let the capitalist poison their minds in the public schools. Join the Young Pioneers. Comrades, working class children! Which is our organization? Which one fights for the working class chil- dren? I am sure that you all agree with me—The Young Pioneers of America is the only working class children’s organization. Children of the working class, join the Young Pioneers of America, Forward to a mass Pioneer move- ment. Sophie Melman, New York Pioneer. NOTE TO MEXICO SAYS AMERICANS WERE ASSAULTED (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, March, 24—Ambas- |sador Sheffield today delivered a pro- test to the foreign officé ‘against alleg- ed attacks upon astar iene citizens in Mexico. Joe Hall, an American employed by the National Railways, was stoned to death by unidentified persons near Ixtlan, Nayaru, yesterday. Consul William Blocker has been ordered to Nayaru to investigate at- tacks upon Americans in that dis- trict. Twenty-five armed men on Sunday wttacked the ranch of J, M. Feeley near Acambro, Guanajavto. The at- }tackers were repulsed, but Feeley has asked for protection. Foreign Exchange. Great Britain, pound sterling, de- mand 4.85%, cable 4.86 France, franc 3.52, 3.52%; Belgium, franc, 4.05%, 4. Switzerland, franc, 19.24%, 19.26; Italy, ra, 4.02%, 4.02%; Sweden, krone 26.79, 26.82; Norway, krone 21.59, 21.61; Den. mark, krone 26.24, 26.26; Greece, drachma 1.36%, 1.36%; Spain, peseta t Now there is the Passaic strike. The Y. P. 8. DL. is doing twice as much as they did in the Paterson strike, They did nothing then. The Young Pioneers Are on the Job. The ‘Young Pioneers are very ac- tive in the strike. We were active in the tag days to raise money for the strikera:.Twiee a group of Pio- neers went to Passaic to give a play. 14.08, 14.09%; Holland, florin 40.06. 40,08; Austria, crown .0014%, .0015%4; Poland, zloty 12.50, 12.50; Hungary, crown .0014 1-16, 0014 1-16; Finland, mark 2.52, 2.52; Jugo-Slavia, dinar, L7BY, 1.76%; Czecho-Slovakia, crawn,.2.95%, 2.06%; .Roumania, lei 42%, 42%; Shanghai, tael 73.5! Rio de, Janeiro, milreis, 14.37, bea UNEMPLOY MENTING ENGLAND REVEALS: NO REAL DECLINE Government Has Spent Billion for Relief (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) LONDON, March 24.— Recent de, bates in the house of commons on the” admin tion of the unemployment ”’ i and poor relief laws have brought out.” the fact that declines within the Iast 3 few months in the official numbe? re ceiving government aid mean little, fla as the need in many districts is De: ae nember for the marie? of West Notting, coming much greater. Hayday, the facturing d a \ham, quoted official statistics showing, the average number in” help under the poor, a per 10,000 of tha” ge September, 1924, it had” | England rec risen a year later to 301 per 10,000. "%" |In the industrial centers three por ** sons out of e 20 were obtaining jaid. Poplar conditions ‘were. ie |very bad, r 10,000 were on the payment Hst in 1924 and 1:767°* in 1925, Another district where the” va situation was critical was that of Nas “* tyglo and Blaina. Here 13,175 people ”** out of a total of 16,000 were receiving” ” the dole, He showed that the weekly allowance per person was under $1.50. Over a Billion on Retief. Sir Kingsley Wood, parliamentary4% secretary to the ministry of health, <9 declared in defending the govern- unemploy- | ment question that the nation had ap<vle propriated out of the treasury over att billion dollars since the world war up- 7% on unemployment insurance, unem-o/¢ ployment grants, land settlements,, 79 etc. The annual expenditure upon s0o- sw cial services was over that amount,'og only one-third of which was borne by, the localities involved. Defeat Labor Bill. A bill supported by the labor party’«a and some liberals to apportion for low: cal unemployment relief a larger pro~i yt Portion from the national treasury was defeated, 241 to 127, the consery- «jf atives voting solidly against it. . 3 Ant Pan-American Congress of Journalists Will Gather in Washington . (Special to The Daily Worker) « WASHINGTON, March 24.— Pre oa parations are in progress to receive delegates to the Pan-American con- gress of journalists, publishers and /¢ editors from newspapers in the prin- ‘+ cipal Latin-American ‘countries. Twen- 1:3 ty republics outside the United States “+ will be represefited by 130 Latin-Ame- rican journalists. These bourgeois molders of opinion from South and Central America will ; meet with North American journal-: it ists from April 7. to 13. Much’ rhe toric about “journalistic ideals” and ‘+4 “high newspaper standards” is expect-. % ed to be heard from the delegates. ‘ This continental collection of jour: nalists will doubtless be used to good*7%) advantage by American interests whor7i# stand to gain by influencing Latin= 4 American newspapers., Many of thes'« Latin-American papers that will bewi} represented are known to be owned’ outright by one American interest or*«%9 another. aa Czech Cabinet Resigns as Government Fails (Special to The Daily Worker) FR PRAGUE, March 24 — The Svehla cabinet, in office since 1922, and theres¢# fore the longest term cabinet in Eu 4 Tope, has resigned. The cause asceed signed is the failure of the govermiceg ment to raise the wages of its: func- sad tionaries and the widespread opposi+ 2% tion to its attempts to levy addition-caq al taxes upon grain. so Svehla resigned last November ‘as77@ @ consequence of the government’s .i@ defeat in the elections, but owing to the inability of other leaders’ to formi zaxg @ government then, he was recalled «8a to the premiership. 4 The fall of the present Svehla ¢ab+ net shows that Czecho-Slovakia also hag entered upon the period of req current crises characteristic of the countries of Europe today. Bigots Would Punish’ | , “Disrespect of Bible”: (Special to The Dally Worker) he WASHINGTON, March 24, — The +i} house has voted to reject an amend+r7) ment to the District of Columbia ap- 42% propriations bill providing that no¥c¥ salary should be paid to any teacher (79 or official who taught or allowed the” teaching or utterance of anything \” which could be construed as, “disre- spect to the Bible, partisan politics, yr that ours is an inferior form of ‘g government.” It is charged the umendment was sponsored by the ku klux klan, “Tea Pot” Still Boiling. WASHINGTON, March 24 — A spe-i¢# cial appeal was granted today by théasiw court of appeals to Edward L. Doheny, Harry F, Sinclair, and ex-Secretary of Interior Albert B, Fall, from’ they! decision of the district suprenié: cnstalalg the validity C4 the new