The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-22
"ANTI-RED week.
SEES STRUGGLES
IN CALIFORNIA
Water Fight and Milk
War Battle Centers
BY JACK CARNEY.
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worler)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II.
-CooIidge's "Anti-Red Week"
opened up with a bang here in
California, with enraged farm
ers, small business men and
small town bankers, in Owens
Valley, defending their water
from the hands of the Industrial
interests of Southern California,
In Oakland a similar celebra-
ton has taken place with the
large milk dealers employing
armed guards to prevent the
farmers from selling their milk
to the independent milk dealers.
Farmers are Threatened.
In the case Of the Owens Valley
farmers and small business men, as
previously reported in the DAILY
WORKER, the issue is one that
threatens their livelihood An aque-
duct has been erected in the Owens
Valley that takes away the water for
power purposes and leaves the farm
ers and ranchers without water for
their crops and their cattle.
If this aqueduct continues to drain
the valley, ruin and bankruptcy must
inevitably follow. The farmers and
small business men are camping out
side the aqueduct with guns to defend
their claims. achievements are be-
ing rushed to them.
The governor of the state has re-
fused the use of troops. He declares
that the use of troops will lead to
bloodshed The capitalist press is
trying to minimize the seriousness Of
the whole affair but the truth of the
matter is that these ranchers mean
business.
MIX Dealers Fight Farmers.
The large milk dealers of Oakland
have informed the farmers that they
must accept 29.1 cents per gallon for
their milk. The milk dealers retail
it at SIS cents per gallon. Independent
milk dealers are taking advantage OF
the split between the milk dealers
and the farmers and are buying milk
from the farmers at the prevailing
prices.
The San Francisco Chronicle car.
ries a picture of the leaders of the
milk dealers and declares, Here is !
the president of the Milk Producers
Association, and three of the commit
tee in charge Of the strike which has
brought gunplay and terrorism turnout
the east bay district, in the price wal
between the milk producers and the
AS the large milk dealers are not
members of the l. w W., nor are the
farmers and ranchers of Owens Valley
there have been no warrants issued
under the criminal syndicalist law. It
has been definitely proven that if you
talk force in California you get pinch
ed. On the other hand if you use
force you get away with it. The
moral may not be lost on some OF
those who feel the effect of the rapid
Iy growing unemployment situation.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-I
Mother" Bloor is addressing meet
Ings turnout the Bay district in the
Forward to the Soviets" week of the
party, assisted by James H. Dolsen,
the district organizer, and Jack Car
ney, editor of Labor Unity.
Meetings have been held outside
the gates of the University of Califor.
MIA, various factories and the usual
open air meeting places. Great sue
cess has attended these meetings due
to the tremendous energy of Mother
Bloor, who seems to be veritable
dynamo, shaming many young com
rades into action
The Young Workers League held c
mass meeting on Friday evening at
the party headquarters with Comrades
Riker, Bassi Mother" Bloor and
Tack Carney as speakers. A meeting
for school children will be held on
Saturday morning with Mother"
Bloor as the speaker. dealing with the
children in Soviet Russia.
Sunday, Nov. 30, there will be
arge mass meeting, the proceeds to
go to assist the German Communists.
10 be addressed by Mother" Bloor
and Jack Carney.
An enthusiastic membership meet.
ing was held last Monday with
Mother" Bloor giving a spirited talk
On the functions OF a member of
party and what it means to be Com.
nunist.
Mother" Bloor speaks before. the
Oakland members Of the |. w. w. on
Sunday, Nov. %, on Soviet Russia"
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