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Reeds activity in building the
"Daily" was also conspicuous during
the last subscription drive. At that
time he headed the list of the Build
ers" in their campaign to make the
paper a vital force in the American
labor movement.
Accompanying the list of new read
ers on the Coast was message from
Reed describing the various activities
planned by the Los Angeles comrades
as part of the present drive which is
being waged jointly with the Work
ers (Communist) Party campaign for
5000 new readers.
"You will hear from us again soon,"
Reed wrote. "We were glad to notice
that Oakland is also active in the
present drive, but they will have to
hustle to put Los Angeles in second
place this year."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
HAVANA CONFAB
MAY co ON ROCKS
intervention Issue May
Break Meeting

HAVANA, Feb. 6.-The sixth Pan
American conference opened another
weeks session today facing what most
observers believe will prove the real
crisis in its affairs-the question of
Intervention.
The issue, admittedly the bugaboo
of The United States from the first,
after much preliminary skirmishing
was brought squarely to the fore at
the two last protracted meetings of
the committee on public international
law.
Some delegates assert that unless
the United States forces silence on
the rebellious delegates this week,
the Pan-American conference will
Continued on Page Tl0o)
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BOSSES WILL NOT
CONCEDE DEMAND

BOSTON, Feb. 6.-Conferences be-
tween the leaders of the Boston Joint
Eoard of the Cloak and Dressmakers'
Union and the Cloak Manufacturers
Association are still going on, with
increasing statements from the en-
ployers that they will refuse to make
the slightest concession to the de-
mands of the union.
Severe criticism is being levelled at
the right wing leaders of the Boston
union for the manner in which they
are conducting negotiations.
The workers point out that because
no steps are being taken to mobilize
the workers for struggle, the en-
ployers know that they can safely
refuse to consider any improvements
in the working conditions. The bosses,
it is said, are even preparing to pre-
sent their own demands.
Recent membership meetings of
locals As and Sc showed that deep
resentment exists among the work
ers because the union officials have
rot announced to the membership the
demands they intend to make at the
conferences.
At the local meetings referred to,
the membership passed resolutions de-
manding that the officials call regu-
lar mass meetings at which reports
of the latest Developments be render
ed. These big meetings will also
serve as mobilizing force with which
to back up the demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
Fireman Killed and
II Others Injured

John Dwyer, a fireman, was killed
and IL others were injured yesterday
when fire destroyed the city ferry
coal supply station adjoining the
municipal ferry slips at st. George,
S. l.
Dwyer fell 80 feet while dragging
hose across the ice-coated roof Of the
Staten Island coal pocket.
The flames gained such headway
that two fireboats and ten land COM
panies were summoned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
WOLL IN A NEW ANTI-LABOR MOVE
May Help Employers to Company Unionize Trade Unions

Under the guise of organizing a
committee to study four main labor
questions, Matthew Woll, acting
president of the open-shop National
Civic Federation, has accepted the
leadership in a countrywide move
ment to "rationalize" industry and
reduce the trade union movement to
a quasi-company union status.
This is the Interpretation being
placed on statement made by Woll
last Saturday in which he announced
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tions now existing on the formation
Of combinations between certain
branches of industry, for instance be-
tween railroads and coal mine own
ers and their employees. The form
under which the Question" is stated
for discussion is: Should the Sher-
man antitrust act, the Clayton act
and similar acts be repealed, amended
or left intact?
AS an example Of what may be
Continued on Page Three)
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DESCRIBES penn
MINERS MISERY
Brownsville Relief Con-
ference Formed

One end of the barracks of the
striking miners in Harwick, Pa, has
been torn down and burned for
warmth by their families made des-
perate by lack of food and heat, ac-
cording to Amedeo Sabitini, 19 year
old striker who arrived in New York
City yesterday to attend the en-
larged conference for miners relief.
The Pennsylvania Ohio Colorado
Miners Relief Committee, with which
the Workers International Relief is
cooperating, is calling this confer
ence for February 18th at the Labor
Temple, 244 East 14th Street at 4
P. nj.
Continued on Page Three)
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the formation of committee of SO
representatives Of the largest banks,
trusts, manufacturing concerns and
trade associations as we'll as repre-
sentatives of number of Interna-
tional trade unions.
Four Questions.
This committee, according to Woll
will he concerned with the "study"
of fcur main questions. The first
problem will be the consideration of
methods to remove the legal restric-
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NEW YORK TUESDAY FEBRUARY
HOLD DAILY WORKER ON FEDERAL CHARGE;
ARRESTS FOLLOW GRAND JURY INDICTMENT
Strikers Here Describe Sufferings of Penn Miners

Steve Patch Qeft), Isaac
Munsey (center), and Mrs.
Rachel Getto, the wife of
a miner of Bentleyville,
Pa. Munsey, a Negro
striker, tells of the united
front of the miners
against the coal companies
and their hirelings.
All three are now in
New York relating the
sufferings of the Thou
sands of men, women and
children in the strike area.
Relief is urgent, they de-
clare.
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CARRIES THREAT
OF 5-YEAR TERM,
FINE OF $1,000
Original Charge Laid
by War Societies

Based on indictments returned by
the U. S. Grand Jury, William F.
Dunno, assistant editor of The DAILY
WORKER, Alex Bittelman, former
editor of the New Magazine section
of The paper and Bert Miller, former
business manager, were arrested yes
terday by federal officers.
The action of the federal grand jury
claims as it's basis the publication of
poem entitled America" by David
Gordon in the issue of March II.
Gordon will be arrested shortly, it is
understood.
The arrest of j. Louis Engdahl, for
mer editor of The DAILY WORKER,
who is now in the Soviet Union, and
who is included in the indictments.
has also been ordered.
Yesterdays arrests were step in
the long-threatened campaign to
silence The DAILY WORKER and
to imprison and cripple it's editorial
and business staffs. The action was
timed for a moment when the attack
would do the most damage to the
rising tide of militancy in the labor
movement, of which The DAILY
WORKER has been the chief reflec-
ton and directing force.
Dunno, Bittelman and Miller were
arraigned before Justice Thatcher in
U. 5. Circuit Court, charged with the
alleged violation of sections of the
postal laws, the penalties for which
are five years Imprisonment, $1,000
fine or both.
The attack against the paper and
its staff launched at the instance of
a number of professional patriotic So
cieties and military organizations
carrying out the instructions of large
open shop employers and the govern
ment has been in preparation for a
period of nearly nine months. About
a year ago, Capt. George l.. Darte,
of the Military Order of the World
War, launched the first attack against
the paper and the staff in the local
courts. Officials of the Keymen of
America likewise were instrumental
in furnishing so-called data to the
court. This included copies of the
paper. AS a result Dunno served
thirty day sentence last June in the
New York workhouse. Miller was
confined for seven days in the Tombs.
The DAILY WORKER was fined
$500.
At the time the threat was made
by the representatives of the military
organizations that the charges would
be further pressed in the federal
courts, with the purpose of making
sure of the destruction of the paper
should the heavy fine in the local
courts and the Imprisonment of its
staff prove Intellectual for that pur-
pose.
Attack is Timed.
These preparations, it is under
stood, have been in progress for the
last eight months, but the attack has
been withheld for the moment when
the greatest damage to the labor
movement and particularly to the in
creasing left wing influence in the
unions would be accomplished by the
sitting of the chief organ which
fights for the working class Of
America.
The attack has been timed for the
Continued on Page Two)
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z COAL, IRON COPS
SHOT BYOWN Guns

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6.-Two coal
and iron police were shot and injured
when a shotgun was discharged from
5heir own ranks in an assault on
striking mine pickets at the Crescent
Mine at Phillipsburg, near California,
Pa, today.
The injured policemen were en-
ployed under state commissions as
guards at the mine, owned by the
Pittsburgh Coal Company. When the
police charged the pickets a strike
breaker fired his shotgun, striking
and wounding the two policemen, j.
D. Buttermore and F. P. Byrne.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
SAVED BY TRUCK DRIVER.

Mrs. Rose Vetro, 70 years old, and
her three little grandchildren, were
trapped by smoke and flames in the
front room of their home at 260
William St., Long Island City, yester-
day, but Mrs. Vetro dropped the chill
dren, one by one, out the front win
dow, where they were caught by Ben
jamin Newsome, of 334 Bayside Ave-,
Flushing, truck driver.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
Expect 1000 to Attend
Y.W.L. Dance Saturday

About a thousand young workers
and students are expected to attend
the fifth annual dance Of the Young
Workers (Communist) League to be
held Saturday evening, February IL,
at the New Harlem Casino, 10th st.
and Lenox Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
Baumes Laws Attacked
By DarrOw in Speech

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Feb. g.
Clarence S. Darrow, in speech be-
fore the Schenectady Trades Assem-
bly,, characterized the Baumes anti
crime laws as "the craziest and silliest
piece of Legislation that has ever be-
come law"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07
Los Angeles Obtains Al New
Readers IN "DalU" Dy1Ue

Angeles yesterday subscriptions The
relayed the business office by Powell
in California city,
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TO U. S.
.WARiNN|cARAcUA
AT MANY Meets
Five Senators Invited
to Speak

Protests against the invasion of
Nicaragua by United States marines
will be made at mass meetings to be
held in New York next week by the
All-America Anti-Imperialist League,
according to an announcement yes
terday by Manuel Gomez, secretary.
kilograms inviting them to speak
at the demonstrations were sent yes
terday to Senators Wheeler, Brook
hart, Frazier, Norris and Nye, Co.
mez added.
The league yesterday began the
distribution of 10000 more stamps
reading Protest Against Marine
Rule in Nicaragua" The post office
authorities recently threatened to
arrest league officers for using the
stamps on mail.
Protest Tonight.
Brownsville will be the scene of a
demonstration against the invasion of
Nicaragua by United States marines
tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock, when
the Workers (Communist) Party will
hold mass meeting at Hopkinson
Mansion, 428 Hopkinson Ave-, Brook
lyn.
The speakers will be Bertram
D. Wolfe, director, Workers School;
Herbert Zam, secretary, Young
Workers (Communist) League and
Ray Ragozin, Teachers Union. Chas.
Refs, Brooklyn Section Executive
Committee of the Party will preside
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-07

POSTAL RECEIPTS, 100000, 900.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. = Postal
receipts at so selected cities totaled
$30, $50 ,429.S8 in January.
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Operators Ask Troops.

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 6.-Efforts
are being made by the coal operators
to have state troops sent into the
Belmont County coal fields. United
Mine Workers pickets have been at
tackled at the Florence mine near
st. Clairsville. Strikebreakers fired
into a crowd of strikers at one point.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6.-Branding
conditions existing in the bituminous
coal fields of Western Pennsylvania
as "a crying indictment of authori-
ties here and in Washington" Sen.
Burton K. Wheeler (D) of Montana,
who visited several mining camps
over the weekend, will ask the SEN
ate interstate commerce committee to-
day to take up at once the resolution
providing for an investigation of the
strike, he said before leaving for the
capital.
Senator Wheeler described condi-
tions he found in the mining camps
as "inconceivable." The senate can
do nothing to settle the strike, he
pointed out, but he expects that body
to force the hand of the public of
(Comstnued on Page Four
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BOAT NEARS
Continued from page ons)

Continued from page one)
70 join In the rescue work. He said
il was his constant prayer that
Amundsen and his companions would
BE found and he hoped intensely
that all were safe.
Nothing has been heard 81 the
Russian flier Babushkin who took
off fromathe ice breaker Maligin on
June "a and failed to return. The
Maligin reached the southern prom
ontory Of Hope island and found a
thick fog there. The rescue mission
aboard the vessel thought that
Babushkin might have alighted some
where and been unable TO take off
again because Of the fog.
OSLO. Norway. July s.-(Pl-Ru-
mors that Roald Amundsen's missing
plane had been discovered appeared
70 be without foundation today.
The British yacht Albion was r.
ported 70 have heard signals an
nouncing discovery Of the plane. bu.
il was learned later that the report
reached the yacht from England.
This was believed to be a reverbera-
ton az the unverificd report in cir
culation in London Monday that
Amundsen's body had been discov-
cred. All official inquiry has tend
ed 10 show that such q rumor was
u~nfounded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
PERSONALS

Mrs. Chas. McH. Eby has returned
from San Francisco where she has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. G..
r. Smith. Mrs. Ely brought her
granddaughter. Jean Allen Smith.
with her.
Visitors for over the Fourth at the
FL Jardin are D. W. Roth of New
York. owner and promoter of the
Southwest Development Co, c. o.
Lee. Pathe News cameraman, Of San
Antonio, ]. r. Walker and W. II.
Lorian, Jr, Of Waco. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Siger Of San Antonio. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G. Nolan and Mr.. and Mrs. Gay G.
Brusin Of Kingsville, Tex. +. J.
earle Of D'Hanis, Tex, Ray Lehman.
Corpus Christi.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ. Britain Of
Amarillo, Tex, are the guests or Mr..
and Mrs. q. ". Moothart, parents or
Mrs. Britain.
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MAIL GROUPS
HOLD SESSION
General Meeting of J
Bodies Held We'd
nesday Morning


HARLiNGEN, July THE three
mail bodies in annual convention
met here Wednesday in a general
session at the Harlingen auditorium
and were welcomed to the Valley by
Postmaster d. W. Glasscock of Mer-
eedes.
The address Of welcome was an
swered BY John w. Thilt Of Dallas,
who made a general talk and
brought a message from Postmaster
General New.
The meeting was presided over by
Postmaster =. II. Rodgers Of Harlin-
gen. "A general program Of enter
tainment was carried out through
the morning.
A large number Of he delegates
to the convention here had never
seer the Valley before. and express
ed surprise at the development Of
this section.
One man, who had visited the
section three years ago. said, Il
wouldn't have known the Valley, ex-
cept for the concrete highways and
the orchards. Even these have
changed, and the whole section has
grown remarkably since | was here
Others have driven in automo-
mobiles from far corners Of the
state. and said that he Valley i
a garden spot along the route
from other parts Of Texas.
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6. 0. P. PLANS
TOUSETARIFF
AS BIG issue
Farm Relief and Pro-
hibition to Take Sec
ondary Place, DIR.
Work Declares

CHICAGO. July 4.-(P)-Prohibi-
tion and the equalization fee phase
of farm relief will be subordinated
BY republicans this year t. the, pro-
tective tariff, under the campaign
plans announced by DR.. Hubert Work,
committee. DR.. Works outline Of
campaign issues was contained in to-
days Chicago Tribune. 2
Wet and dry issues, said DR.. Work,
who stopped W. yesterday on his
way from Superior, Wis, TO Washing
ton, would bring more votes 10 the
republicans than to the democrats.
The need of farm relief. he thought.
had been greatly over-stated.
I'll is difficult for me to believe
that farmers are in such distress
with steers bringing SIS, wool at IS
cents, wheat at S147, hogs at high
prices and everything else the farmer
sells bringing good prices" he said.
The republican party has stood for
the protective tariff which protects
wages Of the workmen in mill, mine
and factory. These. in turn, have
money to buy the products Of the
American farmer"
DR.. Work was optimistic over the
outlook for republican success. He
had favorable reports. he said. from
Illinois, Minnesota. Wisconsin and
North Dakota, although intensive
work will be required in the last
mentioned state.
Returning to the subject OF farm
relief, DR.. Work stated he had been
told the output of farm machinery is
larger than eevr before. Adjustments
between the prices of farm products
and what the farmer must buy should
be made. he said, but subsidies are
not wanted BY the thinking farmer
AS for prohibition. that's a local
question. Sentiment in the towns is
mixed DR.. Work averred. "The
country will vote dry for economic
reasons, if for no other. Much Of the
present prosperity is due to prohibi-
ton. Anyway. the vet and dry cues
tion j. not enough TO determine the
election
Or. Work also gave ii As his opin-
ION that internal troubles will keen
the democrats busy"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
Boy Spots John DIS
Car; Gets 4 Dimes

NYACK, n. Y, July 4-(Pl-
Twelve-yeAr-old Frank Toto has de-
veloped an eagle eye for the Rookie
teller automobile. and as a result has
accumulated a fair collection Of new
shiny dimes.
Toto first spotted the Rockefeller
car last June and was given a new
dime By John ID. Rockefeller. Yester
day as Mr.. Rockefeller was waiting IN
his machine 70 cross the ferry q
Tnrrytown his attention was attract
"a 70 Toto who was gazing intently
az the car. He called the boy TO him.
learned he had another brother and
gave him four dimes. for himself.
his brother and his parents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
HUGE CROWDS
SEE ATHLETICS
Events in Morning En-.
terrain Early Ar
rivals Here

Huge crowds were present at ath.
letic events staged in the morning
hours in connection with Browns.
ville's big celebration.
Although an effort was being made
to clear the card by the time for the
afternoon parade which was to start
moving at 1880 o'clock. the swimming
events and children's races were still
in progress az 1880 a. m.
Winners in the children's races that
had been U up 70 ii a. m. follow:
Boys 3 TO 12 years: Jesse Gloss,
first; Walter Chitwood, second.
Girls 6 70 s years: Dorothy May
Champion, first; Maxine Z. Cupp.
second.
Boys 8 to s years: Eziquio Para.
first; Forest Reed. second.
Girls 8 to II years: Virginia Run
yam, first; Violet Davenport, second
Boys 13 to Is years: Darrell Croc-
kett. first; Miguel Sanches, second.
Boys Is to 20 years: Joe Pena.
first; Walter Smith. second. George
Champion, Brownsville school boy
took first in this race but yielded To
Pena in order to keep his amateur
standing clear.
Bootblack race-with full equip
ment: Rosalio Garcia, first; Henry
N~illalon, second.
approximately 400 persons wit.
messed the mounted field events put
on by enlisted men At Fort Brown.
Winners in these events were:
Mounted tug-of-war: Troop A
first; Machine Gun Troop, second.
Mounter Rescue Race: Corporal
Deditz and Private Robidoux Of Head.
quarters Troop. first; Privates Welsh
and ReXrode. Troop 3. second.
Mounted Roman Race: Corpora
Sharpe. Troop 3, first: Corporal De-
ditz. Headquarters Troop, second.
Mounted Cossack Race: Private
Cain. Troop A, first; Private Robi,
doux. Headquarters Troop, second.
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JUMP TO SET
Continued from page onel

Continued from page one)
Rome Just ss the lights began 70
twinkle.
From Rome they intended TO 90
past the southern coast of Sardinia
through the Strait Of Gibraltar. past
the Cape Verde islands and the
island Of San Fernando de Norohana
to the coast of Brazil. The airmen
calculated their plane would be
slightly beyond Gibraltar at dawn
today and would reach the vicinity
Of the Cape Verde islands BY twi-
light.
They are using the same plane in
which they established the duration
record. II has a cruising radius Of
about s. hours and il equipped with
a 550-horsepower Fiat motor. The
plane has a radio set which Major
Delprete will operate.
The Polish filters. Captains Idzigowr-
sky and Kapula, who intended TO hop
off from lie B~ourget. France. today
for the United States postponed the
flight when they received reports OF
unfavorable weather over the At
lantic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
Tanning Is Host To
Herald Carrier Boys

The Herald's carrier boys we're the
guests Of John Tanning al the TeNa.
theater Tuesday evening AZ q show
ing If Charlie Chaplin's The Cir
Gus"
The guileless antics ~ the sym
patty provoking actor kept the boys
laughing and choking throughout
the show.
Tanning entertains the news boys
often and the boys look forward tc
these occasions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
Postpone Funeral
Of Mrs. Fernandez

No definite announcement has been
made as 10 the date of the funeral OF
Mrs. J. G. Fernandez. who died at her
home in Brownsville Tuesday noon.
kilograms have been sen sons and
daughters residing at distant points.
an it is probable the funeral will be
postponed until they arrive.
Mrs. Fernandez was rs years Of
age. a native of Brownsville. and is
survived by four daughters and four
sons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-04
| Dead, 2 Believed
Dying After Crash

DENVER, Colo. July 4-tPl-Mrs.
Rose Thornton. IS, is dead, and her
husband, William @. Thornton, 40,
and Joseph Heaton, 80. are believed
TO be dying, as the result Of an auto
mobile accident early today near
Morrison, Colo, III miles west Of
Denver. Five members Of the party
were painfully hurt.
Mr.. Thornton II a prominent labor
leader and president Of the labor fl
nance corporation, a Denver ~organiza-
ton.