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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Qabor Research Association

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A striking tribute to the growing
power of Communism in the United
States is paid by labor spy writing
for the bitterly anti-union employ
ers of the National Founders Assn.
and the National Metal Trades
Assn. The leading article in their
organ The Shop Review, for March,
is on Communist Propaganda-the
Foreman's Problem" 1t is written
by Harold Lord Varney, formerly a
leader of the l. w. W, and editor
of an l. w. w. paper, and now a
spy and informer for the bosses.
Varney reports to his masters
what he has learned, partly from the
Daily Worker and other Communist
papers and patty from his own
imagination, about "The Red Men
ace" He finds the spread of Com
so alarming that he urges
the bosses to detect and fight it in
its early stages at their plants. The
foreman, he concludes, is the tool
to be used in wedding out the Com
he "is the first line of de-
tense in industry against the new
Communist drive"
Tribute to Party Success.
Discovering that the shop nucleus
is "the organizing core or axis of
the Communist movement" Varney
pays his tribute to it's success as
shown in "the increased interest and
activity of the party members. :.
1t is this shop nucleus which is CIV
ing labor executives troubled days
and uneasy nights in many of our
large-scale industries today"
Varney continues: According to
the last authentic report there are
10000 trained Communist agitators
now operating inside the industries
Of this country. These are the shock
troops. In addition to this inner
circle there is an outer fringe of
several hundred thousand other
wage earners who compose the Com
munist following. The 10000 are
divided into nuclei which are scat
tered strategically through the vital
industrial plants of the country"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
HYDE FOR FAKE
FARM RELIEF
BANKERS Want
Proposes Federal Board
of Bankers

WASHINGTON. April 3.--Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Hyde today
urged before the senate agricultural
committee the passing of the Nc
Nary Haugen bill at the special
session of congress, without the
equalization lee or any similar pro-
vision He proposed a strong fed
eral farm board, with full power.
Senator Norris, liberal" asked
him what he proposed as a substi-
tUte for the equalization fee, alleged
10 defray losses, which the finan-
ciers of the country have smashed.
Hyde insisted that the new federal
board to be created should have
sufficient authority to work out all
such details,
One Of its duties would be to
finance so-called farm co-opera-
tives. "Our farm co-operatives are
in need OF capital with which to
acquire further facilities and to ex-
pand their activities" Hyde, who
is one of the most reactionary bust
nessmen who has ever been secre-
tary of agriculture, does not state
that there is hardly a large coop
erative in the country which is not
dominated by local or national
bankers This proposed board will
help to further fasten the chains of
Wall Street upon the harrased
farmers.
Hyde was careful to say that he
vas not speaking for Hoover.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Labor Spy Tells Bosses Of
Growing Communist Power

Each member of the nucleus. in
turn, gathers around himself in the
factory little group of non-mem-
bers whom he trains to follow him
in thought and deed. Thus the eff
fective striking force of the Com
munists in any plant is magnified
to several times the actual party
membership"
AS the shop nucleus contains only
the dyed-in-the-wool, blown-in-the-
bottle, twice-tried and trusted Reds;
it constitr IS a sort of pretorian
guard of professional revolutionists.
Only the elite of Communism are
admitted to the party and hence to
these nuclei"
"But below the nucleus. is the
great army of workers, scattered
through all industries, who follow
Communist leadership, who read
Communist Ii. ,rature, who subscribe
to Communist fuE5c, who swell the
crowds at Communist demonstra-
tions, and who will inevitably be
found in the Cc,1lun;1t ranks in
any crisis of political or Industrial
controversy, There are probably
half million such workers in Amer
lea today"
Role of Foreman.
The shop foreman has special
role in detecting and reporting on
the workers discomfort, Varney's
article concludes. "The natural
fault-finding instinct of the workers
is well-known to labor executives"
But the foreman must be able to
distinguish between this instinct
and "the Communist type so that
he can weed out the nucleus of
trouble-nakers from the body of
his loyal employees"
The foreman is the industrial key
man, according to Varney. GAS the
Communists succeed more and more
in their program of planting nuclei
the need of such preparedness on
the part of our industrial keymen
will become impelling. The foreman
is the first line of defense. and
America depends upon him to hold
his sector"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

tell mother that there was going
to be hard times for people around
here. We are behind with our
rent q. Makes me feel good to
have someone to help US when
we need it. Ny poor dad lost his
job about 8 months ago just be-
cause he asked for justice for his
family. Well, l guess l will write
you more next time if you like
my letters"
Another letter reads:
Esteemed comrades: This will
acknowledge receipt of clothing
sent to my address. Four sacks
in all came by express prepaid.
Eight families were present at
division in my home. All were
pleased.
Workers Militant.
eve happen to be endowed with
enough brains to understand we
are slaves, simone-pure slaves,
and will be such, i. e., a bunch of
starving, pecked, bruised, and
bleeding wretches, eeking out a
bare existence, until the masses
can be aroused to action. And
by the eternal god, l am glad to
notify the cockeyed world, l will
go all the way, anytime, any
where, and do anything to stir
up and get in action the masses
to the end that this hellish sys-
TEN may be changed. that 90 per
cent Of crime, suffering, and pre-
mature deaths may be abolished
and that justice may cover the
earth, like the waters cover the
sea.
"No need to say, we have
certain amount Of pride and self
respect. But god, 0, god, can
we help ourselves, can we make
the plutes give us work, can we
slaves force down the prices in
the commodities of life? Could
YOU get. would YOU expect to get.
Justice if you brought the devil
to trial in his own court, hell?
"But we understand the situa-
ton and after the U. M. w. is
established we aim to scrap for a
labor party, a workingman's gov
eminent, and the complete eman-
cipation of the toiling, sweating,
bleeding masses. Yes, we will be
fighting for better things, better
conditions, when Lewis, Fishwick,
and their whole damn tribe are in
hell. Please stand by.
Children's Clothing Needed
up. S. Children's shoes are
needed. Little boys clothing and
mems pants, coats, and shoes.
The rule holds true with US min
ers, the women are less needy
than the men and children.
"Our appreciation and undying
loyalty are absolutely unexpress-
able and when and where oppor-
tunity offers, this group will not
be found wanting. He'll, words
are idle and l have started out
raving again. But please remem-
Der these rantings are coming
from the heart's-core of red
blooded, herman, not damned
image"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
BIG MAJORITY IN
WISCONSIN FOR
DRY LAW REPEAL
Socialists Concentrate
on Beer Issue

MILWAUKEE,, April 3.-Returns
on the referendum vote on the pro
hibition issue show an overwhelm-
ing victory for the "wets." In 1900
of the 2,771 precincts of the state
21l, 126 votes were cast in favor of
repeating the prohibition laws, to
125,742 opposed. For the proposal
to legalize beer the vote was 1885,
342 to 1882.
Socialists Avoid Real Issues.
The proposal to abolish the pro-
hibition law was made by the So
cialists, who based their program
on the beer issue, avoiding all econ
omic issues in this way. State
Senator Thomas Duncan, Milwaukee
socialist, who introduced the bill
for the referendum, asked the vot-
ers to "vote as you drink" He
claimed that the wet majority would
be greater than 100000.
Decrease in Wet Vote.
The wet vote was less than two
years ago, when the anti-prohibition
majority was 10000. The decrease
in the wet vote occurred in the face
of the most active campaign car
ried on by the socialists, who at
tempted to focus the attention of
the workers on the fight against
prohibition and keep them from en-
gaging in struggles against the cap
italists.
LANSING, Mich, April 3.-Wet
leaders in the Michigan legislature
today stated that they will introduce
a resolution for repeal of prohibition
in this state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
NEW DIESEL ENGINE.

HOBOKEN, N. j., April 8 U.D.
VOID OF a new type of diesel engine
which may revolutionize railroading,
was brought back from Copenhagen,
Denmark, today by H. c. Hallings.
American representative of Danish
motor builders, who arrived aboard
the Scandinavian-Am liner
United States.
The new engine, which is from
10 to IS per cent lighter than the
usual diesel motor, is now being tried
oui on several locomotives in Den
mark, he said, and so far has been
found to be one-fifth as expensive
to OPERATE as the present steam loco
motives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

ago. Although the company paid
them only $50 a week. they had
10 work very long hours. They
would he sent on long routes and
before they got back and finished
the DAVIS work they would have
worked long past s hours.
The wages they are striking for
is the union scale of S42 a week.
And they demand 81 an hour for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Unorganized Births
Rubber Strikers Aim
for Higher Wage Scale

LONDON (By MaiD.-About $50
rubber workers of the John Fergu-
son and Sons, Ltd. factory here, are
on strike, demanding wages and inn
proved working conditions.
The strikers were engaged on rub
Der retaining and ebonite dust
manufacture. TIL, men received 10
pense an hour and women only %
shillings a week-about 20 cents an
hour for men, and $5.75 a week for
women. Unorganized, the rubber
workers are compelled to work with
out break for 8 hours straight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Destitute Miners Receive
Clothing; Shoes from WZR

CHICAGO, H., April 3.-Thc
W. I. R. is calling a conference OF
all working class organizations fol
the purpose of laying plans for the
sending of help of all kinds to these
struggling workers. 1t will be helC
on Sunday, April q, 2 p. M, al
Ashland Auditorium, Ashland anC
Van Buren,. The w, I. R. asks every
worker to see that his organization
sends delegate.
Letters From Miners.
The following letters were re-
ceived from miners in Kansas and
Southern Illinois. expressing THEN
appreciation of clothing sent them
by the Chicago office of the Work
ers International Relief, 20 South
Lincoln Street.
Clothing Badly Needed.
From Pittsburgh, Kansas, comes
the following letter:
"Comrade: Received shipment
of clothing and shoes 0 K with
thanks. l am giving them out to
all who call for them and there
will be a great many asking for
relief soon, as the majority of
mines are closed down already
and others will follow next month.
The men who have been working
this winter under the non-union
open shop scale of the U. NJ. w.
of A. have not made a living.
Hoping you will keep my name on
your list, will close with best
wishes for success of New Miners
Union and w. I. R."
From Harrisburg, Illinois, home
of WATSON. operator of one of the
worst of the Southern Illinois coal
mines, come the following two let
ter5:
Child Sends Fighting Letter.
"Dear Comrade: We had let
ter from the secretary, saying
that she was sending six bundles.
We received them. Four families
shared with these things to the
best of dad and mothers acknowl-
edgement. Dad tries to do the
square thing; he has that name
all through the country. Dear
comrade, | wish you would send
US some clothes for women and
girls. I myself need stockings,
dresses, or boomers, or anything
that can be cut for children"
Dear comrade, am II and
sister 9, brother 7, one and one
3. See if you can find them
something. / am going to send
you a picture of the mans home
that owns the mines and his son
later on. l vii lsend you a pic
ture Of one of the shacks that he
rents to his men that work for
him. He charges $40, S12, S14,
and $50 work or play.
ooh, gee, l wish l was big
enough and old enough to be in
the fight. l talk to other boys
and girls about it. / heard dad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
HURT IN AUTO MIsHAP.

TAMAQUA, Pa, April (U. P.)
Mrs. Helen Callie, IT'S Third Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y, is in a serious con.
dition at the Coaldale hospital to-
day, from injuries suffered wher
an automobile in which she was rid.
ing overturned.
Two other persons in the car, res.
idents of Summit Hill, were slightly
injured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

the rotten wages any longer. The
cops help the company and the
scabs, for there are about 20 cops
around each plant and six autos
of detectives in the garages.
Conditions are rotten here. and
they VIII soon be worse unless we
workers do something TO protect
ourselves. The company has
threatened to put us on piece
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

the same number of workers as
the Communipaw plant, This
plant moved in from Brooklyn
about the first of the year.
Wages are very low in the
American Can Co. plants. They
are so low that the chauffeurs Of
the company went on strike
against the starvation rates paid
by the company over two weeks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
British Unemployment
Increase - But Govt
Figures Underestimate

LONDON (By Mail). = The num-
Der of unemployed workers regis
tered at the labor exchanges last
week was 1,268,s00-19S,5O0 more
than a year ago.
The figures include only those reg
istered by the exchanges, but the
actual numbers are much greater,
for those over 65 have been stricken
off the rolls by the government.
Others are automatically forced off
the registers when their unemploy-
ment "benefit" cards expire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

Porters also get 40 cents an hour.
There are many young girls
working for the American Can Co.
in both plants. There are about
100 in the Day st. plant and
nearly that many on Communi-
paw Ave. They get S12 and $13
week, for very dangerous work,
operating punch presses. Many
accidents occur, because the COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Say Rock Crusher
Combine Controls
California Prices

LOS ANGELES by MaiD.-1t
is charged that a combination of
rock crusher interests is controlling
p~ice5 in California. At the council
session. Councilman McAllister in
troS1ced resolution FOR en- Gin
vegtieation." The powerful rock
cru1her interests in this state have
succeeded in turning past "investi-
catie.ls" into farces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
Co. Neglect Kills
California Miner

BONNEVILLE, Calf. (By
Mail) Steve Martin, miner, was
killed, and another miner, John o.
Donnell, severely injured, when a
skip in the shaft Of the Brush Creek
Mine near here, jumped the track,
hurting down the shaft go feet. The
track was kept in disrepair, miners
charge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

fBy Worker Correspondent
JERSEY CITY, N. j. Cry MaiD
There are about 500 workers in
The two plants of the American
Can Co. in Jersey City. Their
conditions are unbearable.
In The plant on COmmunipaw
Ave. there are 800 or so en-
ployed. The other plant is on Day
ST., and this plant employs about
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

work very soon. This will result
in speeding us IN end making us
work twice as hard.
What should we 90 to get de-
cent wages and conditions? We
are all unorganized; that is why
the bosses can put things over on
us. We must organize into a
fighting union, led by honest
leaders. TIN CAN SLAVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

overtime.
Laborers at the American Can
get the starvation wage of 40
cents al hour. They work an
S% h0rr day, from 7:45 a. m. to
p. M. The company shows how
generous" it is by giving a half
hour for lunch.
Among their work, which is
heavy, is packing, loading, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

pany does not provide the proper
safeguards. Recently three girls
had their fingers cut off while at
wOrl-.
Mac!linists get as cents an
hour and die-ma.Scrs 50 to SIS
cents IN hour.
The chauffeurs went out on
strike two weeks ago Monday. in
solid body. They could not stand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
4 Steel Workers Are
Hurt in Stag Blast

PITTSBURGH, Pa, (By MaiD.-
Four workers were injured severely
in the Southside plant of the Jones
and Laughlin Steel Co., when a pot
OF Stag, being dumped in the Mon
ongahela River, exploded. The shock
of the blast was felt thruout the
Southside and Oakland districts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

Imperialism is Mt the same time
the most prostitute and the ultimate
cent middie-ciass society had COM
menced to elaborate as n mems of
its own emancipation from feudnl-
ism. and which fuli-grown bourgeois
society had finally transformed into
u mems for the enslavement of labor
by capitaI.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

STRIKING CLEANERS SOLID
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. (By MaiD.
Many workers in the city are aid
ing the striking workers of the Kro-
nick Dry Cleanins. Co., who have
been on strike for over month.
The plants here and in st. Paul are
being picketed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04

The other classes decay and finally
disappear In the face OF modern i'm
dustry; the prOIetariat IL it's special
nnd essential p-Oducf.-NnrI Marx
0os~munist Man.festo).
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-01
BOSTON FANS
HOPE HISTORY
WILL REPEAT
Recall Historical Days of
1914 When Braves Went
Hog Wild.
By WILLIAM j. DUNN
UNITED Press Staff CorreSpondent)

NEW YORK, May :. U.,D--Th1
odds are prohibitive that MIN out
of every 10 baseball writers in the
United States have found reason il
the past week to dig up the aistory
of Boston s Hravcs of 1914 for the
purpose of comparison with Emil
FuchS'' 1929 edition.
School children throughout the
milton know the story of the bal
club that suffered II sun@troke
while wallowing in the cellar dur
ing mid season 1911, and rose 20 un-
expected heights to capture the
National League bunting anG the
world 5 championship
These school children will tell YOU
that The 1914 Braves started from
nowhcr" TO win place in the hall
Of everlasting rcnown. That is the
big difference between George
&tallings Bostunians ana the
Braves OF 1929.
Eoston today is out in 'front.' of
the National League race with =
lead of one and IA hHlf games In
stead of starting at the bottom to
work up, the 1929 Braves are start
ing at the top to work-who knows
where
They have no room for advance.
mcnt while there arc seven bcrths
below them in the National League
any one of which would be willing
TO serve as final resting place for
the Fuchs combination.
Baseball critics, before :hr sea.
son opened, east an almost unani
nous vote for the Braves as tn,
worst team in the league.
Eoston fans-and there are base
bah fans in Boston--arr enjoyin4
the unusual spectacle of It hui
team leading any league Willie i
lasts and are satisfied with til,
present, the future, they fear,> vii
arrive soon enough.
The Giant fans, here in New
York, probably are tie most wor
lied group in the older circuit Ter
games with the Braves, Phillics anG
Robins, picked to finish sixth
seventh and eighth, name Your or
der, have brought the Giants :
percentage of but .5oo-and fouI
powerful western teams VIII hca'
cast this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-01
Pitching Keeps
Missions On Top
(By United Press Leased Wirel

Good pitching enabled the Mis-
sions. san Francisco, and %,att!c
to win ball games much to the dis
appointment of three other Pacific
Coast League clubs, Portland, Oak
land and Hollywood
Bert Cole, one of the Missions
main standbys set thr Portlon&
Ducks down with five hits and one
run while he and has Team ,la. $
gathered 10 hnglcS and scored six
ran
Elmer Jacobs, Seals moundsmau,
pitched his club to u > to wJn
over Oakland with the aid cf his
curve ball. The Seals scored thclr
two tallics i'm the seventh and the
Oaks their one marker in the third.
At Los Angeles Pig Jim Edwards
of the Seattle Indians tanned the
Hollywood Stars in the first series
game by turning in Il ! to ) win,
The stars got across two runs in
the first inning and another in the
seventh, hut at other times they
We're helpless.
TN" Los Angeles -Sacramorto
game was postponed in respect to
Charles Moremg. rirc president of
~" -2."aa, wA2 did Sot0ld'".
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-01

nay MMoncy, the fat fish monger,
and Al Mcllo, who holds two vic
tories over tine WeItcrwcight cham
Ufou, joc Dundee, in uon-titlc bouts
for most Of its boxing thrillcrs.
Good Fights Looming
The Mcllo-Dundcc bout in Boston
April = was a good fight, but not
- great one. The only match Of any
magnitude held on the far coast re
ccntIt Waa The Ace uudkins- Armand
Emanuel bout at Los Angeles April
-.
Now York fight fans are looking
forward to worth while outdoor
ecason with at least two important
heavyweight bouts as the big attrac-
t.eas.
fin. aast bout OF Importance here
premises to br the Fidel La Barba-
Sid Chocolate match at the New
York Coliseum May u. The New
4e.s aate Athletic Commission will
H.eoaullo tine winner as bantam
.t champion in this state.
Wax ~cbmrIiug, German heavy
,=e2'a, viii @rrAr in Montreal a
u.aa from Friday and Madison
Square Garden officials expect him
Ia aen. to meet raolino Czcudun Of
pWa 9n th. milk fund program at
Naak.a Stadium june -.
1ue winner. Of the Schmeling Pao-
liro match viii be paired against
Jack Sharkcy in September. This
m7tc5 may produce the next heavy
light champion.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-01
Heavy Hitters
On Border Card

\ program Of heavy hittrrs as
wen as classy boxer, las been ar
ranged for Friday night a. the CAL
cXico American Legion arena by
Matchmaker lack M"sjutcr who has
signed Jimmy Rivers and Bubbcr
johnson for the 10 round main event.
Rivers is billed us the Mexican
wcltcrwej2ht champion and while he
won + be defending that title when
he meets johnson, the latter being
a negro, the fight should he ding
dong scrap from hen to bell as long
as it lasts.
In the SomiwiudHp, which is
scheduled for six rouds, Eddie Do
miugucz tackles Frank Leonard at
$50 pounds These two heavy wei
tcrwei9htS are main event fighters
in the small clubs Of the coast and
are taking the second spot at Cad
eNico merely rs an opportunity to
meet each other This is supposed
to be grud9r battle and if SO the
fur should fly,
Ray Alvarado and Eddie Lo2ano
battle in the four round special ut
l%S pounds, AlaSintcr predicts a
knockout in this bout but refuses to
name the probable winner. 1t looks
like the first boy who lands on the
button.
In the opener Masintor has siguod
Herman Placen,ia and Francisco
SANCHEZ, Il couplt Of junior light,
weight