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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
Goes in Person to Hit
British Mill Walkout

LONDON, Aug. 11.-Alarmed by
the spread of the tremendous walk
out of 100000 textile workers in
Lancashire the labor party govern
ment is continuing its efforts to
negotiate" the strike in an effort
to return the men to the mills on
the employers terms.
Premier Ramsey Macdonald and
Margaret Bondfield, minister of la
Dor, have contrived to have them
selves asked to Manchester by Joe
Compton, labor m. p, for the Gorton
division of Manchester, textile di-
vision.
"This will be a gesture to bring
both parties together" Compton is
quoted as saying.
In reality, as the left wing leaders
among the strikers are pointing out,
the only gesture so far in the strike
has been the labor governments
gesture of concern for the interests
of the workers. The present move,
far from being gesture, is an open
maneuver of betrayal of the textile
strikers for the purpose of crushing
their strike through their reaction
airy leaders and herding them back
to the mills under the twelve and
one-half. cent wage cut which was
the immediate cause of the walk
out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
Napoleon
BY IRVING ROSENBERG.

He isn't much on size and you'll open wide your eyes
When tell you that he is hero bold.
But he's there in every way, and am here to say
That hesjust as brave any knight of old.
In his measy five foot four maybe less maybe
Is heart that's got lion beat mile.
Though he happy grim there is something there within
That will tell you that there's CUTS behind his smile.
He's heard of fear and although he might appear
Just kid that hasn't got earth.
Don't rub him the way for you'll find that Won't
pay,
He was born to be fighter from his birth.
He's been in and out of JAIL he's been many times ball.
But he knows that what he's fighting for is right.
And you're bound to find him there when it's time to do and
dare:
believe he'd rather die than miss fight
When the Revolution and they beat upon the drums,
And the workers start the battle for their own;
When the red flag unfured for the Soviet of the world
He will always be within the danger zone.
When the bullets fly and death rains de- r che
sky
And capital is running it's last race
Through the battles smoke and din you'll his grin
And look of joyous rapture on his face
Napoleon, greet you twill take mighty beat you
You're fighting beyond the slightest doubt.
And you'll keep head up high until very day you die
And you'll be fighting even while you're passing out
Napoleon Morets of the most militant strikers in
the cafeteria strike He arrested Is times.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
RefOrmistS Remove
Communist Leader
of Swiss Workers

BASLE (By Nail. The Central
of the Woodworkers' Union has made
a decision extremely important foH
the development of the Swiss trade
union movement in removing from
his post the secretary Scherer, a
member of the Communist Party
and the leader of the Lausanne
strike. This measure has aroused
the greater indignatio among the
workers that Scherer has been in
prison since the end of April. The
reason given for Scherer's discharge
is that he has pursued a path of
strike in a manner bound to lead to
the Enchanting of every political
passion, besides wasting 100000
francs for useless strikes" The So
cial democratic press welcomes this
res IRE of the Woodworkers' Union
VIA joy, as this union has hitherto
c.-:ltod among the m st Left.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
British American Clash
Over "Pm Alone" Now
Observation-Disclosures

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Justice
Willis Vandevanter of the supreme
court has been named to represent
the United States on the commits
sion to arbitrate the "I'm Alone"
controversy, arising from the sink
ing of Canadian rum-running ship
by gun fire of an American coast
guard cutter 200 miles off New Or
leans.
Eugene Lafleur, of Montreal, a
leader of the Canadian bar, will
represent Canada, whose govern
ment has protested that the coast
guard violated international law in
the sinking.
The "I'm Alone" controversy is
still one of the points of clash be-
tween British and American imperi-
alism, and it is not expected here
that either government will yield
much.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
REVEAL FORCED I
LABOR IN LIBERIA
AIDED BY The us.
President Paid for I'M
porting Slaves

MONROVIA, Liberia, Aug. IL
The cat was let out of the bag,
only to be quickly tied up again by
Wall Street, when Thomas J. Faux
ner, an American born naturalized
Liberian who was defeated for the
presidency of Liberia, made charges
that traffic in forced labor and vir-
tual slavery were going on in
Liberia, with the assistance of
Liberia, is the company guilty of
the forced labor, it is charged. Con-
ditions of unbelievable slavery, and
misery, exist for the workers on the
Firestone plantations. Workers,
with their wives and children, from
five years up, slave IA to IS hours
day for less than 10 cents a day.
The quarters. provided the slaves
are full of disease. No effort is
made to check the spread of the
disease. The workers die like flies,
it is charged.
The United States authorities
took quick action to deny the char
ges Of slavery. Edwin Barclay,
Llberian secretary of the state, a
Wall Street tool, attacked Faulkner
on behalf of Wall Street.
Barclay stated that an interna-
tional commission will be appointed
to Investigate" the charges. This
is laughed at, for any such commits
sion will be handpicked at Washing
ton.
Faulkner, it must be understood,
is not and has never been q friend
of the oppressed workers of Liberia.
He simply wanted to be president
and serve Wall Street in this office.
President King defeated him, hav-
ing the stronger pull with Wall
Street, and so Faulkner made the
slavery revelations, which he had
held back until his defeat.
Faulkner charged that President
King imported workers from the
Spanish colony of Fernando Pc, an
island, and King personally receives
Sl5 day from the Firestone Rub
Der Co. for each worker imported.
Vlce-President Allen C. Yancey and
postmaster General Ross of Liberia
receive SIS for each worker i'm
ported from certain other districts.
it is charged.
Secretary of State Barclay and
Secretary of Public Works, Morris.
get $3.50 for each laborer shipped.
Levies of Liberian tribesmen are
frequent occurrences; they are
forced to slave for Firestone for ,
practically nothing. Because of
this thousands of Liberian tribesmen
have fled the country. Faulkner
charges that King defeated him by
stuffing the ballot boxes. King
pays himself a salary of $4,000 a.
year. 49, Gis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
.DUPE TENANTS
is.i>.
ON EAST SIDE
Model Tenements" Is
Rockefeller Bunk

John D. Rockefeller and the Tam
many Hall politicians are getting
ready to bunk thousands of work
ing class tenants on the lower East
side, by offering to build "model
tenement houses to rent for SO per
room per month" on seven square
blocks of the East side, in the vi
entity of Chrystie-Fo Streets.
Mayor Walker, the arch politician
OF Tammany, has placed l. Montefi-
ore Levy, the Rockefeller agent, at
the head of the mayors committee
on housing, and Rockefeller is now
making the same promises to work
ing class tenants on the East side
that he made in 1927 to Negro work
ing class tenants in Harlem, only
later to fill his Dunbar Jim crow
tenements in Harlem with landlords.
college professors, American FEEDER
alton OF Labor takers, doctors, and
ministers, with few so-called "bet-
ter class Negroes" who are either
employed by the city or the federal
government, and landlord controlled
newspapers in Harlem.
While Walker and Levy are PLAN
ming to dupe tenants E. the East
side, the fake Walker emergency
rent law is about to be declared I'M
constitutional in the supreme court.
The case started yesterday when
Ernest N. Alder, a landlord, dispos-
sessed Anna Bahlinger, a striking
tenant, on East 92nd St. The York
vile Tenants League will hold an
open air meeting in that section
next Tuesday evening at which time
many working class tenants will be
called upon to join the League.
Other Tenant Leagues
Besides the Lover East Side Ten
ant League Committees efforts, the
Brownsville section in Brooklyn,
and Williamsburg section will hold
open air meetings before the end
of this month, thus making way for
the city-wide conference on housing
to be called later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
TO NIT BUILDING
FAKERS' SELLOUT
Meet Friday to Discuss
Program of Action

Continued from Page One)
Council might perform a little
strike breaking job in the Electrical
Workers Union has served to in
crease the disgust and resentment
of the rank and file.
TUEL Calls Meet
The Building Trades Section of
the Trade Union Educational
League, which is calling the mass
meeting Friday at which program
of action will be discussed, declares
"The building boom is over and at
present in ever increasing slump, we
find ourselves with greater numbers
of jobless in our ranks and at the
same time the workers are being
sped up at an ever increasing pace
with the result Of greater unemploy-
ment and insecurity of continuous
work, as well as wearing and unfit
ness to work at an early age.
"These conditions force the worker
to accept a wage below the unior
scale, and even though it is not gen.
eral in all the trades there is a dan.
ger of it becoming so. The result
of this is that earnings of the work.
ers are becoming lower and democrat
ization is increasing.
What Must Be Done
"What must be done in order tc
overcome this situation?
"We must wake up to the fact that
our unions through the union off.
Gals are controlled by the bosses
and we must put a stop to this by
taking the control in our hands (the
rank and file) and running the un.
ions for our benefit.
owe must achieve complete unity
in our ranks by insisting upon g
uniform agreement for all trades
which will expire at the same time
in May.
Eliminate the possibility of Juris
dictional disputes in our ranks by
the use of job committees"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12

mo JURY TRIAL;
PLAN new LAW
FOR JUTE STRIKE
Prepare New Attacks
On Militants

CALCUTTA, India, Aug. Ii
Every possible difficulty is being
put in the way of the 80 Commu-
nists and other militant trade union
leaders facing trial in Meerut, on
charges of Conspiracy against the
King Emperor"
Captain Wedgewood Benn, labor
secretary of state for India, has ad-
mitted that the deportation to Nee
.rut of the prisoners arrested here,
III 900 miles away, was approved by
him.
He stated a few days ago to men,
bers of the Meerut Defense Com
mittee in London that he absolutely
refuses to entertain the idea of re-
leasing these trades union leaders.
Noted Working Class Fighters.
Included among the prisoners are
Shaukat Usmani, Communist can
didate for parliament in the last
British general elections; Philip
Spratt and Lester Hutchinson, Eng
lishmen, all leaders of the Gurni
Hangar, or Red Flag Mill Union.
The eighth week of the prelimi-
rary inquiry into the case of the
80 Indian militants has now opened
before the magistrate at Meerut.
The inquiry still drags on, in the
Tiny court in Meerut, where the ac-
commodation for the defending
counsel and witnesses is inadequate.
Campaign Against Prisoners.
The campaign of hatred against
the 80 trade union leaders, who
face life terms in prison, has re-
doubled in the Anglo-Indian press,
due to the fear caused among the
bosses by the outstanding militancy
displayed in the past few days by
the Calcutta jute mill strikers, who
fought the police in the streets.
Thirty-one of the Meerut prison
ers were arrested last March by
1.-THE Baldwin government. The
charge was conspiracy against the
King Emperor" The actual cause
for the arrests was the fact that
the 81 were leaders of the Indian
mill strikes. They were conveyed
to Meerut, where a jury trial was
denied them, where facilities for
their witnesses were restricted, and
where there was no danger of dem
onstrations by Indian workers.
In the first fortnight of the Mac
Donald labor" government, young
socialist journalist, Lester Hutchi-
son, formerly of Manchester, was
also arrested.
Denied Visitors.
The prisoners were this week de-
MED the right to see visitors, and
visits to them by their counsel have
been limited. Their letters to their
counsel are being censored.
Sir Frederick Sykes, governor of
, Bombay, has announced that fur
Their legislation will be introduced
and passed to enable the Anglo
7 Indian authorities to arrest without
warrant strikers or suspected mill
tants and deport them from the
area in which they are employed.
This means that further frame
ups similar to the Meerut case are
brewing. 1t is said that wholesale
arrests of Calcutta jute strikers are
planned, the arrested strikers to be
deported thousands of miles away
from here and tried without jury
trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
READING POLICE
JAIL COLLECTORS
Socialists" Try to Aid
Gastonia Hangmen
Especial to the Daily Worker.)

Especial to the Daily Worker.)
READING, Pa, Aug. 11.-De-
spite the intervention of the police
of this socialist" city on the side
of the Gastonia hangmen, a truck
load of collectors from Philadelphia
yesterday held successful street
and house to house collection for
Gastonia defense and relief.
Twelve workers were arrested in
an effort to break up the collection,
but they were Immediately released
out of fear of incensing the large
working class population of Read
ing. The collection was held under
the auspices of the Joint Interna-
tional Labor Defense and Workers
international Relief committee of
Philadelphia.
The socialist" city authorities re-
Gently refused to grant permit for
a collection in behalf of the Gas
tonia strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12

Don't forget Sunday, August
18th, Pleasant Bay Park.
Tickets for the Press Carnival
only IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12

tional is developing a wide inter-
national campaign against the scout
movement, particularly utilsing the
Jamboree in. order to expose its mill
tarist and imperialist aims. Past
experience has shown that the
youths who have been enticed into
the scout movement are nevertheless
very susceptible to workingclass
propaganda, despite the careful
measures of the scout leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12
swiss WORKERS
FINED, JAILED
Took Part in August !
Demonstration
Wireless By "Inprecorr" J

7 " u OVVoo DB 1TuPTVU ]
BASLE, Switzerland, Aug. H.
Bourgeois class justice is now op-
Grating against the workers who
Participated in the prohibited In
ternational Red Day demonstration
Aug. 1. A large number of workers
were fined at the trial today and
the three Communist leaders,
Wieser, Weber and Weiner, were
sentenced to several weeks i'm
prisonment each.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-12

Keep the date of Sunday Aug.
18th open. Come to the Press
Carnival.
Make this Carnival mass
demonstration for the revolu-
t.onary press.
Sell tickets fer the Daily
Worker Press Carnival.
See the Party battle with the,
l""Sue in game of baseball.
Come to the Press. Carnival.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
LOCAL STUDENTS TO
co TO FORT MONROE
University Boys In r. O. I. C. Will
Train At Southern Fort

Thirty University of Delaware stu
dents were directed to report at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, on June IA
for intensive training under Regular
Army officers, according to orders
made public at headquarters of Maj
or General Hanson E. Ely, COM
manding the Second Corps Area at
Governors Island.
The students, most of whom are
Delaware residents, are members of
the Coast Artillery R. o. T. c. unit
at the University of Delaware. The
instruction they will receive at Fort
Monroe is part of their training to
become commissioned officers in the
Army Reserve.
The thirty named in the Army or
ders were: Carleton R. Ford, Her
bert w. Fritz, Roger H. Holt, Henry
T. Miller, John j. Moran, Charles L.
Reynard, Henry D. Simpson, Thad-
deus R. Snowberger, Irwin S. Taylor
and David B. Ward, all of Whining
ton; James L. Brannon, of Delaware
City; William R. Draper, of Delmar;
Kenneth M. Frisbie, of Egg Harbor
City, N. J.; Rudolph S. Gofigon, of
Marionville, Va; Robert w. Hopkins
of Newark; Thomas H. Howell, Jr.,
of Camden; Walter F. Kohl of Mid
dletown; Robert M. Morrell, of
Pa; Alfred w. Rogers
of Georgetown; Herman w. Ryan of
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Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
EVERGREEN FOREST
BAND AT BALTIMORE
Officers, Rangers Asd Band Take
Part In Supreme Forest Con.
ventiOn At Baltimore.

James K. Pettyiohn, Grand Tall
Cedar; G. T. Reed, treasurer, and c..
D. Holzmueller, scribe, of Evergreen
Forest, No. 40, Tall Cedars of Leb-
anon, of Milford, are attending the
Supreme Forest Convention of Tall
Cedars which is being held at Bal
timore. This convention brings to-
gether the officers of every forest in
the United States and the green
tops are royalty entertained by tbs
host forset. The annual parade will
be held today and bands and rang
ers from every forest will partici-
pate. The band and rangers from
Evergreen Forest have made excel
lent records ior themselves during
the past two conventions, one at
Providence, Rhode Island, and the
other at Atlantic City. They are in
the line of march today and expect
to receive new laurels. The Ever
green Band, known as "Harding's
Own" for the late President Harding
who was a member of the forest, is
one of the best musical organiza-
tions in Tall Cedarism. The Rang
ers have a number of new drills
which they will use for the first
time in public in today's parade.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
SUSSEX MAIL CARRIERS
FORM ORGANIZATION
Edwin P. Bryan Of FrankfOrd Elec-
4shd President OF New Association

The rural letter carriers of Sus-
sex county. met in Firemen's Hall at
Georgetown, on Tuesday evening,
May IA, and formed a permanent
county organization by electing the
following officers for the coming
year:
President, Edwin W. Bryan, of
Frankford; vice president, Byron
Pepper, Georgetown; secretary and
treasurer, Chas. S. Workman, OF
Laurel.
Out of the fifty-nine carriers in
Sussex county about twenty-five at
tended the meeting which was very
enthusiastic. Addresses were made
by Postmaster Hudson of George
town; Harry Brown, Seaford; VIM.
Powell, Selbyville. The Ladies Aux
iliary met in another room at the
same time and tuned up for the
State Convention.
The following delegates were cleo
ted to represent Sussex county at
the State Convention to be held In
Dover on July II: P. H. Graham,
chairman, Chas. w. Steele, Elisha
McCabe, Fred w. Ireland, ]. A. Ad-
ans. Walter w. Mills, Chas. S.
Workman, E. w. Bryan.
Georgetown was selected as the
permanent meeting place for Sussex
county. Refreshments were served
by the carriers from the Georgetown
post Office.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
CHICKS CAMPAIGN
SHOWS PROGRESS
POultrymen Show Much Interest
In The Instructions Issued By
County Agent.

That the grow health chicks cam
paign, which was launched a year
ago this spring on statewide basis
under the direction of H. S. Palmer,
Extension Poultryman Of the Uni
versity of Delaware, is meeting with
success is shown by the excellent re-
sponse which is being received from
a large number of poultry raisers
who have enrolled in this project
this spring and who are sending in
their record cards to the county
agent Office in each of the three
counties.
One feature of this campaign con-
sists in sending to all the poultry
men circular letters enclosing timely
suggestions and recommendation in
regard to the care and treatment of
young chicks, with special reference
to the prevention and control of
those diseases that are prevalent in
many of the focks. Copies of In
struction Letter No. 4, prepared by
the Extension Specialist, were mail
ed to the entire poultry list in Kent
county few days ago from the Of
flee of County Agent Russell E. Will
son, at which time the cooperation
of all the poultry farmers was re-
quested relative to sending in their
reports on the general condition and
the mortality rate of their young
chicks during the first twenty-eight
days.
Early in the season each poultry
raiser received a card on which to
check all or as many of the SANTA
ton and disease prevention prac-
tees that could possibly be carried
into effect this year in the raising
of better and healthier chicks, and
to date fifty-two of these cards have
been returned in Kent county. Sew
eral of the other report cards also
have been received at the county
agents Office, and in checking over
these records it is estimated that
approximately sixty thousand chicks
are enrolled in this campaign at the
present time. It is to be expected |
that many more of these cards will
be received, however, as the poul-
,rymen in general are taking an ac-
i've interest in this campaign for
healthier chicks, and at the close of
he year a report will be published
showing the results of this project
ior the entire state.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
CAESAR RODNEY WINS
MEET AT HARRINGTON
Ninth Annual Track, Field Events
Attended BY Thousands

Ideal weather prevailed for the
ninth annual track and field meet,
held at the Kent and Sussex County
Fair Grounds last Friday. A bright
sunshine with gentle breezes
brought the school children from all
parts of Kent county.
The officials in charge of the
weighing and stamping of the con-
testants were on hand early. There
were three classes in the dodge ball
tournament. The results follow:
Glass No. 1, Caesar Rodney first;
Milford second; Magnolia third.
Glass No. 2, Milford first; FELTON,
second; Caesar Rodney third. Class
No. 8, (rural teams) Woodside first;
HollandsVille second; Little Creek
third.
The volley ball contests were held
on another section of the grounds at
the same time with two classes, the
results being as follows: Glass No. 1,
Milford first; Harrington second;
Caesar Rodney third. Glass No. 2
Milford first; Caesar Rodney Sec
ond; Harrington third. According to
the entries checked in at the office,
AZ gold badges, 50 silver badges and
263 bronze badges were awarded.
Both the junior and senior track
and field events were held in the
afternoon. The results Of the meet
follow:
Caesar Rodney, 1856; Milford 1856;
Harrington 98; Dover, SO; Smyrna,
"A; Houston, %; Magnolia, 16;
Woodside, 10; FELTON,, 6; Hollands
vile, 6; Viola, S; Frederick, 5; Lit
tie Creek, 2.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-17
COUNCIL HEARS PLANS
FOR BETTERING TOWN
Merchants Meet With Governing
Body With Idea Of Planning System

An interesting meeting was held
in the Council Chambers on Tues
day evening when merchants having
stores on Walnut street, met with
Town Council and discussed ways
and means of bettering conditions
on the street. Council has had new
parking lines painted on several Of
the streets in the business section
and discussion was had as to ways
and means of getting maximum re-
suits from the new plan. Some criti-
cism was voiced that fewer cars
will be parked in the Plaza, but the
new scheme will be tried out before
it is condemned. Another suggestion,
which will probably be followed out,
is that all merchants shall refrain
from parking their cars on Walnut
street during business hours each
day. This will allow farmers and
others having business here to find
parking spaces nearer the stores.
The former practice Of allowing
double lines Of parking will be stop
ped.
A considerable discussion was
started when plan for stopping
merchants from setting merchandise
in front Of their stores was suggest
ed. While some of the merchants op-
pose the plan, it is more than like
ly that Council will stop the prac-
tice in the near future.
The problem of crowded streets in
the vicinity of garages was also
brought before che meeting. This
will be met by asking garage owners
to keep cars off the streets, and if
they do not voluntarily do so, en-
forcement regulations will be pass
ed by Council.