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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07
% % ' 3"s YORK,
'PEAE PACT"- SIlMSON SENDS MARINES AGAINST HAITI
Resist Attacks of HoOver's
Grand Fascist Council"

Thursday 400 big industrial capitalists Washington
to hear Grafton by organized
as National Council of Business Men"
crystazng centralized body of the most
powerful capitalists of this country purpose
ercizng directing function affairs
topmost of the ruling
rule the
than beforehand frankly the
sttuton of
% fascist dictatorship obvious correspondent the New York
Herald Tribune writes
Thus the council, first in
history will have chambers which might
and assembly and they will
Grafton of the Federal Government through
Department of Commerce if not the president personally
Anyone who calls this Economic council trying
the fact that it the biggest
lesser array of indusrasts the lower body referred the
The strong push ascsm is
In the rapidly developing Hoover found the
Congress and the other apparatus the democrac
state too cumbersome the quick
been planned against the workers.
Unemployment growing Production going all along
the line Capitalist suffers from slump from which Hoover
thought Imperialism immune.
To make his
class Hoover enlisted directly and indirectly the of the
leaders of the American Federation Labor the railroad boheroods
tie Socialist party Through the various state special
arrangement being made with such the leaders of
the international Ladies Workers Union company
all but strikebreakng typical
tendencies of the times
surprise leaders IIoovers new develop
ing the directors OF the industries
actually the Unicn would
Council 1t these who will direct the blows against the work
tFce enoes Of labor that stand back Smsons
threat against the Soviet Union
OF Hoover and his "Fas Grand Councshoud join in the militant
the Smashing the
poieIs led by the Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity
League
against the Union goes hand in hand with the
threat against the American workers and their class organizations
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07

elected a committee to carry on the
work of organization after it had dis
banded. 1t endorses the Southern
conference of the International La
Dor Defense, which meets Sunday, in
Charlotte, N, G. 1t pledged to o.
ganize the southern textile workers
in their own union, the N. T. w., in
spite of all the efforts of mill own
ers, the state, and the campaign
against the militant union waged by
Continued on Page TkYce)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07
Workers of. Warsaw
Battle With Police;
Who Kill One TOiler

BERLIN, Dec. 5.-Reports from
Warsaw state that in large street
demonstration of workers, led by
Communists, the police tried to dis
perse the paraders and in the fight
which ensued the police attacked the
demonstrators with revolver fire,
killing one Communist and wounded
several other workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07

from all organized and unorganized
workers. Those pledging loans at
the last mass meeting should get in
touch with Mershon, 16 West 21st
ST., New York.
The union is giving a concert and
ball in conjunction with the Workers
international Relief on Sunday af-
ternoon, January 5, at the Central
Opera House. with excellent talent
promised. Workers should come
and see that their friends come.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07
HAITIANS RISE
AGAINST u. S.
IMPERIALISM
Martial Law Fails to
Stop Strike; $50
Are Arrested
IA Years Of Tyranny
Revolt at Murderous
Marine DespotiSm
IA Years of Tyranny
BULLETIN.

! hoover Is SelulHS 0UU NdItu
maybe m0re) marines, together
with a naval airplane carrier
loaded with bombs to make
war on the Haitian people, in a
moment, be it observed, when
Hoover has just ended the
hypocritically worded mote"
| to the Soviet Union for defend
ing its frontiers against the
/ Chinese lackeys of Imperialism.
And this only two days after
giving vague promise to
withdraw marines from Latin
America!
Hoover has sent a message
to Congress, it is reported, deal
ing with the Haitian revolt
against American oppression.
The State Department, still
smarting from the Soviet re-
buke, manages to summon new
reserves of lies, declaring at
one and the same time that the
situation is both grave" and
"quieted down.
1t is not known, by reason of
the martial law censorship,
just how violent forms the re-
volt is taking, but the dispatch
of the marines and airplanes
indicates its depth among the
masses.
Reports that the leaders of
the movement, who are not
/ Communists, have expressed
regret that has "gOtten out
of their hands," can rather be
taken as an excuse to massacre
the population than as having
much fOundati0' in fact.
L h airplane carrier,
Wright" is now loading
planes and bombs at Norfolk,
and awaits marines in order to
leave Saturday under secret
orders, with 500 men, at least,
though it is the custom of i'm
perialists to say 500 when they
send LOCO or more.
Haitian workers in New
York yesterday informed the
Daily Worker that messages
from. Haiti state that the work
ers of Haiti are on a general
strike which is still spreading
in spite of martial law, that
$50 Haitians who are known to
be opposed to American imper-
ialist armed occupation have
been arrested and that a revo-
lutionary rising against fur
ther domination of Yankee i'm
perialism may ensue. One of
the leaders arrested is Antonio
Pierre Paul.
Haiti has been occupied by
u. S. marines since 1915, and
has been the victim of an
"Americanization" ruthless to
the degree that it sought to up
root even the language used for
three centuries, French, by
forcing English on the unwill-
ing people. Haiti, like Cuba,
has become a Yankee planta.
ton, and over a course of years
those Haitian patriots who re-
sisted have been massacred by
the thousands by American mar
ines, as u. S. Marine Corps reports
themselves admit.
The strike reported is laid to
"labor agitators," beginning in the
schools, where the teachers first
struck at the slashing of the educa-
tional allowance. This spread to over
$4,000 school children, and then to
the Haitian employees of the puppet
1 government" Of the scoundrelly
/ president" Luis Borno, who is cor
daily detested by the whole popu-
lation. The customs employees struck
Continued on Page Threo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-07

Make Your Donations Immediate to the
Emergency Fund! We Must Extend
Our Mass Work! Act Now!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
GRAND RAPIDS
LABOR
Works to Bring All City
Activities in Line For
UniOniSm

Grand Rapids, Mich. (ILNS)-
Rapids organized labor Isl pushing
big double the membership" cam
paign, and all locals are working on
the plan conceived by the committee
of nine elected by the Federation of
Labor, and which aims to Danish
apathy and Indifference. 1t demands
that all city and board of education
printing be done in union shops; that
all music in city parks be by union
musicians; that strict enforcement
of the eight-hour day be adhered to
by city authorities; that more per-
sistent demand be made for the union
label, union shop card, union working
card and union button; that work
done for the city and board of edu-
cation be done by Grand Rapids resi-
dents rathre than by persons living
outside; that every affiliated body
wage a vigorous membership cam
paign in which the Grand Rapids
Federation will lend every assistance
in it's power.
A new Grand Rapids unoin is COM
posed of meat cutters, and they are
going after the Kroger stores and
the A. & p chain in retaliation at
the decision of those house in Grand
Rapids to discharge employees who
join a union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
AS The WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events Of the
Week. Here and Abroad

The big strike of textile mill work
ers at Elizabethton, Tenn, was settled
on May 25, when the strikers voted TO
return to work on the assurance that
there would be no discrimination
against union members and the an
nouncement that new personnel di,.
rector of the mills, with a reputation
for fairness, had been appointed.
Despite much unemployment in
Germany, German industrial workers
are still enjoying higher standards
of living than in former years, ac-
cording to a report made public by
the department of commerce.
The United States supreme court
by a TO decision, announced May
27, barred Rosika Schwimmer, we'll
known Hungarian pacifst, from
American citizenship because of a
declaration on her part that she would
not bear arms in the defense of this
country in the vent of war.
In protest against the refusal of
the deacons of the First Baptist
Church, Collingswood, N. j., to per-
NIT Norman Thomas, socialist leader,
from speaking in the church, the
Young Peoples Society withdrew
| from the church on May 26.
The senate committee on manufac-
lures on May 27 reversed itself and
by a vote of 6 to voted to conduct
| the proposed investigation of labor
conditions in the textile industry
rather than have the federal trade
commission conduct it. The senate
must approve the committees action
before the investigation can be start
ed
A survey of the textile industry of
the south and in New England by a
federal agency was urged May 26 in
a statement issued by the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America. The administrative commit
tee of the council approved sugges-
| tion of the commission on the church
and social service that the govern
ment be petitioned to make "scien-
tific study" of the entire industry.
Industrial activity increased in
April TO the highest level on record,
and factory employment and payrolls
increased contrary to the seasonal
trend, according to summary of
general business and financial condi-
tons made public May 26 by the
| federal reserve board.
All the executive officers of the
international Association of Machin-
lists, headed by President A. O.
Wharton, were reelected by big ma
jorities, results of the referendum
vote taken in April and announced
May "a show.
Officials of the International La
dies Garment Workers Union were
authorized to make preparations for
a general strike in New York city at
meeting of shop chairmen held
May %.
Organized labor believes in an ade-
quate national defense and in ade-
quate preparedness against aggres-
sion or attack, President William
Green, of the American Federation
of Labor said in an address on May
| % at West Point, where he and other
| labor executives were the guests of
the military academy.
President Hoover on May % accept
ed the resignation of Mabel Walker
Willebrandt as assistant attorney
general in charge of prohibition
prosecutions.
| The board of arbitration appointed
! to pass on the demand of the South
ern railway shopmen for a wage in
crease began hearings in Washing
| ton, d. c., on May %.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
Observation-Disclosures

Jacob Fischer resigned as a men,
ber of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor at the
councils recent meeting in Washing
ton, d. c., and was succeeded by JOS
eph N. Weber, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Musicians.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07

Q-When was the first British la
Dor government in office?
A.-From January %, 1924, to No
yember a, 1924
Q.-Where can brief history OF
organized labor in the United States
be obtained?
A.-From the Workers Education
Bureau, 476 West oath street, New
York, N. Y. 1t is ga Short History
Of the American Labor Movement" !"
by Mary Beard. The price is so cents.
Q.-What is meant by the Amster-
dam InternatiOnale?
A.-This is name often used for
the international Federation of Trade
Unions, with headquarters at Am
sterdam, Holland.
Q.-What trade union convention
will be held in Chicago, July I-6 OF
this. year?
A.-The thirteenth annual conven,
ton of the American Federation of
Teachers, which will meet at the Con-
gress Hotel.
Q.-WhO was the first woman to be
elected to an international office BY
the international Typographical Un-
ion?
A.-Augusta Lewis, of New York,
who was elected corresponding secre-
tary at the |. T. U. convention a.
Cincinnati in 1870.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES

Denver Newspaper printers won
three-year contract and a wage in
crease of rs cents week until next
September, when it will be increased
to ST week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
TELEGRAPHERS OPPOSE
SEVEN DAY WEEK

St. Louis, Mo.-Tke Order of Rail-
way Telegraphers, whose headquar-
ters is in this city, has launched a
campaign against the seven-day
week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
WIN FIVE-DAY WEEK

Aberdeen, Wash. Building trades
unions in this area established the
five-day week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers ON La.
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07

"It is tranquil people who accom-
plish much" said Thoreau.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-07
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS

Stanley Ogg, 612 Sycamore st.
Robert j. Danford, Jr., r r. 1, Box IL.
E. R. Legg, 227 South 7th ST.
Ray Mefford, GOT So. End ST.
R. A. Robards, 302 No. 18th ST.
Martin Philibaum, 236 Wayne St.
Don A. Howard, P. o. Box 342.
Peter Schmitt, 965 Main st.
Robert Mick, 500 So. Front st.
B. c. Scherzinger, Labor Temple
Vim. A. Biddinger, 338 Ludlow ST.
e....Karl Brown, S22 Buckeye st.
Edgar Smith, 63S Chestnut ST.
&C. BRANDED, 1888 Pleasant Ave.
Gerald Froelke, 1872 East Ave-
Fred Woodrey, $40 Central Ave.
Chris Reidinger, 2426 Noble Ave.
All Besanceney, TIA Clinton Ave.
Frank F. Vessel, 421 So. 3rd st.
Cliff Duerr, 1901 S. End ST.
VIM. Fremgen, 522 Ridgelawn Ave.
t Ave....C E. Sorber, $50 Buckeye St
Clarence Davis, 1912 VanDerVeer Ave
Daniel Cummings, 575 So. 18th st.
John P. Kuenzel, R. r. No. 3.
Popp, 927 N. d st.
w. E. Tice, 2340 Freeman Ave.
Carl Reiter, 2l2G Elmo Ave.
William j. Welsh, care Moose Home
John Janser, 1924 Campbell Ave
M. F. Cox, 779 Woodlawn Ave.
Mrs. C. A. Rosson. K. R. No. z
secretary, 217 w. II, Cincinnati, Ohio.
R. J. Fitzgerald. P. o. Box 249.
C. R. Girard
r. c. Oglesby, care News Signal.
Labor Temple, Hamilton.
.Chas. Smith, Star Barber Shop.
Earl R. Price, Post Office.
Frank w. Messick, 207 Monroe st.
.E. o. Otterbein, IL Harrison st.
VIM. d. Coyle, 1884 Manchester Ave.
II. c. Matthews.
T.. A. Scully, 306 CastelI Bldg.
Louis Davis, 2013 Wayne Ave.
Otto Kaiser, P. O. Box.
George Ball, Park st.
Ferguson, Naegele-Auer Ptg. Co.
Harry Roy.
S. j. Anderson, 1875 So. Broad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
WOMAN Gets
CITY HALL JOB
Mrs. Katherine Clements
Named by Baker.

Mrs. Katherine Clements, 1901
Ruckle street, daughter of James
Smith, state board of accounts agent
assigned to city hall, today was ap-
pointed clerk in the city purchas-
ing department by Joel A. Baker,
purchasing agent.
Mrs. Clements succeeds Mrs
George Stapp, former operator OF
a lunch counter at city hall, who
was appointed on the eve of the
exit of the Duvall administration
Mrs. Stapp was Eighth ward chair
man for the Marion County Good
Government League and it is gen
orally understood she was dis
charged because of her political
activity in the campaign.
Mayor L. Ert Slack issued an or
der that there would be no ma
chine politics" at city hall, but Re-
publicans and Democrats alike
could follow their individual con-
science" in the election.
Reports at city shall are that Mrs.
Stapp was a little too active" for
the G. o. P. Her husband is an in
spector in the fire prevention de-
partment.
Several other Republicans at city
hall are slated to get the Demo-
cratic AK because of political activ-
ity, it is rumored.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
WAR ON INDIANS
FOR MASSACRE
LOOMS IN West
Volunteers Rally to Call of
RanCher to Avenge
Staying of Wife.
BIZ United Press

BU JntLsU PfCSS
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 27.-The
familiar call to arms to fight the
Apaches rang along the border to-
day and soldiers of fortune, cowboys
and citizen volunteers were gather
ing to aid a Sonora rancher avenge
the massacre of his wife and the
kidnapping of his son.
Francisco Fimbres rallied the
nondescript army, in which several
American border scouts had enrolled
after galloping to Douglas from the
mountains of Mexico, where he said
he had trailed a band of thirty wild
Apache Indians TO their winter lair.
The ApacheS are in the Canyon OF
Caves. in the widest part Of the
Sierra Madres, FimbreS said, and
their position appeared impregnable.
He plans to establish a camp at the
entrance to the canyon and await
a favorable time for an attack.
The wealthy rancher declared the
Apaches hacked his wife to death
three years ago, after terrorizing the
border towns. Heraldo, then a baby
was snatched from his mothers
arms and carried away.
Three children, about the age his
son would be, if alive, are held by
the Indians, Fimbres said. The
rancher has spent the last three
wears seeking the marauders, but
found no trace of them until his last
search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
CRACKSMEN ARE
Baked IN TRY
TO OPEN SAFE
Combination Knocked Off,
but Door Holds; Store
PIundered.

Novice cracksmen who entered
Plumbers hall. 3l2 East Washing
ton street, early this morning
worked hard, but unsuccessfully, to
open a safe. Robert, c. Taylor, 755
East McCarty street, custodian, dis
covered the safe had been moved
from the office into the union hall
and the combination knocked off,
but the door did not yield.
Shotguns, hand drills and flash
lights, valued at 5000, we're stolen
from the Albert G.. Staub hardware
store, 831 Virginia avenue, by bur-
glars.
Staub discovered the robbery
when he stopped at his store at 2
this morning.
Burglars took radio valued at
1888 from the home of Thomas
Crook, Apartment /, 2O52 College
avenue. A suit of clothing, valued
at S05, was stolen from the home of
Frank B. Drake, 208 South Emerson
avenue, by prOWler.
John Brown, 9l5 Rathbourne
street, reported a burglar took cloth
ing valued at more than 5000 from
his home.
Detective Herbert Fletcher is be-
iieved TO have wounded an auto
mobile thief in chase Tuesday aft
ernOOn. The detective and Detec-
tive Harry Trick gave chase to an
automobile recognized as a car
stolen from Raymond Males, 933
Virginia avenue, Monday night. To
prevent escape, the officers drove
into the side of the fleeing car and
the driver, young man, fled on
foot. He was pursued two blocks
and Detective Fletcher fired twice.
The man cried out, but escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
COUNTY POSTS DISCUSS
EX-SERVCE MEN TOPIC
Projects on Caring for Veterans Is
Subject of Meeting.

Major projects of the Marion
county American Legion were dis
cuSsed at a meeting of past COM
manders of county posts who were
guests of the Hilton U. Brown Jr.
post at the Sphinx Arms Tuesday
night.
Projects include care of disabled
veterans, advance of bill to obtain
a veterans hospital for Indiana,
continued support of the Knights
town Orphans home. completion
and dedication of the World War
Memorial plaza and advancement of
the organizations social program.
The plaza will be dedicated at the
legion's national convention in this
city in 1884.
Harvey Thomas, commander of
the Hilton u. Brown Jr. post, led
discussions on membership and
general policies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
RECORDS ARE CHECKED
And One Michigan Prisoner Gets
Long Term for Drunkenness.

BIZ United Press
LANSING. Mich, Nov. 27.-Offi-
Gals of Michigan prisons were
checking records today to determine
whether sentences of any convicts
can be increased under a new ha-
bitual drunkard ruling which makes
such offenders minor felons."
In checking the case of Fred
Steers, SO, it was found that he had
been convicted of drunkenness six
teen times and since, under Michi-
gan laws. four convictions of ihtoxi-
cation constitute felony. Steers
was declared to have committed four
felonies, making a seven and one
half to fifteen-year prison sentence
mandatory
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
Doctor TeStifieS Patient
May Have Derangement
of Thyroid.
United Press

BIZ United Press
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Nov. 81.
DIR. w. D. Sansum of the Santa
Barbara Cottage hospital, gland ex-
pert, who formerly attended Stan
ley Mccormick, resumed the stand
under croSs-examination today at
the hearing in which Mrs. Rather
inc Mccormick hopes to be APP
pointed sole guardian of her hus-
band.
DR.. Sansum was questioned re-
garding his testimony that McCor-
mick, for twenty-three years I'M
der treatment for mental derange-
ment, had shown improvement in
recent months.
Mrs. Mccormick claims that her
husbands brother and sister. Har-
old Mccormick and Mrs. Anita Nc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
STATE CHAPTERS DINE
Beta Theta Pi Give Scholarship
Awards at Yearly Banquet.

Members of five Indiana chapters
of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity will
attend the annual banquet tonight
at the Columbia Club. The five
chapters are those of De Paw. Wa
bash, Purdue, Indiana and Hanover.
Awarding of the annual scholar
ship trophies to the chapters with
the highest ranking will be fea-
ture of the meeting.
John K. Ruckelshaus will be
postmaster and J. Maxwell FaSsett
of New York. special assistant to
the encouragement of the United
States, will be the speaker. He is
a graduate of Colgate university
and Harvard Law school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
POLICE FIND LIQUOR
PIPED THROUGH WALL
Three-HOur Search Leads to Barrel
Owner Arrested.

Police officers literally walked
over clews for three hours Tuesday
afternoon before they finally located
a hidden liquor storage in a con-
fectionery at Ills North Holmes
street.
After a three-hour search. a
spigot was found in the basement
steps and was traced to a barrel,
enclosed in concrete behind a coal
chute. PPM from the spigot to
the bar~cl Went t'1:o--'' two brick
walls.
August Powell, proprietor, was
arrested on a charge of operating
a blind tiger. Six gallons of alleged
whisky were found in the barrel.
Two men dived through a window
to escape when the police squad
entered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
TROUT FOR THANKS DAY
Hoover, Coolidge Are Sent Choice
| Packages by Old Friends.

bD CnlIf0 PfeSS
SUPERIOR, Wis, Nov. 27.-Choice
packages of trout. carefully packed
and iced, have been sent to PreSi-
dent Herbert Hoover and former
President Calvin Coolidge for their
Thanksgiving dinners by residents
of Cedar Island Lodge, near here.
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Coolidge spent
two days fishing together near the
lodge in 1928.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27

BIZ United Press
SALEM, Ind, Nov. 27.-Injuries
sustained by Mrs. Ollie Tackett, of
near Brownsville, Washington coun-
ty, when her alto overturned after
skidding in loose gravel, resulted in
her death. Her son, who was driv-
ing, suffered severe injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-27
APPROVE FUND SHIFT
School Board Adaps Resolutions to
Make Final Payments.

Resolution to transfer $S,765 from
the supplementary book fund and
$500 from the elementary improve
ment and alteration fund to various
other funds was adopted by the
school board Tuesday night.
The board also approved transfer
of $4,000 from the building bond
fund to the elementary building
fund to make final payments on
Schools AZ. Al. &c. and so.