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! on a lower level than in the cor
responding period of last year.
Receipts of wheat and cotton at
the principal markets were sub
stantially smaller than in the
same period of 1928. Petro-
leum production :. slightly
lower"
The immediate prospect is vast
unemployment. There are now at
least 100000, with the ranks
rapidly extending. Wage cuts fol-
low for those left on the job.
/ The capitalist financial press in
sists that the bosses proceed imme-
diately to drastic wage cuts. In
this task, the bosses have the aid
of the American Federation Of La
Dor misleaders.
Every state commissioner of labor
in the United States reports grow
ing unemployment. A sample of
these reports is given for Illinois by
the United States Daily dec. 20)
Industrial activity in the state
showed recession during No
vember, manufacturing plants
throughout all sections and in
NEST industries reporting a small
er number of workers and lower
pay-rolis than a month earlier.
The decline in factory employ
ment averaged IL per cent and in
p2y-rolls 4.3 per cent.
Much Of the road construction
work also has hean discontinued
/ and large volume of common
labor is Idle, presenting serious
] unemployment problem in prsc-
ticaliy every large city of the
state"
4 1t is interesting to note that road
construction work is practically at
standstill. We cannot help re-
membering the glowing, optimistic
kilograms of the state governor to
Hoover promising increased public
works. A bigger drop in pay-rolls
than in employment indicates dras-
tic wage-cuts.
| Every worker in the United
States is affected by the severe de-
preston of capitalism. Those I'M
employed feel the anarchy of capt.
talist production most severely
Those on the job work under the
constant dread of unemployment
and wage-cuts.
This situation will intensity in
the immediate future. Against this
we see the rising resistance of the
workers. In spite of the Hoover
Green mo strike" agreement the
workers are striking and these
strikes will grow into big battles
The Communist Party is the van
guard Of the working class in the
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(By a Worker Correspondent

kD9 " ~ N''tS' wv y Nof|NfNNNNf'N/
PAYNESVILLE, Mich. (By MaiD d.
Here is delegates impression Of
the first lumber workers confer
ence, held by the T,U.U.L. on De-
cember Is, in Mich.
The conference, the first of it's
kind, that would take up the matter
of organizing a revolutionary union
at once was represented from Is
different towns, which covers a
large territory. There were 80 dele
gates and visitors that were from
these towns. After election of chair
man, secretary and other officers a
number of reports were given on
different phases of the lumber in
dustry, such as poor wages, unem-
ployment, poor living conditions,
etc.
Also a report was given on the
critical situation of the imperialist
countries today; that imperialism is
taking its last breath we can see in
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Taylorville Mass Meet
Called to Smash Terror
Continued from Page One)

kCOHCHutu JFOHt IuyG OUGI
redress these grievances.
Refusal to pay for work in rock
and other dead work work that
does not Immediately produce coal
miners are paid piece rates, so much
a ton for coal sent up); discharge
of men who hesitate to go into dam
gerous places; discharge of trip
riders on the underground trains,
and forcing motormen to do both
jobs; compelling top men to work
from five to 80 minutes overtime
without pay; filming the workers
part of their pay not only because
of pieces of rock getting into the
coal cars, but for wood found there,
check-off for not only the U.M.W.A.,
but also for rent, stores, fines,
lights, ETC., are some of the things
the men fight against, but it is i'm
possible to tell all of the others,
which differ from mine to mine.
Ten-Hour Day.
Leaders and cutting machine men
are kept in the mines until p. M,
and in the morning, men have to be
in line 80 to 40 minutes before 60
ing down to work. The actual time
spent in the mine has increased to
8 or 10 hours a day. Miners have
to walk to and from work through
haulage ways, which often have
none or few safety holes" This
leads to many accidents. Naked
high-voltage wires are also strung
along haulage ways.
U. M. w. officials take part in
brazen wage cutting schemes, like
that Of Gus Fritz in Belleville, where
he proposes a 51-cent per ton rate
with the companies blasting instead
of the present 90-cent ton rate of
pay with the miners blasting-which
pays the companies 80 cents for
blasting.
The National Miners Union de-
clares for certain general local de-
mands, applying to all miners,
which are:
II Fight against the check-off in
all forms, whether to Lewis, Fish
wick, company stores, or otherwise.
p Pay for all dead work of all
sorts: taking UP bottoms, moving
rock, setting timbers, laying roads,
pushing cars, etc.
81 Where motors are used in
mines, employment of motormen and
trip riders.
A. Abolition of docking and fines.
81 More wash house facilities,
lockers, sprays.
g. No overtime work.
y Cages to be prepared for the
lowering and raising of miners at
all air shafts as well as the main
hosting shaft.
81 Housing for men waiting in
line to enter mine.
81 Fight Against the speed-up.
Fifteen minutes rest periods.
10Y Abolition of bug lights (little
lights run by a seven pound battery
with acid in it which the miner has
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leeds, England (By MaiD At
}he congress Of the Communist
Party Of Great Britain, the dele
gates gave enlightening and critical
discussion on the report of Comrade
Campbell, summarized as follows:
In connection with the danger Of
war there was general unanimity
that this field of work had been
considerably neglected and that des-
pite the First of August campaign
the Party had not succeeded in rous-
ing the masses,
a number Of delegates criticized
the legalist traditions which were
/ still upheld in the Party not only
in the trade union work but also
towards the police AMI in the cues
ton Of the wo4kers right to dem
onstrate on the Streets. Examples
were cited where the field had been
lett to the police, but also examples
where the workers had supported
the Communists against the police
In this connection the necessity Of
strong workers defense organiza-
tions was stressed and the activity
of the Workers Legion criticized.
The failure of this organization to
secure mass support was put down
largely to. the lack Of Party support.
Right Wing Dangers.
1t Yves pointed out that the right
wing danger had shown itself with
particular insistence with regard to
The work amongst the women. In
the Fast year the Central Committee
had not dealt once with this work.
The demands which had been put
forward on behalf of the women in
the factories also showed that there
were still the remains of a craft
union attitude in the party towards
the work amongst women.
The speakers who dealt with the
trade union question discussed in
detail the problem Of the morgan
lied workers. Although there was
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fake campaigns are hindering the
organization of the workers.
1--WE must be CAREFUL not to lag
behind the fighting spirit of the
workers, or else we will offer the
U.T.W. a chance for further be-
traying the workers.
Organize Negroes.
"The convention has further criti-
cized the insufficient work done
amongst the masses of Negro tex
tile workers. This mt be over
come Immediately, and we must
show results of improvement in our
district conventions.
"The work of building the Youth
section of the union must be i'm
proved. The young workers form
an important section of the workers
IN the industry. The convention has
decided that in every district there
must be established a functioning
youth committee and a youth organ
izer. Similarly must we improve
our work amongst the women tex
tile workers who are not only work
ers but wives and mothers.
"The union must be turned to-
ward building of the mill locals.
Not sufficient work has been done
along these lines in the pat. The
whole preparations for the district
convention must be carried out in
such a manner that it will strengthen
the existing mill locals and will es-
tablish new ones. Special attention
must be given to the establishment
of mill papers.
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FRENCH TROOPS
AID COMMUNIST
DAILY PAPER
Government Attack Is
Answered by Workers
by international Press Cores
pondence.)

(bY IUteTn0tlOndC PfeSS Cores
pondeRce.)
PARIS (By MaiD 1t would seem
that special instructions have been
issued to publish no reports of the
special conference which took place
in the building of the Ministry of
the Interior on the 7th of December
and was attended, among others, by
the representative of the police and
the judiciary.
The conference discussed the Com
munist conspiracy against the
State ETC., and the measures already
taken by the authorities, the attack
on the Workers and Peasants Bank
and on 'THumanite," the central or
gan of the Communist Party.
"PHumanite" is the only news
paper which deals with this confer
ence. 1t appeals to the workers to
redouble their efforts to aid the revo-
lutionary daily. The fund for
I'PHumanite" now totals III million
francs, about 100000. 1'Humanite"
quotes the example of the soldiers
of the 10Th regiment who have
carried out collections despite the
acute danger to themselves.
In connection with the debate CT
the French Budget, the Communist
parliamentary fraction has carried
on an energetic struggle during the
last few days on behalf of the work
ers' demands and against the ex-
ploitation of the workers and peas
ants. Comrade FraysseiX put for
ward the Communist demands for
the solution of the important grain
question; Comrade Jacques Doriot
dealt with the railway magnates who
direct a brutal system of exploita-
ton and naturalization against the
railway workers; Comrades Doeble
and Piquemal spoke on behalf of the
miners and the electrical workers.
Comrade Doeble who represents a
constituency in Ais e-Lorraine
branded the mineowners as respon-
sible for the numerous accidents and
catastrophes which have occurred in
the French mines recently.
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DU POINT MEETS WITH HOOVER
LAYS MEN OFF SAME TIME
(Bu a Worker Correspondentl

by a Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD.-
No doubt you were amused by the
recent meeting between Hoover,
Ford and Pierre Dupont. A few
days previously the DUPONT En-
gineering department in Wilmington
cancelled a lot of experimental
work which was going through the
drafting department and commenced
laying off the craftsmen. On the
day on which the meeting was held
DUPONT laid off the remainder of
those engaged on the experimental
work (about two dozen all together)
and told them to keep away for a
few months. eve expect this de-
preston to last till spring." the
boss said.-J.T.
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J0bless Increase
With Severe Decline

Confined from Page One)
cent two months ago. Movement
of goods on the railways is falling
to a lower weekly total than at
any time since the deflation
period. What the Christmas trade
has actually been as compared
with other years is not yet clearly
evident, but there is evidence Of
forced retrenchment in many d.
rections."
The central feature of the pres
ant crisis is that every basic indus
try in the United States is severely
nit.
Unemployment is becoming ire
mendous in those industries employ
ing millions of workers. In the
steel industry, with the gigantic
drop in production, there takes place
at the same time wholesale lay-offs
, Of hundreds of thousands Of wor.-
eTs.
A picture Of the very low point
already reached by the main basic
industry is given by the latest issue
Of Iron Age" the organ Of the
steel bosses:
~aNil operations. have been
sharply curtailed, with many units
Idle for The entire week. Raw
steel output win not be cut down
proportiOnately, but the average,
counting suspensions, may net be
more than 40 per cent of capacity.
Rate for December promises to be
lower than that for any month,
save in the summer Of 1924, since
the depression of 1921.
DEFENDERS recession in ingot
output from November may APP
proximate November's 10 per cent
drop from the October rate. Great
est decline in any single previous
month was 81 per cent in Decem-
Der, 1897"
Iron Age" has to go back to 1907,
when American Imperialism expert
enced a severe shock in it's develop
ment as an imperialist power, in
order to compare the severity Of the
present decline in the steel industry.
The stoppage in the automobile
industry has been pointed out be-
fore by the Daily Worker. Unem-
ployment is admitted to be severe
by the capitalist class in Detroit
The Unemployed Council is carry
ing on revolutionary fight for un-
employment relief.
The bosses Of the automobile in
dustry do not promise any serious
resumption Of production-with the
exception of Henry Ford. But ever
Ford is looked upon as singing the
bull. The Wall Street Journal says
tDec. 25):
However, the forecasts Of
higher percentage of next years
output for Ford do not find unani-
nous Support among Keen OBJ
servers of the trends of industry"
ioubtedly the biggest slump is
in building construction There is
at least q drop Of 25 per cent ir
building operations below last year
IN Chicago unemployment in Tho
building trade is As per cent. II
Cleveland the a. +. Of L. building
trades mislcaders report the major
Ky q their uniqn members uncm,
played.
The report of the Department Of
Commerce Of Dec. 20 supplements
it's previous picture of the sharr
and growing decline of capitalist
economy.
Their use Of the word slower" ir
reporting on production in every
field of industry is becoming mon.
otonous and the general rule, month
after month, week after week. Foi
the workers it means rising unem.
ploymeat ara sharp wage cuts. The
Dec. 20 report says:
Operations in steel plants we're
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Our own age, the bourgeois age,
fs distinguished by this-thnf IL
has simplifi, class autngOhisms
More and more. society is splitting
up into two great hostile camps,
into two great and directly contra
posed classes, bOurEeOisie and pro-
ietnrint.-Marx.
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growing class pressure against the
standard of living of the American
workers. Every worker must fight
back, on the job, in their union, in
everywhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-27
Macdonald Govt
Glad for Opposition
to Coal Mining Bill

London reports show that the
"1abor" government, after introduc-
ing a Coal Mines Bill, which be-
trayed the prediction promises
made to the miners by Macdonald,
is now going to modify the bill even
as it stands to suit the liberal party
leader, Lloyd George, though only
two liberals voted for the bill yes
terday.
The desertion of the liberals left
Macdonald with only a majority of
eight votes, and the conservatives,
who had introduced motion to re-
ject the whole thing shouted ere
sign" when the vote was counted
and found to be 281 for and 273
against the government motion to
send the bill to a second reading.
Even before the vote Macdonald
promised that the bill would be re-
written to suit those who oppose it,
but the liberals voted against it
anyhow. Undoubtedly, Macdonald
is secretly glad at this strong sop
to carry on his back; more air and
better ventilation.
~ Equal pay on the tonnage
basis behind all underwriting ma
chimes (machines that cut under the
face of the coal, at the bottom, leav-
ing the miners to break it down and
load it,.
12) Man-ways and adequate pro-
lection from haulage and high ten
sion electric wires.
13) No wage cuts.
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Send Greetings to the Workers
in the Soviet Union Through the
Special Printing of The Daily
Worker in the Russian Language!
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COngreSSnen Who
Play in Hyb0c1te
Roles Are LaShed
Lawmakers Who Vote Dry and Drink Wet
Create Scorn of Volstead Act, De-
clares Mrs. Willebrandt.


Of
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1 have guaranteed that the depart
ment of justice would prosecute the
case just like any other, either by
United States attorneys or men from
my Office.
Why have no search warrants ever
been issued to rout bootleggers in
government buildings? I know Of
no reason in law to prevent searches
and seizures for law violations in
the capitol or in the house and
senate Office buildings. AS a matter
of fact, it is my opinion, as a lawyer,
that the constitutional immunity
protecting a member of congress
from arrest does not apply to Grim
inal offenSes committed by him, and
that upon proper showing OF prob
able cause a war; ant may issue for
the search of the Office of such
member, either in the capitol or i'll
the senate and house Office building,
and for the seizure of contraband
articles found therein.
I know one agent tried to secure
such a search warrant, but it was
advised that no warrants could issue
to search any spot at the capitol.
That is bad law and bad policy.
I believe in using all legal steps
for the enforcement of the prohibi-
ton law against members of con-
gress and those who supply them
with liquor to the same extent and
with the same degree of diligence
as against any private citizen and
his source of illicit liquor. I believe
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jury of the southern district Of New
York made a statemen from which
I Gull the following;
We regard it as un-American
and contrary to the fundamental
principle of equality before the
law that any citizen, merely be-
cause he is a congressman or
other official, should be exempted
from inspection of baggage or
from the operation of law or de-
partmental regulations, while
others who are merely part of the
plain people are required to sub
nit thereto.
On the contrary, public officials
should be the first to set the ex-
ample of scrupulous acceptance
and observance of the burdens Of
the law. While under the tech
meal rules of the criminal law
and in view of the non-examina-
ton of the baggage following the
grant of free entry, a criminal
prosecution may not be possible in
this case, nevertheless an official
who prevented examination of
baggage by claim of free entry
and by threat of causing trouble
in Washington can not complain
of the consequences when weighed
in the forum of public opinion
I think that every citizen whether
mil
statement of principle. Until poll
ticians are made to obey the laws
which they enact, we can not expect
respect for the law by those who are
opposed not so much to prohibition
as to hypocrisy.
A common form of congressional
relation, during which numerous
legislators seem to regard chem
selves as beyond the inhibitions of
the prohibition law are the so-called
tropical junkets-tripS of "inspec-
ton" to Panama, Porto Rico, Santo
Domingo, Haiti, and other spheres
over which this government exer-
cises influence.
Of course, it frequently Is neces-
sary that those who promote laws
pertaining to our possessions should
get f1rst-hand impressions of the eff
feet of such enactmentS and I'M
derstand local island conditions.
Unfortunately, however, the activi-
ties of some members of these COM
mittees of inspection always have
not been confined to that work, and
have left inhabitants of our pos
sessions with impressions anything
but favorable concerning respect for
our laws, and the men who make
them.
How greatly disregard for our
own legislators contrasts with the
attitude of Sir Esne Howard, who,
as ranking member of the diplo-
matte group, renders a sportSmanly
respect that the law does not COM
pei,
TN her next inStallment Mrs.
WiIIebrandt will discuss the curse
of patronage.)
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TO
FIGHT BONDS
FOR SCHOOLS
Association Secretary Says
Board Will Use Con-
demned Plans.

Declaring the entire school con-
struction program is highly unsat-
isfactory," Harry Miesse, secretary
of the Indiana Taxpayers Associa-
ton, today declared he will fight
the proposed $1,215,0o0 bond issue
for the construction of the Irving
ton high school and four grade
schools.
"If the school board on Aug. q
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adopts a resolution for this amount
Of bond issues, we will appeal to E>S'
state tax board" he said.
at is our understanding the same.
plans and specifications will be used
despite the injunction of the tex
board when it rejected the previous
bond issue, that the plans and specl-
f1cations must be so written that
they will insure open and fair COM
petition and not limit things to a.
few chosen companies such as G. @.
Ship, the ventilating manufacturer.
The proposed bond issues will be
$500 900 for the high school and
s4l5,000 for additions to Schools Is
and 4o and new buildings at
Schools 81 and 50. The former Is
an increase of 100000 over the is
sue rejected by the tax board, willis
the latter is an increase of o,000.
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think that probably nothing has
done more to disgust and ALLEVIATE
honest men and women who origi-
nally favored the prohibition amend
ment and its strict enforcement
than the hypocrisy of the wet
drinking, dry-voting congressman.
Bootleggers infest the halls and
corridors of congress and ply their
trade there. Tt is not the duty of
the department of justice to make
cases." its duty is to prosecute cases
in which evidence has been gathered
by the prohibition unit of the treas
ury department. Congress makes all
the appropriations for evidence
gathering to the treasury depart
ment.
So I have had no agents working
under my direction whom I could
command to gather the evidence.
But I have urged that the treasury
department direct agents to investi-
gate a case thoroughly. even though
it may lead into the halls of con-
gresS. and if real evidence is found,
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COMMITTEE TO
WORK ON PLAZA
CHURCH SHIFT
Representative Group to Be
Named to Settle Con-
tr0VerSy.

Selection of a representative COM
mittee to work out plans for re-
moval of the First Baptist and Sec
ond Presbyterian churches from the
Indiana World War Memorial Plaza
was started today by Paul o.
Richey, Chamber Of Commerce pres
ident.
The committee is to be composed
of three members each from the
chamber directorate, war memorial
board of trustees, Marion county
board of commissioners, city coun-
Gil, Merchants Association, Board
of Trade, indianapolis Real Estate
Board, American Legion, the two
churches and other interested
parties.
Arrange Dedication
Richey also was authorized TO
name a committee to arrange a
formal dedication of the memorial
plaza in 1888, the year of the Chi
cago centennial exposition. National
patriotic organizations, such as the
American Legion, will be asked to
hold their conventions here that
year. Foreign delegations attending
the exposition will be invited.
Unless action is taken soon in
purchasing the churches, the
chamber directors pointed out, the
churches may remain on the plaza
site until after 1888. Church
officials are understood not to OPP
pose plans to buy the property.
State Wide Enterprise
Property on the plaza site be-
tween Michigan and North streets
was purchased by the city, while
the county purchased property be-
tween Michigan and Vermont
streets except for sites Of the two
churches.
When informed of the chambers
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There are 1000 miles of water
mains in London.