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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
Statement of the New York District
Executive Committee

Executive IDIli lUltlee
Since May Day, 1929, the New
York workers hay, participated in
ever sharpening struggles. A whole
series of strikes in the needle trades,
shoe, food, building maintenance and
other industries took place in which
all the sharpness of the class strug-
gle was shown. On the one side
were the workers led by the Com
munist Party, and on the other side
were the bosses with the entire ma
chinery Of government at their com
mand, aided by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the Socialist
Party, who used more insidious,
more hidden methods for stabbing
the working class in order to carry
out the work of the bosses where the
open agents of the capitalist class
failed.
This same lineup of forces was
clearly evident in the demonstration
against imperialist war last August.
When the police in the course of
one Of The strikes of a section of the
working class brutally attacked the
picket lines and murdered our Com
rade, Steve Katovis, the Socialists
and the American Federation Of La
Dor sneered at our murdered COM
rsde and did everything they could
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
SOCIALISTS" END CITY
SOCIAL FASCIST MEET

That the only thing left Of So
cialism in the socialist party is it's
name-socialist in name, but social
fascist in class essence--was prac-
tically admitted yesterday at the
spring convention of the New York
City socialists.
Judging by capitalist press re-
ports, the peace flowing socialists
cast all discretion to the winds for
time and got in little taste of
the forbidden fruit Of violence
themselves. The violence" was
purely in words, Of course.
A SHARP debate" was waged be-
tween the conservative element"
and the young bloods" hankering
for more militant" words to fool
the masses more effectively.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
NEEDLE WORKERS
Active Members Plan May Day
Strike and Demonstration At
Lyceum

An active members meeting Of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union will take place tonight
right after work in Manhattan Ly-
ceum, to make final preparations
for mass mobilization and general
strike Of all needle workers May
First. Thousands of leaflets of the
union calling the strike and urging
workers to come to Rutgers Square,
at noon and demonstrate have been
distributed, in company union shops
as well as elsewhere. The union
members will 60 through the gar
ment center May Day morning to
call all out on strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
By /. AMTER
Written in Prison.)

Splendid Propaganda for the
Communist Party"
This was stated by Prof. d. H.
Kulp of Teachers College, Colum-
bia University, when Analysing the
films of the March 6 demonstration
in New York and Washington be-.
fore his class in Horace Mann Audi
torium on April 16.
Splendid Propaganda for the
Communist Party" We thought
Whalen was sure that "the Unem.
ployed Delegation was responsible
for the riot" We thought the con-
viction was "the greatest victory of
the year." as District Attorney
Grain declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
BY JOHN HARVEY

May Day, 1880, the International
fighting day of the workers against
imperialist war, the growing mass
unemployment, wage-cuts, speed-up
and the whole\ bankruptcy of the
capitalist system which becomes so
apparent with the present deepening
of the economic crisis, assumes a
new significance for the young
American workers.
Thousands of young workers
throughout the United States are
walking the streets with no hope of
finding a job. Those young workers
who still hold on to their jobs feel
in a very real way the effects of
the big layoffs and wage-cuts that
are taking place in every shop to-
day. Everywhere the young work
ers are being given additional work
and speed-up as other workers are
laid off all around them. Every
where these young workers are be-
ing asked to play the game of the
bosses in their wage-cutting drive
by doing the work Of older workers
for lower wages.
Have to Fight
But these young workers who are
already working at top speed and
for lowest wages can least of all
stand the furth II inc lease in the
speed of work and wage-tuts at the
present time. The young workers
who received such low wages in the
past can ieas, Of all stand the eff
fects Of pnemrlo yment VIXEN they
lose their jobs. Such conditions
make the young workers poor tools
indeed, for the bosses and among
the first to join the struggles of the
workers against this new boss at
tack-among the best fighters ir
these struggles of the workers
against wage cuts, unemployment
and imperialist war. The young
Negro workers who feel even more
sharply. these affects than the
other young workers. are in the fore
front of this fight.
May Day, 1880, which sees such
rotten conditions for the young work.
ers, must also see a greater mobil.
ization than ever before of the
young workers who turned out 200.
900 strong on March 9Th. The
Young Communist League appeals
directly to the young workers in
the shop to join the political strikes
in their shops on May LIST and tc
come down directly from their shops
with the other workers to the May
LIST demonstrations. This must be
the answer of the yourg workers tc
the present rotten conditions under
which they slave in the factories
mills and mines today.
The same young workers who arr
beirg speeded up as pal' Of the wa
preparations in the shops today arr
also being trained as cannon-fodde
to be used on the battle fields o
| the bosses in the next world slaugh
ter. The bosses use unemployment
and the rotten conditions of tn
young workers to force them int
the bosses army and navy.
Here the very same bosses VIII
kicked the young workers out of
job and cut their wages, eXpec
them to do the dirty work of tn
bosses against their fellow worker
at home and abroad. The answe
Of the "Workers in Uniform" mus
be for hundreds of additional sol
diers and sailors to follow the ex
ample of John Porter in pleigini
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

be shown. The workers will learn
from them; their children will learn
from them--and this exact evidence
Of the activities of all enemies of
the working class will help to make
revolutionists and Communists out
of ever more American workers.
Take note for May Dag!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

class revolutionary solidarity and
courageous fighting ability for our
slogans:
For the political mass strike.
For 7-hour day, 5-day week.
Against imperalist warrior the
defense of our workers fatherland,
the Soviet Union.
For work or wages.
For a Workers and Farmers Gov
eminent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

from this fact. But they must learn
one other-just as the theatre is
controlled by the bosses, as the
movie kings are part of the same
class, the workers will have to trdin
and equip their o,On camera mer.
Then when pictures of strikes and
demonstrations are taken they wII
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
BY SAM DARCY


HISTORY played a trick on the
IL American Federation of Labor
1t appointed Samuel Gompers as
one of the officiating nursemaids al
he cradle T. International May Day
Gompers himself tells at least
part of the story of the origin OF
May Day. In his autobiography h(
writes as follows:
"As plans for the eight-hour
movement developed, we were
constantly realizing how we could
widen our purpose. As the time
for the meeting of the Interna-
tional Workingmen's Congress in
Paris (July IA, 1882 approached,
it occurred to me that we could
aid our movement by an express
sion OF world wide sympathy from
that Congress"
my letter informed the Paris
Congress of our American efforts
to celebrate the coming May Day
by establishing eight hours for
the carpenters and urged to CO.
operate. The proposal fell upon
the ears of two bitterly warning
factions. The German delegation
headed by Liebknecht, Bebel and
Singer, opposed the resolution on
the ground that under the I'm
perial German Government it
would be suicide for them to APP.
prove the movement. Herr Lieb-
knecht emphatically opposed the
proposal on the ground that labor
organizations were not strong
enough to succeed in the under
taking. Eventually a resolution
for an eight hours demonstration
was adopted and there was pretty
general observance of the day."
But this, his own writing, mus
have sounded badly to The ears o.
The old reactionary Gompers. Fol
lowing the narration Of the above
facts, showing clearly the initiative
role of American labor, he adds thu
amazingly brazen remark that:
"That was the origin of Euro
pean May Day which has become
a regular institution in all Euro
pean countries"
Gompers in his book attempts t.
take the credit for the origin of thu
May Day idea. This is of cours,
utter nonsense. The proposal frs
was made in 1884 by local of tn,
Knights OF Labor in Baltimore. l
was defeated within that organiza
ton through the efforts of the re
dictionary Powderly, the Grand Mas
ter Workman.
In the United States May Da!
demonstrations were held in man.
of the big cities throughout thu
country already four years befor'
the movement was taken up il
Europe! In Chicago 10000 mel
went on strike. closing thereby man!
factories and crippling transporta
ton. Fights took place betwee,
police and wovkcrs in the Harvestel
2lal:t and other of the largest fac
tories in the country. Worker
were dubbed and shot down by thu
police. In New York huge Ma.
Day meeting was held in Uniol
Square. Police brutality was es
pecially aimed at the German work
ers who because they were the mos
recent immigrants of the time suf
fered the worst conditions and wer'
the most militant in the class strug
gle.
Among the first efforts to in
troduce May Day to the Russian
masses is that Of 1896. Lenin, thei
incarcerated in the Cars dungeons
FOR his political activity, wrote ant
struggled out of prison a May Da.
manifesto in the name of Tho
League for the Struggle for tn,
Emancipation Of the Working Class
Excerpts from an article in tn,
May issue of The Communist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

worker. He himself was sent to
the lawyers office to get a job as
an office boy. But nobody there
knew anything about a job. Back
at Broun's he was told they would
find something for him. However,
no job has been created" for him
so far.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
OLD CLIQUE STILL RUNS s. P.

The New York city convention Of
the socialist party voted down the
group which proposed that the party
at least pretend to stand for the
workers. The vote was as to 10.
Norman Thomas called it healthy
discussion Of the party's policies.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Census Shows Larger Number
Tricks 7oward White Lights

1920. more than one-fourth OF the
population. 25-9 per cent. were big
city dwellers. This census Is sure
TO see a commensurate rise.
For the rs cities or more than
100000 already reported totaled 34.-
1887 inhabitants. And II the mis-
sing New York. Philadelphia, Bos-
ton. Cincinnati. Denver, Columbus.
Louisville, st. Paul ana Albany e
ports do not show a single increase,
but are added in their 1920 figures.
the total would be 1888. 528. IL
therefore appears certain that the
number or those who love their fell
low men TO the extent OF living In a
center Of more than 100000 will
range around the 80 5000. 900 mark.
Ten years ago. but 27,429. 326 per-
sons were living in cities Of more
than 100000. They were 25-9 per
cent of the population.
That percentage of the estimated
1880 total population would be a.
845, 1853.
Since the big city total has passed
the mark by several millions, IL is
now known definitely that the ur-
ban traffic policeman shrills to a
mounting proportion OF the popula-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Typewriter Company
Opens New Business

J. M. Booth, who has been in the
Royal typewriter agency in Mer-
cedes has moved his office to 1907
Adams in Brownsville. Mr.. Booth
has had 20 years OF factory exper-
fence and Is considered one Of the
best office machine mechanics in
the state Of Texas.
j. T. Jackson, manager Of the San
Anotnio office gave Mr.. Booth the
choice Of several territories in the
state, after looking them over he
selected this city and secured the
agency for the Royal typewriter in
Cameron, Willacy and Kennedy
county.
MI. Booth says that the Lower Rio
Grande Valley looks to be the most
prospective business section in the
state. Business here Is much better
than in the east, he added.
In addition to handling Royal
typewriters they handle Sunstrand
adding machines and Todd check
protectors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
ACCIDENT
Continued from page y

Continued from page u
achieved his record breaking object
i've with nearly 100 miles an hour
before the disaster came. was taken
from the water suffering from shock
and the violent impact he suffered
when he was thrown from the
speeding craft. He was found 70
have sustained multiple injuries
from which he failed to rally.
He died between 500 and $50 p.
m, several hours after the disaster.
He was IS years old and was inter-
nationally famous for his exploits
as a speed racer. He was most ia
nous for his record Of 23i.36 miles
an hour which he established az
Daytona Beach, Fla, March IL,
1929. in his 12-cylinder automobile
Golden Arrow"
1t was stated that the accident
was due to a step on the outside
OF the bows OF the boat giving way
under pressure against the water.
The bottom OF the boat was crush
ed in.
Halliwell was 81 years old and
married. He was a tester in the ex-
detrimental section OF the Rolls
Royce works where the speed boats
engines were built.
Lady Segrave was at Lake Wind
ermere today and saw the accident
which resulted in her husbands
death. She rushed 10 his side imrne-
diately and was with him when he
died.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Sun Goddess To
Hear Naval Treaty

TOXIC, June l3.-tP-The Sun
Goddess. Materasu. divine ancestress
Of the Japanese race. will be SOL
emily appraised tomorrow or the
conclusion OF the London Naval
Limitation Treaty. in accordance
with the ages old custom Of report
ing to her major events affecting
the destiny Of the empire
Admiral Hyo Takarabe, minister
Of marine and one OF the delegates
to the London conference. repre-
senting both the delegation and the
cabinet. left here tonight from Uji-
yamada to worship at the great
shrine Of Use, which Is dedicated TO
Materasu.
On Sunday, Admiral Takarabe
will so to Momoyama. near Kyioto.
to make a similar report on the
conclusion OF the treaty at the tomb
Of the Emperor Meiji. founder Of
the modern Empire Of Japan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13

WASHINGTON. June 13.-tP1-
The t~hrobbing pulse of American
city life, measured by the blinking
CT semaphores and the shrill Of the
traffic cops whistle. continue TO
quicken.
Already 1880 census returns are
sufficient 70 show that a larger
percentage or the population tends
TO concentrate on great urban cen
ers of 10000 or more population
Ten years ago the mar who loved
the milling mobs had his choice Of
three cities OF more than a million
inhabitants. Now he has five.
Ten years ago, milady, lured by
the matinee, by shopping in the
huge department store with bargains
In the basement and a tea room on
the seventh floor. could enjoy her
self in 90 different urban centerS
Of more than l00. 1000. This year she
IS certain OF eighty-seven such
cities as scope tor her buying
power"
Forty years ago. 1874 per cent Of
the American people chose TO live
in cities OF more than 10000.
Thirty years ago. 1877 per cent
manifested such a choice. Twenty
years ago, II had raised 10 22.l. BY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
NO BEER?
Federal Raid Cuts Off
Big Chicago Supply

CHICAGO, June l3-tF-One OF
the largest sources OF Chicago's beer
supply was shut off today after q
raid on a mammoth brewery at 2l08
South Wabash street within a
stones throw of the Metropole no.
tel. reputed headquarters Of the
Capone interests.
District Chief Alexander O. jamie
OF the federal prohibition forces
said the raid yesterday. made after
weeks Of undercover investigation,
resulted in the arrest Of one man
and the seizure Of $4,000 gallons OF
barreled beer. rs half-barrels and
10000 gallons Of beer in the process
OF manufacture.
Charles Wynert, 80, the only man
arrested, insisted he was merely a
repair mar called to adjust machin-
cry. Among the books and records
seized at the plant were several
checks signed with the name OF
Nike Potsen. jamie said Potsen
was owner Of Colisimo's club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
TAX UNCHANGED
BY BOND ISSUE
Dancy Says Bonds Come
Under 15-Cent Statute
Of State Ruling

The proposed 100000 county,
wide road bond for the purpose Of
building the Rangerville road and
completing gaps in the Military
highway win not raise the county
tax one penny" County Judge o. c..
Dancy stated Friday. This issue
would come under a Is cent statute
which would not affect the tax
rate. the judge explained.
The conversion or non-conver-
sion of the Harrington water district
will not affect this issue as it is
under a different constitutional pro-
vision wherein the tax rate can
never expeed Is cents on the bun
dred dollars, the Judge continued.
However. this issue would care for
the demands Of the Harlingen dis
trict and should break the dead
lock so that the S850.000 of the
six million dollar bond issue could
be approved and would release the
money"
The big thing about this issue Is
doing justice to Rangerville," the
judge concluded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13

In olden times all roads led to
Rome; at the present. all roads are
beginning 10 lead to Mexico City.
Inquiries are beginning to pour
into the local chamber Of commerce
requesting information on roads in
TO Mexico. especially highways from
Brownsville to the southern CAPT
tai.
o. Fort Pearson. Shreveport, La.
writes Friday wanting to know when
the paved road will be completed.
adding that he intends making the
trip in bis al as soon as possible.
Publicity has been given Mexiro's
extensive road building program in
the United States. and the highway
from the Valley to the interior OF
Mexico is expected to be extremely
popular for tourists. according TO
@. G. Richardson. local secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Valley Is Praised
By Former Resident

Capt. and Mrs. Leonard Pierce,
with 3 children, arrived in Browns
vile Thursday night by automobile
from Cheyenne. Wyoming, and is
expected TO remain here approx
mately 3 months, visiting his mother,
Mrs. Frank Pierce. and family.
Capt. Pierce was a former resident
Of the Valley, having left here Is
years ago.
The growth is phenomenal" he
said Friday morning. The Valley
and Brownsville, has grown SO much
that IL Is hard TO believe. Valley
grapefruit. or Texas grapefruit, as
il is known, is the most popular
brand, and up in Wyoming people
demand the Texas variety. Don't
you believe that this section Is not
known in the north and west, be-
cause it is"
He predicted that the stream Of
tourists will increase annually.
Mrs. Charles Reid. and 3 children.
indianapolis, are also visiting the
Pierces here. and is expected to re-
main for the summer months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
CITY PAVING
TO CONTINUE
Commissioners Agree On
Plans AT Today's
Meeting

Continuation Of Brownsville's paw
ing program was agreed upon at the
city commissioners meeting Friday
morning, and the necessity and
probability Of joining 18th street,
through Lincoln street. to join the
old Point Isabel road. was discussed.
The chamber OF commerce secre-
tary met with the commissioners
and presented a budget. IL was
agreed by the commissioners that
the budget Of $4,000 per month. set
by the old board last year, should
Be continued.
Several at present unpaved sec
tons within the city limits will be
paved. including Seventh to Lin
coin by the old cemetery. and a con-
tinuation OF Ebony Boulevard.
Other strips were mentioned as
possibilities. and the city manager.
z. A. Rosenthal. was requested to
make an estimate on the city filter
ing plant.
Routine business matters were
discussed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Forto VIII Probated

The will Of Mrs. Mary Kingsbury
Forto. giving approximately 500
600 to the Catholic church for the
education Of youths in the priest
hood. was probated before Judge o.
g. Dancy Thursday and contestants
gave notice Of appeal to the civil
district court.
The contestants are represented
by r. 3. Galbrath ard the other
side by John l. Kleiber.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Explosion Shakes
Revival Meeting

POMEROY, O, June 13-lPl-The
PentacoStal church in Bedford
Township was shaken and a win
dow blown out last night by a dy-
Mantle bomb set off in the rear OF
the building while 200 persons were
attending a revival meeting. No
one was hurt.
Constable Leslie rSsIrray, who had
been patrolling the church yard
after finding a bomb several days
ago, was knocked over by the blast.
but was uninjured. He said he did
not see the person who set off the
bomb.
A near panic followed the explos-
ion, but services were resumed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13

five. The others are Is follows:
Swindling four. theft three. adultry
two. vagrancy. negligent homicide.
obtaining lodging by trick. simple
assault, selling tobacco without H.
cense. moving cattle In tick country
without permit. selling a motor vehi-
Gle without proper papers, unlaw-
fully moving fence. receiving stolen
property. reckless driving and carry
ing pistol. one each.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Legion and Elks
Join for Flag Day

The American Legion will particl-
ate in the Flag Day exercises to
be staged by the Elks club Sunday
II was decided at a regular meeting
Of the legionnaires Thursday even
ing.
An invitation was extended the
John Hanson post by the Elks.
All Legionnaires are requested 70
meet at the Legion hall at 2:45 p.
m. Sunday and from there will go
to the Elks hall in a body. The
exercises are scheduled 70 be held
at 3 D. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Former Valley Man
iii in Indiana

Forrest Hay, formerly or san
Benito and Point Isabel. is seriously
III at his home in Terre Haute, Ind.
friends here have been advised.
He left several weeks ago TO recup-
crate. Hay was a partner In a Point
Isabel garage and was an employee
Of Central Power and Light COM
pany while in San Benito.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Criminal Week Is
Planned by Court

Criminal week will be held In the
Cameron county court nc law this
coming week. Some 81 cases are now
docketed but this will likely be
trimmed considerably BY dismissals.
Embezzelment tops the list with
six cases OF this nature listed. Az
gravated assault is second with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-13
Cup Not to Carry
Name of Schmeling

NEW YORK, June 13-tP-The
Evening Post today quotes William
Muldoon, veteran member OF the
New York state athletic commission
as saying that Ahx Schmeling's
name Will not be engraved on the
Tunney Muldoon trophy. emblem
attic OF the world heavyweight cham
pionship.
NO mar who wins the title on a
foul will have his name engraved
on the trophy" said the solid man"