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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
MJJLCT KNOTT'S
HOTEL WORKERS
Tammany Boss A Real
Slave Driver
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy q VI mel
BROOKLYN, N. Y-Mrs. David
Knott is the official collector for the
Women's Emergency Aid Committee
to create funds for the Salvation
Army, who, in turn, will throw a few
unemployed workers few pennies,
and the balance without doubt will
be used for religious dope peddling.
Her husband, Dave, former sheriff of
New York County and an orthodox
Tammanyite, is the president of the
Knott string of hotels, which is the
largest in the world. Knott is known
to take over management of hotels
not on sound financial basis and
make them sound. He. does it by
cutting salaries and eliminating en-
ployees. The Knott organization is
known to everyone who has dealings
with them as the most slave-driving
outfits in the country.
Making Workers Pay.
Mrs. D. Knott is taking advantage
of her husbands position by having
every manager in his respective hotel
squeeze the hard-earned dollars from
the workers for the Salvation Army.
the army that dopes the workers for
the bosses to make them better slaves.
1t is expected that this female para
site will collect several thousand dol
lars of blood money, for which she
will get credit in the yellow press
for being charitable woman.
Selling Apples.
Miss Weiss, a petty spin
ster of Swedish origin, housekeeper
of the Allerton House, Knott man
aged hotel, has about IS workers I'M
der her, which consists of housemen,
$85 per month, off every Sunday;
cleaners, $55 per month, 6-day week;
chamber and bath maids, $50 per
month. for 7-day week. This in
famous Miss Weiss has the workers
on the hop all the time by her con-
slant nagging. Her pet threat to her
slaves is: IF you are not careful you
will be selling apples"
The other day she persuaded al
most every worker in her department
to contribute to Mrs. Knots fund,
and the workers contributed from so
cents to 50, while the other depart
ments contributed more heavily.
Most workers gave because they were
in fear of ieopardizing their jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
NEW SUB AND BUNDLE
ORDERS FROM CLEVELAND

Comrade Fromholz, Daily Worker
representative of Cleveland, sends us
a letter which he has sent to the
different sections.
1--WE have not yet heard from Toll
edo about accepting the challenge of
Section 3, Cleveland. We expect an
answer this week." the letter says.
Section 8, Erie, what are you
doing? We have no word from
you as yet. We know that you
have entered the Daily Worker
drive. What we want now Is the
report. Get it in this week. Give
us some five year plan competition.
You should challenge Section I of
Cleveland. On the job the whistle
sounded long ago. Keep a record
Of subs, donations and renewals.
Every member Is to bring In at
least five dollars in subscriptions"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
i. OF M. TRAINING
CANNON FODDER
Promised Officers Jobs
In War
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy NothSA correspondent
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-The latest
crude trick to make the male stu
cents military minded" is the lie
that is being handed out by the r. O..
T. G. instructors at the University Of
Minnesota. Students who have taken
the 180-hour course are told that
they will be given active commissions
in the regular army after they finish
the advanced course (Which consists
of three hours of drill a week for
two years more.
Officers Overstocked.
Anyone who knows thing about
the U. S. Army regulations knows
this to be raw, brazen lie. Gradu-
ates of the R. o. T. G. go at the very
bottom of the list of reserve officers.
They are not to be called into active
service Except in case of extreme
emergency" The regular army, the
national guard and the already over
flowing list of reserve officers (com-
posed mostly of war veterans) will
furnish the irnperialists with all the
officers they need for quite a while.
In case Of war these cadets" who
are now in the universities will very
likely be drafted. by special war
time measure, as buck privates in the
national army. Had the world war
lasted two more months there is no
doubt but what the Students Army
Training Corps would have been
drafted as requirements and sent
overseas to be slaughtered like thou
sands and thousands of other I'M
trained requirements were,
AS soon as the students learn that
this promise of a commission in the
regular army is just a bait to make
them fight for the capitalists, the
better off they will be.
Sam Browne belts, bright sabers
and brass buttons make up screen
TIC hide buck private's grave in an
imperialist shell hole.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
S16.65 is WAGE AT
PACKING PLANTS
IN OMAHA, NEBR
1000 N ow Do Work
of Former 5000
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy a bOAhSA SOAANoPoAi0CAAOl
OMAHA, Neb.-In Omaha, Ne
braska, which lays proud claim to
being the second largest packing cen
ter in the country, the workers at the
Ctdahy, Swift, Armour and Dodd
plants, are robbed blind and speeded
up to the limit. Whereas several
years ago about 5000 workers were
er ployed, now there are only 1000
The workers make an average wage
of $1665 and if you come SO much
as a minute late you are docked a
half hour for it.
A few weeks ago at the Armour
plant where I work we we're all stood
up against the wall and forced to
cough up So apiece for the local Com
nunity fund. And then the big shots
at the Chamber Of Commerce took
this dough to use for charity"
I h. beer at the Armour plant
many years now. And because of
this-because I'm getting close to so
I don't know how much longer I'll
last. They're laying off the older
men and hiring young fellows. That's
the reward for long service we get.
Organize Now.
What the workers have to do is to
get wise and organize themselves.
Not through the fake A. F. of L. but
under the leadership of the Food and
clearinghouse Workers Industrial
Union, which is real fighting, rank
and file controlled organization.
"A Packing House Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

meeting Of our T. q. q. L. members
and members OF the A. F. of l.. to
outline the campaign"
Detroit Conference Dec. ~.
Upon the 1000 signature lists which
Detroit has ordered, 100000 sigma
lures of workers demanding unem-
ploylnent insurance can be gathered.
If every city would accept proper
tionate quota, million more than
the million signatures called for
could be collected.
A. Gerlach, T. U. u. L. secretary
of Detroit, writes: I'VE will hold our
preliminary conference to organize
the Detroit Campaign Committee for
Unemployment Insurance on Dec. 81.
At this conference, besides getting all
our Detroit workers organizations
busy in the signature campaign, we
hope to collect funds so as to help
finance the campaign"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
Tammany Grafters Helped Wreck Bank;
Wall st. Paper Says Federal Reserve Hit

close of the year." he gives an ex-
posure of the fakery of the Federal
Reserve System.
He says: Bank failure, no matter
how small it may be, Is absolutely
disastrous in the community to which
it occurs" He goes on to show that
the Reserve banks are doing little
or nothing to relieve the situation,
and says, in fact, "they have been
largely responsible for its develop
Overlooks Economic Crisis.
Willis, good capitalist supporter,
that he is, does not see the fact that
the tremendous, and deep-going eco
nomic crisis has undermined not on
ly the economy of American capital
ism, but the very foundation of the
Federal Reserve System itself. He
still elieves that with the "proprr
action" tn Federal Reserve could
have saved the situation"
However. his evidence is signifi-
cant. He shows that the Federal
Reserve has cen weakening the banks
by taking unsound paper to hide the
bad conditions Of many anks. He
puts 1t in the following words:
I'm fact they Federal Reserve
Banks have been lending to banks
on collateral, merely taking tech
nically eligible paper as the excuse
or occasion for making the loan I. .
The result has been to make the
bank failures very serious because
1t has often appeared that the Re-
serve bank was holding about all
the good assets that the local bank
possessed"
Unload Bonds Heavily.
He also points out that the condi-
tons of many anks is SO bad that
they are unloading millions of dol
lars worth of bonds, depressing the
bond market, and thereby worsening
the crisis, in order to get out of the
swamp.
The information that is given out
bit by bit in the financial papers
does not appear in-the capitalist
press which is meant for the work
ers' consumption
The daily capitalist newspapers
are trying with all their might tc
hide the real seriousness of the situ-
alton. Willis says the capitalists are
trembling in their boots. HHe points
out that "as things stand there Ii
certainly great deal OF unrest in
all quarters based upon the
situation as whole throughout the
country"
The full extent OF the serious stu.
alton is eing hid from the workers
The capitalists on the inside know
1t, but they have the press at theil
command and have ordered them tc
clamp down. The very fact thai
Andrew Mellon was in Wall Street
attempting to save" the Bank of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
JOBLESS AND EMPLOYED PREPARE
FOR THEIR CITY CONFERENCES

Continued from Page One>
the bosses, contained in their mis-
leading programs. has been illus
trated in Chicago, where one Negro
worker gathered 1900 signatures OF
Negro workers in three days.
A few of the many reports from
different localities are given below:
Active In Chicago.
The district Trade Union Unity
League office in Chicago, which is
also the center for the drive for sig
natures for Unemployment Insur-
ance, has taken on added life.
Workers and representatives from
workers organizations are coming in
a steady stream for signature Lists
and an additional order for lists has
been placed with the natnional cam
paign committee.
Phil Frankfeld, T. U. U. l.. district
secretary, reports that 100 delegates
attended the Chicago preliminary
conference for the organization of
the Chicago Campaign Committee
for Unemployment Insurance. A. F..
Of L. local unions are sending dele
gates. A committee Of 33 was elected
to organize the broad delegate con-
ference and to speed signature COL
lection between now and the date OF
the conference. Chicago promises H.
nancial aid to print more signature
Lists and help carry on the campaign.
The mining area In the Illinois Dis
trict must receive especial attention.
Militant unemployed councils can be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

organized there, composed of the
thousands of miners in the many
camps.
The Coliseum has ben engaged for
the Foster mass meeting. to be held
Jan. 9. The Chicago Unemployed
Councils intend to bring about the
largest mobilization Of unemployed
workers for this meeting ever had in
Chicago, in order to give them q
voice in eiecting the mass delegation
which Is to go to Washington, D. c.,
early In February to demand the
passage OF cur proposed UneMplcy-
niert Insurance Bill.
Carpenters Join In Seattle.
We expect q favorable response
to our call for delegate conference
to organize our Seattle Campaign
Committee tor Unemployment In
surapce," writes p. Laurie, Trade
Union Unity League secretary of
Seattle. "A. F. of L. local unions
are interested and one carpenter
union has already elected six dele
gates. Since we issued our call, the
Musteites and A. F.. Of L. takers, as
well as the charity organizations,
have gotten busy in order to again
try to mislead the unemployed work.
ers. A committee is now drafting
local demands and we will invade the
city halI after our conference meets.
1.-TWO hundred unemployed mem
bers Of our council attended the last
meeting and SO new unemployed
workers Joined. We also had . Joint
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
Driving the N. Y.
Subway Workers

Read of the Speedup on the B. M. T.
and I. Il. T. subway system In
New York as written by two
b. M. 7. Button PusherS. How
the subway workers are forced to
operate a six train car where
formerly there was one man on
each car. OF the fabulous profits
for the subway bosses. OF the
demands the workers put up.
Watch for this story on the Saturday,
December 20 worker coyrespon-
deuce page of the Daily Worker.
Order bundle for distribution at all
car barns and car shops of the
B. M. T. and l. r. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
Red Builders Sell Average
1929 ''Dailies" Each Day
During Week; 10 Get Prizes

The Red Builders News Club sold
9,775 Daily Workers during the past
week, the highest total figures for
any week since its inception. This
makes an average of 1929 papers sold
daily during the week. This figure
includes no unsold papers.
The growing strength of the Red
Builders News Club is reflected in
the following figures showing the
amounts sold for each week since
the organization of the club: LIST
week. 5000; End week, 4,076; 3rd
week, 5,076; 18th week, $500; 5th
week, 9,775.
This weeks marked increase was
in part due to the emergency situa-
ton existing in the Daily Worker
itself. The lateness of the Daily
Worker Friday and Saturday made il
impossible to reach many of the
news stands.
The club held an enthusiastic JAM
boree Sunday afternoon at p. m
at its headquarters, 81 E. Fourth st.
from to Z p. m.
The following members received
prizes of gold hammer and sickle
for having sold over $50 papers
during this week: Halowchek, 635;
Barnes, 563; Shoholm, SAT; Well
man, 497; Nelson, 400; Reece, 480;
Marine, All; Damascus, $50; Stein,
375; Vasilides, S25; Rochelle, $40;
Stokes. 3O4; Bobek, 800; Stephens,
27S; Weinrit, $50; Allen, 234.
The following delegates have beer
elected to attend the Daily Worker
Conference of Section / next Satur'
day at 2 p. m: Rachelle, Allen anc
Nelson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
HIT AT JOBLESS
in CHI. HEIGHTS
Charity Refuses Aid to
Families
(By a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.-The
City Council of Chicago Heights has
just passed a new ordinance which
compels peddlers to pay license fee
of SIS per day for a permit to sell
OH the streets or from house to house
1t seems that large numbers of
unemployed workers are trying to
make few cents day in a last des-
perate struggle before throwing them
selves on the tender mercies" of the
local charity sharks.
Shopkeepers Kick.
The local merchants have protested
against this racket" They say it
is running their business and as tax
payers and citizens they must have
protection. The response of the
city fathers" was quick and decisive.
1t is not surprising that the unem-
ployed turn to peddling and stealing
in preference to charity. Those who
apply for aid are insulted and hu-
inflated beyond human endurance.
Refuse Family Aid.
An Italian family recently COM
PEELED to ask for aid after months
Of unemployment was investigated"
by woman from the Civic Relief
Committee" The Italian mother
happened to be somewhat stout "a
term the gluttonous, pot-bellied wo-
men of society" like to apply to
themselves). Because of this she was
told that she didn't look under
nourished" and wanted to know what
was the idea of asking for help.
There was a telephone in the house
which had been disconnected for
three months. The mother had to
produce bills showing that she had
not been able to pay for phone SER
vice. Every room in the house was
searched. They were severely criti-
cized because they had a rug on the
floor that had seen three years SER
vice.
Another unemployed worker went
to a store to see if they would give
him a pair of sample or shop-worn
shoes. He was told that they had
Just given the Salvation Army all the
sample shoes they had and sent him
over to the S. A. There they said
they were sorry" but they had sold
the last pair. The plight of the I'M
employed is used as new source of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

of one Of the banks (Oustric) that
failed.
JAPAN-The unemployment situa-
ton has become more serious.
SWEDEN - Unemployment and
part time operation of plants have
noticeably increased through produc-
ton cuts in the lumber, woodpulp,
engineering and manufactures, and
stone industries. Lower exports also
have bgun to affect adversely
Sweden's balance of payment and
he present large foreign credit re-
serves apparently will be consider
ably reduced during the next six
months.
In this connection 1t is particularly
significant to note that the world
crisis is rapidly extending to France
and Sweden. France, which had not
been hit by the world crisis in the
early part of the year, is now facing
a severe blow particularly in finance
and industry as the result of the con-
tracing world market and because
of bank failures.
The U S. Department of Com
merce reports from Sweden show
that that country is being drawn into
the vortex of the world economic
crisis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
10000 Oklahoma City
JObless Face Winter
Of Evictions, Hunger
by a Worker Correspondent

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla-The
capitalist press grudgingly have to
admit there are 10000 workers I'M
employed here who are facing evic-
tons and starvation this winter.
What few workers are working are
getting from 25 cents to 40 cents an
hour, with monthly salaries of SIS
to $50 for such lines of work as that
found in the wholesale districts.
While the women workers get from
50 to $40 per week for those that are
getting wages at all there are some
8 or 10 eating houses employing on
an average of ten girls each that
pay the large sum of three meals of
sop days a week. On the seventh
day they can starve then. These
girls must find way to sleep and
buy clothing and I haven't said any
thing about laundry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16
DETROIT PLANS AFFAIR
IN DAILY WORKER DRIVE

Daily Worker supporters in Detroit
will give program and dance, Dec.
u, at 7:30 p. m. at the New Workers
Home. l343 East Ferry Ave, near
Russell. The program will consist of
a mock trial. musical selections and
dancing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

Il would like to get the first issue
as near Christmas as possible as gift
for my dad. Thanking YOU in adj
vance and wishing the Daily Worker
all Success.-Sympathizer.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

Changes in Daily Worker circuia-
ton In every district in the Party
show in tables published each We'd
nesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-16

Don't miss full circula-
tion tables each Wednes-
day in the Daily Worker.
The Washington times., 1930-01-30

a pint Of lime water in nCutraliz-
ing cows milk for infant feeding,
and preventing hard CurdS. Its
many uses for mother and child
are fully explained III the inter
esting book useful Information. y
1t will be sent you. FREE. Write
The Phillips Co., 1T Hudson St.,
New York, N. Y.
In buying. be sure to get genu-
inc Phillips Milk of Magnesla,
Doctors have prescribed it for
over so years
Milk Of Magnesia" has been
the U. S. Registered Trade Mark
of The ChaS H. Phillips Chemical
Co.. and its predecessor, Chas. H.
Phillips. since 1878.
The Washington times., 1930-01-30

Because it is so helpful in keep
ing babies and children healthy
and happy, every mother should
know about Phillips Milk of Mag,
neSia.
This harmless. almost tastelesS
preparation is most effective in
relieving those symptoms of
babies and children generally
caused by Souring food in the
little digestive tract. such as sour
belching, frequent vomiting, fever
iShneSS. collie. AS a mild laxative.
it acts gently, but certainly. to
open the little bowels in consti-
patton, 2olos, Childrens diseases.
A teaSpoonful of Phillips Mix
! oG MagneSla does the work of hall
The Washington times., 1930-01-30
Pan-American Society
Of New York Is Host
At Luncheon to ENJOY

The former United States
Minister to Honduras. now
Minister to Venezuela. George
T. Summerlin, was the guest Of
honor at a luncheon given by
the Pan-AmeriCan Society Of
New York, at the Bankers Club
yesterday.
Among those who attended
were James w. Gerard, former
Ambassador to Germany. Pedro
r. RinConeS, consul general
from Venezuela: John Barrett,
former head of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union at Washington, vii
liam Nelson Cromwell. president
of the New York County
Lawyers Association; Fred
LAWS. Col. Samuel Reber, Gen,
eral Palmer F. Pierce, r. A. c.
Smith, James Carson, and John
l.. Merrill, president Of the Pan
American Society.
At the luncheon at the India
House today. the society will
entertain COnradO Rios Gal
lardo, former minister Of for
eign affairs in Chile and now
ambassador from Chile to Peru.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P.
StcalnS. of Kent, Ohio, are
spending several DAYS at the
Dodge Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul F, San
borne. of 1919 Cleveland Ave,
are at the Barclay for several
days in New York.
The Washington times., 1930-01-30
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
OHIO WIVES TO
RECEIVE AT
CLUB
Prominent Ladies Will
Assist at Congressional
Tea, February 6

The wives of the Ohio mem
bers of Congress are receiving
at the Congressional Club, 200l
New Hampshire Ave, Thursday.
February 6. from 4 TO 6 o'clock.
The receiving line will be
headed by Mrs. Charles Kearns,
the senior member, Mrs. Roy
Fitzgerald. Mrs. Charles j.
Thompson, Mrs. William Nor.
gan. Mrs. Charles A. Mooney,
Mrs. w. w. Chalmers, Mrs.
Charles Brand. Mrs. Chester E.
Bolton. Mrs. John Gable. Mrs.
c. B. McClintoCk, Mrs. Grant
MOuSer, Mrs. William E. Hess.
and Mrs. Francis Seiberllng.
Assisting at the tea table will
be Mrs. Walter F. Brown. wife
of the Postmaster General; Mrs.
David S. ingalls,. wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy: Mrs. Lowell P. Hobart,
president of the Daughters of
the American Revolutions; Mrs.
Joseph Hines, Mrs. l. M. FoS-
ter, Mrs. Roy Haynes, Mrs. Carl
Ruth, Mrs. Edwin w. Gable
man. Mrs. Charles Hatfield,
Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. Will
liam Hamilton Bayley. Mrs.
David r. Meekison, Mrs. Web
Ster Ballinger, Mrs, Ernest H.
V . FOSSen. Mrs. Clarence Kiln
ger. who is a guest of Mrs. John
Gable Mrs. Gable and Mrs.
KIInger will render musical
numbers during the afternoon.
Assisting also will be Mrs. Ken
meth R. Watson, Mrs. Lee Sack.
Miss Martha Morgan. the Misses
Justine and Barbara CrOSSer,
Mrs. Thomas Lee Hume, Mrs.
Vance Brand and Miss Ruth
Foster.
Justice Willis Van DeVanter
IS passing a few days in New
York, where he is staying at
the St Regis.
The Washington times., 1930-01-30
Mrs. Longworth and
PauIino Will Attend
Puppet Show Saturday

Mrs. Nicholas LOngWOrth will
entertain party 'Of six chill
dren for her daughter Paulina
at the next of the series Of
puppet shows for children being
presented by Theodore Tiller
I'd. at the clubhouse of the
District League of American
Pen Women in StOneleigh Court.
Mrs. Longworth has also joined
the list of patronesSes for these
plays for children.
A second performance will
be given every Saturday morn
ing at II o'clock preceding the
regular performance at 2 O'Clock
Saturdays performance will be
the second of a series of six
the show being Hans and
Gretel."
Hosts Tonight
The President and Mrs.
Hoover will be hosts at a re
ception this evening in honor
of the United States Senate.
X X
The Ambassador of Cuba and
Nine. Ferrara were the ranking
guest at dinner last evening of
Senator and Mrs. Charles S.
Deneen who entertained in the
presidential suite at the Willard.
Covers we're laid for fifty
guest.
Bob Sleigh Races
The international bob-Sleigh
races bewteen the Lake Placid
and the Murray Bay teams are
being held this weekend at
Murray Bay, Quebec, under the
patronage of Lord Wilmington,
governor-general of Canada, and
Lady Wilmington.
Other guests at the Manor
RiChelieu this weekend will be
Sir Henry Thornton. president
of the Canadian National Rail
ways. and Lady Thornton.
They were in Washington re
Gently as guests OF the Cana
dian Minister and Mrs. Vincent
Massey.
x
Miss Minnie Brock, of Chat,
tanooga. Tenn. is the guest of
her brother and sister In-laW.
Senator and MIS-. William E.
Brock, at the Carlton Hotel.
She came on the D. A. R. cele-
bration.