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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
London Looks
With Fear on
India, Jan. 20

London dispatches indicate that
there is quite tempest in a teapot
over the difference between Twee-
dledum and Tweedledee in the form
of dispute between two versions of
a speech made by Earl Russell,
under-Secretary of State for India
at Labor" party meeting at Cam
bridge.
1t was cabled to India that Rus
sell said:
Dominion status in India will not
be possible for long time to come"
Now the "labor" government tex
plains" that this was all wrong, that
what Russell said was:
Dominion status in India is not
possible at the moment. Even in
England it took US a long time to
achieve democracy"
There is supposed to be delicate
distinction in the two versions which
simple Indians are asked to per-
ceive. Possibly it may hinge on
whether England even yet has any
such thing as democracy, a point
that could be debated by '1aborites"
for several centuries while India
could be waiting. The first version,
cabled to India, was used by Sex
tremist" elements, it is said, to prove
that a fight is needed to gain in
dependence.
The Macdonald Government is
anxious over the coming "Independ-
ence Day" demonstration scheduled
for all India on Jan. 26. 1t intends.
to "quell disorders" and stop in
cendiary speeches" 1t is consider
ing, so it is reported, arresting
Ghandi and others. This would prob
ably increase Ghandi's influence and
aid the British by getting Ghandi
more support in his attempt to re-
strain the masses from following
the more effective and militant
leadership of the Indian working
class.
Reports from India state that
some members of the Indian govern
ment assembly" who are members
of the Indian National Congress of
native capitalists, are not resigning
as required by the recent congress
decisions, from the assembly, evad-
ing this by stating that they were
not elected on "a congress ticket"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
Italian parity" Rejected By France

Ian enormous building program, there
is no disarmament" to be found
either in the demand or it's rejection
This quarrel over ornaments, really
defects Italy's demand for more
colonies in the Mediterranean and
Near East, which it expects to grab
from France, especially is Italy
seeking to grab Syria from the
French.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
BEAT TOTHER0M
IN court HOUSE
80 Days, SIS Fine For
Refusing to be Lynched
lContinned from Paac Onel

Continued from Page One)
to Charlotte, N. c., where he de-
manded of the union office that he
be sent back to Lumberton.
In the court house, as he was
walking out of the room where
Caudle was on trial, Is mill thugs
attacked him and started to beat
him to death, five feet from the
door of the sheriff's office, and with
detectives watching the procedure.
Ella Reeves ("Mother") Bloor
was an eye witness of the assault
She stood on the steps, defying
the gang and shouting, Don't you
dare touch that boy again! l never
saw anything like it,"
You'll See Worse"
Some one in the gang shouted
back, you'll see worse than this,
soonw
The workers guard fought like
wildcats, and finally rescued 10th
crow. Dazed from the blows over
his head, he was placed in car
and sent back to Charlotte.
Caudle was placed on trial on
two charges, assault with deadly
weapon" and carrying concealed
weapons" Exactly a week before
Totherow was kidnapped, Caudle,
secretary of the rapidly growing
Lumberton local of the NEW, hal
stood in the doorway of his house,
armed with a small revolver, and
with his wife, also armed, had
driven to retreat a lynch gang of
125 armed thugs sent by the mill
owners to put an end to his union
activities by whatever violent mea-
sures they deemed necessary.
Some of the same gang kidnapped
Totherow, and while they had him,
told him they were going back to
finish the job on Caudle. When
they got back, they followed Caudle
around over town, firing shots at
him. He escaped to his home, and
then the law came down in the
shape of the sheriff, and the same
gangsters, armed with clubs and
guns. The sheriff arrested Caudle,
allowed the gangsters to abuse him
in unmentionable ways, then took
him off to Jail, where he has been
since. Several times an attempt
was made by the mill owner agents
to work up a lynch mob, but as
only the hired gunner were in
favor of it, the plan was temporar-
lily abandoned
1t the end of his trial, the judge
instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict of guilty, and sentenced
Caudle to so days and $50 fine on
the assault charge, and laid on him
a 30 days and $25 fine suspended
sentence on the second charge. Pre-
this last sentence becomes
operative if Caudle continues his
work for the union.
Caudle is in jail now, with an
other attempt to lynch him being
carried out. The International La
Dor Defense, which defended him in
the trial is appealing the case to
the superior court.
Bloor was to speak in Lumber
ton, then continue her speaking tour
through the following cities:
January Ia, Winston-Salem; Jan.
Is, Greenville, S. c.; Jan. 1917,
Asheville, N. c.; Jan. 18, Knoxville,
Tenn; Jan. 10, 20, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Jan. 21-23, Birmingham,
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ing discomfort at rapidly increasing
Unemployment male necessary for
Thomas to make pretense at relief.
In the last two weeks, the unem-
ployed has grown by 206,643. Since
the "labor" party has taken office,
the incrcared number of jobless
workers has grown by 410,075, now
reaching total of 100000 regis
tered. And tens of Thousand are
not registered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
Battle Soon AS Thugs
Try to Burn Mine Food

Continued from Page One)
campaign of the party to explain its
principles and program to the
miners and draw into the party all
revolutionary elements among them.
The miners, having seen the CAPT
talist state in action against them
with militia bayonets, sheriff's gas
bombs, and deputized sluggers of
the UNIV, are very favorable to
the Communist Party, and it's Of
ficial organ, the Daily Worker,
which appeals to them now for
more subscribers and bundle sales
in the mining districts.
Blacklist.
Conditions in the mines are horri-
BILE. With the aid of the UNIV,
400 miners at Zeigler are black
listed; 1000 are blacklisted in Tay-
lorville area, and so in the Buck
ner, Cecilia and WATSON mines.
In Peabody No. l mine, near Tay-
lorville, 796 miners were employed
until the company put in coal cut
tiers and conveyors. The force was
then cut to 275 miners, with an even
greater production than before.
Now, after the strike at that
mine, only 154, half of them i'm
ported scabs sent in on special
trains by the UNIV, are produc-
ing, due to the speed-up, about as
much coal as before.
Five men work together and do
cutting, drilling, shooting, loading
and hauling. hey open five places
day. A gang loads 45 cars of
1-2 tons each. Under the old rat
ing, $3.50 would be paid for this
much work. Under the new system,
only S45 is paid.
Hand leaders in the Klondike
mine stand around from 6 A. M. to
l P. M. without single car to load,
and with no wages while waiting.
Youth Conferences.
The National Miners Union is
spreading it's organization through
out the fields, in preparation for
national strike this year in both
sharp local struggles and a general
bituminous and anthracite fields.
Just now series of sub district
conferences of young miners is TAX
ing place in Illinois, leading up to
national conference February 9.
The judge in the Lewis Fishwick
controversy is still delaying his de-
cision as to who gets the check-off
monopoly in Illinois.
Each Proves Swindle.
The Illinois Miner, official organ
of District IL supporting Fishwick
observes:
"Affidavits which Judge Jones
will read show how Lewis stole
elections, slugged delegates and in
terfered with and destroyed parts
of the union because various leaders
seemed politically dangerous to him.
Many of the documents he will
examine are taken from Lewis own
official records, particularly as to
his voting dead locals and even dead
districts"
On behalf of Lewis, the United
Mine Workers Journal says, at was
shown by the international union
that graft, corruption, misappro-
priation of funds, defiance and vio-
lation Of the laws Of the UNIV. of
A., as we'll as general and contin-
uous characterization prevailed in
District H."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
INDUSTRIES SINK
Deeper IN CRISIS
Steel Production anC
Building, Down
Confined from Page Ome)

Confined from Page OHe)
downward the Analist Index of
business activity. . :"
In the same article, Benjamin
Baker, takes occasion to point OIL
the dying statements of the stat
commissioner of labor of the stat
of New York regarding unemploy
ment. Finn, labor commissioner
while admitting unemployment, trie'
to cover it with the Hoover bun
that "things are not so bad" Say
the Annalist;
Factory employment, contrary
to unofficial statements made
public from some official sources
in New York, showed in the lat
ter state widespread losses dur
ing December, when employment
in factories of the state at large
declined almost 4 per cent, fol-
lowing a per cent drop in No
vember."
This was the heaviest decline
since 1920.
Building construction has dropped
43 per cent below a year ago, &C
cording to Bradstreet's bushes:
statisticians.
DR.. julius Klein, assistant secre
tary of commerce, and Hoover's eco
nomic mouthpiece, now has the jol
Of trying to pep the bosses up il
the face of the growing depression
While he goes about stating thai
things will be better-although h,
is always sure to add perhaps" Of
may be"-his department in its re-
ports on actual conditions present:
different outlook:
"Steel plants were operating at
lower level than in the correspond.
ing period of last year. Receipts
of wheat, cotton and hogs at the
principal markets were smaller
than in 1928. -.
1.-THE distribution of goods, as indi.
Gated by the volume of carloadings
for the latest reported week, was
lower than in the same period of
year ago."
Already the crisis is taking its
oath toll among the small indus
tries and the petty-bourgeois.
Bankruptcies are growing at
rapid rate. For the week ended
January 8 there were 618 business
failures, as compared with 407 the
week before, and SIS in 1929. The
amounts involved are also greater
than before Those involving $4,000
or more rose in one week to 483 as
against 402 a year ago.
Bank clearings for the week past
show that business dropped Is per
cent in the one week-and this fol-
lowing continuous decline for
months!
On top of this there was decline
in exports for the month of Novem-
Der. With every capitalist agency
girding itself for terrific drive for
the world markets (the automobile
bosses say that cannot live without
a successful onslaught on tht world
market) the figures show that U. S.
capitalism has not yet been success
full in even slightly alleviating its
sharp crisis by q resort to dump
ing on the world market.
The department of commerce re-
ports that:
Merchandise exports from the
United States 10 all grand divi-
sions in November were consider
ably under those of the same
month in 1925"
There is very little doubt ex-
pressed anywhere that the present
crisis of U. S. imperialism is the
most gripping and far-reaching ever
experienced in its history. Yet it is
only beginning. With its growth
the attack on the workers will in
crease. There is the growing resis-
lance of the American workers which
must be modified for a smashing
attack against capitalism and its
l., L..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
BY a Worker Correspondent.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-In adj
dition to the laying-off of 5000
workers in the Southern Pacific
railway shops in Sacramento, the
San Francisco shops of the South
ern Pacific railway have completely
shut down, throwing $500 more
workers out of work, till "some time
after New Year." as they were told.
This company's Oakland shops are
also suffering temporary lay-offs
continuously; the workers blame it
on the speed-up system introduced
recently, whereby crew in the shop
turn out two locomotives day,
when formerly it took over day
to turn out one locomotive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
Mine War Sharpens in Australia

ment itself is working with scabs.
The government, which appar-
emily had pledged not to move any
coal even though it was mined, is
said to have moved several train
loads from the mine to the market,
and the present mass picketing is
the result. Three weeks ago striker
was shot to death by police at the
Rothbury mine, and tn, workers are
aroused.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13

Rome reports confirm the an
nouncement that France has rejected
parity" with Italy, which was the
latter's demand, as a preliminary
to entering the London naval parley.
Since Italy's parity" demand
would result in Italy building more
warships until it reached Frances
amount, and as France has launched
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13

London reports quote the Daily
Herald, official organ of the '1abor'
party, which is printed under COM
pany-union management, to the eff
feet that the labor faker J. H.
Thomas, who is "labor" minister of
unemployment, is trying to "help"
Me unemployed by getting banks to
Nan bosses money.
This of course is typical of such
social fascists as Thomas, but grow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
LAWS" AGAINST CHILD LABOR
ADMITTED HARMLESS

PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD.-
Appealing for enforcement of So
called legislation against the Child
Labor Laws, the Public Education
and Child Labor Association of
Pennsylvania admits that the Key
stone law, passed in 1915 and prac-
tically unrevised in the past IA
years, lacks teeth to punish its
violators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13

Australian dispatches tell of
5000 marching miners on strike in
New South Wales marching to a
struck zine and taking the clothes
off two scabs, made bonfire of the
garments.
] At the same time, reports de-
Haired that 5000 strikers were
harcl .lg on the Rothbury mines,
Which The New South Wales govern
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
10000 More Jobless in Austria in Month

Austrian dispatches admit that
an alarming crisis is growing in
Austria, where the unemployed
army now numbers 100000 out of a
working class of 100000. In the
last month 10000 workers have been
thrown out on the street without
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
FIGHT UNIONIZATION

SHREVEPORT, La. (By Mail) -
The question of whether to permit
or prohibit the unionization of police
and fire departments has caused a
split in the city council here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13

work. Austria has been the scene of
recent close unity between Social
lists" and fascists against the work.
ers, and as these are protesting at
the gowing poverty and the social
fascist amalgamation, trouble seems
to loom ahead as certain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
ADMIT 1917 MINE VICTIMS DUE
TO COMPANY'S NEGLIGENCE

WASHINGTON (By MaiD :
Some 17S miners were killed in
mines during the month of Novem-
Der, 1929, figures for that period
compiled by the United Bureau of
Mines revc ii. The November fatal
ities-due as in most cases to COM
pany negligence--brought the total
killed in mines during the first II
months of 1929 to LOTT deaths.
Build The Daily Worker-Send
in Your Share of the $4,000 New
Subs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
Jobless Grow.

BOSTON, Jan. 12.-At least half
of the building trades workers in
Boston are walking the streets, job
less. The state labor department,
which is very inaccurate in its I'M
employment reports, shows that ~
per cent of union fathers jobless; "a
per cent of painters; 80 per cent of
bricklayers; 26 per cent of carpen-
tiers, and 26 per cent of building la
borers. These are the most i'm
portant crafts.
In Lowell 81 per cent Of all build
ing workers were out of jobs; in
Holyoke, 40 per cent; Springfield,
"a per cent; Lynn, 3S per cent; Law
renee, 81 per cent, and Salem, 81
per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-13
JObless Steel
Toilers Join Party

Continued from Page One)
tries. For quite a while the state
commissioner of labor tried to hide
the facts of unemployment by say
ing that the situation was not very
serious.
Every industry reported the
slump. All the metals showed gen.
eral losses, with iron and steel mills
cutting forces for the fourth success
sive month. Automobile plants
were Is per cent under 1923. Ma
chinery and electrical apparatus
firms, all the clothing industries,
and textile reported workers dumped
into the job market. Chemicals,
glass, foods and even printing and
publishing showed declines.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-18
ANTELOPE

Sunday morning Art Enfield
left for Iowa after receiving the
message of his fathers serious i'll
ness. Mr.. Flanagan came from
Wolf Point to take charge OF the
depot in Enfield's absence.
VIM. Clark Mrs. Morris, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mclaughlin and children mo-
tored to Wolf Point Saturday 70
10 attend the rodeo.
Henry Henrickson arrived Sun
day from Havre for two days VS.
it with his family.
Goodale and his road crew are
working south of town this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Paynter, Of
Long Beach, Calf, announce The
birth July 7th, of a daughter
named Betty Ann. Mrs. Payntel
was formerly Anna Lee of Ante
lope. NJ.
p iceland and Mrs. Inga Arnekle'
left Sunday by car to Duluth t
attend the Sons of Norway con
vention Mr.. r. Iceland is a dele
cote from the Antelope lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Hoven an
Mrs. wills attended the brldg
dedication at Wolf Point Wednes
day. c,ndou an
Monday with Ruth and Anna Al
neklev.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-18
OUTLOOK

Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Nelson and
daughter Margery and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Homme and daughter
Roberta went to Lake Coupell Tor
their vacation Monday.
Ed Rolly and Irwin Wilson were
Outlook visitors Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Meharry
and daughter Ellen left for Ale
meta, Sask,, Can, where they Will
attend the funeral of Mrs. Me-
harry's father.
Miss Katherine Marion was 8
business caller in Outlook Thurs
day.
Mrs. Clinton Cosper was visit
ing at the Ernest Omar home fol
a few days.
The Outlook Booster Club me-
at the Outlook hall Wednesday
where they parcticed the play the!
expect to give in the near future
Miss Helen Prescott served a yer!
delicious lunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Koester re
turned home from Minot Monda,
evening, where they spent a fey
days with their son Bernard.
: The Outlook baseball team drov
to Ceylon Wednesday, where the
played the Ceylon team, tn
scores being 9 to IN favor c
: Ceylon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tobin re
! turned home from their trip thr
Idaho and Washington Thursda
evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-18
PAGE FIVE

north and south, east and west.
There is no money to drag roads
anywhere else, but there is always
money for Medicine Lake. Last
fall when the roads were impass-
able from Plentywood 10 Antelope,
it was to cold to drag them at
Plentywood, but it was warm
enough at Medicine Lake. The
state has let contracts for the
building of IL miles of the State
project: six miles Medicine Lake
north. then six miles on north end
of the first contract. Could not
build second segment south from
Plentywood to Antelope, so that
people could negotiate an almost
impossible piece Of road IN COM
ing to the county seat. Oh, no,
Frank French wanted it all cut of
Medicine Lake and he come to
Plentywood and asked the Plen-
tywood Commercial Club to okey
it and it did. then a lot of them
voted for Ed Iverson, Frank
French's Chinese poodle, who al
ways helps Frank put everything
at Medicine Lake. If Frank
French wanted to move the coun-
ty seat to Medicine Lake, Plenty
wood people would vote To put it
there: or about half Of the voters
would, and Medicine Lake would
vote solid. We don't see why
Medicine Lake does not do it.
Plentywood so enjoys cutting off
her nose TO spite her face.
II!!lII
The special 5-mill levy was vot-
ed down with a bang. Farmers
don't want any more taxes. Can't
pay what they now have levied.
As a result Medicine Lake will
not have her roads dragged this
fall because there will be no
no money. This will be embarras-
ing to Commissioner French, and
there will be no road work this
fall. The road fund, they say, is
! 100000 overdrawn, which is not
E so bad.
! i!!!!!!
r The call for the convention fol
] the Farmer-Labor party will b,
e issued for about September 9Th
o It will be a mass convention. A
ticket will be put in the field 70,
e the general election and real cid
r fashioned campaign will be waged
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-18
WOLF CREEK

Mrs. M. McCallister, Mrs. Cy
Ulrich, Mrs. VIM. Cromwell and
Harriet, and Mrs. D. M. Machines
and Helen were Plentywood bust
ness callers Monday.
The Farmers Union held their
regular meeting Monday night
with a fair attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marsh and
family who had been visiting re.
atives in Dakota for a week, re-
turned home Wednesday.
VIM. Cromwell and Maurice
were callers at The John Krassin
home on Smoke creek Wednesday
Louise Hazel and Mabel Ma sh
Harriet Cromwell, Helen Mac
Innes, Annis and Evelyn Hagar
and Lucille Metzler, members OF
the All breakfast Club, and Maur.
ice Cromwell, Maxwell Machines
Arthur Hagan and Kenneth Camp.
bell, members of the Wolf Greek
Young Farmers Club, handling 6
All Swine Project, attended The
Club camp at Brush Lake Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. Mrs
Machines and Mrs. Cromwell &C
companied the Club. members ana
Sven Myhre drove them down il
his truck.
Mr.. and Mis-. Stringer and fam
lily came down from Canada an,
spent few days visiting Nj
Stringer's sister, Mrs. John Sher
idan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Campbell an
family, Jack Sheridan and MI
Stringer, Elmer Myhre and Alvi
Marsh were in Wolf Point Friday
attending the rodeo.
Mrs. A. NJ. Hagan returned fror
Williston, N. D., Friday, wher
she had to attend her mothers fl
neral.
Mr.. and Mrs. A M. Hagan, I
! M. Machines, Mr.. and Mrs. J. n
Burke visited the Club camp ;
! Brush Lake Saturday.
The Pace family were Plent.
= wood callers Saturday.
Miss Ethel Mckinney of Lamar
o spent few days visiting with Il
Pace family.
: Thelma Garneau VISITED wi
: Janita Pace Saturday and Sunda
The dance at the hall Saturd;
h night was well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Ehrman
! traut and son of Dooley called
70 the Machines home Sunday.
There was a good turnout
4 Sunday school Sunday morning.
4 Quite a crowd witnessed t
a ball game between the old tea
and the younger boys Sunday
% the hall.
h Hugh French and son Harv
were Redstone callers Monday.
,e Mr.. and Mrs. James Cow
ne were to town Monday.
n. D. M. Machines was a busin'
to caller at Redstone Monday.