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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
ADMIT 10000 KIDS
GO WITHOUT FOOD
IN PHILA. SCHOOLS
Children Sh Guild Get
Into Jobless Fight!

by Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pat was to-
day openly admitted by DR.. Edwin
c. Broome superintendent of public
schools that at least 10000 pupils
are attending schools daily without
meals. This condition was declared
a direct result of depressed business
conditions in Philadelphia, the
school authorities declared.
The city of Philadelphia and the
state makes no provision for funds
for emergency relief.
Distress is Great.
So acute is the distress amongst
the children, who are compelled to
go to school by law, whether fed OF
unfed that the school authorities in
tend using what money is available
as we'll as making an appeal to
private (charitable) sources.
When the fathers and mothers OF
these school children go to the polls
to vote on November 4th they should
remember that the. only political
party putting forth real demands
for unemployment insurance is the
Communist Party and should vote
against the 8 boss parties,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25

Dept. had to admit that conditions
were very Rad, that unemuloyme,t
increased and announced only 10 600
unemployed in Dayton.
However, the only thing that was
done was to boost the plans for the
Community Chest and to suggest
that the solicitors for funds should
receive more than 16 per cent of
all they collect so that they will
collect more money. Another thing
which was done was to elect a
committee to investigate unemploy-
lent.
Plan Robbers.
The Community Chest drive has
begun AMI will. extend until the
week of November 18th. Besides
the Community Chest robbing the
people bond issue is coming up
this election which taxes the people
in order to make up the deficit for
the Welfare Association.
Workers of Dayton, refuse to
give a penny to the Community
Chest. Vote against the bond issue.
Fight for the Workers Social In
surance Bill. Vote Communist in
November. R. c..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
V. of A. in Pie
in-the-Sky Campaign

by Worker Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Cal.-Received
information from a caretaker
from Mr.. Short, race horse and
clubman, a millionaire, residing
at 21st and T SITS. that he has
gone east to reorganize the Vol
unteers of America for the coast
defense.
The Volunteers of America is
religious outfit and a section of
the Communist Chest. While il
spreads it's poison propaganda
about pie in the sky, it closely CO.
operates with the defense coast of
U. s. A. Amery actually prepar-
ing those they come in contact
with on the Pacific Coast for the
next imperialist war.
i, X. s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
MEN ON WACOSTA
SLUGGED, THEN
LOGGED ALL PAY
Fight These Miserable
Conditions!
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy q w VI hGL SOI ICE pOIlASAlbt
l shipped on the S. S. Wacosta
chartered by the American Export
Line, sailing for Genoa. Before
leaving port the crew had to work
from 8 a. m. to 2 a. m. the next
morning, with the usual promise of
getting the time back when they
hit the other side.
When the ship was ready to sail
all hands were put on watch as re-
CURED by law, but after dropping
the pilot the mate came. aft and
told the crew that 8 A. B. and 2
deck boys would stand the watches,
being as the deck boys couldn't steer
the A. B. stood 4 hour wheel watch
with no relief, and the rest of the
crew went on day work.
Upon reaching the other side the
crew were given an advance chat
Is money!; they then went to the
mate and asked for the time back
that they had coming for working
overtime. The mates answer was,
you get it when you quit the ship.
So three of US went ashore and
stayed for days and when we
came aboard again the captain had
us put in irons and put in the paint
locker.
Brutal Beating.
The smell of the paint and tur-
pentine made US sick ard we raised
a commotion so that the captain
was forced to remove us to the fore
peak where he and the second mate
beat US up with blackjacks and
brass knuckles for raising protest
about inhuman treatment. After 2
days he let US out and refused to
give US shore leave so we denaan3
to go ashore and see the American
consul. By demanding our rights
we got throwed back in the fore
peak again for 6 days on bread and
water.
The day before the ship So
from port the captain took us be-
fore the erican consul to pay US
off. While he had us locked up this
sh;-owners tool logged us for all
the wages that we had coming to
US. Having done this he paid u
off md the consul made US si0-~
as workaways for nenny a month.
The consul told us if we di Int sion
on that he would have us thrown
In jail for one year. Seamen, are
we going to tolerate this any long
er Or are we going to join the Mar
inc Workers. Industrial Union and
set up ships committees and fight
against these conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
MORE LAYOFFS IN
ILL. TRI-CITIES
R.R. Shops Shut Down
for Second Time

Chicago, Ill.
Daily Worker:
Why don't your paper print about
all the shut downs. The Rock Island
railroad shops closed October 10 was
closed for weeks this summer then
opened for weeks and now closed
Two thousand laid off at Silvis, Ill
and the International Harvester Co.
laid off 900 more at Moline and
Rock Island.
More Layoffs.
There are thousands out of work
at Moline, Rock Island, East Moline
and Silvis, Ill. so workers stay away
from there. There are some things
that should be cut out of the Daily
Worker and print instead all the
layoffs. Let the people know what
is going on. Men and women beat
ing their way in box cars. Why
don't you print things like these?
-EX-SERVICEMAN.
Editorial Note: We have no
correspondents other than worker
correspondents. 1t is upon such
as Ex-Serviceman that we must
depend for the news that he
claims we do not print. On the
job, worker correspondents!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
INSTITUTIONS,
JAILS, CROWDED
Vets Must Vote Com
munist Nov. a
by an Ex-Soldier Correspond sut)

by an Ex-Soldier Correspond sut)
National Military Home, Wis.
The state institutions are over
crowded. no roor: or space to placs
more victims of this rotten capital.
list system. The national soldiers
homes are filled, the Veterans Blu.
reau Hospitals are overcrowded
with a long waiting list for sick to
get in Even the jails have only
standing room.
In Richest Country.
This is a picture of the richest
country in the world to pin on the
one hundred percenters who met in
Boston last week.
The patriotic organization with
pay-triotic leaders can bluff the
sx-servicemen with Hoover's pros
perity and capitalist justice, but
sooner or later the ex-servicemen
will learn who misled them by
Uweet dreams of patriotism.
The A. F. of L. rank and file will
learn soon who their leaders are
and why they face hard struggle.
Vote Communist!
The Communist Party is the only
workers and toilers party to lead
the masses of toilers to victory in
class struggle for emancipation
from capitalist exploitation.
Workers and ex-servicemen, or
ganize under the Communist lead.
crship and carry on to your friends
and tell them to vote Communist.
-Ex-Serviceman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
BRIGGS DIVIDE (.
AND STARVE PLAN
Is Attack on All the
Workers
(By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-Patriot Briggs
keeps the native aAmericans work
ing. Depressions such as wars turn
out undiscovered one hundred per
cent Americans. Briggs is the
latest to do something in big way
for the lucky boys who were born
in the only land where freedom to
starve is written right into the con-
stitution.
Briggs says to the foreign worker
get the hell out of here" and at
Briggs they say it with kicks
plenty. But to the native he says
Come tomorrow John, there may
be something" and one or two days
out of every fifteen there is some
thing-maybe, and there is SIS in
the envelope every two weeks to
feed the kids.
But John has got to get in line
every daysat Briggs. John isn't5out
of a job, he's starving for Briggs,
the super patriot. John can't look
for work anywhere else, he's got to
be at Briggs every morning, and he
can't get enough from Briggs to
live on, but Briggs says You've got
a job" and you can like it. Y
A WORKER TRYING THE
POISON AT BRIGGS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
SUICIDE WILL NOT GET FOOD,
CLOTHING AND SHELTER FOR
THE UNEMPLOYED, FIGHT WILL!
Jobless! Fight as You Never Have Before to
Keep Alive This Winter!

With the growing misery the unemployed workers and
suicides of dpairrazed workers daily reported These
workers do understand the system that has condemned them to
miserable death They have dropped because they didn't learn
time fight tooth nail against the murderou capitalist
system.
suicides will relief for the jobless will not feed the
children that behind will not the vital necessities
life this coming millions of jobess to live.
MUST FIGHT.
be pushed
stake The heroic fight
of the York oess must be reoubed in all the industrial cener
Mighty big Communist November
legislative halls the bosses fight
the battle the unemployed there Daily the battle of the jobess
against the moneyswollen bosses must in volume.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Given the Gate.

In reality they've been "given
the gate" by their own union,
which accepted reduced orchestras
at all the leading picture houses
here.
These mammoth houses charge
high prices for low forms of
amusement presented as cheaply
as possible. Now with the reduc-
ton in the size of the orchestras,
these places will be even better
than they were before--to stay
out of.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
PAYCUTS TO PAY
FOR LOW PRICE
SHIP CONTRACT
A. F. of L. Guy in on
This Deal
(Bu Worker Correspondent. }

(By worker CofTeSpOndent.J
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-Espe-
cially the bankers and the big store
owners all agog over the fact that
$16,000,0o0 in shipbuilding for the
Panama Mail Line may be awarded
to the Bethlehem Corp. here.
Eastern Yards have made bids
S650,000 under the Bethlehem bid,
so a "Citizens Committee" was
formed and pledged to contribute
the S650,000 to the Bethlehem Corp.
This is the plan they worked out
to raise said $65O,00o difference:
$150,0o0 is to be raised in taxes, and
the remainder by deductions from
workmen's wages"
Wage Cutting Committee.
On the "Citizens Committee" that
plans to rob the workers of $780,
900 directly through wage cuts and
indirectly through taxes in order
that Frisco bankers and store own
ers can pocket $16,000,00O are two
rats beside the bankers. These are
Angelo Rossi, Acting Mayor, suave
racketeer, who made a hypocritical
speech to the unemployed on March
9Th saying how sorry he was he
could not give them relief; and the
other filthy rat, John O'Connell of
the Labor Council ("representing
labor" according to the capitalist
press. You see this rotten betrayer
of the workers has sold them out
In advance.
Real Sell Out.
This sell out and robbery of San
Francisco workers is a two edged
thrust at American workers. 1t is
the Chamber of Commerce and
other financial and business organ
izations, together with the A. F. Of
L. agents deciding on mass wage
cuts before the job has begun, and
without the corporation having to
bother at all. The other edge to
the knife is this: Frisco is regard
ed as hindrance to cutting wages
the country over.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
MAKE WORKERS
PAY FOR BOSSES
CHARITY IN CAL.
Money Used for Anti
Worker Groups

PASADENA, Cal.-That racket
eering organization known as the
Community Chest is now going thru
Los Angeles and vicinity exacting
tribute from those of us fortunate"
to be working and making profits
for the bosses. When 1 say tribute
that is what I mean. If he refuses
to pay worker is fired. In other
words he pays tribute to the Com
munity Chest so he may be permit
ted to keep on working. SO
Exact Tribute.
This is the schedule adopted by
one company in Los Angeles. L be-
lieve it to be standard for all of
them here, IT
Laborers at $24.O0 donate" $500,
candy workers (women) 5000 to
$500, $3.50 to $500 contribution,
binding shop (women) $50 oJ$25,
$500; office help (men) $25 to $40.
! $40; office help (women) $18 to $25,
$500.
While Workers Need Money.
The candy workers come to work
dressed in well-worn clothing. Bare
legs are not in style at present but
these girls wear no stockings.
In another company a man who
was injured on the job was noti4ied
that he would not have to donate
till he was working again. 2
The great pity is that this money
ground out of the working class
is used for fascist organizations
such as the YMCA, YWCA, Boy
Scouts, Girls Scouts, ETC., which
are composed of middle class ele-
ments, the basis for fascism.
Fight This.
Where is the Unemployed Coun-
Gil? The Community Chest finds
no favor even among the highest
paid workers. Even a moderately
strong attack at the right time in
this direction should result in VIC
tory and gains for the workers.
Just met friend who was in Mex
lco two months ago. He reports
that the favorite topic of conversa-
ton there is the corruption of the
present regime with it's Wall Street
domination and the coming war be-
tween the United States and the
Soviet Union.
UNEMPLOYED.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
MISEREES DAYTON
J0BE .FSS GROWING
Boss Leaders in Fake
"Relief"

(By a Worker Correspondent
DAYTON, O.-The business, in
dustrial and professional leaders of
Dayton met Wednesday nioht at the
Miami Hotel ballroom to discuss the
unemployment situation as it af-
fects this vicinity to "work" out
some plan to relieve Distress from
that quarter during the winter
months.
No Clothing.
Reports were given by several
leading social workers that more
families have asked for help than
ever before. One story was told
of how woman went to family
in order to investigate their con-
ditions. When she got there the
woman was downstairs. Asked
where her husband was, she was
told that he was in bed. Is he
sick? No, the woman answered.
We have only one suit of clothes
in the house. In the morning the
father stays in bed while the son
goes to school in the suit. When
he returns in the afternoon, the
son goes to red and the father
goes ont looking for work.
Fake Relief. :.
The city manager reported that
the city had been giving UNEMPLOYED
days work for $3.50 in groceries.
This was helning the unemployed
and keeping them from starving!
A preacher was there who re-
ported that 80 per cent of HE
congregation was out of work and
that the pastor had two months
wages due him, that unless some
help came from the city the
church would have to close up.
The reporter from the Industrial
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
You've Got to Hustle,
Then Some at Sears

(By q Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-You're not
out of . job if you are lucky
enough to rate q job selling at
Sears Roebuck's Detroit store,
even IL there il a depression,
they don't reduce your pay.
They say, "Joe, you won't mind
for a while if you work only
mornings" and so you ring out
at twelve noon, and your pay
stops. But do you 20 home---not
much. The boss says, Joe, hang
around a while, it might get busy
and there is no one on the floor"
So you stay all afternoon and
lose your Job If you don't stay.
But they don't reduce your pay
not much--only half.
IS "A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Jobless Vet Will
Fight for Rule of
the Working Glass

Bronx, N. Y.
COmrade Editor:
After pounding the pavement
for the past IL months in search
of jobs that are not to be found,
/ have decided to vote COmmu-
mist in this and all other cleo
tons, until we seize power, which
/ hope will be soon.
/ fought for those damn
thieves that Cypress the working
class, but I will fight this time
for the establishment of a prole-
tartan dictatorship. / urge all
ex-servicemen to join the Com
munist Party and vote Commu-
mist.
j. W., An Unemployed
Veteran.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
NEW SPEEDUP AND LAYOFFS ON NY.
STREET CARS; TAMMANY. IN ON IT

cars and rutting men that worked
for them Is to As years out of
job, and these men won't get
pension either.
One Man Cars.
The Third Avenue is going to
put one man in 42nd st. and
Broadway and Webster Ave. cars
in the Bronx after election. They
are breaking in the men on the
59th st. crosstown to be one man
operators and we have no one to
stop them in violating the law.
Guards working on the elevated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
PRILA. MUSICIANS GET USUAL ALL.
FRIENDLY SE1LOUT In SHORT STRIKE

(Bu Worker CorresDondent.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The big
movie moguls, Fox and Warner
Brothers, having only the A. F.
of l.. and their class collaboration
methods to contend with, easily
came off first in the musicians
strike here.
A friendly compromise" was
reached by the A. F. of l.. Mu-
sicians' Union and the bosses.
AS result of the settlement,
close to 100 musicians will now
find themselves permanently un-
employed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
HOTEL DECINK' DAMP DARK
BASEMENT is BOSSES GIFT
TO SPOKANL 10000 JOBLESS
Terrible Degradation of Unemployed TOilers
Is Bosses solution" of Crisis
Workers.! Fight Like He'll to Make the Bloody
Leeches Pay for Real Decent Relief!
(By a Worker Correspondent

SPOKANE, Wash.-Here in Spokane we have like every
where else whole lot of hungry unemployed and home SIS
workers and another comrade went over to the Hotel De
Ginks today to see ourselves how nicely the hungry and
homeless obess workers taken of at this Hotel
he Hotel De Gnks located in underground vaults beneath
an old abandoned brewery Damp dark and utterly unfit to
live in it has been turned into what the bosses choose to call
hotel for the obles and by boss Albert Comin
president of the Italian Importing Company b"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Vote Communist!
New York.

New York.
Editor of the Worker,
Dear Sir:
wish to draw your attention
to the unemployed and our politi-
clans. There is violation of the
law going on in this city now and
causing loss of lives and injury in
this city. There was a law passed
in the early COS to stop one man
horse car and now it is violated
by our city authorities, letting
the Third Avenue Railway and the
BMT permission to run one man
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Bad Conditions in
California Rice
Fields for Men
by a Worker Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Call was at
625 Second st. and saw the ellis
employment office collect So office
fee and 81 transportation from six
men, to drive bundle wagons in the
rice fields and told them to report
at $3.50 a. m. tomorrow morning.
One of them wanted to take his
car, he was refused as the conditions
are rotten. Have to sleep in rag
tents of 10 OF. duck and a bunch
quit as they got wet from rain Sum
day night,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Vote Communist!

and subway have to go between
cars to open 10 car train. There
is many a men killed in this posi-
ton and not a word about it. The
company's excuse is he was walk
ing across the tracks when he got
hit. They don't say he slipped
between cars. It would look bad
for the one man operations.
IT. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
SOCIALIST" NOW
A SLAVE DRIVER
Girls w ork ed Until
They Drop

(By Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-"What you telling
me of the conditions of the work.
ers? Don't 1 know them and
haven't worked in the mill myself
and not only that. But l want you
to know that when a boy back at
home, I was a member of the revo-
lutionary party, and even went to
Siberia for my IDEAS" Thus the boss
Killing Work.
Colored girls and married wom-
en- shaving in this laundry from
early in the morning, till late in
the night, doing very hard work.
It's hot in the laundry, and when
finished with the work they can
hardly walk home from exhaus-
ton.
For lunch they get thirty minutes.
The girls are always on time, and
dare not take chance on being
late, for they are sure of losing the
job.
Speed-Up Devil.
When the girls thought the boss
was out one day they took couple
of minutes to say few words to
each other and change the mon
otony, but the boss was in, he
jumped out of his office like a
crazy man. The next day five of
the girls remained home, canned
for having allowed themselves the
luxury of talking to each other
two minutes.
AS to wages, well, call it that if
you wish. But it's just a pitiful
existence.
Hunger Wages.
One girl having worked in the
place for over two and half years
and if she puts in from 7:15 every
day till 2 p. m. every evening she
will make $3.50. But this happens
very seldom, not that the girl re-
fuses to work these long hours, but
because the boss does not always
give her enough work, and besides
he does not want her to make so
much.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25
Send Photo Mats
to Daily Worker

Worker correspondents are
urged to get the matrix of all
unemployment photos clipped
that they send in. The Daily
Worker will pay the cost.
Further, worker correspondents
are urged to write brief sum-
maries of clippings they send in
instead of the clippings alone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-25

Even Children Are Here.
First we were shown the
place that served for kitchen
and commissary or store room,
which by the way was kept
clean and orderly. A colored cook
was busy preparing the food which
was on that day cabbage and pork
sausage, and after being offered a
little of it to taste the same l must
say that the little they had was bet
ter prepared than we have seen
in many of the lumber and road
camps. Of course, the bill Of fare
was not very assorted but they had
prunes for desert.
At 3 o'clock sharp the guests ar
rived and it didn't take long before
the dining room as they proudly call
another part of the basement, was
filled up. Young men, old men,
some of them hardly enough clothes
on them to hide their nakedness.
And the most pityful sight of all
was a Mr.. and Mrs. Goebel with
four little children ranging from
four years, three years, two years
and three months in age. Pat Har-
ris told me that they had been COM
ing regularly for the last few days.
If these people have home here
in town or where they live, was
unable to find out. ta
Slop Given. 4.
The food to feed those hungry
men is given by the merchants OF
this town who well enough know
that as long they can keep the
many jobless in this town sup
Piled with little slumguliOn once
or twice a day they will be able to
keep them contented, so siley
won't make any trouble demand
ing theirs, what by right belongs
to item.
After this we were shown the
sleeping quarters. If it is magAn-
able to call them so. Anyhow, 1t Is
an old stable, with about bunch of
straw six to eight inches thick on
the bare floor, for those that had
no cots or mattresses in the stall,
and after asking l was informed that
some of the merchants had sent
them a few cots and mattresses and
that they would get more later on.
And this in town where the mer-
chants give every year from $4,000
to $4,000 to the Salvation Army,
the Volunteers of America, the Y.
M. G. A, and other opium peddlers.
Fight This.
Workers, how long will you
stand for such degrading treat
ment? Eating slumgolion, Sleep
ing in barns on straw? And be
satisfied with the scraps the mas
tiers and the bourgeois class will
throw at you.
Workers, estimation shows that
in and around Spokane there are
about 10000 if not more unem-
ployed of which about 25O,0C0 are
in average given slumgolian at
the so-called Hotel the Ginks.
What about the rest of them?
Don't you think it is about time
that we all the unemployed come
together and form an unemployed
council? Don't be jellyfish and
show that you have a backbone.
To hell with the slumgolian and
sleeping on straw in a basement
of an abandoned brewery or any
where else. Let us demand our
right and not crawl on our belly
and beg for few scraps.
An Unemployed Worker.