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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
VAUSE CASE EXPOSES
BIG GRAFT OF JUDGES
SENTENCE JOBLESS
S250,0OO Bride, 100000 Swindle of Foreign
Born Workers Show Character of Judiciary
Evidence He Told Assistant, II Know How to
Maneuver Books, I Have Pull"

A small part of the rotten polit-
ical machinery which runs New
York City has become visible since
w. Bernard Vause, corrupt politi-
clan, Tammany Hall man, and, up
until June 8, county judge of Kings
County, N. Y, has been charged
with mail fraud, perjury and grand
larceny.
Vause takes his place with vi
tale and a long list of "Your Hon
ors" on the New York bench, as a
man who got caught. There are
plenty more who are not caught
yet. Slaves to the employers who
have bought their services, subject
to exposure if they cross the big
business interests in the slightest
degree, the unspeakably rotten
New York judges have the nerve
land are compelled by their bosses)
to mete out savage sentences for
assault on food, needle, shoe and
other worker pickets whom the po-
lice first beat up and then charge
with assault" They squirt ven
omed words and three-year SEN
fences on the leaders Of the unem-
ployed, who are brought into their
clutches by police czars.
A Shiny Trail.
In 1924, shortly after receiving
his appointment to the bench, Judge
Vause commenced a series of
crooked negotiations to obtain for
the United American Lines a ten
year lease on two North River piers
which are city owned.
Such a lease can only be granted
through the Sinking Fund Commits
sion, which is composed of the
mayor and other high" officials.
For this reason the United Ameri-
can Lines found in Vause, who had
represented them in 1928 and be-
cause of his Tammany Hall influ-
ence and political pull, the ideal
lackey to serve as a connecting link
between their pier-leasing ambi-
lions and the civic group necessary
TO turn the deal.
II Took S25O,OOO.
A slush fund of S250,000 must
have been necessary to swing the
transaction, for that was the amount
which made its way from the hands
of the American United Lines to
the pocketbook of w. Bernard
Vause. In 1926 the pier lease was
granted the United American Lines,
and Vause, because he had served
the big boss well, received the addi-
tional lolly-pop consideration of a
trip to Europe. Although it was
against the state constitution for
him to accept "free passage" the
judge neverthe4ess-~enjoyed himself
abroad.
When the investigation COM
menced to take legal form and the
serious charges were placed against
Judge Vause, he was allowed to
walk about under a small bail of
$4,000. This happened in the cor
rupt city which jailed Foster,
Minor, Raymond and Amter for
representing the class-demands of
10000 unemployed workers and
their sympathizers; they were at
first denied bail, later admitted to
s12,500 bail and now, during ap-
peal, are altogether denied bail
again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
Broach Orders Wage
Slash for Local No. 3

(Continued from Page Oae)
first and not the workers" and also
as a result of the close collabora-
ton between the officials of Local
3 and the bosses, speed-up and low
er wages are forced upon the
workers.
Breach For Less Wages.
H. H. Breach, "Little Caesar" of
the building trades, again comes to
the forefront with one of his
schemes to fool the workers. The
following is from an article by
Breach in the June issue of the
Journal of Electrical Workers and
Operators:
Each time the construction wage
scale advances justly it is likely to
mean less work for your members
on operating, maintenance, shop
and repair work in finished build
ings, plants, etc. Not only do you
lose this work-which means steady
iobs--but you get little of the al
teration and construction work that
follows. This is the result, because
this work is harder to control"
And further in the same article.
Breach asks the electrical workers.
But what are you to do about it !?
You know it's useless to demand
your top wage for this tyne of
work." my emphasis. To-
Refuse To Organize.
For many years the electrical
workers employed in operating,
maintenance, shop and repair work
in finished buildings, plants, ETC..
have been answered "No" when
they applied to the officials Of
Local 3 for organization. For years
the $4,000 alteration electrical
workers of Greater New York were
refused organization by the leader
ship of International Brotherhood
If Electrical Workers. Now "Bro-
Their" Breach tells us "this work is
hard to control"
With the sharp economic crisis
in the building trades industry, new
construction work offers less en-
nloyment to building trades work
ars this yeaJ than at any other
time in the/history of the building
trades.
BroacJ and the officials of Local
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
800 FLINT AUTO
WORKERS STRIKE
Fight Against Wage.
Cut; Speed-Up

DETROIT, June 25.--Auto work.
ers at the Flint, Michigan, Fisher
Body plant went on strike today
against the intensification of the
speed-up of the piece-work system
and big wage-cuts in three depart
ments. Over 500 workers are in
volved. The strike is under the
leadership of the Auto Workers
Union. The slogan of spread the
strike" is growing among the auto
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
SEAN O'CASEY'S IRISH PLAY
ON THE SCREEN.

The screen version of Sean
O'Casey's famous Abbey Theatre
stage play, "Juno and the Pay
cock" will have its American pre-
miere at the Cameo Theatre on
Friday.
Rated by the English press as
one of the great screen productions,
"Juna and the PaycocE" brings to
the Cameo a story of Dublin during
the revolution. 1t is very largely
a comedy in a setting of unrelent-
ing, inevitable, Greeklike tragedy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
Jewelry Workers Meet
Today on Organization

NEW YORK.-All jewelry work
ers, watch makers, all workers in
the precious metals, are called to
meet today at 6 p. m. at 1875 West
45th St., Room 5l2, by the Jewelry
Workers Industrial Union. En-.
ployed and unemployed should
come, to hear speakers on organiza-
ton drive of the union and take
part in discussion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
Dress, ClOakmakers'
Unemployed Meet

NEW YORK.--Dressmakers and
cloakmakers are called to meet to-
day at l p. III. at Bryant Hall 10
elect delegates of the unemployed
to the National Unemployment
Convention, July A and s in Chi.
cago. Unemployed workers in these
trades should all be there.
Further organization Of the job.
less in these trades will be taker
up and there will be speakers. The
meeting is called by the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
JObless Shoe Workers
Called to Meet Friday

NEW YORK.-There will be a
special membership meeting for the
Unemployed Council of the shoe
and leather workers tomorrow
morning at 16 West 21st st. All
members of the council must be
present as very important matters
will be taken up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26

The Columbia Finance Corpora
ton, which recently failed, was
formed and directed by Judge
Vause. 1t has robbed workers and
their families of 100000. Some
of these workers the judge plum
dered could neither read nor write.
Most of them spoke English poorly.
They were reached by circulars pub
lished in foreign languages and
urged to invest the savings which
they had shaved lifetime to earn.
Six poorly-clothed workers testified
that their life-savings had been
lost.
One of Vause's "high-pressure"
statesmen induced Esther Steinholtz
to invest all she had in the Column
bia Finance Corporation. The lost
the family savings of $4,000. When
on the stand she said; 81 see people
laughing. l don't see anything to
laugh about. 1t was money from
my sweat and blood they took"
The following extracts from court
testimony in the Vause case should
be of interest to the millions of job
less workers who, in the midst of
plenty, are starving to death in a
land where, in order to keep prices
up, food is dumped overheard and
organizers and working-class rep
resentatives are, for voicing the de-
mands of a rising proletariat. SER
wing long Jail. terms, facing cleo
trio chairs and denied the right of
fair trials.
"WeIl Make Big Money.
Cruso, Vause's right-hand man,
testified that the judge promised
his associates protection from the
state banking department. He was
told also by Vause (Cruso's testi-
mony): Get some spunk into you;
don't be a coward; we'll make big
money and get rich" In answer
to a doubt Cruso expressed: "That
will not be necessary. You just
start it. 1 know ways and means
to maneuver books in such a man.
ner that everything will be all
right" Again: "There is no need
to fear anything from that source,
l have pull there. -. Don't worry.
Don't be afraid. want to show
you how to make big money"
When people who had their money
at stake would grow skeptical of
the organization or seek informa-
ton pertaining to it, Judge Vause,
relying upon his ability to impress
them with his integrity, would say:
"Safe as the bank of England"
new branches opening all the
time" "the company will be one
of the biggest in the world" or
"the officers are fine men,"
The workers swindled by Vause,
an honorable judge of New York,
and the petty-bourgeois reduced to
proletarian status by his acts, now
have chance to fight in an or
ganized manner to release the vic
TINS of the New York judges and
police, to demand, through the I'm
employed Councils movement and
the National Unemployment Con-
vention in Chicago, work or wages
for themselves and the release of
their leaders serving three years
in New York: Foster, Minor, AM
ter and Raymond.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26

Our own age. the o0ur&eofs ages
In distinguished by this--that IL
has simplffi,u class antaEOnisrnR.
More and more. society f. splitting
mp into two great hostile camps
into two great and directly contra-
posed cIasSesi bOurgeoisie and pro-
Iefariaty-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26

Demand the release of Eos.
ter, Minor, Amter and Ray.
mond, in prison for fighting
for unemployment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations

Banquet.
For benefit of Daily Worker VIII
be held Saturday, June 2S at p. m.
at Boiish's Restaurant, 306S r. Third
St, Brighton Beach Auspices Brign-
ton Workers Club.
=. williamsburg LID.
Branch will hold strawberry fes-
tival to free all class war prisoners
Saturday, June 2S at 6SS Broadway,
entrance on Whipple St
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-26

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for The Daily Worker. Become a
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Communist Activities

Section 4.
VIII have election campaign work
every Thursday evening at p. m.
sharp. Sunday at 10 a. m. sharp at
Unit 1, Section z.
=, VIII have an open air meeting
Fifth Ave, Brooklyn.
Section 3.
Comrades must report the follow
ing days for election campaign work
Thursday, 60 p. M; Sunday, $50 a. m
Unit 3F, Section 2.
VIII have an entertainment for the
benefit of the Daily Worker on Sat-
urday, June 2S at 1851 Olinville Ave,
Bronx, at p: m.
Unit 13F, Section 2.
Will hold a house party for the
benefit of the Daily Worker at 1900
Bronx Park e., on Saturday, June rs
at p. M, apt. P 50.
Dance.
Down Town Y.CL will be held
Saturday June 2S at p. m. at &c
Union So. Admission 35 cents.
6.--Against wage cuts and speed.
up.
For mass violation of injunc.
tions.
S.--For mass picketing.
9.--For social insurance agains,
unemployment, disability, to be paid
for by the bosses and the govern.
ment and supervised by the workers
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
PROBABLE
RED SOXBOSS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. s.-Joe
Mccarthy may or may not sign
to manage the New York Yankees.
It's all the same to Bob Quinn,
owner Of the Red Sox, who in a
statement declared that the Bos-
ton club was no longer interested
in what Mccarthy did.
Quinn was angry because, he
said:
''The Boston club Is being
given the rum around by . man
who can't lake up his mind"
With Mccarthy out Of the pic
ture, Muddy Ruel loomed today as
the next Red Sox manager. Muddy
had the job all tied UP last year,
but Clark Griffith, of the Sena-
tors. wouldn't let him go.
This winter Ruel may make, the
proper arrangements and be. able
to take charge of the Red Sox at
any time Bob Quinn wishes.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
WILSON CHOSEN
BY WRITER'S

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8.-Lewis
r. (Hack) Wilson, barrel like
home-run slugger Of the Chicago
Cubs is the most valuable player
in the National League, the Base
base Writers Association of Amer
lea proclaimed last night. The
selection is unofficial, as the Ma
tional League discontinued the
custom last year.
Wilson grabbed the home-run
championship from Babe Ruth
this year, outSlugging the Babe
So to 49. This was also a nsaw
National League mark.
1t was the first time Hack had
been so honored, and he was
named over frankie FriSch, stellar
Card second baseman and can.
tain, and Bill Terry, Giants first
sack wizard. Wilson got 20 votes
out Of a possible 80. Complete
list:
Hack Wilson, Chicago. 7s, Frs,,,
Frisch. st. Louis. 64; Bill Terry. New
York, SS; Babe Herman, BROOKLYN, as:
Chuck Klein Phillies. SO: FS4ki Cuyler,
io"so' - Hlehh wright BROOKLYN,
q: Fred Lindstrom, New York, III:
Psui Waner, Pittsburgh, IA; Elwood
English, Chicago, 10; Al Lopez, Brook.
lyn, IL; Gabby Hartnett, CHICAGO 10:
Burleigh Crimes st. Louis, Q; Rabbit
Maranville. Boston, Q; Walter Berger,
Boston 8; Travis Jackon, New York
:; Gus Mancuso st. Louis. 6: Pat
Malone Chicago, 6; Taylor Doutbit
st. Louis, 4; Pie Traynor, Pittsbureh'
3; Charley Colbert, st. Louis, 2:
George Grantham, Pittsburgh, q: Raw
kremer Pittsburgh, 2; Dazzy Vance,
BROOKLYN /; Harry Heilmann, Cincin-
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
LIGHT ;.
.L.ASIES

At Boston-Jimmy Maloney,
Boston heavyweight, defeated
Primo Camera, Italy; 10 rounds.
At New York-Tony Caragliano,
New York lightweight, defeated
Billy Mcmahon, New York; 10
rounds.
Hubert Gillis, Belgian welter-
weight. and Emil Rossi, New
York, drew; 10 rounds.
At indianapolis Fields,
Chicago welterweight, knocked
out Tommy Jordan, New York:
three rounds.
At Los Angeles, Calif.-Al Fay,
Los Angeles, defeated Les Ken.
nedy, Long Beach Q0).
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
NA[ONEY WINS
OVER CARNERA

BOSTON, Oct. S.-Primo Car.
nera, the ambling Alp, is not o
knockout menace when he is con-
fronted with a nimble-footed and
reasonably courageous foe who
possesses some boxing ability.
This is the impression some
$4,000 Hub boxing fans had today
after watching Primo meet his
first American defeat last night
at the hands Of Jimmy .Maloney,
Of Boston.
Camera, with a 65-pound
weight advantage and almost
eight inches taller than Jimmy.
could not even knock down Ma
loney who has suffered knock
outs at the hands Of Jack
Sharkey, George Godfrey, Leo
Gates and Tom Heeney.
For all of Cameras %
American victories, ~ by
knockoutS, Primo found that
MaIoney wasn't the least bit
awed when the ening gong
sounded. Jimmy was uHi-
usually belligerent. He stood
up against the massive Italian
as though he felt sur" Of
winning.
In fact, after getting over the
first round Jimmie seemed to
get additional confidence and
fought back savagely. He ma
neuvered himself inside of Car.
nera's leads with greater fire.
quency, tented the big fellow
beautifully and made Primo miss
badly.
The defeat was disappointing
to Cameras retinue, as Bill
Duffy, ct al, last evening closed
with the Garden to have Primo
meet Stribling in Miami. Whether
Primo's failure to bring down his
Boston rival will cause any
change in these plans is unknown.
The fight was not the financial
success anticipated. Receipts were
$4,000. Cameras slice was $4O.-
600 and Maloney'S cut $4,000.
Carnera was a S to 2 favorite.
Carnera proved that he could take
it on the chin in his mix.up Just
as he did against George God
frey in Philadelphia, when he
was awarded the decision on a
foul.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
hanging around to lay against
anything whatsoever.

Finally, along about 2 o'clock
this morning when Colonel Riley
Wilson had asked everybody in
sight to meet his terms. he arose
very inc ly from the table,
and announced lis intentions Of
retiring to his hotel down the
street, before going, however, de-
string to borrow the slight sum
Of fifty cents from anyone to
pay for his taxicab.
Colonel Riley tells q story Of
Bad Eye Pete, Q very tough
negro up in his parts who had
the bad habit of interrupting
craps games by stepping up to
the gaming table, cOnfiScating
the dice and asking someone
around the board to s'give him
a shake" meaning to back; him
with money while he: rolled
the dice.
Being the toughest of his
type in CharleStown,, nobody
locally had the temerity, to
remedy Bad Eye Pete's, irnpo-
lite habits, but they finally
'::--1ported what was supposed to
be a much tougher customer
from the Ileighboring com.
munity Of Winchester. The
imported gorilla was planted at
the gaming table In anticipa.
ton Of Bad Eyes approach,
and sure enough, up stepped
Pete. grabbing the dice and
challenging: Somebody give
Bad Eye Pete a Shake!"
The decoy yanks q Colts
40 out Of his hip pocket and
declared: "Yas, sub, I'll give
you q shake that'n shake you,
down to your feet"
At which he pulled the trig-
ger and implanted q bullet in
Bad Eye Pete's forehead, just
between the eyes.
The bullet flattened out
about the shape of a r -.lf-dol.
lar, and Bad Eye Pete plucked
the piece from his flesh, and
throwing it on the gaming
board, shouted:
Fifty cents I shoots!"
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

top to bottom, or from top to Bot
tomley, if you prefer, its a game
club that will go down taking its
full! swing.
I have just been tanning with
some of the boys, including little
Wild Willie Hallahan, on whose
thin shoulders rests the burden
Of proof. If you think Wild Willie
lost any sleep last night over the
AS you're entitled to another
guess.
'It's just like pitching in bat
ting practice" he says. You
chuck it up there and if they hit
it they hit it, and that's that"
Compare this attitude with that
Of Rube Walberg, whom they
don't dare tell the night before
that he is due to pitch the next
day. When Mack took him out
Of Saturdays game in st. Louis
tears were streaming down Wal
berg's checks and his hands were
shaking as though he was palsied.
Yet I don't think ,Walberg is
any less game than Hallahan.
It's a difference of temperament.
Wild Will is a young man of
little imagination. The first
major league player he ever
faced was Hornsby. He struck
him out.
When he came back to the
bench he remarked: THAT
fellow stands too far from
the plate. What's his name?"
Burt Shotten told him Horns
BY" expecting him to turn pale
and gasp. He didn't. When
Hornsby came to bat again they
expected to see Hallahan lose
control or get the ball knocked
down his throat. He struck Rog
out again. He's that way.
Next to BurIeigh Grimes,
the stormy petrol Of the Ma
tiOnaI League, / think the
most interesting man In this
series has been Mr.. Mack.
I don't think he has a good
ball team, I'm roofing against
them, but I have a profound
respect for Connie. He is a
grand old gentleman and a
scholar with it, and at 68 he
doesn't pretend to know all there
is to know even about baseball.
He is, in other words, 68 and
still going wrong at times. Usually
a deep-dyed conservative, M C k
will plunge like a Pittsburgh Phil
or a Riley Grannen when occa-
sion demands it.
Such a gamble he took when
he derricked Earnshaw, who was
giving q flawleSs : performance,
for Q pinch hittenbtn the eighth
inning Of the last game Ia st,
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
K.O. Christuer Signed
To Meet Stribling
On October q

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 8.-K. o.
ChriStner and Young Stribling
win meet in a ring battle in
Newark, N. j.. October %, it
was announced today, following
the signing Of contracts here
last night.
The pair had been tentatively
scheduled to meet in Chicago
October "a under Nate Lewis,
but it was reported here today
that Lewis failed to obthtn
StTtbGng.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

F614LAOGbEk k14As Wv O.
Now and again you hear the
plant that baseball enthu-
siasm is dying out and that
times are not what they were
around the old paStime, but
I doubt this alleged condition
of affairs, and have q spe-
cific example in point.
Take the case Of Col. Riley
Wilson, who has taken his
baseball where he found it and
in his half century Of wander
ings has found time to locate
plenty. Colonel Riley, aS some
of you never knew, and some
have probably forgotten. is an
ambassador plenipotentiary
from the State of West Virginia
to the world at large. Just a
sort Of meandering delegate to
the highways and byplaces of
the globe from the great cenl-
monwealth Of Charlestown.
He knows every corner Of
every major league park and
he has spent much Of his 40
odd years acquiring this IA
niliarity, and 30 far as we
can see his baseball efferves-
cence doesn't seem to simmer
down In the slightest.
For instance, Colonel Riley
was seated in the guest parlor
of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel
where the baseball experts sit
and talk and MUNICH away at the
provender of the Shibes, Ben and
Tom, and all Colonel Riley
wanted to do was talk baseball.
Nobody else wanted to discuss
the game, for the men who
write of 1t don't care any too
much about chewing the fat
ton.
But Colonel Riley always led
the conversation back to base
ball. between the stories Of the
mountaineer life with which he
ever radiates. Now Riley's teel-
ingS about BASEBALL run very
strong indeed. This is a char
acteriStic of the West Virgin
ianS. whatever their feelings
might be, they are quite firm
and persistent about them.
Now Colonel Riley was .
young squirt when Gabby
Street was catching balls from
the Washington Monument and
from Walter Johnson'S strong
right arm and he formed q
great liking for the garrulouS
gabber. So quite naturally.
Colonel Riley's sentiments in
the 1880 world series have been
with the st. Louis Blues.
He made a right good wager
on st. Louis before the series
started and when the AS and
Cards came back here to re.
sumo hoStilitieS today, Riley was
still looking for someone to lay
him $1,000 to $3.50 against the
National Leaguers. To everybody
who approached the round table
where Colonel Riley, with his
yarns of the colored folks up
around CharleStown, was the
central figure, he asked II
they'd lay him 10 to 71a against
the Cards. He must have i'm
plored fifty people during last
evening to match q thousand
against his $3.50, but Of course
the newspaper men who
frequent the press parlor Of
any world series afe not the
kind to have O loose thousand
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Press Coop So High in Philly.
Writers Take Sandwiches
By BILL CORUM

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 8-The world series tourists
glad get back Shbe Park They wanted hear that
graphophone again before Tom shbe the needle
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
REYNOLDS IMPROVED

Outfielder Carl Reynolds, of the
Chicago White Sox, washington
Club players contend, was one OF
the most improved ball players In
the American League during the
east season,
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

Louis. Grove had pitched nine
frames the day before and, with
Earnshaw gone. Grove was all he
had. But the old man with
the scorecard didn't hesitate. lie
took the big chance, and lost
momentarily, for that eighth in.
ming rally failed to bring the run
for which both teams had been
fighting and praying,
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
AZTEC GRIDMEN LISTED

Aztec Gridmen. winners over
the Salb eleven yesterday. 29-l9,
play the same team Sunday on
the Gallaudet gridiron at o'clock,
For games with the Aztecs, call
Mike Gaslin, Lincoln 0137.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
ALMOST DOUBLE

Twenty years ago, less than 800
home runs were made In both
major leagues during the course
Of the season: in the past pen
nant chase. new world record
Of 1865 homers was set
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
GREAT MONEY PITCHER

While with the New York
Giants yearssago left-handed Art
Nehf was recA Agnized as baSebau's
greatest money pitcher