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form of charity" Charity!-
to demand, in the richest coun-
try in the world, the right to
Work or Wages" Charity,
where two million is spent by
its ruling class for ones after
moons yachting race-Enough
to supply eighty thousand work
ers' families with weeks
necessities, thrown away for the
pleasure of a few. To demand
the end of such waste is charity,
Charity it is, not to starve
quietly, taking care not to dis
turb the sleep and play-hours
If the Fords, RockefelIers and
Morgans. Charity, for Amer
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landlord has nothing else but
rent in mind
Some of the needle workers liv-
ing on the lower East Side ran
a close second to the Latin
American workers. So was the
case with most of the Italian
workers, whose stuffy rooms Of
ten looked like sweat shops, on
account of the house work the
women and children of Italian
workers are compelled to do, day
and night, mostly work for the
mems clothing manufacturers.
So the story ran from house
to house, a story of the condi
tons of the working class in the
richest city of capitalism. A pic
ture of cherries, miserable ex-
istence and of endless worry
about getting the few cents for
this existence, in a city where
the capitalists and their servants
are squandering thousands and
millions of dollars for Injuries.
for debaucheries.
1t was fortunate that although
members of our Party, through
this canvassing for signatures
came in close touch with the
working masses, as we'll as with
the enemies of the workers. This
experience will have a good eff
feet upon our membership and
will bring some good results in
the way of spreading Commu-
nism among the workers, in the
way of breaking through the
wall of lies and calumnies which
the capitalist press has put be-
tween the workers and the
Communists. And now, for fol-
lowing up this work, for getting
results, for piling up big
Red vote!
The German comrades have
shown the way. Good work
must bring results. "Wir greif-
fen en-, was the slogan of our
German comrades, 1--WE are on
the attack. Let US. be on the
attack, from now till election
day. "Wir greiffen an! The
attack is on!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
By PAUL NOVICK

Nearly SU,UUU signatures al
ready collected by the members
of the Communist Party in the
various districts of Greater New
York, ten times that many
peope approached. Hundreds Of
thousands!
Communists 2"
The well-fed woman that an
swered the bell was taken aback.
Here they are, Reds, in person,
asking HER to "sign up" for
their candidates! What affront-
cry!
The g,rl-comrade was right.
She knows. This is not the first
time she is going out for sig
natures. She could tell from the
appearance of the house what
chances will be. This house did
not look like a place where
workers could afford to live. Too
clean, too well kept. Rent must
be high here.
At the Doors of the Enemy
mo use, bourgeois, or petit
bourgeois people,, she told her
companion, they will not sign.
eyes, it looks that way" he
agreed.
But the comrades went up the
stairs, starting from the top
floor down. They did not want
to skip any house. Besides, let
them" know that the Commu-
nists are campaigning.
Doors started to bang.
"No, no, mol"
eve are democrats!"
Most of the time the door
banged without the party on the
inside uttering a word. Some
times that party would nervously
put the door chain on and listen
breathlessly to find out WHETHER
the Reds are retreating. "Po-
lite" business men, or Greenwich
NllldSSlD WOulu dlloWGIs
'Not to-day, some other time"
One Villager was in a dilema.
To sign, or not to sign, that is
the question! Some hidden
"sympapthies" were fighting for
signing. But, she was afraid to
Commit" herself. Besides, she
does not bother about politics at
all. No, she won't sign. Very
very sorry. "Wish you success"
Religious objections on Sum
days., threats of arrest (where
policeman would be living),
scornful looks. The comrades
did not get discouraged. They
knew they are knocking at the
door of the enemy. But they
would get tired, up and down,
five flights, six flights. Not one
proletarian apartment, not one
signature. Hot. Hard to climb
these flights.
Climbing was MUCH easier on
the dark slippery stairs of the
neglected tenement-house. The
comrades were among OUR peo-
pie!
Campaigning in the Tenements
Communists 2" E. :.
"Oh, yes, the fellows of the
demonstrations on Union Square?
Sure!'
They were both unemployed.
Two men. Greek workers they
were, | think. Laborers. They
were sitting at bare table, in
corner of their tiny "front-
ROOM. There was helplessness
in their voices at first sight. The
sight of Communists cheered
them up.
eyes, | know the Communists
from the old country" one of
them boasted in broken English.
His colleague who spoke a bet
ter English and is citizen
the petitions. But they would
not let their comrades go away
Immediately. They wanted tc
talk. Here is somebody they can
talk to!
No work. Trying all kinds of
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ents' posters replaced overnight
wherever possible.
Workers Fight for a Soviet
Germany

"iSA WV PSSSibAN'
Workers Fight for a Soviet
Germany
Out into the country the cam
paign was carried also. Every party
unit adopted number of villages,
and every industrial district adopted
country district, which was visited
every weekend by trucks packed
full with workers and by the Red
Cavalry, distributing and selling Ii
terature, holding improvised and
larger meetings, visiting every
house in the village and talking to
the workers and poor peasants per-
sonally, establishing new contacts
and forming party nuclei. For the
very reason that this Granddaughter
tation" is highly important work
and also proving very fruitful, the
fascist fought it wherever they
could in the most terroristic man.
ner. The landowners, knowing what
they will loose if their workers were
to throw off their exploiters, the
fascist did not stop before any sort
Of violence, not even before murder
in order to keep Communists away
from them. There has been no week
end that passed without serious
clashes between workers and fas-
cisti. (This reminds us somewhat
Of the situation in the South OF
the United States.) Sometimes
these clashes took the form OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20

keep it and use it to get tennis
shoes to go to school in. Then il
he gets job some place he would
buy me a pair of shoes to go to
school in in the winter.
Comradely yours,
NELLIE NAREVICH.
Salem Depot, N. H.
Dear Comrades:
I am sending you the answer to
your puzzle. Here, in Lawrence,
work is slack. Most people work
only one or two days week. When
people enter the mill to get job
the boss says,-"there is no work
for you'll" 1t is bad that the work
ers' conditions are that way. But
that ID because the boss wants
more profits.
I live on the farm and haven't
time to write any more because all
summer we were making hay and
now in the fall we have lots of
work too.
Walton Tusen
Syracuse, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Readers:
A series of Open-Air meetings
we're held in Syracuse. Two of
these meetings were held near our
block. The speakers spoke on un-
employment. Both meetings were
successes. Most of the people SYM
pathized with these speakers but
the trouble is that some Of them
are still afraid to fight for their
rights. They still think somebody
- TO provide their fs ally with
food and work without fighting for
it.
The conditions in Syracuse are not
at u favorable. Many shops have
been closed and work is still drop
ping. Workers are roaming the
streets looking for jobs but with
out success. On our block they
come and ask for food but when
they come to our our house they get
an answer like this--"why don't
you organize and ask the govern
ment to provide you with work or
wae-a~"
Ruth Parybus--12 years old
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Pioneer Corner

Dear Comrades:
We are now back to school
again after our summer vacation.
My father who works in the mines,
has been out of a job for MANY
weeks.
have worked for three weeks
down Tamauqua, which is not far
from Coaldale for Mrs. Sweeney.
] had to do all the housework ex-
cept cooking, and I also took her
little boy out in his carriage every
day. l had only received four
dollars week and my father told
me to ask her for five dollars.
When / did ask her she told me
that it was too much and that
she could get many girls who
would work for SO a week.
l didn't even get enough to eat
from Mrs. Sweeney. Sometimes
| would only have small sand
witch and a small cup of coffee for
dinner. One day when she fried
eggs she didn't give me a whole
one, but she took piece off. One
day when I told her that l did not
get enough to eat she said to
me that she thought didn't even
get that much at home, because
we were very poor. | told her
that when | work hard ] need
enough to eat. She then got mad
and told me that ] know how to
answer her and she told me to go
home where | will eat.
Now | will have to close my
letter.
ANN BORETSXY.
Napavine, Washington.
Dear Comrades:
My father has no work and he
has to work at home now, ! heir
him. One day when we were
eating dinner he started to cry
We asked him why he was cry
ing and he said that he was
worrying because school was going
to start and we had no shoes.
told him that I had earned one
dollar and that would give It to
him. He said that one dollar
wasn't much. Dad said ] should
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Sacramento, Calf.

Comrade Editor
Six hundred cannery workers
here have just been gypped out of
their wages when the California Co.
operative Packers Co. filed bank
ruptcy. An article in the Sacra-
mento Union states that most of
these workers depended on the
meagre wages from week to week,
and being s late in the canning
season that the most Of them are
faced with starvation and hard
winter ahead.
More Tricks.
Another trick of the bosses.
Over 70 per cent of these workers
are women with families that are
depending on them for support.
These workers have learned a
damn good lesson. We must now
get on the job and line them up
in the only workers organization,
the Trade Union Unity League.
Conditions Bad.
Conditions on the skidroad here
are rotten. Employment sharks
stand outside their places shouting
for slaves. Wages in the fruit har-
vest are he worst in many year.
Prune pickers, 6 cents a box, have
your own camp outfit, too; pear
pickers, z cents box, own outfit
Workers are becoming uneasy
about these rotten conditions and
will be right with us in the next
demonstration. Yours for a work
ers' and farmers government.
Il OR
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Oakland, Calf.

oakland, CALI.
Editor Daily WORKER
Received your letter of recent
date and thanks for the invitation
to write again soon. I'll do that
now.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
.ATI4TTON'S BIG PROGRAM

A couple of years ago the aviation in
dustry was confidently looking forward
to the day when airplanes would be as
common as automobiles. 1t was freely
predicted that in a comparatively short
time the ordinary citizen would own
plane and would fly about the country in
it as freely as he now travels about in his
automobile.
Now, however, it begins to be apparent
that this forecast was trifle too optlmis-
tic Aviation continues to make gains, of
course, and the growing popularity of
commercial air transport lines is strik-
ing phenomenon but the goal that was
evisioned two years ago remains far dis
tant, with no prospect that it will come
appreciaby nearer during the next two
years.
William 3. Stout, the famous Detroit
airplane manufacturer, thinks that the
aviation industry itself is chiefly to
blame. In recent speech he declared:
Things are going to be different. We
are going to fix it so that a man can take
a couple of lessons on Friday and fly his
plane home on Monday"
To our notion Mr. Stout has put his
finger squarely on the main point at Is
sue. The airplane has not yet attained
the dusOIHODlle PoPuidiity OSN"o'N 40 i''
so much more complicated than the auto
mobile 1t is perfectly true that ride in
plane piloted by licensed pilot is safe
enough for anybody; but it takes many
months of hard training to produce sucn
a pilot. and the average citizen simply
cannot spare the time and money to put
himself into that classification.
That is the thing that keeps aviation
from reaching the mark its leaders so re-
Gently looked forward to. The automo-
bile labors under no such handicap Any
man can buy one, take two Or three les
sons in driving and then go gaily off IN
his purchase; and if he uses reasonable
care the process is not dangerous to hlm
or to anyone else.
When the aviation industry develops
plane that can be flown that easily and
that safely-when, as Mr.. Stout says, "a
man can take couple of lessons on Fri
dav and fly his plane home on Monday
then the industry can prepare for boom
similar to the one the auto industry has
enioyed. But the boom won't come be-
fore then.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
LAWS ON WAGES
BEING ENFORCED
BY STATE OFFICE

The San Diego and Imperial Valley
offices of the State Division of Labor
Statistics and Law Enforcement has
Statistics and Law Enforcement
have been especially active during
California semi-monthly pay day
law, according TO a report lust for
warded by Stanley NJ Cue deputy
in charge for San Diego and lmper-
ial counties, to Walter G. Mathew
son, chief of the division.
In an effort to provide for the
prompt and regular payments OF
wages to California s workers, the
legislature has strengthened inc
semi-monthly pay day law at eaeh
session during the past few wears
The wage law now provides for two
penalties against employers..who do
not pay their help regularly. One
penalty is $40 fine for each pay
day skipped by the employer, which
is collected directly by the labor
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
VALLEY FOLKS
TO SEE PLAY
AT ESC0NDID0

Many lmpeial Valley persons will
spend this week end on trips to the
coast which will include visits to
San Diego county's mission play,
"Fclicita", to be given at Escondido
ON May so. 81 and June |. 7 and s.
The El Centre Chamber of Com
merce has been Informed that the
best route for the valley people to
take is by San Diego. leaving that
city through the Sixth street eXtens-
ion to Camp kearncy highway, The
Bowl is situated about two miles
south of EScondido on the main In
land boulevard and there is ample
parking space close to the Bowl, this
information states. The seats and
stage are under the shehering shade
of large live oak trees and the
roads will be well posted for con
venience of visitors.
"F'elicita," is an epic OF the bat
tie of San Pasual, based on actual
fact and is the story of the romance
of the daughter of an Indian chief
and one OF the soldiers IN kcarny'S
force, with the early history Of Cal
ifornia dramatically woven into the
plot.
4 number of the members of the
Imperial Valley Pageant Society
plan to attend one of the perform
anccs of "Fcheita" for the purpose
of studying the setting and staging
in connection with plans for the I'm
perial Valley Pageant, which will be
given here next November. The SO
cietv members feel that much can
be gained by visiting other pageants
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
THE PRESIDENT TALKS

Those of us who were too busy to do it
yesterday, should take time today or to-
morrow, to read the Presidents Memoir
ial Day address, given at Gettysburg yes
terday and then file it away so that 1t
can be read on future Memorial Days, or
at other times throughout the year.
It is not likely that Mr.. Hoover's adj
dress, given at the same spot, will be-
come an American classic, as did the
Gettysburg speech of the martyred Pres
ident, for it would have to be secondary
to that speech and seconds are doomed to
obseurity
But there is plea for strengthening
of spirituality throughout the Presidents
speech that is applicable 20 practically
all of us. The President did not partlc-
ularIy mean religious spirituality, al
though the inference is there, but he did
specifically mean patriotic spirituality,
which is in sore need of Strengthening
these days.
There is too much of scoffing against
the government and its laws; against the
old traditions that have come down to US
from the days Of Washington and Lin
coin; too much emphasis being placed on
the rights of the individual, and too little
on his duties; too much leaning toward
the freedom and isms' of the radical and
and too much shirking from the steadtast
ideals of the men and women who suffer
ed and toiled that nation might be built
for Us of today to enjoy.
For all too many of US, patriotism Is
thin veneer, showing itself in applauding
the flag when it is shown on the screen
vet feeling ashamed of ourselves If sight
of the flag should bring tears to our eyes:
Patriotism is not something h
should be shown spasmodically on Men,
orial Day. Fourth of July and similar oc-
casions and be forgotten when the income
tax report is being made out, or we get
an opportunity to buy some ''pre-war
stuff.
The President said great deal IN
few words 1t is simple, direct plea
for greater loyalty to our country ana
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

commissioner. The other penalty IS
the misdemeanor fine which the
criminal court may assess II the or
fender is brought into court.
.'During the past year, Cue re-
ports. "the San Diego and III Cen
tro offices of the labor department
have collected several thousand dol
lars in these penalties for violation
of the semi-monthly pay day law.
Sometimes these fines amount to
quite a sum, as if an employer OF
10 men skips two or three pay days
the penalty amounts to 800 for
each pay day. These fines are for
warded BY our department to the
state treasurer
Because of these vigorous prose
eutions, complaints for violations OF
the labor laws are steadily decreas-
ing III this district, according to
Cue,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
To Make Chute
Jump At Airport

Percy Miller. we'll known onc-lcg-
gcd parachute jumper. who demon
stratcd his ability in this line at the
lmpcriai County Fair, will give AN
exhibition of parachute jumping at
Imperial County Airport tomorrow
afternoon between 4 and pm.
Miller, who is an eX-servlcc man,
having lost his leg while with the
A.E.F.. will jump from plane pl-
loted by Roy Pembcrton. local avi-
ator, who is IN instructor ut San
Diego.
The public is invited to attend the
exhibition which will be thrilling
us well as interesting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
Valley Shipments

Cantaloupe s,irn'ents for the sea-
son have passed the 5000 mark. the
total to date being 5,464, ycstcr.
days shipments amounting TO 2s9
divided as follows: Westmorland
So; Calipatria, 3; Brawlev, la0;
Imperial, 9; FL Centre, 81: Hcbcr.
u; Calexico, -; Fonda, /; Turn. 4;
Seeley, 81 and Holtvillc, 3.
Watermelons are also moving well.
the Southern Pacific Company re,
ports nine ears of Klondvkes having
been shipped from the valley ycstcr,
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

those interestec in dairy farming
tq be present at Wednesday IS lunch.
con to be held at the Barbara Worth
hotel at ~ O'Clock noon. II is hi,
desire that the agricultural popula-
tion Of Imperial county should in
terest Itself IN The obicctives Of
the chamber Of commerce and the
work which that body is endeavor-
ing to do in the interest of farm.
ing in Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
Veterans Invited
To Church Service

Union Memorial day services are
10 be held at II O'Clock tomorrow IN
the First Presbyterian church when
veterans of the Civil, the Spanish
American and the World wars are
invited to be the guests of the first
Presbyterian, the Methodist Episeo-
pal and the State Street Christian
church at their JOINT worship.
Rev. John s. 4. Gum OF the Firsa
PRESBYTERIAN church will deliver the
Memorial address, s'Lest We For
GET and Il special program OF mu-
sic in keeping with the day will be
presented, the program to include
vocal solos by Mrs. Hugh 7. Os'
borne and s. P. Holiday, and cor
net solos by Fred Heald. Mrs. +. W.
Connolly will be pianist.
The general public, and especial
" strangers in the city, are given
q special invitation to join in Thcse
Memorial day services.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
Looking Backward
Imperial Valley for this Date
What The Press Files Tell Of
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Mar 81 101Q


With just 30 years past since the
break ing out of the Civil war. there
was number OF veterans IN the
great conflict. members Of Imperial
Post, Grand Amy o. the Republic,
=, aattendahce at the memorial day
services and at t;- cemetery, where
the graves. of "A number of veterans
of that war and of the Spanish
American war werc decorated.
The GeI Sherwood colts around
the valley are causing their owners
to look vile. The, s:e all bi. nice
colts and ldok raey.
l.. l.. Reese of Fortuna, Calf, is
in Imperial and may invest in val
ley lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
OIL PRODUCTION BOOSTED

MEXICO CITY, May 81. U.e)-
Mexican petroleum production for
the first four months of 1880 total
led approximately 10,00o,00o bar
rels, the Mexican industry depart
ment announced today. The figure
is 300, 900 barrels above that FOR the
same period last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

Opening the northern branch of
the Lincoln Highway from the At
lantic to the Pacific, the route be.
tween Sacramento and placerville
will be ready for touring Saturday.
according to n report issued by the
touring bureau of the Automobile
Club of Southern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

its traditions; for the charity, tolerance
and forbearance of Lincoln and renew
al in all of us of the faith in his country
which the Civil War chief showed most
in the darkest hours of his administra-
tion
Read it. and read it again.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
TEN YEARS AGO
Nav 81, 1922

Cement and steel are laid out "a
long the road around the Saltou sea
that is to connect the ends of the
Brawley-lndio road, according to j.
A. West, who drove from Los An.
gcles to Brawley this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Nav 81 1915

The last day of school was cele'
brated at Eucalyptus school Fri
day night BY large crowd of the
pupils and their parents who partici-
pated in j social time, in which the
serving of ice cream and cake was
an important feature.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

Among those who made the trip
to Laguna mountain, north of Cam
po, yesterday were Chief Engineer
lockwood, President Hamilton of
the Imperial Irrigation district; Ray
Edgar, Secretary Place of the I'm
pcrial Valley Chamber of Commerce,
and others. y delegation of San
Diego men is to be met at Campo
this morning. and the trip will he
made together to the top of the
mountain, where it is planned to cs-
tabliSh a summer resort.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
Electrical Contradictory. H. Hannal

installations Of power and light. Affiliated with
California Electrical Board and carry out all work
according to "Red-Sea" specifications Plans and es
Inmates furnished Office at Schmtt Radio Store,
l125 Main. Phone 94S. Soy
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

may be carefully planned and sue
cess may crown it from the first
presentation.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

The San Bernardino County Fam
will again be held ut Vietorville. on
October 9-12.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight aud Sunday with
moderate temperature.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31

were in their house. where = tboi
eats'' barked the dog.
"Mew! New! Newt, sono ,be
bird just like pussy. "
And that dog was so exc;tod RIM,
ming up and down, trying 10 f;nd ,ha u
eat when WASN'T there that h q
didn : know what TO do. And then
all of a Sudden, the bird flew or out
Of the bush calling: "Mew, uo,~, "~,
Newt '"
"Ha! Tia. Who 90. eao,oa,,t
laughed Uncle Wiegiiy aod ,vg'eu, ~
dog was so ashamed Of himself that
never again did he chase any emf, cats
up q tree. go
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-31
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Fair tonight and Sunday: normal
temperatdre; moderate west and
northwest winds on coast.