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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
CASTONIA FIRST
FOR new PAPER
Communist Southern
Worker" Is Hailed

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug 49,
The first subscriber to the Southern
Worker, new Communist weekly for
the South, is a worker of Gastonia,
N. c., scene of the historic textile
strike last year.
81 sure am glad that we will now
have a paper about our own people
and conditions down here" the first
subscriber writes.
SIN Gastonia Here we are going
to have a speaking the 29rd, which
will be the first speaking we have
had here since last year.
''The great number of workers
who are out of jobs here help the
workers to realize that it is only
through our unions and the Com
munist Party that we have any hope
Of getting steady work and better
conditions"
In Center of Reaction.
The first issue of the Southern
Worker, published from Birming-
ham, Ala, black core of Southern
reaction, and dated August 16, has
already been widely distributed at
Charlotte, N. c.; Bessemer City,
N. c.; Birmingham, Ala; Chatta-
nooga, Tenn; New Orleans, Hous-
ton, Texas and other Southern cit
les and mill villages. The workers
are receiving it with open hands at
the factory gates, at street meet
ings, at their houses and in the
villages.
The issue just published is a
sample copy and is meant as an in
PRODUCTION to the workers and farm
ers of the South. The first regular
issue will be published August 80,
and the Southern Worker will ap-
pear regularly every week after
that. The prices have been made
especially low so that workers can
afford to buy it regularly, at 2
cents a copy, or subscribe at 81
year or so cents a half year. The
address is Box IS, Birmingham,
Ala.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
PARTY PRESS
BAZAAR, OCT. 2 TO 5

The National Communist Press
Bazaar Of the Daily Worker and the
Morning Freiheit will be held this
year in Madison Square Garden and
will show more than ever the unity
of the working class and its soli-
darity.
Workers from all over the country
should send in their contributions
in the form of useful articles.
Groups of workers and working
women should arrange small affairs
for the purpose of collecting ma
terial to be sent to the bazaar. The
chief characteristic of this years
bazaar will be the selling of useful
articles to tn eworkers which were
contributed by the workers them
selves.
The bazaar will popularize the
press of the working class and in
crease the circulation of the Daily
Worker.
Make this annual National Press
Bazaar ringing answer to the
Fish Committee Investigating"
Communism in the United States
and preparing the ground for an
attack on the Communist press.
Help make this bazaar a mighty
blow against this attack of the Fish
Committee and the bosses generally
when they reconvene again in the
fall to complete their "investiga-
tion." Form united front confer
ences of all working class groups
and committees at workers shops
an factories. Invite individual
willing workers to participate in
this conference. Set up your COM
mittees and begin your work of
sending in material Immediately to
the National Press Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Joe Cooks First Film Merry
Farce Riot at the Globe

One of the most satisfying films
that has reached US in long time
is "Rain or Shine" with Joe Cook,
now at the Globe Theatre. The only
regret is that he has not entered
the film field before, for by not
doing so, he hes derived us of
many a joyful moment. By the
above it is easy to guess that Cook
has more than made the grade.
Grain or Shine" is a riot of fun
from beginning to end.
Cooks first film effort is based
upon the play of the same name in
which he was starred in. In adapt
ing it for the screen Columbia Pic
lures omitted the musical angle and
turned it into straight, honest to
goodness farce comedy with several
we'll situated dramatic sequences.
In addition to Cook, others in the
cast are Louise Fazenda, William
Collier, Jr., Joan Peers and his two
stage cronies, Tom Howard and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
$40 WAGE NOW At
BRIGGS AUTO CO,
Workers Must Fight
This By Organizing
(By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich. - The Briggs
Manufacturing Co. laid US all off
for three weeks and when we came
back to work, they gave us so much
work on piece rate doing 8 hours
for only a little over So. This would
make it come to about 33 cents an
hour. l have one piece work record
for 8 hours, which amounts to $2.66,
another for $4.8S and 10 hours for
$4.06.
The first day after we came back
we worked 10 hours, and some made
So, some 81 and some SIS. The
whole department is working 8
days, making $40 or $11 a week.
Family men have to support their
families on this, and they say we
have the biggest prosperity, for
$40 week.
We come to work one day 6 hours,
one day II, ID and 6 hours. We
used to have day work, now they
ask nothing and if we do not make
the amount we get nothing for it..
If you go to the foreman he says
Don't you like it? Go ahead and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

The German Communist Party is
in the midst of a tremendous cleo
ton campaign. On September IS
general elections will take place in
Germany for seats in the Reichstag.
Meanwhile, there is a dictatorship
under Article As, headed by Herr
Bruening, finance minister.
A wireless from the International
Press Correspondence to the Daily
Worker today states;
"Comrade Thaelman spoke today
in Hanover to overcrowded election
meetings. The Hessian ministry
has prohibited the Communist Party
election demonstrations"
With thousand of workers being
thrown on the streets every day
the unemployment situation grows
worse. The official figures admit
2,770,O00 jobless. The German Com
munist Party proves there are in
reality well over 100000 voorhees,.
The economic crisis deepens every
day.
New fascist alliances have taken
place. The fascists, headed by
Adolph Hitler, of the Steel Hell
NETS, and DR.. Alfred Hugenberg,
are especially active. On many oc-
casions there have been severe
clashes between Communists and
fascists. The major feature of the
elections is the struggle of the Com
munists against the fascists. The
social-democratic party in its CAM
paign is aiding the development of
the fascist forces.
The social-democrats have been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
ALL. WORKERS
Give LID. FLOOR
Defeat Rea ctio airy
Officials

SEATTLE, Aug. 18.-On Aug. 8,
the secretary of the International
Labor Defense, A. Frommer, spoke
to the members of the Cooks and
Assistants Local No. SO, American
Federation of Labor, which meets
at 1917 First Ave-, Seattle, on the
second floor. She sent in her red
entail, asking for the floor. A we'll
organized group of reactionaries,
members of the Central Labor Coun-
Gil, tried to prevent this but the
rank and file members of the local
wanted to hear about the Interna-
tional Labor Defense.
The secretary of the LID. spoke
or the work of the LID; some of
the big outstanding cases handled
by the LID, about the need of
strong defense organization to COM
bat the growing terror of the bosses.
The workers listened attentively.
This shows that workers in the
American Federation of Labor want
to hear about the International La
Dor Defense but the officials put all
kinds of obstacles in the way. A
few weeks ago, the reactionary Of
ficials refused the floor to the rep
resentatives of the LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Socialist Leader HI as
Only Praise For Cops

READING, Pa, Aug. 18.--James
4. Maurer, socialist councilman of
this city, addressed the convention
If the Fraternal Order of Police just
ended here, and openly aligned him
elf and his party with the men who
)lackjac club, arrest and frame-up
he militant workers. The socialist
>arty here and elsewhere and the
leading socialist administration has
been united with the police against
he workers for long time, but it
seldom comes out in such an open
admission as Maurer made in his
3peech. He said:
"Since | have been in city hall
| have been drawn close to our city
police force and am proud of it. The
contempt ! had for cops when ! was
Young has changed into a real adj
niration for the men who upheld
he law"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
CARPENTERS GET
SLAVE CONTRACT
Philadelphia Conference Adopts
Compulsory Arbitration

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. l8.
The district conference of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America (A.F.L.)
dominated by Allen of the national
executive board of the union and by
a representative of the U. S. de-
partment of labor, has sold out the
carpenters here to a five-year slave
contract, which provides for the AS
hour day and compulsory arbitra-
ton, with wages of 80 cents an
hour.
A representative of Local 1851
made a motion to adopt the 44-hour
week with one-year contract and
without arbitration. He pointed out
that the situation was excellent now
for fight, and that the shorter
working day would give employment
to many Of the unemployed in Phila.
delphia. He showed how the labor
department man and the represen-
tative of the national office were
eager to keep the carpenters from
struggle, and were not for the in
terests of the men.
After heated discussion, during
which both Allen and the bosses
government agent defended the con-
tract and threatened the carpenters,
the five-year, long hours and no
strike agreement was adopted by
g to II.
The Trade Union Unity League
calls on all carpenters to join its
Building Trades League, to organize
rank and file committees on each
job and to fight the long hours and
any wage cut or compulsory arbitra-
ton in spite of the treacherous Of
ficials of the penters union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
SEAMEN'S UNION SHIPS
MEN OUT At SCAB WAGE

NEW YORK.--The international
Seamen's Union is shipping men
right from the union hall for scab
wages. Men pay $3.50 month
dues to Andy Furuseth's outfit for
the privilege. The LS.U. then,
scabbing on the shipping masters
also (for to a shipping master a
man does not have to pay any dues)
sends men to Moore Mccormick
line and others for $50 a month.
The shipping board wage is $62.50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN
GEhMANY SHARPENS AS
UNEMPLOYED INCREASE
Communist Party Carries On Active Election
Campaign Big Crowds Hear Speakers
Fascists Further Bloody Attacks On Toilers;
Want to Keep Up Dictatorship

trying to help the bosses out of the
present crisis by proposing wage
cuts for all workers. They support
the Young Plan and the placing of
the burden on the backs of the work
ers.
The fascists are attacking the
Young Plan, from a nationalist and
impefialist viewpoint, hailing the
recent bid for alliance offered by a
section of the British capitalists in
a suggestion for revision of the
Young Plan. They want the Young
Plan revoked to aid the German
bosses and their imperialist adj
vancement.
The Communist Party points out
that capitalism in Germany and
throughout the world is in a severe
crisis; that the conditions Of the
workers grow worse. They demand
the smashing of the Young Plan,
because it puts the burdens entirely
on the backs of the workers. They
demand an extension of the unem-
ployment insurance measures and
more adequate relief. Mobilization
is going on against the fascist
bands who are becoming more ag-
gressive in their attacks on the
workers.
Meanwhile, talk from official
sources show that President Won
Hindenberg and Herr Bruening pro-
pose to continue the dictatorship
under Article AZ, in the event the
bourgeoisie cannot obtain strong"
parliamentary majority in the next
elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Today in History of
the Workers

August 10, 1867 National
Labor Union organized in Chi
cagO. 1S75-Unity convention of
German socialist Organizations at
Gotha. 1917 - James Rowan,
secretary of northwestern LW.W.
arrested without warrant by
soldiers to block general strike.
1918-14,000 London tramway
and omnibus workers struck for
equal pay for women and men.
1922-30,O00 Hungarian metal
workers struck. 1923-General
strike in Athens and other Greek
cities; martial law declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
MIND GIVES WAY UNDER
INHUMAN STRAIN.

PITTSBURGH.--The mind Of
girl, who for 10 years has been en-
ployed in a department store here,
supporting her invalid father on the
huge salary Of S1s a week, snapped
completely under the strain of being
told continually that she might be
laid off.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
MANY ARRESTS
IN CHICAGO
Try to Prevent Sacco
and Sept. l Meets

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 16 by
MaiD THE police are increasing
their efforts to shatter workers
protest by mass arrests and intimi-
dation of the workers, and are try
ing in vain to prevent by terror the
huge Sacco-Vanzetti and Unemploy-
ment Day Demonstrations scheduled
here.
On August II, at regular meet
ing of the Unemployed Council, not
mass meeting, held at 900 South
Paulina Street, in Chicago, detec-
tives arrived and refused to leave
when requested. At about 9 p. m.
they went out, only to return with
a patrol wagon and arrest eight Of
the workers taking part in the
meeting.
A. Camera, Al Parker, Ed Jem-
inez, Wallace Gibson, Raymond,
Fantl, and two other workers whose
names were not secured, are being
held at the detective bureau for
investigation.
On the same day, in Cicero, Hi
nois, Joe Dallett was arrested for
speaking at a factory gate meet
ing before the Western Electric
plant. He is being held on $500
property bail, secured by the Inter-
national Labor Defense.
Crowd of 5000.
Previous to these arrests street
meeting in Chicago, held at the
corner of Belmont and Wilton AYES,
resulted in the arrest of II work
ers, when the policies attempt to
dispense a crowd of 5000 met with
resistance. Those arrested were
held from Saturday night until
Sunday night without booking; then
bail was set at $400 for each.
On August 18th, the trials re-
suited in the dismissal Of six. Nick
and Joe Barta, Arthur Johnson, AL
bert Pierre, Henry Holman, and
Marcus Dahl, were charged with
unlawful assembly, violation of city
ordinance, and sedition, and exorbi-
tant balls have been set which
range from S1,400 to $4,400 each
The police station claims to have
sent these defendants to Cook
County, but the International Labor
Defense representative was unable
20 locate any of the arrested work
ers there.
The Chicago Sacco-Vanzetti dem
onstration will be held August 90 al
3 p. m. at Peoples Auditorium, 2457
West Chicago Ave, and will be pre-.
eded by seven preparatory open all
meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
WORKERS REUSED
T Q FURY over
IND. LYNCHINCS
Protest M e etin g S in
Middle West

CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-Under the
leadership of the American Negro
Labor Congress thousands of Negro
and white workers in the Middle
West were modified last week in
the nationwide working class pro-
test against the Marion double
lynching and the bosses lynching
terror generally.
In this city, workers packed Odd
Fellows Hall, 1886 South State
Street Thursday evening, August
IA, and accepted unanimously a
resolution denouncing lynching and
calling upon Negro and white work.
ers to organize self-defense squads
against the lynching of Negro
workers.
Speakers at this meeting included
Phil Frankfield, T. U. U. L. organ
izer; N. A. Allen, field organizer of
the A. N. L. c.; Lydia Bedell, from
the Communist Party.
At Indiana Harbor, Ind, two hun
bred Negro and white workers
Joined in a street meeting to pro-
test the lynchings in Marion, Ind.
Sol Harper was the main speaker,
together with a representative from
the Young Communist League.
At Harmon, Ind, a large crowd
filled Workers Hall, and pledged
full-hearted support to the A. N. l..
c. fight on lynching.
At Gary, Ind, another large
crowd of workers pledged support
to the fight.
Indianapolis workers expressed
their protest by packing City Audi
forum, and supporting the call for
the organization of self defense
corps of white and Negro workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
1874 Railway Workers
Were Killed in 1928

WASHINGTON, D. Con rail-
roads with operating revenues of
81 900, 900 a year or over 394 men
were killed in 1928 and 19,051 were
injured, according to reports of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Boston TUUL Calls
Special Board Meet

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 18.-The
Trade Union Unity League Bureau
has decided to call special 7. U.
U. L. enlarged executive board
meeting. The meeting is to take
place Saturday, August %, at 3
D. m. at % Harrison Ave, Boston,
Mass.
All members take notice, don't
fail to come. This meeting will
take up the building of the unem-
ployment movement and the role of
the T. U. U. L. in the election cam
paign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Strike Against Wage.Cutsi
Demand Unemployment Insurance
SOCIALISTS BOOST &c. E.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Aug. IS.
The whole back page of "The
Citizen" socialist party paper in
this city, is taken up with an article
by the General Electric publicity
man, c. M. Ripley, giving details of
his employers fake unemployment
relief plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

quit" The biggest wages are from
so to IS cents an hour, the jobs
which used to pay 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

Demand the release of Fos-
ter, Minor, Amter and Ray.
n0Nd, in prison for fighting
for unemployment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

Strike against wage-cuts; de-
mand social insurance,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

Support the Daily Worker Drive
Get Donations! Get Subs!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Labor and Fraternal
Notice!

Notice!
All workers organizations, trade
unions sports clubs should make it
their habit to announce their meet
ings and activities in this column
Make it a guiding post where the
workers can look for meetings and
other revolutionary social announce
ments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Notice!

Advertise your unit meetings in the
Communist Activity Column. An
nounce all activities of every branch
of activity of the Communist Party,
In New York and vicinity, in this
revolutionary calendar.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

"The End of st. PETERSBURG" a
Sovkino movie, Saturday, August 90.
1880, 1870 p. m. at Brighton Play
house, 273 Brighton Beach Ave-, un
der auspices of Women's Council,
No. IT, Brighton Beach.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19
Communist Activities
section 1. Unit w. Il.

Section 1. Unit w. Il.
Tuesday Aug. 10 at 6:15 p. M, q
f. Fourth St. Discussion.
Campaign Committee, Sec. 1
Has moved to East Side Work srs
Club, 19G e. Broadway, near Jeffer-
son st. Call for signature collections
there on Sunday morning, 10 o'clock.
X Il
Y.C.L. Bronx Unit 4.
Executive will meet tonight at I
p. m. at 1400 Boston Rd
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-19

Vote Communist!
Evening star., 1930-12-09
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

is picked up this way in very hard
times. But there Is fine nonchalance
to the professional extra which prompts
him only when terribly hard pressed
to take advantage of this windfall from
the impatient ones who run for their
trains before the coin return is made.
They are the musketeers Of misery,
the Hollywood extra people, ragged
often, hard pressed on all sides, but
last!
Rita La Roy admits that she may
announce an engagement to Ben Hirsch-
field. He's q village agent-or authors
and artists representative, believe
they prefer to be called.
Romance Is doing well even in these
hard times. Old Dan Cupid does more
for the florists than civic good will,
and the average swain still feels he can
say it better with gerdenias than with
the English language.
Experience tells us he's nine times out
Of ten right about that.
That Foster boy will do the role of
Hildy johnson in 1.-The Front Page
when Howard Hughes starts shooting
on that famous play. In case you don't
remember Norman FoSter-and that's
your bad luck-he played the lead in
young Man of Manhattan" also q
newspaper reporter role, and he did it
excellently, too. The verra, vera pretty
girl who played opposite him was his
wife, Claudette Colbert.
But imagine the fury Of the blond
who was given a rush by q famous
author only to discover that he was
using her colorful conversation for copy
in a dumhell dia10c11p QsSi0nmantI
Copyright, 1890. by North American News
paper Alliance,1
Evening star., 1930-12-09

ANSWER TO Yesterdays PUZZLE
Evening star., 1930-12-09

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December 9
(N.A.N.A) When a group of several
hundred people gathered about the
Bank Of Hollywood yesterday morning,
staring duly at its closed doors, the
realization came that Christmas may
not be all beer and skittles for some
members Of the colony this year.
Among them were extras" Of the
Villags-bit players and those gamblers
with fate who play a day whenever the
scene calls for a mob. They average
in the mair two days q week If they
are lucky and the studios are running
full tilt. In hard times they're likely
to hit lower average. They get $5 a
day, and waen a windfsll comes-which
means steady extra work through the
TIL Of picture-they do not enlarge
their meager way of living but hoard
their pennies for a run of bad luck.
The run of bad luck hit both them
and the bank on Saturday afternoon,
when a rumor went about which caused
. run of sorts. In a weeks time the
Institution may open again-n a means
Of financing it successfully can be
studied cut.
But, c., the host of little tragedies
behind this story!
The life of an extra is often an epic
"a %NO4ACC aA0 OOu6AAA0los NAbA . A4d1A4
sandwich or q hamburger occasionally
by way Of celebration. 1t means of
late times that their histrionic ambi-
tions are varied by little excursions into
window washing, house cleaning. errand
running or such part-time employment
as they can secure.
The life of an extra often means q
heavy heart under artif1cially ightened
hair-hope eternal, unquenchable ambi-
ton at first, and after a few years in
the mob gentle fading Of ambition
into something akin to complete
anestheSia
In such lives the hazard Of existence
becomes its only thrill. But the safety
Of food with less exciting and colorful
employment is out of the question to
the professional extra. He must have
his art, his long interval Of idleness
and his chance to talk and crouch with
h cronies.
He's often put to the extremity Of
nickel hunting alon- the public tele-
phone booths. Coffee and sinker money
Evening star., 1930-12-09
Peer Pays in Installments.

Lord Lisle, an Irish peer, could not
pay his wine bill Of $73.25, and the
Marylebone Court has permitted him to
settle at the rate of about SIS month.
The suit was brought by Dennis O'Dee,
liquor dealer of Kilmallock, who said
Lord Lisle had promised to pay when
he sold some land, but O'Dee could not
wait