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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
BANK FAILURE AND
SCANDAL

of the largest rayon mills in the country. All
factories have drasticaly cut their force and
most of them are only running part time, so
there is much unemployment. The middle
class, already pinched by the crisis, has also lost
heavily through the banks failure.
In consequence of the misuse and dissipation
of public funds, there is no money with which
to run the schools, so the city and county face
the immediate possibility of the closing of all
public schools for the rest of the term, or the
levying of a special tax, and the reduction of
teachers salaries by one-third, in order to meet
the emergency. AT present the community is
wrangling over which policy should be adopted.
The role of the one local newspaper cash.
vile Citizen" has also been exposed, as repre-
Senting the interests of the same class as that
which the bank and government officials rep
resent. At first the paper refused to publish
the facts on the banks dishonest dealings, only
coming out with them when the facts were al
ready well known. It now attempting to.r
cover some of its lost prestige of its working
farming and middle-class readers by publishing
fiery editorials and printing few of the indg-
nant letters it has been receiving. But it is too
late, the cat is out of the bag.
This public scandal in 1.-THE fair state of North
Carolina" sums up the corruption of capitalist
America in nutshell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
Robbing OF 100000 Workers Made
Easy and Legal

were building, they started other projects with
part of this money. This resulted in what is
known "shoe-string ventures" They were
actually holding title to their projects on a slim
shoe-string. To pay contractors in the building
line, they had to resort to short loans from the
banks, giving them fabulous financial statements,
showing their dress or cloak business in healthy
shape and placing valuation on the plots they
held in line with wartime values. The Bank
of the United States is in that the natural
place Cor borrowing money. The officers of
that bank knew these jobbers, had faith in them,
wanted to the fabulous interest and loan
commissions, wanted to sell shares and gladly
lent money. This money came to the Bank
of the United States from the measly saving
deposits of the exploited workers, cajoled to put
their money in the Bank of United States by
alluring ads in English and foreign language
papers. By opening branches in working class
sections and by employing interpreters to speak
smoothly to each worker in his own tongue.
Fabulous Sums Paid for Leases
If these banks take a notion that certain
spot is good for their business, no amount of
money will stand in their way. The writer was
told the other day that a bank paid $4,000 to
two small businessmen, restaurant and a radio
store in Brighton Beach for their leases in order
to open up branch there. 1t is thickly pop
ulated working class section of Brighton Beach.
This is not the same as spending $4,000 to put
up building, because this money goes into the
pockets of these small coolies to be used as they
please. 1t is not paid out in wages
Working Class Investigation Is Needed
t is childish to assume that the same gang OF
bankers and bankers relatives, dress jobbers and
leeches who are making gesture at investiga-
ton, will protect the workers interests. There
&c h,,+4 efoo
moment transferring their assets to their wives
to escape assessment AS to their own capital
they probably pulled it out long ago. An in
vestgation of any kind must work on the axiom
that they are all faulty until proved otherwise
The personal fortunes of each bank officer must
be tied up at once, to protect the workers de-
posts. Let get busy at once and demand
an audience with the State Bank Examiner, the
mayor and the officers of the bank.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
A Travellers Tale

short while ago I talked to banker in
San Francisco Calf, who had just returned
from a trip through the Northwest, including
Oregon and Washington. He had cut his trip
short, and when asked the reason, he expressed
himself frankly as being terrorized by the condi-
tions of unemployment and the desperation of
the workers.
He related how he had been eatin gin rest
aurant when four workers came in ordered
meals, ate hastily and nervously, then went to
the proprietor. They told him they had no
money and asked what he intended to do about
it. Being too many to beat up, all the proprietor
could do to tell them to get out and for
Christs sake not to tell anybody about it.
The banker inquired of the proprietor if that
was a usual occurrence his firss experience.
He replied that it happened half a dozen times
a day with him; that it was happening with all
of the restaurant keepers and that he intended
to get out of business as he couldn't stand the
strain. This happened in some small city in
oregon. I would inquire through the columns
of the Daily Worker if the workers in Oregon
could give us more information the matter.
Bud Reynolds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
w hos Guilty?

work. And then you begin BUY NOW cam
paign-My God! My hands are red because
have no gloves
She held her hands out toward the judge and
then thrust them back into her pockets The
judge kept his eyes fixed on the green blotter
of his desk. .Y..i.s..s. ,,.,......-
My children were hungry They weren't get
ting enough food They took sick because they
got their feet wet. Their shoes were full of
holes, and I didn't even have the money to get
them haf-soled. ''''''' '''
Everywhere l went it was buy now'-in the
newspapers, in the store windows Well, made
up my mind I'd buy now. AS long as have life
and strength III get food for my children. If 1
can't get it in one way I'll get it in another
Yes, forged those checks, but it's only trifle
compared to what the world owes me-
Again the judge shifted uncomfortably in his
chair.
Defendant admits the forgery Then turn
ing to the woman, 1.-The court sentences you to
five years in the state prison. The state will
furnish you with machines and material and let
you work for nothing, Court adjourned"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
BY BURCK

omy and not merely electrically to select few in
dividual ways and methods which may allegedy
correct the uneven and hating gait of the CAPT.
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appreciate these determining social prereoui-
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strength of the system is not in its technique
which is still inadequate, but in its social foun-
dations which open new epoch in the develop
ment of human society.
From The Five Year Plan of the Soviet
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colaborators on the Five Year Plan of So
cialist industralization, a complete account
of the Plan, containing the first two years
of its operation and political estimate of
its place in world economy.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
Machinery introduced Miners
Lose Jobs
BY JOE TASH

National Board Member. M. o. S. W.. u.
AS result OF loading machines introduced into
n the Dillonvalc No. 1 Mine of the wheeling
and Lake Erie Coal Co.. 40 miners have been
thrown out of work There is general dissatis-
faction among the miners, which expressed it
self in meeting called to hear the report of
the R. 1. L. U. delegates (Bisanter-T ash). This
meeting was attended by 200 miners and great
percentage of them youth. 1t is interesting to
note that the overwhelming majority Of those
discharged were young miners, they having
pressed their willingness to struggle in uncer-
tain terms. They responding to call for
a special meeting for organizational purposes,
youth section, etc.
AS a result of leaflet that was issued by the
Ohio district of the Mine Oil and Smelter Work
ers' Industrial Union, the bosses arc ram
page, wanting to know who in hell we're the
reds in the mine who distributed the leaflets.
The leaflets exposed the speed-up maneuvers OF
the coal operators, and also went ON to explain
the role of the Safety Committee, whose func-
ton is to hoodwink the miners to believe that
the company is doing something to safeguard
the lives of the miners, when in fact this ccm-
mittee exists for no other purpose than to
force the expense of the petty safety attempt on
the miners, and its bigger role is to divert the
miners from union organization, by calling them
to meeting and then discussing how to keep the
mine safe" They make the miners buy new
kind of shoes goggles and generally introduce
methods whose expense falls on the miners
When the miners complain in those So-called
safety meetings of loose rock. bad air and dirty
roads etc. the committee reports them to the
super, and discharge is the result. This is be-
cause of the fact that the major safety measure
is to be taken in connection with loss and the
expense would fall on the company, The air is
bad in the Mines SO bad that just recently, two
miners dropped in faint, this happened also
because of the tremendous speed-up
The safety committee has registered kick be-
cause the leaflet gave them rap. The miners
are well pleased. The committee howls because
its role is that of the bosses.
The miners showed their determination to
fight by the expresson2of militancy in the meet
ing and the discussion that took place. local
of the M O.S.W.IU exists in this mining town
and has the full support of the miners, with
correct tactics that will be used in the prepara-
ton of the miners for action. We are sure that
the miners will mobilize for struggle under
the leadership of local union 10 of the Mine,
Oil and Smester Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
By MYRA PAGE.


THE city Of AShville and the county in which
it is located, fittngly named Buncombe, have
been rocked for the past two weeks by the havoc
and scandal which developed on the failure of
the Central Bank and Trust Co. In fact, the
entire state of North Carolina is shuddering from
the effects
When the bank closed its doors, it was dis
covered that all of the citys and county's public
funds were deposited here, and that over S875,-
900 had been nisappropriated by local bank and
public officials. (See ''Ashvile Citizen" of Dec.
6 and subsequent issues) Notes far in excess
of the amount prescribed by law had been is
sued, and the public moneys had simply van
ished," as the local paper expressed it. The
vanished" funds had gone to line public and
bank officials pockets. Also, according to an
editorial in the Ashville Citizen, 1.-THE State
Banking Department has good deal to answer
dor itself
AS a result of the scandal, there is wide
spread demand that all public officials resign,
but so far only few have complied.
The suffering around Ashyille, both among
the small farmers and the working class, which
was already intense, is greatly aggravated by
the banks failure. The bulk of the workers are
employed in cotton mills, with four thousand
formerly on the payroll of the Enka plant, one
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
BY Nj. d. LITMAN.

vi.
WHILE it takes some capital to exploit the
w workers, robbery after exploitation, requires
no capital All that the group of exploiters need
as a bank which the State charters permit
few buccaneers to keep the money which an ex-
plotted and impoverished worker saves from his
food by starving himself and his family.
The former pants-preSser and peanut mer-
chant set up a bank under the name OF the
Bank of United States This hooked the unwary
right from the start How true 1t is that
scoundrels hide behind the flag and the scoun-
drels who cheated the workers, hid behind their
flag and behind their country.
Although the prostitute press is laying the
crash on to a small merchant on Freeman ST.
sort of a phantom merchant the Wall Street
gougers knew as far back as a year ago that the
bank was shaky The brokers did not recommend
Bank of u S. stock as the officers of that bank
admitted themselves, rumors were in the aid
a year ago that the bank was weak and there
has been a steady withdrawal of funds from that
bank by those who knew through some sub-rosa
connections.
1t is known that businessmen with slim assets
preferred to do their banking with the Bank of
U. S., because they could get loans very easily.
The bankers being very anxious to turn the
workers money over and over several times, to
earn big interest.
Neeule trades BOSSES becoHe Duhucis
After merciless exploitation of the needle
rades workers, which is well known to those who
IRE in the line the needle trade bosses took these
workers sweat money and invested it in real
state ventures There are rarely any jobbers
Who do rot finance some building operations.
They bring with them into the building in
lustry the same bag of tricks and chicanery that
hey used in exploiting the needle workers, stoop-
ng to the lowest form of pick -pocketing imagin-
BILE. Bankruptcies, fires, cheating, conversion of
2ssets, skipping out, and making settlements is
IS common among this gentry, as entertaining
: model in their private office. 1t is this ele-
nent that owns bank shares borrows money and
ixes the judges who their relatives on the
ench.
Instead of applying the money these new
~eedle trade builders borrowed from the title
ompanies and the banks to the building they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
Today in
Workers History

December 10, 1905-Moscow Council of Work.
ers' Delegates decided general strike and its
development into armed uprising. 1907-Coal
dust explosion at Jacobs Creek, Pa, 239 miners
killed. 19l5-Edouard Valiant French Social
list leader, member Of Paris Commune, died.
191S-Twenty-th three thousand workers at Gen.
cral Electric plant at Schenectady, N. T., struck
for recognition Of union and no discrimination
in sympathy with Erie, Pa. plant. 1921-Unitcd
States Supreme Court declared unconstitutional
the Arizona law prohibiting injunctions in labor
disputes 1923-Cuban railroad workers struck.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19

Every Party member,
every Young Communist
must sell Is copies of the
Daily Worker before fac
tory gates each week to be
in good standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
RELIEF HEAD ASKS
RED CROSS HELP
Chairman of Fairfax Drought
Committee Pleads for Sup
port in Roll Call.
Special Dispatch 10 The star.


FAIRFAX, Va, November Ed
mund H. Allen. chairman Of the
Drought Relief Committee Of Fairfax
County, has prepared an open letter to
the people of Fairfax County asking
their aid in the conduct of the Red
Cross membership drive. The letter
follows:
las chairman of the local Drought
Relief Committee appointed by former
Gov. Harry F. Byrd, who Is chairman of
the State Committee, beg to call your
attention to the effort now being made
to secure a large Red Cross member
ship in our county, and to ask you to
give it your active and helpful support.
THE ability of the organization to
meet its unusual needs, which will be
most serious and urgent If suffering and
need are to be avoided, will depend en-
ttrely upon the size of its membership,
and it Is certain in such q time as this
that the help Of every one Is expected
and we believe will be freely given.
THE goal set by the County Red
Cross is $500 members, and it is sin
cerely hoped that this number may be
obtained and many more memberships
secured Fairfax County, in this day of
need, will prove true to the traditions
of the past and will literally respond
Do your share. Give your name and
membership fee to your local Red Cross
worker and be q booster for this work
for humanity. The dues are as follows:
Annual membership, ST. contributing,
SIS; sustaining, $40; supporting, $25. In
each membership the entire amount,
with the exception Of so cents (Which
goes to the national organiZation), goes
to the support of the sick and needy
here in your county. Let us provide for
the need before 1t comes. and may the
blessings Of God be with US In this work
for our fellow man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
VOTE IS CONCEDED
IN PRINCE WILLIAM
Final Effort Being Made to
Get Out Normal Vote
Tuesday.
Dispatch to Tn. Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, November with
the general election but two days of.
the Prince William County Democratic
Committee and leaders of the small Re-
publican group are bestirring themselves
in an effort to get out a normal vote on
Tuesday.
The result of the vote In Prince VIII
liam. one of the few counties in Virginia
which remained in the Democratic col
umn in the presidential election, Is con-
coded. Just how big a majority may
be rolled up for Senator Carter Glass
over his opponent, Claude M. Byars,
and for former Judge Howard w. Smith,
candidate for the House of Representa-
tives. over his Republican opponent, DR..
F. M. Brooks of Fairfax. depends upon
whether or not party leaders are sue
cesstul in getting voters out of their
apathetic attitude by election day.
Republican leaders, whose hopes
scared following the presidential cleo
ton, only to have them shattered when
Prince William handed Gov. Pollard an
overwhelming majority over his Repuh-
lican-anti-Smith opponent, DR.. william
Mosely Brown, see no ray Of hope In
Tuesdays election in so far as Prince
William County Is concerned.
Estimates of the Democratic Com
mittee today are that q total of 2,O01
votes will be cast in Prince William
County on Tuesday, and out Of this
total they predict a vote Of approxi-
mately 1900 for the Democratic candi.
dates. Whether so large number can
be brought out to vote, however, Is
problematical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
ORANGE COUNTY HUNT
RACES SET FOR NOV. s
Annual Contests to Be Run on
Foster Farm, Near
The Plains.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
THE PLAINS, Va. November 1.-The
annual races of the Orange County
Hunt will be held Thursday. November
8, on the Foster farm, near here, under
sanction of the Hunts Committee OF
the National steeplechsse and Hunt
Association.
There will be two races, both Of
about three and one-half miles over
natural hunting country. The course
is the same as last year The chal-
lenge cup, presented by Raymond Bel
mont, is for teams of two horses from
any recognized hunt-not necessarily
the property of the same owner.
The r. Penn Smith, jr., Challenge
Plate is for horses owned by members
of a recognized hunt.
In addition to the challenge cups.
plate Is offered for each years winners
and hunting brides to the riders OF
the winners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
NEW i. s. EMBASSY
PLANS APPROVED
. Bids for Constructing Build
ing in Lima, Peru, Soon
to Be Invited.

Bids for construction of the new
American embassy at Lima, Peru, are
expected to be asked here within the
next month or so. Plans for the build
ing, which have been oficially accept
ed, we're drawn up by the architectural
firm of j. H. de Sibour. OF the early
American period, the new home OF the
American embassy in Peru will be pat
termed after the James Madison home
in Orange County Va, which was
one of the many historical American
homes offered as models to the Com
mission on Foreign Buildings.
Site Purchased Three Years Ago.
The building, which will be of REIN
forced concrete, fireproof construction,
will be erected upon a site purchased
in Lima about three years ago, over
looking a permanent park on three
sides. A statue of George Washington
which stands in the park in front OF the
new embassy site is the gathering place
for the celebrants who commemorate
the Fourth of July, holiday observed
by the Peruvians in friendship to the
American Government.
Although not of palatial dimensions,
the embassy will be built on generous
lines. A large reception room, Al by 80,
will be on the main floor, in addition to
smaller living rooms, Offices, pantry,
kitchen and servants quarters. The
second floor will comprise six bed rooms
and three baths in addition to a sit
ting room. breakfast room, dressing
rooms, pantry and wing for servants
rooms.
Building Fund Authorized.
Construction of the building, for
which appropriations have already been
made. is not expected to start until APP
proximately three months after the bid
for the work has been accepted. About
one year is expected to be taken in the
completion of the embassy building, for
which most of the material will be sent
from the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
PAPER TO ASK REHEAR1NG
OF SUIT AGAINST MAYOR
Original Action Naming Thompson
Charged Experts Were Paid
Exorbitant Fees.
By the Associated Press.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, November l.
The Chicago Tribune today fled notice
that it will ask rehearing of the case
in which the Supreme Court last week
vindicated Mayor William Hale Thomp-
son and George P. Harding, former
Chicago controller, of charges brought
by the newspaper.
The original suit was filed in 1921
by the Tribune as a taxpayer and al
legged that experts employed by the city
OF Chicago had been paid exorbitant
fees and that Thompson as mayor and
Harding as controller were responsible
Circuit Judge Hugh NJ Friend found
all defendants guilty except two experts
who made restitution of about $500, 900.
He found judgment against the mayor
and the controller for $2,245 ,604.
Thompson and Harding appealed and
the Supreme Court reversed Judge
Friends decision, holding that there
was no evidence that either of the APP
pellants had received any Of the fees
In question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
POLICE DtSPERSE
ALLEGED RED GROUP
Assistant Instructor of University
of Wisconsin and Three Others
Arrested as Communists.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KENOSHA, Wis, November 1.-Two
days after President Glenn Frank OF the
University of Wisconsin was criticized
by members of the D. A. r. for reput-
eddy fostering Communism in the State
school, a man who said he was w. E.
Chalmers, 81, assistant instructor in
economics at the university, was ar
rested yesterday as police broke up what
they termed a Communist meeting here.
Frank Palmer. secretary of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union; Miss Lydia
Bennett, 49, and Nat Ross, IS. all OF
Chicago, were arrested with the man
and accused of making public speeches
without permits. They were released
under $50 bond each pending a hear
ing November 5.
Chalmers was reported by his friends
to have received his degree from Brown
University and to have taught a while
at Pittsburgh University before coming
to Wisconsin: His friends said he was
"aggressively Progressive, but not Com
muniStic."
Oficials of the D. A. r. in State con-
vention this week said President Frank
permitted "un-American ideals to thrive
at the university. President Frank 5
reply was merely:
"A Communist has as much right to
attend classes as does Baptist or a
Presbyterian. 1t is not the duty of a
university to dictate either political or
religious beliefs"