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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
WORKERS RALLY TO FIGHT NEW
WAR PLOT AGAINST SOVIET UNION

feSSed to various parts Of it, and that
Roumania was to be the country to
start the war, not Poland, as seemed
from the preliminary reports Tuesday
in capitalist news services. The war
was to start over a frontier incident,
which all through the summer, the
Roumanian border guards were in
dustriously manufacturing. Poland
was to follow, and also Finland The
British fleet was to attack Leningrad,
and General Denikin, then alive, was
to lead an army of white guards re-
fugees armed and differed by
France, to assault the city.
At the same time, the White Guard
general Lukomsky was to lead 100000
men similarly equipped, in a march
on Moscow, with the French and
British fleets covering his rear In the
Black Sea.
1t is directly charged in the in
dictment, and supported by the sabot-
ayers confessions, that the religious
crusade launched early in the year
by the Pope and taken up by all
protestant churches, was part of the
plot, intended to prepare the way for
war. 1t is similarly charged that the
present "anti-dumping campaign" in
U. S. and Europe which suddenly
sprang into life without any adequate
obvious reason back of it, was in
stigated by the plotters, as part of
the war preparations. This program
is still going on, the attack was post
poned only because OF the reaction
of the jobless workers and anti-war
demonstrations also. because of the
friction between France and Italy.
France took the most leading part
among imperialist nations, Poincare,
former premier and the present min
lister of foreign affairs, BRAND, ac-
tually meeting with the conspirators
and leading them. The connection
between the Moscow sabotage ring
and the French general staff was
maintained through the French en-
bassy at Moscow. -.
The confessions show that the
Chinese Eastern incident, and the
war provocations by Russian white
guard bands on the Manchurian bor-
der were instigated by the French
and British foreign offices, as a.
means of testing out the Red Army.
The Red Army showed up so we'll
that this became an additional reason
for postponing the assault.
The British angle of the plot was
worked out at meetings of Defending,
Vickers and Co.
The British angle of the plot was
worked out at meetings in London
and Moscow. at which Russian white
guard chiefs met representatives of
Sir Henri Defending, Vickers, Urou-
hart, and others interested in exploit
alton of Russian natural resources,
representatives of the British general
staff, and the infamous spy, Lawrence
Of Arabia.
The money in France for financing
the plot was partly supplied by
fund to supply 100000 year from
the French Trade and Industry
Committee" Of capitalists with former
holdings in Russia --.-.---~- ----
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
REFUSE MEDICAL
AID TO NIESSMAN
Mistreat w orker on
SIS. San Felipe
(By a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO. - want to
tell of my suffering and experience
on board the ship S. S. San Felipe
State Line, freight boat, registered
at Portland, oregon
My work as salon messman from
a. m. to 7:15 p. m. meant always
on my feet. Rest hardly no time.
At $50 a. m. have to make toast
and coffee and carry it in rain or
storm rwhat may be to the cap
tain's bridge. And / have to battle
for everything, even to get it.
Worked Like Slave.
I get little rest, make beds and
rooms, cleaning and work in the din
ing room and must work like a
slave. All this for $4,000 monthly.
Conditions are rotten as could be.
The stewart keeps me to take all the
blame from the officers and treated
me very rotten. 1t was unbearable.
I got hardly anything to eat while
on the trip. The stewart put a
stoaway in my way to make it mis-
cradle for me and take away my
meals. All the other messmen did
not have it so hard, but it seems that
the stewart had a grudge against me
and couldn't open my mouth to
say anything.
Got No Medical Aid.
I slipped on the deck one day and
reported to the stewart that 1 was
badly hurt and the stewart did not
report it to the captain until we got
to Panama. My back felt very bad
and the captain noticed it and then
the stewart had to tell him what it
was.
I did not get aid or hospital at
tention. I was forced to work while
sick and hurt. At the Canal when a
doctor came aboard / asked for treat
ment but was refused.
asked to be paid off at Colon
to get hospital treatment there but
was refused again. This was the
rottenest treatment that I ever got
on any boat worked on.
The sleeping quarters conditions
are bad. N o bucket or washing basin
and the noise of the engines were so
loud that I could only sleep about 3
hours a night.
Salon Messman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
Price Cut Promise of
Bruening Is a
Fiasco
Gable BY Inprecorr)

BERLIN, Nov. 12.-Viciously WELD
ing their clubs, police yesterday noon
dispersed a demonstration against the
metal wage cut, and against the pro-
hibition of the Rote Fahne, Commu-
mist newspaper by the chief Of police.
Last night various collisions &C.
Cured between the demonstrators
and police. At Buelowplatz, police
fired shots without wounding dem
onstrators. Police alleged the work.
ers sang prohibited songs.
The metal bosses of the Bielefeld
area locked out their workers today.
Nine thousand are effected. The
owners wish to enforce the wage cut.
The Labor Minister is mediating
with the bosses.
The Siemens concern, one of the
largest metal plants in Germany is
ignoring the metal decision which
goes into operation on the 18th of
this month, and has already intdo-
duced wage cuts at its ElmoWorkS.
The wage cut thus introduced
amounts to over per cent.
The action of the government,
promising to reduce retail prices fol-
lowing the wage cut in the metal in
dustry, is a complete fiasco. After a
months negotiations the price of a
quartern loaf of bread has been low
cred four pfenning Cor about one
cent?; milk was reduced from 80 to
20 pfenning (about Il of cent? /;
Pork was Quitting the market and
the price reduction was due anyway.
All other prices remain the same.
Note: The Bruening government
in putting over the wage cut in the
metal industry, which was to be fol-
lowed by a general wage cut for all
workers, promised proportional re-
duction in retail prices. The above
facts show the complete bankruptcy
of this attempt. While few prices
were cut a fractional amount, wages
were cut from 6 to per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13

factories of
Worker getting
meetings Daily section
dations for such clubs"
1.-THE function of these clubs will write the Chicago
and organize sales"
Chicago also laid building the the
before the factory gates. The bulletin
Wherever possible the comrades selling the Daily Worker should
badges like the newboys should display the
Daily Worker"
drop
their 3 cents for the paper
Chicago will make special
scrpion list of the Daily Worker
A all Daily Worker distributions and sales factories the comrades
should have with them sub blanks for the Daily Worker"
the question Of
all the be involved newsby
members of the various organizations and the
The units
the section appoint committees
unions and clubs.
and should be utilized in the building o
Chicago special
up the Chicago issues"
Charts the
and district headquarters Slogans caraue will
Thomas writes that Chicago
series maing the
the Daily Worker and writing local the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
BOSSES BEAT GIRL
De MANDING PAY
Cop Called in to Side
With the Bosses
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By worker correspondent
NEW YORK; went to work for
the Madeleine Negligee shop at 43
East 30th ST., second floor. After
working three and a half days for
four dollars and eighty cents I went
up to collect my money.
I received $3.50. I questioned If
it was correct. The boss told me to
take that and go. Because I would
not go with that he started to beat
me up. The other boss came and
and parted up and sent for an Of
ficer. When the officer came up he
said to the officer: Here she is,
take her out of here"
Cop With Bosses.
The officer asked what's the mat
ter. told him. The other boss said:
"Give her the $120 that's coming to
her and let her CO."
The officer took the bosses side.
What he told them I do not know.
Not one Of the workers heard me
screaming came to my assistance.
You see if this shop was organized
this would not have happened. You
see why it's necessary to organize our
work. "A. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
BERLIN WORKERS BATTLE COPS;
METAL BOSSES LOCK OUT MEN
Cuban Students Clash
With Bloody MachadO
Soldiers; 6 Are Hurt

HAVANA, Nov. 11.-Severe fighting
took place at Santiga de Cuba, ATS
miles southeast of Havana, between
nationalist and revolutionary stud
ents and Bloody Machados troops.
Six students were reported wounded,
and many arrests made.
Troops are patrolling the streets.
The nationalist students have been
attempting to get petty bourgeois
shop keepers to join a general DEM
onstration against the Machado die
tatorship.
Reports from Santiago de Cuba
state Feeling against the govern
ment is running high" The Mayor
of the city has asked for additional
troops.
The present clash follows a whole
series of clashes between students
and Machado's troops. The economic
crisis in Cuba is growing sharper
every day, despite attempts by Amer
lean bankers, who own the Cuban
sugar industry, to alleviate" the sit
uation. Machado has been increaS-
ing his fascist pressure, and the ma
tionalist leaders are endeavoring to
do their utmost to keep down the de-
mands of the nationalist rank and
file for a general attack against the
Machado regime. Machado has di-
rected the main brunt of his attack
against the revolutionary workers
organizations. arresting hundreds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13

The bulletin, just received from
E. Thomas, Daily Worker represen-
tative of District 8, bristles with
practical ideas and shows that
Chicago functionaires understand
the political importance of the
campaign and have every intention
Of making their quota.
Detroit. as yet, hasn't picked up
the challenge hurled at it by Phila-
delphia. Everybody expects real &C
ton in this campaign from Detroit.
All eyes are now on the automobile
center Of the world. Chicago says
concerning the challange. Special
meetings to be held when the chal-
lenge is officially made with De-
troit representative present"
Here are excerpts taken from the
4-page bulletin put out by District
and from Thomas letter, which
show Chicago understands the task
before it:
1--WE propose to organize Daily
Worker Booster clubs. The role of
these cIuhS will he IN Snread tho
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
Faker PinchOt Sets
Up Study Committee
to Fight Unemployed
(By a Worker Correspondent


PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Not to be
cutdone by any other faker on Com
mittee for Relief of the Unemployed"
the newly elected governor of Mel
Ions duchy, Pennsylvania, Clifford
Pinchot has appointed his own COM
mittee.
No less a parsonage than the child
labor exploiter of Bristol, Pa, Grundy
will pay the expenses of the commit
tee work. Phew, what a SMELL
The old standbys: Building Pro-
gram" Buying Movements" an
Surveys" will be used by this COM
mittee for relief"
In fact the hundreds of thousands
of unemployed workers will get from
this committee the same is from all
other similar committees, nothing but
further unemployment, misery, and
starvation.
Only by giving these committees a
horse laugh and building up strong,
powerful Unemployed Councils to be
affiliated to the Trade Union Unity
League and composed of actual work.
ers, can the workers of Pennsylvania
fight for real relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
.SHINGLE VIEWERS
GET MORESLASHES
Layoffs Spreading Too
Men Must Fight
(By a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
HOQUIAM, Wash.-More wage cuts
for the workers in several of the mills
in Gray's Harbor.
The workers in the Schafer mills at
Montesano have been cut another II
per cent. The shingle weavers were
reduced 5 cents per thousand for
cutting "a inch shingles and 2 cents
per thousand on short shingles. The
packers were reduced from 10 cents
per thousand to 10 cents. This is as
low as the 1910 scale, the main diff
ference being that in 1910 and in 1911
there was not such an assortment OF
shingles to cut and pack as there is
now, and then the timber was of a
better grade than now. Then the
sawyer could ACREAGE 40 thousand per
day and the packer would work from
one packing bin, but now he has to
slide his packing frame back and
forth to three bins with the sawyer
having to throw the shingles into
these different bins. 1t slows them
up so that now they do well If they
cut % to Is thousand per day.
In the Schafer Bros. sawmill, the
common labor was cut also from a
low of So to SITS. This means starva-
ton for workers in this plant.
The weavers in the Saginaw Timber
Co. Shingle Mill, in Aberdeen, were
greeted with los reduction on Sat-
urday, the first This mill was
manned by strikebreakers who &C
copied the first cut. The result is a
general lowering of the standard of
living for all the workers. Even this
is not going to help the timber bar
ons out of the depression and chaos
from which the lumber industry is
suffering. They try to place the whole
burden on the workers, but the lurn-
Der industry is going into worse
depression than ever.
Several of the sawmills here are
contemplating further reduction of
wages or complete shutdown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
FURRIERS FESTIVE
UNDER CO. UNION
Will Fight Again for
Decent Conditions
tBy a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK-The president Kauf-
man made a statement at the last
membership meeting on Wednesday
october 90, that since his admin
instration fur workers fiocked into
his Union"
President kaufman, / want to tell
you that the workers did not join
your Union" on their own free will.
The workers we're forced through
terror to join the bosses union. One
example is of E. Lande g. Co., the
workers were forced through gang
sters to join your scab agency.
Mr., Fisher, business agent of the
kaufman Co. union, came to E.
Landy, the boss himself, and COL
lected dues from the boss that the
workers had to pay. He did not
even speak to the workers but only
to the boss Is not this treacherous
act an act of agents of the bosses.
Gang Rule.
kaufman says he has the thou
sands of fur workers in his union.
Where were the fur workers at his
membership meeting? Out of 10000
fur workers, about 200 workers were
present at the meeting. When the
rank and file workers asked for the
floor they were told to keep quiet,
and if not they would be beaten up.
Kaufman says he will not make
peace with Jack Shneider, of the
NTW.IU. When the fur workers
in 1925 saw the real role of Kauf-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13

man, they threw him out of the I'M
ion and accepted the leadership of
Ben Gold and Jock Shneider and
other militant leaders of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
Furriers Will Fight.
The workers themselves in the
company union shops, in the open
shops, will make the united front
and follow the leadership of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union and not the scab agency of
the bosses.
kaufman helped to imprison many
fur workers who fought for better
conditions. kaufman and his clique
are only takers, grafters and crooks
The fur workers today are looking
towards the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union for leadership 1
as forced member of the Fur Work
ers Company Union and as a mem
Der of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union, pledge always to
stand with the N.T,WI.U. in the
struggles against the bosses and all
of their agents.
Il r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
ROB STEEL MEN
IN RELIEF GUISE
Sh ort Tim e In Ind.
Harbor Mills
Try a Worker Correspondent

tRy WORKER correspondent
INDIANA HARBOR, Ind.-The In
land Steel Co. two months ago cut
the wages of workers 10 per cent on
tonnage and 16 per cent on bonus.
On october % to rs the Inland
Steel Co. laid off one thousand men
while others are only working 8 to
days a week.
On November / the bosses decided
to give relief" to the $4,000 unem-
ployed here by taking from the poorly
paid workers who work 8 to days a
week, S per cent of their wages. The
heaters of the Inland Steel Co. who
work piece work had to give So each
to this so-called relief fund but the
only ones who got any of this is
bosses who put in their pockets.
Burden the Workers.
One Mexican worker was fired be-
cause he refused to give in to the
bosses. Another thing the bosses are
doing is telling the employed work.
ers that the unemployed are to blame
because they don't want to work.
That is the way the bosses can rule
We workers, American and foreign
born must organize to fight the lousy
bosses.
Lots Of the foreign born say that
the American worker will not organ
lie together with them. Some say
the Mexican workers will not or
ganize. But here is Mexican worker
who had the quits enough to try to
fight the bosses by himself by refus-
ing to give So to the so-called unem-
ployed relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
Continued from Page One)
to organize the working class for
Defense of the First Workers and
Peasants Republic"
Fish In Plot.

The F.S.U. points out that the Fish
Committee investigation has taken
on new life and is an essential part
of the war propaganda by which the
imperialist governments hope to pave
the way for armed assault on the
workers and peasants of the Soviet
Union.
Names of all delegates to the No
vember 20 conference should be sent
Immediately to the Friends Of Soviet
Union office, 799 Broadway" states
Silverman. The program of the meet
ing includes an address by Anna
Louise Strong, just returning from
the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub-
lies, where she is managing editor of
the Moscow News, the first newspaper
to be printed in Moscow in the Eng
fish language.
New features in the war plot are
the statement that the renegade Sow
let employee, Bessedowsky, is to be
given visa through the intervention
of Fish himself, to come to Wash
ington to add his lies to those of
the Catholic priest Walsh and Mar
thew Vol as part of the anti-Soviet
propaganda. Bessedowsky is part of
the clique of grafters and sabotagers.
the Russian heads of which have now
been arrested in Moscow, and whose
confessions implicate the war depart
ments and general staffs of France,
England, Poland, Rumania and Fin
land in the plot to start war against
the Soviet Union this summer The
war was postponed to next year. Bes-
sedowsky after being found out and
discharged, has been writing fanciful
tales about the Soviet Union. "Bes-
sedowsky's testimony should be very
valuable" said Fish yesterday, indie
ating that special meeting of the
Fish committee would be held next
month to hear him.
Monday the American Manganese
Producers Association sent formal
request to the Treasury Department
for an absolute embargo on Russian
manganese.
1t is reported that the notorious
spy used by President Harding. Gas
ton B. McCans, has now been hired
by the strike breaking National Civic
Federation to Spy on the Commun-
list Party" which means that he has
a mandate now to present realms
of his already prepared lies to the
Fish committee. 1t is said that he
has already arranged for his appear
ance before the committee.
William Philip simms, the Scripps-
Howard Foreign Editor, talks openly
Of the practical certainty OF war
against the Soviet Union, following
the revelations of the charges made
in Moscow" He says in his syndicated
article yesterday is "once again bang
up against a crisis similar to that
of July, 1914"
The revelations of the indicted
sabotage chiefs in Moscow continue
to expose details OF the plot. It now
appears that all Of them have con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
IOWA MINERS IN
COMMUNIST VOTE
Mines AS Working 2 to
3 Days A Week
(By a Worker Correspondent


CENTERVILLE, Ia enclose a
clipping from the Centreville, lowe
gian where they state, Few Commu-
mist Votes Cast Here" Well, we got
al votes and when one considers that
the Communist Party only polled 3
votes in Appanoose County in the
general elections in 1928 we did not
do so bad, but the bourgeois papers
calls that flew votes"
About two months ago I read in the
Des Moines Register and Leader
about the sewers been clogged up in
that city. Workmen who went and
looked for the trouble found 1000
ladies silk hose in the sewer pipes and
they had all come from the Des
Moines Hosiery Mills. The girls,
working in these mills, being afraid
Of being fined for imperfect work
had dumped them in the sewers An
other example Of capitalist anarchy.
Part Time in Mines.
We are having rather cold weather
here now but the mines are only
working 2 and days a week. At
the Empire Mine no checkweighman
is allowed and VIM. Krapfel and
Reipe, owners of the mines, steal
about 400 pounds Of coal from every
car of coal the men load.
The Iowa state law rules that there
shall be stools in all department
stores for women workers to rest on.
Heck, you couldn't find one with a
microscope in any store in this city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
REALIZES THAT DAILY
FIGHTS FOR THE TOILERS
tBy a Worker Correspondent


I want 100 copies Of the Daily
Worker to help break the strangle-
hold which capitalism has on the en-
tire working class of the United
States. There are thousands of men
here from every branch of curtailed
capitalist industry seeking to ward
off starvation. Many of us realize
that back in New York we have the
Daily Worker and Communist Parry
pulling and fighting for us. Ans
through them we will win! H. S.,
Larimore, N. d. - Workers! Call
the Bosses bluff! Boost the mass
circulation Of the Daily! On II to
10000!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
MARINE WORKERS TRIAL
NOV. 10 in HOUSTON

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 12.-Edgar,
Bager, McRae, McCrae and Ward.
members of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union arrested at the Thir-
teenth Anniversary Celebration hers
of the Bolshevik Revolution are re-
leased on bond pending their trial
November 10.
The International Labor Defense
provides the bail. There will be an
LID. meeting Sunday to plan their
defense and to protest the police per-
sutton.
The N.WI.U. delegate meeting was
successful.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
SPEEDUP ON JOB,
WEAK LADDER
CAUSE ACCIDENT
Demand Safety Devices
Fight Speed-up
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.--A feeble step ladder
and an intensive rush on the job
were responsible yesterday for an ac-
cident to a worker that resulted in a
badly broken hand.
Samuel Baskoff, a carpenter III the
middle forties, was working at 43
Montague Ave, Brooklyn on job.
This was his first job in long period
of time. He ad the other carpenter,
Joe Kisin, grumbled over the fact
that the step ladder that was sent
them from the factory was too feeble
and insecure, but as there was no
other one they had to use it, in order
to erect the fancy cabinet beams to
the ceiling.
While on the job, Samuel Baskoff
broke through the steps, dropped
down and fell on his hand, breaking
and crushing it badly. Baskoff has
a wife and two children. This as
cident, which will mean many weeks
of recovery and enforced unemploy-
ment for Baskoff, is one of the three
and half million industrial accident
estimated by the Workers Health
Conference to happen in the United
States each year. All except a small
number of these accident are avoid
able. The terrific speed-up of work.
ers on the job, the refusal of EN-
ployers to install safety devices and
trusty machinery are responsible and
both are caused from the ferocious
drive for profits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-13
CHINESE PROTEST
AMERICAN DUMPING

SHANGHAI.-Five hundred repre-
sentatives Of municipalities in the
provinces OF Kiangsu, Chekiang,
Kiangsi, Anhwei and Honan have
sent a joint telegram to the Marking
government calling for an official
protest against the wdie-scale dump
ing of American wheat at spot prices
as this is running Chinese agriculture,