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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
By X. B. HUDSON.

IN September 7th the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union will hold an Atlantic Coast
District Conference of Longshoremen in Pha-
delphia. At this conference the longshoremen
will formulate their own demands to be pre-
scented to the bosses on the expiration, Sept.
30th, of the present fake agreement. In Pha-
delphia the longshoremen, under the leader
ship of the NJ. w. |. u, have launched an in
tensive campaign in preparation for the con-
ference. This conference is direct outgrowth
Of the existing poor working con litons and
pay under which the longshoremen now work,
and presents the only method whereby the
longshoremen can mobilize their forces to pre-
vent wage cut and fake agreement being
forced upon them.
In Philadelphia there are several thousand
longshoremen who are unorganized These
workers are forced to work for wages as low
40 cents an hour. Their working conditions
are intolerable and speed-up is the rule of the
day. Accidents are common occurrences and
no precautions are taken to safeguard the
workers lives. Graft, in the form of direct
payments to watchmen for jobs as on pier 7,
or exorbtant interest on loans from foremen
and timekeepers, is extorted from the workers
before they can get the right to work under
these conditions
These coast-wise and unorganized men re-
celve such low pay and have such rotten con-
ditions primarily because they are unorganized
These workers are unorganized because the
l. L. A. acting orders from the stevedores
have always refused to organize them. By
having half of the workers organized the
bosses are able to create division in the ranks
of the workers. They grant small concessions
to portion of the workers in order to keep
all of the wages down. This was proven last
year at the I. L. A. Wage Conference when
the stevedores told the officials that they
would not grant the workers an increase in
pay because there were plenty of unorganized
men that were working for so cents. an hour.
These men were unorganized because the ]. L.
A. had refused to organize them.
Last year these men had temporary hopes
of lettering their conditions when the Interna-
tiona Longshoremen's Association began a
campaign to "organize" them. Polly Baker,
the notorious labor faker of the l. L. A., Or
gained them and told them that he would OBJ
tain for them increase in pay. He fillel
them full Of false promises and then com
pletely betrayed them. absolutely refusing to
give them an accounting of the money that he
obtained from them.
The bosses have used many schemes to keep
the workers divided on the coastwise docks.
although there has been chronic unemployment
on the waterfront, many of the companies
have carried ads In the newspapers for men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
Prayer Doesn't Pay Rent

We didn't go to church Sunday, but we read
Mondays papers And we noted that the Rev.
DR.. James Gordon Gilkey told his congregation
that "None of US in this age expect that prayer
will effect natural phenomena or people at a
distance. Neither do we believe it will change
God. We can't tell omniscience anything. But
by prayer we increase our own capacity of
thanking what God is trying to give u.s." Which
means that if we pray hard enough, God will
increase our capacity for going without eating.
The dickens of this is that all our prayers
don't seem to increase the capacity of the land
lord to go without rent being paid. We triad
it and is doesn't work. AS for us, w
the slogan mo Wages, No Rentl'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
K:a~.A,
We Always KnOwed 1t
By JORGE

In Stalin's recent speech at the Communist
Party Congress of the Soviet Union, he saiC
something about the League of Nations rotting
away right in it's tracks. Behold a report from
Geneva in the N. Y. Times of Monday gives
the opinion of medical adviser" which ad-
mits that in and around the League of Nations
headquarters there is "An unbearable stencil"
While the Dock says the whole shebang is
"Unhygienic" and that "odors from the sewer,
the kitchen, the dining room and furnace" are
mingled all over the place. we suspect that
aside from the, rottenness of the whole works,
the most putrid part is that occupied by the
international Labor Office, whose officials are
mostly Socialists" This industrious bunch of
crooks, always busy in genteel imperialist ~
ing, makes a speciality of broadcasting false.
hoods about the Soviet Union; in the name s<
high 'impartiality" saying that the workers
in the Soviet Union are deprived of life, lib
erty, light, air, wages, Jesus Christ, and so on.
Now comes the Swiss doctor who explains that
while the League of Natons-"Higher Off
Gals and their staffs are housed under decent
conditions lower officials"-that is
the actual employees-are working under con-
ditions utterly below criticism" in basement
rooms without ventilation or dayight"-"ne
mechanical device for the gases of the fur
-"firetrap staircases"-" of the IS
attic workers has developed anemia due to in
sufficient air'-and a telephone exchange pic
tured as "a low, cramped, gloomy, ill-ventilated
inferno where four girls perform phycho-physi-
cal acrobatics." We were on the point of or
ganizing protest against the importation Of
damn lies produced by such convict, slave and
forced labor, but since the entire production
is used in this country by Matte Woll, and he
has more pull with Hoover than we have, we'll
have to give it up. But we mean to advertise
that "unbearable stencil" anyhow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
The Reason Why

The amiabe liars of the capitalist press, on
Monday morning reported that everything was
peaceful as a day in June in the capital of
Peru, and to prove" it said that Leguia, Wall
Streets native bootlicker who completes with
Machado of Cuba in going down on his knees
to Hoover had attended the races" on Sunday
afternoon. But before the ink got dry on the
newspapers, Leguia had boarded ship for
parts unknown ooh, for the pleasure of seeing
Hoover do just thatD with some determined
gentlemen with bayonetted rifles pointed in the
general direction of his big honorable panta-
looms. Why he went to the races is now clear.
He was picking out fast horse to get away
on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
This Is Getting Pretty Thick

Just as we were desparing of paying our
rent and hopefully looking forward to being
given nice cell free of charge, the NY. Times
da2hes our Lopes by publishing an article about
prisons, specifically the State Prison of New
Jersey. Darn my eyes if in the Commissioner
OF the Department of Institutions and Agencies
(gosh darn what long name for one single
grafter), Mr.. Ellis, admitted that cells have
been rented to prisoners fortunate enough to
have money of their own" When they 90 to
charging us rent for locking us up, we quit
The deputy keeper" adds some amusing notes
though. He says that "of the 100 guards at
the prison there are two or three dishonest
ones" Huh! More likely to be one or two hon.
est ones He "flouted" reports of trade in
narcotics, because, says he, guards are con-
stantly on the watch for it." Huh! That's
just the reason the trade flourishes! They
watch" to see that no dope gets in to break
their own monopoly. After all this, we've
changed our mind about wanting to 90 to jail
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28

order to cope with the situations that arise,
and to carry out successfully the demands
placed upon our revolutionary unions. In this
campaign for the building of the organization
and strike fund of 100000, we must guard
against the mistakes which were made in the
TUUL recruiting drive, that is, that the cam
paign was too abstract, did not penetrate in
to the rank and file membership of our unions.
II was not looked upon as something real, some
thIng near to thenl-yes something with them
The building up of the organization and strike
fund must have its every day expression and
activity in the respective unions and leagues.
1t must become the campaign of every rank
and file member of the respective unions. 1t
must become the campaign of every member
to bring into our unions and national leagues
more members, more activity, more participa-
ton in the every day tasks and life of the
union. 1t must become a mass campaign!
campaign based upon the actual work within
the shop for the purpose of leading and initi-
ating more strikes, more organized struggles
against the bosses.
This campaign must be real organized cam
paign, and every member and close sympa-
thizer of our national unions and leagues must
not only participate in it, bust must become an
actual organizer and an very-day worker for
this gigantic task.
The slogan organize and strike against wage
cuts, is policy of mass initiative and mass
action. The campaign for the organization and
strike fund of 100000 can and must be car
ried out in order to develop the revolutionary
trade union center as independent mass
economic organization, leading, initiating and
fighting for the economic interests of the work
ing class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28

mani unemployment insurance! Build real
union! These are the slogans put forth by
the Marine Workers Industrial Union and
around these slogans the workers have rallied
by organizing into the NJ w. I. U. Eight hun
dred men have already joined the union. Only
under the leadership of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union can the longshoremen sue
cessfully wage battle against the stevedores.
The Marine Workers Industrial Union calls
upon all ongshorenen, upon the rank and file
members of the !. L. A. and /. w. w. AMI The
unorganized men in the ports of New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, to elect DELEGATES
to the Atlantic Coast district conference, 10 be
held in Philadelphia, Sept It'll.
At this convention the ongshoremen must
draw up their own demands and map out a
complete program Of action to put these de-
mands into effect Coast-wise and deep-water
men, Negro and white workers, all the ships
and docks must send delegates. BY making a
united front wage conference here they will be
able to put up ur;ted front TO the bo7sos
and win prevent her sell out by Trtrq!iag
to back up their demands by organizing and
striking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
The Telegram" and Bread
Riots
BY VIM. z. FOSTER.
Prisoner No. 5235O.

Communist Candidate for Governor of New
York State.)
THE New York Telegram of August GOTH
dealing with the masses of unemployed
who gathered around the new municipal en-
ployment office in fruitless search for work,
sneers at the lack of militancy of these work
ers 1t declares, "These are a silent army.
No spunk. They are too spiritless even to
talk back to the cops"
But "The Telegram" seeking for clubbing
matches by the police, may be treasured in
its lust for fight. 1t and its beloved capitalism
will soon get more than plenty of fight from
just these workers. If the Telegram believes
the masses of workers will peacefully starve,
it is due for rude awakening. The workers
won't starve they'll fight.
Various factors have tended to retard the
growth of militancy and radcalism among
American workers. the relatively high stand
ards of the skilled workers, widespread "pros-
perty" Illusions gross betrayal by the A. F.
of L. and the Socialist" party, etc. 1t has
been difficult for the workers to realize the
seriousness of the present crisis, and that it
would not soon blow over" as Hoover and
myriad other capitalist spokesman have voci-
ferously averred
But month after month of unemployment is
having its inevitable effects upon them. The
slender resources of millions of unemployed
workers are exhausted the government stub
bornly refuses to grant them any relief the
Communist Party builds its prestige and or
ganization among them. All these things lead
to great intensification of the struggle.
The winter months will bring matters to
keen struggle. The masses of unemployed
with no income whatsoever and confronted
with evictions and empty cupboards, will fight
and fight miltantly. In all probability, during
the coming winter, many cities will be the
scene, not only of general mass movements of
the unemployed, but of fierce bread riots of
hungry workers. The unemployment move
ment will be made the sharper by the strug-
gle against wage cuts in the industries
The Communist Party and the Trade Union
Unity League must redouble their efforts to
give organization and leadership to the har-
raised workers. In the elections many thou
sands must be awakened and drawn into the
struggle for the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill. Every preparation must be made
TO give revolutionary direction to the coming
class struggle.
written at Harris Island Pententiary.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28
By JOHN SCHMIES.

THE immediate perspective of the TUUL
Il and its affiliated unions is the central
slogan organize and strike against wage-cuts.
This slogan itself signifies that the revolution
airy trade union movement in this country has
reached higher stage of political struggle than
ever before. The programs of our affiliated red
unions and national industrial leagues call for
the immediate mobilization of their respective
membership to put this slogan into action
Is this the correct slogan at the present stage
of the class struggle in this country? Now let
us see what the facts are. Generally speaking
we see that as a result of the economic
crisis the bosses in the industries are
more than ever trying to overcome the crisis
by increasing the system of naturalization,
which means more wage cuts for the workers,
increased speed-up and general worsenng of
their working conditions, as a result of this
program of the bosses further rehabilitation
of large masses of workers as well as. an in
creased fighting mood is taking place.
The Role of the A. +. of L. Leaders
Organizing Against Betrayers.
The workers in the mining industry are more
and more awake to the policy of the Lewis and
Fishwicks, of open sellout and betrayal, which
is being counteracted by organization and
strikes among the rank and file workers in the
mining industry Unemployment in the min
in spite of all this, the class solidarity between
the employed and unemployed masses of min
ers is growing at an ever greater pace. All
this is developing into open challenge
against the coal barons, and their agents, the
fascist and sociaI-fascst leaders of the A. F.
of L.
The same conditions-as outlined above
holds true for the metal industry Warrior,
president of the International Association of
Machinists, as well as the reactionary leader
ship of the other metal trades in the A. f. of L.,
is openly advocating and working for the ra-
tionalization program of the bosses and their
government Not only have they nothing to
offer to the ever increasing army of unem-
ployed, or against the increased system of ra-
tionalization but here, too, in the metal indus
try, these leaders, together with the bosses,
are openly fighting the militant spirit and the
militant demands on the part of the hundreds
of thousands of metal workers, but again we
find that in spite of all this the Metal Workers
Industrial League, and the Auto Workers Union
of the TUUL are taking the lead and the n-
tiative in developing strikes and leading the
workers against the unbearable conditions in
the metal industry. The same thing can be
stated for the marine industry where, for in
stance, we find in the city of Philadelphia the
leadership of the A. F. of L. as we'll as the
remnants of the ]. w. W. (who are the leading
elements) are organizing together with the city
police department and all other stool pigeon
institutions against our Marine Workers In
dustra Union, which is fighting for the i'm
provement of working conditions and higher
wages on the Philadelphia waterfront.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-28

and the longshoremen must understand that
all CT these efforts are but desperate at
tempt of the stevedores to keep the workers
from organizing. The stevedores are deter
nlin.i to force the longshoremen to accept the
present poor working conditions and the wage
cut that will be forthcoming and which was
prepared for a year age at the wage confer
ence. All this conference the employers not-
fled the delegates that some of the employers
wanted to cut wages the' but they only
Trained because they wished to continue to CO.
operate with the officials Uf the |. L. A.
Definite warnings were given the officials
that they must prepare to accept the wage
cut in the future. Since then the world crisis
of capitalism has had its effect upon the mar
inc industry and the bosses will try to force
the workers to shoulder the burden of the crisis
by wage cuts.
During the past few months the stevedores
have begun to cut wages by using non-unon
so cent men in the place of 85 cent men. 1t
is already rumored that Mccain Sugar Com
pany, which has no agreement vi lhe l. L. A.,
will cut wages 10 cents in Sep 1ees.
Strike a~ninst wage cuts! ',nzc end
prepare TO fight for better co... ions! De-
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Legal Notices
CRANDAL MACKEH, Attorney
BIZ 18th st. n. w.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. holding a Pro-
bate Court. In re: Will of William Pat
rick Lambert. Deceased. AdmEs; No;
THE D1sTR1CT OF COLUMBIA: holding
Probate Court. ORDER OF PUBLICA-
TION.-Application having been made
herein for probate of the last will and
testament of said William p. Lambert. de-
ceased, and for letters testamentary on
said estate, by Lena Mills, and it appear:
ing to the Court that the heirs at law and
next of kin of said decedent, II any there
be, are unknown. as alleged in the petl.
ton for probate. 1T IS ORDERED this 10th
day of June, A. D. 1880. that the heirs
at law and next of kin and the unknown
alienees and devisees of said decedent
whose whereabouts are unknown and all
the others concerned. appear in said Court
on Monday. the 2Sth day of July. A. D.
1880. at 1000 A. NJ. to show. cause why
such application should not be granted
Let notice hereof be published in the
Washington Law Reporter and The Wash
ington Times. once in each of three sue.
cessive weeks before the return day herein
mentioned, the first publication not being
less than thirty 1907 days before said re:
turn day. By the Court: JENNINGS
BAILEY; Justice; Seal A True Copy.
of Wills for the District of Columbia,
C1arlr 0f the prOhafe Court
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
WILTON j. LAMBERT and WILLIAM e
HORTON. Attorneys. Munsey Building

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA. holding Probate Court. No.
40374, Administration.-This is to give
notice: That the subscriber. of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. has obtained from the
Probate Court of the District of Columbia.
Letters Testamentary on the estate of Car.
rie C. Sayles. late of the District of Column
bia. deceased. All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof. legally authenticated. to the SUBJ
scriber. on or before the 18th day of June.
A. D. 1881; otherwise thSy may by law
ia tate. % Given Under % my my % hand this 1sth a day s
of June. 1880. NOBLE PERRY. 942 r
st. s, W. (Seall Attest: VICTOR S.
MERSCH, Deputy Register of Wills for the
Court.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
WEBSTER BALLINGER AND DAVID r.
SMITH, Attorneys. EdmOndS Building.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. In Re: The ap-
plication of Florence Campbell Forester
Doc Florence Campbell Forester. having
filed petition praying for decree chang
ing her name to Florence Deakins Becker
and having applied to the Court for. an
by law In such cases. it 10. by the Court,
this 18th day of June. A. D. 1880, OR
DERED that all persons concerned show
cause, If any there be- on or before the
7th day of July. A. D. 1880, why the
prayers of said petition should not be
granted: Provided. That a copy. of this
consecutive weeks before said day in The
Washington Times. newspaper. ALFRED
A. WHEAT. Chief Justice. (SeaD A true
Clerk. By HARRY NJ. HULL. Assistant
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Kid Chocolate Meets
PetrOne in RrOOkLuIl

BROOKLYN, N. Y, July l.
Kid Chocolate is booked to fight
Dominick Petrone, the Harlem
jumping jack, for 10 rounds to-
morrow night at EbbetS Field.
It will be Chocolates first fight
since he was hurt in that auto
crack-up at Orangeburgh about a
month ago which caused him to
postpone his fight with Fidel La
Barba. Chocolate will take on
Petrone as a tune-up for his
forthcoming brawl with Jack Kid
Berg.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
MuLdGl1r to Captain
Princeton Ball Team

Charles Edward Muldaur, 81, of
Elizabeth, N. j., has been elected
captain of the Princeton baseball
team. Muldaur, who was center
fielder on the nine this year, sue
ceeds John Henry OToole, Of
birmingham, Mass.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
REPORTS
!. To ROBINS

NEW YORK, July Like
Boone, veteran big Lacquer, who
has been busting the old wine
sap with much eclat out in the
Pacific Coast League, will report
Immediately to the Brooklyn
Robins, it was announced today.
He was purchased outright by
the Robins from the San Fran
i cisco Mission Club. Boone was
formerly with the Red SoX, White
.Sox and Giants, and is rated a
hard hitter, but a mediocre
fielder.
Johnny Morrison. flock hurler,
suspended last week for break
ing training rules. has been given
his unconditional release.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
HARRY s. BARGER. Attorney.
National Press Building.
SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Estate of Samuel A. Moreland, Deceased.
No. $1,000. Administration Docket ST.
Application having been made herein for
9n ana ers
on said estate, by Mary Moore Davis, it
is ordered this 11th day of june A. D.
1880, that Winona H. Moore, and all
Monday. the 21st day of July, A. D. 1890.
at 10 o'clock A. M to show cause why
such application should not be granted.
"Washington Law Reporter" and The
Washington Times, once in each of three
successive weeks before the return day
be not less than thirty days before said
return day. JENNINGS BAILEY. Justice.
(SeaD attest: THEODORE COGSWELL,
bia Clerk of the Probate Court.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Mccarthy, Washingtonian,
Worlds Rifle Champ

Washington has undisputed world champion who has
time and again proven his championship caber having
cessuly defended his championship against the best in the
world MANY times since he won it. four wears ago!
The Washington times., 1930-07-01

Ralph Mccarthy, a native
Washingtonian, won the small
bore rifle shot championship of
the world at Columbus, Ohio, in
1925, by scoring 125 consecutive
bull's-eyes without a miss at 100
yards, regarded as an almost i'm
possible feat by experts. The
highest previous mark had stood
at IS consecutive shots.
McGarity'S remarkable rec
ord is expected to stand up
indefinitely, for the old IS
consecutive shots mark has
not since been approached
despite numerous attempts by
the best in the world.
He gave an exhibition Of his un.
canny ability at his summer home
on the Patuxent recently. He
sighted a target at $50 feet, then
permitted one of his friends to
blindfold him and after a wait Of
from S to IL seconds he shot three
consecutive bulls eyes.
McGarity's son, Don, is rapidly
rounding out into an expert rifle
shot and is expected to join his
famous father as a two-man team
next fall.
Mccarthy is now in Sea Girt,
N. j., defending his championship
and his friends are confident that
the District will not lose its only
worlds championship.