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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
Alliance and the Kaytee A. c.
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eco yard re!ay-First. Nesa A. c..
1.39 4-1O-A. HaapOnen, Il. LuOma,
L.. Keinemen, A. Raevaare.
SecOnd-W.G. and S.A., 40 4-5-
r.. RadI, Il. Schumann, j. LenE,
w. Simmer.
Schweitzer. l.. Schweitzer, Il.
Hirsch. S. Hirsh.
300 yard medley swim-First, A..
HaapOnen, Nesa 4. g., 81 CLIO.
second, b. Luoma, Nesa A. c.
80 yard free style-First, b. LuOma,
20 flat.
Second, L. Keinenen. 20 flat.
so yard Observation-Disclosures A. Hap
omen, 29.4.
second. B. Luoma, 31.2.
100 yard bnckstrOke-First HaapOnen,
1.2S 40.
second, w. simmin, VIC. and s.A.,
LEE.
100 yard free styIe-First, Haaponcn.
Second, J. LEM, VIC. and s.A,
50 yard backstroke-First. Il. schu-
mann, VIC. and S.A.. 81 ITO.
Second, LuOma, "a $40.
Junior Events.
so yard bnckstroke-First. Heillila,
kaytee. $50 flat.
Second. y. Singer, Marat, los.
so yard Observation-Disclosures, Singer.
1.S2. No second.
so yard free Style--First, w. RaDta,
haytee, 27.2.
Second, y. Singer, ISL.
In the final tally of points the VeSa
\. c. scored 1S. the Kaytee next with
10. VIC. and S.A. IS, Spartncus 4, and
Mnrat IL. Medals will be awarded to
the three highest scorers: A. Hap
omen 20. B. LuOma ii, and n. Singer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31

threat advances, the capitalist hands
the workers more barney and less
truth.
The workers must make films.
The German workers have started
well. There is no need to begin
big. Documentaries of workers
life. Breadlines and picketlines,
demonstrations and policies attacks.
Outdoor films first. Then interiors.
And eventually dramatic films of
revolutionary content. Workers or
CARNATIONS should support a group
to be pioneers on this important
front.
An immediate thing is the organ
ization of a chain of workers clubs,
and related bodies for the exhibition
and distribution Of films of merit
that may not otherwise be released
here, or will be mutilated by the
commercial exhibitor. The money
earned from this could go to the
making of pictures. London has a
Workers Film Society; the union,
artists and students of Copenhagen
have formed film league. A men,
Der of the Filmliga of Holland,
Joris lvens is to make a film on
electrification in the Soviet Union.
Let's near from the American
worker! Write to the Daily worker
on this subject
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
THAT Generous
Mr.. ROCKEFELLER

A new book, Rockefeller Giant
Dwarf Symbol" by William H.
Allen points out that Rockefeller's
fortune is believed to exceed $1,000
100000. If it is only billion, the
author points out, the interest on
it exceeds the yearly earnings OF
$4,000 laborers.
The author describes the power
Rockefeller obtains by his $600,000,-
900 gifts to universities, etc. How
little these gifts hurt him is shown
by a few comparisons.
"Had one of the Pilgrim Fathers
taken a position on Plymouth Rock
in 1920, and given away dollar bills
every minute, and had the Pilgrims
worked in relays every hour of the
day from 1920 until Rockefeller's
birthday in 1929 nearly three-fourths
of Rockefeller's fortune would re-
main to be given away"
1t is So minute for the whole
Of 1880 years.
eff he were only Millionaire, his
income would be so great that after
giving away dollar bill on fifteen
corners every half minute for ten
hours day, every day of the year,
he would have more money than he
started with" the book says
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the worker and his family to the
soil as serfs-that he must do the
work but offers him no protection
as to wages. The workers family
is taken out to the fields, where
housing consist of anything from q
chicken house to a grainery, one bed
for family and sometimes not that
much. 1t is common event that
water for drinking is carried over
mile, and in some cases they are
forced to use water from the irri-
eating bitches as the farmers house
is too far.
Robbing the Worker
These workers, being without
money when they starts the work,
they are forced to obtain cret..t for
their food. This credit is arranged
by the farmer and the merchant,
giving the merchant first mortgage
to the workers wages. These
workers being unable to real Eng
fish, are robbed both in weight and
overcharge. The farmer supplies
eggs, milk etc. to his workers and
in return charges enormous press;
in one case | mention, at the end
of the season the worker was
charged three dollars for thirty-two
eggs, when eggs were selling for
2Gc per dozen.
o In the recent report Of the Colo
RADIO Agriculture College, it showed
that because Of the housing con-
ditions and the food these workers
must live on there is a high death
rate among the Mexican families.
In one section of northern Colorado,
out Of 1877 families, the death rate
was 4A3. In the Arkansas Valley,
the death rate out of lat families, or
1918 people was 308.
Child Labor In the Beet Fields
In the contract Of the sugar COM
pany, it states very boldly that nc
one under II years of age may work
under the contract, but we see in
The beet fields children of both sex
es, from six years of age on up
working side by side with their par
ents, during beet topping season
Some counties Of northern Colorado
will average better than II out OF
every hundred absent from school
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31

per season; wife-seven acres per
season; each child-five acres.
In most cases the man and wife
with three children can handle only
20 acres, or S460.00 per year. The
average wage of a beet worker is
from $4,000 10 $4,000 per year.
A family will make SG45.00 to 10000
per year (out of this comes $4,000
to $4,000 for fuel, coal and wood
and sometimes slightly more if the
farmer allows them to work in other
crops such as beans, tomatoes, at
one and two dollars per day, at the
end Of the best season. Because Of
the low wages and non-payment by
the farmer for labor, these workers
leave the beet field broke. In Ne
braska this last year some workers
received only 80 per cent of their
wages. All the farmers debts to
the bank and merchants come before
the beet labor. These poverty
stricken workers enter small col
onies or go into the cities to starve
for the winter. 1t is common oc-
currance to see Mexican women and
children gathering food from the
garbage cans in the alleys Of Dem
yer and Pueblo. Some are fortunate
enough to find work in the mines
and on the railroads, but are always
subject to race discrimination and
exploitation, only to find misery and
exploitation at every turn in the
road, especially in the steel mills and
coal mines of the Rockefeller Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company.
Militant Fighters
The Mexican worker is q very
militant worker; many inherit their
revolutionary tendencies from the
movement of old Mexico. AT pres
ent in the beet area there is or
ganized the Beet Workers Associa-
ton, with a militant membership
but reactionary leadership who
swing toward the church and all
other bourgeois tendencies trying tc
mi;lead the workers; but with the
work Of the Trade Union Unity Lea
que and the Communist Party
among these workers. both the
church and the reformist leadership
are becoming very much alarmed be-
cause Of the way the Mexican work.
Ell responds to the program OF class
struggle and realizes his common
enemy is the capitalist class and al
its agents, the church, courts, etc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31

In a struggle for the hegemony
in the Asiatic countries against the
other imperialist countries of the
world Japanese Imperialism has
called in sports to its assistance.
Through sports it hopes to spread
its influence among the far Eastern
countries for the greater exploita-
ton of the colonial peoples.
According to the press releases of
the capitalist sheets the Far Eastern
Athletic Meet held in Toxic, Japan,
on May 25, has attracted over 1907
900 people as spectators of the vari-
GUS athletic events. The countries
participating in this meet were:
Japan, China, India and the Philip
pine Islands. The Japanese athletes
won the major portion of the total
points. Sports now is not only used
by the bosses as a class instrument
in their respective countries but also
as an instrument in their policy Of
international relations.
International Spartakiade.
While the bourgeois sports leaders
of the world are now holding their
confab in Berlin to prepare rules
for the international bourgeo i S
Olympics which will be held in Los
Angeles, in 1882, the Red Sports In.
ternational is calling world R.S.I.
Congress to lay out plans for the
International Workers Spartakiada
to be held in Moscow in 1882, on the
last year of the Five-Year Plan. The
Olympics will be used by the bourg-
eoisie as an arena to display their
athletic military ability and to
spread bourgeois patriotism and
iingoism. The Workers Interna-
tional Spartakiade will be used to
more closely knit the international
class solidarity of the workers and
to take stock of the working class
forces for the recisive struggles. In
this Spartakiade the American
worker sportsmen will also be rep
resented.
Boxing
Primo Camera has been touring
the country for several months push.
ing over set ups in fake fights til
the boxing bugs got sick of it AMI
several state boxing commissions
placed a ban on him. Now for the
first time we shall see what this
big bozzo is made of. Primo is
scheduled to box George Godfrey, the
250-pound Negro boxer, whom every
leading white boxer has lodged
Godfrey is acknowledged to be the
outstanding boxer in the country
But the only reason that the title
does not adorn his forehead is just
because it is black.
Young Stribling has toppled ovei
Primo in a bout in England. What
will Godfrey do to him providing
the bout is on the level?
L. S. U. swimming was inaugu-
rated in the Eastern District OF
May %, with a district open swim
ming meet of many events and APP
proximately fifty participants. The
meet, held at the 28th st. pool, was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
''Tt Speaks for Itself"

Now, children, if you'll be quiet
we'll tell you a funny story. You
see, once upon a time about
month ago-the mighty British en-
pire rared up on its hind legs and
howled to beat the old scratch about
the vile Bolsheviks abusing and per-
scouting the perfectly innocent
priests in the Soviet Union. The
pope declared, and Ramsay Mac
Donald swore to it, that holy men
of god, who were absolutely inno-
cent of all political thoughts let
alone any political acts. should
never, never be robbed of their
right to worship god whether there
is one or not-and so on.
And see what's happened now in
the island of Malta, ruled by the
aforesaid British empire: The
archbishop of Malta issued "pas-
toral "forbidding electors
to vote for Lord Strickland and the
constitutional party candidates I'M
der pain of such action being re-
garded as a. sin; instructing the
clergy to refuse to administer sac
raments to those who neglected to
comply with these instructions"
The New York Times is authority
for this statement, and it is added
that, besides the priests asking the
faithful in the confessional what
political party they would vote for,
the archbishop has placed a ban
on two leading newspapers and for
babe reading them under pain Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
Bv HARRY A. POTAMKIN

The Soviet cinema is, as Eisen-
stein has said, the product of the
Creative masses" That u.s. the new
proletarian society created the great
Soviet film. Not until something Of
the same discharge of energies has
occurred here. will the great Amer
can film, promised in the present
movie, be realized. The great
American motion picture will come
from the creative masses. The mass
es must anticipate that future day.
They must know too that the film,
used against them in the false por-
trayals of present society, can serve
them as means to realize that day.
The movie obscures the facts of
present society with pictures OF
luxuriance and hope that ensnare
and betray the worker into sec
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
TWO ARRESTED AT
WORKERS CENTER

A Veteran of Foreign Wars stool
pigeon called in the police Satur-
day and had two workers arrested
in the cafeteria below the Workers
Center.
Between 1870 and 2 P. M. a wo-
man appeared on the sidewalk SELL
ing Daily Worker badges. A heavily
built man walked up to her and
SAID, 81 warn you to get off this
sidewalk and get back in where you
belong" She argued with the man,
and he walked away. Workers saw
him little later sneaking into the
V. of F.. w. office entrance, and
heads began to appear at the win
dows.
The police came, evidently called
from the fascists headquarters, and
accompanied by the same stool
pigeon who had made the provoca-
tory remark, went into the cafe
terra and arrested two workers. The
stool pigeon pointed out who he
wanted pinched. He was overheard
to tell the cops, about one man in
the restaurant, "Give that fellow
a punch in the jaw" Further de-
tails are not known at present.
After the arrests, a group, ap-
parently the members of a meet
ing, came out of the V. of F. w. Of
fices and went up Fourth Ave-, some
in taxis and some on foot.
lHeed.1 NV. yo(
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
Hurrab for Vitale-Land!

SSH! Children! The Municipel
Art Commission of New York he
approved the erection of an $8C
900 flag-pole to be put up in I'M,
Square slap-dab in front Of {.
Daily Worker. But it is to be
memorial" to Charley Murpn
Tammany leader. Some fastidip,.
folk objected to the idea, so Ii,
say it is to commemorate the 1,C;
anniversary of the Declaration G..
Independence-four years too lat
but that's what they say. We vol
for it as a Murphy memorial, since
any flag pole that costs $4,000
ought to net some Tammany graft
er at least $4,000. Then the mil
lion jobless of New York can look
up at Old Glory waving over such
a graft and just swell up and bust
with patriotism undiluted with any
thing to eat,
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which is all hand work consisting of
thinning and blocking. First hoe
ing, which must be done on the
hands and knees, then third hoeing,
and next pulling and topping. This
work requires about 80 working
days from sun-up to sunset, or
sometimes 16 hours day. The
worker must remain on the farm
from the first of May until the lat
ter part of November or into De-
cember. In the thinning process,
the worker must separate the beets
II inches apart and leaving the big
beets; thinning and first hoeing is
done through the rainy season or
damp weather; in order to cover the
rows in an acre of beets for thin
ming and first hoeing, they must
crawl on their hands and knees &c.
1876 feet, or about five miles. The
second and third hoeing is done
under scorching sun. Topping
comes in the beginning of winter,
which sometimes means pulling the
beets out from under the snow at
zero weather and cutting the tops
from them with a large knife. AT
this time of the year you will see
children working with bleeding
hands.
In the contract, the worker is to
receive bonus of SOC per ton for
every ton Of twelve tons per acre.
The worker is allowed to draw
$11.00 per acre providing his
grocery account is taken out first.
After the thinning and first hoeing,
out of this is held $1.00 per acre
until final payment. If the farmer
sees fit, he can break his contract
with the worker before the end Of
the season, and the worker loses
both bonus and the dollar held back
on acreage. This is profitable to
the farmer where he has a large
acreage. The best acreage an in
dividual worker can cover for the
year is about Is acres by hard work
at $500 per acre.
Worse Than Paupers
The sugar company has figured
the following schedule this year
(1930): Male worker-nine acres
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WORKERS FILMS

ond-hand' life. At the theatre he
lives in plush of escape" And
how is the worker himself present
ed? AS a hoodlum or a herman.
Romanticized not as a worker, en-
during much, getting little, slave
in his own dominion. In the early
days Of the movie, the worker was
presented sometimes genuinely.
There was even sympathy for the
striker. Upton Sinclair's "The Jun
gle" was produced. A film was made
showing worers exploited by the sale
of marsh-lands, which they bought
to build homes upon.
Today the film in copcentrated in
the power of high finance. 1t is a
business that sells mental impress
sions. High finance is not going to
sell impressions that hurt it. With
the concentration, the class-fight
becomes severer. AS the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
A Sulclde--He
Had No Blood
to Sell to Lie
By G. NJ.

On May 20, 1880, young man
committed suicide, leaving a note in
Which he explains that he had tried
Z IN vain to find some work, and that
after several blood transfusions,
which Melted him little money and
kept him for while, he became so
weak he could not do any work at
all. He became too weak to sell his
blood. Finally he asked for a small
loan to regain some health and was
Matly turned down by the owner of
the Donors Exchange"
The office of the Blood Donors
Exchange. To the right is seen a
clerk sitting over his desk. On the
left are seen several chairs with &C.
cupants. In the background are two
doors-one leads to an outer hall
xYid another to a doctors office. A
worn out, pale young man enters
and stops hesitatingly at the door,
then approaches the clerk.
! Clerk-You are here again. You
were here only yesterday. You know
sit is impossible for us to accept you.
And besides business is not very good
lately, not enough calls for trans
fusions. =. I am afraid we won't
need you for long time.
Youth-That's quite true, but |
couldn't get any work and | haven't
had meal for long time.
Clerk-But what can we do. We
paid you for every drop Of blood
we have taken from you. Haven't
you any self-respect? Haven't you
any decency at all? Oh, my god,
my god!
Youth-But can't you buy some
more of my blood just once
more, won't you, please :? | am
an American citizen, born and
raised in this country. My grand
father fought in the civil war and.
Clerk-Holy mackerel, what has
the civil war to do with the fact
that you can't make enough for a
bowl O. soup.
YOUTH tried. | really did . D.,
Perhaps you could extend me a
few dollars until my next trans
fusion. promise I'll pay it back.
Just one dollar-the price of a
meal. l will pay it back. won't
charge you any more money for
my blood at all -. you can have
all of it.
! Clerk-Now, look here, young
man, I have been patient enough
with you. We don't need your blood.
' 1t is no good anyhow. Now be gone
before I call cop, do you hear?
Be gone!
Youthful f. Che faints).
Several people run up and try to
give him aid. The frightened clerk
runs off screaming wildly: Police!
Police! The young man regains his
posture but becomes delirious and
begins to shout
-. Come on, who wants blood :?
Cheap human blood! Come on drink
it free of charge rivers of it :.
See it flowing growing bigger,
bigger, bigger! Now you shall all
have enough! A wall of blood is
rising! Drink! Drink! Drink! Until
\ you burst!
The cops rush in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
Today i'm History Of
the Workers

Nav 81, 1S17-George Hervcgh,
Socialist and limertarian poet.
born i'll Stuttgart, Germany. 1860
Three months strike Of iron
puddlcrs in north of England end
ed. 1909-Street car workers of
Philadelphia launched successful
strike. 19l7-People's Council
formed at First AmericanConfer-
ence for Democracy and Terms of
Peace, in New York. 191S-ROse
Pastor Stokes sentenced at Kan
sas City, Mo-, to 10 years in prison
on charge of violating espionage
law. 1923--Miners of Nova Scotia
compelled by United Mine Work
ers officials to withdraw applica-
ton for joining Red international
of Labor Unious.
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Actual photograph of child
considered old enough for the boss
to exploit IL hours q day at the
corst kind of labor IN the sugar
beet fields.
speaking, large percentage COM
ing direct from old Mexico. 1t has
been customary for the sugar COM
panies, each year, in order to keep
on hand a surplus of field labor, to
send out their agents to the border
states to recruit new material for
each years best crop, as many leave
each season because Of the miser-
able exploitation.
False Promises
These workers are brought into
the beet area under false promises
of good wages, good housing condi-
tions and a chance for education of
their children. When these work
ers arrive at the point to where
they are shipped, the farmer comes
to the depot and picks out what is
termed, 'his MeXicans," A contract
is drawn up between the farmer and
the worker by the sugar company on
a family basis. This contract binds
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
Hackmem Ride Long and
Weary Hours for Lining

| loads into junk in their rush to get
the first payment back, and after
running as long as the finance shy
sters allow without meeting the
monthly notes they usually do a soft
shoe fadeout back to "cloaks and
suits" They carry no compensation.
In most cases they are lucky to
carry enough gas in their tanks for
their night men to not get stuck.
But you can always sue. . if there's
lawyer in the family who has just
passed his bar examinations.
No trouble getting in wrong in
this profession"
No trouble staying that way.
The cops hate your CUTS. You've
got to chisel "where the angels fear
to ride" Too many other cowboys
eager to cut in ahead for the "fare"
waiting on the corner. A second or
two means your prospective rider is
sitting in the other cab and maybe
grinning at you (they do) from the
back seat because you gave her the
gun too slow, or was too careful
about walkers to make the play for
swift grab. There's no Coping
plea" for cutting out to land a
rider. The little boys in blue also
have a minimum amount of book
ings in the form of tickets that they
must hand in to their bosses. And
what's softer set up than cruis-
ing cabby for him to get few
extra summonses off his stalwart
chest? He's got you coming and
going. Coming to the magistrates
court for traffic violations, and 60
ing before the hatch bureau COM
missioner to answer whatever the
bulls rap" calls for. Not sweating
in a collar, tie, or jacket when it's
90 in no shade. Having a drunk
take your Identification card from
inside the cab as a souvenir, losing
the badge, disrespect spoken or
looking) to nervous old ladies, grog-
gy old gents, or gently Broadway
babies, any of these charges mean
suspension.
Resentment of the affectionate
familiarity used to you by the boy
friend of the club and gun as he
rests knee gracefully on your
fender to write cut the ticket could
be easily construed as "disorderly
conduct" Yet the Baumes law will
get you if you don't watch out!'
Making few extra nickels by
riding with the stick up, the clock
not registering mileage, and forget
ting to give the boss the 500 he
is legally entitled to as his share is
Bye bye hack badge" (if you are
nabbed.) Doing the above for the
wife and Riddles (even if you have
such) has no effect on the commits
sioner. He may hold your hand, he
may look deep in the depths of your
blue eyes, he may even have the
tear behind the smile in his voice as
he whispers "Out Bum" the city
needs no drivers like you!
This hacking is young mans
graft. If you've got the speed, if
you've got the nerve, if you've a
cast iron frame, you can bust in.
When Won are in If won't he long
before all you eat, think, talk, dream,
and hope for is to get out. There
is one way out. Not as cinchy as
breaking in, but it can be done. A
battling taxi drivers union run by
the men. And a few of the boys
who know how to stop labor takers,
pie-card artists, rats, stools, and
crooks from wrecking the way out!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31

MOSCOW, U.P.S.)--The Peoples
Commissariat for Agriculture an
nounces that on the LIST of May 49,
100000 hectares of land has been
sown, in other words, So per cent