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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Three Are Injured
In Houston Crash

HOUSTON, March 3.-CPp-Three
passengers were injured about mid
night Sunday when a Houston and
North Shore railway interurban Of
the Missouri Pacific lines jumped
the tracks at the foot Of the Main
street viaduct here, ploughing
through brick walls Of the Bryant
Settle Motor company.
Those injured were: J.. c. Hen
son, AZ. Of Goose Greek, motorman;
Jessie Trimble. rs. negro Of Hous-
ton, and Edward Mckenzie, %, ne
gro, of Pelly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Mussolini Offered
Gift by American

ROME. March 3-PD-Beautiful
Villa Sciarra on Janiculum Hill and
$4,000 were offered to Premier
Mussolini for the city of Rome to-
day by Mrs Henrietta Tower Wurts
OF Philadelphia. Mrs. WurtS is the
widow Of the late George w. Wurts.
once secretary Of the American m
baSsy here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Wreck of Missing
Plane Discovered

Los ANGELES, March 3-tP-
J. T. Barber, a rancher living in
the San Bernardino mountains to-
day reported to the Western Air
Express discovery Of the wreckage
Of an airplane twenty miles north
east of Lake Arrowhead in the deep
Box canyon.
G. c. Cole, superintendent OF
operations Of the Western Air Ex-
press. expressed belief the wreck
age was that Of the tri-motored
m%onoplane. piloted by James z.
Doles which had been missing for
a week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Taft Still Fights
Bravely for Life

WASHINGTON, March 3-tR
Unless the condition Of Will
Aam Howard Taft undergoes
some sudden change due to the
arterio sclerosis from which he
has been suffering, DR.. Francis
r. Hagner said today his span
u life is undetermined"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Turning Basin
Site Is Sought
Navigation Committee Asks Offers of Land
In Blocks of Not Less Than 500 Acres
For Valley Deep Water Port

Inc navigation committee, busy taking every step OF preparedness
10 n brownsville port, now stands ready to receive offers of land for
the turning basin.
IiS Is the announcement made this afternoon BY z. A. Rosenthal
chairman who re-terates that great hope is entertained here for actual
work to start in July.
Mr.. Rosenthal said that the committee, preparing against the ~,
congress viii pass the omnibus bill, is now ready to consider offers n
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03

The judge lectured d while, and
then 1t was time to pay: A friend
nudged the man in question. AL
he got in return was a blank stare
Go ahead and pay" the friend
whispered.
Pay what?"
The fine. She said you would
Holy mackerel, I eve saw that
woman in my life," the fall-guy oe-
clared in an agitated frame of
mind.
The girl Is in jail. The man K
still trying to convince the judge
that he did not know the defend
ant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Spurious u. S. Bills
Flooding Mexico

MEXICO CITY, March 3-tP1-
The press published warning today
that great quantities Of counterfeit
American bills have been encoun-
tered in Mexico. The denomnia-
tons were of five, ten. twenty. fifty
and n hundred dollars. The
workmanship vas said TO be so well
done it was difficult for any but an
expert to recognize the counter
feita.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Carnival Queen Crowned
Interesting Program Features Second Day
Of Sister Cities Hospital Fiesta

The Good Humor Carnival opened officially Sunday when Miss Maria
Elisa Lamarque and Miss Ayelffe Cobonn: we're crowned queens II a
m. at the Teatro Reforma. Miss Lamarque was elected by the Mata-
moros customs officials and Miss Cobolini was sponsored by the local
Kiwanis club. They will rule jointly during the four days Of the Car
nival. March 1884.
A formal reception Of the Brownsville queen started the festivities for
the second day Of the carnival when Miss Cobolni. with Miss Gail Nc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Truck Driver Dies
AS Result of Crash

DENISON. Tex, March 3.-P-
w. S. Vickers. 80. truck driver for q
gas company. was killed instantly
today when a Missouri Kansas
Texas passenger train crashed into
his truck south of Caddo, Okla, ac-
cording TO information received
here. His home was in Blossom.
Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Bobbitt's Assistant

AUSTIN. March 3~.-(P-William
A. Wade Of Dallas was appointed
an assistant attorney general by
Attorney General r. L. Bobbitt to-
day. He fills the vacancy left by
resignation Of first assistant attor-
ney general Galloway Calhoun and
advancement Of H. Grady Chandler
to that place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
No, No, Judge Browne!
It's Same Old Story But Question Remains
Is Man Really Ignorant of Spanish

She stood before the judge charged with having been drunk and using
abusive language.
The charges. she admitted, were true.
That would be SIS. Judge "A. "A. Browne Of the city corporate R SOL
EMMY asserted. Could she pay?
No she answered. but the gentleman on the front seat will
The man was not appreciably embarrassed, as his Spanish vocabulary
was limited and he did not hear the answer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Upper Valley Favors
Port Visitor Say

Tom T.. Hartley, Pharr attorney.
and Gordon Harris. Edinburg civil
engineer. were in Brownsville on
bIGeSs Monday.
MIR. Harris stated that the up
per Valley was intensely interested
in obtaining a port and that the
Brownsville project was favored.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Brentwood Bulletin
Is Swept by Fire

BROWNWOOD, March 3-P1-
Fire last night destroyed a part OF
the building housing the Brentwood
Bulletin. II swept through portions
of two floors. damaging much OF
the equipment and furnishings.
Loss was not estimated Immediately.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Entire Wedding Party
browns Under Ice

WARSAW, Poland, March STR
An entire wedding party of thirty
persons, including the bride and
bridegroom. was drowned yesterday
in Lake Narogzna in the Wilmo
district when ice broke under the
weight OF their sleighs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Lane Funeral Rites
To Be Held Monday

Funeral services will be held at
3 p. m. Monday for Mrs. Bessie
Ruth Lane, 43. who died Sunday
after several months illness.
Mrs. Lane is survived by her hus-
band. ]. II. Lane, two sons, and
two daughters.
Funeral arrangements are being
made BY Darling Funeral Home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Quakes End in California
Debris Being Cleared in Brawley Streets
Following Siege With Many Shocks

BRAWLEY. Calf March 3-tP-Although its populace still was
slightly nervous, Brawley went back on a busness-as-usual basis today
after cleaning up the debris left by a six-day siege Of earthquakes.
Bricks that fell from the walls OF buildings and glass which crashed to
the sidewalks during the heaviest shocks we're hauled out of town quick
~. Supplies Of glass also were rushed here from Los Angeles to repair
damage to store fronts.
The quakes began last Tuesday and were felt throughout immortal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Novelist Dies

NICE. France. March 3.-tPl-D.
II. Lawrence. noted British novel
list. died here today after a lengthy
illness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley
Partly cloudy and continued cold
tonight with lowest temperature 40
to As degrees IL weather clears;
Tuesday partly cloudy or fair with
rising temperature. Light to mod
crate northerly winds On the weS1
coast becoming variable Tuesday.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night; probably frost except In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley: Tuesday
fair; slowly rising temperature in
west and north portions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
Fruit Crop Damaged
In Many Sections

WICHITA FALLS. March SIP
The fruit crop here was reported
damaged somewhat, though not
greatly. by the cold weather of Sat-
urday and Sunday. @. O. McCown.
county farm agent. expressed opin-
ion the damage would be confined
to trees in blossom.
JACKSONVILLE. Texas. March 3
5Pp-Although ice was noticeable
in this section. little. If any. dam
age was believed to have resulted to
truck crops and fruit trees by the
cold weather of the past two days.
There was very little frost.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. Texas,
March 3-tP1-Fruit trees and vege-
tables in this section were reported
to have escaped damage from the
cold weather of the past two days.
MARSHALL, Texas, March 3-iPl
Damage from the recent cold
weather TO early vegetables and
fruit trees was reported negligible
IN Harrison county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Tsabe.
today under normal meteorological
conditions:
High ........ 6:26 "a. m, 5:38 ID. MI
Low 1901 p- nl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
IN The river during the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Er.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
CunAaw Mack .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01
HAITIAN BOURGEOIS
NATIONALISTS CAPITALIZED

Haitian reports state that the ma
tive bourgeois leaders are "much
satisfied" at the report of the
Hoover Commission, but as the re-
ports recommendation cannot by
any stretch Of imagination be said
to give the least economic relief to
the starving peasantry and terribly
exploited workers, it clearly does not
answer the demands of the masses.
The only fly III the bourgeois ONT
ment is alleged to be the "disap-
pointment" at the failure to with
draw the Marines Immediately"
The bourgeois leaders, who aspire
to political and administrative sine
cures now held by Yankees, are
quite content with the promise of
lucrative places, but find it hard to
explain to the masses why the Mar
ines should remain under an arrange
ment they have agreed to.
Even the detested High Commits
sioner," Brigadier General Russell, is
praised by the report and allowed to
remain under a vague recommends
ton that his office be abolished at
some definite future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01
FOR MAY DAY .z D;

be the central point of our organizational work
which must be more concentrated upon propa-
ganda in the factories, factory gate meetings
etc. Stubbornly and theoretically preparing
the political strike on May First, the Party
must avoid the Boosting concentrations about
general" political strike ''to be called" on
May First. In this connection the Party should
apply the same rule which was given for March
9th, and must be cautioned against the trans
formation of the May Day strike in some fac
tories into a strike only Of active elements or
only of members of the Party.
6. The characteristic feature of the May Day
demonstration this year is, that in many cities
the working class is already put before the at
tack Of the bourgeois state against the workers
right to demonstrate, to parade, the right to
the streets. In New York, for instance the
traditional place of working class demonstra-
tions, Union Square, is already given to the
fascist organization of War Veterans. The
fight against those attacks must become speci-
fic points of our general fight aginst the bour-
geois state. In those cities where the Party
faces prohibition of demonstration or parade or
where, as in New York, the Party is ready put
before an anti-proletarian and anti-May Day
fascist counter demonstration where the Social
ist Party has called for social-fascst demon
stration intended as additional support to the
police ana the feactlonary world war veterans
in the attempt to suppress the working class
movement and the Communist Party, we must
Immediately organize a mass campaign of pro-
test and fight against these maneuvers or pro-
hibition, using these facts to unmask the real
class character of the city governments and
their lying demagogy about democracy" the
fascist character of such organizations as the
War Veterans, the Socialist Party, etc.
In the present situation the Party does not
call the workers to armed struggle against the
fascist counter demonstrations or against po-
lice prohibitions, but the Party must not and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01

workers. against wage cuts, speedup and capt.
talist naturalization, for the 7-hour day and
5-day week, against the bourgeois government,
defending the interests of the capitalists
against the workers; against the bourgeois state
with its police courts, etc, attacking the work
ing class; for economic demands of the poor far
mers; against the fascists and social fascists of
the American Federation of Labor, the Socialist
Party, and Music group; against the War Dan
ger; for the transformation of the imperialist
war into civil war against "our own" bour-
geoisie for the Defense of the Soviet Union.
Among the economic demands, special at
tention must be given to the slogan for I'm
employment Insurance, giving to the May
Day demonstration the character of nation
wide campaign for Unemployment Insurance.
All these slogans of the Party must not be
simply repeated, but must be linked up with
concrete economic and political events, illus
trated with concrete facts, and must be eX-
planned with some additional partial slogans
which stress the various aspects of our gen.
eral slogans. For instance, our slogans of the
fight against the bourgeois state machine,
police, courts, etc, must be concretized with
partial demands, especially for the liberation of
the Gastonia class prisoners; for the liberation
of all demonstrators arrested on March 9th,
especially the unconditional liberation of the
New York Delegation; liberation of Harry Els
man, jailed for five years because of March 9th;
as well as slogans to defend the revolutionary
working class organizations and the Communist
Party now being the object of special repres-
sions and fighting against illegality; with slo-
gans against police blacklists. the planned ship
load deportations of revolutionary workers, etc.
Our slogans of the fight against fascists and
social-fascists from the A. F. Of L., S. P. and
Music group, must be illustrated with concrete
examples of their attitude on the questions of
unemployment and March 9th demonstration
Matthew Wolls program of fascist suppression
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01
Dirgctlves of the Central Conn.,
mlttee, Communist Party, USA

will not surrender these rights without stub
born fight The main task in this respect is to
mobilize the largest possible masses even before
May First, try to overthrow these manoeuvers
or prohibitions with mass moment of protest,
and the question Of concrete tactics on the day
of May l of the place of the demonstrations,
etc must be decided on the eve of May First
on the basis of the concrete correlation of for
ces In any case the Party must not retreat
before prohibition Of demonstrations or parade,
must organize not only mass meetings in streets
and squares, but also parades on the streets,
combining the parade with presentation of de-
mands of the unemployed workers by Unem-
ployed Councils or special delegations to the
City Government.
May Day will probably meet the same ire
mendous notifications of police forces as did
March 9th, or even more. There must be no
room for any panicky confusion amongst the
members of the Party before this mobilization,
Every member of the Party, even on the ex
ample of March 9Th, must realize that the
mobilization of the masses is the only way to
paralyze these police threats, oblige them to re-
treat, and fight them if necessary. Of especial
Importance for the success of May Day is the
organization of Workers Defense Corps In
this respect the Party should use the lessons of
March 9th and the widespread recognition
among the workers of the necessity of such
organization Although in many districts work
ers defense corps were organized before March
9th, yet almost everywhere they are not yet
united front organizations of workers in the fac
tories, but small fighting groups only of mem
bers of the Party or even only of members of
the YCL. The work of ORIGINATING these
corps must be carried on mainly in the fac
tories, among non-Party workers, joining these
united front organizations under the guidance
of the members of the Party.
8. As regards the organizational forms of
propaganda for the demonstrations, the Cen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01

of the unemployment movement published on
the eve of March 9th, Norman Thomas & Co.'S
stand on the demonstration in New York. VOLTS
article in N. Y. Herald-Tribune magazine openly
proclaiming the A. f. of L. as the first defender
of the capitalist system, etc. exact quotations
from speeches and documents should be largely
used in our agitation, in our leaflets, and even,
in short form put on our banners accompanied
with our slogans of fight against these fascists.
The May First traditional slogan of fight
against militarsm and war should be concrete
lied on the example of sthe London Armament
Conference especially on the question of the
preparation of new attack against the. U. S.
s. r. on the religious issue; fight against War
Danger mus be linked up with the fight against
the church as a capitalist class institution
openly melting to new bloody crusade against
the Russian workers; slogans of protest and
indignation against this clerical campaign, as
well as slogans denouncing the class role of the
church in the light of it's present campaign,
should occupy place among our slogans. All
slogans must be accompanied by appeals to the
workers to join the Party and the revolutionary
trade unions
). All organizational efforts of the Party
must be directed towards preparation of a mass
political strike March 9th showed considerable
degree of political influence of the Party among
the masses, mainly among unemployed workers.
May First will be a testing of the political in
fluence of the Party mainly among the workers
in the factories, The Party should correct it's
shortcomings revealed during the campaign for
March 9th which was not sufficiently based
upon factories, which carried on mainly
thru mass meetings without touching workers
in factories, which showed passivity and mac
tivity of our shop nuclei.
The center of gravity of the campaign for,
May First must be in the factories and mainly
in the large factories of the most important
branches of industry. Shop nuclei thus should
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01

/. May First, the traditional day of cele-
bration and demonstration against militariSm
and war, of the world proletariat, for shorten
ing of the work day. and for unity of the pro-
letarian class movement, has a particular
significance this year, May First now comes
in the situation of the economic crisis, growing
unemployment agraran crisis, sharpening of
the class struggle, rehabilitation of the working
class March 9th was eliminating point of the
revolutionary struggle of the American work
ing class against the capitalist system with its
economic crisis, unemployment, naturalization,
against capitalist government defending the
interests of the capitalists. against the bour-
geos state and its fascist and social-fascist
forces May First must be the continuation, on
a higher level, and on broadened basis, of this
struggle of the American working class
2, The general task Of the Party is to trans
form the May Day of this year into mass
political united front action of the American
workers, into mass political demonstration for
immediate economic demands of the unemployed
and employed workers. for political slogans of
the Party, demonstration directed against the
whole capitalist system, and taking tse form of
a political mass strike. In connection with this,
two main tasks are facing the Party First,
to link up the immediate demands of the
American working class today with the tradi-
Jional slogans and scope of the May Day demon
straton, and Second the preparation and call
ing of political mass strike.
8. As regards the first task, the Party
should develop mass propaganda and agita-
ton under the slogans which already modified
American workers for the March 9th demon
stration. In the center of our agitation work
must be put the slogans of the immediate eco
nomic demands of the unemployed and
ployed workers--Work or Wages, Unemploy-
ment Insurance equal for Negro and white
workers, women and youth, administered by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01

six strikers were massacred III the
streets of Marion, with more than
a score wounded. But militant labor
in the South rose again after every
struggle.
AS the growing economic crisis
gripped the southern textile indus
try, the mill barons continued their
rage against the union organizers
and the southern representatives of
the international Labor Defense.
Chain gang sentences for Bill Cau-
die, for George Saul, for Dewe Mar
tin, the kidnapping and beating of
Ebert Totherow, numerous arrests
and sentences against others, while
the murderers of Ella May and the
Marion strikers were freed; no one
was ever given a day in jail for
attacks upon workers, as a result
of the increasing wave of lynchings
against Negroes.
This year of savage ruling class
attacks, instead Of crushing the
ranks of southern labor, has
strengthened them. Working class
resistance is no longer measured by
the thin ranks that once spread only
through the Piedmont section of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-01

trail Committee stresses especially the necessity
of organization of May First Action Commit
tees. These committees must not be short
lived organizations only to prepare May First,
but preparations of the demonstrations should
serve as the starting point to create such
united front committee which tomorrow should
serve for instance as an Action Committee link
ing actions of unemployed and employed work.
ers, or preparing another demonstration ac-
ton of the working class. In those places
where before March these Committees of Ac-
ton were created, their activity must be re-
newed as Committees for May First and con-
tnue after May First for the next tasks
Another organizational form of our campaign
for May First, must be organization of large
United Front Conferences of all workers includ-
ing rank and file of reformist organizations to
prepare the May First demonstration, and set
up committees to organize, direct and lead the
demonstrations, with representatives Of Party,
revolutionary unions and unemployed.
The Central Committee especially stresses
the necessity to strengthen the role and work
of the revolutionary trade unions in the work
of preparation for May First. In this respect
the insufficient activity of our trade unions
before March 9Th should be corrected. The
Central Committee recommends also for all
Districts such form of drawing poor farmers
into this political movement of the working
class, as sending special agitators, organizers
and speakers into farming eenters and localities.
and even sending delegation of Party and
non-party workers to organize and participate
in meetings and demonstrations of the farmers.
Finally the &C points out that May First cam
paign and demonstration should be largely used
for the recruitment drive of the Party,
especially in connection with the evening hall
meetings which must round out the May Day
activities in every city, to recruit new hundreds
of proletarians into the Party.