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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
PLANT A TORTURE
CHAMBER FOR ALI.
Who SLAVE There
We've Got to Form
Shop Committees"
(By Worker Correspondent
HARTFORD, Conn. (By MaiD.-
am nineteen wears old and have

(By Worker Correspondent
HARTFORD, Conn. (By MaiD.-
| am nineteen years old, and have
worked at the Colt Repeating Arms
Co. plant for over a year.
Every morning | find it harder
and harder to get up. l drag my
self to, the factory restaurant, get
. bite and stumble across the
broken street, to the factory gates.
An awesome fear clutches my heart
as, | near the grim soot-soaked walls.
The funeral silence of the building
is heavy and oppressive. l feel as
though / were entering torture
chamber; the giant machines being
the implements of torture. The
warming up of the monsters sends
a shiver up my spine at the thought
Of going through another day of
hell.
In the department where l work,
the men are not allowed to smoke,
so they chew tobacco and spit all
over the floor. The floors are made
of wooden planks that have never
been washed in the century that
Colts has been in existence and only
specifically swept. Hence when
you enter the factory stale, stink
ng odor assails your nostrils, MAX
ing you cough repeatedly until you
get used to it.
In every worker you meet you
see your own reflection; drawn face,
hollows under the cheek bones, rings
under the eyes; and what eyes!
Dull, staring, dumb.
| Sit down at my bench and start
to work. Presently the foreman
comes over and tells me to take
some 25's down to the polishing
room. On the way down | stop
at the shooting gallery and speak
to some of the men who are shoot
ing off the guns to see if they are
o. X. All the men have cotton in
their ears, but that helps but little.
If they work any length of time
they are bound to get deaf. They try
to joke it off half-heartedly, but it
is a pity. Some of these men are
barely kids in age.
Next l go to the revolver assem-
bly, room. Here some of the men
have been sitting on one chair for
fifty or sixty years, and don't get
more than the limit-S30 a week.
Many have TB but don't even know
it. Next is the grinding room,
where men sit all day for years,
all their lives. breathing particles of
steel and dust. They entered broad
shouldered, robust young men; after
five or ten years they are fired,
pale and shrunken and invalids.
They do not speak unless spoken
to. Their faces are stern and set.
They know they are kinning them
selves by degrees so that their wives
and kids will have bread to eat,
but they think they have no other
way.
These. are some of the things we
put up with at Colts. We've got to
organize into union that won't
sell us out. We've got to start form
ing that union by forming shop
committees.-Young Colt Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
Boston ALL. Takers
Are Fighting for Fat
Convention Plums
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy u W Ofhcf SOfftcpohUCUtJ
BOSTON, (By Mail.)-The mis-
leaders of the Boston A. F. of l.. as
we'll as all other misleaders
throughout the United States get
active every time there is some mo-
ney in it or else when they are to
betray the workers in their strug-
giles, otherwise they do their work
incognito.
At the last A. F. of L. conven-
ton held in Toronto, the Boston
delegation of the misleaders with
the help of manufacturers building
trades association, and the recently
elected Mayor Curley, succeeded to
bring the A. F. of L. convention to
Boston. What a victory!
So now for the last two meetings
the Central Labor Union with its
many factions picked a fight of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
PROSPERITY" ON S. P.
5000 California r. X. SLAVES Laid off

of the S. P. shops, as only hand
full of employees are not affected
by the lay-off order. The unem-
ployment situation in Sacramento is
very serious this winter, as it is else
where thruout the state and the en-
tire country.
The Trade Union Unity League
is planning an organization cam
paign among the Sacramento work.
ers. w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
JOBLESS WORKER TRIES
SUICIDE,

In desperation because his wife
chided him for being unemployed
S. Fulfiter, jobless worker, threw
acid into her face and drank the
rest of the poison in suicide at,
tempt. The number of suicides
among the unemployed is growing
at a rapid rate. The capitalist papers
are suppressing news of the jobless
who kill themselves because of their
hopeless quest for work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
Rail Union Mlsleadexs
to Wine and Dine BIO.
Slave Dylver, Willard
(Bu q Worker Correspondentl


BALTIMORE, Md, By NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. being by
the miseaders Railroad
testimonial feast Daniel Willard the the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
TELEPHONE GIRLS
SLAVERY DOUBLE
BY SPLIT SHIFT
Called to Work at Any
Hour of Day
(By a Worker Correspondent


LOS ANGELES (By MaiD.-At
the U. S. long distance office in
Los Angeles many new girls are
employed when there are no posi-
tions for them to fill. They are held
in reserve on the pretext of train
ing them thoroughly, to throw into
the places of the old girls.
This reserve force is paid only
two dollars a day and kept in train
ing indefinitely. High school gradu-
ates between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five are preferred. When
a new girl filling these require
ments is available, an excuse is
found to discharge an older woman
(often with children or aged parents
dependent upon herr.
Numbers of girls do not even
have regular hours but are tele-
phoned each morning and told their
hours for the day. The California
law allows only eight hours daily
work for women. But the company
splits all the shifts so that most of
the operators on actual duty only
eight hours are on their employers
premises eleven or twelve hours. 1t
is not at all unusual to come to
work at $3.50 a. M, work few
hours, and be told to go out for
while and return to finish the shift
at as late an hour as 1920 p. m.
Everyone is supposed to have one
day in seven off, but all too often,
the operator on her day off will be
called to work, perhaps while she
is entertaining friends at dinner or
in the middle of the family wash
ing.
In view of all this not long ago
the girls were called out one at
time by the chief, and told that,
"In appreciation of the many lovely
things our manager has done for
us we are going to present him with
little token of our esteem. Each
operator is expected to give at least
fifty cents, the supervisors three
dollars, and the wire men more"
Girls and men, who were in doubt
of their rent and street car fare
stretching out until pay day were
pressed into giving high salaried
manager a platinum watch and
knife set with diamons.
A Recent U. S. Long
Distance Operator.
Editors NOte.-The above letter
from telephone operator shows
what complete reorganization has
brought about for these bitterly
exploited workers. Telephone
operators and ether telephone
company workers are urged to
write to the Daily Worker from
all cities. In this way organization
of militant union may be start
ed. Names will not be published
unless requested by the writer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04

Workers! Answer the Boss
es' Attack by Joining the Com
munist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04

YOUR ORGANIZATION.
Go to it's next meeting and pro-
pose that it greets The Daily
Worker upon the occasion of its
Sixth Anniversary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-04
(By Worker Correspondent

(By q Worker Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Calf. (By MaiD.
Three thousand workers in the South
ern Pacific Railway shops in this
city were handed Christmas pres
ent" by being laid off, and will join
the thousands of other Sacramento
workers who are tramping the
streets without work. The lay-off
n'eanS almost complete shutdown
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Boz Scouts to Aid
Arnistice Services

Each Boy Scout troop In the
District and Arlington county,
Va, will send q delegation Of
four Scouts, color-bearers and
color-guard, to Armistice Day GER
emonies at the Tomb Of the Un-
known Soldier at Arlington Gene
terry Saturday.
Two Eagle Scouts viii carry
a wreath to be laid on the tomb.
Services also are planned at the
grave of William Howard tart,
first honorary president OF the
Boy Scouts.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Stolen Auto Ring
Trio Indicted Here

Three young white men who
were recently accused by police
of operating O huge automobile
theft ring In q forest in nearby
Virginia were indicted yesterday
by the District Grand Jury on
grand larceny charges.
Clay William Jackson, Marshal
Bryant Goding and Howard Yer
non Ooding are named in two
indictments and O third indicC-
ment' accused the 0oding broth
ers alone. @ '
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Columbia Ends Year
With $334,443 Loss

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-With q
total Of $11, ,307 ,427, the Columbia
University Corporation closed the
year ending last June 80 with a
deficit Of S334,443 the treasurer's
annual report to the trustees
disclosed yesterday.
The figures do not include
those for Barnard College, Teach
ers' College, the College Of Phar.
macy or st. Stephens College.
The income included parts Of
gifts Of money, and beQuests to-
txiing $1,584, ,199, although most
CT that amount went toward en-
dowments and special funds.
Students provided $5,236,785 OF
the income, rents $1,662,098 and
special endowments $1,865, 1855.
Total assets of the university
were listed as about $4,000, 900.
of which approximately $4,000 :.
600 is in special funds, $38, 8,00O.-
900 in special endowments, $34,-
600, 900 in land and buildings and
$50, 900, 900 in realty endowmentS.
Your apartment needs can be satisfied
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Gasoline Prices
Are Cut One Cent

Washington motorists yesterday
paid 14.7 cents q gallon for
straight gasoline, one cent less
than the former price, as the
Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey announced q price cut,
which also affected highest
and ethyl fuels.
The Shell Eastern, the Texas,
and the American Oil Companies
reduced their prices the same
amount.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05

study Of foreign affairs and the
current activities Of the League
Of Nations.
It has organized Q two-year leo
tJlre course dealing with past and
present problems in international
relations.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Deaf : Dumb Couple
limited In Marriage

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. B
uNS0-A marriage, wordless
as far as speech was concerned,
the participants writing the Ques-
tions and answers, was performed
in the courthouse here.
The bride and groom, Lettie
Burge. "A, and T. Roy Wright,
az. are both deaf and dumb.
Their romance started while they
wefe classmates In the school for
deaf and dumb students at Full
ton, Mo.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
P0iVsLeUe Praises
NeU Peace School

PARIS, Nov. 6.-The best way
to insure lasting peace Is to pre-
pare against war, but with accu-
rate and sound information about
international politics, instead Of
ornaments.
That declaration was made by
Paul Painleve, wartime premier
Of France, speaking at the open.
ing Of the new School Of Peace" !"
founded by L'Eurppe Nouvelle, O
weekly magazine. 1t Is described
as an educational center for the
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
Bankruptcy Plea Is
Asked bU Girl Clerk

Listing liabilities Of $S7, ,667 .3e
and claiming assets Of $26. 600.
Marion R. Moffitt, clerk Of the
170O block p st. N. W., hos filed
a petition in District Supreme
Court asking that she be ad-
judged a voluntary bankrupt.
Attorney Godfrey L. Munter
appears for her.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05

Your apartment needs can be satisfied
through the Classified Rental Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-11-05
THE SAFE INHALAN
FOR CHILDREN'S COLDS
Vspex breaks up cold swiftly and sureIy-yet Il
is as pleasant to use IS perfume

It Is pitiable to see child with a
cold. His nose running, bis breath
ing labored. And it's silly to
allow a cold to grip a child.
For colds can be checked at the
start. Just put drop Of Vapex
on the handkerchief or blouse
during the day. and a drop at each
end Of the pillow at night.
Vapex is safe, swift, and sure.
It dries up sniMes, clears the head
and promptly relieves colds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
PRINCE & WHITLEY
| RECEIVER ISNAMED
Irving Trust Co. Takes Over
Offices Of Defunct Broker
age Firm.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. october l0.--The Irving
Trust Co. today was appointed receiver
for Prince & Whitley, 53-year-old hro-
kerage firm, by Federal Judge w. M.
Bondy. The appointment was made on
motion of w. Ludlow James. attorney
for the petitioning creditors. 5f
The receiver took possession Of the
ONCE and records early this MORNING.
Announcement was made that the
500 employees. some of whom have
worked for Prince g. Whitley for 20 or
IS years, had been discharged, effective
tonight. The only exceptions will be
those who ARE rehired by the receiver
TO assist In appraising the firms as
sets and liabilities
receivership action followed
within few hours the announcement
Of the FIRMS suspension from the New
York Stock Exchange yesterday for In
ability to meet its obligations. Attor.
neys for the firm announced that the
firms financial dificulties were only
temporary and were hopeful that a re-
organization could be effected with no
loss to creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
BONDS co LOWER
IN HEAVY VOLUME
Declines, However, Narrower
Than Thursday, With
Some Steadying.
BY F. H. RICHARDSON.

NEW YORK, October 10.-Bonds
worked lower again today in heavy
volume, but the declines were narrower
than on Thursday and a few issues
showed signs of steadying. However,
South American dollar bonds and semi
speculative domestic issues made new
lows all around and there was mod
crate amount of selling in the prime
group, which was attributed to the con-
tinuation of forced liquidation as a
sequel to the weakness of stocks.
Money rates were again unchanged,
with 90-day loans quoted at 2 to 90
per cent and ample supplies on hand.
AT the opening South Americas were
steady and few issues had initial
gains OF small dimensions, but later
trading brought out fresh selling and
prices fell of 2 to points from Thurs
days closing levels. A long list of South
Americans sold under the so cents on
the dollar level during the session, in
Guiding Bolivian Is, Brazil 61as, Sac
Paulo IS, City Of Sac Paulo 61as, Peru
IS, Rio Grande Do Sui IS and Rio
Grand Do Sui Is.
Other New Bottoms.
Further wide drops to new bottoms
were made by Uruguay IS, Bolivian IS,
Rio de Janeiro 6l5s and IS, Brazil
central Railway rs, Sac Paulo Is (the
coiee loan), Colombia IS, Antiouuia
"A rs, santa Fe Is, the Chile Mort
gage Bank descriptions and a few Chile
and Argentine government bonds.
German bonds were again weak, with
the increasing certainty that Chancel-
Tor Bruening will be forced to call an
other election in that country. German
government 51as dropped 3 points to
another fresh low at a 161a-point dis
count. German Central Bank IS sapQed
8 points, also to a new low. Berlin SIS.
cologne 6hs, Bavaria 61as, Deutsche
Bank IS and Rhine Westphalia Electric
6s slumped / to points. German
Preparations Is were of over q point to
a new minimum for 1880.
Tnere was some selling Of other for
elgn bonds, notably Australian SIS.
which were at new low, but in general
the losses we're fractional and unim-
portant. Italian bonds firmed a bit.
Some Rails Better.
In the high-grade group, a few of the
legal railroad mortgages were a shade
better, but there were small declines in
Union Pacific first As, American Tele-
phone IFS. Standard OIL of New Jersey
5s, Utah Power &c Light SIS, Utilities
Power & Light SIS and New York
Telephone AIS.
international Telephone & Tele-
graph issues, which, were considered in
the high-grade group until the current
movement forced down the prices of all
issues with foreign Affiliations, slid to
new lows. The S per cents, issued early
this year at 961a, sold Of points to a
new low and a 1874 point discount,
while Sthe convertible AS, also at q
new low, and the debenture AIS,
equaling the previous low, were heavily
liquidated.
Convertibles ranged downward with
stocks. Secondary rails were also
heavily sold. and long list of in
.dustrials recorded losses Of ! to 6
points.
copyright. l930j
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, October 10 0PD.-For-
eign exchanges irregular. Great Brit
ain, demand. 1851; cables, AS 1915:
60-day bills on banks, 4.03 11-i6.
France. demand, 1921: cables,
1892 5-l6. Italy, demand, 5.23K; cables,
5.23A.
Demands: Belgium, 1884,: Ger
many, 23.78; Holland. 40.30ls: Norway,
26.74; Sweden, 26.841k; Denmark, Is "a:
Switzerland, 1884,: Spain, 1908:
Greece. 1898: Poland, lbs; Czech
oslovakia, 2.96 9-16; Jugoslavia, 1.771z;
Austria, 1910: Rumania, O.591a: Ar-
gentina, Bats; Brazil, CTS; Toxic.
1850: Shanghai, $3.50; Montreal,
100.06K.
Great Britain in dollars; others In
cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
BRITISH MARKETS DEPRESSED.
Small Failure There and News From
Brazil Curbs Activities.

LONDON, October 10 (P.-An-
nouncement Of a small failure, that Of
H. T. Munro & Co., on the Stock Ex-
Wall Street failure and break, and the
news from Brazil, caused a feeling Of
depression throughout the English mar
kets.
There was no great selling movement,
but quotations were marked down in
most sections as precautionary meas
ure. Extreme weakness developed in
Brazilian securities. notably tile 6iz per
cent 1927 bonds, which were points
lower.s
Anglo-American favorites were un-
settled and Brazil transactions and
nickels were quoted lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
BoERsE Is NERVOUS

BERLIN, October 10 R).-Ths
Boerse, still nervous over the political
and financial situation. opened weak to-
day following yesterdays reaction TO
the increase of the Reichsbank rate
from to S per cent.
Pivotal Issues slumped from 5 to 8
points and the list at the close did not
show any recovery.
Toe Reicfsbank today shipped an
other consignment of 35,000,OO0 gold
marks tabcut $1,000 ,000), to the Bank
OF France and 1900, 900 gold marks
trbouti 81 .0so ,000). to the Bank Of the
Netherlands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
Washington Stock Exchange

Washington Gas IS "A''-s900 at 1921,
5000 at 10214, 5000 at 1929, $500 at
1921, 5000 at 103, $1,000 at 103,
$1,000 at 103, $1,000 at 103, $500 at
103.
Washington Gas IS "B"-$3,0O at 1O6.
$4,000 at 1861, $4,000 at 1861.
Washington Rwy. g. Elec. 4s-S1 900 at
89%.
Capital Traction Coo at 543z, 10 at
54sz.
washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-s at
98A.
American Fire Insurance-10 at 315.
Lanston Monotype-5 at Ito, 10 at Ito,
10 at 10.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 1924.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd.-10 at 1919,
2 at 101lz.
Real Estate Mtge. pfd-2oo at s1z, 200
at 8.
The Carpet Corp.-r5o at %, so at 20.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric so pfd.-5 at 111%.
Merchants Transfer & Storage COM
IS at 103.
NOTES.-The exchange will close Mon
day, Columbus Day."
Bid and Asked Prices.
R0NnC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
SEAT SOLD FOR $3.50, 900
william schall & Co. Retires, but
Business to Continue.

NEW YORK, October 20 (P1.-The
firm Of William Schall e. Co, Boston
and New York brokerage house. has re-
tired from membership In the New York
Stock Exchange, the seat having been
sold to David A. Noyes of David A..
Noyes e. Co. for S260,000. The business
of the firm will be continued
T. A. Pierce g. Co. has taken . over
the Boston once Of William Schall e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10

CONTINUED on Page 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
DEFICIENCY BILL
READYFOR REPORT
ederaI and District Projects
for This Vicinity in Con-
ference Measure.

The conference report on the first
.flciency appropriation bill, which car
.es funds for number of Federal and
District projects of interest to Wash
lngton, is likely to be presented to the
House and Senate for final action this
week, the conferees having completed
their work yesterday.
Nearly all of the local items in the
bill were approved by both branches of
Congress In the original passage of the
bill and therefore were not involved In
the conference. The only important
local item in conference was the $113,-
900 added by the Senate for the pub
lie school system. OF this sum 500, 000
was to complete the acquisition of
ground for the Jefferson Junior High
School, and it is understood this was
agreed to by the conferees. The balance,
which Is for maintenance of school ia
cilities for crippled children, is to be
reported by the conferees in a modified
form.
The confereeS are in agreement on the
100000, 900 appropriation recommended
by the President for the Federal Farm
Board to carry on its program for agrt-
culture.
Among the local items not subject to
conference, and which will be avail
able when the bill becomes law, are
$550,000 to build two modern inciner-
ators for disposing of city refuse, $780,
900 to begin the United States Su-
preme Court Building, $4,000 for a
Federal warehouse in the District, $26,-
900 for local street cleaning, SOS 900
for the District workhouse and several
smaller items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

way of Rhode Island avenue. The cost
Of this project calls for an appropriation
OF $l45,000 next year, and as much will
be needed in the following year, 1892,
the bicentennial year; the condemna-
ton Of property, since some Is OF the
permanent institutional type, and other
residential, can easily be much more.
Total cost, conservatively, $500 900; tenn
porary in character; increased hazards
to communities, traf1c, fire and police;
unnecessary accident and other risks to
school children and orphans; erection OF
90-degree bend at Tenth street; result
ants, higher cost for an inadequate
bridge, no elimination of hazards; in
crease in risks; not one advantage.
Avenue Delightful Drive.
Those who use Michigan avenue to
get to the cities of Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and elsewhere, as well as our own
residents, find 1t delightful drive.
ANY resident of Washington can
think of many reasons for having an
arterial highway such as Michigan ave-
nue. open during the celebration of the
bicentennial of washington.
zone can leave the local merchant
to imagine the increased selling ex-
penses that he will incur If Michigan
avenue Is closed forever; to him also we
suggest for consideration the purchaS-
ing power of q community not totally
dependent on either the Federal or
district governments for semi-monthly
pay rolls.
This association, representing hun
dreds of local taxpayers, believes that we
are entitled to have eliminated the
Grade crossing by construction of an
edenuate bridge; we think that 1t should
harnonize with existing buildings and
grounds. we believe that If the people of
Washington had a vote that we would
have had one some years ago. We
aSk only that the few petitions for
necessary improvements merit consider
atom and we hope that there be here
aSter a more equitable distribution of
the means by which Washington, our
Cauital CITY, will become Washington
the magnificent"