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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
EXPORT US. JAIL GOODS
Vol Silent on $5OOOO,OOO OUTPUT

NEW YORK.-That American
capitalism exports ten per cent of
the $50,000,000 worth of convict
made goods, produced under the
vilest conditions in the world, was
contained in a statement issued Sat-
urday by A. F. Allison, secretary of
the International Association of
Gfrment Manufacturers. Allison is
no friend of the Soviet Union. But
during the fake agitation against
so-called prison cut timber in the
Soviet Union he published few
facts about American prisons which
Woll, Mellon and their cohorts find
it convenient to overlook.
Exports of work garments and
hosiery produced in prisons or by
prison contract companies said Al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

lison, lead the list, but furniture,
shoes, brooms and other products
also figure in the commodities
shipped"
Convicts in American peniten-
tisries are forced to work any num-
hey of hours that suits the ccnve.
nience of the wardens. They ar
paid a few cents a day or are not
paid at all. The conditions are in.
describable, the shops reek with
fifth, dirt and germs. This sort of
thing meets with the approval of
VOL, so long as the American
bosses profit from it. His main
concern is not with prison made
goods but to spread propaganda to
speed a war against the Soyiet
Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
100000 join IN
FRENCH STRIKE
FOR MORE WAGES
Steel, Iron, Building
Trades Workers Out
In Lille Area
Takers Sell Out Fails
Communists Call For
General Strike

PARIS, Aug. 3.-The strike of
the Frecnh workers 10 the Northern
industrial section against a fake
social insurance bill, aimed to mulct
the workers, and for higher wages,
is growing. 1t is expected that by
Monday 100000 workers will be out
in a general strike in this section.
Il the past week over 100000 went
out.
The strike is spreading to the inn
portant metal industries in Lille.
Mainly textile workers are now out.
A general strike is being planned
in Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing, ali
important industrial centers.
An attempt by the reformist.
yellow leadership to sell out the
workers failed miserably. The vel
low leaders met with the bosses and
drew up an agreement, satisfactory
to the bosses, ana urging the work
ers to go back to work. BY an over
whelming vote the workers rejected
the sell-out. IN fact, they voted on
spreading the strike.
Yesterday morning workers in
most of the iron and steel plants in
this district went out on strike
Building workers threatened to join
the strike unless wage increases are
given them. A strike in the textile
industries not yet effected in
Roubaix and Tourcoing is expected
Monday.
The Communist Party is very
sctive in the strike, giving leader
ship to the workers, pointing out
the treacherous role of the yellow
misleaders and agitating success
fully for spreading the strike into
a general strike for higher wages
and for social insurance paid by the
state from the bosses profits and
not out of the miserably low wages
of the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

unemployed. The demonStra-
tons have their effect, in spite
of the lying and underestima-
ton and concealment of the
capitalist press.
They showed the workers deter
mination, in spite of police attacks
and every form of interference.
Now, the task is to build the Com
mun'st Party and Young Commu-
mist League, co organize these DEM
onstrating masses into the revolu-
tionary industrial unions and
leagues of the Trade Union Unity
League, to build the unemployed
councils into an overwhelming force
that will make a stupendous show
ing on Unemployment Day, Sept. 1.
And the fight against war on the
Soviet Union must go on. The
speakers at all demonstrations
81 Iwed that the present tactics of
imperialist U. S. government. its
apparent slackening of its embargo
or Soviet trade Ia first step toward
war; is only the strategy of
Strengthening out tleir lines, is
change in their plan of attack.
Preliminary reports by wire from
many cities and industrial towns in
U. S. show that the workers re-
sponded August 1 in every case in
solid masses. They demonstrated
for hours where not attacked by
police or gangsters, and adopted
revolutions to defend the Soviet
Union and the Chinese revolution
from imperialist attack. They de-
manded that the funds being ap-
propriated by congress for imperial
Isl war should be turned over to
unemployed insurance. They voted
for the bill introduced for that pur-
pose by the Communist Party. They
demanded the release of the elected
representatives of the unmployd in
the March 6, New York demonstra-
ton, and they protested police terror
and lynching and the further Jail.
ing and murder of workers.
Where they were attacked by
f .scist organizations or by the
police, in every case they fought
bitterly and determinedly if they
had any chance to fight at all. In
numerous cases they won.
In New Brunswick, N. J., where
an organized gang of several lun-
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preparing for revolutionary ac-
ton. With the same fighting
spirit which defied government
prohibition and staged the mill
tant anti-war demonstration on
August LIST, 10000 postal employees
in Shanghai are feverishly prepar-
ing for strike on Monday, despite
government prohibition of strikes
under penalty of severe punish
ment."
A cable dispatch to the New
York HeraldTribune by Victor
Keen from Shanghai states that
"the workmen, under Communist
leadership, are demanding wage in
creases aggregating 100000 in
local currency as well as medical
benefits and increased vacation al
lowances." The same dispatch re-
ports that leaders of the postal
strike include the executives of the
local Communist organization"
In the meantime, the shadow of
the Red Armies and the rising
workers and peasants are casting
gloom among the imperialists and
native reactionaries in Hankow. A
Japanese report says that in Han
kow "the greatest alarm prevails"
as the Red forces from Changsha,
described by foreign observers" as
"well disciplined and intelligently
led," are marching toward the city.
Martial Law is strictly in force in
the city. A special dispatch to the
New York Times Sunday, reports
that the Hankow government auth
critics "fear that advance plain
clothes agents of the Communists
already are in the city awaiting the
apprc h of the larger armed
force"
The imperialists and their native
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
ALABAMA WOMEN
Slaves CHEAP

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August g.
The. burning need for. such social
insurance as is set forth in the
Draft Bill proposed by the Com
munist Party, is seen by the out
rageous proposal of the Birming-
ham Industrial Board, the bosses
organization of this city, to exploit
women and girl workers and "just-
ify" it under the disguise of ere
lief to the unemployment situation"
The Birmingham Industrial Board
has just issued circular, entitled
Boost Birmingham" in which these
bosses say:
"There are 1924 white females
in this district, ten years of age
and over, without employment"
and in inviting capitalists from
other parts of the country to come
to Birmingham to make slaves out
of white females" which the South
ern bosses use as an excuse for
Continued on Page 1'hreeJ
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MASSES WILL CONTINUE AUGUST FIRST STRUCCL]
Forward to September First!

w Central Committee estimating the
pagn already possible however emphasize
necessary the work of the past few weeks
According to Geographic foryone cities 12500
joined for unemployment insurance for
Union and against mpeast Party
district committees in their LIST reports declared n %
ton Of carrying through in sevenyve cities Tins
would indicate that there still number of cities to be heard %
with the probability that the total number OF participants exceeded
100000
consideration the extremely favorable crcum
prepared and held the
considered sufficiently satisfactory.
The whole period Immediately prior August
lied by deepening the crisis and continuous increase in unempo
special ratify
the London conference
The Fish Committee Investigation" open steps
embargo Soviet goods the first toward atrade blockade and
occupied the center of the news
These factors prominence the the
neSe ana alan b ff gist tS workers home
many emphasizing mpera
extremely favorable objective situation for the mobiza
&~s # the
despite demonstrations
~ May below March 9Th What
: reason?
uronay unions politically oganzationay full
advantage o. this favorable objective situation
Politically there given
driving home the of workers the oness the danger
relationship arpened offensive the workers. and its
immediate burning issue deeply effectng their lives The
slogan: Not cent for ornaments all funds for the unemployed
great formally; exploited
rayg of workers around the Party the u u L.
and the unemployed councils
build committees the shops and organize
strengthen unemployed lack
the police interpreted making the organization of
defense
outstanding tendency
epudang the antSovet
proposals Of Wo Easy indicating that the
passed. vacation Party members the
midst of the preparatory campaign, ETC.
which the principle for the
insufficient August 1 the immediate
attention of all leading comrades and committees.
mobilization for the September 1 struggle against
poymen preparations these
drastic examination of
Party work.
slogan: ornaments;
employed remain the principle slogan with Workers Social
expression This slogan utilized
slogan: "Organze Strike against cu
political basis the mobilization of the employed
organization u u
mittees and unemployed councils
Organization during the coming period will be the of
Leading Comrades from the Party the revolutionary
units Through the medium of shock with leading comrades
shop important factores organization
of the unemployed councils receive major attention
By thoroughly discussing and drawing the lessons August LIST
Party unit and by systematically theoretically taking
the work of these weaknesses the Party
national unemployment Sept 1t The struggle for social nu
the basis this struggle organization unemployed
revolutionary workers activities Forward September 1st!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
RELEASELEADERS
AUGUST | DEMAND
Thousands Fight For
Delegations Freedom

NEW YORK.-The International
Labor Defense today points out that
the demand for the release of the
Unemployed Delegation was aug
mented on Friday, August LIST, to
colossal total by the hundreds
of thousands of workers who gath
cred in hundreds of cities through
out the country to demonstrate
against the imperialist war danger,
The New York demonstration of
August LIST at Union Square, attend
ed by upwards of 10000 workers,
sent the following kilograms to
their leaders:
Thirty thousand workers in
Union Square demonstrating
against war danger and for the
defense OF the Soviet Union and
Soviet China send revolutionary
greetings to you and pledge un-
flinch'ug struggle to release.
Your place in ranks of Communist
Party is being taken today BY
hundreds of workers. We unani-
mously pledge to support the Com.
munist Party election platform
and candidates as -part-of our con.
tinued struggle against the war
danger and for your unconditional
release"
The International Labor Defense
in cooperation with the John Reec
Club is now working on new cam.
2aign to hasten action on the case
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

The one hundred and fifty thousand workers who
rallied August LIST for social insurance and
against imperialist only continue
the fight effectively providing they are
organized. Join the 7. u. U. l..
and the unemployed councils!
Rally Sept. list!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
NY. WORKERS Get
COMMUNIST CALL.
TO SELF-DEFENSE
Ambush On 18th Street
Means Must Prepare

NEW YORK.-District Two of
the Communist Party, has issued
call to workers to answer the am
bushing and brutal beating of work
ers on their way home from the
Union Square demonstration by
more adequate defense measures.
Pointing out that the police did
not attack those on Union Square,
where the Defense Corps was ready,
but waited until after the meeting
and took a part of the crowd at
disadvantage, the Communis state
ment says:
"The ambush tactic of the police
must be answered by organization
of adequate defense measures on the
part of the working class.
'In the course of this year par
ticularly, the police brutality
against workers has been sharpened
and intensified. The murderous at
tacks upon the unemployed dem
onstration on March 6 and the i'm
prisonment of Foster, Minor, Amter
and Raymond, the cold blooded muir
der of Steve Katovis, Alfred Levy
and Gonzalo Gonzales, the savage
clubbings of workers on picketlines
and demonstrations generally and
now the attack upon the Anti War
demonstration is a clear illustration
of the intentions of the bosses gov
eminent to apply terrorist methods
against all militant struggles of the
workers.
"The Communist Party while
condemning the police terror calls
upon all workers organizations to
organize and strengthen their ranks,
intensity their struggles against
wage cuts and unemployment and
strengthen and organize Workers
Defense Corps to defeat the bosses
agent, the police, and the fascist
attacks against the workers.
"The workers can be defended
only by their own organized power"
Arrest Workers and Socialist.
Of the many wounded in the
cowardly attack by the police at
Is St., two were arrested: Good
man, member of the Socialist
Youth League who happened to be
among the crowd, and a member of
the Marine Workers Industrial
Union, Peter Maloney.
They were arraigned in night
court.
Goodman pleaded guilty. Although
he had lost about one quart OF
blood from the vicious beating of
the policeman, he found it neces-
sary- to excuse himself. He was
given 5 days in Jail.
Peter Maloney answered to the
question of whether he pleaded
guilty or not IL should say not"
The police bullied him and threat
ened to give him a good beating.
Maloney overheard the cops
planning among themself what to
say. He also testified that the in
famous lies of the capitalist press
to the effect that "two policemen
were attacked and the 200 came to
their aid" was an admitted fake to
corner the workers and attack them
Maloney was urged to join the
army if che wanted to fight" To
which he answered that he knew
who his enemy was and on which
side to join.
The police testimony was full OF
lies, but Maloney had the cut on his
head given to him by one of the
thugs in uniform. He was given o
suspended sentence
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tools are, of course, mobilizing their
forces for the defense" of Hankow
and bloody suppression of the revo-
luton. Brigadier General o. C.
Borrit, chief imperialist military
emmissary of the socialist MacDon-
aid government, commander of the
British forces in the Shanghai area.
cancelled his vacation trip to Wei
haiwei, Saturday, in order to give
Continued on Page Three)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
HOSIERY FAKr9S
PUT over CUT
Carried Through Boss
Program Well

NEW YORK, August 3.-Prelim-
mary to an intensive wage-cutting
and speedup drive on the hosiery
workers of United States and Can
ada, the Musteite officials of the
American Federation of Full Fa-
ST Toned Hosiery Workers and the
Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufac-
turers of America, Inc, signed an
agreement accepting wage cuts up
&c % per cent, and the introduction
of the two and more machine system
of piece work, and providing for ar
bitration of all disputes.
The agreement, which effects 49,
900 organized hosiery workers and
many thousands unorganized, was
effected at the National Convention
of the Union where the "progres-
sive" officials promised to put it
over.
Speed-Up Scheme.
The introduction of the two ma
chine system means the forcing out
of the industry of many hundreds
of knitters and their replacement by
young boys and girls.
The gesture to set up an unem-
Payment fund was made to make
the wage cut more palatable.
The arbitration clause provides
for the closer cooperation of the Of
ficials of the Musteite union with
the bosses for increased rationaliza-
ton in the hosiery industry.
The Daily Worker fully exposed
the wake-cutting scheme worked out
by the hosiery takers and the bosses
behind closed doors several days
before the convention in several ar
ticles.
Information received indicates
that many locals and rank and file
members are growing FESTIVE and
resent the new wage-cutting agree
ment. Unconfirmed reports have it
that the Paterson local rejected the
convention agreement by majority
vote.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

Strike Against Wage Cutsl
Demand Unemployment Insurance |!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Strike Looms
In Shanghai

In unison with the ever-victoriously advancing Red
Armies which, after capturing Changsa the capital Human
marching Hankow the second largest industrial city
China workers of Shanghai the leading industrial city
country have intensified their revolutionary activities
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
ORGANIZE AGAINST new
IMPERIAL WAR; DEMAND
WAR FUND GO TO JOBLESS
Workers Battle, Beat Police In Many Cities;
First Great Demonstration In Gary
Two Good Meetings In Heart of K. x South;
Protest Wave Sweeps New Territory

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-"FOl0w up the successful August
demonstrations with solid organization and continued strug
gle for the Workers Social Insurance Bill is the word left with
all the thousands who rallied that day fight against
mperast and to demand that funds be the
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Local JeUeLers
To Attend PdrLeU

Many Washington jewelers. will
attend the convention, May II,
IL, 13 in Baltimore, of the
Maryland, Delaware -District-of Co
lulnbia jewelers. Association Of
which Arthur j. Sundlum, is
president. Sundlum will head
the local delegation.
Among the local jewelers. who
are going and are members of
committees are Albert Sigmund,
program committee: Sidney M.
Sellinger, entertainment; S. w
Strauss, finance; Clarence A.
Pearson and Julius H. Duehring,
registration: William H. Wright
and Jacob Baumgartner, recep-
tiOn; Samuel T. Schwartz and
Albert Won Steinen, publicity: A.
c. Mayer and Victor E. Desio,
banquet.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
NEW INSURANCE
LAW SOUGHT

The District Commissioners are
awaiting Congressional action on
their recommendation that life
insurance companies in the Dis
trict be required to maintain q
legal reserve on all policies.
This would require the COM
panieS to furnish a guarantee of
sufficient cash to insure the pay
ment of a policy when it becomes
due. The Commissioners submit.
ted with a letter to Representa-
tive F. N. Zihlman, chairman of
the House District Committee, a
proposed bill which they termed
an emergency one requiring i'm.
mediate action.
The fact that there is no
authority under law to compel
this came to light when the Ger.
poration Counsel was ordered to
review an appeal of the Federal
Life Insurance Company from
the action of the superintendent
OF licenses suspending It's license
to operate here. for alleged i'm
pairment of capital.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Rites for Fahy Air Viking;
To Be Held Here Today

Herbert Fahy, viking of the air,
who met his death last Friday
when a plane in which he was
taking off turned over when it
struck a stump on the Durant
estate in RoScommon, Mich, will
be buried this afternoon, a num-
Der of aviators serving as his
pallbeaTerS.
Fahy lived a colorful life, serv-
ing in the Air Corps Of the
Army and later helping to estab-
lish the Washington airport, Of
which he was chief pilot, before
leaving to accept q position with
an airplane manufacturing CON-
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
LIQUOR seized;
YOUTH HELD

Twenty-four hours after he
thought he had eluded police of
the Thirteenth precinct, Alvin
Barnes, colored. 10. of the 1900
block Park Rd. N. W., was taken
into custody on charges of pos
session and transportation of 54
gallons of liquor at his home.
Barnes, the officers reported
succeeded in escaping the Off
GERS Monday night when he aban.
doned his liquor-laden automobile
in an alley in the 600 block Rit-
tenhouse st. N. w.
Police of the Fourth precinct
last night raided the houseboat
of Mary Knott, 33, snchored at
the foot of Half Stree South
west. She was charged with pos
session Of a small amount Of
liquor.
Three raids by officers of the
Sixth precinct netted a trio of
prisoners and a small amount
Of liqror. John w. H,lnter 20,
of the 900 block Fourth st.
N W., was found in session OF
IL hah-gallon jars of liquor. while
Jesse w. Springs, coly~ed, "a,
was charged with sale, and pos
session after the squad raided
his home.
Charges of possession and
transportation were pla ced d
against Carroll Jacks IN, colored,
%, of the 900 biloxi Sixth st.
N. W., after Officers found two
gallons of contraoand liquor in
his car.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

pany In Detroit.
Several hundred persons visited
the Gawler undertakins establish
ment last night to view his body
for the last time and pay tribute
to Washington'S foremost f1ier.
Services will be held this after
noon at the undertaking estab-
lishment and interment will be in
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
He was 80 years old and is
survived by his widow, his
mother, Mrs. Bertha Fahy, and
one brother, Francis Fahy, of
this city.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Mothers Day Rites
To Bring M01,y Here

Delegations from New York,
New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Mary
land and Virginia will attend the
Mothers Day ceremonies at Ar
lington under the auspices of the
American War Mothers and the
COMPRESSION Club.
w. Glen Elliott, department ad-
Iutant of the American Legion at
Richmond. will place a wreath
for the Virginia delegation at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Representative Clifton A. Wood
rum, of Virginia, will sing THE
Unknown Soldier"
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
NEED Of new.
JUDGE IS
CITED
Resignation Of Mccoy and.
Stafford's Illness Cause
of Delays in All Courts

The urgent need for the ap-
pointment of a justice to fill the
vacancy in the District Supreme
Court caused by the retirement
Of Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy,
as well as the appointment of at
least two addition justices, is seen
in the realignment of the justices
of the court for the remainder
of the present term, effective
Monday.
Court business and all branches
moved with all speed possible
until last October, when criminal
business fell behind, due to the
trial of four important cases
each Of which consumed prac-
tically a month.
Change Is Needed
The resignation of the chief
Justice asld the illness of Justice
Stafford, together with the &C.
cumulation of cases in Equity Di
vision 2, has caused all branches
Of the court to fall behind to
such an extent that a re-assign,
inent of justices and the tenn
porary discontinuance of one law
division was necessary.
Condemnation cases in Justice
Wheat's Equity Court will be
transferred to Equity Division /
and Justice Jennings Bailey will
leave Circuit Division 2 to take
over Equity Division 2 in the
hope of relieving a congestion of
more than 200 cases in that court
before the summer recess, July /.
Wheat in Equity
Justice Wheat will sit in Equity
Division No. / and continue con-
demnation proceedings in that
tribunal, while Justice Hitz will
resume the sessions of Criminal
Division No. 2, which has been
suspended while he presided in
Equity Division No. l.
Justice Gordon will continue to
preside in Criminal Division No.
/ and the only law court in SeS-
sion during the remainder of the
term will be Circuit Division No.
!, with Justice Siddons presiding