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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
DOING AWAY WITH.
ENTIRE CREWS AT.
SENECA STEEL co.
Not Paid Waiting for
Work
lBy > Worker CORRESPONDENT


BUFFALO, N. Yin previous
article on the Seneca Steel Co. we
explained the speed-up in produc-
ton in two departments, the hot mill
and annealing departments. There
also has been terrible rationaliza-
ton going on in all branches Of the
industry. The introduction Of the
lormalizer which does away to a
.ge extent the amount of work
7hich was formally done in the an
1ealing department. The introduce
ton of the pickle leveler which does
way With one leveler crew. also the
cold roll leveler idea which also
eliminates one leveler crew. Then
we see the double unite cold roll
which cold rolls the iron twice in one
operation which does away with one
cold roll crew.
Cut Down on Workers
The introduction Of the oil an
healing furnace which cuts down the
amount of labor used at the same
time increasing the annealing ton
mage of these furnaces.
True, we should not look upon
these advancements in the industry
as against the laborers, but for the
enlightment OF the work which the
laborer formerly performed. The
company ON the other hand does not
use these disbursements for the re-
lief of workers In doing this work
but for the elimination of the worker
out of the industry permanently. The
result of this naturalization in all
in lstries is the widespread unem-
Anment throughout our wonderful
10 airy of the United States of AM
erica. We see the system of stag
gering the work among the few EN-
ployees who are lucky enough to
have what they call a job by putting
two men on one job or three men on
two jobs and making the men di-
vide the pay or by working one group
three days and the other half the
balance of the week.
"A Is a Wage Cut.
This, fellow workers, is a drastic
cut in your wages. ask you to look
around you and see personally ii
from the foreman up to the general
manager do they stagger through
work and split their pay? You will
find your own answer to that ques-
ton if you take look around your
plant or any other plant.
We also see the tonnage scale OF
wages prevailing throughout the en-
tire plant. This system means when
you do not work and you are waiting
for work for one cause or another
YOU % not earn a cent, result: you
lay put eight hours in the plant
and snly earn a dollar or two.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
IA RED VOTES In San
ANTONIO Is PROGRESS

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 3D.
Forty-four Communist votes in San
Antonio, small as the number is, new
ertheless is a matter Of pride for the
workers. It is approximately three
times the number cast in 1928. It
takes real courage to vote Red In
this city, and the Communist unit
made almost no campaign, only part
Of the small unit here taking part IN
leaflet distribution. No local issues
were raised.
Ne-roes are completely disfran-
chise.
A beginning has ben made. A bet
ter campaign to bring local issues
before the workers next election will
get more results.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
.SCHWAB DRIVES
ON SPARROWS PIT.
STEEL WORKERS
New Wage Cuts and
Speed Up
(By a Worker Correspondent

tby q WORKER correspondent
SPARRoWS POINT, Md. 49, In
every department of the Bethlehem
Steel plants here there can be wit
messed vicious exploitation Of the
Negro and white workers. The great
majority of the Negro workers re-
ceive only 81 cents an hour with the
exception of men on contract jobs
and in this case the most man
can earn is 81 for an hour day job
that demands the highest speed.
There has been three cuts made
recently. ID Hours reduced from 8
hours to hours without increase IN
pay, CD contract cars that used to
pay / for gang now pays So; cars
that paid Sc now pays 81 for a gang.
(3) Working week reduced from 6
days to and days week with
out an increase in pay.
More Speed-up.
Speed-up is more intense now,
before there was gang of 16 men
now is reduced to men. Contract
gangs that had - men now cut to
s men. The remaining working
force is required to do the same
amount Of work. Men are forced in
many cases to work 10 and / hours
to finish the car, On some cars the
men only get S1.75 to $3.50 per day
as in the case when a car of ore is
frozen, on this car four men get z
to 8 dollars which takes all day
to unload.
The facts point out very clearly
the methods used by the Bethlehem
steel barons to extract more profits
out of the toll Of the working class.
It also shows how much the Schwabs
and the Graces kept their promise
that they would cooperate al this
time Of Unemployment by not laying
off men but the speed-up shows
clearly that they are laying off men.
Even though the Negro workers were
getting only enough to barely exist
on, more wage cuts and speed were
introduced. The workers are subjected
more every day to starvation basis.
The increased wealth and better ef-
f1ciency in the industry means more
misery for the Bethlehem Steel
workers.
The Workers, Negro and white,
will answer this slavery with an or
ganized Metal Workers Industrial
League that will fight against these
wage cuts, speed up and unemploy-
ment.
Join the Metal Workers Industrial
League, 95 Greene st. Baltimore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
$50 Attend Banquet of Red
Builders Neeus Club in N.Y.;
Over 1900 Papers Ordered

Over $50 unemployed workers at
tended the Red Builders News Club
bsnuet Sunday afternoon at p. m
at the Workers Center and ordered
1900 papers, the highest order so far
placed by the club. The membership
campaign for the club was launched
Levin, manager of the Daily
Worker took up the Importance to
the Daily Worker of the Red Build
ers' News Clubs which are springing
up all over the country and particu-
larry pointed out how distribution of
the Daily Worker was maintained in
the emergency when the Daily
Worker was forced to miss metro
politan news stands because of the
action of Andy Anderson, president
of the Pressnens Union, in stopping
the press. Levin said the club should
be proud Of the role which it played
in bringing the paper to the masses
in spite of the action of the bosses
hirelings
Following the banquet the meet
ing was addressed by Jorge, who
writes Red Sparks. He blended his
humorous opening remarks with
serious discussion of the Daily
Worker. He appealed to the mem
bership of the club to give the staff
of the Daily the opinions of the
paper which they receive in their
contacts with the workers while
selling the paper. The club received
Jorge with long salvO of applause
indicative of their enthusiasm for
the already famous Red Sparks"
afternoon open to the eats.
Following the banquet prizes were
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colonies, to conditions Of actual starry
alton and misery.
Under militant leadership 1000
Burmese peasants seized large sup
ply of arms and ammunition and
have successfully battled against the
imperialist troops.
Prepare for Battle.
The Burmese rebels are terrifying
themselves in the jungle vastness,
making their defeat a difficult mat
ter for the labir government troops
Reports received here are they
have plenty Of ammunition and
guns ana have taken up position
behind five miles Of iinpenetrabIe
jungle. They are said skillfully TO
have strengthened their position by
the erection of strong barriers of
feIled trees, and a highly developed
scout system has been organized to
prevent them from being taken by
surprise"
The British governor Of the ter
ritory is calling for determination OF
the rebels.
Admits Desperation"
A dispatch to the New York Times
from London quotes Uba Pc, one OF
the Burmese rich landowners at the
Round Table Conference. as saying:
IL think it probably is sporadic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30

distributed to all members who sold
200sor more papers during the week
Prizes consisted of a set of five PAM
phlets and were given to the follow
ing: arnes, 51O; Shoholnl, 372; Reese
$50; Stokes, 3l4; Nelson, $50; Will
hams, 294; Stein, 1854; Weinritt, 294;
Bobick, 2o9; Galsover, 2oA; Himmel-
reich, 1893; Kalt, 1871; Allen, III;
Whit, 161.
During the week the club sold 1853
papers. The question of membership
was again introduced by Mike APP
pelman, who pointed out the inpor.
lance of bringing new workers into
the life and activities of the club.
The workers were also addressed
by Edward Royce, former manager
of the Daily Worker, who related
some of his experiences in getting
the Daily Worker out and gave val
liable hints and suggestions to the
members.
WeXler, member of the Daily
Worker staff, entertained the Red
Builders with some clever sketching
EXPERT DAILY WORKER
SELLER TELLS HOW
John Barnes, Negro comrade,
who is leading in the house to
house work of the Red Builders
News Club, has territory in Har-
lem which, he says, is "a hard nut
to crock" He meets with some in
teresting experiences.
Its no cincn to sell the Daily
Worker in Harlem" says Barnes
There's lots of folks going to give
you a turn down. But you can't let
them phase you. I don't. I ring q
bell and say: Hello, man. Here's a
copy of the only paper that tells the
truth. 1 want to leave it with you.
Then L talk to her some about hel
own problems. 1t isn't unusual tc
find the door closing in your face
but that doesn't stop me none.
often put my foot in the door while
it is closing and say: Nov, look here
lady, is your husband working?' Nine
times out of ten she will say he is
Gut of work.
81 say: Are you standing aDart
from all this trouble that is going
on about you in Harlem and all
over the city?' Many of the women
meet tell me they can't pay their
rent, that they may be evicted, and
their husbands haven't been work
ing for quite some time. Then
tell them how the Daily Worker
fights for unemployment victims
and wants to get all the unem-
pioyed workers free rent and in
surance.
Some of the folks meet are
afraid of the Garveyites but show
them how the Garveyites are their
enemies and not their friends.
Sometimes they still are not con-
WINGED, but I come back the next
day and nine times out of ten get
me customer for the Daily Worker"
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SPEED TAKING
OF SIGNATURES
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Detroit jobless demand: relief at the
rate of $40 per week for each jobless
worker with IS more 70 reach de-
pendent; no evictions, free medical
and dental service, free gas and light
and heat for the jobless. free fare
for the unemployed; free meals,
clothes and car fare to children Of
the jobless; free fare for all unem-
ployed, abolition OF vagrancy laws,
and jobs secured at the city employ
ment agency to pay at least $3.50 a
week.
The unemployed mass meeting at
which Foster speaks in Cleveland is
Jan. 6, not Jan. as enormously re-
ported in the Daily Worker yester-
day. The Cleveland Council Of the
Unemployed invites all jobless work.
ers to its meetings, daily at 10 a. m.
at SCOT st. Clair Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
MORE BANKS FAIL;
TWO LARGE ONES
ONO aoyd Kosa uaaN1Lxoo)


tex"
This is clear proof from a capi-
talist source admitting that tina big
banks are feeling the shock Of the
crisis and that a good number OF
them with hundreds of millions
of dollars involved have gone under.
Big Gary, Ind, Bank Goes.
GARY, Ind, Dec. 2e.--one Of the
leading banks of this United States
Steel Corporation city smashed TO-
day. The Central Trust & Savings
Co, failed to open. Deposits amount
to more than 100000. Most Of this
money was put into the bank By
steel workers who slave in the Gary
mills. Thousands are unemployed
and face starvation with their funds
tied up in the bank
The bank is headed by one OF the
Indiana politicians. State Senator C,
Oliver Holmes is president of this
defunct bank.
Eight more banks closed Monday.
making the average for the month
more than ten day. Among the
latest banks to go smash are the
Bank of oxford at oxford, Miss; the
Vanburen County Bank at Clinton,
Ark; the Chambers County Bank at
Lafayette, Ala; the Farmers state
Bank at Wheaton, Kan; the Farm
ers' State Bank at Brighton, Col; the
Peoples Bank of Greensboro, Green
County The deposits in these banks
amount to millions. In many Of these
agrarian centers the closing Of the
banks completely paralyEes economic
activity and plunges the poor farmers
into worse conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
PELLAGRA KILLS SIS N y. G.

GREENsBoROUGH. N. C.-sPei-
lagra, the disease Of malnutrition.
has taken 875 workers lives iron,
Jan. to Nov. ! Of this year. Ihess
we're only the number OF deaths from
that scourge as reported to the North
Carolina Bureau Of Vital Statistics
of the Department OF Health Last
year there was a toll Of esi. BY the
end Of the year the amount killed Ay
pellasra will go far over the 1900
mark. since the last two n1nths o.
the year always bring in the greatest
number of deaths.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30

hunger marching in all large cities
and many small ones now. They are
getting nothing from Hoover's pro-,
gram, and unless their organized
protest forces, action, many of them
will starve or freeze to death this
winter.
All workers must prepare for the
mass demonstrations in all cities on
Feb. 10, the day the delegates elected
at huge mass meetings of the Job
less and workers go to Washington
to present the list of names of those
demanding the passage of the Work.
ers' Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Every jobless and employed worker
should sign his name to the lists now
being circulated demanding passage
of that bill.
SIGN UP THE BREAD
Is FOR JOBLESS IN
SURANCEi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30

OVER 5000 ILLITERATEs IN d. c.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-There are
6,61I persons 10 years old or older
in the nations capital who are UNI
able to read or write, according to
1880 census figures Just released.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30

TAKE A LIST TO WORK
WITH YOU FOR JOBLESS
INSURANCE!
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1881 CALENDAR FREE!

Quotations from Marx, Lenin, ETC.,
in the first annual Daily Worker
Calendar for 1881. Free with six
months subscription or renewal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30

WHEREVER w ORKERS
MEET, SIGN UP FOR IN
SURANCE!
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SAVE THE DAILY WORKER"
RUSH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!

The following are the donations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

liquor and receive money from one Of
the men. They then went into the
house by the unattached front door and
seized the liquor and secured SIS in
bills and small change, which, they
allege, had been paid by one of the
men in return for the alleged LIQUOR
and put by the woman into a pocket
of an apron she wore.
Following his decision to fight the
case through on the purchase section
of the national prohibition act, which
provides that it shall be unlawful to
manufacture, sell, purchase, trans
port or prescribe any liquor without
first obtaining permission from the
commission" Hart had Wayland and
the woman arraigned in Police Court
yesterday morning The woman was
charged with second-offense possession
of liquor. Both pleaded not guilty and
demanded a jury trial. Wayland was
released in $1,000 bond, while the
woman's bond was fixed at $4,000.
The trial will come up in the Jury
section of Police Court early next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16


troversy should again hold the boards.
Senator Guy D. Golf and Senator
Simeon D. Tess have prepared speeches
upholding the Supreme Court against
the attacks of its critics in the Senate.
It was expected they would speak, but
they we're dissuaded by Senator Wat
son, who urged them not to take time
from the tariff.
However, it is expected that there will
be another f1are-up over the Supreme
Court issue in the near future, probably
this week, and then Senators Golf and
Fess will doubtless be heard from.
Little was accomplished on the tariff
bill yesterday. The Senate was in ses-
sion about two hours and then quit, as
it was found impossible to keep a
quorum Senators having been through
the Supreme Court fight much of the
week we're not anxious to work yester-
day afternoon.
Two Amendments Acted On.
Only two amendments were acted
upon during the brief session, The
Democrats proposed both and broke
even on the outcome.
The amendment approved would re-
duce the present duty on sponge iron
IS cents a ton. The rejected proposal
would have returned to the free list
boron carbide, upon which the bill levieS
a rate of IS per cent.
The finance committee had recon-
mended a reduced rate of 50 ton on
sponge or granular iron, but this was
rejected during the special session at
the request of the Democrats.
Senator Barley, Democrat, Ken
lucky, who sponsored the reduction,
said the rejection of the So rate re-
stored the present SO duty. and this
was not what the Democrats intended.
He and Chairman Smoot of the finance
committee agreed to let the 75-cent
rate, which is the same as that as
signed pig iron, 60 to conference with
the House, whose bill provides varying
rates per pound equivalent to duties
much higher than rs cents a ton.
Barley contended sponge iron, which
is imported principally from Sweden,
did not compete in this country, while
Smoot argued the prospects were good
for a domestic sponge iron industry
being developed.
When the Senate quit, it was debat-
ing another amendment by Barley TO
eliminate the proposed increase in duty
on hollow bars and hollow drill steel
used in the manufacture of rock quarry
and oil field drills and tools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
NEW COMPLAINTS
CONFRONT ARONE
Shoe Polish Salesman Will
Face Trial Tomorrow on
Charge of Assault.

With three additional complaints
against him, George Arone, SIS, repre-
sentative Of shoe polish concern, will
be tried in Police Court tomorrow on
a charge of assault growing out of the
accusation of Miss Jacqueline Swift,
l9-year-old Atlanta heiress and model,
that he asked her to disrobe when she
went to his Office Friday in answer to
an advertisement for a model.
After Miss Swift had made her COM
plant to police, additional charges of
similar nature were made against
Arone by three other models who said
they answered the advertisement.
They are Ethel Pagan, 10; Lillian B.
Noel, 20, and Virginia Lowe, 20.
Girl May Not Testify.
Assistant District Attorney Charles
r. Murray, who will prosecute the
charge against Arone, had not decided
definitely yesterday whether Miss Swift
would be called as a witness. He said
she appeared reluctant to appear in the
case when he interviewed her at Police
Court yesterday, and that he might rely
entirely on the evidence of the three
other women and Policewoman Mary
Shnader, who aided in making the
arrest
After Miss Swift had complained to
police of the alleged advances made by
Arone when she went to his office,
Policewoman Shnader was instructed
to answer the advertisement, represent
ing herself as a model Accompanied
by Detective Charles Weber, she went
to the Office.
PolicewOman Charges Advances.
While the detective waited outside
Miss Shnader went into Arone's pri-
vate Office and applied for the position
advertised. She said he made advances
to her and that she knocked him down.
Hearing the disturbance, Weber entered
the Office and placed Arone under ar
rest.
Miss Swift, who lives at 1923 Columbia
road, said Arone told her he repre-
sented a Pennsylvania silk factory
which specializes in lingerie. Police
say that at least eight other models
answered the advertisement but that
only four complaints were made to
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
TEST CASE UNDER LIQUOR LAW >
BEGUN AGAINST ALLEGED BUYER
John WaYand of Clarendon
Held on Charges Made
by Two Policemen.
CoIored Woman Accused of
Sale and Two Witnesses
Held in Case.

Charges OF purchase and possession
OF liquor" were placed against John
Wayland OF Clarendon, Va, yesterday
in Police Court to test dry law enforce
ment as applied to alleged buyers.
Without the usual ''informer" evil
dence Of one of the parties to liquor
transaction, the Government in this
case will seek to convict Wayland on
the charge of purchase of liquor under
section 6 of the national prohibition
act and on charge of possession under
the Jones law. Along with Wayland
the Government also will try to convict
Myrtle Schools, colored, 80 P street, on
charge of possession Of the liquor
Police allege the woman sold the liquor
to Wayland.
Assistant District Attorney David A.
Hart, in charge of liquor-law prosecu-
tionS in Police Court, has been seeking
such case for several weeks in an
attempt to fix the status of buyer
in liquor transaction.
Relies on Policemen.
without the evidence of either prin-
cipal to the alleged liquor transfer, Hart
is expected to rely entirely upon the
testimony of two second precinct po-
licemen, who claim they saw every
detail Of the alleged purchase Of the
liquor before they arrested the woman
and wayland. With Wayland they also
arrested John r. Harris and Thomas j.
DAILY of Clarendon, Va, as witnesses.
Hart yesterday said he regards the
case in some respects as a model one
for the prosecution of an alleged buyer
of liquor. He hopes to get the case
into the higher courts for binding
decision. With high court decision
on the buyer-prosecution angle Of pro-
hibition law enforcement, he believes
the enforcement officers and the courts
will have mighty weapon.
While he does not believe genera
prosecution could follow II the Gov
eminent were victorious in the case
at hand, Hart believes the moral eff
feet of the conviction of a buyer, sus-
tanned in the higher courts, would aio
greatly in the enforcement Of prohibit
ton.
Arrested at House.
Wayland, his companions and the
woman were arrested in the woman:
home, on p street, by Policemen r. S
Bryant and j. M. Wilson. The two
policemen declare they saw the mer
go into the woman's house and. slip.
ping around to an alley running along.
side the house, saw the woman hanc
over two half-gallon jars of alleged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
DUCE'S DAUGHTER
BECOMES ENGAGED
MussoIini Makes Announce.
ment at Reception for Few
Friends and Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, February 15.-The engage
ment of Edda Mussolini, daughter of
the italian premier, to the son of the
minister of communications was an
nounced today. No date for the we'd
ding was set.
She will wed Galleazzo Ciano. son of
Costanzo Ciano. He is 81 years old
and is secretary of the Italian embassy
at the Holy See Signorina Mussolini is
10 years old, the elder of II Duce's two
daughters, and a sportswoman. She
also is an excellent linguist. a skilled
violinist and pianist, and has travelled
widely.
Premier Mussolini this afternoon gave
a reception for few friends and of
ficials at his home, and there made
Newspapers Delighted.
Newspapers hailed the news delight
edly. Lavoro FaSciSta, in a front page
editorial calls Edda the gracious
daughter of the head of the govern.
ment," saying the new family about to
be founded will bear with it a precious
inheritance of two names SO high in
Italian hearts,"
La Tribuna calls the event "a reason
for intimate and profound joy for all
the great Fascist family" 1t praises
Signorina Mussolini as a model young
woman of the New Italy, pays tribute to
her fiiance and concludes: Let us,
therefore, salute the betrothal of these
young people with the purest Fascist
shout of joy-joy Alala!"
Photographs Forbidden.
Giornale d'Italia halls the proposed
marriage as uniting the family Of the
head of the government with that of