The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-03
The North Carolina Election
Campaign

THE increase in unemployment and the sharp
ening crisis in industries has forced some
very important admissions on the part OF the
spokesman of the capitalist class, The Char
lotte Observer of the 21st of October admits
that part time operations prevailed in num-
Der Of major, industries in the Carolinas af-
fecting large number of laborers." This state
ment of part time" employment of the major
industries, if we add those industries shut down
completely we will have a conservative estimate
of over a half million workers actually out of
work in the state of North Carolina In the
city of Charlotte the Ford plant has been run
ming three days a week. three weeks a month
These workers who are considered to be "em-
ployed" ones according to the census OF the
labor bureau, but in reality are unemployed
The fertilizer plant has worked only about one
week within the last two months. The South
ern Railway system is preparing big lay-off
within the next few days The Reynolds To-
bacco factories of Winston-Salem, are working
only days week and are planning to close
certain departments entirely.
The same Observer reports surplus of labor
in all industrial towns in the state
Misery Amongst Workers on the Increase.
The misery and suffering of the workers. espe-
cially the Negroes, has increased with the in
creased unemployment. Even the State Health
Bureau reports 1877 cases of pellagra in the state
and admits that, this is due to the unemploy-
ment situation" The number of pellagra cases,
however, is much greater Sixty cases Of pei
lagra we're uncovered in Carhart. a mill village
with a population of only 300 workers. There
are thousands of workers on the verge of starva-
tion who are now already affected by this
starvation disease without even knowing it.
Tens of thousands of Negro and white workers
orol for c11 eto fi,N,,
process The cold winter will increase the suf-
fering of the men, women and children.
Bosses Increase Terrorism
The resistance of the workers to these mis-
cradle conditions has expressed itself in num-
Der of spontaneous strikes, such as the Bessemer
City strike, mass riots on bakery trucks, etc.
And the number of successful demonstrations
of workers on Sept 1st. To this the employing
class and the government have answered with
increased terrorism Unemployed Negro and
white workers are being crowded onto the county
chain gangs and state prisons on charges of
vagrancy.
Oh top of this at least a half dozen Negro
workers were lynched in the state of North
Carolina and at least that many more "disap-
peared" The mill owners government has
learned to appreciate the good work of the
Gastonia Black Hundred and are now engaged
in a campaign to form permanent fascist
Black Shirt organization. The workers and
farmers are starving and are being terrorized
while the city administration of Charlotte has
presented every policeman in town with a new
gun present and the police department Of
Winston-Salem has exchanged the "old style"
black jacks or clubs for a new one which is
10 inches longer made to order"
Workers DISTINGUISHED.
Until about two years ago the workers of
North Carolina had to pay two dollars poll
tax to be able to vote. Now, everybody is al
lowed to vote without paying poll tax, but
Immediately after election day the state gar
nishees the wages of the workers and many lose
their jobs on account of It,
The grandfather law of 1908 Of the state Of
North Carolina says: that person in order to
register to vote must BE able to read and write