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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
TWO NEEDLE
CONFERENCES
Cloakmakers and Mems
Clothing, Saturday

NEW YORK.--Two conferences
of utmost Importance to needle
workers will be held Saturday,
Sept. 6. One is the great united
front conference for all cloak
makers, either registered or work.
ing open shop or members of the
Industrial Union. The other is the
shop committee conference of mems
clothing workers. The cloakmakers
of all trades: operators, finishers,
pressers, cutters, etc., meet in lrv-
ing Plaza Hall at p. m. The pur-
pose of their conference is to plan
a united fight, against sweatshop
conditions, wage cuts, and unem-
ployment-the sort of fight that
can only be carried out to victory
by a union of all the exploited
workers in the cloak trade-sinking
their differences, forming shop and
united action committees, refusing
to recognize the orders of Schles-
niger and his crew, and actually
struggling.
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union calls to mems cloth
ing workers to form shop commit
tees at once and send their dele
gates to the shop committee confer
ence at Stuyvesant Casino, 142
Second Ave, at noon, Saturday.
United Front in Shops.
Every shop committee a united
front of all workers in the shop
against reductions, speed-up, piece
work, and reorganization" says
the N. T. w. I. U. to the mems
clothing workers. The Industrial
Union points to the terrific unem-
ployment, during the season, in the
mems clothing trades, the attempt
of the bosses to throw the burden
of the crisis entirely on the work
ers, and the active assistance Hill
mans "Amalgamated Clio h n G
Workers" gives the bosses in this
attempt.
The mems clothing workers are
warned by the Industrial Union
against Hillman's and the bosses
scheme to pit Jew against Italian,
and everyone against everyone by a
piece work system. "Unity and or
ganization must become our slogan
of the day!" says the N. T. w. l. U.
Organic and strike against reduc-
tions, speed-up and reorganizations!
Organize to fight the check off;
don't allow your boss to take a cent
off your pay! Organize shop COM
mittees in every shop" the Indus
trial Union urges the mems cloth
ing workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Vote Communist!
ROMA" GANG
BEAT WORKER
Refused to Cheer Muir
derous Fascisno

NEW YORK.-Because he dared
object to cheering for fascism, a
worker tourist aboard the Roma, of
the Navigazione Generate Line, was
set upon by the purser and few
choice fascist sluggers and severely
beaten.
The worker tourist was return.
ing from Naples, where he wit
messed the fruits of the murderous
fascist regime.
After smuggling him in a most
cowardly fashion, the fascists
dragged the worker before the COM
mander, who threatened to throw
him into the brig unless he would
recant.
The worker stoutly refused and
hurled defiance in the face of the
fascist gang, for which he was sum-
marily thrown into jah, though an
American citizen and a paid pas.
senger.
He was kept in the brig until
the Roma arrived in New York,
and he was let out the very last
one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
union CALLS
STRIKE AT 1900
SEVENTH AVE.
Tenants Are Urged to
Assist

The Building Maintenance Work
ers' Union last night called strike
at 1900 Seventh Ave-, formerly
known as the Unity Cooperative, to
enforce existing agreements be-
tween the leasee of the building and
the union.
The strike was decided upon
after the leases, Messrs. Wine
blatt and Hogan violated Paragraph
No. of their agreement with the
union, wherein it is stated that the
union was to furnish all workers
employed in the building and that
the leases would only hire men,
bers of the union.
Calling upon the union for an ele-
vator operator, the leases refused
to hire the worker sent by the union
and instead employed a nop-union
man. The protests of the union
were met with further violations of
the agreement, the leases off-hand
firing the housekeeper in spite of
the agreement that employees after
being employed for one week shall
not be discharged without the con-
sent of the Shop Committee and
the representative of the union.
The union has issued statement
to the tenants of the building, call
ing upon them to support the strug-
gle against the leases. The union
demands the payment of one days
wages to the operator sent by the
union and not employed; the pay
ment of the wages of the house
keeper who has been summarily
fired; the reinstatement of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
MERCENTHALER
LAYS OFF men
Section 6 Holds Shop
Meetings

BROOKLYN, N. Y. Workers
from the Mergenthaler Linotype
Co., in Brooklyn, are facing lay-offs
every week. Last week the bosses
began to put into practice scheme
which will help them to reduce the
working forces twenty per cent in
the shortest possible time.
The conditions of the workers
here in the plant to say the least
are miserable. Those workers who
work in the milling department and
in the drill press feel the eXploita-
ton more and more every day. They
are now forced to make the work
they were doing before in five-and-
a-half days in four-and-a-half days.
But the pay is just as low as it was
before.
Hold Shop Meets.
At today's shop gate meeting held
by the Communist Party, Section
Six, the speakers correctly exposed
the schemes of the bosses. The
workers here are very responsive to
the Communist calls, and the con-
tinuation of our work at the plant
will bring about the organization
of the Merganthaler workers into
the Metal Workers Industrial
League of the Trade Union Unity
League and the most class-conscious
workers will join the ranks of the
revolutionary Party of the working
class, the Communist Part y.
Against the lay offs now put into
effect by the Merganthaler Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
ALLIANCE OF BOSSES,
GANGSTERS, AFL, HIT
CHICAGO CLEANUP
Bosses Too Much Mixed Up With Gangland to
Allow Any Real Exposure, Reporter Admits
Gangsters Control A. F. of L. Unions; Union
Leaders Mere Cover-Up Men For Thugs
(Snecinl to The Dailu Worker.l

Especial to The DGuy WofRef.J
CHICAGO.-"You can't tear the
lid off Chicago because too many
big shots are sitting on it."
This is the way one cynical
newspaperman expressed himself
concerning the so-called press rev.
Citations following the murder first
of the Chicago Tribune reporter
racketeer Jake Lingle and more re-
Gently the machine cunning of the
vice, gambling, booze, king-pin of
the north side Jack Zuta.
Like all cities where the Doodle
is large, Chicago is divided into
camps. Although "Scarface" Al
Capone's leadership is pretty well
recognized, he is given some serious
competition by the north side
Aiello gang of which Zuta, former
Capone man, was the brains. Nat
urally, the political groups, who
draw their largest graft and cam
paign money from the racketeers,
side now with one and now with
the other depending on the power
of the gangsters and their ability
to come across financially and with
votes.
Likewise the press being caught
in the political tangle and serving
as the mouthpieces of various po-
litical groupings are guardedly but
none the less effectively mixed up
in the marriages between gangster
and politician rings.
Thus when the observing re-
porter talks of big shots, he means
everybody from leaders of the two
major parties through the editors
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Labor and Fraternal

LID. Picnic
Sept. Z, Pleasant Bay Park Get
your ticket now.
China Soviet Night
Friday, Sept. 10. p. m. at Man
haitian Lyceum, &C u. Fourth st. Rich
Chinese program. Admission So cents
in advance. Volunteer to sell tickets,
apply Chinese Vanguard, 26 Union
Square.
SaccO-NanzetU Branch IL ID.
A general meeting Wednesday.
Sept. 20 at 1872 Boston Rd., $50 p. N.
sharp. From there we shall go IN
a body to Manhattan Lyceum to dem
onstrate against the deportation o.:
Comrade Serio.
YorkviIIe Open Forum
At $50 e. 81st St. Beginning Fri
day, Sept. 5, every Friday at $50
y. IN. This Friday. June Knoll, mem
Der of Executive Committee, T.U.U L.,
on THE Problem of Unemployment
Ex-Servicemen's League street Meet
Admission 10 cents.
Thursday. Sept. 4. 14th st. and
University Pl.. 1870 p. m.
Vote Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Section Six Mem
bership Meeting

A very important membership
meeting of the Communist Party,
Section Six, will be held this Thurs
day, Sept. a, 1880, at 8 p. m. at the
Section headquarters, 68 Whipple St.
All Party members must place
aside all other engagements and
come to this important meeting.
Comrade Hoyswood, District Me-
gro Director of the Party will speak
on the problems confronting our
Party in our Section at the present
time. The meeting will start at s
sharp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
LID Picnic To Be Rally
For Release of Foster

Rally to release William 2. Fos-
ter, Communist candidate for gov
ernor, and the other members of
the unemployed delegation. Come
to the Solidarity Picnic, Sunday,
September 7, at Pleasant Bay Park.
Excellent program, music, movies,
dancing, athletics by the Labor
Sports Union, refreshments, promi-
nent speakers of the labor move
ment. Support the drive for the
class war prisoners defense and
liberation. Summer ends. Work
continues.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Section Z Membership
Meet Thursday Night

All members of Section 7 are re-
CURED to be present at the section
membership meeting this Thursday,
Sept. d, at p. m. at 48 Bay 2Sth
ST., Brooklyn. A representative
from the district will report upon
very important organizational ques-
tions.
At the last meeting the units are
represented as follows: Unit Is,
Unit 2-10, Unit 3-9, Unit Alt, Unit
5-5, Unit ell, Unit TT. A much
letter record is expected this time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Williamsburg LID.
Section Meet Sept. 3

The Williamsburgh section of the
International Labor Defense, will
hold conference, Wednesday, Sept.
3, at 8 p. M, in the Workers Center,
60 Whipple ST., Brooklyn.
Besides the elected delegates by
the branches, all the LID. function
aries of the branches in this ter
ritory should attend the conference
and help build the section of the
LID. in Williamsburgh.
A district representative will be
present to report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03

Demand the release of Eos.
ter, Minor, Amter and Ray.
mond. in prison for fighting
for unemployment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03

housekeeper; one hundred dollars
fine for violating the agreement; a
cash security to be returned at the
expiration of agreement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
Communist Activities

Special Membership Meet
Thursday, 8 p. m, in which new
policy will be discussed. Weiner to
speak at 30s Lenox Ave. All unem-
ployed workers must report at 10
a. m. Monday at sos Lenox Ave.
sharp.
section 4. open Air Meets
Wednesday, y. m. at f3ith st.
and Fifth Ave. Friday, s p. M. at
137th ST. and Eleventh. Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03

Strike against wage-cuts; de.
mand social insurance!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03
ROOMS

1873 EAST 10TH ST. LARGE, SMALL
Furnished rOOns, convenient. aear
subway. Lehigh 1900.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-03

HELEN wants TO get In touch with
LEE TUCKER. box 20, "DaiIy
Worker"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
MEXICO PLANS
OPEN LACUNA

ST. Waldo Soberon. Mexican Dep
artment Of Agriculture chief, has
written the Matamoros Chamber Of
Commerce that the Secretaria de
ComunicacioneS Of Mexico City has
agreed 70 furnish the men and the
materials, as well as q corps OF u
gineers for the opening up Of the
"boquillas' that run into the Laguna
Madre.
The "boquillas'' as the shallow
passes that connect the Laguna
Madre with the sea r known, have
been stopping up. due to the action
Of the elements, and IS q result
very little e water enters the
Laguna.
Tins condition IL serious. due 70
the fact that hundreds OF people
residing In the region from Boca
San Jose to Soto La Marina make
their living by fishing. The closing
I'D of the "boquillas" hinders the
fish from entering the Laguna-
What is most affected are vast agri-
cultural areas that border the sea
in those parts.
The drying UP OF parts Of the
Laguna, due TO lack Of water,
causes a very fine dry salt sand 70
be carried by winds towards the
lands. depositing the sand on the
land under cultivation. This condi-
ton causes a loss In crops. 1t Is
planned to prevent these losses by
opening the passes and letting the
sea water cover the now dry spaces,
that were once the Laguna bottom.
The length OF this area Is approx
imately $50 miles.
In his letter 70 the chamber. ST.
Soberon states that two government
experts will arrive shortly in Mata-
moros TO make an estimate Of the
material and men needed TO COM
plete the project.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03

wednesday % lars o. PObdbocs
moved out Of the Valley with from
s3.75 to "a realized. This makes a
total Of 2l9 cars which have been
marketed from the Valley this year.
Roughly. $1,000 per car is the
price being received. and with $500
cars anticipated, at present the
Valley is faced with receipts from
this crop alone, which will total
$500. 900.
Reason for the danger Of glut-
ting the market at present was CIV
en- as cold weather in the northern
market centers. 1t was thirty-five
degrees Yesterday in Cincinnati
with a like range Of temperatures
northward.
Thrown on the market gradually.
1t Is said the growers viii gain N
weight by leaving the potatoes in
the ground and the present price
and demand will be maintained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
Dealer in Dodo Stocks Dies
With Billions in Wall Paper

er to the state OF South Carolina
for $1,000. and, not caring for the
rush Of the street. he thereafter.
turned his attention to q trade IN
obsolete and extinct securities.
He became an expert authority
on the value-If any-of old securi-
ties. and was frequently consulted
by bankers and brokers concerning
the worth OF stock and bond certi-
ficates which came into their hands.
Now and then some of mis- dodoes
came to life. One time he sold a
Yonkers doctor enough bonds of a
Pennsylvania coal company to pa
per the walls or his den. The doc
tor paid $40 for the bundle. Coal
was later discovered on the prop
erty. and the doctor was paid S14,-
600 for his Wallpaper"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
Misunderstanding Is
Claimed by Buell.

SAN BENITO, April S.-Belief that
the court order restraining him
from active connection with the
San Benito Light was the result of
a misunderstanding. and that the
matter will be settled soon, was ex-
pressed here by Ralph L. Buell., edit
or OF the paper.
Buell. was formerly editor and
owner OF the Mercedes Tribune, and
the restraining order was granted
by Judge A. M. Kent of townsville.
on petition of the United Printing
Company Of Mercedes.
This company bought the Mer-
cedes Tribune, and claims Buell.
contracted not to engage in the
newspaper business in the Valley
for five years when he sold the
paper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03

that ne was arranging 10 get MIN
and also making preparations for
his extradition. The telephone call
came at ii Wednesday night say
ing that Gay had been found shot
dead In the hotel and thst q verdict
OF suicide had been returned.
Sheriff Brown said that Gay
probably would have left Oklahoma
today or tomorrow for Brownsville
The deputy sheriff's body win
be forwarded tonight from OkIaho-
ms City and will reach here Sat-
urday morning. members or this
family believe.
Gay is survived by On two-yea--
old daughter, Katherine Stewart
Gay; his mother. Mrs. u. r. Cay
ST., four brothers -. +. IT., John.
Henry and Albert; and one sister.
Mrs. Lena Gay Moore, all &C
Brownsville.
The deceased had been employ
ed I'm his capacity ms chief deputy
sheriff for more than On year. he
has a long record Of governmental
service, having been employed i'm
the customs service and in the Dor
der patrol. He was q veteran or
the World War.
Funeral arrangements have nos
been announced pending the arriv-
al OF the body.
Cav went to Oklahoma City with
a requisition from Gov. Dan Moody
OF Texas for the extradition OF Jim
Adair on q statutory charge Requi-
sition was granted late yesterday BY
Gov. w. J. Holloway and Gay was
expected to leave Immediately for
Wenoca, where Adair Is under ar
rest.
The deputy sheriff was shot
through the heart.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
DRIVER HALF
THROUGH RIDE
Endurance Champion Ends
Fifty-two Hours OF
1OO-Hour Test

Az two o'clock Thursday after
noon. John J. King. champion en-
durance driver who Tuesday morn
ing pulled out from the Isom Mo-
tor Co. had completed fifty-two
hours Of his one hundred-hour n
durance drive and was still gliding
over the streets OF Brownsville az
ease.
The only noticeable signs on the
champion were a very heavy black
growth Of whiskers, his hair wind
blown and heavy lines under his
eyes. The brightly painted vehicle
has been viewed by hundreds In
Brownsville and the Valley since
Mr.. King started on his tireless ride.
Having driven previous tests, King
Is confident OF success and seems
not to give the least thought to the
possibility Of any difficulty arising
in his five-day non-motor stop
drive. Notwithstanding the fact
that he is compelled to do without
sleep and must eat his meals at some
inconvenience.
The car was running perfectly,
King declared, praising the Pontiac
highly for its performance. at the
same time giving due credit TO the
Gulf gasoline and Supreme motor
oil that Is being used exclusively.
The motor hood was sealed down
at the start OF the drive, and no
more oil will be added until after
the drive Is completed.
Yesterday, King drove to several
nearby neighboring towns, where
crowds thronged around him at his
stops.
Endurance driving Is not 50 hard,
King said, II a person IS In good
physical condition. There Is q lot in
getting accustomed 10 1t, but II Is
rather tiresome, however, and fire.
quently very interesting, King says.
After the sleepless tour is complet-
ed, Kings manager and q special
nurse take charge of the systematic
rest and relaxation required by him.
He will be allowed to sleep "a hour
at first and will be awakened TO
prevent a too complete relaxation
which might impair heart action.
Gradually the rest periods will be
heightened until the body again
functions normally.
King again wishes 10 thank the
nm@wrn~xsft~ vna~nHanfr u-hn n-n
cooperating in this unusual test
and who have provided him with the
necessities which he must use; Fire
stone Service Stores TO prevent tire
trouble: the American Cafe serves
him wholesome and delicious meals;
A Balova wrist watch to tkeep &C
curate time is furnished by Dorf-
mans Jewelry Store; Drs. Anderson
a. Anderson are keeping him fit
with their chiropractic treatments
daily. His car is equipped with a
Philico balanced radio. Ye Ode
College Inn Is visited daily for his
soft drinks; the Valley Radiator and
Body Works will refinish the Pom
tiac &C the end OF the drive; NJ.
Garcia Gomez g. Champion furnish
him with their special roasted cof-
fee daily. The Model Laundry Is
keeping his clothes sanitary. .
Nh. King invites the public To
ride with him at any time during
the drive and anyone may do 50 by
hailing him on the streets or by
getting in touch with the Isom
Motor CO., Oakland and Pontiac
dealers. Today Mr.. King will 90 on
q drive that will carry him up the
Valley as far as Edinburg, and then
to Corpus Christi and return.
Further results of his drive viii
be carried in The Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
VALLEY OFFERS
Mill LOCATION
Survey Is Made by Cotton
Interest With Result
Highly Favorable

N0R(NA1A w &A1
HARLINGEN, April 3.-The Rio
Grande Valley offers an ideal To-
cation for cotton mills producing
fine quality cotton goods or Rayon,
according TO the Robert g. Com
pany. Inc. of Atlanta. Ga. which
recently made an industrial survey
Of this section.
This information Is contained In a
copy OF the report received at the
chamber Of commerce here from
the central Power e. Light COM
pany.
The survey was made partly at
the request Of several concerns in
the east, and in connection with
the cotton mill project here, on
which a building has already been
built.
In the report the investigating
engineer says that cheap labor.
availability of good cotton, and
transportation facilities for the fin
ished product combine TO make the
Valley q good location.
He expressed the opiricn that
Mexican labor will be ideal labor
for a cotton mill.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03

NEW YORK. April 3-tF=Wall
Streets junk man. Roland NJ
Smythe, dealer IN extinct securities.
is dead.
Engraved paper. representing bill
lions in forlofn hopes, burst bubbles
and defunc5 wild cats passed
through his hand during the half
century he conducted his unique
business from q little office 40 2
Broadway.
Mr.. Smythe died yesterday at his
home in Brooklyn He was rs years
old.
He embarked on his unusual bus
mess career when In the early sos
while employed b. q stock broker
age firm, .le was handed some
repudiated South Carolina bonds
with instru IONS &c destroy them.
He sold one through another brok-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-03
City Irrigation Commissioners
Decline Company Land Offer

In answer to a communication in
yesterdays Herald addressed to the
Brownsville Navigation commission
from Lee b. James, offering the
commission thirty acres Of land on
Padre Island, the following letter
has been received from the COM
mission. signed by z. A. RoSenthai
and John Gregg, addressed 70 South
Padre Island. Inc:
Your communication under date
of March 81, 1880, post-marked at
Brownsville, $50 D.. m, April I, just
at hand. In this letter you offer to
donate a specific thirty acres Of
land out Of a tract Of one hundred
and eighteen acres needed by the
Navigation District at the south
end Of Padre Island. AS has been
explained to you several times. we
desire only that land required by
the United States government in
order to make our deep-water pro-
ject possible. III your letter you base
your offer upon proper assurance
that the balance o. our acreage on
Padre Island will be left intact"
You have been assured repeatedly
that we desire only that portion OF
your large holdings on Padre Is
land that will satisfy the require
ments Of the government. There Is
no thought upon the part Of the
commissioners to ask you for more.
You, along with all Of the cit
liens OF this section, realize how
long deep water has been sought
fer this territory. efforts having
been made rs far back as fifty
years ago or more, and now that
we have the recommendation Of
the army engineers, AND it looks
like the project is entEely within
our grasp. we cannot understand
how you, or anyone, dan suggest