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The Washington times., 1930-03-18

when you look at Spring
dresses, watch for these things
Patou's boleros and shirtwaist
details-Vionnet's cowl neckline
and surplice closing Chaneps
eapes and epaulette shoulders
Lelong's peplums.
Those are Just a few of the
details that make Spring dresses
look new. And that contribute to
the newness of the typical Spring
dress silhouette with its wider
look ut the shoulders, it's moulded
hat hiplines, it's fare below the
hipline.
Often these 1880 dresses have
snort, separate jackets or sepa-
rate capes. They are apt to be
belted at the normal waistline
sad softly bloused over the belt.
Pleats, circular cut or inserted
RUres makes their skirts COM
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
OH-the-Face Hats with
Wider Sides Important

modified eloches, back draping
and bows at the back are all
high in fashion.
Newest, xmArtest straw hats
are Of lustrous, shiny straws, and
for sports wear, hats Of costume
fabrics like tweed are new.
Hats usually match the eOat of
the costume, but they match the
dress when the dress is worn with
4 short jacket.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Right Skirt Lengths for Spring

Spring skirt lengths depend
On where the costume Is to be
worn.
For all general street and day.
time wear, the middle Of the cah
Is the correct length. For active
sports wear, the HEM touches the
upper eah.
For formal afternoon and in
formal evening wear, the, lower
calf. And for formal evening,
the lsngth b just-belOV the
o2kA
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

Even hemlines' are best. But
for very formal afternoon or
evening, the back may Dip lower
than the front. And the front in
this case generally touches the
lower calf.
Last Spring the figure was
divided almost in the middle.
Now, due to the raised waistline
and longer skirt, the figure
appears longer from the waist
down than from the shoulder to
waist
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
ings or small appliques.

ings or small appliques.
Brown kidskin is . favOrite
leather for these shoes, but this
Spring will see more navy than
last year. And natural water
snake makes An excellent har-
mony with beige costumes.
For sportswear, shoes may
match either dress or coat but
very often they are white with
brown trimming. regardless Of
the costume color. And in the
evening, sandals and opera pumps
Of crepe de Chine or moire are
usually dyed t. match costume.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

This Spring you're going to
see plenty of Fashions forehead.
Even when a hat is the new modi-
fed cloche, the crown is shallower
in front 30 the hat doesn't come
so far down on the forehead. But
sides are wider, and brims have
an effect of draping and manipu-
lation..
Formal berets, of -the-faee hats
with wider brims and draped
brirna, closely fitted cuff effects,
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Lingerie and COrsets Follow
the New Spring Silhouette

More important than ever this
Spring are the right lingerie and
foundation garments. Because
unless they are cut to accord with
the new silhouette there will be
bulges and creases where there
should be only smooth lines.
Newest lingerie has a normal
waistline. Chemises are some
what fitted. Vests fit Snugly.
Panties and boomers are made.
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

jaunty, short jacket costume. For
she finds it in O multitude of vari-
atoms.
Patcu's best loved taiIleur is a
slightly fitted, rounded corner,
link button suit often worn
with q waistcoat blouse.
Costumes with modified cardi-
gans include short jackets far
ing from the shoulder belted
jackets and soft, feminine
jackets with peplums.
And these short jacket eos
tunes are made Of loosely woven
tweeds, of suede finished woolens
and mannish worsteds. And later
on, they'll be ever 30 smart In silk
failIe.
RRaeHsbGes
This popular Spring fashion is
The Washington times., 1930-03-18

have to hold yOur coat closed. And
they cover your dress coming
to the middle of the calf or q half
inch below.
Their fabrics are soft, suede
like woolens, loosely woven spongy
tweeds, eOverts and twills best
in black, navy, beiges and greens.
Skort yOeket Costumes
What q Paradise this Spring
is for the woman who likes the
The Washington times., 1930-03-18
Everybody Can Wear the New Spring
Goats, Jacket Costumes, Ensembles

GPRING, 1880! Not q Of just fashions
~ for the few. But season of many fashions with
something for everybody From the very tailored the
very feminine type every find and jacket
costumes becoming than she has had before
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
Heb Wanted--
FemQIe" But
Jobless Grow
BY a JOB SEEKER.

Tramp the streets, tramp the
streets, day after day, or stand in
line and wait and wait-expectantly,
hopefully, stolidly, desperately.
Fresh young girls eager to earn
their own living and be independ-
ent; women of indefinite age, expert
enced, we'll groomed and well pre-
served; women with dependent chill
dren, tired-looking and little shah
by; old women alone in the world,
wistful, wrinkled and watery eyed,
willing to do almost anything that
will give them shelter and food for
a few more years.
On Monday morning-and every
other morning for that matter-the
employment agencies are packed
with girls until there is scarcely
standing room. And not one out of
ten is even sent out for an inter
view 'No, we haven't a thing"
mo, Pm sorry, everything's filled"
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
YORK,
The Trotskyite Jackals Join
the HOwling Pack

full the world pack mperial ackas responded
the whip of calling
blood the working Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
With Macdonald, Henderson
Co. bearing the Labor banner with the Rev. Norman Thomas add
ing his behalf of the Socialist Party the handmaiden
and Whitehall.
broke with the Union the French mperas Joined
the Every mperais flunkey in the world has
been of nvece against the Soviet Union
Trotskysm should find their
the pack At such they could not afford to miss
their pace the the Pope's lamen
taons about what has happened god the Soviet Union; to
Norman Thomas walls about wha has happened to the kua
to the French mpera about what has happened General
Kouepovhele added the howl Cannon the
Trotskyst "what has happened to Bumkin'
The Bumkn little known but the politics of this
oldest all the
the arsenal the of the Soviet Union its dose rival
undergone days Lenn the
has been changed 10 "Stalin the murderer"
part parcel imperiast world behalf
being wiped the of the FvYear Plan
socialist construction especially by the
peasanry the Soviet and collective farms World imperialism
the
socaed industry agriculture In its
fright rallies all its and indirect helpers and throws them
blood the of the
population for the coming And the aka pack little
Mr. Jim Cannon professional Communist renegade in
full cry.
peast against naturalization unemployment, with ali
their the coming mighty battles against
the capitalist SYSTEM take and remember this stab the back
by the renegades
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
GOVT lies TO
FOOL WORKERS
But Starving Millions
Organize to Fight

Again Secretary of Labor Davis
repeats his sickening lies about "all
reports indicate that an upward
swing to employment is in motion"
The bulletin just issued by Davis
contains no figures on employment,
but is. filled with twistings and
squirmings to hide the fact that not
only is there continuous growth
in the mass army of jobless, but
that hundreds of thousands of, work
ers on the job are getting starva-
ton wages, working on part-time
schedules, a method the bosses use
as way to force wage cuts with
out calling them wage cuts.
Davis's mealy-mouthed optimistic
statements are shot through with
facts that show the contrary of what
he wants the masses of workers to
believe. He says:
Building operations were curtail-
ed in many states. Highway
construction and municipal improve
ments were held in check. OPP
Grating schedules in many of the in
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
silk WORKERS
CROWD NTW MEET
Company Union Fakers
Meeting Very Small

PATERSON, N. j., Feb. IA. -
While Union Hall was crowded to
the doors with members of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union and
other silk and dye workers of Pat
erson tonight, only a handful at
tended the attempted meeting Of the
Associated. Enthusiasm ran high
at the N.T.W.U. mass meeting.
Organize for the coming STRIKE"
was the keynote of the meeting set
by District Organizer Kushinsky
and by the other speakers, who in
cluded Robert Minor, M. ]. Olgin,
Mario Alpi, Bill Dunno, Clarence
Miller and Joseph Magliacano.
Plans for building a rank-and- file
strike committee and for organizing
shop and block committees were out
lined by the speakers. Among the
slogans on the walls were the fol-
lowing: down with the Associated
Silk Workers and the A. F. of L.
U.T.W.-Fake Outfits-Betrayers!"
Down with the Strike-Breaking
Community Council" Build Shop
Committees in Every Mill" eight
for Higher Wages and Better Con-
ditions."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
ON
JOBLESS, FEB. 10
Metropolitan
Area Mobilizes

An important part in the organ
ization of the unemployed workers
of the Metropolitan Areas IS being
played by the Councils of the I'm
employed that have been formed by
the Trade Union Unity League.
Abuot 10 such councils are now
holding daily meetings in various
parts of Greater New York and
New Jersey and recruiting new
masses of unemployed workers every
day. Next week the councils wall
elect delegates to a Central Unem-
ployed Council which will direct ac-
tivities for the entire Metropolitan
Area.
The Unemployed Councils are also
electing delegates and preparing for
the big conference on unemploy-
ment called by the Metropolitan
Area T.U.U.L. for next Wednesday,
February 10, at 8 p. M, in Manhat-
tan Lyceum, &c East Fourth st. Un-
employed workers, workers in shops
and factories, trade unions and
workers fraternal organizations
are asked to elect representatives
to this all-important conference,
which will unity the fight of the
unemployed and make final prepara-
rations for the huge demonstrations
against unemployment on February
26
The conference will also be
preparatory step for the convention
of the Metropolitan Area Trade
Union Unity League, which will be
held Saturday and Sunday, March
IL, Irving Plaza, 18th St., and Irv-
ing Place. This convention will CO.
ordinate the economic struggles of
the workers, both employed and I'M
employed, organized and morgan
lied, Negro and white, men, women
and young workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
Win CAFETERIA
STRIKE QUICKLY
Food Clerks Defy the
Paragraph 600'

Another significant victory was
won by the Cafeteria Workers
Union yesterday afternoon. After
presenting a number of demands to
the bosses of the Pennsylvania Cafe
terra on 34th st. between Seventh
and Eighth Aves., which is an Asso-
citation shop, the, bosses refused to
accept. The shop committee imme-
diately gave the signal; all the
workers left at once, and in spite of
the police and hired gangsters who
guarded the place since early in the
morning, picket line was formed
quickly. Six pickets were arrested.
The customers who were all work
ers themselves, expressed their
solidarity with the strikers and left
the cafeteria together with them.
The bosses were helpless in the
midst of the rush hour with no one
. to pick up dish or serve cup Of
coffee. They were compelled to
surrender even at the expense of
breaking with the Association.
Food Clerks Arrested.
Miller's Market, 161st st. and
Union Ave-, Bronx, where the
bosses, police and socialists are re-
sponsible for the murder of Steve
Katovis, is using Paragraph 600
l., 1r,o1otI,Nor in
iunction) with a vengeance. Four
were arrested there on the picket
line yesterday. Miller and and
the gangster business agent of Lo-
cal SO, Retail Dairy and Grocery
Clerks Union, United Hebrew
Trades, only strike breaking gang,
pointed out members of the Food
Clerks Industrial Union to a large
swarm policemen, who surrounded
the whole block. The four came be-
fore the labor-hating Judge Duress,
who held them in $500 bail. The
strike and picketing goes on.
The strike of the. food clerks pro-
ceeds against the butcher shop at
967 Aldus St., in spite of strike
breaking activities of the social fas-
cist injunctionites. Working class
housewives near both Millers and
the Aldus Ave shop are showing
solidarity with the strikers and CIV
ing the owners lesson in what it
means to kill and Jail workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
WORK OR WAGES
PHILh. DEMAND
Police In terf er ence
Won't Stop Jobless
work or Wages" Is
Phila. Jobless Demand

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.-De-
termined to press their demands for
relief and other measures for the
jobless army of at least 10000 in
Philadelphia, the Council of Unem-
ployed met today at its headquarters
and more than 200 set out to march
through Market st. to the City Hall
Plaza.
On the march and at the City
Hall the crowd swelled to somewhere
between two and three thousand
and when they arrived at about 5
p. m. the banners bearing the de-
mands work or Wagesy "No Evic-
lions for Non-P Payment of Rent"
."Down With the Speed-Up of En-
ployed Workers. Eight Wage
Cuts" ETC., were unfurled.
Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia,
just returning from a pleasure trip
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
Philadelphia Council Unemployed Rallies Thousands At City Hall
Who Resist Savage Attack Mounted Police Suggers
Michigan CAPITALIST Authorities Think Bolster Up Vicious Law By
Convctng Bea Basis of GastOnia Bosses Verdict
PLOT IN MICH
Mass Pressure Forces
Release For Ten

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. lathe
cases of the workers arrested at
Pontiac on the charge Of criminal
syndicalism" for organizing the
Council of Unemployed under au-
spices of the Trade Union Unity
League, was brought up yesterday,
and Fred Beal, the Gastonia defend
ant, who spoke here on tour OF the
T.U.U.L., was held. for trial by the
circuit court in $4,000 bail, the 10
other cases, including Powers and
Raymond being dismissed.
The prosecution stated that they
were dismissing the 10 cases, be-
cause they were unable to secure
witnesses, but unquestionably it was
due to the great pressure and indig-
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
frame STRIKERS
VOTE DOWN ALL,
Accept TUUL Leader
ship

Absolutely repudiating both the
A. F. L. and the Lovestoneite mis-
leaders in their union, the striking
furniture workers in the Itzeik shop.
Newport and Watkins Ave, Brook
Ign, have placed themselves under
the leadership of the Trade Union
Unity League and are fighting on
to win. There is a call out for a
mass picket line Monday morning in
front of the shop, which all the
strikers and all class conscious
workers should respond to.
This strike has been going on for
seven weeks, under the leadership
of the Frame Makers Local 1857,
of the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America GA.
F.L.)
During this time the ALL. Off
Gals, and Perlow, the Lovestonitc
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
NEW BATTLE ON
IN PITTSBURGH
Thugs Forced to Flee
From s Scab Cabs
(Wireless BIZ Iaprecorrl

(WreteSs By Inprecorr)
BERLIN, Feb. 14.-At last
nights conference Of taxicab
drivers it was decided to declare
a general taxi strike. The $50
cialist" leaders of the union were
forced to give their consent by the
tremendous fighting spirit of the
workers.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. a.
Another struggle started today in
the downtown section between pick
cts and scab cab drivers and depu-
ties when a couple of green cabs
appeared with the usual crew of
armed guards wearing steel helmets.
The thugs escaped from their ma
chimes and left them in a blind alley
near Hastings st. When the police
and company crew came around to
take them back to the garage, one
was missing.
Two hundred police, patrolling
with clubs, guns and tear gas bombs
failed to keep the scab cabs rum
ming today. Eight were destroyed
in the fighting, several being burned.
Several thugs sent out by the COM
pany were brought to the hospitals;
police estimate about Fl scabs in
jured. The strikers carry away their
wounded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
STRIKE OF 200
HOUSE WRECKERS

Two hundred house workers en-
ployed by the Albert A. Volk Co.
went on strike yesterday against
dangerous conditions on the job. The
pickets carry signs, Five men
killed in 1929 on this company's
jobs; we strike for safe working
conditions
The company is demolishing the
old Continental Hotel, 41st st. and
Broadway; the Casino Theatre, Both
st. and Broadway, and loft build
ing at So West 37th st.
The workers protest the scheme
of the Volk Co. to use no chutes, but
simply to cut through the floors,
and knock all rubbish and building
down into the cellar, from
whichsit is steam shoveled out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
GLENDALE men
MARCH ON Other
PAISLEY Mines
Negro Organizer Of
NMU and 6 More
Held in Jail
Stewart Miners Strike
200 Negro, 200 White
Miners Out in Sparta
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
The Workers International Re-
lief, 949 Broadway, has received
an appeal for relief for the
strikers at Moundsville and Pow
haitian. The mines worked part
time before the strike, and with
immediate relief, great POSSIBLE
ties exist to extend the strike
to many other mines in the vicin-
ity. Send funds to WIR at above
address.
MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va, Feb.
ID. - The 400 strikers at the Glen
dale mine here of the Paisley Coal
Co. are marching eighteen miles 70
call cut the miners. in two more
Paisley Co. mines at Elmgrove.
The Glendale miners and 800 more
at the Alexander mine of the Paisley
Co., also near Moundsville, struck
against wage reduction and de
mand recognition of the National
Miners Union pit committee. wage
raise, no discrimination and safety
measures, among other things.
All the strikers have elected dele
gates to the young Miners confer
ence 60 be held in Bellaire. Ohio, on
Sunday.
Hawkins Arrested
There are now 1000 on strike in
the Moundsville, West Virginia and
east Ohio section. Hundreds Of
miners are joining the N. M. u. and
enthusiasm among the miners runs
high. There is mass picketing Of
all mines. Isaiah Hawkins, head OF
the Negro organizing department of
the N. M. u, Vice President Franz;
Sepich of the Ohio district of the
n. M. u, and five other strikers
are in jail in Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia, charged with melting to riot.
They include Vice President Dor
sey of Glendale local, Negro miner
Many Negro Miners.
Hawkins was sent to Mounds
vile, according to a statement is
sued yesterday by the N.M.U., be-
cause of the large percentage Of
Negro miners in West Virginia.
Thousands of miners in West
Virginia" the statement says, "are
Negroes. They receive the lowest
wages, the worst conditions, and
are the victims of widespread dis
elimination. The National Miners
Union recognizes as a basic prin-
ciple the unity Of all workers, both
black and white, and is waging an
Continued on Page T1Oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
WHITEWASH IS
READY FOR TAH|D
British us. NJ urd e r
Chief Arrested

Abdul Tahid, leader of the gang
of blackmailers and murderers that
shot four East Indian textile work
ers in Paterson January 81, was
arrested yesterday in company with
member of his gang, Abdul Cab
nj. Two governments and the Pat
erson mill bosses stand by with the
whitewash.
Tahid led gang, including Alb
dull Jabber, Abdul Gahni, and Usman
Gahni, British spies, gangsters and
blackmailers who have been preying
on East Indian workers, into the
workers boarding house at No. 10
Bridge Street, Paterson.
Four workers were shot, one of
whom is dead, and second is ex-
pected to die. The four .gangsters
escaped. The blackmailers have
been threatening the workers with
deportation unless they "came
across" with regular sums of mon
ey. In this scheme the gang has
been aided by an American lawyer,
and certain British and American
authorities.
N. 7. w. Members Shot
Edras Ali, Asmud Ula and SIZED
Ali were also arrested today with
Tahid. They were held on charges
Of being material witnesses. The
workers shot were members of the
National Textile Wokers Union and
of the intentional Labor Defense,
which had been defending them
against the blackmail schemes Of the
murderous gang CT British spies.
Abdul Tahid, chief of the gang,
had his lawyer ready, as soon as
he was arrested. He telephoned to
Attorney Joseph Tanner, of 113 w.
42nd St., to come to his aid, and the
latter lost no time in coming to
help release the murderer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
ANTI-S0v|ET WAR
CAMP A|CN LED BY
The SOCIALISTS
German Social Fascism
Proving Fitness to
Rule" For Capital
"Vorwaerts" Lies Hit
Pope. and Socialists
Aid Imperialism
Wireless BIZ InprecoTr)

BERLIN, Feb. 14.-The Commu-
mist deputy, Walter Stoecker, speak
ing in the Reichstag yesterday re-
futed the lies of the socialist" pa
per "Vorwaerts," declaring that the
Soviet Embassy received only a
dozen copies of the Communist pa
per, the "Rote Fahne," most of the
dozen being forwarded to the Soviet
Union with other papers, even the
"Vorwaerts, while the Soviet Trade
Mission received only two copies.
Editorial Note-The "Vorwaerts,"
had made wild charges the day be-
fore that the Soviet Embassy and
Trade Mission were receiving 5000
copies of the German Communist
daily, and therefore were "financ-
ing" the Communist paper.)
Today's paper, "Welt am Abend,"
reports that secret session of. the
leaders of the socialist" party had
been held, at which it was decided
to begin an offensive against the
Communist Party of Germany and
against the Soviet Union, co-operat-
ing with the capitalist elements with
the aim of liquidating the Rapallo
Treaty.
The aim of the Socialists" is to
prove their FITNESS to govern" and
thus to remain the party in control
of the government.
The "Rote Fahne" reports that a
session of the Prussian Ministry of
the Interior has decided to raid the
Soviet Trade institutions and even
the Soviet Embassy, after the neces-
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15

Central Committee,
Communist Party, U.S.A.
Political Secretariat of Executive
Committee, Communist Interna-
tional, is marking success of Commu-
mist Party, U.S.A., in recruiting
new members and spreading influ-
ence among working masses, ex-
pressed in recent mass demonstra-
tions, and stresses the necessity of
more intensive recruiting. In
further recruiting you must concen-
trate particularly on large enter
prises and basic industries. Rapid
influx, new members, raises before
Party the task Of their organization
in factory and street, nuclei, whose
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-15
JUDGE ORDERS
GIRL BEATEN
Organizing 10 bles S /;
Meeting Place Changed

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. IA girl
worker, 20 years old, will be public
ly beaten in court by order of the
judge. Margaret Steele, arrested
for distributing leaflets to the I'M
employed was sentenced to this to-
day, and her reactionary father is
assigned to beat her up, while the
judge sits gloating. She is ordered
held in jail tonight, so as to be on
hand for the beating tomorrow.
Today's unemployment meeting
was held at SO Mercer st. from 100
to A p. M, with $50 present. New
York District LID. Secretary Mem
ser and Sadie Van Veen, of the un-
employed council were speakers.
One unemployed Negro told of
working Z years in a chemical plant,
and being fired because he caught
an occupational disease.
Another Negro worker, unemploy-
ed, said: 81 see this movement is
genuine. The Negro workers will
be loyal and fighting shoulder to
shoulder with the white workers"
Of those arrested at the unem-
ployed demonstration several days
ago, Levine is being held still on
$4,000 bail. The bail of Austro
has been reduced to $1,000 When
a woman presented property bond
of $4,000 worth, the judge refused
to accept it on the ground that her
husbands permission was needed.
The unemployment meeting sched-
uled for Sunday has been changed
from Krueger's Auditorium to SO
Memcer St., because the hall-keeper
was inundated by the police into
refusing the hall.