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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
Bosses ALWAYS
Fear That Mem
May Organize
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
HOBOKEN, N. J.-Do you know
what the trouble Is with most of us
workers? We are too damned modest
and bashful. When the Communist
Party tells us that we create all the
wealth, that the bosses are scared of
our organized strength, many of us
workers take it as an exaggerated
statement.
Particularly many unskilled work
ers feel that the capitalists supply
the brains" and money without
which the industries cannot be run,
and upon which they are therefore
dependent. This is of course, a mis-
take, capitalist lie which they
spread about in the schools, in the
papers, in speeches to workers, etc.
Have Dicks Here.
A good example of this can be seen
at the employment office of the
United States Lines, Hoboken, N. j.
n hiring workers there, what are they
most careful about? Skill, experience,
brains? No, they hardly inquire
about that, but what they do want
to know is if you belong to a union,
If you were ever active in a strike,
if you show any sign of being class
conscious. And they are really so
scared nthis point Gust as the
Communist Party tells u.s., that be-
sides their manager, each worker is
looked over by a Burns Policeman
and company stool pigeon before
being hired.
Bosses Are Scared.
This Is true not only with the
United States Lines, but with most
big industrial corporations. This is
the best proof in the world of our
power and how the bosses try to mask
their dependence upon us. Workers,
let's not be fooled and bull-dozed any
longer. When we are organized, and
rightly organized, we will be our own
bosses and free human beings. The
Communist Party and the revolution
airy trade unions of the Trade Union
Unity League are the right organiza-
tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
Carney Officials Join With White Interests
to Rob Investors IN Booker I. WASHINGTON

nave been sold at any time at a
profit were it not that the officials
were not interested in accepting legi-
innate offers, as to do so would have
deprived them of the graft they were
after. During the very first week
the boat became the property of the
Black Cross Navigation and Trading
Company, Mr.. Garvey was made an
offer by British firm, which was
ready to pay him $4,000 for the
boat-ten thousand more than had
been paid for 1t to the Panama
Steamship and Railroad Company
And even up to a few weeks before
1t was sold at auction for the sum
OF SOS, 900, with the white companies
in a pool and agreeing not to bid
over that sum for it, the company
had several good offers which the
company turned down.
Officials In League With White
Interests.
This was exactly what some of the
officials of the company wanted, for
they were in close league with these
interests who wanted to pick up the
vessel for a small part of its cost.
Especially were they in league with
the white man who held the mort
gage on the boat and who was a sort
of go-between for the white ship
ping interests. So once more, the
Negro workers who had put their
faith and their all into the company
were robbed Of their all, as in the
case Of the Black Star Line. while
several of the big U.NI.A. officials
wallowed in blood money received for
their part in the dirty deal.
EDITORS NOTE: This Is the
end Of the series by this seaman
worker. The Daily Worker will
print tomorrow and next day two
articles giving a Communist an
praisal of the Carney movement
as whole. We will also begin
shortly q series Of articles on other
reformist Negro organizations, such
as the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
RED VOTE GROWS
in MIMI, OHIO
Great Gains In All In
dustrial Towns

CONTINUED from Page y
are no figures allowed out to show
how many more. But the Commun-
list vote in 1928 for the whole state
was 1884, which means that there
are at least three times as many
Communist votes in Ohio this year
as in 1928, and probably four times.
In Connecticut, the vote Is not
completely reported, but the total
state vote, estimated on the basis of
present returns, shows about $500
or double the 1928 total. New Haven
county gave over 400 votes this year
to r. S. Killing, Communist candidate
for governor. In 1928 the vote was
pit.
In West Hartford, Killing got SO
votes this year, and the socialists got
81. In 1928 the Communists got
and the socialists 80.
In the big brass center, Waterbury,
Communist vote this year was 129,
compared with 80 In 1928.
In New Britain the vote increased
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
TEXTILE BOSSES
STEAL VOTES IN
MANCHESTER, NH.
$5-S12 Wage for N. H,
Textile Workers
(By a Worker Correspondent


MANCHESTER, N. H-"The Man
chester Leader" is supposed to be a
public newspaper but in reality it is
the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. paper. Civ
ing the election returns our Com
munist candidate for governor, &C
cording to this paper got only 78
votes in the whole state. Isn't that
a shamel Well, I would give me
head that there were more.
For example, I myself voted in
ward Manchester and according to
the returns in this paper the 9th
ward got for Communist candidates.
Besides this ward was flooded with
200 copies of the Daily Worker.
Hunger Wages.
The Amoskeag Mfg. Co. is surely
the cheapest paying concern in the
country because weavers are getting
as low as 81, SIS to $40 a week and
some cases one dollar week.
A woman weaver was telling me
that one woman in her department
got one dollar for working nights
at weaving from $50 pm. to 80 pm.
Cops Break N.T.W.U. Meets.
Yes, we we're getting along nicely
with our National Textile Workers
Union, but since we attempted to get
the masses and called meeting on
Victory Park for September 1, but
the permit was denied us. Our Or
ganizer Jack Krantzo was arrested
because he was talking on unemploy-
ment. And every meeting that was
called by the N.T.WU. was attended
by dicks, cops in plain clothes and
uniform.
The workers got scared and don't
attend meetings so much. But work.
ers, this won't solve the problem.
We must all come to the meetings
and make up our minds to fight and
fight hard.
Our "city fathers" have opened an
unemployment office In the city hall
here too and we can go and register
now, but that is ALL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
FIN. FASCISTS IN |
BANDIT MARCH
Push Fight on Reds in
Finland

HELSINGFORS. In connection
with the arrest of several highly
placed personages for completely in
the kidnapping of the former presi-
dent Of Finland, Stahlberg and his
wife, the fascists organized what
they frankly called a March of the
bandits on Helsingfors." The fas-
cist organization appealed to all its
members who had violated the let
ter of the law" in the campaign
against Communism to march to
Helsingfors and give themselves up
to the police. Over 400 active fas-
cists who had taken part in numer-
GUS kidnappings, beatings, raids on
working class organizations, ETC.,
drove in motor-cars to Helsingfors,
where they reported their actions to
the police. The most notorious BAN
dts were decorated with garlands
and a public meeting was held at
which the fascist leader Kosola de-
clared that all must be arrested or
none. The lawbreakers then signed
a declaration taking full RESPONSE
bility for their actions. A deputa-
ton visited the minister of the In
terror under the leadership Of Ko-
sofa, who declared that the govern
ment had so neglected its plain duty
in the struggle against Communism
that private citizens had been COM
PEELED to take the law into their own
hands to save the fatherland.
The minister of the Interior re-
ceived the deputation with extreme
politeness, listened to their statement
and declared that he did not doubt
for one moment that the courts
would consider the high motives of
the fascists, He could we'll under
stand the causes of what he termed
the movement of the people"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

Of thousands of workers do not know
from week to week what their pay
envelopes will expose. Wages are cut
at the will of the bosses. There lis
no declared hourly or weekly rate.
Farm laborers have had their wage
cut. The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics states that between July,
1929, and July, 1880, farm wages de-
clined 10 per cent.
In the building trades, as we'll as
in every other industry where the A.
F. of L. has job control" wages have
been cut with the knowledge and ap-
proval of the A. F. of L. fascist Of
ficialS.
The American Building Contrac-
tor" the mouthpiece of the building
bosses boasts of how it cuts wages.
The october issue of this magazine
states:
"The effect of unemployment Is
now beginning to be reflected in
current wages, and the months re-
port indicates that while little or
no changes are being made in the
official wage scales, many trades
men are working for considerably
less than the official SCALE"
This shows the complete smash
up of the wage agreements" in the
building trades, and that the bosses
have everything their own way, with
the A, F. of L. officials not only
agreeing to it but helping out in
every way they can without "of-
ficially' changing the wage agree
ments.
These are the facts about wage
cutting. They do not begin to show
what the future will bring for the
workers. A 20 per cent cut is only
beginning. The bosses admit they
are out to smash wages. The A. F.
of L. is helping in every way it can
going to the extent of aiding the war
preparations against the Soviet
Union-to divert the workers atten-
ton away from struggle.
Only the revolutionary trade unions.
under the leadership Of the Trade
Union Unity League are organizing
to strike against wage cuts. The
workingclass must be aroused to the
tremendous danger which faces it.
There is no time to wait. Wage
cuts come down every day. There
will be no limit to them. The work.
ers must form shop committees inn
mediately Organize and Strike
gainst wage cutsl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
VIENNA JOBLESS
in HUNGER MARCH
Put Up Fight Against
Wage Cuts

VIENNA. - Unemployed workers
demonstrations took place in Vienna
and in all other industrial centres
recently. The unemployed in Vienna
held meetings at three points and
afterwards professions marched to a
central meeting place, united there
and then marched over the Ring
to the Freiheits Platz. The demon
strators carried banners and placards
protesting against the cuts in I'M
employment benefits and demanding
the introduction of the seven hour
day. On the Freiheits Platz the I'M
employed were addressed by repre-
Sentatives of the unemployed work
ers organization, of the revolutionary
trade union opposition and of the
Communist Party.
A collision outside the University
almost occurred when nationalist
students provoked the demonstrators
by singing Deutschland ueber allies"
A triple Gordon of police was drawn
round the University to protect the
students.
In the evening 10 unemployed
workers meetings were held in the
workers quarters. The W.I.R. organ
ICED soup kitchens for those unem-
ployed workers who had marched into
Vienna from the surrounding districts
to take part in the demonstration.
Reports from the provinces show
that strong unemployed workers
meetings and demonstrations took
place everywhere. There would seem
to have been no disturbances of any
note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
Get Big Graft AS Ship
Is Sold At
Auction
By seaman on the cruise of the
Booker +. WASHINGTON"

BY a seaman on the cruise OF the
Booker T. Washington"
Upon our arrival in New York,
we were not surprised when every
body started to accuse us of keeping
the boat out for nearly six months.
when she left on a thirty-one day
cruise. We had known all along that
Carter was sending back kilograms
melting the people against the crew
in furtherance of his plans to make
us the goats for all his blunders as
well as for his deliberate sabotage
in holding up the boat unnecessarily
at the various ports.
Crew Made the Goat.
To our chagrin we found that the
people had believed all his lies and
were hailing as heroes those directly
responsible for the disasters and de-
lays suffered on the cruise, namely,
Carter and Lady Davis, while brand
ing as traitors the men Of the crew
who had starved and suffered In
their determination to bring back the
boat safely.
We could hardly reach Liberty Hall
at 138th Street without some one
calling us vile names, and threaten
ing to attack us. We tried to ex-
plain to the people the truth Of the
matter and the thousands of dollars
collected by Carter and Lady Davis
which had mysteriously disappeared.
but they would not listen to us, as
their minds were already poisoned
with the vile kilograms.
League with Shyster Lawyer to Rob
Crew Of Wages.
But we were to receive still an
other surprise. We found that of
the six months wages due us we
could only collect $40 to SIS. Not
content with starving and ill-treating
us on the cruise, the big officials
were determined to make us sweat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

five fold. Killing got los, against 90
in 1928. The socialist vote was cut
in half this year.
Hartford gave 228 Communist votes,
and in 1928 there were IS. This is
considered socialist stronghold.
Partial Returns In Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, the only way to
get figures on the Communist vote
is by writing all the election COM
misSioners in about $50 towns. This
is being done by District / of the
Communist Party. So far, only 1893
towns have reported, and these show
5000 votes for Canter, Communist
candidate for governor, against 2,4o3
in 1928. For Eva Hoffman, Com
muniSt candidate for state treasurer,
there were this year from these 1893
towns, 5,306 votes, against 1925 in
1928.
These figures exclude the big in
dustrial towns of Lawrence, Worces-
ter, Springfield, but they include
Boston and New Bedford.
In Boston, Canter got this year
1908 votes, against 662 in 1928. Hoff-
man got 2,191 votes in Boston, against
1,095 for the same office in 1928.
In New Bedford, Maria Correia, tex
tile worker, led the Communist ticket
with 523 votes for her for governor,
and Canter got 253.
The vote for Lawrence was re-
ported before, and shows 537 Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
FEWER ANTHRACITE MINERS

WASHINGTON. - Census figures
just made public show that the aver
age number of wage earners in the
anthracite coal industry in Pennsyl-
vania in 1929 was 140.7o9, compared
with 14T,372 In 1914 loss of Jobs
amounting to 4.59e. Yet the value,
at the mine, of the coal produced
was $392,979,161 in 1929, or 800 more
than in 1919, despite reduction in
tonnage of 1920. The total produc-
ton in 1919 was 1928, 1858 long tons,
while in 1929 1t had fallen to 65,e74,-
551 long tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
The Economic Crisis in
Italy Growing Worse:
Production in Big Drop

ROME.-The economic crisis in in
dustry and agriculture is intensity
ing. All branches of industry with
the exception of naval shipbuilding
are involved. The production of pig
iron has dropped by 80 % in COM
parison with last year, steel by 209o.
The building industries, in particular
the cement factories are suffering
heavily. The boom in the paper
making industry has stopped and
production is sinking. The artificial
silk industry is seriously affected and
prices have fallen by 1920.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
Many JObless
i'm Melville, N. J.

MELVILLE, N. il am Mill
vile man out Of a Job. There are
all kinds of men and women out Of
work here.
Today at the gravel place got a
wage cut. The men were getting 40
cents an hour. Now they get IS
cents an hour. When the men kicked
the boss said I can get all the men
I want for IS cents.
There is a new school in Millyille.
Some of the workers didn't get all
the money that was coming to them.
Millville is hellhole.
CMillville is small glass products
and cotton mills center in southern
New Jersey. Wages have always been
low here, especially in the cotton
mills.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

-munist votes, a seven-fold increase
over 1928.
Big Gains In Pennsylvania.
Scattered reports are received from
Pennsylvania mining and steel towns
not previously reported, all show
multiplied gains. Clarion gave Is
Communist votes this year, and in
1928, there were 6. Port Vue gave
20, and In 1928. Allegheny Valley
shows 1913 Communist votes this year,
against 80 in 1928. Portage gives
40 against 8 in 1928.
In the textile center of Pennsyl-
vania, Reading. Cush, Communist
candidate for senator, got 81 votes,
and in the rest of Berks county, IS
more, making lat in all.
The New Hampshire report is in
full and official, but of course, does
not count the votes stolen. 1t shows
ZIG for Tram, Communist candidate
for senator. OF this, 104 votes are
from the industrial town of Brad
ford, where the republicans got moth
ing, and the democrats got III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
Will Fight
For JObless Relief
(By a Worker Correspondent

IBy a W0rker COrreSpOndentJ
ATLANTA, Gal got hold of one
of the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill as proposed by the Com
munist Party.
I read it through and found 1t to
be a great thing for the working class
if they would only get together.
am interested In that move because
the workingman needs help. Every
workingman ought to join and dc all
he can to put over the project. 1
think that every man should have a
living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
of the union tremendously.

All workers and their organizations
are urged to support this drive for
fighting organ in the mining in
dustry. Send contributions and sub
scriptions to the Mine, Oil and Smell
ter Workers Industrial Union, GIL
Penn Avenue. Room 5l2, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

with the Daily Worker. I left copy,
beside her. Next time she came over
and bought one"
NEGRO WORKER (smiling): 81
sold 100 Daily Workers a day to Irish
women in the Bronx. If you can
sell Irishman :"
ITALIAN WORKER: sella 10
copies. Then I eata breakfast. It's
a gooda paper"
Ex-BOS'N'S MATE: Attract at
tention. Hold the paper in front of
the job boards at the agencies. Shout
r. r.. .Reddest in town They'll
dig!"
PINK-CHEEKED SEAMAN: "On
rainy days sell in subways, street
cars, stations, restaurants. Never
stop because of cold"
BIG SHOULDERS: SO cents? They
give you nickles and dimes"
15o-A-DAY MAN: "Hand the pa
per to them. They read a coupla
lines. Then buy"
CHAIRMAN: "Whatn we call the
club?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

Circle"
Wen
Later: Red Builders Club"
Is minute inermission dogs.
New York cut off big slice of its of
Worker the
formation the Builders obess
who live by the of the Daily Worker
members ordered 1900 their initial
hot dog free-foran Saturday night
Levin business manager of the Daily
red husers These obe workers. breaking
He told how revolutionary
He pointed out the advantages of group
Each member of the Red Builders
copies during the coming
autographed by Burch meeting
Well here's the latest A Comrade"
Day worker about the capitalism.
travel so miles to Cleveland to his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10
1000 Sliced off NeqV York
Quota in 10000 Campaign
By Jamboree Fire>Eaters

SCENE amboree Red Builders Saturday
night,
2OOPoUNDER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

The Daily Worker swings the
angry masses into the red ranks.
Join the $4,000 drive. Send subs!
Bundle orders!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-10

Get your organization be-
hind the Daily Worker Drive
for 10000!
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-munist votes, seven-fold increase
over 1928.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-08
Mission
EASTERN STAR CHAPTER
INSTALLS OFFICERS

"A very interesting meeting Of the
local Eastern Stars "a held at the
Masonic Temple last Tuesday eve
ming, when the officers for '30-3l
were installed as follows: Mrs. Cora
Brasher, w. M: DR.. A. l.. Brasher
w. p; Mrs. Lovey Seer. A. M:
Jas. Lockhart. A. p; Mrs. Bessie
Decker secretary; Mrs. Hattie May
Albertson, treasurer: Mrs. Louise
L%ongweil. conductress: Mrs. Cecil
Marcus, chaplain: Mrs. Esther Fer
Lauder, Adah: Mrs. Nina Lermnan
nth: Mrs. Eva MARCEL. Esther
Mrs. Bessie Dugat. Martha: Mrs
Stella Douglass, Electa; Mrs. Nell
Marcus, chapnlain; Mrs. Esther Fer
guson. marshall; Mrs. Juanita
Whittlesey. organist: Mrs. Ruth
Bentsen, warden; Mrs. Elizabeth
Spilman. sentinel.
Mrs. Mary Peterson acted as in
Etalling officer, with Mrs. Ethel
Armstrong as marshall and Mrs. T.
s. Moore a. chaplain, Mrs. Juanita
Whittlesey, organist.
AT the close OF the installation
beautiful bouquets OF roses were
presented to the incoming and re-
firing Worthy Matrons. with a
handsome Past Matron pin given to
Mrs. Maud Hargrove, retiring
Worthy Matron.
Refreshments were served at the
close by the retiring Worthy Ma
tron and Worthy Patron. during
which a social hour was enjoyed In
the basement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-08
DODCES WIN
PATROL TESTS
Ten Coupes Ordered BY
California State
Department

A more practical and modern form
Of competitive test has been evolv-
ed by the California State Depart
ment Of Motor Patrol TO measure the
mettle of men and motor ars used
in running down the hard-driving,
understanding modern bandit and
gangster. Instead of clearing off
and measuring a paved stretch over
which TO put prospective new pa
troll equipment through its PAGES,
all automobiles r o tested at
high speed on a main highway dur
ing peak traffic periods the ex-
act conditions under which they do
most Of the important work Of APP
pretending lawbreaEers on the high
ways.
AS a result of a recent series Of
tests under this plan, an order for
10 Dodge Brothers Eight-in-line
coupes was PLACID by the motor pa
troll department. Zach competing
car was taken out on the highway
near Sacramento and driven a meas
ured ten miles through traffic at
the best speed 1t could maintain.
The responsiveness OF the a TO the
wishes of the driver counted as much
as the power ability Of the motor.
All cars were run first against and
then with the wind, and graded on
an average speed made in both d.
rections.