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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Spinal Malady Reported

Esf Iimfs SBecidl
KOKOAiO, Ind. March 22.-The
first case Of spinal meningitis in
Howard county was reported here
Friday, that of Corrine Chambre,
u, who became i'll Thursday. Her
condition is not regarded as serious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Lapel Woman Burned

PU Times Special
LAPEL, Ind. March 22-Mrs.
Clemma Critser is suffering from
severa burns received when her
clothing became ignited as kerosene
poured on hot Goals in a stove at
her home exploded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Farmer Kills Self

BIZ Jnifef Press
BLUFFTON. Ind, March o.
William Perry. 50. retired farmer
at Montpelier, committed suicide by
hanging himself in a barn on his
farm, two miles northwest of here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Veteran Dies at IS

BIZ Times Special
RUSHVILLE, Ind March o.
Sam Rainey, IS, Civil war veteran,
is dead at his HON ewest Of here.
He leaves eight children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-22
Aged Man Drowned

BIZ Times Special
WABASH, Ind, March 22.-Tim
othy Ross, 70, owner of a summei
resort in southern Wabash county
was drowned when ne fell into thC
MissiSsineWa river from a boat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
PORTER ON LAST LAP
OF TOUR FOR DEFENSE

NEW YORK. - John Porter,
known throughout the working
classes of the whole country for his
splendid leadership of workers in
the New Bedford strike three years
ago, and for the courage which
maintained his militant spirit un-
impaired during his incarceration in
Leavenworth Prison, is now on his
return trip to New York, conclud-
ing speaking tour for the Inter-
national Labor Defense.
The remainder of the tour is
planned as follows: July II to 25,
Cincinnati, July % to August IA,
Winston-Salem; N. c.; August Is
to 25, Philadelphia; August 81 to
20, Scranton. III September Porter
will arrive in New York to continue
his work here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
L. S. PLOTS IN
THE ANTHRACITE
Try to Arrange For Federal Case
Against Five Militant Workers

SCRANTON, Pa, July 1O.-In
order to arrive at an alleged viola
ton of the criminal code with which
to prosecute the five workers ar
rested in Scranton last Friday, the
District Attorney of Scranton, j. J..
Owens, is comforting with the As.
sistant U. S. District Attorney A. A.
Vosberg and Special Agent Hickey
of the Department of Justice, with
the object, if possible, of making
the charge federal one.
According to Vosburg, no overt
acts are necessary in order to go
ahead with prosecution of the five
men: Sylvan Pollock, John and
Joseph Lash, Dan Singer, and
John Little. The simple fact that
they are charged with being organ
izers assigned by the Communist
Party to work in the anthracite
field is sufficient to make them
cirminally liable.
The answer is to be more organ
ization, and campaign, already
started, against the Flynn sodtion
act in Pennsylvania.
The Communist Party Anthracite
sub-district has issued leaflet
calling on ali workers to fight the
attempt to drive from the field the
Communist Party. 1t says:
The operators and Lewis Boylan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Mittens Loot Treasury
in Philadelphia Freely

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July TO-
When P. R. T. officials said they
could not pay 100000 rent due for
the operation of the city's $780,
100000 subway, the city council
settled for $475,000 in deferred pay
ments of $4,000 month. Yet in
the first five months of the year,
the company pocketed 100000 on
subway operation, Milo Maltbie,
transit expert, pointed out. More
over, Broad Street subway has
averaged net earnings of 100000
a month for the last seven months
and patronage is growing, but the
city government has approved
rental agreement for two and half
years at S65,0O0 a month, says the
Evening Bulletin, conservative
paper.
Transit experts aired further cor
ruption through unproductive in
vestments. P. R. T. claimed to have
invested S2,500,000 to build a bus
terminal and $25O,OOO to build sub
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
talk OF CLOSING
DOWN ILL. BOTTLE
WORKS FOR Good
M a chine S Replacing
Many Workers
Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton, Ohio.
Editor Daily Worker:-
The other day we received let
ter from some Chicago comrades
who are on a vacation in Newark,
Ohio. 1t tells of the discomfort of
the workers in that city and points
out some glazing examples of the
bad unemployment situation. Here
is part of it:
"The other day we went through
the Illinois Owens Bottle Co. and
have found out through some Of the
workers that their hopes of live
lihood are about to be taken away
from them, as they have heard that
the plant will close down indefin-
itely Saturday. A worker on a bot
tle-blowing machine ian old glass
blower) told that this machine now
takes the place of about so glass
blowers, with only two men tending
the machine. This worker has been
working for the firm for about 81
years. He said that they used to
employ $500 men and now there
are only about $50 men left.
Beginning from July 1 The en-
ployes of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Co. are compelled 20 take
furlough of three weeks, without
pay, in other words, a lay-off. But
the B. and 0. in their notice to en-
ployes say 'furlough.' There is
much discomfort among these work
ers. Some of the workers we have
spoken to are class-conscious, but
lack leadership. They are also dis
gusted with the sell-out Brotherhood
Union, which has sold out and be-
trayed these workers for some time.
Some of the older workers, who had
but one or two years before they
would have become pensioned, have
been furloughed, and, because of
lack of money, have temporarily ac-
cepted work in other places in Or
der to live, and so are automatically
disqualified for the pension.
"The Woorly Stove Foundry is
only working four days a week with
much reduced force. This stove
company is owned and controlled by
the Sears Roebuck Co."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
CHECK OFF FOR
The ANTHRACITE
Lewis and Bosses Will
""n It By New Name

NEW YORK-John Lewis, inter-
national president of the United
Mine Workers and Boylan, his lieu.
tenant in District 1, the Anthracite,
meeting with the operators here yes
to-day WORKED out scheme fo- the
universal check off of dues from
miners pay chr ks. They were all
afraid that TIE miners, who resent
this automati. feeding of the graft
funds and the treasury used to hire
gangsters, sluggers, and bui,o ruI
ing machines Wauld balk at the word
"oheck-off."
The Nation al Miners Union has
pcpularized the fight against nc
check off. The check-off has been
used in the anthracite, as we'll 5 in
Illinois, as means of making
miners who do not belong to the
UNIV, to be sold into slavery in
the mines, by contract between the
machine ,unnirg the UNIV. and
the bosses, and forced to pay dues
whether Trey want to or MT So
the assembled bureaucrats OF the
UNIV qnd TIE mine owners raw"
decided tc re chcisten it IN ar
rangemert for th. collection of cues
on reasonable basis" BIT It is
the same old che * off.
The meeting > between The OF
ganized anthracite operate, lid tie
Lewis Bcylan thi rs to arrange fc
n new long terEi contracr OF the
basis CT WORE C. nditions AMI les
pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Today in History of
the Workers

July II, 145O-Jack Cade, lead
err of rebellion of English work
ers, slain and his head placed on
London Bridge. 1S92-Silver
miners at Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
won pitched battle against strike
breakers. 1918-Miners' Fedora
ton of Great Britain cabled to
President Wilson for new trial
for Mooney. l9l9-Hotel and
restaurant workers of Paris be-
gan general strike for better pay
and conditions. 1922-Nine thou
sand mems clothing workers in
Philadelphia struck for uniOniza-
ton of shops. 1922-DOmbal,
Communist representative in
Polish Parliament, sentenced to
six years in prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Khan Does Bosses Terror
Work in Birmingham, Ala.

against the members of the T.U.
I'LL.
Break T.U.U.L. Meet.
Without any cause whatever, the
police broke up the protest meet
ing of the T.U.U.L. last Saturday,
beat up the speakers, and made
many other violations of the law
No law was violated by anyone but
the police. Frank Burns, Harry
Jackson and Gilbert Lewis are
being held in the County Jail in
violation of the law, on charges OF
vagrancy. If they can be held in
Jail for vagrancy we demand the
arrest and detention of all the
American Federation Of Labor Or
ganizers that are in the City, on
the same charge-Why is there any
distinction made Mr.. Jones?
Why did the City pass the buck"
and turn the T.U.U.L. organizers
over to the County authorities for
prosecution for vagrancy?
Why did the City not prosecute
the organizers under the new law
that was passed to run the T.U.U.L.
organizers out Of town? We know
the reason why Mr.. Jones, and we
also know who is the moving hand
behind this persecution.
We also wish to ask the Birming
ham News why it has joined hands
with an organization that it fought
a few months ago with all of its re-
sources, to fight against the Trade
Union Unity League?
T. l.. j.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
LETTER OF HONDURAN
WORKER TELLS ABOUT
GREAT FIGHT THERE
United Fruit Co. and Government Trying to
Stop Strike Movement by Terrorist Drive
Honduras Trade Union Federation Asks T. u.
u. L. Aid in Fight Against Imperialism

HONDURAS, Central America
(By MaiD.-The repression against
the workers and peasants by the
government of Mejia Colindres is
growing in many parts of the coun-
try. On June II, at Progreso, in
the department (province) of Yoro,
the revolutionary workers, Tomas
Flor, Jeremias Escobar, Jose Angel
Trujillo and Comrade Carvajal were
jailed. All but Trujillo were later
released, and he was taken to Yoro,
undoubtedly to be made victim of
a farcical trial"
In Tela, various members Of the
Honduran Trade Union Federation
were arrested, some of them being
sent to the city of La Ceiba.
In San Pedro, on June %, the
revolutionary leader, Manuel Caliz
Herrera was jailed.
Before you receive this it is pos
sible that the other leaders Of the
Honduran Trade Union Federation
will be jailed, as all are being sha-
dowed by paid spies of the govern
ment.
The press, subsidized by the
United Fruit Co. or the govern
ment, which are one and the same
thing, is full of the problem" but
there is not one paper that does not
howl for the falling of the revoIu-
tionary workers. That is. there is
no Communist paper.
On May rs there was a general
convention of journalists in the cap
ital, under the auspices of the gov
eminent. and from beginnine to end
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11

AuillltS at ~ pei SCllJ VI IiiSlI
capacity.
know that the Communists are on
the job, organizing and preparing
the miners for struggle against the
scheme to worsen the miners con-
ditions. The bosses have seen the
Communist Party and National
Miners Union actively participate
in the strike of the men in the Penn
sylvania Coal Co. The operators
and their agents realize that the
fighting program of the class
conscious workers organization is
rallying the miners for struggle,
The program which calls for the 6
hour days day week, unemploy-
ment insurance abolition of the en-
tire contractor system, a minimum,
weekly wage of $35, against the
checkoff, free tools for the miners,
etc, meets with the approval of the
mass of miners. The Communist
Party and National Miners Union
are calling on all hard-coal miners
to prepare for strike on Sept. /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
SOCIALISTS SAY
NO WAR DANCER
Blame Workers Fol
"Class Egoism"
(WireLeaa hn Inprecorr. J

wireless bB InprecorT.J
STOCKHOLM. July 10.-Th'
French social fascist, JouhauS
opened the Congress of the Inter
national Federation of Trade Unions
(popularly known as the Amster-
dam InternationaD, with a TRADE
against Communism, declaring that
war danger is practically abolished
and the just solution of the repara-
ton problem is found. He concluded
with an appeal to the working class
for DISQUALIFICATION. (This clearly
shows that the Amsterdam Inter
national is speaking on behalf OF
the interests of the bosses.)
Johanson, the Chairman Of the
Swedish Trade Union Federation
followed, declaring that the moral
content of the socialist movement
must break capitalist resistance
whatever that means). Albert
Thomas, the French Social fascist,
and the Secretary of the Interna-
tional Labor Office, opened the
Tuesday session by praising the
achievements of the international
Labor Office, and reproaching the
workers for their failure to over
come class egoism. Fritzs Adler
wept at the idea that "burgeoisie
is beginning to betray democracy"
Sassenbach gave the report for
the International Federation of
Trade Unions.
Kuyper of Holland stressed the
war danger and reproached the
Amter Amsterdam international
for conducting merely paper OPP
position against war.
Cook from Great Britain, opposed
cooperation with Christian and
fascist unions, He said he wanted
neither Moscow nor Rome" In
Wednesdays session, Leipsrt's
speech on the economic activities
of the international Federation of
Trade Unions was read. Merten
spoke on the socio-poltical work.
Jouhaux spoke on the disarmament
peace pact. Hicks spoke on the
Trade Union movement in countries
without democracy, including the
Soviet Union. He recognized the
driving energy of proletarian die
tatorship and magnificent economic
advances but regretted" that there
is a dictatorship. There are no
discussions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
R.R. CAMP CONDITIONS
RUIN MEMS HEALTH

New 1ork, N. Y.
Daily Worker,
Comrade Editor:
Just few lines to the Daily
Worker to inform the world and
give a clear indication of the con-
dition of the railroad workers on
the c. M. st. Paul & r. r. at camp
204 in the City of Milwaukee.
June % was over and visited the
camp and the workers at the yard
were laying new steel and rivetting
it. l came in contact with various
workers, many of whom are in a
pitiable condition. They are work
ing 8 hours per day at the rate OF
80 cents per hour. They work the 9
hours atafult speed and every group
Of 10 is watched by foreman.
There are 40 living at this camp
and look like phantoms, just skin
and bones. Only very few men
have life in them.
The workers are fed on smoked
meat, potatoes and beans, and are
charged daily one dollar for board.
We got to fight against such
conditions by organizing under the
banner of the Trade Union Unity
League. Workers, stay away from
the yellow organization of the A.
F. of L. because they are takers.
Join the unions of the Trade
Union Unity League.
/ close for the present,
Correspondent L. A. D.
Fight for the seven-hOur day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham, Ala.
Daily Worker:
The Ku Klux Khan continues its
dirty tactics against the Trade
Union Unity League. A member
of the Khan informs" Fred McDuff
the Chief of Police that the Reds"
held a secret meeting and made
threats of pumping him off" The
Birmingham News (Which is the
dirtiest capitalistic sheet in the
world) makes this statement:
= Friends" of McDuff came to him
Monday with a warning, stating
that at recent secret meeting of
the Communists threats were made
that ii there was any trouble with
the police, they would start at the
top and dump off McDuff first"
The writer wishes to brand this
statement as a damn lie, and de-
mands of Chief McDuff to make the
name of the friend" that told him
this lie, public. The only threats
against the life of anyone, has been
made by members Of that dirty,
filthy, lousy gang, the Ku KluX
Khan. The Khan has made threats
over the telephones; in published
statements in the daily press and
in mob parades through the City
unmolested, old J. w. Worthington,
who is one of the big leaders in the
Khan, engineered the raid on the
meeting Of the T.U.U.L. last Sat
urday, and members of the Khan are
continually going to the Chief of
police trying to frame" something
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
MOBILIZE COMMUNISTS
FOR FLINT AUTO STRIKE

DETROIT, Mich, July 1o.-Every
member of the Communist Party in
the city of Detroit and vicinity is
to attend a special General Party
Membership Meeting on Friday,
July II, at 1880 p. m., at the Work
ers Home, 1343 E. Ferry.
This will be one of the most i'm
portant membership meetings of
the Party here taking place dur
ing the Flint auto strike and when
other important events are in pro-
cess.
The major points on the agenda
will be report and discussion on:
1. The National Convention of
the Party.
2. The Flint Strike.
8. Preparations for August LIST.
A. The Election Campaign and
the Bowles Recall Election on
July %.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11

government presenting the
tax refunds In New York City, 200 city
ves had their already abundant salaries
$4,000 increase twice the size average
unskiled worker.
Mr. Fish, the bosses investigator likes blood
and brutality of the bosses slavery
er exposes this he wants to close down the Daily
What going of Daily
Something must be done and quickly We
ganize strong battle front reach of thousands
workers month with the Daily Worker
thousands of dollars make
reach of thousands the shops mines and
mills.
That Daily Worker collection
fighting list Using fighting gang of
Every
enng the fight new readers
recruits to revolutionary forces
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11

it busted itself with the revolution
airy campaign developed by the
Honduran Trade Union Federation.
Of course, in the sense that it IA
vored the government and the
United Fruit Co.--which pays these
prostitutes. Finally they passed a
resolution favoring a campaign of
class collaboration, as class strug-
gle, according to them, has no rea-
son for existence in a country so
democratic" as Honduras.
All this shouting of the press has
caused great panic, and the prin-
cipal military places are being for
titled. The chief fear the slave
drivers have is the strike we are
preparing in the banana fields
against the United Fruit Co., which
wishes to starve the working peo-
pie to death.
This strike movement is we'll re-
ceived by all the workers of the
fields, and, although we may fail
through lacking the necessary
means to fight, we will, however,
make one step forward toward the
revolution, our ultimate goal.
Naturally, we expect the Trade
Union Unity League of the United
States to give us solidarity and
make a campaign for the release
of our comrades in prison. Since
May l we have been subjected to
the savage attacks of the govern
ment, but we are not frightened and
will not cease our campaign until
we gain our demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
CRISIS GROWS AS INDUSTRIAL
OUTPUT DROPS.

NEW YORK.-Under the guise
of taking inventory" the bosses
are shutting down more industries
throughout the country. Over
production and no markets is the
real cause. The Ford Motor Co.,
cutting off incoming shipments, will
close down for seventeen days COM
mencing July II. Railway car
builders are reaching the end of
their orders; three Chicago plants
have shut down; others are running
at rs and 40 per cent of their cap
acity. The output of farm nipple
ments has reached the lowest ebb
of the year. Western rail mills are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Piles of Wheat--Millions Starve

THERE are about thirty million workers in United
Almost third of this number jobess
IN all the cities looking for work. walking highways
hoping that in the next city they find
families
FIVE million workers have
in the Chinese famine
food does not reach them before
The worlds wheat harvest
OF previous
plus OF wheat the world the close of the last
600O0000O bushels More than half country
and Canada Wheat hit its lowest
Board Of Trade two days ago.
Exploited and ruined farmers everywhere
much wheat Millions starving China
wheat Families of millions of unemployed
there is too much wheat This capitalism
And while millions of workers
perencng two big gold rushes Washington c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Power Company VetOes
co m pensa ton Law

BUTTE, Mont, July 10.--As
fitting tribute to American Indepen-
dence Day the people of Montana on
July 4 learned that the proposed in
itiative measure for an amended
workmen's compensation law will
not appear on the official ballot this
fall, The required number of sig
natures had been filed, but from 80
to so per cent of the names have
been declared non-qualified by vari-
Gus county clerks and recorders,
The Montana Power Co., which
controls, with its sister, the Ana
conda Copper Co., majority of the
county politics, has brought pres
sure on the county clerks and in
Park County 80 per cent of the sig
natures were disqualified; Missoula
County, 30 per cent; Lewis and
Clark, 40 per cent, and other coun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
Workers Call for
Demonstration On
Police KILN g s
New York, N. Y.

new Ork, N. /.
70 the Daily Worker
Recent murderous attacks on
militant workers by the swine
protecting capitalism makes the
determined efforts of the capital
list class very clear.
We call upon the Communist
Party to Immediately organize
demonstration in Union Square to
protest the brutal murder of AL
fred Levy and GOnzalo Gonzalez.
Mass workers of New York to
fight these lynchings which here
tOfore have been confined to the
South. Organize a Workers De-
Tense Corps!
GEORGE KRAMER.
ISAAC DALB,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
FASC|STSPARADE
BEFORE BOSSES
Threaten to Kid nap
Soviet Consul
Wireless By Inprecorr)

HELSINGFORS, July 1O.-The
fascists paraded in the Senate
Square before bourgeois members
of parliament, military personages,
president of the Republic, and the
diplomatic corps. A deputation of
fascists visited the slaughterer,
Mannerheim. The Soviet Consulate
is heavily guarded because the
fascists have repeatedly threatened
to kidnap the Soviet representative.
Except this, all is quiet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-11
EXPELLED FROM TUUL
FOR USING AFL TRICKS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July TO-
The district bureau of the Trade
Union Unity League at it's meeting
of June ID expelled Sam Fine from
the T. U. U. L. for his treacherous
policies and as a careerist and tool
of the bosses in the Independent
Polish Bakers Local. The T.U.U.L.
disassociates itself completely from
the actions of Fine in the past as
well as in the future.
Sam Fine, after his expulsion
from the A. F. of L. local because
of testifying in the court for the
bosses against the corrupt and fas-
cist officialdom in the A. F. l..
bakers local 1902, set out to form
an outfit for himself. Although
claiming to be a loyal member of
the T.U.U.L. and adopting its pro-
gram and tactics, he proceeded to
use the methods and tactics of the
A. F. L. He attempted to organize
a new cooperative bakery, new
bakers local and finally decided to
revive the defunct Independent Po-
lish Bakers Local, which is incor-
porated and has state charter.
On the basis of this local he has
signed up with a number of indie
pendent injunction bosses not by or
ganizing the workers, but through
the bosses compelling the workers
to join the union.
Attempting to build the union,
Fine became the publicity agent of
the bosses, advertising the cheaper
rates of bread, but not relying on
the fighting abilities of the work
ers.