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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Amour Co. Wants
Ideas to Help
Fire Workers

Chicago, Ill.
Daily Worker:
Armour and Company offers
prizes for any idea that will help
to throw workers out of the plant.
Starting July l, the company will
accept any idea that will help
to increase their profit and get
rid of some of the workers.
So, let us help the poor prof.
teers, send in your ideas, who
knows, you may be the one that
will be thrown out on the streets
by your own idea. Last year 1O6
ideas accepted and about As per
cent of the workers were thrown
out from the plants. So help
yourself, worker!
Armour Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

possible because of severe police ter
ror and spy systems to hold dem
onstrations heretofore, 1000 dem
onstrated August /. In nearby In
diana Harbor, also a steel center,
1900 demonstrated. Both demon
strations were smashed by the
police, but the beginning is made
here.
A meeting of 100, largely Negro
workers, was held in Kansas City,
with Peterson and Rovinsky as
speakers. The Communist Party Of
flee was raided as a result, and
the district organizer is missing.
5000 In Erie
A meeting in Buffalo, with LOCO
present, was charged by the police
and disrupted, but accomplished
some of its work. In Erie, Pa.
5000 workers met, heard some
speaking, bought many Daily Work.
ers, but were finally broken up By
police. The meeting in Dayton
Ohio, was smashed.
The meeting in Wheeling wa,
broken up with three arrests, Sc
was the meeting in Moundsvillt
smashed, but in nearby Martin.
Ferry, Ohio, 400 met without in
reference.
A list of the attendance at meet
ings, reported by telephone or tele
gram to the Daily Worker is a:
follows:
Detroit, 5000; Boston, 5000
New Britain, Conn, 1000; Pitts
burgh, 5000; Trenton, N. j., $500
Concord, N. H., 1000; Chicago
5000; Toledo, 1000; Duluth, 1000
Sault Ste. Marie, 1000; Hibbing
Mimi, 1000; Paterson, N. j., 1000,
Gary, Ind, 1000; Indiana Harbor
1,5OO; Buffalo, 1000; Erie, Pa.
1900; Niagara Falls, 5000; Los
Angeles, 5000; San Francisco, g..
900; Cincinnati, 1000; Cleveland
5000; Minneapolis, 1900; Rock.
ford, ILL.,, 1000; Superior, Wis.
1000; Milwaukee, 5000; New
Brunswick, 5000.
These are the larger demonstra.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

tions, which, coupled with New
York's 10000 make an impressive
vote against the war program.
In addition, steady stream of
reports is coming into the Daily
Worker office of smaller demons
trations, those so far received be-
ing: Chattanooga lin the heart Of
the K. K. K. South) 500; Charlotte
(near historic Gastonia, and in the
center of fascist activity 600; in
the New England area with its tex
tile, light metal and shoe industries:
Springfield, $50; Lawrence, 400;
Stamford, 800; Woodbridge, 500;
New Haven, 500.
New Jersey, a heavily Industrial
lied area, shows, besides the larger
demonstrations already mentioned:
800 in Passaic.
The eastern coal fields show:
Martins Ferry, 400; and good DEM
onstrations of at present unreported
numbers in Wheeling, Moundsville,
and many other small towns.
In Ohio, outside of those already
mentioned, 700 came out in the steel
center of Youngstown, 600 in War
rem, and 500 in Niles.
st. Paul reports 400; Kansas City,
12O; jamestown, N. Y, 200; SYRIA
cuse, 500. The mining towns of
the Iron Range, outside of Hibbing
where the largest demonstration
took place, report smaller gather
ings, the size not known yet. Scat
tered reports from all over the
country are still arriving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
BIG STR|KE IN
SHANGHAI LOOMS
Imperialists Massing
Forces Near Hankow

Continued from PAGE OneJ
the suppression Of the revolution
bis full attention. The British mill
,ary command in the Wuhan area
haze requested British authorities
IN Shanghai to send more British
wSops to Hankow. Seven American
9anboats 80 concentrating in the
upper yanrsse, asar Hankow. Ac-
sording - = report from London,
British Snd Japanese destroyers
~srs stsaminh at full speed up the
Yanstss River, Saturday to Hankow
and Kiukiang. The Communist
forces which are the only forces in
China that dare to challenge the
impsrialists have already met the
impsrialist forces in battle near
Changsha. Bigger and more signi-
ficant battles are awaiting the i'm
perialists and native militarists in
HAnkow.
Hankow is not the only objective
of the revolutionary forces. Kiuk-
lang, one Of the most important
strategical cities on the Yangtze
River, between Shanghai and Han
kow, is already within reach of the
Red forces. Martial Law was de-
clared in the important port, city
Of Annoy in Fukian province and
troops patrolled the city. Martial
Law has also been declared effec-
tive in Marking, the capital Of
Chang Kai-shek's government, and
troops are also patrolling the city.
Almost all of South China, except
the Soviet areas, is an armed camp,
armed against the "specter of Com
munism," which is haunting and
taking control of China despite all
suppression, and direct and indirect
imperialist Intervention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
MILL BARONS TO SLASH
WAGES TEN PER CENT

MARION, N. C.-Part-time work
in the Clinchfield mills near here
has brought the workers an average
of So week in wages. These mills,
in order to further exploit the work.
ers, will soon commence to run night
and day at full blast, slashing the
wages of the mill-slaves ten per
cent. The bosses believe the new
arrangement will look better to the
workers than the wages which they
received for their former three days
week of slavery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
JAIL MURDOCH; TOILERS
READY FOR SACCO MEET

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 3.-Wil-
liam Murdoch, of the National Tex
tile Workers Union, was arrested
near the end of the Fall River mass
meeting, August 1.
The 5000 demonstrating in Bos-
ton applauded the announcement of
great mass meeting August %
under the auspices of the Interna-
ton Labor Defense, to commemor-
ate the murder Of Sacco and Ven
zetti.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
STOCKYARD WORKERS ON MOVE
Speed Up Makes For More
Accidents in Chicago Yards

Knife cuts, 1872 per cent; strain,
1876 per cent; falls, 1915 per cent;
falling objects, TO per cent; eye
injuries, 60 per cent.
Once person strains himself he
will never be the same again. After
an injury the bosses keep you for a
few months, sending you from one
place to another and then find some
pretense and out you go.
To prevent all these things work
ers must organize and fight against
merciless speed and lay-offs. Single
handed workers can do nothing, but
a Union such as the Trade Union
Unity League can do lot.
-STOCKYARD WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Wisconsin Kids Camp
T axes Registration

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 8. -
The W.LR. Of Milwaukee announces
the opening of registration of work
ers,' children for a two weeks stay.
These rates are 81 a week. Spe-
cial arrangements will be made with
unemployed and those working part
time.
Workers are urged to register
their children at once, before the
camp is filled. The first period will
open Monday and Tuesday, August
4th and 9Th, so that the children
will have to be registered at once.
Come to 302 w. Water St., Room
81, or call Broadway 5221 ask for
comrade Phillips.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
FIGHT FOR SOCIAL
INSURANCE BILL
TO AID J0BLESS
Fight For Bill Must Be
Speeded
Cleveland, o.

Cleveland, y.
Daily Worker:
The following is a letter sent to
the Cleveland Press by an unem-
ployed worker:
ITO the Editor of The Press:
Never before in my whole life
had / seen such hard times as the
working people have now. Hoover's
prosperity is becoming so intoler-
able that we can not expect any
thing but general uprising of the
masses who will obtain control of
government like our forefathers had
obtained from England.
Sweated to Build Home.
Take my case, for instance, / had
been working hard for about eight
years, saved enough for a down
payment on a home. Several months
ago / could not meet the payments
and the bankers sold my home at
auction, for which l had worked
harder than the whole bank COM
bined. I had been sweating 10 and
IL hours only to have it go to those
parasites and have my wife and
children 60 hungry because l can't
find work.
1t is such conditions that make
Communists. During the war, !
served as machine-gun man and
am willing to serve again, but not
against my own class, but aginst
the bankers who rob my wife ant
children of their bread and butter,
for which / am willing to work.
Sees Uprising
look forward to a general revo-
lutionary uprising of the masses,
who will confiscate all capitalistic
property and inaugurate a system
that will benefit the masses, not the
present favored few. In contrast
with the present system of produc-
ton, which is wasteful and haphaz-
ard, the Communists contemplate a
system under which the economic
needs of the community will be &C.
curately estimated and the avail.
able labor, capital and land care
fully apportioned, so that the JUS
quantity of goods required will be
produced. As a consequence Of
these Improvements, there will be
an immense saving of productive
power, which may be utilized either
to add largely to the volume Of
goods produced, or to shorten the
hours of labor and to combine both
advantages to the benefit of man.
kind.
Fake Census Figures.
Now about the census. Does La
mont say how many work two OF
three days a week and earn $40 OF
SIP a week? Does he expect US to
live on that? AS for charity, we
absolutely can not live on S. a week
Besides charity demoralizes us SO
that we lose all respect for our
selves.
Finally there are chances left for
the capitalists to improve the I'M
employment situation by setting q
six-hour day, with a dollar an hour
and their plants in full production.
In this way every worker willing to
work will be able to find work,
thereby increasing the country's
purchasing power and giving every
body real honest-to-goodness
prosperity.
Unemployed,
~ n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Right Wing Renegades Conference at Prague

PRAGUE U.P.S.).-The national
conference Of the right wing rene
gades took place in Prague on jury
10. The group is led by Neurath,
Berger and Muna and maintains
close relations with the Brandler
group in Germany. The conference
expressed approval of the amalga-
nation of the Hais trade unions
with the reformist trade union fed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Demand the release of Eos.
ter, Minor, Amter and Ray.
mond, In prison for fighting
for unemployment insurance.

females who, according to these
Birmingham bosses, are "a new res
ervoir for cheap woman labor"
But those who are working, wages
run from 81 to $40 a week, the low
est, Of course, for Negro women and
girls. Thus the white bosses of
Birmingham are anxious to show
that by the race prejudice they in
still in the minds Of white workers
against Negro equality, they can
offer white female labor cheaper
than in any other city Of the United
States.
This shows how necessary it is
to rally all workers, Negro and
white, both employed and unem.
ployed to demonstrate for the social
insurance measure on Unemploy-
ment Day, September l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

Grafton. At the same time the group
drew a line of demacration between
it and the Kovanda group which has
gone over to the social democratic
party. The conference offered a
picture of complete decentralization
and not more than about Is repre-
sentatives of organizations were
present although the smallest branch
haG a representation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
German Socialists Vote Down Amnesty

BERLIN Q.P.S.).-At the begin
ming of the July Is Reichstag's ses-
sion the objection filed by the Reich's
Council against the amnesty law of
the government was discussed. The
social democrats voted for the OBJ
lection and 10 democratic deputies
abstained from voting. The result
was that IL was impossible to OBJ
tain a two-thirds majority for the
government bill. When the failure
of the amnesty was announced the
social democrats had already left
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Chicago, Ill.

SlAISoSOg Ills
Dear Editor:
Swift and Co. are laying off all
old workers. Mostly young workers
are now left on the job. The COM
pany forces us to work at neck
breaking speed-81-B. You do, or
die, or get out; this is how the COM
pany talks. AS a result of this
speed many accidents happen, and
no matter how it happens, the bosses
always blame the workers.
Some of the workers are so scared
of losing their jobs, that they strain
themselves to keep up with the
speed. Here is a table of accidents
that happened during the speedy
year:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
"0RCANIzE" IS
AUGUST | TASK
Follow Demonstrations
By Building Unions

Continued from Page One)
dred Legionnaires and fascist of
various sorts have recently broken
up in succession three workers
meetings by well planned and con-
certed attack, the tables were
turned on August 1. A crowd of
5000 was present, with a commit
tee of "a. While Starck of the
Young Communist League was
speaking, 100 organized thugs
started the att ok. Enough of the
crowd had entered the workers de-
fensl group, led by Marine Workers
Industrial Union members and 5
old ex-servicemen to repulse the at
tack. The cops turned away when
they saw the thugs attac kthe meet
ing. After the meeting was fin
ished, part of the demonstrators
marched to Communist headauart-
ers, at II Plum st. The fascists
reorganized and attacked this
smaller body, brfeaking window
but getting thrashed again and
chased away by the workers.
Bloodshed in Frisco.
In San Francisco 5000 workers
stood their groun dand listened to
VIM. Simons speak for As minutes
after a first police attack had
hurled a woman speaker from the
platform and spattered the sidewalk
with blood.
A unique demonstration, partici-
pated in by Canadian and U. S.
workers and arranged by joint CO.
operation of Canadian and U. S.
Communist Parties took place at
the border city of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich. The meeting of 1000 was at
tackled by combined force of police
and fascists, Tut the workers stood
their ground and heard an hours
speaking. They were so determined
that attempts to place sedition
charges against the speaker, Irma
Martin, were abandoned The meet
ing, however, was finally broken
up.
Beat Cops in Trenton.
In Trenton, N. j., with $500
present, the American Legion and
the police tried to break up the
meeting as soon as the war was
mentioned. They arrested six, but
the workers put up such a battle
that the raiding force finally was
beaten.
In Concord, N. H., 1000 workers
met in defiance of police orders,
and surged through the plaza for
hours after police had smashed the
meeting and arrested the speakers,
Tram Feingold and Hoffman.
In Manchester, N. H., hundreds
of workers met, and were driven
from the park by police, the crowd
and speakers being roughly handled
by police.
The meeting of 600 workers,
Negro and white, in Charlotte, N.
c., was broken up by state police
reinforced by local deputies.
Battle Angeles Police
In Los Angeles, with Mexican
workers at the peak of the dem
onstration, 500 fought off the police
with fruit seized from trucks in
big fruit center, and with the
sticks of their placards.
The demonstration was only dis
persed after "a had been arrested
after much literature had been
distributed, and singing revolution
airy songs in a series of battles
down the street. 1t was preceded
by mas factory gate meetings.
1000 In Gary
In Gary, Indiana, a great steel
center, where it has been almost i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

tically organized at all. The meet.
ing expressed unanimous approval
of the proposal to form a Friends
Of the Soviet Union organization
The speaker was Comrade Smeral
who will hold series of simila,
meetings in all the big industrial
owns of Czechoslovakia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Vienna Uprising Memorial Meeting

VIENNA (I.P.S.).-In the eve
ming of July Is, memorial meet
ing was held by the Austrian Com
munist Party at the graves Of the
July victims. Masses of workers ap-
peared after the close of the fac
tories and all flags and banners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

bore crepe streamers. The meeting
developed into a powerful demon,
stration against the Schober gov
eminent and its reactionary policy.
Thanks to the iron proletarian dis
cipline Of the masses, the insolent
provocations of large force of
police were totally ineffective.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
Friends of S. u. in CzechOslOvakia

PRAGUE IP.S.).-Fifteen hun
dred persons attended a meeting
July Is. called in Prague by the
preparatory committee for the for
nation of a Friends Of the Soviet
Union organization in Czechoslov-
aka. Most of the workers present
were social democrats or not poll
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT
DROP IN PA.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to
the Federal Reserve, factory EN-
ployment in Pennsylvania for June
1880, as compared to June 1929, is
over six per cent. lower. Wages Tor
the same period have dropped Is
per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04

the hall. The result of their action
is that proletarian political prison.
ers, such as Margies and Evers, will
remain in prison instead of being
released under the amnesty. The
government, of course, introduced
its amnesty bill in order to secure
the release of the fascist Fehme
mureders and above all to quash the
uncomfortable proceedings which
are at present going on and which
would end in public trials without
the amnesty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT
DROP IN ILLINOIS

CHICAGO.-1ndustfial conditions
growing worse in Illinois have
caused employment to drop to the
lowest level since 1921. Employ
.nent is IL per cent. lower for June,
1880, than for 2 similar period of
last year. Pay rolls, showing the
results of wage slashes, are 20 per
cent. lower than those for June last
year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
OVER FIFTY-NINE MILLION
DOLLARS IN PROFITS

NEW YORK.-The Manhattan
and Brooklyn electric light COM
panies for the year of 1928 have
lined their pockets with S59,592,000
in profits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
You Must Not Miss the
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discussion of the coming imaginative
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MODERN FARMING; SOVIET STYLE
BY ANNA LOUISE STRONG ................ IN
description of the agricultural Russian village
WORK OR WAGES, BY GRACE NJ. BuRNHAM. ......... 10
The author has made special study unemployment social
insurance and brings together the latest information
this vital subject
THE STRUGGLE OF THE MARINE WORKERS
"t'NN0 . d.
Former editor of the Marine Workers Voice. of the little
known conditions under which and longhemen
work and struggle for organization
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-04
FARMERS LOSE $40 A HEAD
ON CATTLE

UTICA, Kas.-Because of the
economics crisis in the bosses sys-
tenn, farmers here have lost as
much as $40 a head on market
cattle, also similar enormous losses
on sheep.
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Support the Daily Worker Drive!
Get Donations! Get Su'
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Strike Against Wage-Cuts!
Demand Unemployment Insurance
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23

The Junior High School has beer
organizing clubs. Some Of them are
the Hanoicraft Club. the Nature
and Bird Study Club. the Spanish
Club. the Book-LoVers' Club, the
Good-Manners Club, and the Serb
blers' Club. Each student is re-
CURED to belong to one Of these
organizations. They meet every
Friday afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23
SECOND GOLD
RUSH MADE
Alaskan Mining Town Is
Scene of Searchers
For Stakes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-CR-
From the far reaches Of the Yukon
River where the temperature hovers
around 40 below zero. the terse STAG
cato OF telegrapheris key has
brought a vivid picture OF Alaska's
latest gold strike.
Richest gold strike in history OF
this camp struck at Poorman few
days ago -. every man in whole VI
cinity that car get transportation OF
any kind going or gone = temper
ature forty below zero - Poorman
every cabin crowded the one road
house and store filled TO capacity
All mining plants closed down All
rushed to stake in ground at new
discovery - Planning out unusually
well - Visited prospect shait-loiC
TO pan for ourselr== Imperative
still forty below zero - Broke piece
held pan with dirt into tub OF boil
ing water TO thaw out - Planned
finding about two dollars ninety-sl>
cents worth fine looking washed
gold In two pans"
The report was received T
army sergeant William n. Growden
Signal Corps operator al Ruby, Al
aska, who was bitten 81 hard by tho
gold bug that he asked and receive1
five days leave, travelled % miles
by dog team with an Indian
guide to reach the discovery grow
only to find them virtually al stalk
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23
Manautou Has Large
Stocks for Spring

E. Manautou has placed in his
store the largest stock OF spring and
summer clothing he has ever had,
1t was announced Saturday.
Sandals from Czecho- Slovakia for
ladies. misses, and children are
among the innovations. Dresses ali
follow the new silhouette. A large
assortment Of evening, street, and
sport dresses is included in the new
stock.
New sport shoes for men in two
tone styles are on display. Mr.. Man
autou said. Both leather and rub
Der soles for spring and summer are
included.
The swimming season will be
ready soon ana swimming suits, as
well as panama ana straw hats. Will
be ready for sale in the near flu
ture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23
Railway Executive
Business Optimist

j. G. Carter, Houston, personal
representative Of the executive pres
ident OF the Southern Pacific lines
following a visit in the valley for
the past day or SO. yesterday said
that lie found business conditions
here III O very healthy state
lie added that recently there has
been q mare optimistic wave all over
the country pointing toward better
business in general He sounded a
note which has often been sounded
that business conditions is mostly
a mental attitude and that he had
found a good tone arising
Ir Carter was a guest at the ban
cuet given by the Southern Pacific
at Harrington Friday night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-23
Talkie Anniversary
Held at McAllen

McALLEN, Feb. 22-Sunday marks
the beginning OF the anniversary
week Of talking pictures in McAllen.
The Palace theatre here will COM
memorate the bringing Of sound pic
lures to the upper Valley all week
with outstanding producti~s.
The weeks program. according 70
r.. j. Mason. manager Of McAllen
Theatres. Inc. includes Gold Dig
GERS on Broadway" The Marriage
Playground" and The Skyhawk."
Large crowds are expected at the
theatre all week congratulating Mr..
Mason on the productions offered.