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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-09
Two Courses Open

II the Watres bill is killed and
no new legislation substituted for it,
the poStmaster-general can do one
Of two things:
He can call in all contracts and
call for new bids
He can negotiate with the present
contractors under the present Kelly
act which will permit him to lower
rates, but not to raise them.
If, in the first instance, he should
call for new contracts, there is
hardly an operator of the present
twenty-five lines who could re-Win
his contract, knowing from expe-
rience. as he does, just what price
he can afford to fly the mail for.
This would mean Eh entirely new
set Of contractors, most of them
inexperienced and many of them
pure stock promotion schemes, and
would result, some believe. in dis
aster
Cut to Reasonable Rate
II, on the other hand. Brown
should negotiate with the present
contractors under the Kelly act. 1t
would mean that those lines which
are now getting around So per
pound would be cut down to a more
reasonable rate. And it would mean
also that those whose rates are so
low that they are losing large sums
of money, would have to continue
at those rates. Most of them would,
it is believed, forfeit their contracts.
Should the Watres bill be passed
in its present form, it would mean
that all the present contractors
could keep their lines under ad-
justed rates. and that new contracts
could be awarded either by COM
petitive bidding or by negotiation.
It would mean also that the
chief beneficiary would be a corpo-
ration which now holds eleven of
the twenty-five mail contracts in
the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-09
PAGE

stricken today following an earth
quake which awakened them last
night and sent many running into
the streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-09

Italians Terrorized by Quakes
BIZ Epited Press
ROME, April 9.-The villagers of
Ascoh and Spoleto were still panic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
.Bruenlng and
|. Socialists for
Strike SeU-Out
(Ca5Ie BIZ In1precorr)

BERLIN, Oct. 26-Negotiations
in the strike of 100000 metal work.
ers were adjourned until Monday.
The government is proposing the
workers return to work under the
existing wages, while the bosses and
the socialist union leaders appoint
two representatives each with an
Impartial arbitrator. The latter's
decision, they propose, should be
accepted under all circumstances on
the lines of the settlement of the
Ruhr conflict when Severing acted
as mediator and the workers were
betrayed after a heroic struggle.
The revolutionary trade union
opposition is appealing to all work
ers for a general metal strike. The
bosses are refusing to negotiate
with the revolutionary trade union
opposition.
1t is clear when the strike is ap-
preaching decisive phase the trade
union leaders are preparing drive
to end the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
ANGLO-U.S. FIGHT FOR ARGENTINE
MARKETS SHARPENS WAR DANGER
British Bosses Now
Admit Loss of
Huge Trade

A London dispatch to the New
York Times dated Oct. %, gives
sharp picture of the keen rivalry
and the growing war danger be-
tween U. S. and British imperial
ism over the struggle for Latin
American markets, especially Ar
gentina.
despite official denials from
Buenos Aires and lack of official
confirmation here" says this cable,
London is beginning to resign it.
self to the fact that the trade agree
ment with Argentina negotiated by
Viscount d'Abernon is dead"
The d'Abernon agreement provided
for $80,000,000 trade with Britain to
be yanked away from the United
States. The Uriburu regime which
stepped into power when Irigoyen
was deposed, made overtures to
Wall Street and was taken up right
away.
The Times dispatch goes on to
say that sit is a double blow to Brit
ain. 1t is, of course, a serious re-
verse for the British steel industry,
which would have received $40,000,-
600 worth of orders for railway
equipment. =.
British business men realize to-
day that their alarm over the down.
fall Of the Irigoyen regime was well
founded. 1t is freely stated here
never officially, of course-that the
Uriburu government is being influ-
enced by American bankers in the
direction of more trade with the
United States"
This shows the sharpening fight
throughout Latin America for mar
kets. The recent happenings in
Brazil magnify this struggle.
While the Times dispatch talks
of the trade struggle, it fails to
mention the tremendous armament
going on behind the scene and the
rapidly growing war danger. Every
worker must recognize this fact, and
act now against the imperialist war
maneuvers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27

shaft section of its mine to
meet their doom, when a
coupling broke at the top of
the slope just as the man-trip
was starting down the long
grade into the workings, when the
trip rider discovered the trip run
ming away he made several attempts
to throw the drag derailer out of the
leading car to derail the cars" only
to find it was not in working condi-
ton, so he was helpless in the run
away trip, and when it wrecked going
at terrific speed with it's load of
humanity they found dead and 81
injured in the wreckage, (and its
probably miracle that any were
alive).
Bosses Dish Up Excuses.
The company's only excuse was a
coupling link broke, leaving the re-
naming 10 cars which still re-
manned on the cable under control
of the engineer, while the Ia run
wild down the long slope loaded
with miners, the company did not
think it worth while to mention why
the drag or derailer was out of
order and would not work, which
would have avoided these killings.
No Safety Consideration.
About one minute would be all
that it would require to test the
derailer each morning before start
ing down this dangerous slope with
the miners, but probably minutes
are more valuable to this company
than miners, for faker John L.
Lewis often said there are too many
miners.
So miners awake, "join the Mine,
Oil and Shelter Workers Industrial
Union, the only union in the coal
industry that fights for your rights,
it is a class-conscious miners union
and all are wanted to join regard
less of creed, color or nationality,
join today and have your fellow
workers to likewise, and then you
can force such murderous open
shoppers to have safety devices to
protect your lives, you can have the
things that are rightfully yours,
for the M. o. S. w. /. U. is the
only cIass-conscious union that will
fight for the miners rights, while
both factions Of the company con-
trolled UMWA stand for wage cuts
and speed-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Rejected Wage Cut,
Negro Worker Is
RailrOaded to Jail

Following his refusal to accept a
wage cut and longer hours, George
Buford, young Negro automobile
worker was fired and subsequently
framed up by his boss and. the po-
lice.
A few days after he left the job,
young man came to Buford's home
offering him to sell him a car cheap.
While taking a demonstration in the
car, he was arrested, charged with
stealing the car. The young man
who had brought him the car denied
his part in the frame-up and told
the police Buford was giving him a
lift.
1t subsequently developed that the
car had been left at the garage
from which Buford was fired, and
that the owner had not notified the
police of the loss of the car, the
owner believing the car still to be
in the garage.
Buford, who is married and has
child, was sentenced to five months
in jail, the victim Of a vicious
frame-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Irving Trust to Fire
20 PC. of Employees

New York.
To the Editor of the Daily Worker:
1t seems to me you may be in
terested in these facts, which 1
have on very good authority, and
may wish to make us of them in
the Daily.
The Irving Trust Company is
going to let go 300 of their en-
ployes. (Hoover's speech in Cleve-
land, asking the bankers to help,
Is bringing results.)
In spite of the rumors that a
large number of dividends were
reduced or omitted entirely since
January 1, statistics show that the
aggregate amount Of cash dividend
payments actually have increased
every month this year over last
year, the total cash dividend dis
bursements for the first nine months
Of this year were more than $780,
900 as compared with $4,000, 900, 900.
Curious facts in a year of severe
depression).
"A sympathizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
CHAN MASSACRE
IS PROVEN A LIE
Priest Admits Nothing
of Sort Happened

SHANGHAI, China, Oct. ID
Complete refutation Of the false
stories about Communists killing
$4,000 in the capture of Khan in
Kiangsi province appeared here TO-
day through the account Of two
priests, captured and afterwards
released by the Red Army.
The fullest story is told by the
priest named De janis. He said
that the population of the whole
city is 10000, but that there were
some thousands of rich men and
landlord refugees there from terri
tories previously captured by the
Red Army.
On the night of October 5, the
Reds, numbering 10000 stormed the
city. The defenders lost about 1000.
There was no massacre. The pop
ulation, according to the priest,
welcomed the Red Army and pro-
fessed Communism, knowing their
lives would be spared" The rich
fled again. Large fortunes were
confiscated and distributed to the
starving poor.
"The story that $4,000 were mas
sacred is nonsense" said the priest.
"The story that 5000 were killed is
gross exaggeration."
These massacre stories were I'M
doubtedly started by Chang Kai
Shek propagandists to excuse in adj
vance the massacres of worker and
peasants their expeditionary forces
will engage in.
Chang himself became a Chris
tan last week to further solidify
his interests with the imperialists
in China.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
RED RALLY MON.
in BRIDGEPORT
Tallentire, Mrasco and
Joe Scott Speakers

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. &c.
On Monday evening at p. m, Oc-
tober OF, the Communist Party will
hold an Election Rally and mass
meeting at the st. Georges Hall, 1896
Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, at
which Norman Tallentire will speak
Edward Mrasco, Communist candidate
for Congressman, 4th District, and
Joe Scott, District Organizer Of the
Young Communist League, will also
speak.
On Tuesday night, Tallentire speaks
at an Election Rally in Hartford, at
the Labor Lyceum, 2003 Main Street
Next Wednesday night, r. S. King,
Communist candidate for Governor
will speak in Waterbury, at Wash
ington and Bank Street. near the
Dugan School On Thursday, Richard
B. Moore speaks in Stamford, at the
Workers Center, 40 Pacific Street
Harry Yaris speaks in Danbury, at
the Armory, on Library Place. VIM
Schneiderman speaks at a mass
meeting in New Britain.
On Friday, Oct. 81, Max Bedacht
will address mass meeting in New
Haven.
A series Of Red Election Rallies
and parades will be held on Saturday
and Monday, November l and 2, tc
wind up the election campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
LIZ IL -
aa 49, - H . - - 49,
No.! bbless Will
Not Lie Down
Or Die Quietly
New York.

New ork.
Communist Party,
Gentlemen:
We are compelled to write you
regarding yesterdays inhuman dem
onstration staged at City Hall.
1t seems to US that the followers
of your Party use no strategy in
combating the present evil Of I'M
employment or any other evil. Why
do they always manage to cause
such a commotion and combustion.
Your Party cannot arouse the in
terest of the sensible men and wom-
en- by using such methods.
We are a group of people inter
ested in movements which tend to
better mankind, socially and econ
omically. We have been willing lis
teners to representatives of your
Party, and just at the peak of our
interest, mob scene which occur
red yesterday certainly dampened
our spirits.
Whatever opinions we may have
had about your members are now
unjustified. For how in heavens
name can intelligent people resort
to barbarous outbursts and not be
looked upon with scorn and hatred.
Editorial note: When $4,000
jobless workers, the militant van
guard of the 100000 New York
jobless, demonstrate for the right
to live, for bread for themselves
and dependents, they are lawless
mob! When Nessin, leader of the
jObless, demanded at a so-called
public hearing that the miseries
of hundreds of thousands of work.
ers be relieved Immediately he was
set upon by the savagethugs of
Tammany and barbarously beat
en-, he was called the inciter to
riot! Their right to live for the
workers is crime in the eyes of
the bosses and liberal sOft-scrap-
ers interested in mankind"
Without exception it is police
proyocation and sadist smuggling
that cause the "commotion" our
liberal friends are so wrought up
against. Did not Whalen boast
that he hal planted men to get
things started?"
Today, the capitalist system is
numbering, yes, plain out and out
murder, thousands upon thou.
sands of workers, by slow starva-
ton, cold and other miseries.
In this the great scene of mis-
cry, it is to wonder that there are
not more "barbarous outbursts"
that keep our liberals" on tender
hooks (and in fear of the income
they get to carry on their ''liber-
alism").
More and militantIy fiercer
demonstrations will follow. There
is no alternative to the millions
of jobless, outside of dying a mis-
able death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Milwaukee Tannery
Closes Down; 5000
Workers Affected

MILWAUKEE. - The Pfster and
Vogel Tannery plant in this city an
nounces thru its secretary Mr.. Christ
ensen, that the plant is closing down
III week or so. Even Mr.. Christen-
sen practically admits that the plant
will not be opened again. This plant
employed 5000 men a few years ago
and last May only 900 men were
working, while at the present time
there are 600 working only part time.
The closing down of this plant Is
only part of what is happening in
general in Milwaukee with more I'M
employment, wage cuts and speed up
being the order of the day. Workers,
fight the growing misery! Vote Com
munisti
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
245 COMMUNISTS
ARE ON BALLOT
Can Vote Communist
In % States
Continued from Page y

NOollIiliuCd lIOli L age
senator, lieutenant governor, attor-
ney general, ETC.. . twenty six of
the 81 Negro candidates are run
ming for congress and local state
offices. # the $50 candidates al
ready nominated, there were 26
women workers.
"To nominate the 245 candidates,
the Party collected in 16 states,
$3.50 signatures. However the total
number of signatures collected
reaches the number of 10000.
Write In" Communist.
In addition, the Party is also con-
Quoting sticker campaign and
urging workers to write in the
names of our Party candidates in
the states of Alabama, Ohio, Cali
fornia and West Virginia.
"The terror against the Party
this year was greater than ever
before. In the state Of RECON, our
entire state ratification convention
was arrested, the foreign born dele
gates are now held for deportation
and because of the police terror and
brutality, the party was prevented
from placing its candidates on the
ballot.
"In the state of West Virginia,
the Communist Party was ruled off
the ballot by the secretary of state
on certain technical grounds, which
was preceded by "Red plot" and
dynanite stories spread through
out the state by the authorities. In
the state of Rhode Island, the state
authorities threw out half Of our
signatures and thereby kept our
state candidates off the ballot. In
the state of Ohio, where the Party
had to collect signatures in % coun-
ties for it's State candidates, the sig
natures collected were confiscated,
and our collectors driven out of
town.
"In many states, the bosses told
the workers through their foremen
not to sign the petitions of the Com
munist Party. Workers who signed
our petitions were inundated, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
TAMMANY, WHITE WALKER TO COVER
HOUSE in GRAFT UP EVICTIONS
Takes Cue From Hoov-
er Hunger Committee

Continued from Page One)
That means that 1922 families
were so close to starvation that they
permitter their names to be taken
by the clubbers of the jobless. This
spy-system is going to be carried
out all over the city. No relief goes
with it. 1t is just a boss trick to
threaten and bully the unemployed
and to warn them against militant
action. In Queens where $4,000
were reported unemployed by the
census, the cops could find only
$780,"
The Walker crew also talks about
finding "jobs" for the unemployed,
conveniently overlooking the fact
that Rybicki, head of the fake free
city employment agency said that
from 5000 to 1000 desperate, men
visit the agency begging for jobs,
and none of them get any.
A "Hunger Committed"
A high-salaried Tammany hench-
man, Frank J. Taylor, commissioner
of public works, is heading Walkers
hunger committee" Eevry worker
knows what to expect from these
grafters. The whole policy of
Walker and his takers was amply
demonstrated at the Board of Es-
Inmates meeting when the unem-
ployed council proposed definite
and real measures for immediate
unemployment relief. Walkers
policy is now openly one of "black-
jacks and breadlines."
Every worker should support the
fight for unemployment insurance
waged by the Communist Party and
the Unemployed Council. Vote
Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
FOUGHT SPEED-UP,
IS THEN LAID OFF
"A Plucky Fighter for
Workers Right
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Well
comrades, am now in the army Of
unemployed; was fired this morn
ing for being a Communist. Here
is the rub, while not actually one
but willing to be one, am fired or
the say-so of common rat or man
ufacturers' stool pigeon.
Well now that l have so much
more time, am busy distributing
Vote Communist pamphlets. Have
handed them to workers on street
cars, tackled them on telegraph poles
etc. Yesterday a machine followed
me right to my door, was lacking
one on a pole, but to hell with them
"Right is Might" If right was moi
might where would the U.S.S.R. be
today?
They would still be bound il
slavery, rotten living and working
conditions, like we have today.
This dump l was just fired out
of, here is how they work: They
cut the rates terribly low and put
the worker on piece work. He is
forced to work at top speed to
make soc an hour. At the end
of few weeks time the full force
has caught up on production, then
comes a lay-off. This happened
on the 14th, half the force was
laid off, and the rest had to work
like hell to make the SOC rate; if
they don't, they are fired, and
younger, stronger workers brought
in who will.
l try to make my fellow worker:
see the results of this method o.
production. Most of them answer
"Hard times, how can they keep u'
on and give us decent wages, wher
the bosses don't get the work them
selves" They just can't see tha
low rates actually doubles produc
ton, enables the manufacturer tt
work with half force. and puts
money into the lustful pigs pockets
Well, the old saying is, live long
enough and learn. Lets hope thu
workers learn real soon, and SCI
the capitalists as the lustful greedy
pigs they really arc.
More power to the Communist
Party! Lets fight the pigs to &
finish; lets hear them beg for mercy
from the people they compelled t.
live like animals.
w. P. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Issue Propaganda Not
Relif For Unmployed

Continued from Page u
capacity the week before last to SO
per cent. This means many thousands
thrown out TO work. Automobile pro-
duction dropped. Auto output now
stands at 49.2 as compared with 1918
last october at this time. At least
IS per cent of the auto workers are
jobless.
Facts Belle.
These are the facts which belle
the big talk of the bosses about the
results they are producing to "ale-
viate" unemployment. Less and less
jobs exist.
AS the Daily Worker has repeatedly
pointed out this winter will be a
frightful and devasting one for the
workers. There will be at least o.
100000 unemployed. Many will have
been out of jobs for from six months
to year. That starvation will be
rampant is admitted by Hoover him.
self now. The problem of relief can
not be downed. The bosses methods
on which the Hoover hunger COM
mittee" is active is fight against I'M
employment insurance, and strainine
every effort to keep the bosses profits
intact. The Communist Party is lead
ing the fight for real relief-imme-
date relief in all cities, by concrete
demands on the city governments as
III Chicago, Detroit, New York, Mil
waukee, and elsewhere, and fighting
foi the passage Of the Unemployment
Insurance Bill, against which Hoover
his committee, and the bosses back
ing them direct their chief fire. Fight
for unemployment insurance! Vote
Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Today in Workers
History

October ~. 1644-Army of par
lament defeated English royaIists
under Charles I at Newberry. 1917
- Israel Weinberg acquitted of
frame-up charges in San Francisco
bomb explosion. 1919-Red Army
decisively defeated Yudenitch be-
fore Petrograd. 1925-Thirty EIGHT
members of the International Labor
Defense arrested in New York
while picketing Hungarian con-
sulate against threatened execution
of Rakosi and Weinberger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
800 Apply for
Four City Jobs
in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE,. - Yesterday Mil
waukee papers announced that fire.
men were needed and that only those
should apply who were of special
heigth and physique. Altho only
jobs were open, 300 men applied and
Of these arrived before midnite, al
though the doors of the gymnasium
we're not to be opened until o'clock
the next morning. This is how things
stand in the city of Milwaukee, which
the socialists" say is such wonder
full city for the people" Workers,
defeat the socialist" traitors. Vote
Communist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
Bosses Get Insurance
Against Hunger Riots

K LONDON, England, Oct. a.
Lloyds of London, the biggest in
surance company in the world,
stated yesterday that big property
owners of United States are taking
out insurance with Lloyds against
riots during the unemployment
crisis. The U. S. employers do not
care how many starve, but don't
want to lose money if the starving
decide to fight.
Much of the insurance, according
to Lloyds' statement, is being taken
out by needle trades employers in
New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
COnfiscate Rote Fahne
Issue; 258 Now Dead
in Aachen Mine Blast
(CabIe by Imprecorv)

BERLIN, Oct. 26.-Today's issue
of the Rote Fahne, official organ of
the Communist Party of Germany,
was confiscated on account of an
article attacking Severing, minister
Of the interior of Prussia.
The official casualty list in the
Aachen mine disaster has mounted
today to 258 dead, Others are still
underground.
The capitalist dailies are trying
to conceal the responsibility of the
owners, although local newspapers
dare not deny the management
guilt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-27
POLISH TERROR GROWS
AGAINST UKRAINIANS
(CabIe By Imprecorr)

WARSAW, Oct. 26.-Two more
Ukrainian deputies were arrested
yesterday. The Polish punitive ter
rorist columns are continuing their
barberous atrocities; peasants are
being murdered wholesale; a num-
Der of arrests are being made, and
property looted and destroyed, as
well as cooperatives and Ukrainian
libraries. A Canadian journalist
William Day, was arrested because
he had notes referring to the afro
cities. His notes were confiscated.