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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
KNOWS TRUE COLORS OF UMwA
Warren, Ohio.

Daily WORKER
I have been receiving your papers
and think it is one of the best papers.
1 am one of the unemployed and have
been passing this paper out to other
unemployed workers. I have a FAM
lily of three, two boys and myself. I
work one day a week on a county
road
I have been UMWA member for
l6 years and had been bossing coal
mine off and on for eleven years. The
reason I quit was because they wanted
me to steal from my fellow workers.
Now have nothing now, don't even
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Philadelphia Dump
Is Home of JObless

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 49,
Unemployed workers are living in
empty wagon bodies and packing
cases on the dump at South American
and Oregon streets. On some boxes
they had flag poles with the American
flag floating. which shows that the
foreigner" idea is not true.
one man in particular was observed
by the correspondent poking through
garbage, mostly rotten celery, for his
Easter dinner.
Some Negroes were living here, but
their shacks were burned and they
we're arrested.
The dump has foul smell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
MICHIGAN LUMBER WORKERS
ORGANIZING

EBEN JUNCTION, Mich.--A lum-
Der workers meeting was held at Eben
Junction, which was called to order
by comrade Songalow, lumber work.
ers' organizer. The Y. c. L. and the
G. P. gave its greetings to this meet
ing. The c. P. and L. w. U. organ
izers showed the necessity of organ
izing and that the N. L. w. U. is the
only fighting union that fights for
the betterment of lumber workers
conditions. A Lumber Workers Union
local was formed here which has now
thirteen members. u. NJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Chi. JObless Negro
Workers Misery Big
Cutting Down On the
Breadlines, Etc
Chicago, III.


Daily Worker
The conditions of the Unemployed
Negro workers here are getting worse,
not better. They are cutting down
the breadlines and closing the flop
houses.
The Lords Army which was located
at 40l7 Wentworth Avenue used to
give out bread which although one
could have died while waiting for the
food, at least gave some out. Now
they have moved and are only giving
out one loaf of bread to each person,
three times a week. That's meal
for you.
Conditions Worse.
The bosses are continuing to speed
up the workers, the unemployed
workers are forced to sleep in the
cold now, with a dingy piece of bread
to live on for the week. The Lords
Army have it handy now since there's
an undertaken right next door which
can take care of the starved to death
workers. April 10th, % workers died
in their chapel, most of these work
ers died from starving on the bread
lines. The bosses papers keep quiet
about these deaths which occurred as
a result of starvation and misery.
Workers! Regardless of color or
nationality, we are the builders of
this world, we must not starve amidst
SO much plenty, amidst filled up
warehouses. We must join in solidar-
ity to form a militant union. We
must build up the T. U. U. L., form
Unemployed Councils and demand
immediate relief.
j. P.-Unemployed Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
ROB ARMOUR WORKERS
Use Wages for Fake "Drives"

this, were forced to come to work
with so many bandages on that all
you could see was their eyes. They
had to work or lose their jobs.
Another worker was accidentally
hit by girl with frozen beef
liver. This worker became deaf and
they fired him SO that they would
not have to pay fees to cure him
out of that fake Safety Fund of
which the workers were squeezed
out of part of their wages. -K.B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18

Expect to Get Work.
Most of the unemployed workers
read in the capitalist papers the
glowing accounts of this great
project, second only to the Panama
Canal in size, and about the thou
sands of men that will be needed.
And so these workers that read this
scratch up as much money as they
can get and try to get here with
their wives and children. They all
expect to get work here, but are dis
appointed. The project will not COM
mence for a year.
Many Of these workers are forced
to go from house to house begging
for food. There are so many of them
that the town has been literally
MIXED dry. These workers and their
families have erected in the Mes
quite Jungles on the outskirts of the
town a regular tent city. (Hoover
City we've named it,
Children Forced to Beg.
The families that are destitute
send their little children around
begging for food, while those who
have anything at all will place a
little flour in the disk or a few
handfuls of beans. If working
man has anything at all he will
share it. The condition here has
become so desperate that the SAL
walton Army has come in here. Las
Vegas, / am sure, has the longest
breadline in the United States.
A Mile Long Breadline.
The breadline is situated on the
outskirts of the town to keep it away
from the prying eyes of the natives
From morning until night you car
see the line at least mile long. The
breadline has become so long thai
the Chamber of Commerce has or.
dered all single men in a truck, who
will be taken to Los Angeles ano
Salt Lake City. Like cattle, they
were piled in and transported.
A Hard Winter.
This winter the unemployed suf
fered badly. A large circus. tent wa!
provided for shelter. The beds were
flat boards placed between boxes. II
this town there are actually oper
saloons. The largest saloon here !!
situated right across from the pc.
lice station. One cannot walk pas
this place without having a dozer
prostitutes pounce at you. I really
feel sorry for the girls; they are hav.
ing tough time of it these days
poor things, since most of the work
ers are practically unemployed.
Any jobs that are handed out
here are given to the workers for
$3.50 day, and how can a worker
with a family exist on this amount?
Americas fine standard. These
workers work seven hours a week.
Those who work have their jobs by
undertaking all the other wolves
who come around when a job is
open. The boss, in this way, pays
low wages and makes big pile for
himself. The motto of the Amer
lean government evidently is give
the contracts to the lowest bidder,
and the workers be damned"
AN UNEMPLOYED WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18

"a man Welo avn W 4lloAC pO llC 10
lucky to make So. Not satisfied with
cutting the prices on the pieces, the
workers must turn out more work
now than they did before in one
day.
Piece Work Basis.
All departments, with the excep-
ton of the repairing department,
have been changed to the piece
work basis. A guarantee of "a
cents and up to about 81, was given
for day work to the different
classes of workers, for instance:
Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, Z and are the
classes the workers are divided into.
The kind of work done (unskilIed,
semi-skilled and skilled deter
mines into which class the worker
is placed. This was for time spent
in setting up a job. They still give
the guarantee, but a Accent wage
cut on the hour was given to all
classes! They are gradually work.
ing around to the place where they
will not pay any day work at all.
1t is almost as bad now as if no
day work was paid.
Four Days a Week.
The factory is running four days a
week, but only about per cent of
the workers labor the full four days.
One group of workers work one day,
another group the next. and so on.
Only the inspectors are kept on every
day. They are paid a little more
money than the rest in spite of the
wage-cutS, and are used to spy on
the rest Of the workers. The other
workers are not given chance to
work together long enough to get
acquainted. They seldom have a
chance to talk to each other, be-
cause of the rush all day long, and
when one man stops at onother ma
chine the foreman comes along and
wants to know what they are talking
about. Some workers come in and
hang around about two hours, get
enough work to make ten cents and
then are told to go home. Maybe in
week or ten days they are put on
again.
Afraid of Strike.
The bosses are afraid that these
workers will strike. They cannot
stay in the machine shop a minute
after the whistle blows for noon. Nc
one is allowed to remain.
About two months before the piece
work system was installed a regis
tration of all workers was taken, in
order to determine how many were
ex-servicemen. 1t was found that
90 per cent Of the workers were over
in France fighting for democracyD
When the laying-off came, the ex-
servicemen were kept in preference
to the others, but many of them
nevertheless were laid off also. Some
had been working there 16 and 1S
years.
There is a considerable amount OF
discomfort in this shop. Shop-gate
meetings are being arranged by Sec
ton of the Communist Party in Or
der to prepare for May First. Nu-
cleus "a of the Communist Party
(Section q is concentrating on this
shop to organize a shop committee
Workers of White Motor write in
about your conditions to the Daily
Worker and come up to 1245 Prospect
Ave. to tell us about your problems
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
WHITE MOTOR co. CUTS
WAGES WHEN MEN ARE
SHIFTED TO PIECEWORK
Workers Formerly Making $500 A Day Are
Lucky If They Average $500
Change Made Dept by Dept to, Forestall the
Action of the Workers
Cleveland, o.

The stagger plan, wage cuts, intimidation and all be
found in White Motor Company. Of it's the in
other plants but this worker tells of interesting things
the plant where he works.
In the last three months the factory changed from
the bonus system of paying to piece work All departments
not changed at but first department. then two
weeks later another and In the process of changing
piece the wages cut in every department Where
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Tulsa, Oil Capital
Has Many Jobleso
Give Scrip to Those
Working for City
Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tulsa, OKlanOfna.
Daily WORKER
Tulsa is the oil capital of the world,
and is said to have the highest rating
Of millionaires in the U. S. But with
all the. wealth to boast of, the daily
papers have to admit there are 5000
unemployed, which is a conservative
estimate. There are more than twice
as much in the total population of
10000.
Scrip System.
Workers working for the city get
paid $500 per hours. The nhe gets
a scrip, which he has to bring to the
commissary which is located down
town. There he can get food in ex-
change. If he wants to get anything
else than food, he has to go to one
of the chief grafters and get an order
for some one company He has to
take any kind of goods and pay any
kind of price that the CRATER No.
2 chooses
Twelve weeks ago the workers gave
city manager Fry and the city council
OF Oklahoma City damned good an
Swer to their cold refusal to help the
starving workers, by taking one of
the Branch stores of the Standard
Chain stores. The capitalist press
tried to make out that it. was an in
dependent store. .'-
Rotten Pend.
just yesterday three of the same
chain stores, located III Tulsa, were
indicted for selling rotten meat. But
they will be witewashed in court for
only $4,000 Believe me, that meat
must have been awfully bad, to cause
big business to get arrested in the
state of Oklahoma. However the
manager who was arrested will be
made the goat, as in all cases where
the big capitalist gets caught red
| handed. .rrs
AS 10 tie work or starve plan (sup-
posed to help the memployed). the
Tulsa Press says that the. city is CIV
ing days a month work. But the
workers say they are only getting 8
days each month, and now they are
threatening to shut off even that. The
workers here are very anxious to hear
about the Unemployed Council under
the leadership of the Communist
Party and the T. u. U. L.
"A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
THOSE STUCK IN LOS
VEGAS SUFFER FROM
BITTER NEED, HUNGER
Mile Long Breadline Mute Witness of Extent
of Starvation of Workers Families
"Hoover's City" Colony of Workers On Edge
of Desert Scene of Misery
Is Vegas, Nevada.
Daily Worker:

vegas, -NeVada
Daily Worker:
The city of Las Vegas Nevada, is located oasis
the desert midway between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles
The normal population Of this railroad town about 5000 For
than two years. however, the capitalist reptile press
has been giving the impression that work has commenced
about to the Boulder Dam project and workers
have been pouring in constantly about these poor work
ers' conditions that write.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18

Use your Red Shock Troop LIS,
very day on your job. The worke,
next to you will help save the Dali,
Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18

pay for new subscription for the
Daily I will have to get the Daily
from someone who will give it to me
after he has read it!
Unemployed Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18

Only the organized power of the
working class can save the political
prisonersl
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
MUSICAL TEA A SUCCESS

The Musical Tea given last Mon
day evening in the New Century
Club rooms for the Red Cross Re
lief Fund was much enjoyed, and a
success financially. Mrs. Clyde Nell
son and Mrs. George Sipplo gave the
musical part of the program in their
delightful and charming manner.
Mrs. Nelson gave as her first num-
Der, "FlOods of Spring" and II Love
the Moon followed by "The Bitter
ness of Love" and Song of the Rob
in Her violin numbers were
"Cbrysler's Group" Mrs. Sipple ac-
companied Mrs. Nelson for each
number. Mrs. August Faix gave
four readings, which were well rem
dered and pleasing to the audience.
They were "The Family Plate"
"Foolish Questions" "The Demon
strator" and a parody on ''The Viii
lage Blacksmith" Mrs Wilson Vim.
yard read an article taken from the
Public Ledger which told of the
wonderful work the Red Cross is
doing for the relief fund. After the.
program refreshments were served.
The proceeds of the Tea amounted
to $41.5O. The Milford Club is
thought to be the first one to give
to the Red Cross Relief Fund as a
club.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
EASTER CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE

Instead of the customary Easter
Sunday evening service the First
Presbyterian Church will nave a
Candle Light service at 4:30 L. IL.
There will be a candle representing
the Risen Christ from which other
candles representing the Apostles
and leaders Of the Church will be
lighted. The following is the cast:
The Spirit of the Church, Mrs. w. S.
Vinyard; soloists, Mrs. Fred Breme,
Mrs. c. r. Nelson, Miss Elizabeth
Cathcart; pianist, Mrs. George Sip
pie. 'a%
1.-The Apostolic Church: Candle
Lighters: Mary, Maxine Grove; Dor
cas-, Eleanor Bunstein; Cleon, Mary
Vinyard; Phoebe-Ethel Austin:
Martha, Jennie Lee Wootten; Persis
Mildred Burlingame; Rhoda -
Alice Brcmc a.
1.-THE Advancing CHURCH
Light Bearers: Jean Richardson,
Dorothy Joseph. Grace Sharp, Isa
belle Hunt, Margaret Hammond,
Betty Corbctt, Blanche Ryan, Flor
encc May johnson, Minerva Burn.
Principal Light Bearers---Sarah
Austin. Gladys Burlingamc, Edith
Hudson.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
OBITUARY
GLIDER

ATllLlJflIG
Leonard +. Glider, 40 years of age,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Glider,
of New York, died Friday night, his
birthday, at the summer home of his
parents. after a lingering illness
Besides his parents he is survived
by a widow, who was Miss Eliza
beth Jenkins, of Milford, daughter of
the late Thomas and Lille Causey
Jenkins, of Easton. His body was
taken to New York and inferred in
the cemetery in Flushing, L. l.
BURTON
Mrs. Elizabeth e. Burton, widow
of the late Benjamin Fl. Burton,
died in Philadelphia, Sunday, March
20, 1881, aged 80 years. Her husband
died August 2S, 1889. She was sis
ter of the late Thomas and Samuel
Perry. She leaves two sons, Samuel
and Carl. Her remains were taken
to Georgetown on the II o'clock
train Tuesday and taken to tho
CoolspTing Presbyterian Church
where funeral services were held at
IL O'Clock. Interment in the adjoin-
ing cemetery. Rev. Thomas P. Nc
Kee officiating.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
SPRING FROLICS


the second of her series of parties
at her home on Front street, North
Milford. II was the first party that
! the lovely daffOdil made its appear
ance and they were arranged artis-
tically for admiration. Many of the
guests were out in their new spring
attire and compliments were heard
on all sides. Mrs. Messick is at her
best as hostess and everyone enjoy
ed the afternoon as a result. The
guests were Mrs. William c. Smith,
Mrs. Walter L. Grier, Mrs. c. DON
nan HOlzmueller, Mrs. Theodore
Miller (the former Miss Ethel Holz-
mueller, Mrs. Stephen Toadvine,
Mrs. J. Postles Hammond, Mrs. Har-
ry Mulholland, Mrs. George IL. Dra-
per, Jr., Mrs. Charles Varney, Mrs.
William Sipple,. Mrs. S. NJ. d. Mar
shall, Mrs, Robert Kessler, Mrs.
Harry PettyjOhn, Mrs. Remsen Bar
nard, Mrs. Frank II. Grier. Mrs. II.
Carlisle Collins, Mrs. Wilson S. Vim
yard, Mrs. George w. Marshall, Mrs.
Charles Heisler, Mrs. James Stanton,
Mrs. Willard Pierce, Mrs. James Da
Wis, Mrs. Elmer r. Williams and
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
NEW CENTURY CLUB

DIR. Clyde Nelson was speaker of
the day at the Milford New Century
Club OH Monday. DR.. Nelson began
his talk by saying that 500 or more
of the illnesses of today were caus-
ed by unhealthy conditions in the
mouth or throat. And to illustrate
how ones teeth can get in a deplor-
able condition, DR.. Nelson showed
pictures that had been taken be-
fore treatment had been given and
the results of corrective work. Den
lists in the State are interested in
some current legislation whereby
hygienists may be appointed to
make a survey of the mouths of
school children and to submit con-
ditiOnS before social organizations
so that preventative dentistry may
become part of our daily concern.
This becoming an actual fact will
make Delaware a pioneer in this
gesture toward good health, DR..
Nelson thinks.
The second part of the interest
ing program was the showing of a
group of pictures of some incidents
of the Byrd Expedition that had
been given to- DR.. Nelson by the
members of that histofy-making
body. AS they were explained one
marveled at the immensity of the
undertaking, the bigness of the ice
barrier, and the splendid Co-opera-
tiOn that brought it to so successful
a finale. More demonstration and
less theory seems to be the coming
thing and the club members GER
tainly had a clearer knowledge of
the country and conditions at the
South Pole after seeing the pictures
shown and explained by DR.. Nelson.
The afternoon was much enjoyed by
all present.
Looking ahead, the calendar FOR
next Monday says European Trip
Mrs. A. d. Warner and Miss May
Sharp" That evening the first les
son in Backgammon will be given at
the club at eight o'clock. Mrs. J.
Lynn Pratt will be the teacher. The
sum of twenty-five cents will admit
you. All arc welcome. You need
not be member of the club.
A communication from the Avon
Club of FELTON, was read on Monday
which requested that musical COM
cdy that they arc giving in the aud
itorium of High School on April 8
be given publicity.
On April 20 the Sharp School Of
Expression will give a program in
the club rooms. Particulars will be
given later.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
PRELIMINARY CONTEST
IN MILFORD APRIL 8

The annual preliminary contest OF
Eastern Sussex county for COlOred
schools, was held on March 26 at
E'ircmen's Hall in Milton. The win
ners of the contest were as follows:
Musical Numbers - Solo, first
place, Lewes School, Lloyd Maull;
second, Milton School, Bertha Jones.
Duet, first, Glendale School, by Jan
ie and Elmer Pettyjohn; second,
Lcwes School,, Carrie Harris and
Mary Hargast. Quartet, first, Ellen
dale School; second, RehOboth
School.
Oratorical Winners: Comic, first
place, Little Brown Baby" Leon
Watson, Drawbridge School; second,
"The Party" Glendale School. Ell
mer Pettyjohn. Historical-First,
"Rodney's Ride" Hollyville School,
Nelson Street; second, ASK Our
Constitutional Rights Now" War
wick School, Leon Wright.
Dramatic-First. ''The Aged Pris-
oner," HollyNille School. Nancy Bur-
ton; second, "The Fire Fiend,"
Drawbridge School, Hazel Harman.
These winners and Western Sus-
sex winners will meet at the Ar
mOry Hall in milford ON April g.,
and the winners of each will repre-
sent Sussex county at the State con-
test on April II.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
L&2lN1A9J0IZ12N 2NZ21M11CEN%1
ii APP MIN GS
IN AND
ABOUT WIN
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Easter Sunday.
New moon today.
DaffOdils are blooming.
The fish hawks have arrived.
Herring and shad in market.
Where will the picnic be held?
Tho cleanup" jobs are in order.
Trim rose bushes for large
blooms.
Milford should enter city form of
government.
Measles are having their spring
showing. Many cases are in town.
If you want work 80 after it..
There is much to be done about
every home in April.
The bake to be given by the Ced-
ar Neck p. T. A., April 4, will be
postponed until later date.
Don't forget the home talent play
college Flappcr" to be given by
the Hospital Auxiliary, April % in
the Plaza Theatre.
There will be meeting of the
Auxiliary of the Emergency HOspi-
tai at the Nurses Home, Wednes-
day, April 8 at o'clock.
The Ladies Aid of Slaughter Neck
will meet at the home of Mrs. r. j..
Logan on Tuesday evening, April z.
The social committee in charge is
Mrs. Willis Carey, Mrs. John Col
Inns and Miss Doris Argo. A full at
tendance is desired.
Plaza Theatre will show "Tho
Gang Buster" at the Saturday after
noon matinee. 1t is comedy with
Jack Oal1ie in the leading role. An
other comedy dear to the hearts of
all juniors will be "Our Gang"
Along with this will be the usual
bill of vaudeville. A special effort is
being made by Mr.. Evans. the man
ager, to give each week a picture
suitable for juniors.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bennett
returned to town last week after
spending several weeks in Florida.
Mr.. Bennett has been interested in
a potato crop that he waited to har-
vest before his return to Delaware.
He brought back some of his crop
and gave them to his friends. They
are of the red skin variety, smooth
in appearance and very large. -Four
picked at random. tipped the scales
at four pounds. The yield, Mr.. Ben
nett reports, was very good.
TNIilfOrd Gardens. near town, were
never more. beautiful than now,
while they are amass with Easter
blooms. Many varieties of flowers
are to be found in large quantities.
Tulips. from the lightest shade of
pink. to the deepest purple; hya-
cinths, white, yellow, pink and blue;
cinerares in their shades of red and
purple peculiar to them; Easter Ill
les, tall and graceful with as many
blooms on as one may wish. Frank.
Elton, the new proprietor. who came
here last year. from Indiana. has
made many new friends and readily
adapted himself to the new sur
roundings and the needs of the 10
cality. Mr.. Elton brought new ideas
with him, and with the moderate
prices and varieties and quantities
of flowers he has found business
very good.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
Making a Vanity Table
Br BERTHA ANNE HOUCK

pink combination was nailed tight
ly across the top and pleated
around the sides to hang to the
floor. An opening in front PEI
mitted the owner to place her more
bulky toilette accessories on the
shelves of the crate, the interior Of
which was painted. A makeup box,
enameled in a soft green tone,
stood on top of the dressing table.
The color was repeated in the
frame of the mirror which hung
above it and in the little stool
which stood in front of it. Glass.
purchased at the glazier;s, fitted
over the cretonne top to prevent
soiling and make cleaning easy.
Vanities of many other types
can be finished and decorated. to
fit into any sort of room. Many
unusual styles will be found in the
unpainted furniture sections of de-
partment and hardware stores.
These may be enameled or lac
quered to be smart expression
of the vogue for painted furniture.
Or the dressing table that has been
finished with stain and varnish
may be more appropriate in the
room which has other pieces fin-
ished in a similar manner.