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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
BALKAN SPEAKS
IN TRENTON FRI.
Is Red Candidate For
Governor

TRENTON, N. john J. BALKAN,
Communist candidate for Governor
of New Jersey, will speak in Tren-
ton this Friday evening, June 5, at
8 pm. on the local issues of struggle
affecting the working class in New
Jersey especially as they are brought
into the forefront during the COM
ing election campaign. The Repub-
lican and Democratic reactionaries
met in Trenton on Tuesday and COM
pleted their so-called platform
which deals with the fake issue of
booze, taxation and so-called ''invi-
sible government" the government
of gangsters and racketeers. BALKAN
will expose the humbug of the re-
dictionaries.
The meeting will be held at Arcade
Hall, Trenton. This is the first
meeting before the State Ratifica-
ton Convention of the Communist
Party takes place on June IA, at
Laurel Gardens. All organizations
are urged to elect their delegates and
send in their credentials without
delay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
MILLINERS STRIKE
AGAINST PAY CUT
Needle Union Leads
Struggle of Trimmers

NEW YORK.-The millinery shop
of Berg and Aronoff, 9 West 38th
Street has been struck by the trim
mers, members of the Needle Trades
Workers Inustrial Union, who are
out in fight against an attempted
wage cut meant for all departments
The day before, the blockers, mem
bers Of the company union, Local Q
came to work only to find scabs
working in their place They had
been locked out because they had
rejected wage cut
Yesterday, when the trimmers
learned of it, they decided. after a
shop committee meeting, that they
strike with the demand that the
wage cut be taken back so that all
workers employed by the shop will
not get the slash.
The blockerS and trimmers are
uniting in their fight against the
cut, espite the fact that the blockers
are members of the company unions
The Millinery Section of the Nee
die Trades Workers Industrial
Union appeals to all its members tc
come to the membership meeting
tonight at Irving Plaza, to hear the
report of the strikers and plan fol-
victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Tammany Grated on
Flushing Airport Get
Ready for Whitewash

The New York City Airport, Inc,
of Flushing, part of the war prepara-
tons is now under fire. Subpoenas
were issued yesterday to the officers
and employees. Borough President
George U. Harvey Of Queens and his
public works commissioner, John j.
Halleran, are involved in this new
so-called Tammany investigation
The airport property, valued at
$4,000, was advertised to those who
would buy stock as being worth
$3,0o0,o0O with improvements which
would be valued at 100000. Judg-
ing by what the sewer scandal re-
vealed in Queens, it goes without
saying that the Tammany grafters
have found in this a good source of
graft.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
HILLMAN PLANS
COMPANY STRIKE
STERILIZATION"
Collect Assessment for
Gangsters Who Forced
Girls Off Job

NEW YORK.-The strong arm
committee sent by the Hillman ma
chine to force girl lapel makers in
Local 81 off the job, is now being
defended by the Hillman machine at
the expense of the rank and file.
At meeting of Local 161 to which
the girls had been fooled into trans
ferring thinking they would get
other jobs, tax of SIS was forced
on all local members to defend the
gangsters who attacked the girls
Call Rank and File Ignoramuses.
At Local 10, the knee pants max
ers' local OF fhe Amalgamated, an
Election and Objections Committee
was elected. The Board Of Directors
sent in a committee to supervise the
elections. This committee of the
Board Of Directors Immediately did
away with the Election Objections
Committee. They went further and
over-ruled the decision of the last
local meeting which decided that
"all members no matter how much
they are in arrears in dues because
of unemployment and the slack sea-
son should be allowed to run on the
ballot and also have the right TO
vote
The Board of Directors committee
gave yellow dog agreements to any,
one whom they suspected of being
left-winger or a Communist. The
yellow-do contract called that the
candidate swears that he does not
belong to the Communist Party, the
Trade Union Unity League, or any
other left wing organization,
The Board of Directors called the
workers ignoramuses, and said that
they don't know what they wanted.
The Board of Directors came to in
struct the workers, and not to take
orders from the rank and file, they
declared. Because of the protest of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

NEW YORK. - On the very day
that Gov, Roosevelt Of New York
was voicing full-mouthed demagogy
against the big power trusts" in
agreement with Gov. Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania, the Public Service
Commission, dominated by Gov.
Roosevelt raised the electric light
rates for so per cent of the small
users of electricity,
At this time of wage cuts, unem-
ployment and starvation, raise in
the electric light rates in the work
ers' homes-rates already higher
than the workers can pay-means a
further reduction in the standard OF
living for the workers. For many
workers it will mean a reversion TO
primitive methods of lighting. For
the big power trusts, thanks to Roos-
evelt and the Tammany grafterS, it
means wiring more dollars out of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
N. Y. State Issues Medals
Not Food to JObleSS Vets

for tanning the flames of lingo pa
triotisnl. The Communist Party
calls upon all workers in shop and
factory and all workers organiza-
tons, unions and fraternal bodies to
heed the war signals and to imme-
diately organize to send delegates to
the June 25 Conference to he held
at Manhattan Lyceum, &c East 4th
Street to mobilize all forces of the
working class against imper' st
world war in a mighty demonstra-
ton on August First. There is not
time to lose. Appoint and elect dele
gates, pass word on all contacts in
the shops, organize preliminary local
conferences and make June 25 a
show of working class force that will
make this August First mighty
demonstration of working class pow
err, modified to stand by the Soviet
Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Trade Union Unity Council
For Firemen'S SIR. Day

letter to the Uniformed Fremen'S
Association and stated also:
while we give full support to the
struggle for the 8-hour day, for any
category of workers, we wish to point
out to the Uniformed Firemen's AS
ISOLATION that firemen were used
against workers demonstrating or
Union Square on March 6, 1880
against unemployment Amongst
these workers were members of our
organization. This was brought out
in the discussion at our last meet
ing, but, despite the fact that this
happened, the decision was unani-
nous to support the struggle for the
8-hour day. This is food for very
serious thought for the Uniformed
Firemen's Association. Fighting fires
should not be turned into fighting
workers who are hungry, who are
unemployed, who have been evicted
We propose to demonstrate and
fight against these conditions rather
than submit to them
The letter to the Board of Esti-
mates proposes that the latter hear
T. U. U. c. committee which is
prepared to defend the 8-hour day
before it. The letter to the firemer
proposes that they send a commit
tee to the T. U. U. C. Ito discuss
ways and means to help you in a
practical way"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
SEND CALL FOR A
FEDERATION OF
CULTURAL BODIES
John Reed Club Moves
To Call Conference
For June IA

NEW YORK.-Initiating a call for
the organization of a workers cul-
tural federation in New York the
John Reed Club has sent out let
ter to workers cultural groups and
sympathetic bodies. The letter
reads:
Dear Friends:
On June 14th at Irving Plaza,
Irving Place and 18th St, New
York, a conference will be called for
the purpose of forming a Federation
of workers cultural groups in the
New York area. We invite your or
ganization to be represented. At
your next meeting two delegates
should be elected to this conference;
or, if you have no regular meeting
before June 14th, appoint delegates
through your executive board.
The New York federation will be
the nucleus around which will even
tually be built an organization of
all workers cultural groups in this
country.
The question of such a federation
was raised at the World Conference
of Revolutionary Writers and Art
lists, held at Karkhov, USSR, last
November, and the American dele
gates, representing the John Reed
Club and New Masses, assigned the
task Of initiating it.
On the basis of the Karkhov
Conference, as well as of requests
from many of the nearly 1000 work
ing class cultural organizations in
this country, the John Reed Club
now sends this call.
The benefits of such a federation
are plain. 1t will act as a clearing
house for the dissemination of ideas
and experiences through the press
and the publication of bulletins.
Without in any way interfering with
existing organizations, it will broad
en- the cultural front of the masses
and make possible cooperation be-
tween various groups as such organ
izations already have in Germany
and the U. S. S. R,
The Conference will be called
promptly at 1890 a. ma Sunday,
June 14th, at Irving Plaza. The i'm
portance of your delegation to the
success Of the whole plan cannot be
too greatly stressed. Please inform
us Immediately of the names of your
delegates and the name and address
of your secretary.
Fraternally,
THE JOHN REED CLUB,
LOUIS LOZOWICK,
| Executive Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Five Year Plan" in the
Central Theahe-A Review

gasps If admiration. Aai the change
in the workers housing conditions
made possible by the Five Year Plan
is Strikingly shown by the picture
of workers family moving from an
old house to a new and wonderful
home.
The nurseries for babies, the OBJ
vious health of the workers, and the
inspiring sight of the athletic Soviet
boys and girls are sufficient answer
to the hes about starvation" lie
that seems as enduring as the Soviet
workers seem healthy and happy and
well fed. The whole picture makes
one want to cheer, and there were
plenty applauding throughout the
showing. The Five-Year Plan" is
objective and convincing of the real
ity of all that the Bolsheviks claim
for it, flat refutation of all the
claims Of their foes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

NEW YORK.-"The Trade Union
Unity Council Of Greater New York,
1t its last regular meeting, unani-
nously adopted the proposal of the
Uniformed Firemen's Association for
the 8-hour day for the firemen Of
this city, for which bill designated
as B. of A. No. 80 has been intro
duced to the Board of Estimates and
has been referred to the committee
on local laws for consideration, We
urge that the committee makes its
report and that the 8-hour day for
city firemen be put into effect as
quickly as possible" states a letter
signed by Jack tombstone, secretary
of the T. U. U. c, and addressed to
"the mayor and members of the
Board of Estimates of the City of
New York" The letter further
states;
84-Hour Week.
However We do wish to express
our surprise at the inpossibly long
hours (84 hours a week. that the
city firemen are compelled to work.
We know of no othe rcategory of
workers that work such long hours
or that would not have gone on
strike before now against such I'M
bearable conditions. There are thou
sands Of workers walking the streets
hungry because the city compels the
firemen to toll "a hours a week.
While we do not wish to create the
impression that reducing the hours
Of the firemen to 8 8houus without,
of course, reduction in pay) would
solve unemployment, the shorter
work day. together with government
unemployment insurance, is one way
Of meeting the present economic
crisis. This means the recognition
of the right of the worker to job
II industry or the government cannot
supply work, then they must provide
for unemployment insurance, to be
taken from the profits of industry,
from incomes over $4,000 per year"
The Uniformed F'iremen's Asso-
citation" is conducting a signature
collection campaign to back up the
8-hour day bill
The T. U. U. c. sent copy of it's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
FRAME "EMPROS'
EDITOR, MANAGER
Charged With Bank
RumOrs"

NEW YORK.-Char1es Scion, ed
itor of the Greek Communist weekly,
Empros, and Harry Phillips, manager
of the paper, were arrested Tuesday
on framed charges in connection
with run on the Bank of Athens
Trust Company, 2O5 West 33rd st.
The arrest was instigated by Greek
fascists and is an attempt to strike
crushing blow at EmproS, whose
influence among the Greek workers
has been increasing rapidly. The
two workers were arrested by men,
berS of the bomb squad, and for
many hours their whereabouts we're
clothed with the utmost secrecy.
Federal, state and city police author
tiles refused to give the New York
District of the International Labor
Defense any information. They were
discovered by accident. Allan Taub,
attorney for the New York LID,
was in night court, 314 West saith
Street, Tuesday night defending A
workers who were arrested in con-
nection with an eviction. While he
was there the case of the two Greek
workers was called, and Taub I'M
mediately presented himself as their
lawyer,
The arrest of Scion and Phillips
came as a result of an article that
appeared in the EmpIoss of May 20.
This article contained the informa-
ton that the officials of the ONO
noea branch of the Pancreta, a re-
dictionary Greek mutual aid society,
had withdrawn $4,000 from the
Bank of Athens Trust Company
without informing the members,
many of whom also were depositors
in the bank. AS a result Of this
information, many Greek workers
Withdrew their savings from the
bank. Scion and Phillips were then
arrested on the complaint of Pane
Dimon, assistant president OF
the bank and charged with violating
a state statute concerning the cir
culation of false information about
banks. The penalty for this Is one
year in Jail or $1,000 fine or both.
The two workers will receive a
hearing today (Thursday) in Jeffer-
son Market Court. The Greek fas-
cists at the head of the bank and
the mutual aid society are bending
all efforts to secure a conviction. The
New York District of the LID. calls
all workers to help defeat this at
tack on the Greek workers and their
militant organ, Empress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

If you want to see a vivid film
talde exhibition of what is going on
the Soviet Union, see the Five Year
Plan" now playing at the Central
Theatre, AZ and Broadway.
The talkie explanation accompan-
ying the film expedition into every
region and corner, adds wonderfully
to value. From the frozen Arctic
to sub-tropical Turkestan. the talkie
shows the meaning of socialist con-
struction. And this not only in terms
of tons of wheat and kilowatts of
power produced in the vast electric
projects, but more than all-in the
benefits the workers are deriving
from the Five Year Plan,
You see the marvellous scenic pic
lures of every region, the variety Of
races, all touched with the magic OF
socialist construction-~and at Boil
shevik tempo-and with workers and
peasants toiling and riaying SO en-
Enthusiastically and joyfully that the
lie about forced labor" is knocked
out without a word being said
about it.
The cultural side OF the Five Year
Plan receives adequate attention,
and the improvement in workers
living conditions is especially plain
and can be. though Of course the
picture does not, contrasted with The
conditions under capitalism.
The Workers Clubs are, as
shown, usually the mosc splendid
buildings. The Caucasian and Cri-
mean sanatoria for workers bring
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
WARNER BROSCUT
PAY OFFICE GIRLS

NEW YORK.-In leaflet issued
by the Office Workers Union, office
workers in the Warner Bros. Co.,
movie producers, 1926 w. 44th St., are
called upon to resist the per cent
wage cut recently instituted.
The wages of the Warner Bros.
office staff which comprises some
1900 office workers, ranges from S12
to $50 a week and the cut would be
serious reduction in the food and
rent budget of the workers.
The leaflets were well received by
the office girls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Roosevelt Helps Poaver Co.
Raise Electricity Rates

smaller electricity users, On the
other hand, the big corporations, the
big users of electricity have had
their rates cut. The difference Is to
be made up hy$mulcting the workers.
by squeezing more dollars from the
narrower pay envelope of the work
err, or out of the diminishing savings
of the unemployed lucky enough to
have any.
How the raise In rates for the
workers will increase the electric
light bill, to the profit of the big
power trust--that is TO Morgan and
Mellon-is shown by the following
table
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Use your Red Shock Troop List
every day ON Your job. The worker
next TO you will help save the Daily
Worker,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

the rank and file workers against
such autocratic handling, the Elec-
lions which were to have been held
on Thursday we're postponed. The
rank and file must take up fight
and insist on an election for, and by
the rank and file themselves.
A meeting of the Children Cloth
ing Trade Local No. 10 will meet on
Thursday night, June 4th, at Arion
Place in Brooklyn. This meeting is
called by the Amalgamated to dis
cuss the coming general strike" in
the Mems Clothing Industry. This
strike is now planned jointly by the
aillnan Machine and the bosses for
their own ends to stabilize the In
dustry"
The Children Clothing workers
must come to the meeting and insist
that the demands of the rank and
file for the 40 hour week work and
increase of Unemployment Insur-
ance are put forward.
They must also insist that broad
rank and file strike committee be
organized by the workers local
meetings and from each shop. Only
through rank and file struggle will
the clothing workers be in position
to improve their conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
THE WORKERS HEALTH TEACHER

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

NEW YORK-The State of New
York, which slugged and terrorized
the Hunger Marchers who demanded
Unemployment Insurance, relief for
the one million starving jobless Of
New York, is now issuing War
Medals to every World War Veteran
who was a resident of the State
when he entered service. For those
who enlisted with the New York Ma
tional Guard on the Mexican border
in 1916 there is another Service
medal. In addition there is still
another imperialist decoration issued
known as the Conspicuous Service
Cross, which is given only to World
War Veterans who lived in New York
State when they entered service and
received some kind of honorary
mention
This is the latest example of I'M
perialist preparations for war and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

SATURDAY
Bill Haywood Branch ]. L. d.
Of Brighton Beach and Coney
Island will give a concert and dance
AT S n m. at Ocean Side Hotel. 3035
W. 22nd st. Excellent program has
been prepared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Given by the Photographic Work
ers' Industrial League of the Trade
Union Unity League will be held at
Pythian Hall 1876 w. 10th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Given by the Bronx Hungarian
Workers Club and the Spartacus
Sport Club, for the benefit OF the
spartakiade, will take place at 7s5
Westminster Ave. Good music. Ad-
mission so cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Entertainment and Dance for tb,
Nails UnWlxar


VIII take place at Ukrainian Hall
Sc e. Fourth st. at s pm. Admission
% cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Important for Bensonhurst
A membership meeting of the
Workers Club will be held
at 1854 seth St, Brooklyn, at $3.50
p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Given by the Communist Party
Unit, Section ]. at the Downtown
Workers Club at II Clinton st will
be held at pm. Admission 20 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04

Given by the Communist Party,
Unit is, Section 6. at pm. at Laisve
Hall, 46 Ten Eycke St, Brooklyn, N.
y. All proceeds TO the Daily Worker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-13
BOrruat-WiIIiams Wedding
This Morning in Clarendon.

This Morning in Clarendon.
st. Charles Church in Clarendon,
. Va, was the scene of a pretty wedding
this morning at 8 o'clock, when Miss
Ella Virginia williams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Edgar Williams of Lyon
Park Va, became the bride of Mr..
Henri Pierre Borruat, son of Mr.. Xavier
Borruat. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Father Healy and was fol-
lowed by breakfast at 10 o'clock in
the home of the brides parents. The
church had a pretty arrangement of
jonquils and white stock mingled with
ferns, and preceding the ceremony Mr..
Granville Leef sang Beloved, It Is
Morn" and For You Alone"
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore gown of yell
low chiffon with narrow blue velvet
girdle. She had a yellow straw hat
slippers and blue suede gloves, and she
carried bouquet of yellow roses and
delphinium tied with blue velvet.
Miss Germaine Borruat was the maid
of honor, in powder blue chiffon gown
with a lace yoke. Her blue horsehair
braid hat correspondent in color with
her linen slippers, lace gloves, and she
carried bouquet of tea roses tied with
yellow velvet Mr.. George Huber was
the best man.
Mrs. williams, mother of the bride,
assisted at the breakfast, wearing gown
of rose fiat crepe with accessories of
tan and shoulder bouquet of pink
sweet peas.
After wedding trip to Atlantic City,
Mr.. Borruat and his bride will be at
home in Washington. Mrs Borruat's
going-aWay costume was a green fiat
crepe gown and a green tweed coat with
accessories of gray watersnake skin.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Miss Deena Frazier and Mr.. James p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-13

Dougherty, Mrs. r. w. Howell, Mrs. F.
M. Shortall, Mrs. william r. Hoefer,
Mrs. Nelson p. Webster, Mrs. Frederick
T. r. johnson, Mrs. Robert J.. Bates,
Miss Martha Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Peter
John McGovern, Mrs. Virgil G. Miller,
Mrs. Rosa Mulcare, Mrs. Henry Albers,
Mrs. william Laird Dunlop, jr.: Mrs.
George Oliver Gillingham, Mrs. Richard
Whiting, Mrs. John M. Beavers, Mrs.
William j. MCGEE, Mrs. Harry M. Pack
ard, Miss Roberta F. Tull, Mrs. Claude
Des Thomas. Mrs. Eugene r. Woodson,
Mrs. Cabot Stevens, Mrs Edward Dixon
Hays, Mrs. H. w. Witcover, Mrs. Geor-
gia Knox Berry and Mrs. George E.
Stringfellow of East Orange, N. j., a
house guest of the hostess.
Mrs. Charles M. Lea of Devon, Pa,
Who is spending part of the Spring sea-
son in Washington at the Mayflower,
entertained at luncheon today in the
laid for 80.
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown Scott
have left Washington for visits to Chi
cago and Minneapolis.
Mrs. Charles Hamilton will arrive to-
morrow from her home, in Omaha, Nebr.
accompanied by her small daughter, and
will be the guest of Mrs. Hamilton's
aunt, Mrs. Daniel G. Stapleton, in her
home on Massachusetts, avenue Mrs
Hamilton's mother-in-law, Mrs. M. L.
Hamilton, arrived yesterday from her
home in Santa Barbara to spend the
week with Mrs. Stapleton.
Mrs. Charles T. Claggett was hostess
at luncheon today. entertaining at the
Chevy Chase Club In compliment to
Mrs. William Leslie Adamson of Will
mington, Del.
Mrs. Adamson and her sisters, Mrs.
Gregg Dandy and Miss Frances Krabers,
also of Wilmington, are visiting Mr..
Ernest L. May in his home, at 1927
Nineteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-13

Miss Ethel Butler. daughter of Mai.
Gen. and Mrs. Smedley D. Butler, spent
the week end as the guest of Col. and
Mrs. Thomas F. Dwyer at Newport.