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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
ARGENTINE TRADE
DRIVE Is SPUR TO
ANGLO-U. S. WAR
British Prepare for the
Major Push

A sharper drive for Argentine trade
is brewing between Britain and the
United States. In London widespread
preparations are being made for the
British Trade Exhibition in Buenos
Aires which takes place in Spring.
When this Exhibition was first an
nounced Irigoyen, a close ally of Brit
ish imperialism, was in power. Ameri-
can capitalists. who were increasing
their trade, had hard shedding because
of Irtgoyen, The British were max
ing special efforts to root out their
chief competitor. DR.. Max Winkler,
when the Exhibition was first an
nounced, and it was stated that the
Prince of Wales would make special
visit to Buenos Aires TO open the Ex
hibition, declared that this would not
go unanswered. Very soon thereafter
the crisis shook the Irigoyen regime
and wrecked it, President Urihuru,
who took Irigoyen's place made over
lures to Wall Street. He promised
close cooperation with Hoover He
joined the Pan-American Union, q
tool of Wall Street. He appointed an
ambassador to Washington, little
thing Irigoyen had overlooked. Since
then the antagonism between Eng
land and the United States has In
tensifed thousand fold.
A cable dispatch to the New Work
Times Jan. 12l says; The British
Trade Exhibition in Buenes Aires in
the Spring is showing signs Of deYel-
oping into the greatest trade push In
which England's business men have
engaged since the war"
This portends a sharpening Of the
impefialiSt rivalries in Latin Ainerics
with an increase of the war danger,
The American bosses will reply by 8
further push for trade. Along with
this goes increased ornaments and
the stage of open armed conflict for
Latin American trade is rapidly be-
ing reached.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
M'DOnald Aids
Wage Cutting
Drive OF Bosses

While Macdonald steers the ALL
India Round Table Conference for a
bloody suppression of the Indian
workers and peasants, he takes time
off to consult with the textile and
coal bosses to put over a wage cut
for over $4,000 workers, More than
10000 Welsh miners are already on
strike. Other mine workers are CALL
ing for a General Strike, The tex
tile bosses of Lancashire, to put over
the eight-loom speed up system and
a wage cut are threatening to throw
out 100000 workers,
Unemployment is rapidly increas-
ing. The total registered unemployed
at the end Of December was 2,643, 1877,
which was 234,756 more than in the
preceding week, and l,l32,896 more
than the year before. This is Mac
Donald's present to the British work.
ers, besides the wholesale wage cuts
he has helped TO hand out for those
still employed.
A financial crisis is brewing in
England. The Lloyd's Bank has cut
its dividends and the leading five big
banks announce decreases in earn
ings from l6 to % per cent. Sterling
exchange is dropping. The basic in
dustrieS are going into deeper crisis
In this situation the Labor Govern
ment is girding its forces for a smash
ing attack against the British work
erS at home at the same time that
it increases its murderous onslaught
against the Indian and Chinese
masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
Acknowledgements insurance the Of Cor
unemployed worker and SIS additional Tor each dependant
2-The creation National
raised
N levy all capital and property in of $4,000; c tax
o all incomes of $1,000 a year.
That thu Unemployment Fund thus created shall
be administered by Workers Commission elected solely by employed
and unemployed workers.
All the lists being circulated the Workers
HonA Campaign Committee for
sdiary organizations that the BILL
possibly meetings raify
1t and elect the delegation
bly) the
printed
All workers
bill Get the cooperation of all workers the
nature drive. All organizations should acz their
the collection signatures. Write Campaign
Committee for Unemployment
York City, for signature blanks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
GERMAN CRISIS
Is LEADING TO
BIG STRUGGLES
Bruenin G Threatens
More Blood and Iron

A revolutionary crisis is rapidly
maturing in Germany, is the admis-
sion made in cable from Berlin tc
the New York World on Monday.
"That Germany is heading into the
most dangerous domestic crisis since
the revolution that eliminated in the
establishment Of a republic is believed
to be the substance of the impression
gained by Chancellor Heinrich Bruen.
ing during a visit to Upper Silesia
from which he has just returned"
says this dispatch.
They refer to the angry demands
Of the hungry unemployed which
greeted Bruening when he came to
Upper Silesia. Stones we're thrown
at the Chancellor and it was by in
creasing the armed force protecting
his train that actual physical violence
was prevented. The windows of one
Of the autos in his group was smash
Ed. The workers cried: Down with
the Hunger minister
The World cable states that the
entire police force at Breslau was un-
able to keep order when Bruening
arrived. There was a crowd of 10
thousand mainly composed of Com
mullists, who cried: Down with the
,unger dictator!"
AS part of the maturing reyolutio-
nary crisis the World mentions the
growing strike struggle in the Ruin
coal fields; the increasing number OF
unemployed, who number more than
100000, according TO official figures.
Tn his speech at Ratibor, after the
unsavory greeting given to him.
Bruening threatened a severer die
tatorShip. THE country cannot sand
his kind of agitation" he shouted.
so far the government has kept
still (he means it has killed only
hundreds of workers. but, if this
goes on, I shall open the eyes of
Germany by telling where the res
possibility lies. cannot continue to
govern Germany if it is not possible
} give back to the people their sense
OF truth and unity" BY truth and
unity" he means Weakness in accept
ing wage cuts and unity in starva-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
TODAY LAST DAY FOR
LENIN MEMORIAL ORDERS

The Lenin Memorial Edition of the
Daily Worker, Saturday. Jan. II, will
be eagerly read by every class-eon-
scious worker, and will awaken the
interest of those not yet familiar
with the teachings of the leader of
the Bolshevik Revolution. Articles
will include Lenin's activities prior
to and following the Revolution, a
letter from Lenin to the U. S. workers,
Education in the US.S.R., Lenin and
the Masses, "reminiscences, and Lenin
and Workers Art and Literature.
Orders at 1c for five or more, re-
ceived today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Iowa Miners Feel
Pinch of Few Days
Work, Bills Pile Up

SLATER, Iowa,
Daily Worker
Comrades you remember the N. M.
Union strike of December 8, 1890
since that time I was out of work,
blacklisted by Fishwick and his boss
friends throughout the state of Illi-
nois. So I came to Iowa, got me a
job here but I expect it is going to be
closed at anytime-then I will go
back home to Springfield, Ill.
This mine has been working just
for the winter-before closed down
for the summer--then you know the
poverty of the miners-they are dis
satisfied with every thing but they
don't know the way out. Am trying
to organize branch of the LID. 1
don't know just now if l will be able
to do since they have no money and
big store bills to pay and work is very
poor-they are working and days
Week--so you see what condition
they are in. IT. NJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
81 German Textile
Factories on Strike
Against Wage Cuts

BERLIN Thirty-two textile fac
tories in Wupperthal are stricking
today against wage cuts.
Railways have given notice to ten
thousand workers in Saxony.
Last evening seven hundred dele
gates of the all revolutionary sport
associations decided to amalgamate
all organizations under the name of
the Arbeitersportverein Fighte. All
the organizations were expelled from
the reformist Sport Cartel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
JIM-CROWISM AT
GARY FLOP HOUSE
City Charity Fosters
Race Hatred
(sy = Worker correspendent.l

GARY, Ind, Jan 8.-Carrying out
the bosses policy Of isoiating the Ne
gro masses, the city soup kitchen and
flop house at 1882 Broadway is seq
regating jobless Negro workers who
are forced to apply for a measly meal
and place to sleep,
Negro and white workers are forced
TO sit at separate tables and to sleep
In different parts of the old store
which has been turned into q flop
house.
In addition, unemployed workers
who apply, must pay graft or carry
favor in order to enjoy the city's
charity.
Just last night, I stood with many
other workers before the doors of the
place waiting for a meal. The door
opened slightly and the supervisor
looked out, seeking favorite. Altho
there was quite bunch, he picked
ore white fellow, only after that fell
low told him that he had quarter.
And this is unemployed relief! All
the rest were left out, and stood there
nluttering and cursing.
The Salvation (Robbers0 Army also
runs soup kitchen and flop house in
Gary. And at this place, unemployed
workers are literally treated as slaves.
One is forced to slave about four
hours for a skinny meal and bed.
Here the bosses forget about the free
laborer and his wages. What have
the robbers of this damn outfit done
with the millions they have faxed
out of the workers pockets, that a
man is forced to slave for a meal?
The Salvation Army in this town GER
tainly isn't advertising its good deeds.
II hasn't any to report. But it could
dig up lots OF takers, with a bell and
pan to collect the dough. j. b.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
MORE JOBLESS'
U. S. LABOR DEPT.
Start Phoney Census to
Hide Unemployment

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-Not much
space is given in the boss press to
the latest report of the Department
of Labor on unemployment increase
in December. The December figures
show an increase Of l per cent in
those thrown out of work and an in
crease in wage-cuts amounting to 4
per cent. The figures Of the Depart
ment Of Labor, however, are plainly
faxed. They do not show the real
conditions. AS an example, the fig
res issued by the state department
of labor in New York shows a de-
crease of over 4 per cent In employ
ment. The figures issued by the U, S.
Department of Labor, under instruc-
tons of Hoover and poske, the sec
rotary of labor, are trimmed to suit
the optimistic propaganda Of the
bosses and to fool the workers.
At the same time the federal gec-
eminent is starting another "csnsus"
of the unemployed in a few cities.
IN the last census those who had
charge Of it admitted it was faxed.
The report made indicated 100000
out of work, when the head OF the
census bureau said there we're at least
100000 to 100000 unemployed.
In the new census" unemployed
workers selling apples are TO be
counted as employed" Undoubtedly
all workers in the breadlines or In
unemployment agencies will be
counted as employed"
looking for jobs or spending hours
day waiting for slop on the bread
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Another Penn. Bank
Is Closed: Workers
Savings Are Robbed

DARBY, Pa, Jan. 13.-The Darby
Bank and Trust Company here, with
$i,261 900 in deposits closed its doors
recently under the excuse that there
was unusually heavy Withdrawals. :"
The closing of the bank, located at
9Th and Main Streets, Darby, Pa, a
few minutes walk from the city line
of Philadelphia, deprives hundreds of
unemployed workers from getting
their few dollars. The State Secre-
tary Of Banking insists that this
bank is solvent" but the workers
can't get their money out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
This is the 18th of series OF articles
On A. +. of L. and political corruption
in New Jersey.)
BY ALLEN JOHNSON

By ALLEN JOHNSON
The percentage of illiteracy in the
thickly populated sections of New
Jersey is 1900 times greater among
the foreign born than it is among
those born in the United States, and
the Catholic church is doing its level
best to make that percentage still
greater.
The church has relentless policy
of opposing the establishment of new
public schools. 1t ruined the political
career of Mayor Mark Pagan, a thor
oughly regular" democrat. because
he insisted on building new schools as
they were. needed, and 1t has helped
to keep Hague in power for almost
20 years because he has carried out
the church's school policy. In accor-
dance witt, the church's program,
Hague has built only three addition
al schools in the last 10 years despite
a tremendous growth in the city's
population. Moreover, the most i'm
portant reason for the erection OF
even these three schools Is that Hague
was able to pocket several hundred
thousand dollars in Doodle on each of
them.
Although the Catholic Church OPP
poses the establishment of secular
schools with all its strength, it is al
ways begging for funds to erect par
ochial schools. And where begging
isn't effective, browbeating and
threats often are. The children who
enter these parochial schools are SUBJ
jected to a stream Of persistent,
thorough going, persuasive, anti
workingclass propaganda, all Of it
nicely sugar coated with orthodox
christian phrases.
Seeks to Win Negroes
For almost 1000 years the Catholic
church has been the ally Of every
governing clique that has waxed rich
and fat ON the toll of enslavcd mass
es, and by its actions today all over
the world it shows that 1t has not
lost Its cunning. The Negroes Of
America are a super-exploited race,
jim-crowed. lynched, held in semi
slavery In the south and persecuted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Boss Orders Cop to
Chase B3vs Who Came
to Apply for w Ork
New York.

new 4OrK.
Daily Worker:
Over 100 boys applied for the JOB
advertised in THE World" Tuesday,
Jan. 6, as boy wanted for errand5
and to learn the trade of a dental
mechanic" At $3.50 a, m. they let
the crowd go up. They rushed to the
seventh floor where the laboratory
was located. The boss got scared ard
instead of hiring the boy he adver-
tised for, he sent over the starter
to tell the boys that boy was hired
the night previous and that no help
was wanted.
Chased BY Cops.
The boys refused to leave. Some
one called out: eff a boy was hired
show him to us. We want to ST.
him." and the entire crowd caught
and re-echoed: 1--WE have got to SEE
him" The boss must have gotten
cold feet, because five minutes later
a cop arrived and started chasing us
down. The crowd lost nerve and in
spite Of the two or three fellows who
insisted that they would not leave
until they see the boss, they were
persuaded by a bunch of fellows to
leave.
Then the fun started. The fellows
were sent downstairs by the elevator,
then they would run up the stairs to
be sent down again by the elevator.
Finally they were all chased out of
the building. They were hanging
around in groups, discussing the job,
which at the most would pay $12 a
week, in fact seeing such an influx
Of helm the boss would surely try to
offer So and perhaps Sc for this job
to learn trade.
One group developed fight. One
1Dllow blamed the other for leaving
the place first. They realized now
that they should have remained up
stairs. Now the only thing that re-
manned was to shift the blanik on
someone else-so much like thAsA. F.
OF l.. leaders do. AS long as you are
not the one to be blamed, the be-
trayal does not count, --Worcorr.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
Priest and Hague Divide $185,OOO Steal
Church Orders Children to Pray for Hague

in the north. More and more Ne
groes are turning to the Communist
Party for leadership out of their
capitalist hell.
The Catholic church has noticed
this trend. Does it attack the Ne
gro for listening to the "horrid prop
uganda" of those Communists who
point a way to freedom? Not a bit
of it. The church lea es such clun-
sy methods to Ham Fish, Park AYES
favorite Red batter. The church uses
far subtler methods: it builds
churches for Negroes, such as the
Christ the King Church in Jersey
City, and it permits Negroes to march
in Holy Name parades. 1t is true
that the churches are Jim crow
churches and that Negroes march to-
gether In the parades between
groups of whites. And it is while
Negroes are under the influence of
incense in the churches that they are
told Of their "prope, place" in the
world; and 1t is while Negroes march
to the tunes Of martial music that
they are convinced that they are an
inferior race which must hearken to
the fatherly advice Of its white
masters.
Tries TO Scgregate Foreign Born
Next to the Negroes. the foreign
born workers in the United States are
the most exploited OF all groups. 1t
is to be expected. then, that the
church will attempt to divide them
from the native-born workers and
drain of their hatred for their ex-
ploiters into safe channels--that is,
safe for their bosses. This is pre-
cisely what the church does. There
is a separate parochial school for
every nationality, and In every one
the same respect for everything that
is capitalist is insidiously pumped in
to the minds Of these workers chill
dren,
A majority Of the population OF
Jersey City is Catholic, and conse-
quently the city is governed very
much like church, town In the mid
die ages. Whereas the political dis
trict leaders in city like New York
arc generally gunner or thieves, in
Jersey City they are priests, SO it
will be seen that workers in Jersey
are worse of, II that Is possible, than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16


and militant employed workers here,
even as the local press admits.
Take From Workers.
Although hundreds of thousands OF
dollars have been collected by the
welfare funds, mainly through for
chilly taxing the miserably low wages
of those who are still employed, only
a small part of this money has been
given to the unemployed, More than
80 per cent of what has been collected
has been used for red tape admins
trative purposes. The city of Pitts
burgh made a gesture of giving re-
lief by giving an average of 81 a
month per family for months to
about 5000 families, In outlying
towns conditions are even worse. In
most of these places not even pre-
tense OF giving relief is being made.
Spend On Police.
The Pittsburg city officials are the
most brazen in their contempt for
the starving unemployed, while re-
fpsirg to give adequate relief to the
10000 unemployed, an additional
$1,20o,0oo is being proposed to in
crease the police force!
The workers that are still on the
lob are not much better off. Their
wares have been slashed to a starva-
ton level. The speed-up is becom-
ing murderous. In the wildwood
mine, new machines are speeding the
men to such an extent that 300 pro-
duce as much coal as 1000 men did
before. Thousands more are losing
their Jobs through this vicious speed
up every day. In the mining towns
almost every employed miner works
only one or two days q week. The
steel towns are very little letter.
Workers and their families arc ac-
tre'ly starving while still having a
Job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
CHINA RED ARMY
KEEPS ADVANCING
Capture Marking Gov.
~g% General

Gable reports from Shanghai tell
Of further successes Of the Red Ar
mics in the Kiangsi province Against
the Chang Kai Shek expeditionary
forces against the Red Army. Chang
Hiu-Chan, nationalist governor gen
eral. was captured in battle by the
Red Army. More than three divisions
have been surrounded and either cap
tured or have deserted to the ranks
of the Red Army.
The nationalist are sending all
their army bombing planes in an ef-
fort to keep back complete route Of
their forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
WANTS DAILY IN HOME
OF EVERY WORKER

II have been getting the Daily
Worker for several months and con-
slider it just the paper that should be
in the home of every worker that
wants to better his conditions social
ly, economically and otherwise"
writes w. J. H. of Chisholm, Mimi
Please keep on sending it to me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
BROOKLYN MARINE UNION
STARTS BUNDLE ORDER

The Red Hook district in Brooklyn,
N. Y, will become acquainted with
the Daily Worker shortly. Here's a
note from M. S. of the Marine Work
ers Industrial Union:
'The M.W.I.U. has opened new
hall at 312 Columbia st. and we
would like TO have some Dailies sent
here every day. About Is copies
would be enough for start. have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
WANTS TO USE STORE FOR
NEW DAILY HEADQUARTERS

Il am mailing you money order
for 81 writes Max Simmons OF Chi
cago. Send me ten papers each day.
I will try and see if can't start
to build new South Side head
quarters for the Daily in my store"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
FOLLOW UP
EXPTRATTONS

January is the month for unusu-
ally large numbers of subscription ex-
pirations. The lists showing expira-
ton of all subscribers have been sent
to all district Daily Worker repre-
sentatives. Party members as we'll as
D w. representatives should lose no
time in visiting readers whose subs
have expired SO that these may be re-
tanned as Daily Worker readers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
? PACIFIC COAST
JOBLESS MEETS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

FtUNTINUEU FHUM 1--WE. UNbI
interest; 100000 that is set aside
for miscellaneous" whatever that
may be-; 100000 of the present po-
lice budget of more than $6,700000;
$3,Oo0,o0o that is proposed for 1000
additional policemen who are used
mainly for clubbing workers into sub
mission; limiting salaries of city Of
ficials to $4,000 per year.
10. The above mentioned money to
be administered and distributed by a
committee of employed and unem-
ployed workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
could NOT DO
WITHOUT PAPER"

L. c. True Of San Francisco renews
his subscription, writing:
please find enclosed $1.50 with
which renew my subscription for
three months. l am barely making
living but we could not do with
out our paper"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
no money so if you would send the
papers on credit, will pay the bill
at the end of the week."

The Lenin Memorial Edition, Sat
urday January II, will contain ar
ticles on Workers in the U. S. and
the Soviet Union, with a few COM
parsons on how they live. Lenin
"reminiscences, Quotations, and Let
tiers to U. S. Workers are among the
articles. Orders taken up until Janu-
airy Is, lc each for five or more
copies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
CLEVELAND UNITS
GETTING ON THE JOB

please take care of the follow
ing unit bundles: E. NJ, 5 daily,
NJ. o., 10 daily" writes J. From
holz, Daily Worker representative.
Send so more collection lists"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-16
TOLEDO ON THE JOB,
INCREASES BUNDLES

From A. BURY we hear:
please raise the Daily Worker
bundle to 100 daily"