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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
eatre Guild Presents
Miracle at Verdun"
Tonight

Miracle at Verdun" by Hans
Chlumberg. will be presented at the
Martin Beck Theatre this evening.
Talking picture sequences will be in
Guided in the presentation Of the
play, enacted by the same players in
the cast. The cast of seventy is head
ed by Claude Rains, Edward Arnold,
Germaine Giroux, Jules Epailly, Sid
ney Starvo and j. W. Austin Herbert
j. Biberman directed the production
and the settings are by Lee Simonson.
AL Jolson will return to Broadway,
1.-THE Wonder Bar" at the Bayes Thea
tire on Tuesday evening. The Bayes
has been entirely rebuilt for the en-
gagement of THE Wonder Bar"
which is combination of musical
comedy, drama, devue, cabaret. The
play was adapted from the German of
Geza Herczeg and Karl Farkas by
Irving Caesar and Aben Handel and
the music is by Robert Katscher. The
company also includes Trim, Rex
O'Malley, Wanda Lyon, Patsy Kelly
and Vernon Steele.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
J7)l,Crtunities for
Engineers In USS
Program Staggers the
ma gination Says One

NEW YORK.-The Soviet Union
offers the engineer greater oppor-
tunity for constructive work than any
country in the world. according to
an article by James H. Pierce. Vive
President of the engineering firm of
Stuart, James and Cooke, Inc, of
New York City, in the March Is
issue of the Economic Reliew of the
Soviet Union. This firm. during the
past four years has concluded eleven
contracts with various Soviet organ
izations for technical assistance to
the Soviet coal industry. Since 1927
the company has had engineers work
ing on projects for the coal mines in
the Donetz Basin and the Moscow
and Ural coal regions According to
Mr.. Pierce. the working and living
conditions, which were unsatisfactory
when the American engineers first
went to the U.S.S.R., have steadily
improved and are now considered
fairly satisfactory. The article goes
in part as follows:
Our observation has been from all
our contacts with various Russian
Trusts. that American engineers are
accorded the highest courtesy and
are greeted with kindness and con-
sideration by both the technical per-
sonnet and the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
HOSPITAL KICKS
OUT SICK WORKER
Would Not Listen To
Dope Peddlar

NEW YORK.-John Ryan, aged %,
member Of the Red Builders Club,
and out of work for the last six
months, arm broken twice by subway
detectives, while selling the Daily
Worker. and one of the Hunger
Marchers to Albany, went into the
Bellevue Hospital, on Saturday week
ago because he was very sick. So
sick in fact that he was splitting
blood. His story as told to Anne
North, and Lester Baloy of thc
Workers International Relief is as
follows:
They said I had influenza. Thurs
day, while I was lying there, SO sick,
couldn't see straight, a Salvation
Army captain walks over to ME and
begins talking.
''ae begins talking about god and
about praying, and asking me why 1
don't come over to their side. He saw
a Vote Communist button Oh NY
sand beside me He kept on TALKING
and I asked him TO go away
How .ong have you been out OF
works he SAID
SIX months
If you prayed to god,' he said
you'd find work and you'd get food
and you wouldn't be sick like jhls.
Il tried to chase him away. because
didn't want to hear him talk, and
tro other patients in the ward pulled
him away fr1m my bed.
"a few minutes later, he came back
again and started preaching. I sat
up and hit him and pushed him
away. He gave me a New Testament,
and threw it across the room. Then
he went out and told the nurse.
Then the nurse came down and
started bawling me out. Then she
called the doctos and told tnem was
fighting with her. The doctors then
discharged me from the hospital
threw me out, although 1 had high
fever and was SO sick could hardly
stand
IF had not colhe to the " orkars
International Relief, I would havs
had to walk the streets al night. !
am still sick, and splitting blood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
ARTICLES ON
FORCED LABOR
IF. Communist Deals
With Capitalist Lie

With the hue and cry in the 7api-
7list press about forced labor in
le Soviet Union, we may well con-
= st the freedom" of labor in CAPT
. list countries. -Four articles in the
E@Grch Communist are very timely in
this connection. "a Charter of Sla-
very for the Indian People" reveals
with hard facts the way in which the
imperialst Labor Government and its
Iackeys in the Indian bourgeoisie are
srying to saddle themselves on the
Indian toilers. why the Peasant
Revolts in the Philippines" by Harry
Cannes, discusses the freedom" of
imperialist robbery and feudalistic OPP
preston inflicted by American inter-
ests upon these natives. The condi-
lions under which the Negroes suffer
in the South and the methods where
by the ruling whites work, to provide
free" and lawful" oppression, pow
erty, and degradation for the Negro
masses through the systems of ten
ancy, peonaee, convict labor, race hat
red, and Jim-C rowism is vivid,
analysed by two articles: "Some
rural Aspects of the Struggle
for Self-Determination," by Jim Allen
and The Negro National Oppression
md Social Antagonists" by B. D.
kll1is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
Festivals of Working
Class Culture to Be
Held by Init Relief

An enthusiastic audience greeted
the First Festival OF Proletarian Cul-
trre last Friday evening, when the
cultural groups of the Workers In
ternational Relief gave their first
combined exhibition of a movement
which marks the first steps in the
organization Ct proleta1iaE culture
in this country.
The Junior Dancers, children from
6 to 10, danced Hunger" and other
symbolic dances with true revolution
airy feeling. The Symphony Orches-
ira of 40 pieces played Bach, Grieg,
and working class songs. The Eng
fish Chorus composed of Is, sang old
and new songs with working class
themes. The Red Dancers, who have
appeared on the program of many
working class affairs, danced Bari
cades," "Red Flag; the Workers
Laboratory Theatre presented buy
Now" travesty on modern capt.
talist advice to starving workers.
This Festival will be followed by
other performances of the cultural
groups, which have been growing in
popularity with the workers since
their start.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
TEXTILE UNION PUSHES ORGANIZA-
TON AMONG WORKERS OF LAWRENCE
Those Still Left in Mills Forced to Work On IL
Hour Shifts Instead of Hours
UT.W Says That They Will Cooperate With
Bosses to Introduce Staggerism

A. fairfield. organizer for the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union in
Lawrence. arrested and railroaded
through on a vagrancy charge in a
vain attempt to close the union Of
flee in Lawrence, March 2, stated
yesterday that the office was re-
opened Immediately, and is being
maintained at 234 Essex ST., Law
renee. The police had nailed the
door shut when fairfield and others
we're arrested there, but the workers
tore the door open.
The union is growing, and the sit
uation is good. Departmental meet
ings are being held nightly, and de-
partment committees formed.
The workers in, many departments
are sticking together solidly and re-
fusing to work overtime except for
time and a half Only in depart
nents where arnumber of suckers
have been imported has the manage
ment been able to enforce overtime
at straight time pay. on the workers.
The American Wooden Co. has be-
gun to break its solemn promise not
to discriminate against the strikers.
The workers are organizing to fight
this discrimination.
The sentence against fairfield was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
7'MAND AMNESTY
! 0 R PRISONERS

AKRON, Ohio, March 15.--Af1 AM
nesty conference in preparation for
the signature drive to demand the
amnesty Of all political prisoners now
confined in the prisons of the United
States was held at Akron Workers
Center at 9 w. Bartges st. on Tues
cay evening, March 10.
Many working class organizations
were represented by delegates and a
resolution adopted demanding the
immediate release of all working class
political prisoners as well as the re-
peal of the Ohio Criminal Syndicalist
law The conference was addressed
by Jennie Cooper, district organizer
OF the international Labor Defense,
who explained to delegates the neces-
sity of mass pressure in the campaign
for amnesty of political prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
HEAR REPORT OF
aIJNGERMARCHERS
Council Will Build
Naborhood Units

The Trade Union Unity Council at
an open meeting tonight will hear the
report of the Hunger March to AL
bany and will discuss the proposals
of the Unemployed Council Executive
for the intensification and concretiza-
ton of the struggle against unem-
ployment.
At the Unemployed Council Exec
utive meeting last night it was de-
cided to give special attention to the
building of Neighborhood Unemploy-
ed Councils, to concentrate in the
most congested workers sections. to
raise demands based upon the actual
starvation conditions existing in tens
of thousands workers homes.
The lack of concreteness in our
struggle against unemployment is
shown in the death of seven Seamen
in the Seamen's Institute, from star
walton and lack of medical attention.
The death of these seamen, disclosed
the fact that numbers of similar
deaths occurred in this institute alone,
but this brutal treatment is covered
up by the authorities. systematic
check-up must be made and concrete
special demands made upon the bor-
ough and city for immediate relief
for those families that are in starv-
ing, destitute conditions. This, of
course, is not charity demand, but
a very definite part of the struggle
for Unemployment Insurance.
The whole plan of work will be
outlined and discussed at the council
meeting tonight at 7.45 at the Man
haitian Lyceum, So E. Fourth st. Ali
workers are invited to this open meet
ing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
COUNCIL MEETS
AT BREADIIlNIE'
Hold the Meeting in
Spite Of Police

The Downtown Unemployed Coun-
Gil held meeting in front of the
city free fake employment agency, at
SO Leonard Street, and another meet
ing was held on Houston Street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh Avenue, at
which point breadlne is located.
The police tried to break up the
meeting but the workers militantly
continued. At the end Of the Inc Ct
ing many workers walked up to q
East 4th Street where several Negro
and white workers joined the council.
Another meeting will be held today
at II noon, on Houston Street be-
tween Sixth and Seventh AYES, near
the breadline. At 1890 a. m. meet
ing will be held in front of the fake
employment agency, at SO Leonard st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
COMMUNISTS in
BULGARIA GAIN
Despite Terror Make
Gains in Voting

VIENNA.-The municipal elections
which took place in Russo, LON and
Nova Zagorra showed the steady
progress made by the revolutionary
movement in Bulgaria of late. In all
three towns the Workers Party won
great increases in its poll In Russo
it. doubled its vote and is now the
strongest party in the town. In
Nova Zagorra the percentage gain
of the Workers Party was even
greater. The Social-democrats lost
heavily in all three districts. In
Lem they lost 80 per cent of their
votes and in Nova Zagorra they lost
a seat.
The official results were:
Workers Party, 2,099 as
compared with 1.102 at the last cleo
ton; government party. 1,945; demo-
Gratis, 744; liberals, 1,415; peasants.
1893, and social democrats, 628, as
compared with 652.
Lom-Workers Party, 372 (this
was the first time the Workers
Party put forward a candidate list
i'll Lom); government party, 1887
radicals, 894; peasants, 316; social
democrats, 327.
Nova ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Party.
33e Tin 1929 124 only; government
party, 1855; democrats, 1873; peasants,
1903; social democrats, 141.
In the municipal elections, which
took place on Feb. % in the town
of Ichtiman, the Workers Block won
great success and became the
strongest party in the town. The
workers block received 1863 votes and
5 seats; peasants, 267; democrats,
222, government party. 222, etc.
Prior to the reactionary Zankov
coup detat Ichtiman had a Commu-
mist majority and a Communist
mayor. The Communists in the
town were practically exterminated,
Their leaders were bounded down
and slaughtered by the Zankov ban
dts or driven abroad This was the
first time since the Zankov coup
that the workers block put forward
candidates here. In 1925 100 Com
munists from Ichtiman were placed
on trial and 20 were sentenced to
death.
"Rabotnichesko Delo' points out
that these elections were conducted
during reign of terror against the
revolutionary working class move
nlent. The Party was numerically
weak, having only so members in
Russo. The Party must strengthen
itG organization and become a mass
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
DON'T FORGET
NTWIU BAZAAR!
Tcedle Workers to
Have 40 Booths

The rank and file Dress Strike
Committee issued an appeal to work
ers to aid in its struggle against the
dress bosses, for better conditions III
the shops Many shops were settled,
and the workers returned to work
under better conditions. But many
bosses are still stubborn, and refuse
to settle. The union needs financial
assistance to continue its work.
The Needle Trades Bazaar, to be
held March 10, 20, 81 and % a Star
Casino, 1O7th ST. and Park Ave, will
help the union raise finances for its
work. The bazaar will be the biggest
this winter. Workers will be able to
buy their every need, at the lowest
prices. Mems clothing, dresses, chill
dren's clothing, cloaks, raincoatj, UNI
brellas, knitgoods, books, jewelry,
slippers, white goods, underwear,
shoes, jackets, groceries, fruits, lamps,
pictures, leather jackets, blankets, art
goods, candy, etc, will be solI at
prices lower than any previous ba-
zaar. At this bazaar, there will be
big selection of articles. There
will be about 40 booths. No retail
storekeeper could compete, and sell as
cheaply as at the Needle Trades Ba-
zaar, because large amounts of do
mated articles that will be sold at
the bazaar at any price.
Every worker in New York will be
at this bazaar You can come to the
bazaar right after work, and eat a
real good home cooked supper in the
bazaar restaurant. After. supper, there
will be a concert and entertainment.
The Freiheit Gesangs Verein, will sing
excerpts of the oratorium, October"
The Artef Studio will appear in Ma
dir's Give Us the World, Bourgeois"
There will be many other features.
Tickets are only 35c. for Thursday,
Friday and Sunday, SOC. for Saturday
and the combination ticket, good for
all foT days, costing 81. Buy your
tickets now, at the office of the union,
131 w. 28th st.
Did your organization send in an
advertisement of greetings for the Ba-
zaar? Will your name appear on the
Union Honor Roll list? If not, what
are you waiting for? Hurry up!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
SSUE MAY DAY
CONFERENCE
Tnited Front of Both
TUUL and Party

The United Front May Day con-
ference has been called by the Com
munist Party and TUUL and Unem-
ployed Council of Greater New York
at Manhattan Lyceum, IS E. 4th ST.,
on Monday, March 30, at s p. m.
The situation in the United States
growing unemployment, increasing
wage cuts, and speed-up, increased
application of stagger plan, persecu-
ton of the foreign born, the lynching
wave against the Negro workers, the
suppression of Communist and revo-
lutionary labor papers, the attempts
to outlaw the Communist Party and
TUUL in the various parts of the
country shows the growing terror
against which the workers, unem-
ployed and employed, Negro and
white, native and foreign born, must
unite.
The growing revolt in the A. F. L.
against the fascist leadership; the
rebellion that is arising among the
rank and file social-fascist, socialist
party; the sold out strikes, the be-
trayal of the workers in all other
struggles confront the workers of this
city and country with the necessity
of united and revolutionary leader
ship of unemployed councils, shop
committees, shop groups, of trade
unions, also the A. F. l.. of fraternal
and mass organization shall elect 8
delegates to this conference for unit
ing our forces for Nay Day.
Forward all credentials either to
the Communist Party, so E. 18th st.
or Trade Union Unity League, 1G w.
2lst ST, City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
Try DepOrt Native Born.

BOSTON, Mass, March 15.-The U.
8. government department of labor
continues, under the administration
of Doak, a railroad brotherhood
bureaucrat, to push the deportation
proceedings against the arrested Law
renee strike leaders, Edith Berkman,
Pat Devine. and William Murdoch.
This, in spite of the fact that Berk-
man was born in San Francisco, and
Devine in Chicago.
1t is learned here that a Phila-
delphia warrant has been obtained
against Murdoch, to be served when
ever he is bailed out. Murdoch was,
at last accounts, still in the U. S.
Marine Hospital, recovering from in
juries given him by police when he
was beaten up and arrested in Law
renee.
The federal and Lawrence bail on
Berkman and Devine totals $4,000
each. They are charged, in addition
to being held for deportation, with
a variety of offenses including, Con
spiracy to destroy, mar and deface
the personal property of the Amer
lean Wooden Co.; conspiracy to in
jure contracts Of the American
WOODEN Co.; conspiracy to intimidate
employees of the American Wooden
Co."
Out on $4,000 bonds is another
worker, Danilevich. against whom also
all these conspiracy charges are
lodged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
FRANKLIN THEATRE

Barbara Stanwyck plays the chief
role in Ten Cents Dance" the screen
fare at the Franklin Theatre. On the
stage Joe Herbert is the featured at
traction. McGrath and Deeds; Smith
and Hart, Dave Ferguson, Carney
and Fraser, and the Young Kan
troupe complete the bill.
Wednesday to Friday the screen
will reflect "the Painted Desert with
Helen Twelvetrees and Bill Boyd
Vincent Lopez and his st. Regis Oc-
chestra; George Herman, Mickey"
and Marguerite and Gill head the
vaudeville bill ,x,- rs.s:r-s--~ ,sr,..,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
Bron Exposes More
Anti-Soviet Plots

That a definite international
campaign directed against the So
Wet Union, through a boycott Of
Soviet products is now being car
ried on, was charged by S. G.
Bron, Soviet trade representative
in Great Britain. This fact is re.
ported by the London correspon-
dent of the New York Evening
Post. Bron based his accusation
on circular which he read at the
meeting of the Russo British
Chamber of Commerce. The cir
cular is being sent out by the In
ternational Chamber of Commerce,
headed by an American capitalist.
It calls for organizing of the capt.
talists against the Soviet Union
rs a preliminary to war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
5000 MARCH IN
NEW BRITAIN

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, March 49,
Five thousand employed and unem-
ployed workers marched on the city
hall today to present demands for
immediate relief of the ipbIess. The
mayor refused to see their delegation
and the police attacked and dubbed
the demonstrators, making five ar
rests.
The principal demand of the DEM
onstrators was that the city set aside
100000 as an unemployment relief
fund and pay OF Feast $40 a week to
each Jobless works.. There are 5000
unemployed here, and most Of the rest
are IN part time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
low to Conduct Strike
Struggles Taken Up
in March Communist

1t is necessary to learn in particular
and in detail how to lead the work.
crs in strikes and struggles. The cor
cretencss with wich Cmrade Kuusl-
men, in the March Communist, dis
cusses work among women during
strike situation, is an example to fol-
low, Stachel on Coming Struggles
and Lessons of Strike Strategy and
Foster on the Fundamental Problem
Of Trade Union Democracy, gives i'm
portant directives for our trade union
work with which we should all become
acquainted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
Wage Cutter Active.

LAWRENCE, Mass March 15.-A
subcommittee of the American
Wooden Co. directors has been formed
to find some way to abolish the re-
ported S4,S97, 5S4 deficit the company
ran up last year, and to get profits.
Prominent on this committee is Al
bert H. Wiggin, head of the Chase
National Bank. This Wiggin some
two months ago came out with a
public statement that only extensive
wage cuts and more speeding of the
workers in industry would bring back
the big profits of American factories.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
HIPPODROME

"The Last Parade" with Jack Holt,
Constant Cummings and Tom Moore
is the screen feature. The vaudeville
bill includes Frank Richardson, Harry
Delmar in 1881 Revue with Charles
Kemper; Cookie" Bowers, Talent
and Merit, Dorothy and Yellow jack
cts and Larimer and Hudson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
'nt'l Harvester Cuts
Pay of Salaried Men

CHICAGO, Ill. Salary reduc-
tions ranging from to 10 percent
have been given the general clerical
and salaried staff including the lower
executives by the International Har-
vester Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16
What's On
MONDAY

Workers Ex-servicemen's League
Open air meet at s D. m. at 125th
st. and Fifth Ave.
Dance of the Young Libernfors
Which was to have been held at
2lO 2. lO2nd Sc. has been postponed
until a later date.
All Needle Trades workers
Swj fming at the 2Sth st. pool bet.
NInth1hd Tenth AYES. will begin to-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16

fled which means that he will get
six months when the police pick him
up again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-16

day at p. m. for all women needle
workers.
Brownsville Brunch LID.
Reorganization meeting at $50 pm.
Council No. \
Lecture at p. m. at 1922 Bathgate
Ave, Bronu. american Labor Move
ment."
Important WI.R. Hand Rehearsal
AZ 1871 w. 2Sth st. at D. m. All
Numbers and worker interested are
yea ~ atysAos --..--- = ;. .----...~s1uuss
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Religious News and Announcements
D R. HOLSTER
|. |N2SERMONS

Sunday morning at the IL
worship service, DR.. HolliSter, of
the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church, will have for his sub
ject These Queen Happenings" :"
to which the junior department
of the church school will listen
in body. DR.. Hollister will also
preach a short children's sermon.
An invitation has been sent to
all boys and girls of intermediate
age to come to the church house
at 5 Sunday afternoon, where
Mrs. Edward Denton will have
charge Of organization of a new
group of Intermediates. Refresh
ments will follow organization Of
this group.
The High School Students Fire.
side Discussion Group will meet
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon M. Belts, 1904 Ingomar St.,
at 1880 Sunday evening. DR.. Hol.
lister will lead the discussion on
What Do I Believe About God?"
Union services of the churches
of Chevy Chase will be held at
8 Sunday evening in the church
auditorium, where the PreSby-
terian Choir will give special
numbers,
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
1000 Members Is
Sought By School

The 1000 Members Crusade"
of the Sunday School begins at
$50 a. m, tomorrow, at the Full
Gospel Tabernacle. The pastor,
Rev. Harry L. Collier. will preach
at II a. m. and at 1880 p. M,
and the Young Crusaders will
meet at $50 p. m. Evangelists
Christine Gibson and Kathleen
Fischer of Rhode Island, will
speak Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings at 7:45 p.
M. Mrs. Gibson is president Of
a Bible School in Providence,
R. I. Plans for the annual mid.
winter Tabernacle Day to be held
February %, are nearing com.
pletion. The public is invited to
all services.