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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
WORKER SCORES
H0KUM OF POPE
Cites Bloody Record
of Church
tBy a worker Correspondentl

lBy worker Correspondent
NEW YORK, N. Y.--According To
the New York American, June IS,
the Pope promulgated a "constitu-
ton" to bring about uniformity and
Improvement" in Catholic univer-
stiles which grant ecclesiastical de-
grees.
History tells us that the Catholic
usurpers were always ready to grant
ecclesiastical thinks, such as-boiling
people in oil, torturing innocent work.
ers to death and taking life, blood
or money for the sake of ''the father,
son and holy ghost"
The article further mentions that
"heavier entrance requirements for
theological degrees" This can have
but one meaning: He who is best
fitted to exploit, mislead, bluff and
enslaye the working class will be
granted the honor and right to do so
by the pope, the father, son and
HOLY ghost
The pope, says the article, was
aided in reaching his conclusion by
many American catholic educators"
1t is being said that even in Kala-
mazoo these same educators" prayed
all day and overtime that god would
strike dead goddess Russia" 1t looks
like the father, son and holy ghost
company is having q little dumping
party all Of its own. Anyhow the
pope is being dumped tool
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

dicted by grand jury for graft, brib-
cry and perjury, they were let go
free ION their word of honor" from
the court until their trial. Grafters,
bribers and perjurers are set free on
their word of honor, can you mag
inc? If these men have honor, then
I am an angel. And many people
wonder why I am Communist.
MF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
JOBLESS FATHER
STEALS CLOTHES:
JAILED Is YEARS
Police Heads Indicted
for Bribery Go Free
on "Word of Honor"
Detroit, Mich.

Detroit, Mich
Dear Editor:
The other day I read an article In
a capitalist paper that couple stole
clothing for their children. These
people got Jail sentence of Is to 25
years. The couple had no other
means of providing for their children
as the father lost his job and they
were refused help from notorious
Murphy's Unemployment Committee.
Law is supposed to be just. If this
is justice, then I am a lunatic.
Again If a Communist goes before
the automobile shop and distributes
leaflets, he gets arrested and his bail
will be fixed by the capitalist judge
not less than $500. Now this man
does nothing wrong but he merely
tries 10 organize his fellow men SO
they could earn decent living. Is
this a crime? On the other hand
when Detroit police heads, McPher-
son and Waldfogel, were recently in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
VET CALLS0N ALL WORKERS
TO SMASH BOSS WAR PLOTS

but he recalls the thunders Of the
cannon, the buzzing of the rifle and
machine gun bullets, the zero hour
of going over the top, with fixed bay
onets to cut some ones heart and to
face the same fate.
1t Is up to us ex-servicemen to
spread and to relate the experience,
that war is hell in the fullest sense
Of the word. The capitalists know
that we will not shoulder arms for
their cause, they use the press,
church and school to influence the
younger generation, that there is
beauty in dying for ones country.
We have to use all means of anti
war propaganda If we want to save
our children from the horrors and
dreadfulness of war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Four Days a Week for
Mont. r. r. Workers;
300 Shelters Are Fired
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy q WV MI correspondent
LIVINGSTON, Neutrality-suspicious.
in Montana are very bad for the
working people. The railroad work
ers are hit hard, those that are
working are only putting in four days
a week.
In Miles City all the shopmen In
the Milwaukee Shops were laid off
for sixty days.
The smelters at Great Falls have
shut down, laying off $50 men. The
smelter in East Helena has posted a
notice that they will close down for
ninety days the first Of July. $50
men were laid off by the gas line
here in Livingstone. The sheep men
have big stacks of wool and can't
sell an ounce of 1t.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
BOSS POLITICIANS ELECTED ON
FAKE JOB PLAN FIRE THOUSANDS

there has been already over 1000
layed off and before the end of the
week many more are to be without
job again. The A. F. of l.. here en-
dorsed the administration ticket and
Chambers who are sending the city
firemen out to finish the weed cut
ting work and burning of weeds that
was giving small pittance to sew
eral thousand jobless recently.
The city budget and the tax has
already been raised and prosperity
continues for the takers while the
workers starve.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Brutal Guards Force
Jobless to Slave
On Rock Pile

when they work-a thin stew for
breakfast, with bread and black cof-
fee; beans (mostly soup with bread
and water for dinner; and soup with
bread and imitation black coffee and
fruit for supper. If prisoner re-
fuses to work, he is forced to work
anyway, and given only one meal
day (breakfas0 while at the other
meals he must sit by and watch the
rest eat; is put in the dungeon at
night; and is subject to a terrible
beating at the hands of the superin-
tendent "a frail individual of about
300 pounds weight.
If prisoner attempts to escape, he
is first knocked down by the super
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
~ An Ex-serviceman.

NEW YORK.-The capitalist class
Il preparing for war, It does not de-
NJ but bosts Of 1t. Everything is in
readiness except the declaration. 1t
does not even try to cover with some
moral" slogan rs Ito make the world
safe for something or other"
1t openly declares, that the only
way out OF this crisis is another war.
What keeps them off from starting
IT. The fear Of the working class as
q whole.
Tho horror Of the last war is still
80 real in the mind OF the worker,
who returned home shell-shocked
and crippled. He does recall that be-
ing q soldier is not to parade in full
dress to the tune Of a military band,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Bethlehem Steel DriVeS Men to Scrap
Heap in 4 Months by Terrific Speed
(By a Worker Correspondent

SPARROWS POINT, Md.-Words
cannot describe the miserable slavery
that exists in the Bethlehem Steel
plants here. Just look here in this
one department which is ideal COM
pared to the blast furnace or open
hearth.
In the ITO inch and so inch plate
mill, there are IL slab relocating fur
naces of which ten are running con-
stantly. In the process of heating
this steel certain percentage melts
off In the bottom Of the furnace
which is taken out once in every 8
hours. This cinder as it is called
must be E>ated up to boiling point
so that it can flow out of tap hole
in the back of the furnace.
81 Cents an Hour
Negro workers called cinder tap
pers collect this cinder in small steel
buggies. If the mill works 10 hours
a day the wages are 81 cents an
hour, for an 8-hour day the wages
are generously increased to AZ
cents an hour. AS the boss says, Gin
keeping with the standard of living"
The wages for a full 6-day week are
$20.16, which can be increased If
you are "favorite," but the increase
does not happen because you're a
favorite, but because you get the ia
vor of working on Sunday doing odd
and end jobs that can't be finished
during the working week.
"Hot AS Hell"
These workers don't last long on
this job. A 4-months man is ex-
ceptional. It's hot as hell. Boiling
steel gushes out of the top hole
into the buggy on wheels weighing
in all about 800 pounds. AS soon
as it fills, another buggy must be
in its place Immediately. The bug
gies are old and unfit. The floor
plates are bumped and out of place.
The buggy doesn't move, muscles
can't strain any more. The steel
rushes out of the hole and begins
to splash all over. 1t can't be
stopped.
Remember, working class readers,
it is not the splash of luke warm
wate- that is like balm to the skin.
1t is hot steel of a temperature of
$500 degrees farenheit and when it
splashes on the body it takes the
flesh off easier than bullet. The
struggle for bread forces him to dis
regard the danger. His life means
nothing.
All day long, every minute the work
goes on Something like 10 to so
buggies are filled day. Each one
has to be taken and unloaded in
gondola car. The works very heavy.
The furnace room has to be cleaned.
Furnace doors have to be changed
which is an extra job formerly done
by the millwright gang.
If a furnace door breaks through,
a new door has to be placed on i'm
mediately, disregarding the smoke
filled heat in the furnace. A door
is placed on the cradle. One Negro
worker has to get on top of the fur
mace with a hook to swing the link
into the furnace hook. Another Ne
gro worker has to stand on hot
steel extension of the charging crane
and ride up to the open place on
the furnace. Often the flames and
heat prevents quick operations and
if you stand off and observe, you
can see the whole operation is hell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
SOVIET RAILMEV
SCORE ALABAMA
LYNCH VERDICT
1900 Workers Protest
Tell Of Successes of
5-Year Plan
Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R.

SYerdloVSk, U.S.S.R.
Dear Comrades:
Bolsheyik greetings to the Amer
lean railwaymen from 1900 men or
ganized into the Mopr Interna-
tional Labor Defense) of the Perm
railroad. We have learned that
American capitalists and their lack
eys have launched a campaign of
terrific terror against the American
1ing-claSs having sentenced to
de- 7ine innocent Negro boys on
t4t-----..-,1 up charge. We protest
with all energy against such an in
fancy and give you our proletarian
word to support our class brothers
morally as well as materially.
Sverdlovsk, where we live, is the
center of the Ural industrial dis
trict. A provincial town before the
October revolution, Sverdlovsk has
grown to large city with houses
5 or 6 stories high, built exclusively
for workers and their families.
The number of workers employed
on Me Perm Railroad in Sverdlovsk
amounts to 1900 members of trade
unions. At the beginning of 1880
our Mopr organization had 400 men,
bers, at the beginning of 1881, 1900,
and, towards the end of May, 1900.
Please let us know as soon as pos
sible about your life in capitalist
America-your worries, wages, work
ing and housing conditions. Ask us
any questions that interest you.
With Communist greetings.
The Mopr, Perm Railroad,
(Ural Workers Letter Exchange
Dept, Sverdlovsk).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

of a job, are common Grimes" that
will get one go and 90 days in Ala
bama. And then they have CUTS
enough to talk about convict labor
in the USSR.
Comrades, we must organize against
this slavery, if we don't want to die
with chains on our feet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
San Antonio, Texas.

DHiI EhIIVO1IIVi ICNdos
Dear Editor:
Mayor Chambers and his admins
tration bunch are elected again and
the workers have been faxed into
believing prosperity is here. For a
few weeks before elections thy gave
work to some of the unemployed cut
ting weeds but two days after cleo
lions, Faker Chambers made the
statement that until the next pay
roll is made up he will not have in
formation in his office to show how
many men have been laid off but
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
MINERS NEED FOOD;
RELIEF WILL SPEED
STRIKE TO VICTORY
Striking Miners and Families Determined to
Win, Fight On Without Food
Workers Urged TO Support the Great Strike
By Sending Funds for Food
Milestone, KY.

Milestone KY.
Dear Comrades of the u. S. A.:
would like know why you sleep while your brothers
in the great coal fields struggle for wage increase that will
permit them to their little half naked and starved be-
loved families? Have you not enough to know that
there only class of people being undeed and ground
underfoo-and that by handful of fat beed poguted
capitalists who long train of scapegoat preachers and
politicians out in the field preaching making laws keep
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

being laid off and are ready 20
strike.
Steel workers, take an example
from the striking miners. Go out
on strike and take the situation In
your own hands. It's better to
starve striking than to starve work.
ing in the factories.
"A Steel Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
BLAWKNOX STEEL
WORKERS STAND
READY TO FIGHT
Wage-Cuts, Lay-Offs
Arouse Workers to
Follow Miners

Dear Editor: Blawknox, Pa.
The Blawknox Steel Company,
which used to have 1000 men work
ing in their plant, now has only
1900 working two and three days a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Detroit, Mich.

Dear Comrades:
No one can really feel real Joy
until his door and his arms are
opened to the children of a working
class fighter. Although there is ten
in our family, we gladly asked to
have two miners children stay with
us when they came here to appeal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

Workers Correspondence is the
backbone Of the revolutionary press.
Build your press by writing for 1t
about your day to day struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

Read the Labor Defender on the
miners striks
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
MOVIE SIDELIGHTS

financially comfortable who drift
perilously close to the reef Of the
divorce court through the wife's
lack or consideration for lrer hus-
band, her selfishness and her nag
ging petulance.
Just what a husband. madly In
love with q wife OF this type should
&C has long been a problem with
which divorce courts and families
have had to deal and II is claimed
that Free Love- presents an en-
tirely new angle on this subject.
Miss Tobin, who. after several
years as a star OF the New York
and London stage, invaded Holly
wood "a few months ago and pr0mp-
tly made a name for herself In
her first picture, "A Lady Sur
renders" Is seen as a l931-model
wife.
a the long suffering and de-
voted husband, Conrad NageI is
said 10 give one OF the outstanding
performances OF his career. while
Monroe Owsley. who leaped TO fame
with his portrayal OF the "other
man" in Holiday" again gives a
sterling performance as the "old
PAL who has a weakness for pretty
women.
The entire action OF this human,
gripping drama, takes place In
New York and offers Miss Tobin
a rare opportunity To wear some
Of the smartest and most beauti-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Introduced By Folger

Years ago this coffee was first served
in the famous Bohemian restaurants
Of San Francisco, where it was in
PRODUCED by Folger. Travellers tasting
il there were caPtivated by its I'M
usual favor. Flavor produced by a
peculiar combination ofrich volcanic
soil, altitude, suns rays and tropic
rainfall-that is found nowhere else
in the world.
Connoisseurs among the European
nobility, il is said, even went to
Central America to purchase private
plantations, first TO supply their own
tables and later to exploit CONNER
cially. Thus the fame of this rare
coffee spread around the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Knapp Motor Co.
Receives Praise

PraiSing the business methods or
the Knapp Motor company. G. j..
Flint. sales manager of the Buick
Motor company, San Antonio zone.
today announced in a special dis
patch that the Buick leadership
here, with other dealerships in the
San Antonio zone. has received ma
tional recognition as one Of the
country's leading used car oper-
atorS.
The Knapp Motor company"
Mr.. Flint said. "for some time has
not had any used car in stock as
long as ninety days. and has turned
his entire stock over In approx
mately 80 days"
The firms accomplishments In
its used car department is q tribute
TO its business methods" he con-
tinued. 1T indicates that they are
giving satisfaction. and this can
only be accomplished by pricing
used cars fairly and reconditioning
them thoroughly
Mr.. Knapp, when notified today
Of Mr.. Flints message. declared
that the showing made by his firm
Is not the result of any sales cam
paign but has been brought about
through the application Of their
established policies and business
methods"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Rogers Wisecracks
$4,000 For Relief

ARDMORE, Okla. Feb. 4. Up
VIII Rogers. king of wise crackers
went on his merry way to Duncan
this morning. having enriched his
drought relief fund by $1,000 here
last night.
A crowd estimated at 1000 per-
sons packed the auditorium and
paid $4,000 for the privilege.
The Claremore boy who made
good raised the ante to $1,000 and
Roy M. Johnson, Ardmore oil oper-
ator. and other prominent citizens
came across with the remaining
$500.
You know. it nearly wore me out
keeping Lew Wentz and Governor
Murray apart up there In Okla
homa City last night" he said.
Wentz and Murray are political
foes.
In his four appearances in Okla
homa thus far, Rogers has raised
almost $21 200 for drought relief
victims.
From Duncan, where he speaks at
10 o'clock. Rogers goes to Lawton
for more fun making at / D. m, and
thence to Durant. his next over
night halt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
The FOlger Test
tEWIES Galloway

Would you like to see for yourself
Just how different these cofees are
in richness and in havorf Here's a
test that is as simple as it is fair.
Tomorrow morning drink FoIger's.
The next morning drink the coffee
you have been using. The third
morning drink FoIger's again. In
a morning or two youwill decidedly
favor one or the other; the best
coffee wins. That's fair, isn't it?
FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY
Kansas City San Francisco Dallas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Read How FOlger Experts Secure The Rare
Mountain Cofees of Central America.
Coffees With Twice The Richness
Twice The Flavor

FAST YEAR one Folger expert trav-
l. eled over 5000 miles-to give
you a new thrill in coffee.
BY ship, by motor, and finally over
miles of Perilous mountain trails
that only burros can travel. Back and
up to tiny facaS in the heart Of the
Central American wilderness. To
regions where we secure rare oofees
that experts concede are not dupli-
Gated anywhere else in the world.
Coffees that anyone can drink with
out anxiety, because Nature leaves
out the trough" offensive oils.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
NO DEPRESSION
SAYS SPEAKER
Rodgers Defends Hoover
Before Harlingen
Kiwanis

HARLINGEN, Feb. 4.-Those who
see depression were likened TO a
certain mule by Postmaster j. r.
Rodgers in a talk before the XII
wants Club at the Christian church
Tuesday.
a farmer related that when a
barn burned IN which he had some
popcorn stored that the popped ce-
real covered the countryside. THAT
wasn't so bad" the farmer said to
a commissioning friend. but that
fool mule Of mine thought 1t was
snow and froze to death in mid
July"
The speaker used this as an IL
l~ustration to show that the social
cd depression over the country is
more or less q psychological condi-
ton.
He defended the republican ad-
ministration, saying that depression
i.ould have occurred under any
party. He mentioned Hoover, laud-
ing the president for his stand
against raids OH the public treas
ury IN the name OF relief. He said
that Hoover held to this stand even
though he knew 1t to be unpopular
because he thought it right.
A. l. Brooks. first president OF
the club. was a guest, and took a
few good-natured pokes at the re-
publicans, declaring it his first op-
portunity in some time TO take a
few digs at his friend Rodgers.
a harmonious duo, Misses Peggy
and Betsy Ewing, sang for the XII
wanians with Mrs. Floyd Smith al
the piano.
Mrs. BERTHE Roberts Chambers Of
Houston announced that she would
give a series Of free lectures soon
IN Harrington. She and her secre-
tary. Miss Charlsye Bulloch, were
introduced to the club.
Cliff Herren vas program chair
man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Eleventh Bridge
Game On Air Tonight

The eleventh Of the seasons
Bridge by Radio games viii be
broadcast over Station KWWG
Wednesday, February 4, at 800
p. m.
Four outstanding players viii
participate under the direction Of
Milton C.. Work. Mr.. Ely Culbert-
son, Of New York City will occupy
the South position as Dealer. His
partner will be Mr.. Ralph j. Leib-
enderfer, Of New York City and
they will be opposed BY Mrs. Lewis
Todhunter, Of Denver, Colorado in
the West and Mr.. <. v. Shepard,
of New York City In the East.
The hands they viii hold follow:
Mrs. Ely Culbertson, Of New York
City.
South" the Dealer, holds:
Spades a. @. 10. q, 8, s.
Hearts A, z, ), 4.
Diamonds 3. 2.
Clubs 4.
Mrs. Lewis Todhunter. Or Denver.
Colorado. West. holds:
Spades 4, 3.
Hearts 5.
Diamonds sspot 4, g, 5, a.
Clubs A. X, J, 10. 2.
Mr.. Ralph J.. Leibenderfer. OF
New York City, North" holds:
Spades j, Q. 2.
Hearts X. 10. 9, s.
Diamonds A. ] 10.
Clubs z. 8, 5.
Mr.. z. v. Shepard, Of New York
City. East" holds:
Spades X. 8Spot.
Hearts @. j. 8spot 2.
Diamonds X. @, 3.
Clubs @, 8. asp0t 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Nearly 1000 Poll Tax
Receipts Are Issued In
Cameron County for 1881

The right OF suffrage In Cameron
county during the year 1891 will be
confined to 1857 persons according
70 figures compiled by County Tax
Collector Jim Fox.
A total Of 6,ss7 poll tax receipts
have been issued for the year BY
his office Mr.. Fox reports. and $50
exemption certificates to residents
Of Brownsville. Harlingen and San
Benito.
This Is the first year that exemp-
ton certificates have been required
from those In Harlingen and San
Benito. as prior to 1880 the official
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Promise Of n OF the outstand-
ing pictures Of the season was
made a certainty today with the
booking by the Queen Theatre Of
Universal's all-taking production.
Free Love-" a tremendously hui
man story Of the happiness and
heartaches OF modern marriage.
which features Genevieve Tobin
and Conrad Nagel.
Based on the stage play, Half
Gods by Sidney Howard. Free
Love" is one OF the most talked
OF pictures Of the year. possessing
as IL does. a strong appeal to all.
1t Is the story of a young couple.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

full gowns which have been seen
on the screen this season.
Hobart Henley. director OF Free
Love- selected q most capable
cast for this, his first picture for
Universal tn many years. among
whom are Ilka Chase, zaSu Pitts,
Sidney Bracey. Slim Snmmerville,
George Irving. Richard Tucker and
Bertha Mann.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

A prominent health authority has sent
ont n warning against "A possible
INFLUENZA epidemic. Now IL the
time 10 be on guard for the influenza
germ. Watch your cold. A good plan
TO follow il 20 heat n little Of ABSORBO
I'm = spoon and inhale the vRpors night
and morning, also apply N little up the
ncstrils several times a day, especially
Just before being exposed to crowds.
ABSOkBO Is composed Of MENTHOL.
EUCALIPT0L. CAMPHOR, OIL or
PINE n other ingredients whose
vapors when inhaled carry the medica-
tion directly through the lungs and nir
passages and az the same time II Il
absorbed through and stimulates the
akin. relieving the congestion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

population OF these cities was below
10000.
Brownsville leads the county IN
poll tax receipts and exemptions
with 2.274 receipts ana 354 certifi-
Gates.
Harrington has 1852 poll tax re-
ceiptS issued. with LAT exemptions
and San Benito follows with 837
poll tax receipts and 149 exemp-
tons.
Figures BY precincts are as fol-
lows.