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The Washington times., 1931-03-20
GR|FF LIKES
GUMBERT, Of
+. ORIOLES
BY JOE HOLMAN
Times Staff Correspondent


: BILOXI, Miss, March 20.
eff he keeps improving, don't be
surprised to see Bolton in there
catching ball..
-
Manager Walter Johnson, of
the Washington Club, sounded
this warning today. johnson con.
tinues:
: "When Cliff came up this
year I was told he lacked this
and that. So far as L can see,
he merely needed coaching. He's
picked up wonderfully during
the past couple Of weeks. If he
shows the same progress during
the rest of the training season
that he has SO far, it's going to
be hard to keep him out of the
lineup"
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

For example, instead Of pay
ing a dime a ride you can NOW
ride with pride in your own
motor car and take your en-.
tire family with you comfort.
ably and pay us a little each
pay day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
Bethlehem Steel to Fire Feed Boys

Now the great reward comes--a
little handleover machine will take
their place. They will be fired. They
will be sent out to starve.
They don't know what TO do. They
heard of such things as organization
Of workers TO prevent them from
being fired. The bosses have taught
the workers how to hate each Other.
A worker don't like the other fel-
low because he gets 10 cents more.
or maybe his mother is Irish and the
other fellow had a mother who was
German. Or he might be cross eyed.
Workers stick togetherl Don't let
the feed boys be firedl Workers are
naturally not against better machin-
cry and Improvements, but when 1t
means starvation and death to the
workers then they should oppose it
vigorously. Stand by the feed boys
demanding no installation of handle
overs-Organize the grievance COM
mittee of the floor and send your
own representative and not the COM
pany representative to the manager.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
HOOVER, GREEN ARE WORRIED"
ABOUT Big JOBLESS INCREASE

years millions have been starving,
and for two years Hoover has been
studying" unemployment. This win
ter he will again study how the
workers starve to death.
Meanwhile, the capitalist govern
ment is spending s1,0o00 100000 this
year for the war that is coming. They
find plenty of funds for warrior
machine guns, for battleships, for
poison gas, for the officers to swill
on, for big guns and dynamite-but
for food for the workers, this re-
quires study"
On August First when thousands
will be added to the ranks of the
unemployed, when wage cuts come
down en- masse, the workers must
rally under the leadership of the
Communist Party against the war
preparations, aaginst wage cuts and
starvation.
All out on August First! Join the
revolutionary demonstrations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31

great friend Of the "doWntrodden."
Its attacks are more under cover.
but frequently, either consciously or
unconsciously 1t prints an editorial
that shows its true attitude. Such
an editorial was printed on July
IS, bitter, lying attack against the
National Miners Union, and an urg-
ent plea for the miners to join the
United Mine Workers and accept the
strike-breaking conference that
Hoover and the U. M. W. A. grafters
are trying to force upon them.
I think that a vigorous protest
should be sent by the miners to the
rank and file Of the Pressmens'
Union and the Typographical Union
against that damnable editorial A
committee should, I think, also visit
the editor and denounce him.
OF the three papers I think the
Press" is the most dangerous to
the workers. With its hypocritical
pretense of friendship for the workers
and its loud cries of fairness, it has
many workers deceived. Just as
the same as the socialists are more
dangerous than an out and out cap
italist, so the liberal press is more
dangerous than the out-and out cap
italist press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
RI. STRIKERS
STAND FIRM
FOR DEMANDS

BOSTON, Mass, July 30.-When
Edith Berkman, organizer of the N.
T.W.U. was taken in custody by the
U. S. immigration officials on We'd
nesday she made the following state
ment according to capitalist press
reports:
of / am deported 1t will be be-
cause / am an organizer of the
National Textile Workers Union
and was active in the recent Law
renee strike. If this strike had
been led by an organizer of the
A, F. of L., that leader would have
been made a "conciliator" of the
Dept. of Labor. the same body that
is now very anxious to deport me-
though they well know that I am
an American citizen by virtue of
my fathers citizenship secured
before I was Of age
Mrs. Anna G. M. Tillinghast, i'm
migration commissioner at this port
justified her strikebreaking policy OF
pulling out strike leaders from the
struggle, both American citizens and
citizens, by stating that: III
looks as though they want TO get a
stranglehold on the government"
w. T. Murdoch, national secretary
of the N.TW.U. is still being held
in the Cranston County Jail neal
Providence, r 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
A. F. of L. Takers Deny Miners the Floor in
Brooklyn Walters Local

one Of the members jumped up for
a special privilege. This was granted,
but only after most of the workers
had left the hall He made an ap-
peal to grant the miners a hearing.
The motion was about to be taken
up when up jumps Willie Lehman,
vice-president Of the International
and deputy sheriff for Tammany. He
told the chairman that the miners
belonged to a Communist union
which was against the good Ameri-
can principals" Of the A. F. of L.
"Tu hold you responsible" he said.
There were cheers for the Commu-
mist Party and the meeting broke up
in a tumult. The delegation was
kept out. The workers in this union
should demand in body that the
delegation Of miners be allowed TO
take the floor at the next meeting
Of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31

CLASS struggle.
In the larger towns where there
Is more than one paper, the diff
ferent methods of the vaious sheets
in their support Of the capitalist
class should be studied carefully and
explained to the workers.
In Pittsburgh there are three pap
ers: one morning, the Post Gazet-
te" and two evening papers, 1.-THE
Sun Telegraph" "a Hearst Sheet
and THE Press" "a Sripps Howard .
The Post Gazette" is vicious, bit
ter, anti-worker strike breaking sheet
that works openly and brazenly No
strike occurs but that the Post" VIC
iously attacks the workers in its news
and editorial columns with venom
that should leave no doubt in the
workers minds of their labor hat
ing attitude.
Foxy Hearst.
"The Sun Telegraph, with the
usual foxy, sneaky, tricky Hearst
policy, works a little more subtly. 1t
pretends to be a great friend of the
workers whom it attacks as vicious
ly and at times more openly than
the Post Gazette"
Attacks, Miners.
The Press" is supposed to be a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
SEC TON 3 CHICAGO READERS CLUB
MAKING FINE PROGRESS! UNITS!
SMALL AFFAIRS WILL AID DAILY

The regular meeting of the Sec
ton 3, Chicago, Daily Worker Read
ers Club was held Friday, July "a,
with NJ. Good as chairman. Seven
members were present although six
teen notices were sent out to read
ers. Why so few notices, Section g.?
After minutes of previous meeting
were approved as read, a motion was
carried that there shall be no dues
or assessments. II. Riegel was
elected financial secretary. Comrade
BittenfieId announced the meeting of
the newly organized readers club at
the Jewish Workers Center. A mo-
ton was passed that at all open-air
meetings the chairman be requested
TO announce the formation Of the
readers club A motion was also
passed that 500 letters be mimeo-
were absent three consecutive meet
lngs that they must appear at the
next meeting to hold their member
ship. NJ Rich pledged himself to
bring In a new member How about
other similar pledges. Discussion
on charging membership followed.
Comrade Weinberg was accepted
as q member. He is to receive Is
copies of the Daily Worker, which
he volunteered to sell. These papers
will be received from one of the
bundles already coming to Chicago.
IL SutCt1olu i 1t SpeCld1 Will
be ordered for him.
sul's"r' DtiOns to he Solicited.
H. Rie%el chairman; Rich and
Wolfson were elected as a commit
tee to arrange an outdoor social, with
full authority to make all arrange
ments Two more members will be
elected to this committee at the
next meeting. Comrnde T3iftenfield
will also distribute subscription
blanks among members at the next
meeting. A good idea. Six mem
bers contributed is cents each for
the purchase of Is copies of the Daily
Worker for six weeks. which will be
used as sample copies in soliciting
subscriptions. Articles appearing in
both capitalist and workers press
will be read and discussed at next
meeting also. Comrades Rich and
Good were assigned to select the ar
ticles. Meeting adjourned at 10 pm.
What! No entertainment?
Fold Affairs In Your Backyard.
Units, Small affairs for benefit
of the Daily will help out during the
summer months! Where expenses
are Kept at a minimum, substantial
sums can be raised at backyard, par
Tor or country parties or outings.
Advertise your unit affair now!
Whisper the news among your
friends! Serve refreshments, pro-
vide some music, hold dancing con-
certs. etc, and make collections for
the Daily Worker Sustaining Fund.
Angora, Mimi, has the right idea.
The Aheora Unit is very small, yet
comrades succeed in raising 81 ct
an affair held recently. Another
event is promised next week for the
benefit of the Daily, this time
swell dance Let's hear from Other
units. What about some challenges?
Workers are eager to attend picnics
or enterta inmehts, especially during
the hot days. Hold the affair II
the open preferably and insure lars
attendance and low expensesl Bul
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
Poyntz Tours Chicago
District for F. S. u.

Juliet Stuart Poyntz, field orga-
nicer for the Friends Of the Soviet
Union, will tour in the Chicago dis
trict from July % to August 6 in
elusive, covering the most import
ant cities of the Illinois district. Her
tour begins in the mine fields of
Southern Illinois, where she will re-
main until August 1st, when she will
speak in Chicago at the August LIST
demonstration in Union Park. On
August Q, she will speak in the steel
center of Gary, Indiana, and on the
3rd and 4th in Milwaukee and Ra-
cine, Wisconsin.
Her tour will eliminate in a lee
ture on August at Ashland Audi
forum in Chicago, where she will
talk on the subject: rs Russia Re-
treating from Communism" Com
rade Poyntz has just completed an
extensive tour of the Soviet Union
where she observed the political and
economic developments Of that
| country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
(By a Worker Correspondent

SPARROWS POINT, Md.-T h e
process of digging holes by the
shears before the installing Of the
handle overs is going on.
The handle overs means the loss of
a job for the feed boys on the shear.
The feed boys watch the holes dug
and they begin to worry. How will
they live.
For years they worked for the
Bethlehem Steel Company. Day af-
ter day they came faithfully to the
machine and pushed packs of tin
through.
The tin was hot, heavy and many
times they jagged their hands and
arms. The blood and sweat would
mix together. The low tonnage rate
for the feed boys forced them TO
work faster so that they could live
a little better.
After the day, their bodies were
tired and completely exhausted and
their spirit was crushed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31

guards are than they used TO be-
He said that a few years ago there
we're bunch of Bolsheviks in the
guards who spoiled the reputation of
the guards. Now" he said, eve have
a splendid bunch, an army that will
fight and die for their country when
the time comes and who will obey
without any questions. This is the
kind Of an army we want" Then he
said: I'VE are not looking for war,
but it is unavoidable when country
like Russia is spreading propaganda
that is wrecking our country and
causing all the trouble that has re-
Gently occurred. So when you are
called upon to fight for your country
remember that you are fighting your
worst enemies and don't hesitate to
use your gun and bayonet."
War Maneuvers
There was a great deal more said
and done in the camp about how
we must get ready to fight Russia.
On the last day Of the camp we
had maneuvers and were ordered to
advance on the Red Army, which
was Is miles away. We were issued
20 rounds of wax bullets and began
the march through the forests and
creeks. The 10th Regiment, which
was acting as the Red Army, was
intrenched in the forest and opened
up fire on us. After a half hour Of
battle they were declared the losers.
We workers should come out in a
real big demonstration on August
First and protest against these pre-
parations for war against the Soviet
Union. We should make August 1st
this year the most gigantic demon
stration against war that the world
has ever seen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
STRIKING MINERS VOTE TO
TAKE PART In AUG. | MEETS

The Harmarville picket line was a
militant one, and accomplished its
work although menaced by so state
police and as many special deputies.
This picketing was decided upon at
a very good Allegheny section con-
ference of the National Miners
Union, held Saturday at New Ken
sington. The conference took up the
order in which mines would be pick
eted and shut down after the Har-
marville affair, and took notice also
that the superintendent had held
meeting under the tipple at Berking
mine, now closed down, and an
nounced that he would start up next
Monday. He will find picket line
ready that day. In fact, the miners
fear he was lying about the date,
and has decided to have smaller
picket line at the mine every morn
ing until Monday.
The delegation spoke appreciation
VI tliC Ddiiy WOlhCi, IllC Oiliy NdllJ
paper they have that gives the real
news Of the strike. Read the Daily
Worker, and the capitalist papers
can't fool you no morep they said.
The conference enthusiastically
endorsed a motion to hold an Au-
gust First demonstration at p. m.
slow time at Eleventh and Barnes
Street, New Kensington.
The UNIV. had a meeting adver-
tised at a place half block from
the N.M.U. conference hail. and a
volunteer committee kept an eye on
the UNIV. address. However, no.
body showed up there
STEUBENVILLE. Ohio, July 30
A rather informally advertised uni
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
ARREST LEADER
METAL WORKERS
in BRADDOCK, PA.
1000 Workers Los e
Jobs, Plant Closes

BRADDOCK, Pa, July Boy
threats an darrests, by the most ar
bitrary violation of all rights of as
semblage, the police and the burgess
here smashed the meeting called by
the Metal Workers Industrial
League to organize the 1000 thrown
out of work by the closing down Of
the Edgar Thompson Carnegie mill
Friday.
The League had secured the Fin
nish Hall for a mass meeting Tues
day night. The hall owner was
threatened time after time by the
chief of police and other cops, and
finally intimidated into refusing the
hall. When George Powers of the
Metal Workers Industrial League
and local organizers heard this, they
went to Burgess Rose and Chief Of
Police Mike Mikalik, and demanded
a permit to use the hall. The bur-
CESS not only refused the permit, but
snarled, 1.-THE kind Of meeting you
fellows want to hold won't do this
town any good"
Arrest Metal Workers Organizer.
Forty worke4s crowded around
during the parlay, and all went back
to the crowd which came to go into
the hall, where discussion of other
meeting places started. The police
then proceeded to break up the
groupings, and the chief had Powers
and several others arrested. They
we're taken up and quiz5ed, and the
cops we're particularly worried and
inquisitive over the distribution of
the leafIet calling the meeting. 1t
was their firm intention to prevent
any such information Of organiza-
ton possibilities reaching the work
ers. as was contained in the leaflet.
Another attempt was made by the
Metal Workers League officials to
get a permit when they we're re-
leased, but they were simply elected
from town. Still another demand
for a permit will be presented to the
town council, Monday. The council
meets in the police station.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
BOSSES IMPORT
!. STOOL, PIGEON
IN MICHIGAN
Try Vainly to Break
Workers Militancy
tBy a Worker Correspondent

LANSING. Mich. July 30.-The
bosses of Michigan have imported
another stool pigeon paytriot to try
and curb the growing militancy of
the employed and unemployed work
ers. They have put Soap Box Jack
QBrien on their payroll to help along
the dirty work that Spolansky has
been doing for the metal manufac-
turers of the state. Since he has
become big time operator he has
now taken the title of Captain j.
Robert O'Brien.'
This fink operates under the title
of the Constitutional Educational
League" His educational program is
to call workers into his suite Of
rooms and threaten them with the
loss of their Jobs if their unemploy-
ed relatives don't leave the Unem-
ployed Council at once.
Bosses Supply Plenty Of Funds
O'Brien has whole corps of
stools working with him and Of course
gets the whole hearted cooperation
of the official thugs Of the city of
Lansing. The bosses seem to be
pretty much scared by the activities
of the Unemployed Council for
O'Brien seems to be well supplied with
funds. He has a campaign mapped
out for many Michigan cities.
Workers should be on the watch
for this thug and for the peculiarly
stupid pimps and prostitutes he tries
TO get into the militant working class
organizations.
The bosses who have cut the un-
employed down to starvation relief
for 'lack Of funds" have plenty of
money to pay this thug to try and
break the militancy Of the work.
ers. Fight for immediate relief and
social insura nee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
Must Organize to Fight Wage-Cut in Brooklyn
Laundry
Laundry

bundle Of wet wash as he did three
years ago. Five thousand bundles
pass through the hands Of the work
ers weekly, which means $4,000 for
the unfortunate bosses weekly.
Speed-Up.
Every day workers come here and
work two or three days and quit.
Why2 They can't stand the muir
derous speed-up. No human can
stand it long in this laundry.
But quitting the Job is no solution,
for the laundries are like this all
over. There is but one solution, and
that is organization. Join the Laun-
dry Workers Union and force the
bosses to pay decent living wage
and TO reduce the speed-up. We can
do this by fighting, by striking for
the 5-hour day and minimum wage
scale Of Si8,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
(By a Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. Y-The A. F. of
L. bureaucrats of the Walters Local
No. 2 refused to hear the striking
miners delegation. The delegation
appeared at 3:15, fifteen minutes
after the meeting opened, presented
their credentials and were not even
given decent answer. They said
that they would have to look into the
credentials because they were not is
sued by the A. F. of L.
This was all kept secret from the
rank and file of the union, but one
worker got wind Of what was going
on and spoke up bluntly, asking why
the delegation was kept out. He was
Immediately called out Of order by
the chairman, who said something
vague about report that was to be
made by the business agent.
THE meeting was adjourned when
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31

hold them regularly and often, any
where!
District 2. NY, Picnic Aug. 16.
Don't forget the annual Daily
Worker Picnic being held by Dis
triet 2 on Sunday, Aug. 16, at
Pleasant Bay Park, westchester,
New York. Blocks of $50 or more
tickets can be had at the District
Office, 9th floor, so e. 18th St.
at reduced rates. Organizations
should take advantage of this
special offer and send in for tick
sold means a financial gain for
the organization. The regular price
Of the tickets is IS cents. Remem-
Der the date, August 10th.
Coupon books are still tagging!
Very few of these books have been
returned! The several hundred dol
lars outstanding must be turned In
before the Drive can come to an end
The extra $4,000 needed to enable
the Daily to survive through the
autumn months must be raised All
districts must raise their complete
quotas in the campaign.
District 8, Philadelphia, has raised
SIS per cent of its quota, or S1,611.7s
to date. This leaves about 5000.
Comrade Solway District Daily
Worker representative, however,
promises some real action in the
campaign from now on! The cir
culation of the Daily in District 3
also is going up. Increase bundle
from $50 to $50 daily, with the ex-
ception of Thursday" writes the
D. w. Rep. THE Daily Worker is
becoming a real mass paper in
Philadelphia, and we expect to bring
up the daily bundle to 1000 in few
weeks"
Nine-Year-Old Boy Sells Daily.
HI I'll
Worker every day in San Fran
cisco, Calif.,' writes I. Silver, San
Francisco. My sister, Helen, eight
years old, and I help him sell the
papers. I am nine years old. We
sell from 80 to IS "A day and we are
going to keep 1T mp. MY sister
and I are going to join the Pho
neers next week and my father is
in the Unemployed Council" This
nine-year-old comrade suggests
that all workers children help sell
the Daily Worker. We would like
10 hear from other workers chill
dren as to what they think of this
idea. In the meantime we extend
our heartiest congratulations TO
Comrade silver for the work he is
doing.
The tables below show $T2.9S re-
ceived from District 7, Detroit, as of
July 29th. OF this amount Section
G raised s4SO2 at recent picnic;
S15.21 also collected at Grand Rapids
Daily Worker affair. District 2. New
York, is represented with SCOTT for
this day. Wornen's Council is cred
tied with S35, the Williamsburg
Workers Club with $11.75 and the
Bronx Workers Club with S26.16
District i is credited with only ST.
This district needs only about $15
20 fiji its quota 100 per cent. The
total receipts for the day amounted
- H'Af,62, boosting the total to
re 80 20 Districts! Unite to help
. 10000 and end the campaign.
20 more will do the trickl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31
Only Communists
Are Fightisg for Us.
Say Striking Miners

Princeton, N. ].
Dear Comrades:
Do you think the miners know
their friends and helpers? I'll
say they do.
A cOmrade was talking to a
miner from the strike fields
around among the liberals" and
ministers to raise relief for the
miners. One minister had TO
know what the misery of the min
ers consisted in before he would
give anything.
"How much do you pay for but
ter?" he asked the miner.
Butter? L haven't eaten but
ter for so long 1 don't know what
IL looks like"
what do you pay for round
steak?" he came back, thinking
that this was the cheapest meat.
I'VE never eat il; we can't af-
ford meat"
Does Thomas help your"
Thomas, which Thomas?"
Norman Thomas"
Never heard of him"
When it was explained that
Norman Thomas was Socialist
he said that he was doing nothing
to help the miners, only the Com
munists were fighting on their
side. A WORKER.