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The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Yankees Win Praise
Of Paris Policeman

PARIS, Feb. "a GNSO. Amer
leans make less trouble for the
Paris policeman when crossing
the streets than the ordinary
Frenchman. This is the report of
one French gendarme who tsnds
at one of the busiest corners of
the capitol.
Practically every Frenchman,
Aou the other hand rs a jaywalker.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
ANACoSTlA CITIZENS MEET

The Anacostia Citizens Associa.
ton will hold its monthly meet
ing at p. m. tomorrow at the
Masonic Temple. Fourteenth and
% streetA
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of February
20. $158,6c8,810.01.
Expenditures, $7,658,772.55.
Customs receipts, $19, 186, ,361 81.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
COSTELLO POST MEETS

The Vincent B. Costello Post,
No. IS, Of the American Legion,
will hold an executive committee
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in
the Cairo Hotel. 1918 g st. n ".
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

dollars worth Of literature was sold.
The club held a social affair Friday.
Perhaps we'll hear about the results Of
that affair in their next letter. The
club also laid out plans at its last
meeting to develop workers CORES
pondence, to hold a nu1nbe Of affairs
to assist the Daily, and to arrange
an entertainment and dance for the
middle Of october and a ball for the
middle Of November. It was voted
at the last meeting that each mem
Der tax himself 10 cents a month as
form Of dues for the purpose Of
meeting certain common and essen
tial expenses without having to make
collections on eevry possible oc-
casion."
The Hicksville, L. I. Daily Worker
Club also held a dance last Saturday
night. We're getting on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
One Year Delay Won
By Mass Protest in
Vilarn0 Deportation

NEW YORK. - The International
Labor Defense by its policy of mass
pressure has compelled the U. S.
Bureau of Immigration to defer de-
portation of John vilarino, Los An
geles worker, for one year. "At the
expiration of this time, the case will
be given further careful consider
ation," writes Harry E. Hull, immi-
grafton commissioner, to the LID.
Vilarino has been in the United
States 30 years, was married here,
and all his eleven children are ma
tive born. Nevertheless, because he
was member of the International
Labor Defense, immigration author
tiles have been trying to deport him
to Spain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
Hinkle Steel Worker Makes Mistake

worker reminds us of the story Of
the boy who tried to sneak into
the circus and was hit on the head
with club by one Of the circus
owners thugs and who thereupon,
in order to make the circus owner
mad, bought a ticket to the circus
and refused to go 10 see the show.
Just like the boy who hurt only
himself and made nobody mad, so
the worker in the Hinkle shop played
directly into the hands of the boss
and did not better his situation or
that of the workers one iota. What
this worker could have done Is TO
have stayed In the shop and Or
ganized a committee representing
all the workers to demand that
Bonner be driven from the shop
and that the slave driving tactics
be discontinued. Don't run away
from the shops--stay in the shops
and organize for struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
Scottsboro Boy Asks
Friends and |. L. d.
Help All They Can

Following is a copy Of letter
sent by Ozie Powell, one OF the
Negro boys framed for the electric
chair ut ScottSborO, Alabama,
written to Mrs. Norris, the mother
Of another TO the boys:
KiIby Prison,
Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. Ida Norris
Dear friend:
While sitting here tonight, /
thought I would write you a few
lines to let you hear from me. !
am well and hope you are the
same-or better. Listen, Mrs. Nor
ris, 1 am sending YOU mothers
address, 344 BransOnt ST., S.W.
Atlanta, Ga. / hope you all are
doing all you can for us. am
glad to hear that. 1t made me
feel a lot better. Tel the LID.
I am still with them, and want
them to do an they can for us
boys. Tell all the friends, / say
help me all they can. / win close
for this time.
From Oxie Powell.
Answer, please.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30


tons in the mining camps and the
long hours Of work underground, is
felt all through the Kentucky region
Miners inside company towns are not
allowed to visit their own relatives
unless they are escorted by a com
pany guard.
The extent Of this determination
and the readiness to fight was keen
ly felt at the conference in Bell
County where "a mines were repre-
sented by 125 miners and delegates
from additional 81 mines could not
get through. Every one of these del
egates knew he was risking his life
when he came TO the conference. A
string Of cars with Lewis machine
guns mounted for ready action, was
searching everywhere for the confer
ence and for the carloads of miners
going to it.
Starvation.
The majority Of the miners work
ing in the counties surrounding Har-
Ian, as we'll as Harlan proper, are
facing actual starvation. Many min
ers take their eldest sons into the
mine to work with them, and loading
together, total $3.50 for the pair for
twelve to fourteen hours work
The usual deductions for dyna-
mite, lamps, rent, insurance, etc, are
made from this sum. In addition TO
this mass starvation-which Is In
centive enough to fight-are other 10
cal grievances.
There is strong probability for a
strike within the next two weeks.
Once the strike flares forth in one
mine, the Kentuckians say, it will
spread like wild fire.
In Harlan, mea, women and chill
dren, fed by the Penn-Ohio-W. va
KY. Striking Miners Relief Commit
tee and the Workers international
Relief are in constant danger Of los
ing even these few meals g week.
The thugs arrest and hdnap active
union men, especially those doing re-
lief work.
With men, women and children
blacklisted and striking, dying of the
starvation disease flux, it becomes ex-
tremely urgent to send relief. And
with the much bigger strike looming
in the very near future, the need for
relief is more decisive than ever. The
relief committee calls upon you to
help do this work, help send food to
starving militant miners and their
families. Send what you can to Room
2o5, Gil Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
With the Red Army

The place where we are living is
not in Leningrad but 40 minutes
away from it by train. 1t is very
near a Red Army camp. We &c
bathing in q lake on the camp
grounds that the Red Army uses
When one wants to get into the
grounds he is stopped by sentry
and all he asks is proof that you are
a worker. If you are a worker every
thing is OK. If not worker just
try to get in.
A few days ago group of work
ers went to the camp for a visit on
their day off. We were with them.
And what the soldiers did to make
out visit q pleasant one! We dined
with them, swan with them. Then
they paraded for us. And let me say
right now it is some army. We have
made quite a few friends among the
soldiers and from speaking with
them we soon found out why the
capitalists of the world hesitate to
attack the Soviet Union. These SOL
diers are part of the working class
and they all understand what is go
ing on outside the borders of the
USSR. ~
Two American Workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

elect shop committee and the
committee appoints a worker as a
foreman. He Is different FORE
man than the foreman one meets
in the U.S.A. He functions for a
different purpoSe-that is, he is more
of bookkeeper. He checks up on
what is made, how much material
is brought in to be worked up and
is not here to drive the workers as
in capitalist factories. When the
workers do not want certain fore
man they inform the shop committee
and they get new foreman.
No Food Problem
We receive quart bottle of milk
every day--the. kind Of milk one
never sees in American eities-real
wholesome milk. The bread here is
something; never thought that
such good bread existed. It's the
best I ever tasted.
We stop here every two hours for
FIVE minutes to take a smoke. The
work week is four days work and the
fifth day off. The last day we had
of the workers from our factory and
another factory went to a collective
farm TO work. There we're about
2ooo CT us. We went out with BAN
ners and music, young and old alike,
to give our rest day to the building
I'd of Socialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
British Government
to Rob Indian Funds
to Save Own Skin
tCabIe BY Inprecorr)

BERLIN, Sept. 23.-Yesterday an
attempt was made at the Indian
Legislative Assembly to discuss the
situation arising because of the Bril-
fish financial crash. The government
demanded postponement but the
overwhelming majority Of the dele
gates favored immediate discussion.
The debate was fixed for last night
but the speaker announced CURLY
that the Viceroy Of India had exer-
cised his veto power and had pro-
hibited the debate. Strong resent
ment was aroused in the National
press particularly by the proposal to
rob the Indian reserves in order to
bolster British credit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
New York.

rev YORK,
Daily Worker:
The Hinkle Steel Construction Co.
ct S2A w. seth Street is going to have
another layoff again in order to give
the workers another cut in their
wages.
Since Bonner has become foreman
the shop has become unbearable.
His slave-driving tactics have the men
muttering and grumbling all the time.
Of course there are few hand
shakers and stool pigeons who say
everything is all right, but the work
ers in the shop hate these men.
was worker In this shop until
last Wednesday. When Bonner told
me Id work overtime whether liked
it or not, had spirit enough to quit
right then just to show the others
that the boss could not terrorize me
like he did the rest.
Editorial Note-The zction Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

ionaire corporations this year. Fol-
lowing are just few of the refunds
for this year alone.
Baker multi millionaire banker
$97,388,9l5; Rockefeller - $48,545,-
300; Van Swerigen (railroad mag
nate) $353,364; Guggenheim - $2lo,-
555; WHY'S tWillys-Knight Auto)--
$677,575; these are a few Of the in
dividuals. Some of the corp. are:
Paramount Movie Corp, S402, 1874;
Pittsburg Plate Glass--SG3o, i34; Pat
ton Paint Co. - $69o,5os: Pitcairn
varnish Co.-$lo4.72z ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
School Children Starving in Kansas City

placed on the parents of buying
school books. The school board and
the board of education has refused
to supply books for the children. n
teacher at the Major Hudson School,
Miss Craig, threatened to whip a ten
year old boy because his father who
was out of work, was unable to buy
books for his son.
The parents and the children must
organize and demand free food in
the schools and books for the chill
dren of the unemployed. Workers
children, join the Young Pioneers.
Parents, join the Unemployed Cotln-
Gil. Fight for the right to live.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

driving the living standard Of the
working class nearer to the hunger
standard.
In Great Britain there has already
been q substantial increase in the
cost of living of the workers. This
has been put through under the lead
ership of the Socialist" Ramsay
Macdonald. When questioned about
this in the House of Commons Mac
Donald replied that:
Manufacturers, importers and
wholesale and retail dealers had all
promised their cooperation to pre-
vent the exploitation Of present
conditions by raising food prices,
but that if necessary the govern
ment would not hesitate to take
preventive measures"
Macdonald has already taken pre-
ventive measures" These measures
have not been for the purpose Of pre-
venting the increase in the cost of
living of the workers but for smash
ing the fnilitancy and resistance Of
the workers to his hunger program.
The preventive measures" were the
clubbing of workers in the huge dem
onstrations that were organized
throughout Great Britain under the
leadership of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis and the Communist Party. The
preventive measures" of this social
fascist we're the raid on the British
Daily Worker and the censorship Of
this organ Of the Communist Party
Of Great Britain. The preventive
measures" are against the working
class and its fighting leaders and not
against the capitalist wage cutters
and profiteers, MacDonald's bosses.
The capitalist class Of the United
states is also ready to increase the
terror against the working class to
put through its intensified hunger
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

NOW this is the spirit of the pas
sengers making up IS per cent of the
third class on this steamer"
More RESPONSE
Another group of workers who left
recently from New York on the S. S.
Hamburg for the Soviet Union got
together on board the ship and raised
SIS for the Daily Worker. This is
the letter they sent us us:
I'VE, group of workers on the
S. S. Hamburg, who left New York
on Sept. 10, for the S. S. r., came
together and discussed the financial
side of the Daily Worker, the role it
plays in all the struggles the workers
are heading against the dying system
Of capitalism.
Eve collected from this group the
sum Of twenty-five dollars. which
we are sending in the form of an
American Express check.
"As we are daily nearing the Soviet
Union, the fatherland of all the
workers we pledge to help build So
cialsm and defend the First Workers
Republic against all its enemies
You see, comrades American
workers are not forgotten by workers
who go to Russia. They want to help
you. They want to hear from you.
Daily Worker clubs can get busy and
write letters to workers in the u. S.
s. X.
The November issue of the Daily
Worker will contain articles and
greetings from Russiann workers, in
exchange for articles and greetings
from American workers, and will be
another illustration of our solidarity
with the workers of the u. S. S. r..
Hoboken Meeting
News about the Daily Worker is
beginning to come in more regularly.
Again we hear from the Hoboken
Daily Worker Readers Club. Looks
like a real live organization. Another
open air meeting, at which about on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
Fat Salaries for Pa. Welfare Takers. But No
Funds for JObless

tor in welfare at $4,000 q year."
Here are two parasites who COL
lect $4,000 a year for doing absolutely
nothing for unemployed and the
striking miners. The number of job
less workers is rapidly increasing in
McKeesport and all that the local
and state governments are doing is
what they have always done-ap-
point a few high paid professional
parasites to sit on swivel chairs and
scott at the hungry workers.
Actual relief is unknown in Nc
Keesport. Hunger and misery are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30

through october.
Also the winter lettuce harvest in
Yolo County is about to start. About
1000 acres of lettuce fields here will
give employment for q couple of
months. The farmer I worked for
last year told me to come when the
seaso started, but you know we pay
only soc per hour this year." he
added. This is cut of 80 1-3 over
last year.
So those are the conditions for us
field workers. Let's organize and
fight them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
Agricultural Workers Get Heavy Wage Cuts
(By a Worker Correspondent

tBy a Worker Correspondent
WOODLAND, Cal.--Woodland Rice
Plant where I work has been run
ming up to 20 hours per day, handl-
ing the crop-assorting, packing, etc.
Our wages are lowered is cents
go cents we got now per hour and
straight time for overtime.
This county has about 1000 acres
planted in rice. employing about 400
men altogether. Wages have been
cut to SO Ia per cent. This work is
short termed. Harvest started Sep
TENDER and will last probably
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
(By a Worker Correspondent,

(By Worker Correspondent
MCKEESPORT, Pa.-The following
was clipped from the McKeesport
Daily News:
Helen Glenn Tyson, of Pitts
burgh was appointed assistant dep
uty secretary Of welfare by Cover
nor Pinchot today. The new as
sistant deputy secretary, who Is
engaged actively In social welfare
work in Pittsburgh, will receive a
slary Of $4,000 year.
Isabel r. PeIIy, Carlisle, has
been appointed an assistant direc-
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in London there is short selling Of
sterling"
This initiation OF the currency
means as the capitalist class Of the
entire world realizes and is preparing
for, the most intense struggle for
foreign markets that the capitalist
world has yet seen. finally to be fol-
lowed by the outbreak Of armed
struggle. re ">-
The struggle for foreign markets is
directly connected with the raising of
the tariff walls OF all the capitalist
countries to prevent foreign capital
lists from entering the domestic mar
kets and to increase their profits in
the home market to make up for the
losses on the world markets. The
New York Times editorial points out
further that this tariff struggle is
going to become more and more in
tense as the crisis deepens.
Another easy descent into trou-
bic is seen In the British agitation
for a tariff. The rate Of duty is
placed at a low figure, 10 per cent
ad valorem. But every one knows
that If this does not prove suffi-
Gent to protect favored industries
they will clarnor for higher duty"
The capitalist class Of the United
States has already taken the first
steps in the tariff war. The Tariff
Commission and treasury department
experts" are already studying" the
effects of the suspension of the gold
standard on the exports of the United
States. The investigation" Is being
made with the sole purpose Of pre-
pairing the increase of the entire
tariff schedule Of the nited States.
This is openly admitted in New
York Times dispatch from Washing
ton which states that:
THE purpose of the study is to
determine whether increasing tariff
rates would be advisable to pre-
vent flooding of the American
markets with foreign-made goods
produced at lower production costs
because of the deprecated cur
rency."
The capitalist class Is preparing to
raise the tariff rates "from 20 to rs
per cent to overcome the lower pro-
ductian costs in countries now on the
double currency standard" Under
the present tariff increases in the
tariff law can only be made after
investigation of each individual item.
The Hoover government is preparing
not increases on individual items but
a general tariff increase. They are
now investigating the means by
which this can be done most easily.
The capitalist class is trying to put
over this terrific increase In the tar
If rates in order to increase its
profits in the present crisis at the
expense of the working class. This
tariff increase will mean increases in
all Of the commodities the workers
must buy. It means that in addition
to the wholesale wage slashes started
by the Steel and other trusts the
capitalist class is planning a. further
attack on the living standards Of the
workers by increasing the price Of all
the commodities which make up the
workers living standard 1t means
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
(Hg a Worker Correspondent

EAlfSAS CITY, Mo.--The opening
II tne schol toer1n should mean the
oRsnltg Of the door to greater knowl-
edge for the children. But to the
poor children Of Kansas City, Kan,
= met.n only misery and humiliation.
Many children are forced to go to
school without any breakfast and as
there is no easy for lunch the chill
dren must go the whole day without
food. Anyone knows that 1t is i'm
possible for a child's mind to func-
bn when it Is starving.
Then an extra burden has been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
BRITISH TROOPS KILL 4 IN
INDIA

SRINAGAR, dia.--Four Moslems
were killed and six were wounded
when British troops fired into a re-
ligious demonstration. Fierce fight
ing took place, the Moslems defend
ing themselves, and the government
reports casualties among Its forces.
British imperialism as Russian car
ism deliberately stirs up religious
strife among the different sects Of
india to keep them from putting up
. united fight against them. -.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
TERRE HAUTE WORKERS STOP
AN EVICTION
(By a Worker Correspondent

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-On Sep
TENDER "a the constable gave a worker
notice to get out Of his house or be
set out. The Unemployed Council
modified the workers on dozen diff
ferent corners around the house and
when the constable returned he de-
cided to give the worker an indie
finite time to move. We are def
niteiy on the way to actually put an
end to evictions in Terre Haute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
q. S. Refunds Millions
To Millionaires. Tells
Workers To Starve

The United States Is facing a
deficit Of almost a billion dollars this
year and is telling the workers that
it is therefore unable to appropriate
money for unemployment relief. Yet
at the same time it has been giving
hundreds of millions of dollars in
YAK refunds to uillionaires and mil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
AMERICAN WORKERSIN
LENINGRAD WRITE OF
LIFE IN RED FACTORY
Shops controlled by Workers Committees;
Workers Elect Own Foremen
Milk Output Increases; Each Worker Re
ceives One Quart Per Day
Leningrad, UssR.

Dear Comrades:
We writing this letter from Lenngrad where we
working in factory which employs 1900 workers We still
need 1000 workers. but it is very hard get workers here
everyone has job and there unempoymen-qute
different situation than you have in the United States
Workers Elect Foremen
The conditions under which work Numerically
opposite to those in the capitalist countries Here the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
SPEED DEFENSE DRIVE WHILE
= MORE MINERS FACE PRISON

periaI Valley workers, and letters OF
personal greetings to the class fight
ers were adopted with the stormiest
approval. Negro and white pioneers
were there in large group. They
sang proIetarian tunes and added
much to the spirit of the gatherings.
Forty-six Negro and white workers
signed applications for membership
In the LID.
The previous night Spector spoke
on the South Side in Chicago where
100 black and white workers Joined
the LID. A special meeting was
at once arranged by the LID. or
ganizers for the next day for the
newly joined workers in order to
consolidate the militant response.
At the Milwaukee meeting, day
before, 20 workers joined.
Spector will speak in Kansas City,
Kansas, and Missouri, September 80
to october 6. He will be in Denver,
Colo, October 8, 9 and 10, after which
he will proceed to the Pacific Coast.
Cleveland Conference
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 2s.--
Moulders Local Union No. a., Bakers
Local No. Sc Of the A. F. Of L., and
numerous other workers organiza-
lions have promised to send delegates
at the call Of the international Labor
Defense to the Tom Mooney Harlan
miners Scottsboro defense conference.
The officials of Paperhangers Local
No. s67 were barely able to terrorize
after an hours fight, enough of the
membership to prevent delegation
being sent to the conference officially
from the local. Rank and file
groups of paper hangers will send
a delegation.
The conference meets in Ukradnian
Labor Temple, 1861 Auburn Avenue,
Cleveland, october is, at 8 p. m.