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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
All She Has to Wear!
A Dress From Relief!

haven't enough covering for the sum-
mer must have warm clothes and
shoes to wade through heavy snow to
reach distant schools, and enough
warm food inside of them so they
can study.
And meanwhile, their fathers who
are putting up a strong fight against
this starvation that is robbing their
children of health, their wives who
march beside them on the picket line,
and the children who are game fight
ers themselves, ask workers every
where to help the relief committee
give them at least one meal a day to
ward of literal starvation, to collect
food and money to buy food, to col
lect clothes-especially shoes-and to
send them to the Penn Ohio West
Virginia Kentucky Striking Miners
Relief Committee, Room $50, 799
Broadway, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27

NEW YORK. Continuing his
traitorous attempts to betray the
mass fight to save the nine innocent
Scottsboro boys facing electrocution
in Alabama, Walter White, national
secretary of the N. A. A. c. p, has
sent a letter to the editors of the
Negro press urging them to soft
peddle the Scottsboro issue and the
outrages which are being daily COM
mitted against the Negro masses of
Alabama, and particularly, at this
time, against Birmingham Negro
workers.
In his letter, Walter White COM
pletely ignores the police terror
against Birmingham Negro workers
in which Negro workers, one of
them woman, have been murdered,
several wounded and in a critical
condition and scores arrested in the
attempt to fasten on some innocent
Negro worker the murder Of two Bir-
mingham society women. After ped
ding the capitalist libel of working
class protests against the Scottsboro
legal lynching as IAN avalanche of
threats against the life of the Cover
nor of Alabama" White cites as a
second cause of the tension existing
in Alabama "a series of crimes which
have already raised the already tense
situation to a point where during the
past two weeks one of the most
bloody conflicts of recent years was
threatened" He makes it clear, how
ever, that the crimes to which he
refers are not the crimes OF the Ala
bama bosses against the Negro mas
ses but crimes alleged to have been
committed by Negroes. He says:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
EXPECT MINE AID
AFFAIR TO DRAW
MANY THOUSANDS
Sept. 7 to Be Big Day
At Starlight Park

1t Is estimated that at least 10000
workers will take part in the Solid
arity Day Festival and demonstra-
ton at Starlight Amusement Park,
September Labor Day.. Trade
unions, fraternal organizations, clubs
as well as hundreds Of unorganized
workers are getting behind the rap
idly crystalizing plans.
Comrade Landy on the Committee
on Affairs announced the schedule
of events as follows: Ukrainian
Chorus of 125 Voices, Russian Folk
Songs, Ukrainian dances, Vodyanoy
Of the Roxy Theatre accompanied by
Berman, Labor Sports, Accordion
players, Children's String Orchestra,
Motion picture of the miners strike,
indoor dancing at the skating ring,
concert by symphony orchestra, mass
chorus, more folk songs, interpretive
dancing, violin solo, mass pageant
"On To Victory" speakers, VIM. z.
Foster, VIM. Weinstone, Frank Bo-
rich. Tickets are SOC and are OBJ
tainable at the Workers Interna-
tional Relief, 79s Broadway, Room
800.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
DENIED STAY OF
DEPORTATION OF
EDITH BERGMAN
'ov't Drives Against
Organizers of the
Red Unions

NEW YORK, Aug 26.-The denial
of the Federal Court to stop the de-
portation of Edith Berkman, Ma
ational Textile Workers Union Or
ganizer in Lawrence, must show to
the workers that the courts work
hand in hand with the Federal gov
eminent Department of Labor.
Edith Berkman is not being de-
ported for any crime other than be-
ing an organizer of the NTWU who
was active in the Lawrence strike in
which the Lawrence textile workers
won better conditions. The deporta-
ton of workers because of strike
cGruggles is new method with which
to keep the foreign born workers from
striking The textile workers of Law
renee know very well that it is the
National Textile Workers Union that
helped them win better conditions.
The textile workers throughout the
country now know that the United
Textile Workers Union which is be-
ing supported by the Federal govern
ment is a mill owners organization
to keep the workers from striking for
better conditions.
This week, August 1929, is Anti
Deportation Week. The campaign of
the International Labor Defense to
put up struggle against deporta-
ton must be supported by all trade
union groups, working class organ
izations and every worker in the
mills. Mass meetings, meetings of To-
cal unions and mill meetings should
adopt resolutions in protest against
deportationS.
The workers cannot expect that
the federal courts which are a part
of the federal government should
rule against the federal governments
Department of Labor. Judge Lowell,
even though he pretended to speak
in favor of the National Textile
Workers Unions organizer, Edith
Berkman, proved that he, too, took
the side of the mill owners. The
courts, the Department of Labor
conciliators and judges, all work
hand in hand with the mill owners
to stop the growth of the National
Textile Workers Union.
New locals and mill committees Of
the NTWU are being built in every
textile town. The union is growing
and new leaders from the ranks of
the workers will be taking the place
Of those organizers who are being ar
rested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
.FFHW Officials
Call Off Hosiery
Strike in Reading
Natl Textile Workers
Union Calls for a
General Strike

READING, Pa, Augu. 26.-The
strike called by the American FEEDER
alton of Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers in the hosiery mills in Read
ing has turned out to be a complete
failure. About a score of workers
to the call to strike. The
officials of the union, Callaghan,
Rieve & Co. have now paved the way
for so per cent wage cut for the
union hosiery workers in PhiladeI-
phia.
The pressure Of the rank and file
workers in the union has forced the
officials to take this step. The man
ufacturers are demanding a so per
cent wage reduction to go into the
new agreement which is to be made
September l. The reduction in wages
can be stopped successfully only
through the concerted action of the
workers throughout the hosiery in
dustry. The union officials have
made the gesture of organizing the
Reading shops in order to pacify
their membership who demanded a
general strike in the industry. The
strike in Reading was called without
any preparations and without max
ing any serious attempt to organize
the workers within the mills. The
workers, who are ready for
struggle against the bad conditions
existing in the mills, have however
the treachery Of these Of
ficiais whose aim was not to have the
workers strike. but to force the union
Of Philadelphia to accept
wage-cut under ten pretense that
the Reading workers did not come
out"
The National Textile Workers
Union issued leaflet exposing the
role of the officials and calling Upon
the workers to organize and prepare
for strike; to organize rank and file
and to demand at the
National Convention that steps be
taken TO prepare the union and nom
union workers for a general strike in
The whole industry. . llIiilTg1ekDv
4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
Committee Foreign
Born Asks Names
Of Delegat e s

At the meeting Of the District
Committee for the Protection OF the
Foreign Born held on August at
Manhattan Lyceum, a number of
worker delegates gave donations and
made pledges of funds to carry on
the work of the committee. Many
Of the names on these pledges and
donations are illegible and the COM
mittee cannot send out the regular
receipts and follow up the pledges.
Those delegates who made donations
or pledges and who have not yet
received receipts should get in touch
with the committee, Room sos, 80
Union Square. They should send in
their own names as we'll as that of
the organization they represented
carefully writer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
TRIAL OF 7
POSTPONED
IN CHICAGO
M a S S P r o t e S t S
Fore e Boss
r e tire a t
Workers Jam Court
Denounce P O | i C e
NJ a S S a ere

CHICAGO, I'LL, Aug. rs The
trial OF the seven workers arrested
on August 3 during the South Side
massacre came up today, but on
the request Of the prosecuting at
torney 1t was postponed one month.
The reason is obvious for this post
ponement. The city realizes that
all these workers arrested are limo
cent. The city government feels
the pressure of the masses who
packed the court room TO overflow
this morning.
Resolutions were passed demand
ing criminal action against the city
officials and Lieut.. Hardy and his
policemen responsible for the muir
der. In view of all this, they found
it advisable to postpone the trial,
waiting for more favorable condi-
ton, or to drop the case entirely.
CHICAGO, Ang. 25. - Under thu
pretext of stamping out" the policy
racket on the South Side, Mayo
Cermak has thrown additional police
into the South Side to crush tn,
struggles Of the unemployed Negro
workers against starvation and evic
tons. The additional police force,
are commanded by Captain Siege
notorious for his brutal beating up o
unemployed workers last year an,
for his vicious tffrd degree tortur
of workers.
With the pretense of cleaning on
the rackets," the police are increas
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electric chaif if convicted. Her chief
work consisted in organizing the de-
Tense work and distributing relief
to the prisoners and their families
Mrs. Wakefield, who is being held
in $4,000 bond $4,000 bail and 5000
peace bond, has been in Jail since
Aug 5. She was arrested after con-
tinued threats Of physical violence,
and after the dynamiting of her auto
mobile failed to drive her from Har-
Ian.
Other indictments returned by the
Harlan grand jurors on behalf of the
Kentucky coal operators, included one
against Ralph Steel, charged with
criminal syndicalism; one each
against Woody Emery and Hager
Layne, charged with murder in
connection with the killing of
Jess Pace which was result of a
clash between group of miners
on one side and the armed
deputies and thugs of the coal op-
orators on the other, after miners
came to the defense of a Negro fell
low worker, who was being attacked.
At the same time three indictments
we're returned against Lloyt, Gilbert
in connection with the clash at
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
Detroit Mayor Cuts Relief and
Condemns Many to Hunger, Suicide

DETROIT, Aug. 26.-Hunger and
starvation are engulfing the unem-
ployed here as the result Of Mayor
Murphy's relief plans" While Muir
ply promises the Wall st. bankers
and Henry Ford, from whom he got
$35,o0o0o0 that not one cent will be
used for unemployment relief, he is
forced to admit that mel and women
beg him for food. The Detroit Times
of August 81 quotes Murphy as fol-
lows:
"The situation is awful. II Is
worse than most of us imagine.
Half-starved families have been
coming daily to my office in search
Of food"
They do not get any food and
many go home to die of starvation.
Dozens commit suicide. For example
the Detroit newspapers report few
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
Expectant Mother |
Forced to Sleep
In City Park

of these instances of what the unem-
ployed face:
Arthur Wilson, SO, of 1910 Brooklyn
Ave, when he was cut off of the well
fare lists chat is, denied unemploy-
ment relief on orders of Mayor MUIR
ply took poison and is near death
in the Receiving Hospital. Detroit
Times, August 19)
Unable to find work and seeing his
wife nearing starvation, Norman
Watson, SO years old, killed himself
at his home at 18o75 Biltmore Ave.
He had turned on the gas. Murphy
insisted on saving taxes for the big
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
SO Indictments
Added Against
Harlan Miners
Jessie Wakefield, lid Organizer, Is Indicted Held in
$4,000 Bond
Labor Defense Warns Of Danger to Heroic Miners in the
Kentucky Struggle

HARLAN, KY. Aug. 26.-The avalanche
of indictments against Kentucky miners battl-
ing against the combined forces of the coal op-
orators, hired gunner and police grew today
when 81 more indictments were returned by
the grand jury in session here.
Among those indicted Mrs. Jessie London Wakefield
southern representative of the international Labor Defense
charged with criminal syndicalism result of her ac-
tvte in defense of the 81 miners face execution in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
Starving Man Eats
Crust Thrown to Birds
Maui, uo,,op a

New Haven, Conn.
On August Goth, was sitting in
the park here and an unemployed
worker was sitting on another seat
nearby. He was white man and
about forty-five years old. His clothes
we're not bad. He was reading a dis
carded newspaper.
All of sudden he was attracted
by dozen little sparrows who were
fighting over crust of bread about
four inches long. He jumped out
of his seat and drove the sparrows
away. He snatched up the crust
of bread and devoured it. He smack
ed his lips after it just like a boy
after eating piece of BURBERRY pie.
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automobile companies, and hunger
forced another worker to his death.
The Free Press on August IS re-
ported the following: 'Despondent
over the desperate plight of her fam
lily, Miss Lillian Herbert, "a years old,
2674 Port Ave, took poison Friday
night in an attempt TO end her life.
Two weeks ago the family, con-
sisting of the father, Lillian. another
daughter Virginia, l6, and two sons,
Harry, q, and william, IS, was de-
MED further help from the welfare
department"
Mayor Murphy, who gets the sup
port Of Norman Thomas, socialist,
orders workers to die of hunger.
On August 20, the Detroit Times
reported: Frederick Terriyah, 81, Of
1884 Monica Ave-, today is in Re-
baH.ts -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
REDS GAIN
IN ENGLAND.
HIT FAKERS
10000 Railwaymen In
Vote to Support
Communists
I" Opposition" Betrays
M'Donald in Hypocriti-
cal Speech for Banks
lspecial cable to Daily Workerl

LONDON, Aug. 26.-The Hamp-
stead local of the Labor Party Of
which Macdonald is a member, ex-
PEELED him last night The Trade
Union Council meets with the Labor
Party National Executive today to
Gefi1e its position. The broadcast
statement of Macdonald last night
declared the objective of the Ma
tionaP government to be the crea-
ton of confidence in sterling. He
declared economies, such as lowering
the unemployed insurance, wage cuts,
etc., were necessary, and though he
talked about "all around economies, ;"
he specified only ten per cent cut
in the dole. He hypocritically de-
clared that those receiving benefits
desire to be treated the same as other
people"
The new cabinet consists of ten
members only, armed with arbitrary
powers to force measures rapidly
through parliament.
The new scheme of the govern
ment closely approximates the pro-
posals of the fascist Mosley who was
formerly a member of the Labor
Party.
The Communist Party of Great
Britain, under the slogan of Not a
penny from the workers." is winning
great mass support. Among the or
CARNATIONS already supporting it in
the Essex District Is TIE council Of
the National Union Of Railwaymen
representing 10000 workers.
Labor Party Betrayals
NEW YORK.-The latest cables
from London to the capitalist news
papers here show that the forces in
the Labor Party and Trade Union
Council of Britain who put up a
sham opposition to MacDonald's open
betrayals are planning to mislead the
workers, and by hook or crook to
keep them within the ranks of the
Labor Party.
Completely hiding the fact that
they Fundamentally supported the
Macdonald government, laying the
basis for its present action, the In
dependent Labor Party now comes
out with a hypocritical statement
saying that Macdonald can no long
er speak for labor" When MacDon-
aid was numbering Indian and Chi
nese workers, putting over wage cuts
for British workers, the LIP said he
was speaking for labor"
All the so-called drastic" action
that will be taken aaginst MacDon-
aid in the next few days will be for
the sole purpose of befuddling the
workers and trying to keep their faith
in the Labor Party which now stands
openly branded as the tool of British
imperialism.
The Trade Union Congress, in a
statement issued just before its meet
ing, puts forward the hypocritical cry
of Unity" They say: Unity of
the labor movement is the para
mount consideration" They know
thousands of workers will drift to
the Communist Party completely dis
illusioned. and they cry unity in
order to help British capitalism by
trying to hold the workers within
the British Labor Party or under the
thumb of MacDonald's cronies in the
Trade Union Congress.
Meanwhile, unemployment grows
worse in England. The number of
jobless registered is over 2,7oo,00o,
which is SOFT more than last week,
and 701,419 greater than last year.
The number will increase still fur
Their.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-27
NAACP Asks Negro Press
Soft-P eddie ScOttsbOrO Case
Negro Workers Must Rally To Mass Fight To
Free Boys

"One Of these crimes occurred
in Birmingham allegedly by a col
ored man."
He then peddles the lies of the
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REMEMBER /!

Solidarity Day for Miners
Relief, September 7th, at
Starlight Parkl
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Soviet Forced Labor"-Bedacht'
series In pamphlet form at 10 cents
per copy. Read it-Spread It!
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
JURY PROBES
CHOIR GIRLS
MURDER CASE

SINTON. Aug. IL. P-Newton
Yarberry was indicted by the San
Patricio county grand jury on Q
charge OF murder in connection with
the death OF Miss Dorothy Doris
Symonds. Is, whose body was found
Aug. / in a grave Of mud and sea-
weed near the Arkansas Pass break
water.
Sheriff S. F. Hunt arrested Var
berry at Corpus Christi. Bond had
not been set today.
The grand jury ~exonerated Tom
Conner. who had also been charged
with murder in connection with the
choir singers death. Sheriff Hunt,
however. continued to hold Conner
CT a warrant issued at Arkansas
Pass.
Corners attorneys planned to have
an examination trial today before
Carl Utterbach, justice of the peace.
The grand jury recessed until
Thursday. when IL will resume its
investigation OF the case.
Miss SymonS' body was clad in a
bathing suit and marks on her
throat led officers to believe she had
been strangled. Size had been miss
ing since the night of July 80.
Texas Rangers continued their
search for evidence at Arkansas Pass
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Brownsville Man Joins
Expedition in Land Of
Cold, Snow and Lcebergs

decide whether TO 90 way out to
sea, or creep along the coast.
Cold In Summer.
Il often wondered why the fisher
man and sailors up here can not
swim. But the temperature Of the
water in the bay where our plane
is anchored Is SO degrees, and we
have to 60 900 miles farther north.
we are making all kinds Of prep
crations for flies and mosquitoes.
They arc awful. The black flies here
are fierce, although nothing COM
pared with where We are going"
A copy OF a newspaper OF Char
~lottetown, Prince Edwards Island,
received here tells something Of the
expedition.
The expedition hopes to add much
h. the meagre store of information
about the northern cast OF Labra-
dor. on the Arctic fringe, according
to this report.
Bonnick, the aerial photographer.
is one OF the pioneer aerial photo
graphers n the world. He started
aerial photography during the World
War. in 1915. being one Of the first
Il take air pictures OF the war.
He has been working at this trade
since then.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
COPS BELIEVE
CAR Set FIRE
AFTER MURDER

ANN ARBoR, Mich, Aug. il-P,
Bodies of four persons. all be-
lieved to have been slain, were
found burned in an automobile on
n road marking the Wayne-
Washtenaw county line near willis
early today.
The victims were tentatively
identified as: Thomas wheatiey,
10, OF near Denton: Harry Lore.
also about Is, of Ypsilanti; Vivian
Gould and Anna Harris.
Miss Gould and Miss Harris both
OF Cleveland we're visiting 1T the
Lore home In YpSilanti.
The bodies were identified bv
Harry Wheatley. father OF Thomas.
who recognized two keys found in
the car. as belonging to his son.
He also identified a belt buckle
worn by Lore.
The car belonged to Mr.. Wheat
ley.
The boys left home Monday
night TO attend a show in Ypsilanti.
Wheatley said. II was not deter
mined where they had met the two
girls.
Sheriff Jacob S. Andres and
Coroner Edwin G. Ganzhorn Of
Washtenaw county and state DO
lice said they believed the young
people were slain and then the
automobile set afire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Exhibit Planned

A Texas fine arts exhibit will be
shown in the Valley in the near
future II efforts OF S. M. Patterson.
secretary OF the chamber Of COM
mere at Weslaco, r successful.
A letter was received at the
chamber OF commerce here today
from Patterson stating that he IS
writing all Valley chambers and
that the exhibit can be brought to
the Valley II desired.
II includes paintings and etchings
by Texans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Berry Meeting
Set At Edinburp

EDINBURG. Aug. ll.-Mrs. Vista
Hornburg. secretary OF the chamber
Of commerce announces that plans
are complete for the strawberry
meeting in the district courtroom In
Edinburg. Wednesday at 8 d. m. T..
nj Brown. president Of the Edinburg
Chamber Of Commerce will preside
at the meeting.
j. ". Meyers of the Missouri-Pacif-
ic and @. L. Stambaugh OF the
Adams Gardens will speak. The pur-
pose Of this meeting Is 70 get as
much information and facts as
possible before interested growers.
This meeting Is not held on behalf
OF any marketing or selling organi-
zation or dealer in plants. Plans are
to have over half of the crop ready
in January and February at a time
when the market Is at peak prices.
Also the demand exceeds the supply
somewhat in those months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
EPPERSON SUIT
PLEA Is DENIED
Especial to The Herald)

NSpeClal 10 Inc Herald.b
EDINBURG. Aug. ll-Denial OF
County Tax Collector II. Tarpley'S
plea in abatement in the Epper-
son mandamus proceedings was
made by Charles K. Thompson.
judge OF the ninety-third district
court, yesterday after argument on
points Of law were heard Satur-
day and Monday.
The next step in the long
fought tax contract suit. in which
j. @. Epperson is endeavoring TO
collect about 100000 he alleges Is
due him in connection with a de-
linquent tax collection contract
made with the former commits
sioners' court. will be trial or the
mandamus slit on the facts Of
the case during the September
term Of court.
County Attorney Bryce Fergu-
son was retained as special coun-
sci for Tarpley. D.. w. C'-.5scock
led Tarpley's case. while Z. A. Nc
Daniel and l.. j. Polk led the ar
guments in favor Of Epperson.
The mandamus case. which has
been in the courts since last fall.
was amended last week. after the
supreme court held that the Ep-
person tax contract was valid.
Chicago Is connected with $50
cities Of the United States by air
frQnSnorf lfpac
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pital where his condition was re-
ported serious.
Although there we're no Witness
es to the accident IL was reported
that Garcia was struck and run
over BY the last coach. II Is be-
lived he was walking along the
tracks when the train arrived az
the station.
Garcia has been n resident OF
Mercedes for n number OF years
and Is well known here.