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The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Unemployment Crisis
Demands Attainment
of Goal

Increasing boss exploitation Of the workers by
means of mass lay-offs, wage cuts and resultant
starvation makes the Daily Worker more than
ever political weapon to organize workers to
resist these conditions Our tables show that
the Daily Worker can be sold everywhere, once
workers become acquainted with the paper. In
strike situations, in unemployment denlonstra-
tions and Hunger Marches, the Daily must be
utilized.
The boss government attacks on the working
class and the Communists demands the imme-
diate strengthening of their greatest weapon, the
Daily Worker Mass circulation for the Daily
Worker must be the answer to its attempted
suppression
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

a few days for Fisher and Pontiac
plant before Christmas, now working
for the county for their grub which
amounts to one dollar per week per
person. This is that high standard OF
living in a country where there is too
much Of everything,
Terrific Speedup On Job.
And those who happened to be ur1-
fortunate enough to be working for
Fisher, Sloan, WHY'S and Wilson COR
porations ought TO be thankful" for
what they get. They, sure enough,
don't make much and they have to
work like no workers ever worked be-
fore, It's one tightening up after an
other and you sweat and push, pull
your rag out and step on it or out
you go TO augment the poor line.
The foremen are SO sweet and nice
TO you too. They smile the million
dollar smile when they fire you for
not being able to keep up WITH the
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
1900 in STRIKE
AGAINST PAY CUT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

strike committee.
There should be a united front
with the National Textile Workers
Union, on the basis of mass picket
ing, no arbitration, the strike to be
led by the strikers rank and file
strike committee, and shop organi-
zation.
The solidarity of those working
with those not working is a vital
point. All measures to collect and
administer relief should be made at
once.
Although John Snowden of the
Stead and Miller Mill and president
of she Manufacturers Association,
has stated in the press that he does
not intend to bring in scabs, the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union points
out that no one should believe this,
and that mass picketing should start
and be carried on militantly.
sse. article on page 1 this Issue
Of Daiiy WoreA1s
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
$500 MARCH in
INDIANAPOLIS
1000 Frisco Jobless
Seize Bread Line
anil Fight Cops
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE1

workers in the state, the demonStra-
tors demanded that the legislature
pass laws granting each unemployed
worker SIS per week, with So more
for each dependent; laws against
evictions and foreclosures on the un-
employed and against cutting off of
light, water or heat from unen-
ployed and part time workers.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 3.-Police ar
rested Dan Singer of the Mine, Oil
and Snelter Workers Industrial
Union here for calling meeting of
unemployed miners and broke up the
meeting.
The meeting was to have been held
in Silver Moon Hall, Feb. l. About
20 police and thugs raided the hall
before it started, drove everybody out
and did not let anyone come in.
The miners stood around outside,
and one could hear them talking:
This meeting is not lost, we must
have another and get SO many men
the police can not break it up"
Others said, "Mr. Boylan Lewis
president of District l, United Mine
Workers of America) is afraid that
We may organize and fight against
the wage-cuts and bad conditions in
the mines"
The International Labor Defense is
trying TO get Singer out of jail
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb 3.-The
$50 miners now striking against the
Hillman Coal Co, and Carr Co. at
Edna, Pa, are calling other unem-
ployed miners from the district
around to a meeting to elect a dele
gate to go to Washington with the
delegation of $50 from all over the
country to present the Workers Un-
employment Insurance Bill to con-
gress on Feb, 10.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Shoe Jobless Organize.
Lock Out 1000
Steel Workers

BERLIN.-Last night fascists way
laid Reichsbanner column and at
tackled them with clubs, and hatohets.
One Reichsbanner was killed and
three we're seriously wounded The
collision took place at Metzbach near
Cologne.
Police raided a series of Commu-
mist and fascist locals in Charlotten-
burg. No weapons were discovered
10 the Communist locals. -Four fas-
cists were arrested because weapons
were found on them.
1000 steel workers we're locked out
in Meiderich works in Duisburg be-
cause they refused to accept brutal
wage cuts.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Solid Cain IN Circulation Is 1Oz43 Since
November; Deuver Kansas City Lead Field

The average daily press run of the Daily
Worker for the past week containing no special
editions but stimulated by some special orders,
reached the unprecedented figure of S7,l66
OF course this is not all solid circulation. 1t
contains unsold copies and also all foreign and
miscellaneous circulation not shown in the regu-
lar tables In fact today's total circulation
shown in the district tables, is 33,Ol9. This
figure compares with the figure, based on the
same calculation, of 22,311 for Nov. l. The gain
in solid circulation since the start of the CAM
paign has been l0,l43.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
10 More Textile Mills
in England Shut Down:
$50, 900 Are Locked Out

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 30
Ten more mills were added tc
those involved in the lockout OF tex
tile workers, because the workers re-
fuse to accept the "eight-Ioom sys,
tenn instead of the present -four
loom" system, involving wage cuts
and speed-up for the workers.
More than 250,000 are now i'm
yolved in the lockout, and it is ex-
pected that 100000 soon will be out.
Macdonald is working frantically
with the bosses to arrange a settle.
ment" suitable to the capitalists.
The action against the textile
workers is part of Labor Minister
Snowden's plan Of a ten per cent
wage cut for all British workers,
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Last Weeks Results
in 10000 Campaign

Last weeks circulation showed an increase of
1,761, of which 1909 We're special orders, Spe-
cial orders amounting to i,0o9, which will be
dropped next week. bring the solid gain to 752
for the week. %;
The Philadelphia district shows the largest in
crease of 612, of which $50 are special orders.
Detroit put on solid gain of 244 followed by
Chicago district which made real gain of 1873.
District d. Buffalo, shows an increase of l06,
25 of which are special orders.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Soviet Workers to
Get Huge Increase
in Food Supplies

MoSCoW.-In comparison with
1880 the Moscow co-operatiyes will
double the milk supply this year.
The supply of pork will increase
by $50 per cent, the supply of
vegetables by 200 per cent the
supply of poultry by 400 per cent.
Ninety per cent of the workers
families in Moscow viii receive
their supplies through the special
exclusive cooperative shops. Two
hundred new shops are being
opened. Further, the socialist res
taurants will greatly increase their
daily output.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Chicago Ahead in
Tri-Cornered Race

In its three-cornered race with Philadelphia
and Detroit, Chicago still tops the list with As
per cent, followed by Detroits az per cent and
Philadelphia's 80 per cent. Detroit took second
place again by increasing its bundles after
cut. Philadelphia has picked up from % per
cent two weeks ago to 80 per cent and is begin
ming to show signs of real activity in outside
cities. Baltimore is now getting daily bundle
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Mass Meet in PIeSsetck of
Lumber Workers Hits Anti
Soviet SANDERS; Tell Fact
Compare Conditions Under Czarism With Their
Present Lot; Want American Workers
to Know the Truth

MOSCOW - AS result Of the irresponsible and deliberately
slanderous campaign whipped up chiefly by the British and
American press concerning the alleged of forced labor etc.
the Soviet timber trade the Soviet press is paying
particular attention to this question special correspondent
of the zvesta has made tour of the most important log
gng districts and spoken with the oggers who hardly know
whether to laugh or be furious at the allegations.
At meeting of the oggers nthe Plessetck district joint
statement was made containing the following:
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
Militancy of India Masses
Forces Gandhi to ManeuVre

ALLAHABAD Feb 2 - Faced with the less of leadership
of the Indian whose steadily rising mancy thwar
the Ganh plans for betrayal of the national struggle the
All India National Congress forced to go
against the dscontnuance of the civil dsobeence campaign
throughout nda in spite of the camors of the Indian bourgeo
Isle for calling off the struggle
The congress leaders had hoped to await the arrival of Sir
Tex Bahadur Sapru and Mr. Jayakur Gandh friends at the
Round Table Conference m London the evident plan using
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
HUNDREDS
,.lEGROSPOKESMAN
Cops Raid Unemployed
Council Offices,
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
officers from their horses and beat
them up.
Two hundred police with heavy
clubs, took part in the attack. Orders
to attack the unemployed were issued
by Police Commissioner Roach who
had ruled that meeting should take
place at the city hall @ a21
Patrolmen John Ziteler and Art
Reynolds were injured, though neither
seriously. ,l..
Kenneth Kalke, chairman of the
delegation, and two other militant
workers were severely beaten by the
poiice and were taken to Jail and
held incommunicado.
Defend Negro Worker.
Otto Hall, Negro worker, and Sec
retary of the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights, and also another
spokesman for the delegation, was
greeted with wild enthusiasm while
fighting in the city hall and later
when reporting at the mass meeting
outside. Hundreds defended him
from the police when they charged
to attack him.
Several other workers arrested were
rescued from the hands of the police
by the heroic struggles of the DEM
onstrators.
Headquarters of the council of the
unemployed at Ellicott and North
Streets we're raided and 200 men were
driven into the streets by the police
The Buffalo Times carries Q
screaming headline: Mob Beats Po-
iceman; Jobless Angered Wher
Council Opposes Dole"
Many Cities Prepare.
Fifteen thousand signatures to the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill were obtained during the last
two days in Rochester, Buffalo, Bing-
hamton and Syracuse. Big Feb, 10
demonstrations will be held in these
cities, and in Utica and other near
by cities. jamestown holds its DEM
onstration Feb. 9,
Shoe Jobless Organize.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Feb. 3.--Or-
ganization of the unemployed into
councils is spreading through the tri-
city district controlled by the Endi-
cott-Johnson Shoe Co. They are
fighting the company rule.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

the fake concessions of the Mac
Donald social-imperialists as a basis
for abandoning the struggle, but
mass pressure was too great and the
congress leaders were forced to pub
ish at once resolutions calling for
q continuance of the civil disobedi-
ence campaign, These resolutions
had been passed last week, but were
being held up by the congress lead
ers in the hope that they could
stifle the revolt Of the masses,
In the face OF this evidence that
the Gandhi leaders can no longer
stem the growth of revolutionary
sentiment among the Indian masses,
the Indian bourgeoisie who formerly
financed the congress are threaten
ing to Withdraw their support.
The resolution demands the grant
ing of amnesty to all political pris-
oners, the withdrawal of repressive
measures, permission to continue
peaceful picketing of foreign cloth,
drink and drug shops, and permjs-
sion to make salt.
BY emitting the demand for un-
conditional national independence,
the congress leaders have left the
door wide open for future BETRAYAL
of the national struggle. Towards
this end the proposal of Macdonald
for a second Round Table Confer
ence to be held in India will no doubt
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
One-Tlird of Final
Quota Reached

So far 80 per cent of the total quota of 10000
has been obtained Districts below this average
are: Cleveland, 80 per cent; Minneapolis, 80 per
cent; Pittsburgh ~ per cent; New York, "a per
cent; Connecticut 10 per cent; South, II per
cent; Buffalo, is per cent; Boston, II per cent.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
VETS DEMAND TOMBSTONE
BONUS.
Philadelphia, Pa

PhlIadeIphia, Pa,
Daily Worker:
AS an unemployed war veteran ]
make this demand on the govern
ment, that they Immediately cash the
Tombstone Bonus Bill. The money
to be raised by taxing the blood
sucking war profiteers like Schwab
Morgan, Rockefeller, etc.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
THOUSANDS OF NEGRO AND WHITE
SHARE CHOPPERS, TENANT FARMERS
AND FAMILIES STARVING IN ARK
Thousands Eking Out Hungry Existence on
Miserable Red Cross Rations; Boss Press
Says They Are Used to Starvation
Pontiac, Mich.
Daily Worker

Daily WORKER
The bare Of the capitalist press about many thou
sands going back work has connection with actual cond
ons 1t just proves that the lies of the bossen becoming
chronic.
Work in and about Pontiac mighty and is getting
carcer every day. Auto plants only part time and
already laying off The only place that is doing rushing
business the poor commission. You meet fellows who worked
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
San Francisco
Leads Cites

In cities alone, San Francisco leads with
103 per cent; Denver comes second with 95
per cent. followed by Kansas City, 81 per cent.
The city of Milwaukee, unlike the district,
shows an increase Of 54 per cent, Oakland fol-
lowing with 81 per cent.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
279 New Subs and
Renewals For Week

Two hundred and nine new subscriptions and
10 renewals were received last week. A total of
80 was dropped from the list.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

dropped from the lists, bringing the net sub
scription gain to 2,314 Total renewals since the
drive started show 2,331
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

All Collective Endorsements
and Filled Signature Lists
Must be i'm the Hands of the
National Campaign Com
mittee for Unemploy-
ment Insurance b.
February the 9Th
The daily worker., 1931-02-04
3674 New Subscribers,
1881 Renewals in Drive

Since the beginning Of the campaign, 1914
new subscribers were gained. and 1860 were
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

be~rised by the congress leaders and
the Indian bourgeoisie who are now
panic-stricken over the prospect that
the Indian masses are getting beyond
their control and in that event would
prosecute real struggle for national
and social liberation.
The daily worker., 1931-02-04

$500 1901 1IOsO 1889 2s3l1 3sOI0 1o70S SO
Noe:--rhese tables do not include miscellaneous
foreign and special editions. The average
for the past week 371GG. Above figures also 10
not include 1900 extra in District 3 New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
DECREASE IN AUTO
OUTPUT REVEALED
Sharp Decline for July 10
Shown by Figures of Com
merce Department.

sharp decline in automobile pro-
ouctlon during July. was shown In
q Commerce Department statement
winch placed the total production IN
the United States for that month At
zig, S61 cars, decline Of 81. 696 vehicles
below that OF June, when $50, 657 were
produced. Statistics also revealed that
the July production was the lowest of
any month this year with the exception
of January.
Declines were shown In all lines.
passenger car production dropping TO
1927 In July, from 1855 in June,
trucks TO 1884 in July, from Il .342 In
June. and taxicabS to $50 and $50 IN
June. The taxicabs figure was the
lowest In recent years, the next lowest
being $40. in May
The combined total of all cars pro-
duced for the first seven months of
this year, which totaled 1,791 $40, show
ed decrease Of 672, 200, In comparison
with the combined total. 2,464.ll3. for
the f1rst seven months in 1880, and q
decrease OF .934.370 in comparison with
the first seven months In 1929. which
totaled 3.72s.2s3.
The combined production of all
classes OF vehicles In July, compared
with 265.533 In the corresponding month
last year and $500. $40 in July, 1929
The July output Of passenger ears and
trucks were both above the low level
OF last January. when the production
OF passenger vehicles was l37yS05 and
trucks 1851.
The automobile production In July
ana thus far this year by classes of
vehicles was given as follows:
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further slump in the chemical markets
or a further downward adjustment of
cost Of living, which, incidentally, Mr..
Queeny does not anticipate.
Brazil Bans Flour Imports.
Although struggling with a steadily
declining exchange and burdened with
a heavy Indebtedness Brazil continues
anxious to carry out as far as possible
her terms Of loan contracts. She is
obliged, In order to make ends meet,
to resort to most drastic measures. The
embargo on the import of -four for ls
months Is one OF them. 1t is true that
this may cut OF q market for United
States flour. worth about $4,000 600
annually, but only by reducing to an
absolute minimum her purchases abroad
will Brazil succeed in bringing order
into her financial house.
The United States has large invest
ments in Brazil, and In order to obtain
a return thereon Brazil must be helped
With improvement in the country's
conditions the situation will doubtless
change. and Charles c. Bovey, chair.
man Of the Washburn Crosby Co.. who
fears that the -four trade may be
permanently lost to the United States,
is somewhat pessimistic
kreuger Toll Profits Hold Up.
With ramifications in all four corners
of the globe. Kreuger & Toll. powerful
Swedish holding company. is naturally
affected by all international develop
ments. Revolutions. governmental
changes, suspension of debt payments,
bank failures and social disturbances
in foreign lands are generally reflected
in the price Of the securities of Kreuger
& Toll. as well as its numerous sub
salaries and affiliate companies, in
Guiding especially Swedish Match and
International Match.
The continued decline In its shares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02

Prices uCCS 1lOC SccIil pIODdUlc.
Frisco Head Sees Improvement
An improvement in business is looked
for in the not distant future by j. M
Kurn president OF the St. Louis San
Francisco Railway. Speaking Of the
Southwest and Southeast. Mr. Kurn
states that these sections have the
greatest crops in history, which, how
ever, are not bringing good prices.
The farmers therefore are obliged to
stack most OF their wheat, and this sit
uation is having its effects upon the
Frisco System and is reflected in the
price of the various securities. The pre-
ferred stock, for example, on which divi-
dends have been declared for the whole
of 1891, is quoted on a better than &c
per cent basis. OF course, the con-
tinuance Of payments next year is prob
lematical.
Surplus of Oysters Lacking.
While the problems arising from over
production are many and varied, there
is at least one industry in which there
Is no surplus. Reference Is made to the
oyster business. next to salmon the
largest item Of seafood consumed In the
United States.
According to william H. Raye, presi-
dent of the Bluepoints Co. a subsidiary
Of the General Foods Corporation. this
years oyster yield in the United States
will approximate the 1880 output. and
the opening of the season this month
should provide employment for 10000
additional men.
Wages Turn Upward
While most corporations resort to
wage cuts, one enterprise, the Monsanto
he fanR IN RF
crease wages. Commenting upon thi:
unusual experiment, Edgar M. Queeny
president. said that there was no justi-
fication to lower the prevalent wage
sale and that the latter would be ad-
kefed to unless there should develop a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Grain Market
BY the Associated Press.

by inc A6SOCldlcu EICeos
CHICAGO. September 2.-Grain mar
kets finished easy today after firm
start. Fractional ad,anees took place
early. with scattered buying of both
wheat and corn, but the upturn was
short-lived, liquidation developing later,
which carried deferred wheat. deliveries
to new low levels for the season. Easi-
ness of the stock market and slow ex-
port demand had depressing effects.
Rainy weather generally prevailed
again in Europe, and cables said wheat
was of inferior quality this year. Corn
was under pressure and declined stead
lily after a small advance early. Oats
and rye weakened with other grains.
Provisions were unsettled.
Wheat closed easy at near bottom
quotations for the day, SAILS cents be-
low yesterdays finish; corn was weak,
asa1 lower: oats unchanged to a shade
weaker, provisions mixed, ranging from
o scent decline to an equal advance.
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has induced the management to an
nounce that for the first half of this
year profits show a decline of ap-
preciably less than 8 per cent. while
the shrinkage for the whole of 1871
is not expected to exceed Az per cent.
in no single case has there been a de-
fault or delay on the various govern
ment bonds owned by the company, or
any difficulty in regard to the transfer
of exchange. Anticipated improvement
abroad, as q result of the successful
Franco-American credit to Great
Britain should help the Kreueer 81 Toll
situation appreciably.
tCopyright, 1891, by fhe NorfM snerican
Newspaper Alliance, Inc
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Chapman line as the nucleus, and include
the Sevelt-International Mercantile
Marine, the Dollar-Dawson interests, and
perhaps some minor shipping enterprises
Such a combination Is likely to prove
beneficial not only to the operators, but
to shippers as we'll 1t will be in line with
developments abroad, where competing
shipping concerns have found this sort of
merger the most feasible solution Of the
problems with which they were confronted,
and which were greatly aggravated by the
world wide economic crisis.
Cudahy South's Benefactor.
1t would seem that the South has found
a benefactor in the person of e. A. Cudahy,
jr, president of the Cudahy Packing Co,
who will invest 10 per cent OF the con-
Germs Southern sales up to. December in
the outright purchase of cotton in the
open market. Through this transaction,
estimated at 81 900 900, Mr.. Cudahy hopes
to assist in efforts to stabilize the price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
CURB SHARES DROP
IN HEAVY SELLING
Industrial List Irregular, But
Oil Issues Hold in
Steady Trend.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.

Special Dispatch to The Star. ..
NEW YORK, September 2.-Stocks
moved steadily lower In today's Curb
Exchange session, the market showing
q slight pickup In speed on the down
side.
The usual leader of the list. Electric
Bond g. Share. was off shade along
with Cities Service. Oils were steady,
industrials highly irregular. utilities
mixed and investment trusts and hold
ing companies weak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-02
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, September R.-
Stocks weak; rails under pressure. Bonds
irregular; rails react. Curb heavy;
speciality issues soft. Foreign exchanges
steady; French franc firm. Cotton
lower; easy cables. Southern selling.
Sugar steady; Cuban support. Coffee
steady; European buying.
CHICAGO, September 2 P).--Wheat
easy; hearish Winter wheat estimate.
Corn easy: good rains Iowa. Cattle ir-
regular. Hogs higher.
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New York Cotton
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 2.-Weak-
ness in the stock market and favorable
weather in producing sections, except
brought further pressure on cotton
prices today and a decline Of 10 to IA
points occurred Lowest prices Of the
day were reached in chasing dealings,
and. though comparatively few hedging
o1erations we're transacted, prices ruled
easier throughout the session. Spots
were reduced 10 points to sos.
Cotton range:
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, September LP>.-Cop-
per quiet; electroiytic, spot and future,
7l2a73z. Tin steady; spot and nearby,
$3.50; future. 27.05. Iron steady; un-
changed Lead quiet: spot, New York,
44o; East ST. Louis, 4.22. Zine steady;
East st. Louis, spot and future, $50.
Anthony, $50.