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The Washington times., 1931-12-03
FOREIGN LOANS
FACING J.. s.
PROBE
Rep. John E. Rankin Asserts
Congressional Hearing
Will Be Demanded

Congressional investigation OF
foreign loans of American private
bankers will be demanded in the
House before the Hoover one-year
moratorium on inter-government
debts is acted upon, Representa-
tive John E. Rankin CD of Mis-
sissippi, announced today: He
said:
"The words moratorium, re-
ductiOnS and cancellations all
mean the same thing.
"They express merely. differ
ent degrees or different steps
of a scheme cOncOcted by a
group of international bankers
to in luce Congress to cancel the
foreign debts to the United
States, unload them onto the
American people, and thereby
enaLle those international H.
nanciers to more easily collect
their private loans abroad"
r.nkin, who has circularlzed
all Democratic members Of Con-
gress, declared the fight against
ratification of the one-year mora
torium is gaining.
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
TRADE
IS QUIET AND
NARROW
Selling Pressure Light, But
This Is Offset by Low
Buying Demand

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 0N.S).
Cotton futures continued to hold
within a narrow trading area in
a quiet session today. The mar
ket opened practically unchanged
with all trading on a minor scale.
Cooperative brokers whose
heavy selling had featured the
opening at the previous four or
five sessions did nothing, while
light hedge sales were offset by
price-fixing orders from spinners.
Traders Cautious
The trade, however, adhered to
its policy of refusing to reach for
cotton, and demand from this
source was present only on a
scale-down basis. AS the session
progressed, offerings appeared
from spot firms in the distant
months, and local traders. This
vas about offset by demand in
the distant months by commits
sion houses, Wall Street and the
continent.
j. E. Bennett and Co. esti-
mate that cotton ginnings to De-
cember / total 15,130,00O bales
as compared with 1887 900 bales
in the corresponding period last
year. The final estimate on the
1881 crop is 16,398,000 running
bales, and 16,689,000 bales Of
500 pounds. 1t was pointed out
that unusually favorable weather
added materially to the crop, and
a top crop is being harvested.
Cloth Mills Vary
According to advices from
Worth Street, cotton mills have
shown less disposition to make
forward sales, and in some quar-
tiers it was thought that this
might have a steadying influence
on values.
At midday, January was off
points at 6.04, March off l at
6.22, May off l at $40, July off
4 to SIS, and october off 1 at
6.82.
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
Ship and Car Orders Give
1000 Workers Jobs

CLEVELAND, Dec. 3 QN.SD.
A $4,000, 1000 order for automobile
trucks placed by the city Of New
York with White Motors and an
extensive lake steamer remodel
ing program by the American
Shipbuilding Company today as
sured 1000 Cleveland and Loraln
laborers steady jobs through the
winter.
The truck order calls for the
delivery of TIA heavy duty trucks
for garage and snow collection in
New York City within the next
four months.
Delivery Prompt
Delivery is to start within 30
days under the contract. Pres
ident A. G. Bean of White Motors
said the 5000 men now employed
by the company on the Stagger
system would work full time at
least until the roder is complete.
The order was said to be the
largest single truck order since
the war.
The American Shipbuilding
Company announcement stated
that 1000 men in Lorain would
be put to work Immediately at
remodeling three lake freighters
of Boland & Cornelius. large
steamship operators of Buffalo,
N. Y, concerting the ore car
riers into self unloaders with the
Robbins electrical conveying belt
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
Cuban Sugar Export
Drops 100000 Tons

Cuban sugar exported from
January 1 to November IA aggre-
gated 2,346,345 long tons, of which
1,792,S7s went to the United
States and $50, 967 to other coun-
tries. This compares with 1885,
927 tons exported in the same
period of 1880, of which l, 967 ,615
went to the United States and
989, 312 to other countries.
Available stock in Cuba on No
vember IA, 1881. was 1,070,O5O
tons, compared with 597, 401 on
the like date of 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-12-03

system. approximately $1,OOO,OOO
is involved, it was said.
5000 Tons Of Steel
More than 5000 tons of steel
will be needed Immediately for
completion of ship remodeling
program. White Motors also will
be forced to place large orders
for numerous parts not made by
them to complete the New York
Cit truck order.
The steamers, each Of 10000
tons, to be remodeled for ship
ping stone for the Diamond
Alkali Company from Alpena,
Mich, to Fairport, Ohio, are the
William T. Roberts, the Theodore
H. Wickwire, jr., and the Louis
r. Davidson,
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
GRAINS OPEN UNEVEN

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 0.N.SD
Grains opened uneven today.
Wheat was unchanged to %
cents up, corn "a to Y cent off
and oats unchanged to 1s cents
higher.
Wheat-December, 54H; March.
55A: May, 81 s-A; July, 57-571a.
Corn-December, 1914; March,
40A; May. 41B-421s; July, 1874.
Oats-December, 241a; May
26%,
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
CHICAGO RAILWAYS

Chicago Railways Company, re-
ports for nine months ended Oc-
tober 81, 1881, net profit of 1885,
319 after expenses, city's compen-
Sation and interest on all bonds.
This compares with $3.50. 1899 in
corresponding nine months Of
1890.
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
BRITAIN GOLD
STORE DROPS

LONDON, Dec. 3 G.N.S).-A
new decrease in the total gold
holdings of the Bank of England
was reported in the regular week
ly statement today.
Holdings are now 121,599,344
pounds, as against 121,683,804
pounds a week ago. Gold re-
serves totaled 38,141,694 pounds.
as against 42,282,88 pounds last
week.
Proportion of gold to currency
in circulation decreased from
1882 per cent to 28.4 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-12-03
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 G.N.sD.
Hogs-4O,O00; steady to 1Oc
lower. Top, $4.45; bulk, $4,000
4.95: heavy, $4.00@4.3O; medium.
$4.15@4.45;, light lights, $4,000
4.3O; packing sows, $3.75@4OO;
pigs, $3.75@4.1O. oldovers
5000.
Cattle-5,OOO; steady. Calves
1000; steady. Beef steers-Good
and choice, $1O.OO@12.5O; COM
mon and medium, 5000; yearl-
ings, $9@12. Butcher cattle
Heifers, $3.5O@9.OO; cows, $1,000
5.25; calves, $5.OO@6.50; feeder
steers. $4@7; stocker steers, SO 50
@6.5O; stocker COWS and heifers,
$3.OO@450.
sheep-13,O0O; steady. Lambs,
$5.25@6.25; culls and common.
$3.5O@4.50; year1ingS, $4M5;
feeders, $4.5O@5.0O; ewes, $1@3.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09
DE LA ORDEN CABALLE-
RIOS DEL AGUILA DE ORC

Sc eta por este medic a los
mismbros de la corporation del
Castillo Cristobal Colon nume-
10 7 para la junta general ordi-
maria correspondence al primer
semestre del ano en- curse. AIDE
mas de la discussion de los asun-
tos administrators Sc celebra-
ran las elecciones del nuevo CO.
mite.
Esperase que todos los MEM
bros concurran a enterarse de
la Marcia progresiva de nues-
ira corporation.
Tambi6n tomara possession la
nueva oficialidad del Castillo.
Desea ell comite administrati-
vo que no falte Made a la tent
da de hoy.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09
Pleitos v Rigor..os

Corte del Circuito: Rafael Ar
tigas contra Rosa Artigas;
Pansy Womble contra George
E. Womble; Lydia P. Mercer
contra William Malcolm Mer-
Ger; Emma Mae Chapman con-
ira j. P. Chapman; Edward NJ.
White contra Cathryn M,
White.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09
INFORMATION -
DEL EERTO

Arr'b6 q Est y la Ha-
hama con.resajeros, carga Y CO.
rrespondencia ell vapor ameri-
cano Cuba.
Salieron durante ell dfa de
aver los vapores americanos
Polarine, Commercial Alaba-
man y ell japones Lisbon Maru.
Estan en- puerto los vapores
Yumuri. Cuba, Anna, DeBar-
delsben, las goletas Blakeley,
Gamble y Rubens, la barca Wau
keka Y Monte Carlo.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09

declararon aver en- huelga 600
hombres Y mujeres del telar
Weybosset, propiedad de la A
merican Wooden Company.
La compania asegura que no
lie es possible conceder 10 que los
obreros piden.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09

ser enviadas o~portunamente a
la Cooperative de Lectores",
en- ell Centre Obrero.
Ell 1ltimo acuerdo aprobado
Afue un mensaje de gracias a Ia
A8upacion Ben5fica y Cultu-
$alN Mel Centric Obrero, por ha-
SberleS brindado todas las f&
cilidades para el mejor desen
volvimiento del elevado propo-
sito cue inspira a la Coopera-
tiva de Lsctores.
Los lectores antes de dar por
terminada la reunion hicieron
ell juramento sentido y formal
de mantener ell nuevo 6sgano
dentro de los limites de la mas
coiASleta information de mott
cias locales y eXtranjeras y de
detsnderlo y sostenerlo sin re-
paro en- Gastos.
En- prueba de buena fe Y del
entusiasmo de que todos Sc sien
ten tocados, varios lectores es-
pontaneamente anticiparon can
tidades de importancia para Gu
brir ampliamente los primeros
gastos de la publication.
La gaceta., 1931-07-09

en- las fabricas.
I, Las bases fueron presentadas
por los Sres Herminio Canal Y
Rafael Rivas.
SonRtido a votaci6n ell nom
bramiento del primer Cuerpo
Executive de la Cooperative, re-
sultaron electos:
Presidente, Sr. Herminio Ca
nal; Secretario, Sr. Dem6filo
Pumar, y Tesorero, Sr. Bernar-
do Lobo.
Por aclamacion Y puestos de
pie, los lectores nombraron Pre-
sidente de Honor de La Coopera-
tiva al Sr. Victoriano Mantei-
ga, Director de La Gaceta, en-
testimonio de gratitud y sim
patia.
Ell peri6dico de la Coopera-
tiva Sc titulara "INFORMA-
.CION", con material seleccio-
nado de la prensa americana e
italiana.
La primera edici6n Sc publ
cara ell Lunes y sera Zelda csc
mismo dia en- todas las fabricas.
FL primer cuerpo de redacto-
res 10 constituyen, el ST.. Ra-
fael Rivas, Traductor de In
giles; el Professor Pietro Manis-
calico, Traductor de Italiano, y
ell Sr. Eduardo Nieto, Mecan6-
grafo Y mimeografista.
Los lectores acordaron tam
bien utilizar este conducto para
hacer llegar al conocimiento de
todas las organizaciones, Socie-
dades, Logias, Agrupaciones,
etc, que sus respectivas citacio-
mes seran publicadas absolute
mente gratis y las notas deben
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
FOSTER SPEAKS
AT MEET WE'D.
Big Send-Off For May
Day Delegates

NEW YORK.-William 2. Foster,
national secretary of the Trade Union
Unity League, will be one of the
speakers at the big mass farewell
that will be given to the May Day
delegation to the Soviet Union to-
morrow "wednesday night at 8
O'Clock in Irving Plaza, 18th st. and
Irving Place.
The farewell is being arranged on
a big scale and will not be only a
Send-off to the delegation, but a
demonstration in defense of the first
workers republic. The % delegates,
consisting of Negro and white Amer
lean workers, farmers and profess
SIGNALS, will bear the greetings of the
American working masses to the he
roic workers and peasants of Soviet
Russia
Other speakers will include Frank
Palmer, manager of the Federated
Press; j. E. Snyder, a delegate from
the American Federation of Labor
truck drivers local of San Fran
cisco; r. Gonzales, a Latin American
agricultural worker from Palo Alto,
Cal, and Negro and youth delegates.
John J. BALKAN, national secretary
of the Friends of the Soviet Union,
will preside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
Says Communist Party Inherited the Struggles
of 1886 and Now Threatens Capitalism
Throughout the World

press that "the leaders must be made
examples Of exact quotation from
the press. Then they framed up
the Haymarket bomb throwing upon
the leaders of that great strike, and
five of the noblest and bravest lead
ers of the workers were judicially
murdered on November II, 1887. This
was the anathema of the capitalist
class.
"They strangled our comrades upon
the gallows, but did not kill the move
ment for which they died, the eman-
ciptation of the working class, for the
Communists have taken up the chal-
lenge and capitalism is more in dam
ger today than it was As years ago.
"The Communists have unfurled
the banner of revolt and flung it to
the four winds of the earth, upon its
folds is inscribed the rallying cry
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
SLIPPER STRIKE
IN SECOND WEEK
Bosses Try Gangsters
And Injunction

NEW YORK.-The Strike at the
Fifer Bros. Slipper Company, At E.
18th Street, has entered the second
week and the bosses after failing in
their attempt to hamstring the work.
ers back into the shop, have now
resorted to gangster methods.
They are also planning an injunc-
ton All week the bosses have been
yelling at the pickets on the side
walk, that they are gazing to get an
injunction. The workers replied
get dozen of them while you are
at it, we will picket anyhow.
There are a few strike breakers in
the shop who do nothing but hold
their hands out for Judas pay but
they can do no work. The strikers
know the bosses game and are not
fooled.
The bosses brother-in-law, and a
former shoe manufacturer who went
broke and who was at work in the
shop-have both returned to work
and are now doing strike breakers
work. There is no doubt that they
only came down in order to help the
bosses fool the workers and to be-
tray them in the end.
The strikers are all members OF
the Shoe and Leather Workers In
dustrial Union and will continue to
fight for Shop Committee recogni-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
Lucy Parsons, Widow of Haymarket Martyr Calls
Workers to Rally to Demonstration on May First

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 13.-Declaring
that the Communist movement thru
out the world is carrying on the tradi-
tion of struggle for which the Hay
market martyrs were murdered by
the Chicago bosses As years ago, Lucy
E. Parsons, widow of Albert Parsons,
one Of the men hung in the Hay
market frame-up issued a letter call
ing on all workers to rally to the May
Day demonstrations, under the lead
ership of the Communist Party.
The Letter of Lucy E. Parsons is
addressed to the Communist Party,
District Chicago, and states that she
will be present at the May Day united
front conference to be held on April
49, Comrade Parsons letter in full
follows:
Dear Comrades:
ut is with appreciation that I ac-
cept your invitation to meet with you
and participate in your May Day
demonstration, and it is with graft
tude that observe that you are link
ing up the traditions Of labor's past
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
PLCKETS DEFEND
SELVES; JAIL )
Food Strikes Spread;
One Shop Is Won

NEW YORK. Saturday mornings
icketing turned into battle at the
sun Market, 1873 st. Nicholas Ave,
when a picket was attacked by the
boss, with the support of the police.
The market turned into confusion
and five pickets were arrested, taken
to night court, and held on $1,000
bail on charges of felonious assault.
Two pickets were arrested yester-
day at the Sun Market and charged
with violation of an injunction par
agraph 600.
In spite of the full assistance OF
the A. f. l.. the Ostrowski Bros. mar
ket has not been able to keep up the
fight and has closed.
The Rural Butter ana Eg
strike for four days, has granted full
union conditions, and signed up with
the Food Workers Industrial Union.
The strikes are spreading to other
shops, where conditions are bad, and
picketing goes on.
Several cases for violation Of in
functions came up yesterday in JEFF
ferson Market Court, and were post
poned to April IT, Six of the strikers
held for violation of injunction at
Ostrowsky Bros. refuse to be bailed
out and are in Jail waiting trial
today. ~~ =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14

struggles when tens of thousands Of
workers left the shops, factories and
mills, tieing them up and by their
solidarity and militant action, forced
the bosses to grant the 8-hour day.
"Thus it was, owing to the great
May Day strike in 1886 that the hours
of daily toll were reduced from IL
and IA to 8-thus drawing the line
between the long and short hour day
in America. This wonderful strike
was broken only when the police as
saulted the peaceably assembled Hay
market meeting, locking up hundreds
and locking up the leaders to be later
judicially murdered.
1.-THE capitalist class was angry,
violent, vicious against those who by
daring and organization had succeed
ed in breaking their long hour slavish
rule, So they stated boldly in their
Al ~ a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14

can pack in, standing, another
hundred.
A resolution read in voice
so low as to be inaudible was
read by "Ice Cream" Jimmy
Walker and proposed an appropria-
ton not of ten million dollars but an
appropriation of two million.
This $1O,OO0,OO0 was tentatively
voted some weeks ago by the board
of estimates, and was supposed to
take the place of the 100000 Pros
ser fund now exhausted. The board,
however, found convenient law in
the way, and passed the whole mat
ter along to the legislature. The
board is Tammany and the legisla-
ture republican, so it sought to en-
barrass the democrats by immediate
ly legalizing the $10,000000. Tam
many had to do something then, and
what they did was to forget all about
the $10000,000 and begin to talk
about 100000. Furthermore, this is
not for wages. but for building ma
terials, mostly. And still more, it
doesn't go until the board of alder
men also approve it.
Thomas Smiles.
Norman Thomas was there and he
said very pleasantly:
Your Honor has the proposal
which we handed to you at the least
meeting asking for an appropriation
of twenty-five million for the Pros
ser COmmittee.) I realize what a
difficult task the Mayor is faced
with, and we fully appreciate the
good work that the Mayors Commit
tee has already done to relieve I'M
employment in this city, but we feel
that if this work is to continue dur
ing the period of unemployment that
the sum of money suggested by us
would be more adequate"
Said Jimmy Walker:
This board has to consider the
taxpayers of this city. And we have
to consider those people who by hard
work, foresight and thrift have man
aged TO buy a little home for them
selves We do not want" said the
conslderate Jimmy (who orders the
unemployed clubbed) ito burden these
small tax payers, in order to raise
funds for another class of people"
At this point Sadie Van Veen OF
the Unemployed Councils made an
attempt to get the floor. Stating
that she want to speak for the IN
employed Councils. The mayors face
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14

Workers of the World, Unite!''
"Hail to the First of May, the
workers day. Turn out, workers,
march and let the sound of your
marching feet resound and echo from
land to land and across the mighty
ocean waves. You are the shock
troops of the on-coming revolution.
"All hail the Five-Year Plan of
the Soviet Union. Hail the Commu-
mist Party"
Lucy E. Parsons.
All workers in the shops, Unem-
ployed Councils, unions and mass or
CARNATIONS are urged to elect dele
gates to the Conference; to call spe-
cial meetings where discussion will
be held on May Day: to participate
in body with their own banners in
the demonstration to take place at
Union Park, Ogden and Randolph at
4 p. m. and in the parade which will
wind up in an indoor demonstration
at West End Auditorium. TAYLOR and
Racine AYES = -. 40
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
Fight to Feed Your
Children!
STRIKE AND DEMONSTRATE ON MAY DAY!

"Nherea responsibility the weIbeing of children
community responsibility individual duty now therefore
Hoover States of America do
etc. ETC.
WITH the above sonoous words spokesman the
capitalist declared that May LIST should
possible for the consideration OF measures to
child health
You have YOU how capitalism
under President Hoover is already carrying
announced May
Day.
floating the tiny cses OF
working last Mr. Hoover announced
possible We informed
that Chicago badlnes children!
only relief is being given out in the
schools,
better than to bellevue that this relief
enough touch millions children whose
physical being insufficient and atrocous
food" o unemployment of their parents
Only recently Brooklyn New York
scoundre
to hide this baborous starvation Of the children
behind hypocrica words about Child heah!
While even by government
shaving long hours and low
hpocc Hoover his empty pretenon concern
their children!
1t admitted by everybody all
them of the working the slowly
starving prosperity They starving
precisely capitalist refuses unemployment nsur
to their earning parents.
Every regard
capitalist pretens
-babests-yers
up his children with hound
ing "whereases' and "theretores
And every worker fight adequate
immediate relief for the victims capitalism for unemployment insurance
will his children health while he obesS
Workers Government in this country which end the hypocrisy
capitalist
his determination to fight for these aims!
tools LIST! Strike against uts On the streets
in militant protest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
Field Day for Bunk Shooters.

Saturday was field day for hypo-
critics in New York, when, under
supervision of Professor Butler of
Columbia University, Prince Taxa
matsu of Japan was introduced to
the most prominent CRATER of Tam
many Hall, Mayor Walker The
Prince led off by saying;
"As we sailed past the Statue of
Liberty and gazed upon the marvel
Gus panorama before us we knew that
New York was great beyond all our
dreams"
Mayor Walker, among other moth
ings, said
Il do not think there will be a
thing in our country which you will
find any difficulty in understanding;
1t will all be so clear, so open" Tam
many graft, perhaps.
Professor Butler finished up by
telling this representative, the Prince,
of an enemy imperialism, that the
Japanese capitalists have strength
ened the foundations of world peace"
imperialist peace is always prepara-
ton for another war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
600 MINERS
IN ILLINOIS
BEHIND NMU
Called to Meeting By
w a lker, Repudiate
Him, Lewis, Howat
Strike Feeling Grows
2 More O'Gara Mines
Threaten Walk Out

ZEIGLER, Ill, April 13.-Six hun
dred coal miners, called together here
by Weeping Johnny Walker, presi-
dent of the Illinois district of the
United Mine Workers of America, re-
pudiated Walker, the U. M. w,
Lewis, and the Howatt outfit, and
gave support to the National Miners
Union.
Walker, as an official of the Re
organized" U. M W., took part in the
recent bargain by which it came back
into the U. M. w. headed by Lewis.
He called the meeting in Harrisburg
to argue for the crooks whom he was
recently, along with all other "Reor-
ganized" chiefs, bitterly denouncing.
The meeting was invaded by the Ma
tional Miners Union members, and
Joe fash got the floor and presented
the program of the N. M. U. Part of
this program is the calling of huge
mass meeting Sunday at p. m. to
prepare for extension of the O'Gara
mine strike and for its control by the
rank and file strikers, and not by the
officials of the U. M. W. who are try
ing to break the strike.
Wouldn't Disperse.
When fash began to speak, Walker
adjourned the meeting but he was
unable to dispense it. The miners re-
manned and booed Walker as he
stalked from the hall
The strike movement among the
O'Gara mines is developing. O'Gara
No l miners gave the operators "a
hours to grant the demands of the
No. 10 men who are on strike, and
stated that if it did not, they would
join the strike. O'Gara No. 3 is doing
the same.
At the No. l mems meeting there
was too big crowd for the hall.
The strike started at O'Gara Mine
No. 10 because the company proposed
to put only young men, able to stand
great speed-up on its 81 conveyors
and to lay off half its force of 400
The men demand the work be
equalized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-14
Nicaraguans Still Fight.

That not all fighters for Nicara-
guam liberation from Yankee i'm
perialism have quit fighting out Of
foolish regard for earthquakes, is
seen in the Washington dispatch
stating that Captain Harlem Pefley
of the U. S. Marines has been killed
in battle between Liberation Army
forces and the supposed national
guard.