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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Michigan State March.

DETROIT, Mich, April 23.-The
Trade Union Unity League and the
unemployed council in Detroit are
rushing the building Of the state
hunger marches which will concen-
trate in Lansing, from the different
parts of the state on May 27.
Brucker the governor, in his mes
sage to the state legislature not only
failed to present any program for
unemployment relief but he COM
pletely ignored the frightful situa-
ton
The Michigan State Hunger March
will not only let the governor know
that there is unemployment but will
demand immediate appropriation for
unemployment relief and will fur
ther demand the enactment of an
amendment to the State Constitu-
ton for Unemployment Insurance.
The state march will expose the at
titude of Brucker and the whole
state government who are spread
ing the illusion that unemployment
in Michigan is not a burning prob
lem any more. In the whole State
OF Michigan forced labor is being
applied, relief to whatever extent it
was given is being slashed, more
families are boing told to go into the
soup lines and lighthouses, increased
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Speed Indiana Preparations.

GARY, Ind, April 23.--The work.
ers of Calumet Section are very busy
preparing for May First demonstra-
tons and for the hunger march to
indianapolis on May Second. Ian
guage mass meetings are being called
and agitation is pushed into the
shops and steel mills. The shop COM
mittees arc issuing posters, stickers
and leaflets and modifying the work
ers.
The following are the places of
places of demonstrations for May
First: Hammond, a street demon
Stration at pm. at Morton and
State SITS. 600 State); Indiana Har-
Dor, street demonstration at 4 pm.
at Waiting and Pennsylvania; Gary,
a hall mass meeting at Turner HALL,
18th and Washington SITS, at 8 pm.
Early will be the speaker at Gary;
at Whiting, Frankowski Hall, John
st. and White Oak Ave, 8 pm, a
hall meeting.
The unemployed councils of these
cities are also helping to mobilize the
workers for May First by personal
contact, leaflet distribution, Daily
Worker sales and by raising funds to
send the hunger march delegation to
indianapolis.
In Gary the unemployed councils
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
MICH, OHIO, IND.
HUNGER MARCHES
On May First
Meets
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general wage cut in that section.
The hunger march starts in Ham
mond, Indiana, May 2, and culmi-
mates in a mass demonstration out
side the Indiana State House at In
dianapolis at 4 pm, May 4, which
will present demands for unemploy-
ment insurance to the state govern
ment.
The march starts May and 2 in
Ohio, at Toledo, Cleveland, Youngs-
town, and Cincinnati. These march,
ers go on foot all the way to Column
bus, the state capital A few days
later a motor parade starts at Steu-
benville and goes through the mining
region to Columbus A state confer
ence on unemployment will be held
in Columbus on May 10 and II, and
demands presented for unemploy-
ment insurance to the state legisla-
ture on May IL.
The Michigan state march on Lam
sing, the capital, is scheduled to
reach there May q. The date of the
proposed Illinois march is not known
here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Unemployment Forcing Many to Petty Crimes

port their estranged wives because
both are unemployed for over year.
They are both over go years old. 1t
is impossible for a man over so to
get employment in normal" times,
not talking about critical conditions.
From the other seven men there is
only one hold-up man; the rest are
men who committed crimes because
OF unemployment
One of the men accused of nom
support refused food, saying 'they
got me for non-support, I don't want
support from them" Finally they
forced him to eat.
In conclusion 1 want to say that
all these men readily listen to prop
uganda if it is conducted in a right
manner. The right manner is study
ing the man first; finding out his
complaints and necessities and max
ing him feel on an equal basis with
you though you are a political pris-
oner and not criminal. M. S.
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discrimination of bread lines, etc,
1t has failed to enter into struggles
against this increasing starvation,
failed to effect mobilization of un-
employed workers generally to fight
for a continuation of relief given
during the winter months, for ade-
quate relief for all unemployed, for
unemployment insurance. Has any
branch of unemployed workers in
New York City even so much as
passed resolution or issued leaflet
against the laying off of 1000 work.
ers by the Prosser committee?
The impermissible situation we
face in New York City is ~ strug-
giles upon the basis of demands Of in
terest to all unemployed workers,
against lessening relief, have been
discontinued, are not carried on ana
CD the fight for immediate food for
starving families is carried on
wrongly or is still being discussed.
The result is that a dangerous lull in
activities is resulting, which will lead
to the disintegration of the orgsniza-
tions among unemployed workers we
have built, and unless Immediately
corrected will seriously weaken our
May First demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24

small rooms, without gas or light or
heat, and whole family is forced
to exist on less than one human
being should have.
Hold Good Meeting.
Bill Matheson, district secretary OF
the Unemployed Councils spoke at
the council meeting where over rs
workers, most of whom had never
before been at our meetings, were
gathered. Matheson's speech was en-
Enthusiastically received, and a COM
mittee elected and dispatched to the
United Charities.
The other branches that visited
charity organizations this week and
forced some action, are the Lawndale
Branch at 3114 Roosevelt Road, and
10Th and Union.
Wages $1.66 a Week!
A pay envelope averaging from
$1.66 to $3.50 a week, for full weeks
work. This was discovered when No.
3 branch of the Unemployed Council
was refused relief by the United
Charities on the ground that the
mother of the family was working
and making Sc to 81 week.
The committee from the council,
considering this such lousy pay that
it deserved investigating, the Branch,
while carrying on the fight for re-
lief, looked into the matter of wages.
The result of our investigation is
as follows: during the past five
weeks, working every day on a piece
work basis, the pay per week was as
follows. First week, s1.66: second
week, $194; third week, $204; the
fourth week $266, and the last week
$203. 1t would seem that factories
like this overall plant, are ripe for
action by the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
FAILS TO BAR
WORKERS. VOTE
Iceland Workers De-
mand a Republic

BERLIN, April 15.--Yesterday dur
Althing the premier unexpectedly
read a royal decree dissolving parlia-
ment and fixing the elections for
June IL, in order to prevent the
adoption Of non-confidence vote
Oppositional parties protested ener-
getically. The Communists de-
mandcd = republic. The socialists
we're striving to calm the tremendous
excitement. The Communists led a
demonstration of many thousands
before parliament against the kings
government. The king of Iceland
and Of Denmark has socialist pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24

quarters in the near future to de-
mand that the monthly rations of
supplies for six days only be in
creased for 80 days of the month
The organization admits that their
monthly rations cannot last more
than six days.
Demand Relief.
The Stock Yards Council at 484S S.
Ashland Ave, sent a committee of
60 to the United Charities. They
were met with the usual soft soap
ing. But the committee brushed this
aside, by asking them to "cut out the
sob stuff" and demanded relief of
SIS a week for each family and an
additional 81 a week for each child.
Some families report that they re-
ceived relief three days after the
committees visit. This Thursday a
still larger committee will return to
demand that the other cases be cared
for.
Stop an Eviction.
While the committee fran Branch
No. 3 was on its way to the charitys
offices from its headquarters at 1855
w. 18th ST., they saw family being
evicted. Immediately the committee
interrupted their trip long enough to
rally about hundred workers in the
neighborhood to put the furniture
back into the house, and hold mass
meeting, and then they proceeded to
the charity offices.
Prior to their visit to the United
Charities. meeting of Branch No.
was held at 100 West Chicago
Ave. In the morning, 80 families
we're waiting to ask that the I'm
employed Council demand relief for
them. In this neighborhOod many
families are crowded into a few
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas. ,
Dear Editor:
A conversation between two work.
crs and a soldier:
\ Soldier-Say, buddy, where is the
1 Ninth Infantry located?
D worker--I don't know, we are in
the fort nov. Are you new re-
cruit?
S.-~Yes ten months in the army
Just come to this fort two days ago.
w,--How is army life? A lot Of
york and drilling. Tough.
s--Yes, eight hours drill every day
end plenty Of work besides msneu-
eering. It sure is better than being
on the outside. Before / Joined
had no job, was just bum, begging
a meal here and there.
W.--When I was In the army they
didn't drill but four hours per day.
What is the reason for so much army
activity?
S.-They are afraid of a revolu-
ton. These hard times they are
afraid of the people, with the work.
ers starving.
w-Yes. either that or imperialist
war between two imperialist powers
" war against the Soviet Union.
What do you really think the army
for? 1t is against the workers?
S.-Yes, against the working class.
W--Do you think the army will
serve the bosses, that is, the own
ing class?,
S.--No. most Of the boys won't, or
they do it won't be willingly. If
hey rebel they will be court-mar-
ialed and may be shot.
VII they refuse to fight against
he bosses, that is. rebel in masses,
they won't
81 don't know. the capitalists
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Seattle, Wash.

seattle, Wash.
The general condition of the world
Is rejecting itself with utmost pre-
ciSeness, not only on the stock mar
kets Of the world, but in its jails as
well. For instance, the Kings County
Jail in Seattle, Wash, in which was
incsrcerated. There are 80 prison.
ers in o tank, Here are the Of
tenders in order of the gravity of
their crimes: 8 petty larceny. non
support: 4 dope fiends (habituaD; Z
habitual criminals (forgery-grand
larceny. ctc.1; s bootleggers, polit-
ical prisoners (CommunistsJ; de-
portation.
As it can be seen plainly the first
offenders. Now let US see what are
the first offenders crimes: Nom
support. They are two old men
dragged into court by their wives for
nea-support. I spoke to them and
found out that they refused to sup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24

$50 Pueblo, Col.
Daily Worker: ss
At q meeting Of the self Preser-
vation Club a comrade took the
floor and exposed completely the re-
dictionary program of this organiza-
ton, which calls on the unemployed
to join this club to defend them
selves against injustice and to help
its members to find jobs.
The meeting was a total collapse
rs far as the getting of workers into
the club was concerned. The SELF
Preservation" is supposed, according
to their program, to stand for all
mankind against high taxes, for
Jobs. etc. Yet they charge 81 to join
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Pueblo Worker Exposes "Self- Preservation"
Club
Club

and expect to get 5000 workers
within the next 80 days. But at the
end of the meeting not one single
worker joined, although an executor,
a judge, liberals and socialists spoke,
for the workers saw clearly the fake
maneuvering to create soft jobs for
themselves. This club showed much
race discrimination; they refused
membership to Mexicans.
What is significant is that the
Communist speaker, who was inter
rupted twice by the chairman, sold
quite few Daily Workers at the
end of the meeting. The unemployed
there have realized now the neces-
sity of organizing an unemployed
council. "A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
HankOW MiIitaristS Shoot Down Men
and Women to Stave Off Communist
Revolt; Admit Soviet Govt Strong
Martial Law Declared; Mayor Goes to Talk
Over Terror With Chang Kai Shek;
Soviet Govt Builds Roads

Executions of Communist take place
daily in Hankow due to the growing
fear of the reactionary Chinese Mill
tarists that workers uprising vii
overthrow their rule. Hankow is UNI
der martial law. Inperialists are
rushing gunbots there to bolster up
the Marking regime against the grow
ing revolutionary spirit Of the work
ers.
Murder Workers.
Hallet Abend, New York Times
correspondent in Shanghai reports
that the mayor Of Hankow has left
for a conference with Chang Kai
Shek to discuss new methods OF white
terror.
1.-THE tense situation at Hankow
continues" writes Abend, with mar
tial law still enforced"
Executions of Communists are
being carried out in public in an at
tempt to terrOrize the Red conspir-
atOrs. Two men and girl were
placed against a wall and riddIed
with bullets from automatic rifles
today, and, later, three Reds were
publicly decapitated in the main
business street of the city"
In this way, Chiank Kai Shek, and
his Wall Street hackers hope to crush
out the revolution.
Soviets Strong.
The same dispatch from Shanghai
tells of the story of Rev. KriStofer N.
T'vedt, a missionary who was held in
Communist territory for a while. The
sky-pilot Tyedt says that the Com
munist government SIS well organ
lied" These Communists" he went
on to relate, maintain a Soviet gov
eminent in four large counties less
than 100 miles from Hankow and they
are building roads and running their
own motor transportation. He told
about the splendid discipline in the
Red Army and pointed out the grow
ing generalization in the Marking
forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
J 0 BL ESS BRANCHES
IN CHICAGO FORCING
RELIEF FROM CHARITY
All Unemployed Council Branches to Send Del
egatiOn to Cook County Welfare Offices
Find Wages of Overall Workers AS Low AS
$1.66 and S266 a Week

CHICAGO IlSx Unemployed Councils reported today the
results of visits of their committees to various charity
ported taken of almost Immediately following the
Councils umatum that they would return in still larger num-
be if the demands weren't granted And each council is
pairing to return shortly with large committees to press the
cases not yet taken Of and new cases.
All of the Unemployed Council branches in the city will
join in sending delegation to the Cook County Welfare head
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24

misery is on the order of the day.
All organizations affiliated with
the United Front May Day Confer
ence and in addition other workers
organizations are being called to CO.
operate.
A state hunger march united front
conference is called for Sunday, May
10, at Ferry Hall, 1343 E. Ferry ST.,
Detroit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Philadelphia, Pa.

PTllIaueIpTlId, IA,
Dear Editor:
AS an example of how the pro-
fessional classes rob the workers, I
quote my own experiences, I had
bridge put in by a DR.. Albert, of
Dauphin St, Phila,, which caused me
intense pain. He was finally COM
PEELED to take it out in order to re-
lieve my suffering.
When I asked for the return of my
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Philadelphia Dentist Swindles Workers

money, he fatuously remarked that
a doctor might give me advice, and
I might die nevertheless. And so in
his opinion that absolved him from
any further responsibility.
Now I hope you will publish this
letter as I think workers should be
warned against these dental sharks,
who take the last dollar from unem-
ployed workers and give nothing in
return.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Texas Soldiers See Purpose of Boss Armies

ruled the soldier boys during the
war.
W.--Yes, SO many we're patriotic
yet, then. Had their minds poisoned
If the war had of lasted longer many
would have become class-conscious.
The workers, both in the army and
navy. must think of their own in
terests.
The workers must fraternize at
the front in case of war. They should
begin organizational and educational
work for this now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Enemy of the ''Reds"
Indicted for Stealing

PONTIAC, Mich, April 23-Wilis
M. Brewer, former national Vice
Commander of the American Legion,
and prominent rlmner-up for the Of
flee Of national commander, has Just
been indicted by the grand Jury for
stealing $4,000. This lad was violent
enemy of the Soviet Union which he
used to say, stole all the property of
the American business men who went
there before the revolution"
He also denounced the Comnlun-
lists here as law breakers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
Huge Meets, Demonstration Held on
Youth Day in Germany Despite Police
Order Prohibiting All Activities
1000 Young Workers Meet in Illegal Meeting
Print Millions of Pieces of Literature

BERLIN-In Berlin every meeting and demonstration in
connection with the Youth Day May 80 prohibited The
Youth Congress for Revolutionary Unity was also prohibited
all house house agitation and the sale of the ge Garde
leaflets posters and tanspaences were permitted in any
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
PattersOn's Mother
Comes to New York
To Help Defense

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Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
SUGGEST A THREE-DAY MAIL SERVICE SEATTLE
 ID TOKYO, VIA ALASKA

TACOMA, Oct. 10. (P)-This city turned out to one of the largest
 welcomes in it's history when it welcomed four trans-Pacific avia- tors, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon and Don Moyle and Cecil Allen.
 The four fliers were guests of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce at an honorary luncheon which was proceeded by a five mile pa- rade.
 When the four aviatorS arrived here it was the first time that they had reunion since they shook on the Japanese side and had set out to hop the ocean; Moyle and Allen hopping off first but being forced down off the coast of Si- beria and then in Alaska before they finally reached their destina- tion.
 Buffelen, the owner of the plane Clasina Madge, which Moyle and Allen were flying, and who is lumber dealer at Tacoma, is to seek to have the government establish a three day mail service from Pu- get Sound to Tokyo via Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. It is point ed out that eight planes have now flown the route. The planes which have flown across this span of the Pacific now include three Army planes, the Soviet flyers, Post and Gatty, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, Pangborn and Herndon, and Moyle and Allen.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
WAR DEBT HOLIDAY NOT BE EXTENDED
 BEYOND NEXT JUNE

WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 10. R)-While the American govern ment does not intend to burden European nations beyond their ability to pay, it expects and will demand the fulfillment of war debt obligations to the extent possible.
 With this in view, it is known here that President Hoover has advanced no suggestion abroad for the extending of the moratorium of war debts beyond next June.
 Some of the administrations ad- visers contend that if France and other nations can afford big sums for armaments they can pay their debts to the United States.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
STEAMSHIP HEADS HOLD
 CONFERENCE IN FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, (4

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. TO- (P)- Officials of American steamship lines in conference here have reached general agreement which they are to present to the United States Shipping Board and with which agreement it is hoped to strengthen the American merchant marine and make more invulnera- ble to foreign competition.
 Among other things the officials have agreed on a standard rate. It is thought that the agreement will be accepted by the Shipping Board.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
0kLkHOMA'S O|L WELLS
 RE0PENED BY GOVERNOR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 10. lP)- Oklahoma's flush oil producing areas which have been dormant under martial law since August g, have been reopened with the per- mission of Governor Murray.
 The order provided for the release of valves at major oil wells. Mur- ray said that he expected oil, which Is now getting a price of TO cents barrel, will strengthen gradually. If the price fails T can always shut the wells down again." Mur- ray said.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
JERSEY LEGISLATURE
 ASKS MODIFICATION

TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 10. (P)-The New Jersey legislature adopted a joint resolution, calling upon Con- gress to modify the Volstead Act and to legalize the sale of light wines and beer.
 The passage was made possible by coalition of the Republicans and Democrats This is the first move on prohibition reform since the 18th Amendment went into opera tion.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10
ADJUST RELATIONS
WASHINGTON. D- (

"11AI111$S1 O1S, P. O., OCC. IU. R)-Commercial relations of the United States and Canada are to be readjusted over the week end. Conferences have been arranged between Canadian and American representatives and they will at tempt to bring about a better re- lation between the two nations to meet the change in economics of the two countries.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-10

VAAA (4AAANStNoA " S,IfC yOu d
 description of the Pacific Interna-
 tlonal Highway to Alaska and it's
 possibilities. Two thousand miles
 northwest of the Golden Gate is a
 vast expanse of unexplored and un-
 developed resources called Alaska.
 Three hundred and 78 million acres 0f possibilities, land where dah-
 laS are eight inches across and
 cabbages average 25 pounds, great CT in area than the 13 States in- cluding Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvan- ia, New York, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts and others served
 oy the Pennsylvania Railroad sys- tenn Even when the area of Cali Torrlia is added to the area of those B States you find Alaska still larger. Those States support 60,- 100000 people. Alaska has today a population of 6O,00O. Six thousand
 and 400 acres of land for every man, woman and child and about half a mile of sea coast for each of the inhabitants. A country of minerals, opportunities and wilder ness.
 The map of the world drawn by Marco Polo shows that he had better idea of Alaska than most people have today. Gulliver's Tray- els in 1700 show by the maps in the first editions that Swift referred -o Alaska as the land of the giants. Later in TAI the Russian officers. 5erlng and others, explored parts of the coast line and in 1904 the oeautlful town of Sitka was locat- cd as center of a great trade in sea otter and seal skins. Alaska $ still a land of mystery. Only 40 years ago, great Mount Mckinley, 'Denali, the Home of the Sun was unknown to white men. In 1867, 1 secretary of State Seward pur- chased Alaska fro mRusSia for ST. -oO,OO0 in gold. Since that time -alaska has exported products val ued at over $1, 100000. The ex- ports of Alaska are over twice her imports. Seattle, that beautiful city of 365,000 inhabitants, was born of Alaska.
 "The Alaska salmon catch for fhe summer of 1881 averaged 5,10O,- o1O cases. The mineral production of gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, platinum, and other metals has neen S636,OOO,000, and yet only lew Jumps of gold have been taken. The great quartz veins have been only scratched. Two thousand and l5O miles in an airlane from San Francisco, is the thriving commun- 7 ny of Fairbanks Fairbanks is not only the center of the Territory ! q Alaska but it is strategically placed as the aviati center of , the North Pacific. Fairbanks is , 5,5lO miles from Tokyo, 3,260 miles f rom New York, 3,820 miles from / 7etrograd, 4,27O miles from Berlin, T md 4,430 from London. Petrograd 7 5 due north of Fairbanks. Homo V ulu is almost straight south of f fairbanks. Approximately 70 per f ent of the population of the world