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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28
around and About White Bluffs

Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Smith were
visitors in Kennewick Monday.
j. H. Rehbock, piano tuner of Yak.
ina, came over to White Bluffs We'd
nesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs.. w. r. Kirby were
business visitors In Yakima Thurs.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. jenkins, accom-
panied by Mrs. Harry Keller, made
trip to Ksnnewick Tuesday after
/ noon.
Alvin Barge was a business visitor
in Yakima Monday. Mrs. Barge and
Mrs. r. D. Barge accompanied him on
the trip and visited relatives.
Special trains have been run into
the valley this week to take out
number of bands of sheep that have
Wintered here.
Friends of Miss Rena Belle Angle.
former White Bluffs girl, have re-
ceived cards announcing her gradua-
ton this spring from the high school
at WOODBURY., Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Twohy and the
latter's mother, Mrs. B. Brazel, all
of Olympia, were in the valley Sun
day driving over to look after prop
erty interests here.
Mrs. w. j. Kincaid, accompan-
led by her daughter, Miss Virginia
Kincaid, will go to Seattle Satur.
day for a weeks witt with ryl-
atives.
The H. Heidemann farm home has
been improved recently by the adj
dition of screened porch and the
house is being beautified by the APP
plication of a new coat of paint, deep
cream in color.
A representative of the Pomona
Pump company was in the valley this
week in an effort to interest the White
Bluffs Water Works in the purchase
of one of the Pomona pumps for the
new concreted we'll being dug in town.
| Mrs. Emma Halverson left We'd
nesday evening for Kennewick on her
way back home at Cutbank, Montana,
after visit Of several weeks here
at the home of her brother, Rev. L.
c. Krug and her niece, Mrs. w. R.
Kirby.
DR.. E. r. Newton was called to
Seattle last Friday by the death of
his aunt, Mrs. E. j. Brown, promin-
emit clubwoman and wife Of ex-mayor
Brown of Seattle. DR.. Newton was
accompanied by Mrs. Newton and
Mary Elizabeth. They returned Tues
day evening.
A party Of White Bluffs folks made
up of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. jenkins,
Mrs. Harry Keller and G. H. Hammer
attended the celebration Of the 18th
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. e. McClendon in Richland Sunday,
May 10. The affair took place at the
NOME Ol N1Is anu W o1WJSAS
where a delicious dinner was served.
Miss Jessie Burch returned
home Wednesday from KenneWick
where she had been taken the day
before by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. j. Burch, fora tonsil OPP
Grafton.
Twenty-Five years ago Naomi Smith
State College coed, left school be-
Ifcre graduation. Since then hundreds
students have done the same thing,
through varied circumstances. But
here's what distinguishes Naomi
Smith from the rest:In the interim
she married Bruce E. McGregor,
Prosser attorney, managed home
and reared two sons-and still found
time to. study! Today, after having
completed more than so credit hours
by Washington State correspondence
courses, Mrs. McGregor is a can-
didate for her B. A. degree.
An idea which is not put to work
:. ILL., :, 1.;rad r,,a,, 1u,l,o r3oac r1Ofhipo O
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28

Giant Mary Washington asparagus
roots and seeds, vegetable and sweet
potato plants: Everbearing strawber-
ries, grapevines, fruit trees; Shrub
berry; 8 choice year old roses, twen-
ty gladioli, $1.OO Ask for bargain list.
Home Nursery, Richland, Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28

Gun,med labels, in three sizes, suit.
able and very convenient for the mail
ing of packages of all sizes. foi sale
at the Spokesman Office for 10 cents
per package of rs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28
Want Ads

FOR SALE Green peas, 5 cents
a pound and pick them yourself.
F. M. Wheeler Ito
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28

An idea which is not put to work
is like hired man who does nothing
but loaf.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28
TRY tn. Drus Store First

Bring in Your Kodak Films
for developing and printing Developing,
only cents roll If you will try
service, sure you will be pleased.
WHITE BLUFFS DRUG COMPANY
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-28

H. j. Upton was business visitor
in Yakima Wednesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
1000 TEACHERS
JOBLESS IN ORE.
Call Meetings to Take
Up Organization
fBy a Worker Correspondent)

(By Worker Correspondent
SEATTLE, Wash.-At forum Of
the Portland Unemployed Council, a
school teacher asked If there were any
other teachers present. Five workers
answered him. Three of them were
employed and two unemployed. Two
of the employed teachers are being
paid by warrant and one stated that
his county would not be able to pay
the teachers next month. The others
are afraid of the same thing hap
pening to them. One thousand teach
ers are unemployed in Oregon, it was
reported. The workers decided to
call a meeting of their fellow teach
ers and discuss organization along
working class lines.
A. Washington school teacher sent
word that she Is wearing last years
clothing and actually starving in an
attempt to feed the starving farm
children in her class with her Ineagre
pay and also buying warm underwear
for them. Other teachers state that
they are doing the same thing in
their classes. We are sure that the
teachers will find that If they start to
organize and join the working class
parents in struggle for joint demands
tina they will overcome lot Of these
miserable conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
MOST MINERS IN
MINI. JOBLESS
81 A Week Top Pay for
Those Working
BY . Miner

CROSBY, MINI. - Hardly nobody
works around here any more. All the
mines that worked are closed down
entirely except 8 mines. The two
Inland Steel mines have only about
l40 men. We are going to start work.
ing days a week on Monday. One
Pickands Mather Co. mine started
working 2 days week about a month
ago. Firty men work in that mine.
In the whole Guyana Range only 100
men work and they are all working
Q days a week. The wages were cut
twice in the Inland Steel Co. mines.
II miners don't work on contract
underground they get $3.50 day.
We have had the National Miners
Union local established here. Now is
the time that we must get all the
miners organized into 1t as everyone
is beginning to see that only by or
ganizing will we able to bring back
better conditions. Most Of the former
miners are now unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05

The diplomats are busy. Confer,
ences are being held. The wires and
cables are kept hot. They talk peace"
yet they talk in secret. They talk
disarmament, yet build more war
ships. They make agreements and
keep these agreements secret. The
reason is easy to guess-the Diplomast
of Capitalist Nations Hold Confer
ences and Talk Not of Peace, But
War.
Public opinion is being worked up
for this war. The press, the pulpit,
the schools are all doing their bit for
the master class. The Pacific Coast
has just witnessed the most gigantic
air and naval maneuvers in history.
The chemical and war industries are
the only ones that are working over
time.
Still they told us that the last war
would end all wars. They told us that
we fought for democracy and human
ity. How humane is a system that
permits 100000 jobless workers and
their families to starye while the
warehouses are bullying with the
necessities of life? They told us
soldiers that nothing would be too
good for us-yet the heroes of the
Argonne and st. Mihael wear rags
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
RELIEF DENIED
BY RED CROSS
Brings Forced Labor
To Las Vegas

(By . Worker Correspondent
LAS VEGAS. Nev.--Althougil the job
less army of Las Vegas reaches the
figure of 5000 and the town has .
population of 5000, there are regis
tered in the Las Vegas employment
office, $1,000 applications for Jobs on
the dam.
This figure will tell you what q
large amount of suffering and starva-
ton there must be in this section.
(And you must remember that most
OF these $1,000 have wives and chill
dren.).
II an unemployed worker goes 10
the Red Cross, which has newly ar
rived on the scene, the conversation
is usually as follows:
"You look strong and able to work"
"You bet"
why don't you go somewhere else
and look for work."
What answers can the workers give
these takers? The Red Cross Is turn
ing them away left and right while
those that do get little relief must
chop wood or do other forced labor
Consequently the unemployed work
ers are getting very bitter about the
Red Cross and are calling It the Red
(Stavation Cross. The revolution
airy sentiment is growing here by
leaps and bounds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
Forward Hunger
Marchers

go. BY JAMES RENNIE.
(Member of Buffalo Unemployed
Council.)
Onward, forward, join the Hunger
Marchers;
Hold the banner Of the workers
high.
Give Us Wages. We don't want
your charity!
Swell your voices till they reach
the sky. . et
To the White House: that's our
destination;
Our demands TO congress we will
give.
Down with capitalism! Build
q workers nation, .0'-
Then we all will have q chance
10 live.
White and coiored, foreign-born
and native,
Forward all as one to win the
Fight!
Tell the bosses we will abolish
slavery
Communism is the cause that's
right!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
BILLIONS BURNT
UP YEARLY IN
WAR MANEIJYERS
Ex-Soldier Tells of U.
S. Government War
Preparations
iBy An Ex- Soldier

NEW YORK; was in the Coas,
Artillery Corps. was stationed at
Fort Hancock, N. j., for a short time,
My company fired the twelve inch
guns twice while I was there. Each
time ten shots were, fired, Each
shot cost $780, That means that
$4,000 were burnt up. Another COM
pany fired the twelve inch disappear
ing gun ten times, which means an
other 5000 went up in smoke.
Thousands of dollars more was
spent on ammunition firing the other
smaller guns: anti aircraft, small ar
tillery, rifles, etc. would estimate
that about $4,000 was sepnt on am
munition alone duringSthe few short
weeks that was stationed IN Han
cock. .--sv.-.--..7
This. however, Is only, one Coast
Artillery fort. The government dmits
that 1t spends a billion dollars a
year on the army and navy This does
not include the Naval and Army
Militia, National Guard. etc, I be-
lieve if the real secret were known we
would find that the government
spends two billion year on its huge
military machine. 'ot@ Ger
Which all reminds us of the fol-
lowing poem, ITO A Nine Inch Gun"
which we read recently In little
book:
Whether your shell hits the target
or not : GVT
Your cost Is five hundred dollars a
shot. ,47d-o7
You think OF noise and flame and
power, .-ot a-e.
We feed you hundred barrels of
flour
Each time you roar. Your flame Is
fed a't
With twenty thousand Ioaves Of
bread. -
Silence! A million hungry men
Seek bread to fill their mouths
again.
| aot.C'4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
AMERICAN CAN CO.
DIVIDENDS RISE
AS WAGES DROP
Workers Compelled To
Work Longer Hours;
Overtime Pay Cut
(By . Worker Correspondent

BRONX, N. Y.-The American Can
company( the largest tin can manu-
1acturer in this country is no excep-
ton when 1t comes to cut overhead,
for the benefit of the parasitic stock
holders. The new plant In Jersey
City, originally employed about, $500
workers, and when the economic crisis
began to be noticeable the American
Can Company inagurated wholesale
campaign Of lay offs. which is still
being carried out. Now. there are APP
proxin1ately about 900 workers on the
payroll. The workers on the Job, the
so called fortunate ones, are now
compelled to do more work besides
working longer hours without over
lime.
Dividends Increase
The department heads kid the
workers by telling them that the COM
pany Is losing money and that the
workers must produce more and
more: yet last week the financial page
Company declared regular dividend
declaration column, the American Can
Company declared regular divident
Of one dollar and one dollar extra,
for the following quarter; which
proves that the American Can Com
pany is still squeezing profits out OF
the workers.
The Cameo is a camouflaged COM
pany workers club. used by the COM
pany to keep the workers minds off
lettering their working conditions, by
staging throughout the year various
entertainments under the supervision
Of the department. heads. Before and
after every affair, the head slave
driver gathers all of his slaves on the
/ top floor (which is a company res
taurant) to tell them how fortunate
they are to have their own organic
alton that fosters good fellowship
amongst them. He completes hi.
speech by telling the workers to q
back to respective Jobs with newl.
3rstilled vim and vigor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05

work there. We asked the boss what
chances there was for work after we
registered and he told us he did not
know. He said we might get three
days if we were lucky. The most any
one gets on this job is three days.
Job Employs Six Men.
We then went to look at the job
which should employ so men, and
found that six were doing all the
work. The job was highly mocha
nized, which proves that Pinchot is
downright liar.
Now if a worker is broke and has
no shoes on his feet it will be impos-
sible for him to go to the place OF
registration. 1t would be easy for the
workers to be registered in the COM
munity in which they live. But this
would be too easy for the workers
And Pinchot knew when he put up
his prison camps he would have such
rush of the unemployed that 1t
would be impossible to take care of
them and his plan would thus stand
exposed. All the workers are now
laughing at Pinchot's fake gesture.
Another Plan.
The Bethel Township citizens have
a better plan to fool the workers.
They have organized self-righteous
committees and are asking the strik-
ing miners of Coverdale to work for
50 per day, when they know that no
self-respecting worker will work and
starve at the same time. This COM
mittee is headed by business men,
bankers and preachers. They say
workers should put money in the
bank, pay taxes and give to the
church-all out of the lousy So per
day.
T am an old republican, but ]
changed my politics. The National
Hunger March, that is the kind OF
political action that the workers must
support If they want to defeat the
starvation policies of the bosses. Let's
all get behind this great march &c
washington. Force the rich to pay
us unemployment insurance If they
can't give us jobs. Organize ano
force them to pay us living wage
while we are wo- King.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05

Now let's go back to the barn. On
several occasions could hear a noise
in the barn like some one thrashing
a balky, kicking mule. Upon closer
examination I found that 1t was not
a mule that was being whipped but
a man. A large Negro weighing about
ESQ pounds was flashing. smaller
one of about 140 pounds, while the
preacher was looking on well pleased.
I found these whippings occurred
about three times week to the glory
of the landlord, the preacher.
At Barton, Fla, there are four trees
which are pointed out as landmarks
where as many Negroes were burned
and hanged. On all occasions of
lynchings down here where pictures
were taken the most prominent front
pew Christians could always be seen
in the foreground. -,
If a white woman wants 70 get a
little notoriety in this country all they
have to do is to holler rape and point
at a Negro. This helps to keep the
color distinction permanent issue.
The bosses will do anything to keep
the white and Negro workers divided
so they cannot organize to fight
against the miserable conditions that
confront them both.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
tBy . Worker Correspondent

LONG BRANCH. N. 1.-THE unem-
ployed at Long Branch, N. j., were
called out to be registered, as part
Of the program Of the city to make
the workers believe that the bosses
intended to give them relief.
The men stood in line for hours,
hungry, with nothing In their stom-
achs. hoping that they might get q
job through registering. A Negro
woman. q well known resident OF
Long Branch, came by and noticing
the crowd asked what 1t was all about
After she was given little informa-
ton by the men in the line she went
away and returned with a good sized
box Of cakes which she passed out
among the men as far as they would
60. She returned TO the bake shop
and returned with more which were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
Thugs Stag Hungry Worker
at Chicago Soup Kitchen

CHICAGO.-r have applied to the
United Charities here In Chicago and
IS . result was issued card en-
ltling me to a bed in flop house
9lapd food at bread line. The flop
house is very crowded and each man
Is given only one blanket. The cots
are narrow and hard, We are forced
to lie with some one else's feet in
our face-avery unpleasant experience,
Il you've ever tried 1t.
The food is Of a poor grade and
sasteless. and you are compelled to
sat what they give you or go hungry.
On one occasion at the soup kitchen
1t 31st and Indiana Ave-, where the
,ook reigns supreme with q large
metal spoon, worker was subjected
o the most brutal treatment. Some
nan made q remark about the stink
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
AGED COUPLE Is
DENIED RELIEF
FROM CHARITY
Mass Support For The
Hunger March Dec. z
Will Win Relief
fRy . Worker Correspondent

tBy Worker Correspondent
PTTTSBURGH.-Mr. X has heart
trouble, is So years old and is unable
to work Mrs. X is 81 years old and
isn't able to work on account OF her
illness. She has been Ill since the
death of her son.
This old couple was refused aid
from our wonderful charity organiza-
ton. A report Of the action of the
charities came to the office Of the
Unemployed Council to the office Of
the Mayor to learn that the mayor
only draws his pay, that he is on a
committee Of five, but that the other
four run the city. These four, how
ever, could not be seen.
The committee then went TO the
office of the county official (Mr.
Beasly). He refused even to talk at
first, but after some good strong facts
were brought out he took the name
and the address of the old couple
and promised to help, which proved
to be q lie. The old couple got no
help from the city.
The unemployed must mobilize and
force these fake,s 70 feed these work.
ers ami many more like. them that
are starving amidst plenty. Get into
the Unemployed Councils and sup
l'port the National Hunger March To
Washington and demand that the
government pay unemployment insur-
ance to the jobless out of the funds
previously used for war preparations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05

Of the slop. The cook reached over
and dubbed him over the head with
the spoon. When he protested, a
couple of toughs jumped him and a
squad of cossacks stood about him
with drawn guns, while four toughs
proceeded to beat up this half starved
worker.
The mayor of this city says: There
is relief for those who come to the
charities peacefully and jails for
agitators." Do we send for being
fIerded like cattle and forced to ac-
cept this flop house slop, or are we
going to organize, employed and I'M
employed, and fight for immediate
winter relief? Our answer is: I'VE
must support the National Hunger
March and carry on the struggle for
unemployment insurance"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
Jim Crow Lunch Room Bqlks
Negro WOman's J0bless aid

passed out to the worfr swho got
none the first time. She attempted
to have nearby lunch room serve
coffee to the hungry mem The lunch
room proprietor refused to serve the
coffee because he said he never served
Negroes.
One Negro worker in the line re-
marked that before the winter was
over. the lunch room man would be
glad to serve anyone. NJ
In registering the unemployed here
the workers are asked to give their
history from the cradle on, the his
tory Of their wives. wh6~they were
before marriage, etc. uhe workers
all are talking about this registery
and are wondering whak-taSs history
Of mans wife has to do with get
ting . Job or unemployment relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
HUNGRY MOTHER
ABANDONED BABE;
JAILE D IN CAL.
Yet Capitalists Say
Communism Breaks
Up the Home
(By a Worker Correspondent


SAN DIEGO, Cal.--Mrs. Ploghoft,
aged 40, mother of a two weeks old
baby, was arrested here for child
abandonment. She was thrown In
Jail and subjected to a long grilling,
which weakened her so that she
had to be sent to the county hos
pital. 81 ~ 4-'sF<' .''e 'r''
Mrs. Ploghoft told the arresting
officers that she was out Of work and
had neither money or food for her
baby and decided to leave 1t on the
doorstep of people whom she believed
were relations of her husband.
Although the mother and the baby
were in the same hospital hospital
authorities did not permit a reunion,
pointing out that under the circun-
stances they must determine if it Is
legally permissible for the mother to
see the child.
This is a good example Of how the
numbering capitalist system works
how 1t breaks up the house. In the
Soviet Union, which is pointed to
with such great horror by the cap
italists and their lackeys, everyone
has q Job and the women get the
same pay as the man. In the Soviet
Union women get two months vaca-
ton with full pay before the birth Of
the child and two months vacation
after childbirth with full pay. Along
side of the Soviet factories are nur-
series where the working mothers can
leave their babies. The mothers are
also allowed time off during the day
to feed the children. What con-
trast there is between the two sys-
TENS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
A Soldier and A Leaf1et
(By a Worker Correspondent

following incident still although nap
pened onJ January 1927, and reported
Ocasion patriotic defense demona-
planes circle the Square, Search
lights discover Gaping the
Soldiers are distributing ARMY" They do
leaflet The
compliment, and hands him one too
WORKER right read mine Fair exchange,
leaflet from the wokera Lenn
nces in it, With hand
he abseny proffers
the passing crowds wideawake WORKING gri
notes with smile his absentnded right hand
and recognizes S reading from his left.
Working that Give the ntmitarist one
the reading.
Soldiers suddenly conscious Of the
the eaet to
him He presses closely to his brass buttons)
Aw, on this It's the only I've got!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
Bosses Admit Over
241,0O0 Unemployed
In Philadelphia, Pa
Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:
I would like to make a correction
in a news story appearing in the
Daily Worker on Nov. "a. Whereas
you said Philadelphia had 10000
workers out OF Jobs the boss class
admits 2Ai,o0o.
The Philadelphia Daily News OF
Nov. Is states that there are three
times more workers out Of work ir
Philadelphia than the entire popula-
ton Of Harrisburg. -t-.e.
Here's for q good strong Hungel
March to Washington to voice the de-
mands Of the millions of jobless al
over the country. The only way VIZ
will get either relief or unemploy.
ment insurance is for all the work.
ers to organize into one gigantic mas;
protest against hunger.
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-05
NY. PLANT PAYS
sS.75 PER WEEK
Superintendent Draws
$1,000 Per Month
by a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
NEW YoK.--r am working in @
factory where the men average about
s2.5O per day. Before the depres-
sion became SO bad they laid off
every one they could and now we are
required to take off two days every
week, and our Saturday afternoon
Is counted out also. ~
So we are making 1915 per
week. But here is the irony OF that
economy. The superintendent, who is
out playing golf over half the time
leaving the work to his underpaid
foreman draws down $1,000 per month
while his son is assistant superinten-
dent getting $3.50 per month and his
desk Is vacant from Friday noon until
Tuesday morning. a3t