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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
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NSON II NUN Il EAOA8 OANhAy
indirect wage cuts, lengthening of
the working hours, and discharging
of the militant miners.
The strike at first was sponta-
neous. The mine No. 20 struck
against frightening of the hours for
the drivers from to 9 hours. The
mine No. II struck against dischar-
ges, at the same time presenting
several other demands.
The leadership of the UMWA inn
mediately declared the strike 'ille-
gal" This created tremendous dis
satisfaction among the miners in the
rest of the mines of the Glen Alden
Company. 1t was apparent that the
strike spontaneously will spread into
other mines of the Company, as the
grievances of the miners have piled
up in every mine.
The fake General Grievance Conf
nlittee of the U.M,W.A. in the Glen
Alden rnines-although not recognized
by the officialdom Of the U.M.W,A.--
seeing the tremendous discomfort Of
the miners and the inevitahility sof
the spreading of the strike sponta-
neously, issued strike call to all the
miners of the Glen Alden Coal 90.
AS a result all the mines of the Com
pany are tied up by the strike. The
last mine struck Friday.
Election Trickery.
The General Grievance Committee,
headed by the petty takers such as
Tomicheck, Maloney, Davis, etc, is
utilizing the discomfort of the miners
for their own purposes and not in
order to improve the conditions of the
miners. The District elections of the
U.M.W.A. are approaching and most
of these takers will be the candidates
for various positions against the pre-
sent rotten officialdom. Therefore
they did not call the strike earnestly
to improve the conditions of the min
ers, but in order to establish their
own prestige" among the miners
over the Boylan gang, knowing that
the Boylan gang will be against the
strike. In this way they are laying
the basis for the elections.
This fact is proven by the whole
series of events in the course of the
strike. The Grievance Committee has
made no effort to organize the strike.
At the first session of the Grievance
Committee, lasting two days, not one
rank and file miner was permitted
to speak in spite of the fact that over
500 we're present, and many denan-
ded the floor. The meeting was con-
Quoted by a we'll organized steam
roller and every expression Of the
miners was suppressed just as at the
meetings of Boylan.
Let Murray In.
an order to njslead the rank and
file miners whose militancy and de-
termination for struggle stands I'M
challenged at the beginning the pol
icy of the, Grievance Committee was
not to permit Murray, international
vice president, Kennedy, international
secretary-treasurer, and Boylan, dis
trict president, to speak at the meet
ing. This policy was based on the
general demands of the rank and file
miners who are determined to fight
to the end against the Lewis-Boyian
kingdom. However, at the second
days session, in spite of the protest
of the miners, Murray spoke for 10
minutes, openly telling the miners to
go to he'll. Kennedy spoke for 10
minutes and Boylan for about 1920
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

employment Committee, to the New
York Building Congress at its month
ly luncheon, referring to the economic
crisis.
A year ago last fall, business lead
ers met in Washington to discuss the
collapse. The prevailing opinion was
that it would last three months.
"They did not overestimate," COM
mented Woods.
Woods admitted that practically
nothing had been done by business
men to meet the unemployment sit
alton. However, he said that a num-
Der of them were thinking about
It,"
The meeting was poorly attended.
Contractors and other members of
the Congress. 1t was learned, are
solving their own unemployment
problems by long vacations at Palm
T~s~ 80 NALL - 49,
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fore they could get within two blocks
Of the mills.
On Wednesday at S p. m. the first
large scale battle and organized re-
sistance to company terror took
place. The strikers had been mobil-
izing for self defense Two of the
high powered autos in which armed
guards were transporting scabs were
wrecked in the struggle and the scabs
and guards fled from 500 angered
strikes and strikers wives and fam
lilies.
5000 Picket
On Thursday and Friday, 5000
strikers and sympathizers we're out
and more automobiles were smashed
as they tried to carry their loads of
gunner and the half doze nscabs
over the bridge that leads from Shell
ton mill to Derby and Ansonia. The
pickets were strung out along the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
Farmers Must Live Like Animals"

good literature for the poor farm
ers. For instance. a pamphlet or
circular which explains the pro-
gram of the Party to the farmers.
/ could distribute about so circu-
lars like that.
Taxes around here are very high
and the cost of living, too. The
farmer gets nearly nothing for the
thing he sells. Their sons and
daughters go TO work in the small
factories around here, getting from
Sc to $40 a week wages!
"A FARMER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore.
Daily Worker:
Conditions in the American Can
Factory here in Portland give good
explanation of why that company
was able to give a big dividend to
Its stockholders this last quarter.
of course, being one of the largest
naonopolies in the world, the Ameri-
can Can bosses were among those
who promised that they would not
lay off anybody, ETC., when Hoover
called in the representatives of la
Dor and industry" after the crash.
The way the American Can gets
srcund this is, of course, by throwing
the burden on the workers in its
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

Allentown, Pa.
Dear Fellow Workers:
have read the Daily Worker
for three years, and have learned
that the only way to fight the rot
ten capitalist system is to join the
Party. Around here everything is
"biack." The church and the
X. X. X. are the bosses. Every
body is 100 per cent patriotic, and
the poor farmers here. who are so
to 70 per cent in debt, arc living
like the animals In the barn.
It Is very necessary to get some
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

speaker, however, went on speaking
and explained the true nature of Jim
Crowism. The disturber went into
a little room, turned out the light
and proceeded to order the chair
man out. He was stopped by angry
workers, who seemed to cover him,
making him turn on the lights again,
and the meeting continued. Twenty
workers joined the Unemployed
Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
Striking Anthracite Miners Fight
III Betrayal by Grievance Committee

ullIluUGS.
Here it became clear that an agree
ment has been reached between the
Boylan gang and the Grievance Com
nittee to betray the strike. To the
National Miners Union this was clear
from the very beginning. This agree
ment to betray the miners was still
further demonstrated at the end of
the session when a motion was passed,
by the steam-roller, that the vital
Saturday session would be q closed
one and no miners permitted to at
tend. Tt is clear that instead of the
miners the Boylan gang will deter
mine the policy of the strike as far
as the Grievance Committee is con-
cerned.
LOVestoneites Betray.
The Lovestoneites and few fake
progressiVes, through their represen-
tatiVes on the Grievance Committee
have the same policy of betraying the
strike. So far they proposed no pol
icy separate from that Of the Griev-
anee Committee. In fact, Maloney
one of the fake leaders Of the GEie-
vance Committed it is said, is then
candidate for the District President
in the coming elections. This is the
united front the Loyestoneites are
proposing and carrying out a united
front for hetraying the miners.
The National Miners Union, know
ing in advance that the petty takers
would try to betray the strike, has
worked out concrete policy against
any betrayal and for the winning o.
the strike. This policy, receiving
growing response from the miners, il
as follows:
- Immediate organization of 6
broad Rank and File Committee il
every mine of the Glen Alden Goa
Company.
% Organization Of a Genera
Rank and File Strike Committee, rep.
resenting all the mines of the com.
pany, as the central leadership o.
the strike in the hands of the miner;
themselves.
81 Organization of mass pickle
line in front Of every mine of thu
company.
A. Against arbitration of thu
Lewis-Boylan or the Grievance Com.
mittee with the company. No one tt
go back to work until the demands
are granted in advance.
In fighting for this policy, exposing
all the attempts of the takers to be.
tray the strike, the National Miners
Union formulated, in consultation
with the miners, the following de-
mands for the strike:
ID Payment for all forms Of dead
work.
(2) No wage cuts in any form.
90 Delivery of supplies to the face
and unloaded by the company.
"a Against topping of cars.
go Abolition of contractor system
co. Consideration for all mint
workers, who can't make shift.
% Abolition of check-off.
60 Recognition Of the Broad
Rank and File Mine Committee, t.
settle all grievances at the colhery.
90 No discrimination against any
of the strikers.
This policy and the demands are
printed in leaflet form and dis.
tributed among the miners. In al
the mines committees are being or
ganized to fight for this policy and tt
put the strike in the hands of the
rank and file leadership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
st. GeneYieve, Mo.

st. Genevieve, Mo.
Daily Worker:
Several weeks ago the capitalist
press of st. Louis came out with a
statement that government con-
tractors doing work on the rivers
such as Rip Raping and Pauling
would not be allowed TO take adj
vantage of the unemployment sit
uation and cut wages, but what
happened?
Two weeks ago when the Nc.
George Construction Co. came in
here, they hired 200 men at rs per
cent less wages than last year,
when they had paid S2.4O a day,
from which the workers are sup
Posed to pay board. Previously
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
WAGE CUT IN THE NATIONAL
PROBING

PERTH AMBOY, N. jim the Ma
tional Fireproofing Company a few
months ago the workers got a wage
cut of 5 cents The men used to make
as cents an hour now they get 40
cents an hour and work 9 hours a
day, 6 days a week and make sl8 a
weke doing such hard work that a
brickyard requires.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
Wankesha Workers Prevent Jim Crowism

WAUKESHA, Wisc.--A meeting of
the unemployed and employed work.
srs took place on March 20, where
cause, effect and the real cure of the
present crisis was analysed by Mates
and oaken. There were about IS
workers present.
During the first speech, one of the
owners of the hall, Cohen, seeing
that Negroes were admitted, ordered
the meeting to be stopped. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
DIV. APRONS FREE
FOR SELLING 80

A Daily Worker apron will be
awarded to every steady seller who
averages at least 30 copies a day,
or upon receipt of 25c. These have
proved very effective in stimulat-
ing street sales, and are bright and
attractive in appearance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
DAYTON BAKERIES SELL
BREAD FOR HOGS AS THE
JOBLESS ARE STARVING
Contractor On Government Job Cuts Wages of
the Workers BY Is Per Cent
Waukesha Workers Successful in Stopping Jim
CroWism and Organize y. C.
Dayton, Ohio.

Daily Worker;
Holland Bakeries contracts TO certain buy
theiF bread the barrels The
highest the
their that this bread
around to farmers to make extra
The starving but bakeries would sell
that selling to make the
that they sold the TO the
.kefs they would not buy from the stores.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
MD. HUNGER
MARCH TAKES
PLACE TODAY
Gov. Hasn't Cent for
the Jobless
Workers
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mansion; $1,000 for new automov
bile for the governor; $432,000 for
war preparations-and not one cent
for the starving jobless. All those
nice words were just part of his
campaign for a chance at the presi-
deney.
The workers are no longer being
fooled, and Negro and white unem-
ployed workers will start from Balti-
more at IL a. m. March 81 to march
on Annapolis. Wednesday morning
they will be joined ON the way by
delegations marching from Cumher-
land and other places in Maryland,
and the united marchers will go on
to Annapolis.
The capitalist press is boycotting
the news of the march and the de-
mands of the marchers. Instead, the
papers have a lot on Self Denial
Day" This is the latest fake relief
scheme, and by it workers who still
have a part-time and Wage-cut job
deny themselves their meals on
"Self Denial Day and contribute tho
price to the city fund out of which,
after the officials get theirs, the
worker may get some breadline soup
when his wages stop entirely.
1t is reported that $4,000 was
collected in this way in one day last
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
CLINTON, IND. GETS
BUNDLE OF 20 DAILY

"PIease send us 20 copies of the
Daily Worker day. We have just
D., formed an Unemployed Council,
and some of the comrades wish TO
establish a route in this town. This
is coal center and the strong
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

hold of the Lewis gang in Indiana.
The Daily Worker, we feel, is in
dispensabIe in our struggle to hast
en- the inevitable collapse of the
UM.W.A. gang" BIB, Clinton, Ind.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

Fight lynching. Fight deporta-
ton Of foreign born. Elect dele
gates to your city conference for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30
Woods Is Scared

NEW York; don't think we
can stand many more such catas-
trophies" said Arthur Woods, Rookie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

Here's Ionic Council of Chester,
Pa, handing a Daily" to an TIA
liam worker. Comrade Council,
upon joining the Unemployed C.
started off with rs a day. Now
he gets IS day, and is on the
road to sell so day within two
weeks. He's partly responsible for
Chester's order OF 21O copies daily.
We congratulate him! DAILY
Worker sellers, send more photos.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-30

THERE only few weeks left First, which
higher of steamship
You still have the opportunity steamship
at the low which specially
class
unable to do when plentiful.
THE STEAMSHIP REDUCED PRICES ARE
GOOD FOR A PERIOD YEARS ONE CAN RETURN
TO THE UNITED THEM AT ANY TIME DURING
THAT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
The Crime Competition

The February reports showed several Amer iean cities doing nicely in the crime business. Chicago led. as might have been expected in the number of murders, with 28 Her near est competitor. St. Louis, was a long way behind with nine. Then. came Cleveland and New Orelans. tied for third honors with eight apiece. The record was not complete. as it lacked the figures for New York. Pittsburgh and Atlanta, and the first of these might have taken a prominent place in the list Chicago likewise led in robberies. with the impressive total of l,l64. Los Angeles was second. Cleveland third and Detroit fourth. Poor old Philadelphia trailed along away down near the bottom of the big-time towns with a mere l07.
 Soon the March figures should be in. and some of these cities may make better show ing. It is good thing to print such lists. be- cause it develops spirit of civic emulation. Come to think of it. though. maybe we've got this honor roll turned wrong-end to. Maybe. as in the scriptural example. the first should be last and the last first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
Unclaimed Money

The legislative appropriations committee casting about for ways and means of meeting state expenditures during the coming two years in the face of decreased revenue has signified it's intentions of urging passage of bill that would permit the state to seize savings de- posits in Connecticut banks that are un- claimed after 20 years. The measure. which was drawn up by Assistant Tax Commiss- toner Farwell Knapp. provides that annually banks will pay to the state treasurer all accounts unclaimed for 20 years or more. Notice will be sent to relatives and the transfer will also be advertised through local papers. Should legal claim be presented within 10 years the state must make reimbursement.
 We should say that the bill deserves more than passing attention, although there will probably be plenty of opposition from the banks of the state. There was some voiced when the bill came up for hearing before the judiciary committee recently. However, many states have similar law and if enough pressure is brought to bear state legislators might be convinced that this would be splendid opportunity to increase the annual revenue of the state without extra taxation or imposing financial burdens upon any one individual In July, 1o30, there was $780, 53l in unclaimed deposits in our banks It is believed that this amount must now be over $300.000. Quite a sizeable amount to be left idle.
 Of course there will be many voters who will never feel right about using money to which, strictly speaking. the state has no night. But if these small sums. whose total commands attention, are left idle they fail to fulfil the purpose for which they were mint sd Money was meant to be medium of ex- change and whiIe everybody is entitled to do as he pleases with his own money unclaimed depozin seem to lie in quite different cate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04

High prices are generally believed to be re- sponsible for the steady decline in the con- sumption of liquor in Great Britain. according to reliable information. The nations drink bill in 1850 was per cent lower than that in 1922. To an American that doesn't seem like much of drop. And we mustn't lose sight of the fact that half of the nations drink bill is represented by taxes. If England went dry tomorrow and was forced to increase in- come taxes to make up for the loss it would add two shllings to everyone's tax. The United States might have produced abstinence and temperance through high prices or taxes but preferred high-handed authority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM
EASTER IN PALESTINE

The gold of morning fills The holows of the Galilean hills. With tilted urns The flaming poppy burns; The lupins. gemmed with dew, Dot the fresh sward like tiny pools of blue. The rathe anemone Offers crimson banquet to the bee And the bent olive tree Silvers anew. The vastnesses of sky Are bright and furnished lapls lazuli, And the springs fragrant breath Steals softly through the streets of Nazareth. The whole wide land receives The benediction gratefully The leaves Of oleanders by Lake Gennesar Respon. The carob bough Upon the hill of Dan is loveller now, And Jenin's pillared palms Chant long and louder psalms With greener fronds to greet the dawning star There is torch on Tabor Nebo shines Resplendant, and Samatra's shattered shrines Are shimmering as when Herod. with nod, Bade slaves raise atars to the Unknown God In Jordans deep-cleft vale It's old enamored tale Sings the rapt nightingale. A vernal fire Touches the toppled battlements of Tyre Round which the sea sounds as mighty Tyre. The bubbling wells of Banias are glad And there Is sweeter balm in Gilead. An anadem Of emerald sweeps away from Bethlehem And girds Jerusalem. Here Alexander came and conquered: here The valorous Richard of the Lion Heart Played an imperious part In bygone but unforgotten year. But 1t is not their spirits we revere Their names speak at this renewal-tide- But rather it Is His-the sanctifed. Easter In Paestine--ethereal air And through Christ risen, Easter everywhere!
 CLINTON SCoLLARD
 in The Commouweal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
l{HN[MIHQRM Nd[:M'EII <, Mks

New York.-For some weeks now
 my daily mail has been containing
 sheets of printed matter carrying the
 banner of the National Organiza- tion of American Housewives" Their headquarters, one Is in- formed, is "by the cookstove and the cradle, with the washtub near by."
 One wonders, of course. just how they manage to get out so much cor respondence under such conditions. At any rate, however. their dicta- tion is attended to between rinsing the clothes and nursing the baby, | and these good ladies have supplied me with some statistics on manners
 and customs which have somehow
 escaped my watchful metropolitan l eye.
 It seems, for instance. that it is "no longer good form, to dance in
 a hotel, restaurant, night club or on
 board of steamship" Which, of
 course, leaves nothing but the street or the home as a dance resort. This would be 8 bit tough on we poor New Workers, whose six-b eight apartments scarcely accommodate
 the radio, table and other household | accessories. And thanks to the steel giants going up around my own sim- pie pastures, the radio static has
 been terrible lately. live in what they term one of the worst inter ference belts" in town.
 Nor are many of my frugal friends
 much better off.
 As matter of fact, statistics in- dicate that whether 1t is good form or not, more people are dancing in public than ever before. There's @ veritable craze for gyrating in Man. hattan and, unless my spies misin- form me, the smaller towns now have the best bands in their his- tories.
 Hotel dances have been particu- larly popular in New York-what with Guy Lombardo, and Henry Hesse, and Vincent Lopez, and Hor- ace Heidt and a few more such play ing fetching rhythms.
 Be all that as 1t may. the latest report from the American House. wives supplies the further informa- ton that "the upto-date ladies wear petticoats (two of them)." This will surprise 8 couple of the larger de- partment stores hereabouts, several of whom haven't had petticoat order since old Ella Wendell was alive. 
 Ah-and there's the .'stenogra- pher's pose! Imagine, just as we were getting used to 1t. You see q steno crosses her CT. er--well, knees! Or hadn't you noticed 1t. This came about because some years ago q female stenographer found that she could provide a firm rest for notebook by placing one knee over the other. The practice spread. {. 1t was never ladylike. but it was never objecfionabl until tight short skirts were worn, and then 1t became vulgar indeed" Indeed--sez you!
 Tt is now chic for women to be modest--yes, even to be- prudish,' the missive continues.
 Perhaps my definition of chic has been wrong. And, by the way, where has that good old word "pru-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04
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THE AMERICAN FLAG

N~~'N~~~~@O O~A$'
 On April 4, 1913, congress en- acted the law which fixed for all time the design of the flag of the United States.
 The law rectified an error which a short-sighted congress had enact- ed in 1795, after Vermont and Ken lucky had been admitted to the Union. This 1795 act provided that a stripe should be added for each of these states, and for 23 years the national ensign had 15 stripes.
 It was 15-stripe flag which way ed over Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" As every one now knows. the act of 1918 re- duced the number of stripes to 13 -one for each of the original states and provided that each state of the Union should be represented by a star. Each states star Is added to the flag on the fourth of July fol- lowing the states admission to the Union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-04

Speaking over the radio Wednesday night Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York stressed the need of support from the voters for reforestation program. He said among other things that Our Conservation Depart ment is acquiring at low cost large areas of land suited for tree culture but now unused.
 and planting them to new forests as fast as they are acquired. With the approval by the people. in this years election of constitu- tional amendment which has twice been passed by the legislature. new and enlarged reforestation program will be set up under