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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20

nomination for president on the
democratic ticket, hos skillfully used
demagogic phrases to fool the work
ers by making promises" for unem-
ployment insurance, help to the
farmers, etc. In his message to the
state legislature he proposed a bud
get of $72O0O,OOo, but left out tho
unemployed workers and the drought
stricken farmers entirely.
The unemployed workers will de-
mand part Of the budget for I'M
employment relief, the turning of the
funds for the National Guard and
other military appropriation over to
the fund for unemployment insur-
ance, the abolition of the vagrancy
law, the reduction of the salaries Of
the state officials, etc.
The marchers will leave Baltimore
on March 81. A mass meeting will
take lace in Baltimore on March 80.
Workers and sympathetic organiza-
tons are asked to send contributions
to help carry on this campaign. The
contributions should be sent to the
Unemployed Councils, o S. Greene
St., Baltimore, Md.
This is the third state hunger
march to be organized for April.
Pennsylvania jobless will start
marching on Harrisburg, the state
capital, on April 4. From many
points in Ohio, a march will start
April 16, converging on the state
capital, Columbus.
The growing crisis, with more and
more unemployed, and the tactics of
the employers, very plain now, to do
nothing to relieve the distress of the
jobless, but instead to use them as
a club over the heads of the en-
ployed to force through wage-cuts
and speed-up and longer hours,
forces the jobless and employed
workers alike to greater efforts.
Now is the time for the most in
tensified organization campaign, to
build up the unemployed councils
and the unions of the Trade Union
Unity League!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
SON HELPS DAI
PAY FOR SUB
CONEY IS, B'KLYN,
PIONEERS BUSY

In Coney Island, Brooklyn, N. Y,
seven Pioneers, ages ranging from 10
to u. are on their young toes getting
the Daily started in their neighbor-
hood. Ell Cohen is Starting a route.
Morris Kaplan is going to tackle the
subways, Doris Goldstein is start
ing with 20, and Blanche Kugler,
Ruth Goldstein, Gertrude Kaplan
and Marcel Traumoun are on their
way toward spreading the paper. on
the streets and from house to house.
They promised to write us of their
progress, and send pictures, but they
must be too busy selling the paper,
for we haven't heard from them so
far.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
CORRECTION

BY a typographical error IN re-
cent issue Of The Daily Worker, 1t
was stated that the bail in the cases
Of Pat Devine, Edith BerIman, and
William Murdoch had been reduced
to five. hundred dollars each. This
should be five thousand dollars. The
three we're arrested and held for de-
pOrtation because Of their activities
in the Lawrence strike. All are off,
Gals of the National Textile Workers
Union, - = 800 = - "a - -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20

organized. We are now putting more
pressure on the sections and units
for the supporting end, and this will
be oiled up and moving as our news
service"
Both these districts show some ac-
tivity among the Party and League
comrades which should result in
more widespread sales and distribu-
ton and an increase in bundle Or
ders from the minimum of 1000,
which is only starting point in the
drive for mass circulation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20

are made to work for $500. This
is forcing scabbing on the other
workers who have these kinds Of
trades.
One of the jobless was a brick :
layer by trade, but he refused to
go to do that kind of work for
$3.50. He said he would do the
work if he was paid the union
scale. Later he refused to work
at all because he said he was hum
CRY and he didn't eat enough to
be able to work. IN. j.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
Low Pay for Portland Dept. Store Girls

Of their profits. lord no. Working
girls get $3.50 week now since the
Xmas spirit gave them a cut and
mass lay-off. To hold their Jobs
they pay 81 a week to the Com
munity Chest Fifty-two dollars a
year to earn the privilege of working
there, of becoming prostitutes in Or
der to live. The workers have no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton, Ohio.
To the Daily Worker:
The bosses at the Park Tool
House arc making scabs Of the I'M
employed workers. The jobless are
sent here to work for their tickets,
which are worth $3.50.
When there is q building to be
built they ask the unemployed
workers what kind of trades they
have. The carpenters, bricklayers
and others of the building trades
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
PLANS NEWS CLUB

Jean Feldman, travelling represent
tative Of the Daily Worker, writes
from Houston, Texas:
Had several old copies distributed
at the demonstration, after an
nouncing the Daily Worker from the
steps Of the City Hall. Everyone was
very eager to get copy and keep on
asking daily for it, N please rush
The order Of as daily Am certain
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
PLUMBER MISLEADERS
DEMAND GRAFT TO GET
INTO PLUMBERS ASSN.
Hold Up Applications Until Plumbers Pay
Heavy Tribute to Union Bureaucrats
Plumbers and Plumbers Helpers, Write II
About Conditions in the Union
New York.

Daily Worker:
Can plumber exist belonging to the u A. should he
organize revolutionary union?
The answer is that revolutionary union should be or
ganized by all means wanted to belong to the u A.
Journeyen Plumbers Assn few years ago applied for
admittance into this union.
When sent the application it laying there several
months to make the applicant dsgusted with waiting SO long
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20

within very short time a larger
order will be requested. The COM
rades here will organize a Red Build
ers' News Club as soon as the papers
arrive. Very many of the unem-
ployed who came to the meeting
after the demonstration were willing
to sign up into this club"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
Portland, Ore.

ally Worker:
Just another story Of how a big
rm helps the unemployed and
sedy-Lippnian. Wolfe's, third larg-
1 store in Portland, is one of the
ost philanthropic institutions in
wn. They give thousands of dol
rs to the Community Chest. Out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
SMALL INFANTS LACK FOOD
POINT PLEASANT BEACH,

FOlNI FLEhohNl bEhCn, N. De
After soup and children's bread
lines we report the latest addition
joining the ranks of starving unera-
ployed--the babies Point Pleasant
Board Of Health started distribution
of baby food 10 prevent them ncn
going hungry. II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
ORG A ME- TO END
STARVATION; DEM AND
RELIEF!

choice IN the matter, as It Is taken
out Of their salaries. Do we see the
retail clerks and so on of the A. F.
Of L. organizing there? OF course
not.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
ALBANY RED NEWS
CLUB CUTS ORDER

From Mike Pell, Albany, N. Y:
Kindly cut our bundle to $50
copies per day for the time being.
Some of our Red Builders have
been terrorized and bribed by the
police, especially since the Hunger
March. Others are finding work
ON the docks, so. until we get new
forces, it is necessary to cut the
bundle"
With Pell and Ginger" Nelson on
the spot, we're sure this situation is
a temporary one only.
SON HELPS DAD
PAY FOR SUB
Il enclose ST for the Daily Worker.
A month ago my son sent in SO cents
he earned I am still In arrears, so
use part for back payment and part
for the subscription" &C. D., Mt
Clemens, Mich.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
Live On One Banana a Day.

NEW YORK.-Frances Perkins,
director of the state of New York
Industrial Board, told Wednesday to
the Women's Fund Committee a
story of eight unemployed girls in
New York living for days on less than
one banana day, and no other
food. She said:
"The girls found that ten
cents worth Of bananas had more
sustenance than ten cents worth
of any other sort of food. They
managed to scrape up So week
between them, and after paying
the rent on a dingy furnished
room they spent the rest on
bananas. This gave each girl less
than a banana a day-Or five
bananas day between eight of
them.
Distress among single women
from unemployment is now unpre-
cedented- Most Of these have
neither relatives nor friends to as
sist them. In previous depressions
they could return to the forms
but now--in the majority of cases
their fathers are themselves me-
chanics out of work."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20

ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 49,
The family of Henry Wolfe, 82s1a
Lawrence Ave, Allentown, is unem-
ployed and destitute, the wife is to-
tally blind and the landlord is pre-
pairing to evict them. The Allen
town Unemployed Council should
reuse all workers to their defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-20
MARYLAND STATE
HUNGER MARCH TO.
START MARCH 81.
Pennsylvania and Ohio
Marches in April

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE1,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
MYSTERIOUS WILD ANIMAL
 TURNS OUT TO BE 'POSSUM

Kansas City, Mo - (UP) - A gray animal sat in the top Of Il
 A woman screamed. "A wildcat Is loose!" said it was a black leopard thai had escaped from a circus traini
 Another man looked at the paii of fur and said 1t was a bear. es- capped from the swope Park here, 2
 Two policemen. in answer to a riot call, frankly admitted they didn't know what the animal was. but prepared to shoot in case It came down from the tree.
 A small boy happened along; He whistled twice and called "Sammy." The ball of fur un- wound itself and the dangerous animal' crawled down the tree trunk. ,, the small boy said as he picked the animal up and started home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
lCHILEPASSINC
 | THROUGH SOME | DISTURBANCES
Reports of Agree m ent With RevoIters Heard
 Communists Scored By Government

Santiago, Chile, Sept 4.-(UP) Reports of agreement .in prin- ciple" with mutinous sailors con- trolling the entire navy were heard to-day while the province re- mained under a state of siege, cen sorship was maintained, and warnings against communistic con trol of the government were is- sued. S Terms of the agreement were not made public. Negotiations
 were conducted between the mu- tineers' committee and Rear Ad-
 miral Eduardo Won Schroder
 aboard the battleship La Tore at
 Coquimbo.' The government declared a state of siege (martial law) in the prov
 ince of Santiago and was prepared tot extend 1t to other parts of the country. Crowds were prohibited from gathering in the streets after p. m.
 Strict censorship on newspapers
 and telegraphic and cable trans
 mission of dispatches was estab- lished throughout the republic. No one was allowed to leave SAUtkdSO, eACSPb ny eA1ihB WAtASAe a special permit. The governments recognition of the threat of communism gaining the upper hand in the crisis was reflected in a staetment issued by
 Indalecio Tellez, newly appointed commander -in-chief of the Cara bineers, army, and air force. The
 statement actually was a public
 warning against the dangers of
 communism and S,declared that
 communism could not exist except in a nation of slaves.
 Russia lived for centuries in ignorance and to-day lives under
 the communist yoke," the state-
 ment said. "The country simply
 exchanged the yoke of the czars for the soviets."
 The statement described miseries
 endured by the Russian proletariat and called upon Chileans who loved their country to preserve the
 order indispensable for true free dom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

torist will be able to follow the new super-highway GU. S. 1 and State Route 25) southward across the Newark meadows and through the outskirts of Elizabeth to the fa- nous "clover-leaf intersection" just south of Railway. Here routes 25 and 4 intersect, but in such a way as to cause no interruption In the continuous flow of traffic in four di- rections at once.
 From the "clover-leaf" those who are headed for the New Jersey shore resorts will follow route southward across the Victory bridge between Perth Amboy and South Amboy-thence eastward or south ward according to their respective destinations. If Asbury Park is the goal. then follow route 35 from South Amboy, with routes 4, 34 and 33 as an excellent alternate. On the other hand, those headed for Atlantic City, and other south Jer- sey beaches, will continue south ward on route 4 (which is also U. S. 9.
 Trenton. Philade lphia and other points to the south and west may be reached by continuing straight ahead at the "clover-leaf," follow ing either route 25, or else bear ing right with U. s. 1, as the case may be.
 If Newark and points in central New Jersey are the goals of motor ists from Waterbury, then there Is another route from Alpine that also offers good pavement throughout, as well as freedom from traffic congestion. This route leads west from Alpine through Cresskill to Dumont where a left turn Is made on Washington avenue to Teaneck. Here turn right on Cedar Lane to Hackensack: then left and soon right on Passaic street. Cross railroad and turn next left on First street. This thoroughfare leads south to route which offers excellent concrete all the way to North Arlington. After that the pavement Is fair to Harrison where right turn carries the motorist across the river into the heart of Newark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
NORMAN THOMAS TOCARRY FIGHT
 TO HIGH COURT
Socialist Leader Arrested in Paterson for Picket ing-Says the Supreme Bench Must Decide

Paterson, N. J., Seut 4.--(UP) Norman, Thomas, grey-haired leader of American socialists who once peddled newspapers in Mari- on, Ohio, for an editor named Warren G. Harding, has entered the Paterson silk strike in protest against Q "judge-made" picketing law.
 Thomas, arrested yesterday while picketing in front of the John Hand mill, plans to carry hts protest to the United States su- preme court if necessary. Judge Forster w. Freeman had ruled that picketing would not be allowed at the Hand mill because its work CTS were not on strike.
 If this judgment law as allowed to stand 1t will nullify gains that labor has made through legislation and the courts by years of fight ing," Thomas said. Tt will stand as a precedent throughout the land and be injurious to the cause of labor everywhere.
 "The fight is wider than in Pat erson alone. This ruling amounts to an injunction with the judge refusing to hear the labor side. l do not see how strikes can be made effective If this rule is made to stand, and trouble is bound to arise if its enforcement is com tinued. Therefore we have set out to test it."
 Thomas, who as socialist candi- date for president in 1928, for mayor of New York in 1929, and for congress in 1930, has become known as leader of "causes" said he had been invited to participate in the Paterson strike by the American Federation of Labor.
 When police asked him the rou- tine questions in booking him, Thomas, author and contributing editor to a number of liberal jour nals, gave his occupation as "or- ganizer".
 Thomas was one of a group of 46 picketers arrested at the mill and driven to headquarters in a patrol wagon. He passed an hour in jail along with the others, while awaiting arraignment. Each plead ed not guilty and was released in s15. bail. The trial date has not been set.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
YOUNG ALLIGATOR PUZZLES ExPRESSMEN

Colorado Springs. (UP).-Em- ployes of tme American Express company here would appreciate hints on how to keep a young alligator we'll and happy.
 The allgiator was shipped from Florida, consigned to c. Holcomb. The express company has been un- able to locate Holcomb and. con- |sequently, still has the reptile. Direction on the shipping crate said to feed the animal. which is three and one-haff feet long and weighs 42 pounds. twice . week. offlciais at local ZOO recom- mended meat and fish. with afew pounds of liver once in while as |a special deiicacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

Boston, Sept 4.-Recognizing the especial importance of maintaining sound banking policy during pres ent business conditions, bankers from all six New England states will gather 10 discuss bank man. agement problems at the second New England Bank Management Conference, to be held in Boston, october 16, under auspices of the bankers committee of the New England council.
 New England banks have been outstanding for their stability dur ing 1880 and 1931, especially in comparison with developments in other parts of the country. Ad- dresses on various factors in Maintaining a Sound Bank" will comprise nearly half the program of the conference, emphasizing loaning policy, safeguarding and liquidating loans, and bond buying. Discussion of credit and insurance will cover the question of protec- ton for banks.
 In conclusion, New England 5 banking leaders will take up the question of profits, in discussions of analysing accounts and eliminat- ing unprofitable services. Speakers will come from each of the New England states and from outside New England.
 Walter s. Bucklin. president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston and chairman of the bank CTS committee of the New Eng land council, will preside at the conference. The other members Of the committee are: Norwin s. Bean, New Hampshire; John B. Byrne, Connecticut; Henry W. Cushman. Maine; Frederic M. Jones, Massachusetts,; Thomas l.. Pierce, Rhode Island; Levi P. Smith, Vermont.
 The First New England Bank Management Conference was held
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
FATHERS FEET EXAMINED

Newton, Mass (UP) All persons wishing to bathe in Crys- tai Lake must have their feet ex- amined for skin disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
HOOVER PLANS ARE NOT FULLY
 APPRECIATED
Critics Are Bold Enough to Say He Has No Plan to Stop Unemployment
By RAYMOND CHAPTER United Press Staff Correspondent,

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, Sept 4.-UP)-An overproduction of plans for re- lieving the depression is being added to the difficulties of the ad- ministration.
 Some of President Hoover's crit les are saying he has no plan. But any such alleged deficiency is be- ing rapidly offset by the quantity of volunteer proposals.
 They may be expected to fall in showers as soon as congress re- turns.
 All the administration is at- tempting to do now is to stimulate public confidence, cut government expenses, help straighten out Eu- rope, and advise local communities as to how to raise and spend relief funds. President Hoover thinks that is enough. Many others do not share this opinion.
 Some projects are matching which may prove to be of great lm- portance. The best minds of the United States Chamber of Com merce are at work. One commit tee on unemployment is due to re- port within the next two or three weeks.
 A committee of the progressive conference headed by senator Robert M. LaFollette, republican, Wis, Is soon to publish a plan which represents the extensive re- search and thought of such notable economists as Dr Leo Wolman and Stuart Chase. This is expected to receive serious discussion In con gress.
 Representative wilber M. White, republican, O., has just left at the White House several pages of type written recommendations calling for at least $S,0O0, 100000 for loans to local governments, public high way construction, rivers and har- bors work, public buildings. crea- ton of a national mortgage bank, turning over of farm board wheat stores to the destitute, and crea- tion of a national economic board: He also proposes modification or the Volstead act.
 senator David A. Reed, republi- can, Pa, intends to propose aboli- ton of the farm board. However Senator Smith w. Brookhart. re- publican, Ia., says he favors giving it $2,O0O. 000,o00 so 1t can do a real lob. Representative Will Wood chairman of the house appropria- tions committee, proposes cutting down budgets of the army and especially the navy as an economy measure. Representative Fred Britten, chairman of the house naval affairs committee on the con trary proposes building up the navy partly as means or creat- ing more work at this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
PITTSBURG'S DEFECTIVE
 CHIEF HAS COSTLY BADGE

Pittsburg, Pa. (UP) - Police chiefs attending their annual state convention here recently agreed that 1t would be worthwhile get ting arrested by Frank R. Boyd, head of the Pittsburg detective bureau. in order to get Boyd to flash his badge.
 when Boyd became a detective. one of his friends. William l.. Trimble, said he would get the hand somest badge in the world for Boyd if he ever became chief de- tectiye. Trimbie made his promise good with c badge which has been vained af s1 4n0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
Corn Borer Crews
 Scouting For Pest
New Haven, Litchfield, and Fairfield Counties Come
 Under Closest Scrutiny


 New Haven, Sept 4.-Scouting for the presence of the European corn borer is underway in the re- zion of the state not already under quarantine on account of the pest. This includes most of Litchfield county and parts of Fairfield and New Haven counties.
 The four scouting. crews, which work under the direction of the direction of the United States de- partment of agriculture and the Connecticut agricultural experi- ment station, are operating out of watertown, Litchfield, Winsted, Torrington. Danbury, Newtown, and Woodbury. Two new infesta- tions have been found, but they will not be announced until the scouting is completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

About so per cent of the visl- tors to Yellowstone National Park are women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

That the Japanese beetle infesta- ton is increasing in intensity Is in- dicated by the large numbers of beetles collected in or near traps placed to catch them. In Hartford, where Bushnell park and other lawn areas are covered with traps, 3,216 beetles were found in the period named by the latest report. The entire season last year yielded only 3,1S5 specimens in the Hart ford traps. The number of beetles has increased even more in the New London traps, but non has been captured in Terryville so far this season, and Enfield has yielded only one.
 Flowing Demonstration
 Demonstrations with mechanical devices for the low cutting of corn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04

stalks, so that stubble, which may harbor the borer over the winter. will not be left standing in the field, will be held this month. The dates announced are Holland coun- ty, Sept 5: windham county, Sept &; Hartford county. Sept 10; New Haven county, Sept 12: Middlesex county, Sept 15; Litchfield county. Sept IS, and Fairfield county, Sept 19. Arrangements have meen made by the department of agriciture in cooperation with the county farm bureaus.