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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Safety First" Cover for Speedup at Carnegie
Steel

mittee says: Workers, keep the place
clean and dry. If there is anything
lying on the ground pick it up and
you are doing a great deed.
Yes, the workers have company in
surance and from one to two dollars
are taken out of their pay. 1t doesn't
mean anything if you get injured or
crippled. You must get killed before
the company gives out any money.
Yet they have the nerve to say: Look
what we do for the workers. If they
do it at all, why the he'll do they take
money from the workers to pay their
insurance
Workers Of Carnegie Steel, the hell
with the boss insurance Fight for
social insurance and make the bosses
and their government pay us insur-
ance. But not to take your wages
for insurance. IF. HI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Send In Reports of
Activities to Trade
Union Unity League

All district and local secretaries
Of the T. U. U. L. are called upon
to report regularly upon their I'M
employed demonstrations, the 10
cal activities, the progress made
in all struggles, to the national
office of the T. U. U. L.
Aside from sending news Of
demonstrations, activities and
struggles to the press, the T. U.
U. L. must receive from all points
complete and concrete accounts of
all activities. Send in your re-
ports upon the Feb. 10 demon
STATIONS at once. Grade Union
Unity League, 2 w. 18th ST., New
York;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
MAGIL SPEAKS In
CLEVELAND, FEB.23

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 19.-How
unemployment has been abolished in
the Soviet Union and what the Five
Year Plan means to the rest of the
world will be told by A. B. Magil
labor journalist who has just returned
from the U.S.S.R., at mass meeting
in Cleveland ON Monday February 30
The meeting will be held in the Slo-
venian Auditorium, GAIT st. Clair
Ave-, at 8 p. m. Magil covered the
trial of the counter-revolutionary en-
gineers in Moscow for the Daily
Worker and other papers, and he will
give a first-hand report of this fam
GUS trial in the course of his illus
trated lecture.
DR.. F. W.. Walz, a member Of the
Cleveland city council, will speak on
the recognition Of the Soviet Union
by the United States government
This is one of the main demands of
the Friends Of the Soviet Union. I'M
der whose auspices the meeting is
being called. Harry Fox, state secre-
tary of the F. S. U. will be in the
chair, and the meeting will voice the
protest of Cleveland workers against
the recent embargo on Soviet lumber
the anti-Soviet recommendations oil
the Fish committee and the genera
offensive of American capitalists
against the first workers republic.
One of the best antidotes to capital
ist propaganda against the Sovie
Union is for workers to see for them
selves what conditions are actual,
like over there. Special pictures O
Soviet industrial conditions will b,
shown at Mondays meeting, which
will tell their own story of working
class progress in the only land wher,
the workers rule. The F. s. U. is alst
planning to send over some worker
on delegation to celebrate May Is
in the Soviet Union. AS a practica
token Of the American workers soil
dartiy with their Russian comrades
the F. S. U. is campaigning to sene
$4,000 Of farm machinery to tn,
Soviet farm which 1t has adopted.
In connection with these cam.
paigns, a number of other meeting:
are to be held throughout Ohio. There
will be a Russian-language meeting
in Cleveland on February 26 at the
Ukrainian Labor Temple, 1015 Au-
burn Ave. Other meetings at which
A. B. Magil will speak will be held
at Akron on Feb. %, at Warren on
Feb. "a. at Canton on Feb. 26. and at
Toledo on Feb, ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
CHICAGO READERS
MEET SUM-, FEB. z

A second Conference of Chicago
readers to discuss the editorial and
circulation problems of the Daily
Worker will be held this Sunday, Feb.
% at 4:30 p. m. at Peoples Auditor
ium, PAST w. Chicago Avenue. Be-
sides general discussion of the con-
tents of the ably WDorker, there
will be criticisms Of the special page
which Chicago is now getting each
Wednesday. Plans will be laid to in
crease the circulation OF the Daily
Worker by forming new Red Builders
News Clubs, getting all Unemployed
Councils behind the 10000 circulation
drive, and securing every jobless
worker possible to sell the Daily
worker.
Every indication points to ire
mendous gain in circulation in Illi-
nois now that Chicago has it's weekly
Daily Worker every Wednesday. The
Conference will take up in detail fur
Their methods for increasing circula-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Workers iii Treated
and Starved In City
Sacramento Hospital
Dear Comrades:

Dear Comrades:
If you friends wish to keep your
health will give you little good
advice-stay away from the County
Hospital run by the capitalist class,
il you don't want drink from the
black bottle. I saw one of my COM
rades put in box. I had my own
experience when was laid up my
self The butcher there tried to keep
me. but I fooled him, I got out.
The first thing that they do to
you upon your entry was to throw
you into the bath tub and then took
your clothes away. proof positive
that they thought that you would not
need them AGAIN.. Then they put
you to bed where the process of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
LOS ANGELES:
TWO VERSIONS

"Well, comrades, the bulls have
started to try and stop the sales
of the Daily Worker on the streets
in this fair city of Los Angeles"
writes the Daily Worker represen-
tative. Sunday they run the COM
rades around the place away. Said
that it meant Jail if they came
back. But some comrades from the
unemployed are going to make a
stand for it."
And from "a Subscriber" we re-
ceived the following:
Regarding your article about L. A
functionaries' laxity in the. D. w
$4,000 circulation drive. The left
wing movement in L. A. is Yiddist
almost exclusively. They hesitate al
nothing to make the Freiheit pos
sible, but will do very little for g
non-Yiddish paper, be he Communist
or just sympathizer. I am speaking
from personal experience with the
comrades here"
Following this Is statement that
leading comrades have not taken adj
vantage Of the population. which i;
liberal, to secure financial aid for the
Daily"
Your agent may be a sincere COM
rade," he continues, but a very poor
business getter. The Daily Worker
is not published in the Soviet Union
but in these glorious ca U. S.. ane
to do business here you need highly
proficient business man"
Who wants the floor for discus.
sion?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Canton Workers Lose Savings In Bank Crash

boss depositors were tipped off a
week before to withdraw their
money, but the workers are the
ones that have to suffer.
The Repository" came out with
the statement that the other banks
here would pay the depositors that
lost their money, but they didn't
mention how soon. The same as
Hoover's prosperity in go days, but
is that going to feed the hungry
women and children? Just prom
Uses. With all their savings gone
can they buy bread with these
promises? w, A,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

ton as adopted by the Section Com
mittee read:
Il. 1t was wrong for the unit buro
not to admit unemployed comrades
free Of charge"
Comrade Saunders, who was de-
clared in the article to have abstained
from voting on a motion criticising
Unit for failing to correct the
chauvinistic tendencies exposed by
Comrade Williams article has in
formed the Section Committee that
her abstention was not based on vac
illation but on the consideration that
in her opinion wrong procedure had
been followed in taking up the ques-
ton with the unit instead OF the
Buro.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

on the rubber plantations of Belgian
Congo or at best 1.-THE pauper labor
of Europe" which some of our self
confessed statesmen rant about so
fiercely when they discuss the tariff.
But it is not in some far-away land
that this outrage against decency is
perpetrated-it is right here in the
Twin Cities. And to make the mat
ter all the more reprehensible these
coolie wages are being paid by the
A Guthrie Co., which has been
awarded $683,599 contract to build
lock for the government in the
Ford Dam.
1.-THE fact that men can be found
Eho are glad to work for anything
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

Clarion, Pa.
Comrade Editor:
The Carnegie Steel safety first, what
does it mean to the workers? The
company sends a fellow to go and
talk to the workers about the safety
conditions in the mill. They tell the
workers to put their signatures on
the blank. When worker gets
killed, why the company says that
it was safety first because his sigma
ture is on the blank.
The company always says that it is
the workers fault. But they never
say it is the terrible speed-up that
causes most accidents and deaths.
Safety First Bunk.
AT the safety first meetings, in
stead of telling the workers about
: bow they can work safer, why the
smpany gives more work to them,
Here is what the safety first COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

rather than starve has been taken
advantage of by the contractors, who
undoubtedly propose to put in their
own pockets the difference between a
living wage which the government in
letting the contract naturally fig
ured would be paid and the starva-
ton dole of $14.4o a week. We are
informed by Col. Willing, United
States district engineer, that the
government is helpless in the mat
ter"
There's but one way to combat
these rotten conditions and that's to
Join the fighting trades unions of the
Trade Union Unity League. JIM.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
A Correction

NEW YORK.-In Comrade Harold
Williams article on "Chauyinistic
Tendencies In the Harlem Section" a
serious typographical error occurred.
A motion Of the Section Committee
OF Sec. 4, District 2, appeared in the
article as follows:
Il. 1t was wrong for the unit buro
to admit unemployed comrades free
Of charge"
This is manifestly wrong. The mo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
PATERSON, N. J.,
FORMS NEWS CLUB

Six young Pioneers, ages ranging
from 10 to l6, are now busy with
house-to-h house canvaSsing in Pater-
son, N. j., and with factory sales in
the evening. What's up? A Red
Builders News Club C. Rees, of the
N. Y. Red Builders, and Jack Ross, of
the Daily Worker staff, went over
there and got it going. Let's hear
from you, Paterson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
HILLSDALE, MICH,
TO GET DAILIES

VIM. T. of Iillsdale, Mich, is plug
ging hard to get things started be-
fore he leaves.
Before / leave here, / will have
a bundle brigade to distribute our
Daily to the poor farmers here" he
writes, land will have few sub
scriptiOns which 1 will send in. AS
soon as ! receive my first Daily
Worker, will send for at least 40
copies for house-t to house dis
tribution."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Canton. Ohio.

Canton, Ohio.
The Canton Bank and Trust Co.
today failed to open the doors at
8 a. m. and word came out that
the bank had gone broke. and
many unemployed workers lost all
the savings they had and many Of
the small business men were caught
in the crash.
The president Of the bank was
arrested for embezzlement, bU: he
was Immediately let out on bail,
Of course.
The news leaked out that the big
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
COLUMBUS JOB
LESS PLAN FIGHT
(By a Worker Correspondent

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 19.-Unem-
ployed workers held a mass meeting
here in hall on the corner of Par
sons and Livingston AYES. for the
purpose of organizing an Unemployed
Council to push the struggle for I'M
employment insurance and against
the bosses hunger system.
The hall was packed to capacity
with the seething, suging mass with
the one thought in mind, "some-
thing is got to be DONE"
A council was organized, with "a
workers joining Immediately.
The next meeting will take place
at the same hall this Sunday, Feb. %
at 2:30 p. M, after which meetings
will be held daily. Many workers
here will demonstrate on Feb. Is,
International Fighting Day, against
unemployment.
One of the Unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
GREAT FALLS,
MONT, BUSTLING

To-day engaged three more news
boys for the house-to-house sales, -
writes Willis L. Wright of Great
Falls, Mont, despite the Anaconda
Copper company-owned, one-man
state. II held meeting in Belt last
night and sold 1877 copies at the
meeting, also other literature. Going
to Cascade today to see if can get
the town hall for meeting for the
Daily Worker"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
South Chicaxo. mi

South Chicago, III.
The Daily Worker:
am looking for work, as are
thousands Of other workers In this
steel slaves community.
The local paper a few days ago
carried news stories that the steel
mills are hiring men. The next
day I went to find out for myself.
After talking to some worker 1
found this to be lie. 1 also talked
tn some foremen that know. They
told me that there were more than
200 workers laid off the night be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

starvation was Immediately applied.
They gave you a little rotten grub
just to kid you along.
There was an old lady who told
me that they took care OF old men
who had no place to go. saw COM
rades there that we're SO starved that
all they were was skin and bones.
This is all have to say about these
capitalist hospitals. Especially here
In Sacramento.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
HOUSTON I. w. o.
ENTERS DRIVE

The International Workers Or
der, Branch 1874, Of Houston, Texas,
has undertaken to sell Daily Work.
ers in this city," writes L. A., sec
rotary. A committee has been
elected to be in charge of the dis
tribution and they will see that the
Dailies are sold as all other papers
are. We should like for you to
send us rs copies of the Daily
Worker"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Deported French Worker A Real Militant
New York Ci

New York City.
The Daily Worker of February Is
carried an article about Leon Mabille,
the French worker who was deported
for his working class activities in
this country.
Leon Mabille has been member
of the French Sea Fleet that re-
fused to shoot the Russian workers
and mutinied under the leadership
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
200 Steel Workers Laid Off at South Chicago

fore./
Also, the United States Steel
Corp. has closed Its employment
office and has placed no help
wanted sign on its gates. 1t is
known fact among the workers that
this wage cutting office has not
been closed for years.
But, as they see the rage Of the
workers, standing in line to get
job which they don't get. they are
forced to close this office, fearing
violence from the starving work.
ers. 81 u. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
STRIKE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS

DANVILLE.-President H. r. Fitz-
gerald reported loss of $685., 432 500
for the year Of 1880 for the Riverside
and Dan River cotton mills, to the
stockholders meeting. The workers
Of this mill were out on strike for
many months. but were sold out by
the German gang.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
CHRISTOPHER, ILL,
LAUNCHES DAILY"

Eve have organized a nucleus
here in Christopher. We would
like to have bundle of 10 Daily
Workers. We are just organized
and all out Of work and will try
and get some subscribers for the
paper."-L. A. s. secretary.
Here's luck to the new unit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

of Andre Marty at present member
Of the French Chamber Of Deputies.
Mabille has been in the States as
far as / know since 1924.
AT the time when he was in New
York he worked as cook. He was
member of the Amalgamated Food
Workers at that time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
T-zI.Il.LL SOCIALIST
+. IN BERLIN CAFE
1uspect Act Done By
Fascists s~
Gable BY Inprecorr)

BERLIN.-Yesterday evening I'M
known assailants fired six shots
through the window of a cafe, killing
the socialist, Arlt, and seriously
woumding two others. The murder
ers escaped without trace, but are
believed to be fascists.
A little while back the fascists
made a similar raid on another cafe
in Roentgenthal, killing one and
wounding several.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

Militant white workers have called
protest meeting for this evening at
the Workers Home, 308 Elm ST., at
$50 o'clock, to expose this boss-in-
spired attack on the Negro masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
Minneapolis Boss Sheet
Admits That CoOlie Wages
Are Paid on Govt Contract
Left-Phrases Sugar Coating of Paper Hides
1t AS Workers Enemy
Workers Must Put Up Real Militant Fight
Against Such Standards
MINNEAPOLIS, Min.


To the Daily Worker:
capitalist DAILY occasionally
conditions Minneapolis the
Feb editorial aponed Nearserfdom Here at Home tells
the following story:
abor-he munfcent Of $14 40
q week.
Starvation
Of olers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20

from selling Daily Workers, but
now nothing will stop me. Please
send me about 30 to start, and i
will work hard to sell all 1 can and
to get more readers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-20
INJURED WORKER
STARTS SALES

From IT. J. s., Kane, Pa, we re-
ceived letter:
For a long time this rotten COM
pensation system kept me back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05
D. c. MAN INDICTED
IN RACE GAMBLING
is Other Bills Are Reported
by Grand Jury-Four
Charges Ignored.

The grand jury today indicted Ed
son L. johnson, 1927 P street, on a
charge of setting up a gaming table by
accepting bets on the results OF horse
races, He was arrested April 81 by
Capt. o. T. Davis of the second precinct
and Policeman Clyde N. Strange.
They reported they entered the store
Of the defendant and observed man
making a bet on the races. They de-
clared betting paraphernalia was openly
displayed and it was not necessary to
get a search warrant.
Sixteen other indictments were re-
ported to Justice Peyton Gordon and
the grand jurors exonerated five per-
sons of charges that had been pre-
ferred against them. They ignored
charges Of robbery against Richard
Schlosser and Jerry .O'Connor; OF JOY
riding against John T. Neil; Of grand
larceny against Amelia Frazier, and
Of violating the national prohibition
law against Joseph B. Lacopidan.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include: Maude E. VoSs,
forgery; Thomas H. Radcliffe, false pre-
lenses; Mary E. B. Moore, housebreak-
ing and larceny; Robert I. Cummings,
assault to commit carnal knowledge;
Eugene Bookwalter, white slavery; Nam
cy v. Barbour and Maurice Thomas.
larceny after trust; Willie Branch,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny; Joseph Van
Dame, forgery; Willie Hart and James
Johnson, grand larceny; Mamie w.
Norford, assault with dangerous weapon;
Elliott Shreves, violating Harrison anti
narcotic law; Harry SelSey, violation
liquor law: James C. Spender, Bartel
Speet and Paul F. Christman, nom
support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05
v. M. |. ALUMNI PLAN
BATTLE ANNIVERSARY
New Market Day Will Be Marked
by Smoker at Fort Myer Hall
Night of May IS.

Members of the Washington Alumni
Association of the Virginia Military In
stitute will celebrate New Market day,
Friday night, May IS, at 1880 o'clock,
by an informal smoker, to be held at
Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Va. Col Harry
N. Cootes, commanding officer and
president of the local alumni, will be
host.
According to the annual custom. the
names Of v. M. I. cadets who fell in
action during that historic battle 81
years ago will be called and appro-
pirate action taken.
George O'Connor and Matt Horne
will head the entertainment program
There will be music and refreshments
The Committee on Arrangements in
clude G. Adams Howard chairman;
Col. Morris Locke. Col. Aristides Nor
emo, william A. Roberts and Lieut.. E.
H. Daniels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05
NEWS STAFF PICKED
FOR AIR MANEUvERS
Elaborate Plans for Keeping Pub.
lie Informed, Reveal Importance
Of Event Starting Nay Is.

The Importance to the Nation Of
Army Air Corps u1aneuvers which Will
begin at Dayton, Ohio, May is, and
cover the Atlantic seaboard in the great
est test of the aerial defenseS OF the
country ever held Is indicated by the
elaborate preparations TO bring the re-
suits before the public.
More than 80 correspondents have
been assigned by newspapers or syndi-
Gates to attend the demonstra tons by
the 1St Air Division OF 672 planes, the
War Department announced. There
will be a corps of broadcasting engi-
neers and announcerS In the neld.
Among the members of Congress who
have completed arrangements TO accom-
pany the division on its maneuvers are
Senator Hiram Bingham, wartime pilot
and president OF the National Aeronau-
tic Association; Representative W.
Frank JAMES of Michigan, chairman Of
the House Military Affairs Committee :;
Representatives Thomas C. Cochran Of
PENNSYLVANIA. +. W. Goss OF Connect
cut, Lister Hill Of Alabama and VIII
liam r. johnson of Illinois. and mem
bers Of the Military Affairs Committee.
Members OF Congress and the press
will be carried from point TO point In an
ls-passenger PatTician, 32-passenger
Fokker and a Sikorsky amphibian.
High-speed transportation for news
reels and photographs will be provided.
The transport planes viii leave New
York at IL am. May IS for Dayton,
Ohio, stopping en- route at Boiling Field.
They viii accompany the division to
CnicaRo, New York, Boston, Albany,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
The nfaneuvers will reach a climax
with o great demonstration over the
Capital May 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05
DAYLIGHT TIME OFFERS
BIRTHDAY PROBLEM
Corporation Counsel Puzzled as to
whether Granddaughter Is
Born on May 4 or 5.

Corporation Counsel william W.
Bride. who earns his living by solving
knotty legal problems for the District,
had a tough one submitted to him the
early hours of this morning Cor perhaps
it was late last night by the birth of
a daughter weighing Z pounds and nav
ing blue eyes TO Mrs. William F. Kenny,
jr., Mr.. Brides daughter.
Mr.. Brides first grandciild selected
the hour Of 1882 o'clock, daylight
saving time, for her debut, at Plain
field, N. j. That's all right If you look
at 1t from the standpoint of daylight
saving time, but according to Eastern
Standard time the young lady was born
Yesterday. When it comes around to
time for birthday parties and the like,
which will be her birthday, May 4 or
May 5?
TT doesn't seem right" the lawyer
complained. "First q Bride becomes a
grandfather and then he can't even tell
which day is his grandchild's birthday.
Anyway" he added. Frightening,
both of them are doing fine."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-05

the distance through which it could be
seen in the air.
The Army has recently revised its
tables On the effect of wind intensities
on the behavior of projectiles, Capt. B.
j. Sherry told the meteorologiSts. A
projectile travelling in a 32-mile wind,
he pointed out, will go approximately
a third Of mile beyond the point at
which 1t Is aimed If the artillerists do
not take weather conditions into &C
count. The density of the air, he said,
may make 1t fall short Of its target.
DR.. w. r. Gregg of the Weather Blu
reau reported to the society on recent
developments in the weather services
and in the aids of commercial aviation
Of various European countries. DR.. C.
r. Marvin, chief Of the Weather Bu-
reau, reported on the mathematical
theory of thermometers, the generally
used wind-measuring instruments, and
DR.. G. F. Brooks of Clark University
told Of new climatic maps OF North
America. w. F. Mcdonald told OF
weather conditions affecting the port CT
New Orleans.