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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Albany, NeU York Forms Red
Builders NeWs Club; Plan
Clubs in Troy, Schenectady

Albany, N. Y, is the latest city to
join in the race of the Red Builders
Clubs. bringing the total up to II
throughout the country.
NJ. Pell writes:
please enter order 10 copies to
the Red Builders News Club, and
5 daily to A. D., Morton Ave. We
will try to do likewise in Troy and
Schenectady. The Daily Worker
must be used more in building up
the Hunger March"
Pell shows real enterprise and I'M
derstanding of the significance of Red
Builders News Clubs in the $4,000
circulation drive. What about the
other cities?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
: 900 FAMILIES IN
SUPERIOR STARVF
Unemployed Council
Fights for Relief

Superior, Wise.
Dear Editor, Daily Worker:
The conditions of the workers in
Superior are going from bad to worse.
Over 5000 workers and their fam
lilies are starving, plus a few single
men. The bosses of Superior are CO.
operating with the Salvation Army
and the mission are trying to keep
these workers satisfied by feeding
them Stops. The Halonen renegades
cooperating with the A. +. of l..
takers especially are doing their
damndest to try and prevent the
workers from militant action, from
demanding work or wages from the
city government.
The Unemployed Council is expos
ing the program Of these misleaders
through organizing the workers into
the Council on program of action
%. b.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
DAILY WORKER READERS MEET
PAVES WAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS

taking her last Is cents to subscribe
for week after reading the paper a
few times. One of the Red Builders
said that certain words, such as
liars, crooks, prostitute, sinking"
ETC. were used too often and lost their
force. urged simpler language.
Some criticism was made because
the Draft Program of Action of the
Communist Party of India was pub
lished on the back page, taking up
the entire page. But as several staff
members pointed out this was one
of the most important features ever
published by the Daily Worker, con-
tanning valuable information on the
struggle of the colonial masses
against imperialism, and marked an
historic event in the fight against
world capitalism. 1t was said that
the mistake made was to publish the
Program without an introduction ex-
planning it's significance.
Many other valuable suggestions
were made. In concluding, Comrade
Landy pointed out that every sug-
gestion made had been noted down;
nat they would all be taken up at
the next editorial staff meeting. This
meeting was valuable contribution
to the improvement Of the Daily
Worker. 1t brings us closer into con-
tact with the workers who read the
paper, and helps us greatly make of
it mass agitator, organizer and
propagandist of the Communist Party
in the major struggles which the
workers are conducting now.
We will have other meetings of this
kind. The discussion was to the point
all through. The staff members will
consider all of the valuable sugges-
tions and act on them to improve the
Daily Worker--to make it a mass
organ and a valuable weapon in the
fight against capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
POLISH POLICE IN
BESTIAL TORTURE
Cover Up Rape of Cir
Red With Hot Iron

Mass arrests of workers and farm
ers of Poland took place in Chelm ON
Nov 49, Amongst others there was
arrested girl cloakmaker, Matte
OrenStein, member of the Cloak
there was found Communist litera-
makers Union, in whose possession
ture.
The police detained her several
days. She was murderously tortured
by the police. AS result of the sa-
distic tortures, she was taken to the
hospital where she died on December
5. Long live the memory of this
young worker, who died for the lib
Grafton of the working classl
In the Lutzk police and detective
bureau there were tortured to death
two Ukrainian workers, Mikola Paw
link and Stephan Boiko.
Horrible Tortures by the Defensive"
About three months ago there were
arrested by the political police, the
so-called Defensive" Is Communist
workers, due to an accusation by a
spy. The hearing consisted of
bestial tortures, and lasted five weeks.
A 17-year-old girl worker, Schtifter,
was three times raped by the detec-
tives at the hearing" and her pri-
vate parts pierced by red-hot iron,
followed by initiation with water.
Since a severe hemmorhage fol-
lowed, she was sent to the prison hos
pital among the venereal cases in
order to cover up her torture. The
other workers, Levin, UmschweiSs.
chayan, Schtchur, zebroon and Yaxel
were dealt blows over their feet and
tortured by red-hot irons, dragged
and hung by the hair and had pins
stuck under their nails.
They were kept five weeks by the
police and since they still refused to
testify against themselves, they were
sent to prison. The prosecutor. how
ever, sent them back to the police
and detective bureau because they
did not give the testimony he
wanted.
This shows the conditions under
which the Communist workers OF
Poland are struggling: 1t is urgently
] important that American workers
support the struggle of their Polish
comrades and the Polish Anti-Fas-
cist League in America, helping to
spread the Battle-fund Stamps is
sued by the Central Committee OF
the Communist Party here. to help
our militant comrades in Poland in
their struggle against fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Jersey Newspapers Are Bribed by Hague;
World Almanac Falsifes Its Figures for Him

was to appoint all the influential
newspapermen to either the city or
county payroll. Those not en- his pay
roll are, with few exceptions, ON the
republican payroll. These newspaper
men are listed ON Hague's payroll as
inspectors. mechanics, anything at all,
in fact. and nothing. too. The sport
ing editor of one of the papers is
listed as laborer. spsts, fur collar
and all.
After he took care" of the rank
and file, Hague turned his attention
to the publishers themselves. Their
tax assessments were reduced to prac-
tically nothing. The Jersey Observer
building, for example. valued at
81 900, 900. Is assessed at $4,000. The
next step was to issue full-page "of-
fetal" proclamations at weekly or
bi-weekly intervals. One full-page Of
advertising costs lot Of city money.
Twenty-Five or fifty such proclana-
tons cost still more, especially when
these newspapers charge two or three
times the normal rates for political
advertising, as they do.
Makes Million BY Improving" City.
Now let us see why the Jersey
Journal started to attack Hague a
year or two ago. The Journal. re-
publican paper. supported Hague. a
democrat. for two decades while he
permitted Morgan's Public Service,
the Pennsylvania r. r.. the Standard
Oil and other corporations to enslave
the workers of the county. The
break came when Hague started to
Improve" Jersey City by tearing
down dozen buildings-owned by
himself, his friends and Hearst's Ar
thur Brisbane-at Journal Square and
forming plaza to provide parking
space for buses. Since the buildings
were RACED after condemnation pro-
ceedings-always lucrative source OF
graft--and since many of the buses
that were provided with free parking
space belonged to Hague, he made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Cal. Bosses Try
Hatch More Jim
Crow Schemes
By HENRY SHEPARD.
Field Organizer LSNR.)

Oakland, Cal.
c.. H. S. Bidwell, the president OF
the League of California Municipal
tiles, has stated that he is going to
propose a bill in the next state legis-
lature prohibiting Negro children
from using the public Fairgrounds,
and swimming pools at certain hours
Which means that he proposes to seq
regate Negro children, fro the white
children. Despite the fact that the
parents of the Negro children are re-
quired to pay just as UGH in school
taxes as the parents of white chill
dren.
With the working class Of Cali
quired to pay just as much in school
fornia becoming militant with Negro
and white workers organizing into re-
volutionary unions, and demanding
unemployed insurance, the boss class
of California, like bosses throughout
the entire United States, are seeking
to divide the ranks of the workers.
Fight jim Crowism.
The likes OF the honorable" c. H.
S Bidwell, living in luxury at the
expense of honest workers, while
these same workers are forced to
slave for long hours in the canneries,
at starvation wages, or in the fruit
fields, in the hot sun twelve and
thirteen hours day for just enough
to buy the very poorest quality o.
food. But Mr. Bidwell will meet with
opposition plus in his effort to pass
this bill for his fat bellied masters.
The League of Struggle for Negro
Rights will rally masses of workers,
both Negro and white, in statewide
struggle against this proposed bill OF
Bidwell, and not only that, but a
struggle to abolish all Jim Grow laws
from the tsatute books Of California.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
TAMMANY JUDGE
EVICTS WORKER


NEW YORK.-On Tuesday at 10
a. M, an open air melting will take
place in front of the home of Homer
Macdonald, at 419 w. Seth ST.. who
will be thrown out onto the street on
that day, unless the workers stop
the eviction by militant class action.
Fellow worker Macdonald is an un-
employed building trades worker with
a wife and small baby to support.
He has been out of work for over 5
months, and is now only two months
in arrears. In spite Of this the order
Of the Tammany Judge is to evict
on Tuesday.
The Unemployed Council and those
workers who are employed must stop
the attempt to victimize this worker.
Assemble on Tuesday at 10 a. m. at
4l9 w. Seth st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONED
pointing out that the workers are
doped by the capitalist newspapers,
especially the tabloids, and that it is
the duty of the Daily Worker to
smash the prejudices instilled into
them by the scandal news, sports
dope. and other "easy reading" mat
ter by which the capitalist news
papers try to distract the workers
from the class struggle.
Several speakers charged the Daily
Worker with exaggerating in some
respects, but others pointed out that
this was not true; that the Daily
Worker in bringing out sharply the
conditionsof the workers, in organiz-
ing the fight against wage cuts, un-
employment and against capitalism,
does not take the fake bourgeois idea
of ''impartiality." 1t reports the facts
of capitalism and many times they
are so glaring as tn the present crisis
that what is true appears as exagger-
alton.
Several recommended an increased
paper on Saturday, raising the price
for that issue to cents to pay for
the extra printing. Some asked for
feature serial stories on the class
struggle. One speaker said that the
paper should carry more information
that would interest the workers FAM
lily, his wife and children, SO that the
paper could be discussed in the home.
Two criticised the typographical mis-
takes which sometimes are serious,
especially in the case of addresses
that were published incorrectly.
One very serious criticism made,
and recognized as shortening by
the editorial staff, was the laxity in
reporting the conclusion of strikes.
The example was given that the
Daily Worker gave good, live reports
Of the strikes in the Eagle Pencil
Co. plant in New York, and the Les
now Shirt factor ystrike. But that
no adequate treatment was given to
the conclusion Of these strikes. When
strikes are lost. these workers said,
the news should properly be reported
with an analysis Of the shortcom-
ings of the strike and why it was
lost.
The cartoons in the Daily Worker
were highly praised by most OF the
speakers. They all liked Ryan Walk
ers' strips and said 1t appealed to
wide numbers Of workers.
Several Of the Daily Worker Red
Builders, who sell the paper on the
streets every day. spoke on their ex-
periences. They all agreed that when
the headline spoke Of news Of the
class struggle in the United States
they could sell more papers than
when 1t was on some foreign class
struggle issue. They told how new
readers would praise the Daily. one
who had read the paper for the first
time donating $40 TO build the paper
Another told Of woman worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
WANTSTOOUTLAW
COMMENSURATE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEp

the unemployed) to terrorise the
workers.
90 Deportation of foreign-born
workers who object to wage cuts and
who do not starve quietly.
CD Plenty of money to persecute
foreign-bori workers to be provided
by the government.
a. Measures to prevent militant
workers from becoming American
citizens.
(5) 10 cancel citizenship of work
ers who strike, fight wage cut, refuse
to starve, and who organize against
capitalist slavery.
(6) To keep workers out of the
United States who learn from the
workers in the Soviet Union the adj
vantage of Socialist construction as
against capitalist decay.
% Suppression of all revolutionary
literature, including workers news
papers and leaflets going through the
mail.
81 Federal Law preventing the
publication of the truth about the
rotten banking conditions and the
robbery of millions Of workers and
farmers of their savings by bank
crashes.
90 A law to suppress the Daily
Worker and all other revolutionary
papers
10) Treasury Department to send
counter revolutionary spies to the
Soviet Union to aid in the prepare
ton of war against the workers re-
public.
I'D The State Department, also, to
send spies to the Soviet Union to be
financed by Wall Street, to prepare
for war against the U.SS.R.
12) BAN on Soviet imports. as a
step to actual war. This report,
which goes on to state whole series
of lies and shows an abysnal ignor-
ance of the Communist and revolu-
tionary movement in the United
States. is signed by Hamilton Fish
Jr, as chairman, Carl @. Bachman,
Edward E. Eslick and Robert S. Hall
Nelson is Sinner.
An individual report is issued by
the fifth member Of the Fish Com
mittee, Congressman John E. Nelson
of Maine Nelson's report agrees
fully with the main document, but
Nelson believes that the Fascist lead
eras of the A. F. of L. should be
drawn more into the struggle to en-
force wage cuts. and to terrorize the
militant workers.
Nelson points out that "the crisis
that American industry and American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19

County, with stationery, charging on
the average 800 for thousand sheets
of ordinary paper. The Observer, too,
acts as confidential adviser to
Mayor Merely in all his more COM
plicated graft transactions.
Hague has been such a valuable aid
to the capitalists of New Jersey that
when his political enemies, envicus of
his power, attack him. powerful
forces run to his aid Among these
is the New York World. one of the
big capitalist papers in America.
The World has repeatedly defended
Hague against his political "oppo-
nents." and when Hague asked the
World Almanac to falsify some fig
ures which cast an unfavorable re-
Election on the citys taxation policy,
the editor of the Almanac assented
readily. 1t is "coincidental," per-
haps, that Hague recently appointed
John Gavin, city editor of the World,
to the position of surrogate, and that
every member of Gavin's family, with
the exception of his aged mother, has
since been placed on the city's pay
roll.
Just how much sincerity there is be-
hind the occasional mild exposes of
crime published by capitalist papers
can be seen by an incident that oc-
CURED recently in Asbury Park. The
owner Of the most important paper in
the city published such an expose.
expressing mild horror that men like
AL Capone could continue to act as
allies of politicians. The local gun
men Immediately started withdrawing
their deposits from the bank owned
by the newspaper publisher. The
publisher suddenly stopped publishing
his expose" The gunner brought
their deposits back. and asked the
publisher not Ito pull any more fast
ones because there were half dozen
banks in the city which were anxious
to finance their rum-running activi-
ties. .~s-<.~ra~-s~s~s.>IS,-,.,u ..uSs..-.>..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
5000 MARCH; CITY HALL
FILLED With TEAR GAS
LOCKOUT 100000
BRITISH VIEWERS
Labor Govt Fails for
Bosses

LONDON, Jan. 19.-One quarter
million cotton weavers in Lancashire
were locek out by the bosses when
hey persisted in refusing to work
eight looms instead of the four they
are working now. The cotton indus
try is now paralyzed.
The labor government was forced
to acknowledge that its frantic ef-
forts to get the weavers to submit
in whole or in part, were unsuccessful
The weaverS are determined tc
hold out against the latest ration
alization scheme of the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
IN TATTERS, SENDS
SS FOR DAILY"

"Out here we are getting SO poor
that even Islander societies have be-
come a luxury. Our clothes become
tatters, so imagine our ancient FORE
fathers would look at us in shame.
Taxes are mounting heavenward.
Quite few have to sell their last
COW to be able to keep their homes
while longer.
'The prosperity promised by our
leading citizens. has moved to
Washington, d. c.. and Wall Street,
N. Y. enclose So for another six
months to help speed the day when
Communism will span the ocean
with prosperity as it is in Soviet
Russia."-C. Z. G., Lincoln, MINI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
By ALLEN JOHNSON.

The facts so far related in this
series do not reveal thousandth part
of the corruption that pervades every
corner of the state of New Jersey,
yet none of hem have ever appeared
in o capitalist paper Surely news
that vitality affects the lives. of 80 per
cent of a capitalist papers readers
is as important as the procession Of
fires, rapes and blacknlail that con-
stantly marches across the. front pages
of these papers?
A complete answer to this question
would entail thorough probe into
the very vitals of capitalist society,
but few facts will provide a partial
answer.
Let us look at Hudson County. N. j.
for a moment. There are three news
papers here, the Jersey journal, the
Jersey Observer and the Hudson Dis
patch. Each of them knows as much
about Hague and Brandle as these
two know about themselves. One Of
them, the Jersey Journal, is Hague's
ayowed enemy. Yet not one of these
papers has ever printed a single state
ment to the effect that Brandle and
Hague are bitter enemies Of the work.
ing class and have sold out to capt.
talists SO often that Hague is now
worth s25,0Oo,ooo and Brandle almost
as much.
Every Paper Bribed BY Hague.
Remembering that these papers will
support either Hague or his rivals,
and never the cause OF the workers
let us see just how Hague has brtbcd
them, including the Jersey journal,
which has recently stopped support
ing Hague and is now supporting the
republicans.
The first thing Hague did when he
got control Of the democratic machine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
STARTS BUNDLE IN
ELWOOD, IND,

John Wolff, Daily Worker agent in
Elwood, is right on the job in boost
ing the $4,000 circulation in his city
He writes:
Il have here fellow who wants
to sell the Daily Worker on the
streets of ElwoOd. / am herewith
sending you 81 for 80 Daily Work
ers to be sent in lots of Is issues
for six days."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Get a 1891 Daily Worker
calendar free with six
months subscription or re-
newal.

labor are facing today speaks in no
uncertain terms of something wrong
in our social and industrial system, of
that which calls for further and
deeper stud yof causes effects and
cures" He realizes the bankruptcy
OF capitalism and wants more cau-
tious attack against the workers,
Using all the means that Fish sug-
geStS and more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
GETS DAILY" ALTHOUGH
CAN'T READ ENGLISH

Before you put me on the sub
scription list I used to buy the
Daily Worker in some store. though
l couldn't read English. I have a
little daughter.
"She reads English and explains
just a little in our language, al
though she badly explains it. After
using it pass the paper to some
fellow-worker."-F. Costa, New Bed
ford, Mass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Worker Vets League
to March in a Body
to Lenin Memorial

NEW YORK Workers Ex-Service-
mems League calls on all eX-service-
men to participate in the Lenin
Memorial meeting, Wednesday even
ing, January 81, at the Madison
Square Garden. All ex-servicemen
will fall in" at 700 o'clock in the
lobby of the Madison Square Garden
formation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
'oiled for
Taking Potatoes

Freehold, N. j.
A nineteen year old young worker,
William Davis, from Bayonne, driven
by conditions to steal potatoes on a
farm in Holmdel near Freehold, was
sentenced to Railway reformatory last
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
OLD TIMER SPEAKS

tHIJ 4II4F1, 5LIVDb 20
Otto Huber of New Richmond,
Ohio, says:
ut appears to me the workers are
asleep. I am now II past 1t sure
is mystery to me that the farmers
and the working class cannot see
that the financial system is wrong.
I am enclosing a six months sub
scription to the Daily Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
WORKS ONE DAY; PAY
USED FOR RENEWAL

Enclosed find P. o. money order
for So as my renewal for the Daily
Worker" writes Joseph Dobrinec OF
Battle Greek, Mich "Iiow did I get
the price? was called to work on
Jan. 2, and earned the price of the
Daily"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
DANBURY TOILER
TELLS WHY HE IS
NOW ON. STRIKE
Are Determined to Win
Against Bosses
Danbury, Conn.

Danbury, Conn.
Daily Worker:
am one of the workers Of the East
ern Fur shop. Am on strike because
OF the 20 per cent cut in wages. /
was earning 500 on one of the hard
est jobs in the shops and when l got
the cut which meant $4.40 out of my
pay, 1t set me daffy to think of how
hard I work for 912 hours day and
then a cut in pay Why shouldn't l
get peeved, wouldn't you, Daily read
ers2
I am active on picket lines every
morning and 1 hope to set an exam
pie to my other fellow workers from
the Eastern and the National Fur
shops.
Hatters in Sympathy.
Why should / go back to work tC
less money and maybe work harde
and another thing has the boss who
every day smokes his big fat cigar
think that we are helpless and think
we have to go as far as tie up his
shoe lace.
The hatters are all with us because
il we win they are sure they won't get
a cut and if they do get a cut they
are prepared and are getting them
selves unionized before time.
"A Fellow Striker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
READS HEAVY TYPE;
THAT'S SOMETHING,w

"My eyes are in such bad shape"
writes II. NJ, Petaluma, Calf, that
can't read the paper other than
the heavy print, That's something!
Main thing is don't weaken. am
receiving the paper and l wish to
thank you a lot"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
SENDS So; GETS DAILY
BY HOOK OR CROOK"

Here is Sc out of my last pay
check dor some time) Of $40 to help
build the Daily Worker. I can't sub
scribe because I am forced to move
about--but I get every issue by hook
or crook. "A Worker, Berkeley, Calf.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
SIGNATURE COLLECTION
STATIONS IN new YORK

NEW YORK.-At the address given
below, you can sign the lists demand
ing passage Of the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, and still
more important, you can get some
lists to circulate in your shop, or
among the unemployed All possible
signatures must be collected by Feb.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
SENDS MORE POWER"
WITH TEN DOLLARS

my subscription has expired. Re-
new it for year! More power and
$40 to you."--J. C. Geran, Haw-
thOrne, N. Y.