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countries Represented as in the same
vein as those which preceded the last
world war. AL these facts are proof
that war is rapidly approaching and
the capitalists are preparing their
propaganda to plunge the workers in
to another slaughter which will put
the last world war into the shade as
a minor conflict.
Two leading capitalist statesmen
have admitted that the bosses are
plunging into war. Henry Morgen-
THAI, former U. s. ambassador 10
Turkey, in a speech before the Brook
lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences rec
emily said: IF something serious,
something definite Is not done Euro
peaa civilization is In danger. Europe
today is an armed camp" He fails
to point out that the United States,
too is an armed camp ready to
plunge into war.
At the same time, Salvador de Ma
dariaga, one Of the leading spokes-
men Of the League of Nations de-
clared that the so-called peace ef-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
TEXAS MILITIA
L. BACKS BILL
CONFINED FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
bill. In spite of intense opposition
of the officialdom of the A. F. L.,
other locals demand that the speak
ers Of the unemployed council be
given the floor in their meetings.
A united front conference is being
called of all workers organizations to
prepare for a mass demonstration
at ths city hall Feb. 10.
On Jan. 30, the T. U. U. L. invites
all to social affair at the workers
Center, at 1880 p. m.
Tho T. U. U. l.. exposes and fights
the disruptionist schemes of the
Lovestone leaders here, Schaeffer
and Lipschitz.
The San Antonio situation shows
what can be done by persistent work
in the way of gathering support for
the Workers unemployment >Insur-
ance Bill. The misery of mass I'M
employment is SO great that in spite
of rigid military discipline, even the
worker militiamen swing round to its
defense in some cases. San Antonio
jcbless will have mass demonstration
in support of the bill on the day that
it is presented to Congress, Feb. 10.
They are able to plan for this in spite
Of great obstacles, newnes5 in the
struggle, language difficulties, pre-
vious misleadership of renegades.
Mass Demonstrations Feb. 10.
There must be mass demonstra-
ton in every city and town on Feb.
10. If the workers and jobless of San
Antonio, in a Southern state, can do
this, can even bring over to their
support those armed forces of the
state which the employers have built
up to suppress just such demands OF
the jobless that capitalism must give
relief and insurance and shall not be
allowed to let its extra wage slaves
starve when it doesn't need them
then demonstrations can be arranged
in every town.
So far word has been received oil
such Feb. 10 demonstrations only in
Hartford, Conn; Springfield, Mass;
South Bend, Ind; New Britain
Conn; Duluth, Mimi; Chicago, H.;
Johnstown City, Pa; Wheeling, w
Va; New York and San Antonio.
Where are the others? Arrange
your demonstrations and let the
world know about them. Send al
particulars. especially time and place
Of assembly, to the National Cam
paign Committee for Unemployment
Insurance, West 18th St., New York
and TO the Daily Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
HWhy Has Center Lii e Detroit
No Red Builders Neevs Club?"
Waukegon, III. Wants to Know

The Waukegap Red Builders News
Club Is starting something. Little
more than a week old. it is already
showing good work and lots OF pep
Q, SalTinen writes:
please increase my bundle by
another five Dailies; that viii make
nay bundle ten copies daily. The
workers DO want 10 read Che Daily.
All we need IS TO, let them know
they need it and want to read it."
Salminen makes some good sugges-
tons on the Importance OF reyisiting
homes where samples we're left in
houSe-to-house eanvassing. He con-
tinues:
Then some criticism: "Fd like TO
know why such center as Detroit
has no Red Builders News Club?
I'd like to see Detroit blush into
organizing one Immediately. 1t is
the UNITED ACTIVITY of all the
workers who are talking about and
spreading the Daily every minute
that builds up the circulation"
Salminen hit the nail on the head
United action and a Red Builders
News Club in every city of the United
States is the answer to the $4,000
circulation campaign. We want to
hear more from the other News
Clubs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
Neev Jersey A. F. of L. Official Breaks Strike
OF Workers in His Employ; Thugs Pack Meeting

at cost of $4,000, they we're imr,e-
diately visited by Lyons lieutenant
and shaken down" for several thou
sand dollars. The pretext. in this
case. was that the delegates would
aid in the evasion Of certain building
laws.
When the building was half fin
ished, the delegates returned. The
irenwork would have to be fire
proofed. they announced. How much
would 1t cost not to have it fire
proofed7 the builders asked. Three
thousand dollars, answered the dele
gates, Too much, replied the New
Workers. we'll have the ironvork fire
proofed. They got estimates on the
amount 1t would cost to have the Job
done. The lowest bid was $4,000.
They called up the delegates and told
them that the 5000 was ready. Be-
fere the building was finished the
builders paid out $4,000 In all to
these representatives Of the A. p. Of /.
The erection OF the Branford The
atre was particularly Juicy picking for
Lyons Sherlock ana Fay. As planned
by the architects, the theatre was to
cost 100000. Before the building was
completed 100000 more. was paid
these three labor 'leaders" to avoid
graft-strikes.
Calls Strikes for Personal Profit.
A strike Is an important instru-
ment Of defense for the working class.
Lyons, like his colleagues in the A. r.
Of L., will continue strike that he
calls for his own personal benefit IN
definitely. while he will sell out any
strike called in the interests Of work.
ers ss soon Is he Is paid enough by
the employer. Sometimes he will
sabotage . real strike even though the
boss has not bought him Off, but he
does this In the expectation that he
viii be paid doubly To break future
strikes.
A construction company III New
ark, tired OF paying Lyons large fees
for Strike protection once insisted
OF paying him by check, hoping
thereby to be able 10 prove In court
that Lyons was . "raeketeer." Lyons
refused to fall into the trap and
called strike tor cash graft" When
the company refused to change its
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26

conditions and shorter hours.
Lyons, an official of the A. r. Of L.,
fought these demands as fiercely as
any other employer; with all his
power, and that Of his allies,
the cops and capitalists Of the city,
as well. Lyons won the bitterly
fought strike. but not until after
one of his trucks, was sent rolling
into the Passaic River.
In more ways than one, Lyons robs
the workers in Newark. He has in
stalled permit system in the build
ing trades which works In the follow
ing manner. He allows workers who
can't afford to join the A. F. OF l..
unions to go to Job after they have
paid him IS each for permit cards. I"
Before being given a permit card,
however, the worker must agree that
he will give Lyons 50 for every day
that he works. This sort of graft is
a normal practice Of A. r. Of L. Of
ficials.
incidentally. one OF the reasons
that workers who, never having been
told Of the real nature OF the A. r.
OF L., want to join 1t but can't AZ
ford to, is that Lyons charges q 500
entrance fee. although the union con-
stitutions provide for $50 fee. Need
less to say, the extra $50 go to Lyons.
$4,000 for Strike Insurance"
Lyons profits, all ultimately paid
for by the workers of Newark. put
him In the class OF the wealthiest
exploiters in the city, with its popu-
lation of more than half a million.
On one recent deal he made $4,000.
The Baker Cocoanut Co. set aside
$l50,000 to erect new building. Be-
fore the company met all Of Lyons
demands for graft the building cost
the Baker Co. $4,000. This extra
$4,000 was marked "for strike insur.
ance' on the conlpany's books.
In the construction OF the recently
completed Lefcourt skyseraper. Lyons
made more than 100000.
Sometimes Lyons demands for
graft will be accompanied by III open
threat Of strike II they are refused.
On other occasions Lyons finds some
pretext, but no one is fooled. When
two New Workers came to Newark a
few months ago to erect . building
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26

forts Of the League Of Nations have
failed. We find, he said, that
brute force is governing a consider
able and growing number of nations. F"
He pointed the direction for the war
which he says, Is coming: There are
new strange forces, in the Asiatic
world. he declared, "bolshevism and
nationalisn, which we're unknown to
that highly civilized East"
. Under the guise of "pacifism" the
war preparations are being rushed
against the Soviet Union. The deeper
the crisis gets in the capitalist coun-
tries and the more the Soviet Union
advances under the Five-Year Plan,
the bitterer become the attacks
against the workers republic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26

The conclusion is that the Soviet
Union must be destroyed.
Following this same line of talk,
Prof. John r. Commons of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in a speech Fri
day before the League of Nations AS
ISOLATION in Chicago declared that the
United States chat is the bosses and
bankers) will be involved" in Euro
pcan war as Europe is plunging to-
ward one of two kinds of revolution
Communism or fascisni."
I'm the midst of these struggles"
said Commons, "the league of nations
can scarcely get itself regarded as
more than piece of paper But
this merely expresses the antagonisnl
between Britain and the United
States who at the same time are pre-
pairing war against each other for
world markets and colonies. The
so-called conference in Geneva to dis
cuss United States of Europe was
mobilization of the European cap
italist nations for war. The peace"
manifesto issued by the q capitalist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
Many JObless in
Oregon City, Ore.

OREGON CITY, Ore.--The Local
papers publish that we have 900 men
registered as unemployed. There are
about six or eight hundred besides a
large number who have no children.
who knew it was no use to register.
The Indians would kill their aged,
not starye them. What are the work
ers going to do, wait until they are
too weak to fight? The company
here is going to pay the large sum OF
one fifty day for men with large
families. The state expects to give
three dollars for three days a week
work Come on Daily Worker, get
busy and organize these scabby man
gy mills.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26

decision, Lyon called another strike
He called another and still another
but the company still insisted on pay
ing by check. Lyons called fifth
strike and then the company went to
court The Judge decided, however
that Lyons services to the majority
OF Newark's capitalists far outweighec
his disseryice to them because of the
high prices he charged for "pacifying
labor"
Has Served Time In Jail.
Against the will of the Newark Po-
lice Department and most of the en-
ployers OF the city, Lyons once spent
five months In jail. 1t came abou.
In the following manner. In 1921, a
few heavily perfumed old ladies Will,
little to do and much time to do II
in, started an anti-saloon drive which
resulted in the raiding OF some of the
better known speakeasies in Newark
Quite by accident, and without the
knowledge OF the chief of police, Ly-
ons' speakeasy in the headquarters
Of his union on South Orange Ave
was raided. A completely equipped
gambling establishment was found or
the premises, racing charts on the
wall actually covering the ornately
framed A. F. Of L. charter.
A battle between rival capitalists
followed, the police chief siding with
those who wanted Lyons freed. The
latter group lost and Lyons was sem
fenced 10 serve from three to five
years In Jail. Actually he spent five
months there, with very little dis
comfort to himself.
Governor Silzer later refused TO re-
appoint the judge who found Lyons
guilty.
While Lyons was in prison. gunner
who packed hts union meetings re-
elected MIN to his old office. In 1925,
Lyons, with the aid OF these same
gunner, was elected again and his
term extended TO three years. His
tern, as head OF the Building Trade
Council has since been extended to
10 years In the same manner pack
Ing the meeting room with gunner
who kept their right hands In their
pockets ~ all times; that is, before
and after they themselves had cast
their ballots for Lyons
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
ALBANY MACHR ON
GOVERNORS MEET
D e m a n d Armories
Cash Relief
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,


workers, beginning with first week
of unemployment.
2.-S25 each week to all married
unemployed workers, with S. week
ly additional for each child or de-
pendent.
3.-No evictions of unemployed
for nOn-payment of rent.
4,-Free light, gas and coal dur
ing entire period of unemployment.
5.-All vacant houses and arm
cries to be opened to the nuem-
plOyed, as sleeping to the unem-
quarters.
6.-Abolition OF shark" employ
ment agencies, and establishment
of free city employment agencies.
Roosevelt answered that:
Under the terms of the state
constitution the money of the state
could not be spent nor its credit
pledged for individual relief, which
under the circumstances must be
dispensed by the localities"
Then he said he had instructed
mayors of all cities, two months ago,
to open the armories and public
buildings, with cots, blankets, and
food for the needy. "if the city au-
thoritieS are unable to adequately
take care of the situation"
The committee of the jobless de-
nlanded whether breadlines, Saliva
ton Army cockroach stews," and
sleeping on cement floors in police
station was adequate"
'''" Governor Laughs.
Roosevelt laughed, and said, Its
tough all right
The spokesman of the committee
reproVed Roosevelt for laughing at
the misery of the jobless, and stated
that the unemployed were tired Of
consoling phrases and wanted to eat
and to sleep warm and that they
would take N example from thu
workers and farmers of Oklaholn2
and Arkansas and go directly aft
the things needed to live on, by mag
action
They'll Take II.
The governor made no real answer,
though in his version of the inter-
view, given to the press later, he says
he told the jobless that Our Amer
lean form of government makes no
provision or allowance for direct ac-
tion," and that this ended the inter-
view.
The unemployed here think one
thing was gained by the interview,
the promise to open the armories, if
requested to do SO by the mayors of
the cities. The unemployed workers
here are now organizing to see that
the arinories are opened, and call on
all in other cities to do likewise. Par
ticularly, big Feb. 10 demonstrations
must be prepared, to back up the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill when it goes to congress, that
day.
And the jobless are beginning to
see that one governor and one mayor
after another tells the jobless that
Our American form of government"
has only starvation for them. They
are beginning to wonder whether
some other form of government
wouldn't be better. In the Soviet
Union there is no unemployment,
and when there we're a few out Of
work. they all got insurance, as a
matter of course.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
Murphy Opens Up
Another FlOphouse
Detroit, Mich.

Detroit, Mich.
Editor Daily WORKER
Another city flophouse is ready tc
open up in the Studebaker factory
which is vacant at Beaubien and
Piquette SITS. and another breadluc
at Hastings and Catherine SITS. an
nounced in the capitalist press.
The jobless increase shows up the
takers and their bunk about thous-
ands of workers going back to their
Jobs as the capitalist press with BIG
headlines couple Of weeks ago tried
to make the starving jobless believe,
Things are getting worse here every
day.
Fight, workers. don't ytsrvsl--F.S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
(This is the 10th Of series of
articles on A. r. OF L. aud political
corruption in New Jersey
BY ALLEN JOHNSON.

Everything about Bill Lyons, the
most powerful of the three A. F. of l..
leaders in Newark, stamps him as
being the sort of man who never
should have been allowed to get
within a mile of a werkingman's
union--in short, Lyons is the typical
A. F. of L. official.
Fist OF all, Lyons is no worker.
He is a gunman, a gambler, race
track tout, collector of brethel graft
for the police force of Newark, a
bootlegger. and an employer, an ex-
ploiter, himself.
He has converted the headquarters
Of the Steamfitters' Union on Acad-
envy st. into horse race betting and
crap shooting Joint. as well as a
speakeasy. In common with Fay and
Sherlock. the other A. F. of l.. lead
ers In Newark. Lyons forces members
of his unions to spend their spare
time and money in his combined
gambling house and saloon. Those
workers who refuse to do so find it
inconceivably hard to get jobs. And
ii workers are suspected of being an
tar9-7'eA'c to Lyons policies. their
continued good health cannot be
youched for.
Like BTandle, the A. F. of L. off,
cisl in Jersey City, Lyons is an en-
pioyer as well as a Representative"
OF workers. He Is a dealer In ma
sons supplies, thereby utilizing his
position as head Of the building trade
unions for his private profit. For
Lyons sees to 1t that contractors who
don't buy masons' supplies from him
have strikes called on their jobs until
they do. Lyons is also . partner in
he trucking firm Of Callaghan e. Go.
!,-;, Call Strike Against Lyons.
An incident occurred recently
which reveals in one binding flash
~ the fostering poison In the
American Federation Of Labor. The
tsamsters employed by Lyons, al
members Of The A. r. Of l., called
! strike against Lyons TO enforce
Sheir demsnds Ter better working
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
COVERS PRECINCT,
SUBS PILE IN

A. H. Johnson of Chicago gets the
prize for being the steadiest Daily
Worker canvasser in the country.
. Shortly after the last elections he
announced he would cover his whole
precinct. Ever since, we've received
ar average of 10 subs every two weeks.
with clockwork regularity. We pre-
diet the whole city will be covered by
the time the. next election day comes
Ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
Workers Unemployment Insurance E

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
L-Unemployment
unemployed worker and S. additional
2The creation National Unemployment
be raised by: using all funds for unemployment
(b) capital property s25OOO m A4
all incomes a
3-That the Unemployment Insurance
administered by Workers Commission solely employees
and unemployed workers.
All the lists being circulated
uonal Campaign Committee for Unemployment
sdary organizations demand that shall
final form tpObyl amended the meetings
1t and elect the delegation
<b amended by the delegation itself
bill will follow the general line the three points printed
All workers called help collect signatures
BILL Get the corporation of all workers
nature drive All organizations should ayize
the collection of signatures Campaign
Committee for Unemployment Insurance.
York City, for signature blanks.
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LEADS IN PAID.
IN-AnYANCE GLIB

H. r. of Dinuba, Calf, leads in
the Paid-In -Advanee Club. His sub
scription is paid up to April II, 1884.
He writes:
Enclosed find Sc. I'd rather let
you have the money than have it In
the bank. Please send The Five
Year Plan"
Who will beat this record?
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IF the state Is the product Of the
irrcconcilabIe character Of class an
tagonisms, II II is force standing
above society and separating itself
from it, then IL IS clear that the lib
Grafton Of the oppressed class is i'm
possible without violent revolution"
--Lenin: The state and Revolution,
p. i16.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-26
ANSWERS SUB
FUND APPEAL,

w. H. w. OF Nampa, Idaho, is quick
to respond to the appeal for dona-
tons toward subscriptions for I'M
employed workers. He writes:
Money is coming in rather slow
but Will spare $40 for luck, Sc to
pay fo- my subscription and the 81
to someone that isn't getting the
paper, if you have any names"
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KEEP SENDING
DAILY WORKER"

=, 'Fscp on sending my dear Daily
Wofirer. I am sending my renewal
for the year and the rest for fight
ing the enemy CT the working class.
send yor money ortler."--M. NJ,
Chicago, Ill.
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DALLAS, TEXAS,
ORDERS 20 DAILY

Again we hear from Mel Werm-
blad, district Daily Worker represen-
tatiye of Kansas City, and one of the
most enterprising. He writes:
please enter daily bundle or
der OF 20 copies to be sent TO Lewis
Hurst, Dallas, Texas. ConlKade
Hurst was sent down TO Dallas from
this office about week ago. will
keep after him to build mass cir
culation for the Daily Worker In
Dallas, and as soon as he gets the
territory developed we can increase
the number of DaiIies,"
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BEST PAPER
[ EVER READ"

Enclosed is 81. Please send the
Daily Worker, the best paper have
ever read."-M. Felinslsi, Detroit,
Mich.
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MAY HUNT NEW
JOB, SENDS 81 20.

Enclosed find one dollar bill for
which send me the Daily Worker.
II will eruse me to hunt another
job, but don't care II It does.
want some news that ! can rely
on as being the truth. Yours for
a Workers Government."-J. r.
Brcdhcad, Gel.
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bundle order, an increase was made
by 200. Now Sarah Victor, Daily
Worker representative, sends an or
der for 300 additional. This brings
Detroit to within 90 Of its original
standing.
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FINDS DAILY

FINDS DAILY
Al; SENDS SUB
Il have received regularly the or
gan and find it Al to follow the
wonderful struggle that you do in
u. S. A. Enclosed find money or
der for another months subscription.
Every month will send you my
money order.''-P. M, Quebec, Can
ada.