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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Treated Like
7ogs" Says Vet
Buffalo, N. Y.

Buffalo, N. I.
Daily WORKER
Dear Comrades
I am writing these few lines to tell
some of my experiences here in a
so-called free country for which ]
served in the last war in the inter-
est of the capitalists.
Right here in Buffalo where ! live
I am one of the millions OF uneul-
ployed. Recently I got job in the
city park under the stagger system,
OF three days week. Worked few
weeks and was taken sick with a
cold losing one day.
Fired From Job.
When I reported for work they told
me that they did not want me any
more as they had another man in
my place, Now, fellow workers you
see what happens for those who
served in the last world war.
We ex-servicemen are treated just
like dogs and worse. But believe me
fellow workers when the next war
comes I'll know which way to shoot
It will not be against any worker OF
any country. So fellow workers when
we are called for service again let's
turn the guns on the bosses. ---A.A.S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
800 Hosiery
Xnitters Strike
Philadelphia. Pa


Daily Worker:
The reason for the strike Of the
$500 hosiery knitters Of the United
states Hosiery Co. is because Of an
effort to put over on the workers
the largest wage cut In the industry.
The bosses Of the U. s. Hosiery Co.
operating three mills in Philadelphia
and one at Langhcrne, Pa, had an
agreement with the workers.
Tears Up Agreement.
But what's an agreement? Just
another scrap OF paper. So the
bosses had the name most conven-
iently changed to the Lippincott Hos
icry Co. and reduced wages at one
slash from $1.oS 70 $50 per dozen,
or $.4s a dozen.
The workers at the United States
Hosiery Co.. alias tho Lippircott Hos
teyy Co.. also hAvs 70 spend much
time strengthening out the needles.
sometimes II takes . day Of the week
to straighten out the bent needles
The hosiery knitters are not paid for
this. And In addition IL Ia q severe
nervous strain and injurious to the
eyes. It Is compulsory. The workers
are now fighting the company.
&C, r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Workers Cegehrate
naily's Birthday

NoRTLAND Jan lo.--rhe cele-
testicu 81 the sevsnth anniversary Of
: the Daiiy WORKER vas 4 successful
affair. A.A...-
Abcut one AundxsA ana fifty at.
taAded and gAva suppoFt 10 the paily,
The Youth cTehestra AZ TIA Finnish
workers clgb played ssvolutonary
music ana 4 play was kiven BY the
Dramatic sscuPs The play was local
and made . successful appearance. IN
fact the workers. would like to soc
moro Of tha same talent displayed.
TlaA Speakers. both tn Tinniah ana
xngstsA, MadA the work Of the Daily
n the Glass ltSussls tha example Of
~ psnszs AnA called for active as
slstanca IA building ~ e&ycuiation ia
1Rthn6 teFtlsnd challenged esat,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22

Gabaldon. though he mouths phrases
against Roxas. belongs 10 The same
wealthy land-owning class that
Roxas does and offers no different
program for an independence &ight
Roxas having failed to keep up sn-
terest Of the masses In the fake cam
paign for independence. has yesogted
to a despicable trick. He has organ
ICED a society called the New Rati-
unan. utilizing the name Of the in
sTrectionary movement Of 1893 b
cover his alliance with Wall street.
The principles" of the New Katipu-
MAJ while talking about economic
nationalism" does not say q lns
about organizing the workers ana
peasants to fight fo- independence.
1t is a program based on the desire 10
create a wealthy industrial ana Land
owning class in the Philippines which
could more effectively exploia the
Philippine masses in the interests Of
United States capitalism.
Leander J. de Becker, New York
rewsloaperman, who claims 10 be an
anti-imperialist, while on q visit TO
the Philippines recently. gave an in-
terview to the Philippine Herald
which exposes his pseudo-imperial-
ism. De Becker said he was In favor
OF Philippine independence provided
that We CD are given full assurance
that you arc secure and free after
American sovereignty is lifted here"
This is the same argument made
when the Platt amendment wss fast-
ened on Cuba and is the stock aFgu-
ment Of all inperialsts for holding
the Philippines when they have 80
more logical arguments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Oregon Bosses
flashing Wages

PORTLAND, ore.-The Crown Mil
ling Company. -four mills, have con-
tributed to Oregon prosperity with q
IS per cent wage cut. More will come
on top of this.
All over Portland bosses are cutting
wages and the workers misery Is in
creasing. It is fighting time for the
workers and complete organization in
TO militant class unions Of the Trade
Union Unity League. ..s
Workers, form shop committees and
get in touch with the T. u. u. l.. and
start the battle against wage-cuts
Grown Mil workers, write In and give
the story of conditions in the mill
which, is one Of the largest in Port
land.
Join the Trade Union Unity League
Fight against wage cuts.
Get the unemployed to secure sig
natures for the unemployment insur-
ance petitions.
Join the Unemployed Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
800 FILIPINO RAILROAD WORKERS
STRIKE FOR BETTER CONDITIONS
Misleaders in the Philippines Put Up Sham
Organization to Keep Back the Worker
Peasant Fight for Independence

The economic crisis has hit the
philippines and in its wake there Is a
sharper attack against the workers
IN Ilorilo 500 railway workers went
on strike. They were affiliated to the
Union Cbrera de Ilo,lo. The strike
resulted when the posses broke an
agreement entered into with the
workers.
The workers demanded that the
hours of labor be limited and over
time to be paid for. They insisted on
one rest day week; that workers
be not fired unfortunately; and
that the a group of dismissed work.
ers be reinstated Immediately. The
bosses would not comply with this de-
mands and the strike enSued.
The Proletarian Labor Congress,
affiliated to the Pan-Pacific Secre-
tariat, Immediately supported the strike
and called on all the workers in the
Philippines to aid the strikers.
The Philippine authorities who rant
so much about wanting independence
aid the imperiaist police in arresting
Chinese workers who support the
Communist forces in China. They
are calling for deportation of all
Chinese Reds"
A sham battle is going on in the
PhilipnineS betyea1 ISsIlre C1aaldon
one time resident commissioner in
Washington, and Speaker Rexas OF
the Philippine Senate. Gabalder
achieved spurious fame py disagree
ing with Rexas on the question of i'm ,
mediate independence. He charged
Roxas, Osmena and Others with tenn
porizing with Wall Street and not
really desiring independence. But
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Party on Ballot in
Detroit for Special
Senatorial Election

DETROIT, Mich.-In the second
state senatorial district. ON Jan. as. a
special election will take place. This
district is populated mostly by work.
ers. About so per cent OF them are
workers Of the auto industry and of
foreign birth. There are also thous-
ands of oppressed Negro workers I'M
employed. Many workers and their
families are living in misery.
The Party is doing all in its power
TO mobilize all members to participate
in the election campaign. Also nom
partisan workers are modified to
make this campaign real mass CAM
raagp under the principle Of Glass
Against Glass" and for the Unem-
ployed Insurance Bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Workers Unemployment Insurance I

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
I-Unemployment the Of week
unemployed worker and SIS additional for each dependant
2-The creation National Fund
raised funds for
b levy all capital and property Of $4,000; (el tar
all incomes of $4,000 a year.
SThat the thus created shall
administered by Workers Commission elected solely employees
nd unemployed workers.
Aho sign the lists being circulated the Workers
onal Campaign Committee for Unemployment
dary organizations bill
final possibly meetings ray
and elect the delegation
sibyl the delegation itself
general points printed
ALI workers called help collect signatures for
BILL Get the cooperation of all workers sig
nature organizations
the collection Of signatures Write National Campaign
Committee for Unemployment Insurance 18th ST. New
York City for signature blanks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
INTERNATIONAL
. NEWS o
Mexican Cont
Attacks Red
Miners Union

Prosecutions increase in Mexico.
The organizer of the Red Miners
Union at FL Cuba was arrested and is
believed to be assassinated. An at
tack was recently made on the Ma
tioral Office of the Unitary Trade
Union Confederation Of Mexico and
many comrades arrested. Eighteen
workers in the Federal District were
imprisoned when this local was re-
Gently forced to close down. These
workers are in dancer of being de-
ported to the Marias Islands.
Valentin Campa, general secretary
Of tho Unitary Trade Union Confed-
eraticn of Mexico, has also been con-
fined TO prison Communication is
forbidden to all of these political
prisoners and many have suffered
harbaric torture,
The police of Mexico City continue
to persecute militant Communists and
offer rewards of 50 pesos for each
Party member and 1000 pesos for
each leader.
In Tamalipas the organizers Of the
revolutionary movement have been
arrested. In Pueblo, Comrade Udeses
Vilclas, wounded in former encoun-
tiers with the oppressors of the work
inc class. has been imprisoned.
In Huaquechuela, two peasants we're
ordered to give up their arms to rep
resentatives of the fascist govern
r1ert. Thev refused and were inlme-
diateIy shot. The representative of
the Sovkino film. Eisenstein together
with group of revolutionary artists,
we're also arrested.
Venezuela.
The Caribbean Red Aid has Or
ganized a campaign to obtain the
freedom of 1900 revolutionary work
ers and students imprisoned in the
dungeons of Venezuela and Curacao
Unless this campaign is successful the
middle-aged of these urfortunates
will die in prison and the young will
come back old men,
Ecuador.
The government Of Ayora has i'll"
formed the press that representatives
will be sent throughout the coulstry
to campaign against Communism.
Honduras.
Concurrent with added protection
to fascist bands. the government has
prosecuted jealousy the revolutionary
organizations. The national leaders
Of the workers movement, as well as
members of the Red Unions have
been arrested Three North Arneri-
can comrades have been deported.
Also. an edition OF the workers pa
per. ri Trabagidor Hondureno," has
been suppressed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
HUNGER MARCH ATTACKED BY 500
ARMED POLICE; RESIST BRAVELY

ers' Cooperative and the Trade Union
Unity League headquarters.
The entire membership OF the ex-
ecutive council of the National Tex
tile Workers Industrial Union was
arrested, and then released, with The
exception OF Paul Stein. The Others
arrested tbesides Steip) were Mike
Billick. Karl Hama, Jack Hardy,
Flores Bilduto. Ramon Carorio, Pat
rick Chambers, Norman Halfell, ice
Aripse, Jim Edwardsor, Joe Turchin-
sky, Jack Silver and an unnamed
Chinese worker. The police closed
the hall to prevent other scheduled
meetings later.
On the same evening there was 3
second raid on the Cooperative and
a raid on all known workers homes,
in which the police smashed UP
everything.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22

CONFINED FROM PAGE OSEl
for the International Labor Defense,
Leo Gallagher.
Twenty additional delegates of the
unemployed were denied Ambulance
to the heavily guarded city council
chambers.
Series Of Raids.
The most extreme police terrorism
has surrounded this demonstrate OF
the starving unemployed here from
the beginning. Demands for per-
init to the Unemployed Council to
march were denied, Virgil Martin,
chairman of the Fire and Police COM
mittee of the City Council. brazenly
stating: Everything possible is all
ready being done for the unem-
ployed" -s.
On Jan. II, Boncli Friedman, sec
ton organizer OF the Communist
Party here, was followed from the
Workers Cooperative to his home by
police and horribly beaten, his resi-
dence being also completely wrecked
Friedman's condition is serious. as he
has internal injuries. He was uneon-
scious for over "a hours.
Jan. 18 the police broke up a dance
az the Spanish Cooperative Workers
Center and smashed all the furniture,
but without arrests.
Force Hearing.
On Jan. 10 committee Of the Un-
employed Council of the Workers Ex-
Service Mems League, the 7. l.. D. and
the American Civil Liberties Union
forced a. hearing. Their demand for
a permit for the march yesterday was
refused
The newspapers carried the threat
of Police Offisr Hynes that he 'ex-
poets resistance. and as a result his
men will be heavily armed and will
carry riot clubs to beat the Reds into
submission.
On the evening of jain. 10 there
were simultaneous raids on the Work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
LET E - -
- - - q - - 49,
Canton. Iobless
Put Up Fight
For Real RELIEF

~&AAkO4Ag ~
Daily Worker:
The conditions here in Canton are
becoming worse and worse every day.
There are thousands of workers,
women and children on the brink Of
starvation. Gas and electric is being
turned off by the scores.
Our honorable Mayor notified the
delegates that presented our demands
to the city council that he would give
us report. On the 10th OF January
the delegates were there, Is in all, TO
see what he would do for the starv-
ing workers. But when tho mayor
called us in he said he could not do
anything; he didn't have the author
ity to do anything.
Big Hearted Mayor.
There were two little children with
the committee to see his nibbs, They
had nothing to eat all day, SO the
honorable mayor got very big hearted
and gave them a dollar to buy their
supper. But how about the follow
ing days? Is that meal supposed to
last forever?
There was demonstration at the
Goodwill Mission the 18th against the
rotten soup they gave out. The Mis-
sion gave family of four a basket
OF carrots with few onions mixed
in and they were mixed in too, for
the onions were so rotten you couldn't
pick them up, they ran through your
fingers. When the Unemployed Con-
Gil went to the Mission to protest the
poor misguided preacher or boss there
was asked to eat one of his samples
OF garbage. He was SO badly scared
he almost had heart failure.
Building Strong Council.
We have a strong Unemployed
Council here and the workers refuse
to starve any longer. We are going
10 organize a stronger council and
go and take what We need. The city
has no money for the unemployed
but they can buy their cops pearl
handled gums and new clubs to beat
the workers down. But it won't be
long for the workers will give them
a taste of their own medicine.
wv. "A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Stamford Jobless March on
City Hall, Monday at z PM.
Waterbury, New Haven Have Mass Meetings
Next Week to Prepare Hunger Marches;
March on New Jersey Capitol Soon

New Jersey. Though the date has
not been decided upon, some prelim-
mary plans are worked out
The uarchers from Paterson will
be met In Passaic with a great DEM
onstration and will go on reinforced
to Newark.
Here. after another demonstration
by the local unemployed and militant
workers, they will gather recruits and
go on to Elizabeth, to repeat the DEM
onstration there. The same will hap
pen when they pass through New
Brunswick. and the nee-gt dennnStrs-
ton is in Trenton, itself. where they
viii be joined not only by the 41en-
ton jcbless, but by the marchers from
other sections Of the state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
N. Y. Red Builders Aid Jersey
City in Circulation Campaign;
20 Win Daily Worker Aprons

The Red Builders News Club OF
New York ordered 100 copies Of the
Daily Worker forgMonday, it was re-
ported at the last Hot Dog Jamboree
Sunday at 35 e, 18th ST.
Prizes of red Daily Worker aprons
we're awarded to the following, who
reched a quota Of 200 or over for
the week:
Barnes, COS; Wellman, 4S5; Stokes,
3o4; Shcholm, 300; Weinrit, Reese,
2S5; Turner, 26O: HaIowchek, 24S;
Glassover. $50; Allen, 226; Gomez,
225; Bobuk, 224; Stein, 219; Him
melreicb. 218; kali, 2l3; Ryan, 2O5;
Marine, 205; Bassen, 201; Forando,
200.
Arthur Allen is the youngest men,
her of the Red Builders News Club,
Twelve years old, and still in, gram
mar school, young Allen is on the
streets on Friday afternoons and Sat-
urday selling an average of SO copies
a day. He shows promise of giving
the more mature members good run
for their sales. Watch out for the
~eung bloodsl
I. Anter. district organizer. put
new fire into tho Club when he
''ointed out the tremendous infIu-
nee Of Red Builders News Clubs
'scpld the Fish Committee recon-
mendation Of barring the DAILY" in
tie mails go through Congress. In
addition, should capitalist news SER
vices refuse to deliver the paper to
the news stands, the Red Builders
News Clubs become the basis of dis
tribution of the Daily Worker. at
is a very important institution" he
said. mot only for the Communist
Party, but for the whole revolution
: airy movement of the country"
A committee of five will work out.
in conjunction with the Executive
Committee, methods to advance the
sales of the Daily Worker.
JERSEY City will wake un this morn
ing to find eight N. Y. Red Builders
on the streets, showing them how to
sell the 'Daily" and how to organize
Red Builders News Club of their
own. We wish them luck!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
MORE ACTION SHOWN
IN KANSAS CITY

Mel Wermblad district Daily
Worker representative. Is riel't on his
toes directing circulation and increas-
ing a new bundle order by IS. He
writes:
"Comrade =. J. Evrard has been
appointed to act as city Daily Worker
Agent. He's a real hustler and I ex-
pect to see our street sales as we'll as
monthly subs TO increase under hts
leadership. I will cooperate with
him to the fullest extent and will
place more comrades in action to In
crease our street sales"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22

Daily worker: Imaus, Pa.
IN this little Dutch town OF Emaus
the main industry for men is the
pcnaldssn Iron Co. where they make
esst Iron pipe. But u does not make
any differences II they are Dutch or
. Chinsnaan. the big hoss Of this ditry
slave non drives the workers. His
name is Georse Gator ana he takes
al that's possible out Of the workers
hides.
He sives them sls.ss for five days
work. On January 18th 4 large num-
ber Of nAela were laid OF until fur.
thcr notice. Now there viii be more
speed-up. one man doing two mems
work.
Chances sre sorns won't get their
hobs haef, Hut anyAes., can talk
: that don't lieip any. w On is what
counts, workers. organise ana fight
o. starve by inches. You have moth
Z ting to lose but your CHAINS.
.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
SENDS 81 FOR HOME
TOWN CIRCULATION

From Theodore Bozyan Of Newport
r l., we received 81 for a bundle
order. He writes:
Il am going to try to build up the
circulation Of the Daily Worker In
my home town. My city is not an
industrial city, but there are enough
workers to enable me to do some
thing for my Party"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
Frees Cop Who Muir
dered Negro Worker

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 20.-The
usual white washing Of white police
men who murder Negro workers &C.
CURED here today when q verdict Of
justifiable homicide was returned In
the case of Policeman Hollum. who
brutally murdered Frank Grady, Ne-
gro, on Bush Boulevard few days
ago.
Testimony at the inquest indicated
that Grady after being arrested and
searched for weapons had leaped
from the police car and drew a gun,
probably from under his fingernaiD
and fired at the officers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
JAILED WORKER
FINDS DAILY TRUE

From Harris Island. N Y. c., we
received the following letter:
Gust few words of ccngratula-
tions for your ever-growing. truth
full workers paper, the Daily
Worker" Some Of the amazing
facts ] have read In the Worker.
! concerning some certain political
big Shots" can't be denied. Keep
mp the excellent work Daily Worker
end 10000 circulation will be a mere
trifie eventually. Don't neglect to
send me mine. On my release I
will ray this three months sub and
pay In advance"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
TO MARCH UPON
NEW'K CITY HALL
United Front Session
Plans Active Drive

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 10. -- Fifty
. delegates from IS workers organi-
lions met in Slovak Hall here yes
erday to plan further details in the
unemployment campaign. Sam Mas
sin reported for the National Cam
paign Committee for Unemployment
Insurance, and J. Kasper reported on
the local movement and was elected
secretary.
Plans were made for the hunger
march January IS, on the city hall,
where the budget discussion will then
be going on.
Wilburne. Negro worker, was
elected and A. Kruzpainter to the al
terate national committee which will
present the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill and the signatures to
1t, to congress on Feb. 10.
The conference set aside Feb. 8 as
a special signature collection day.
The conference elected an execu-
tive COMMITTEES Of Is to lead the drive
for signatures here, prepare for the
hunger march on the state capitol at
Trenton some time around Feb, l.,
and to conduct the campaign for
funds TO send the New Jersey dele
gates TO Washington and for other
organization purposes,
The conference adopted resolutions
endorsing the Unemployment Irsur,
ance Bill and the Workers Interna-
tionaI Relief.
Relief, Not Charity
The hunger march on the city hall
here on Jan. % will put up demands
to the city council, then considering
the 1881 budget, for $40 week cash
relief for each unemployed worker,
and for 80 additional for each de-
pendent. They demand the removal
of La Fera, "Cverseer Of the Poor
who now handles charity and Is gen
orally believed to have stolen huge
sums during his term in office, and
they demand that his place be taken
by a committee Of the workers and
jobless Of Newark, who shall dispense
relief. not charity.
Other demands are made in other
cities. for no evictions, no cutting off
Of light and gas. food and clothing
for school children.
Uniforms In March
The local papers say that the mill,
tia u ia como out Jan. 28 and parade
around the city hall In honor OF one
Of their officers. This Is IN attempt
at intimidation. Tho Unemployed
Council ana the committee Of IS
elected BY the united front ccr{eFv
ence answers BY demanding the pay
raent Of the 1a%S tombstone Bonus
10 the ex-seFvicenaen at once, and
urges all ex-servicemsn to come TO
the demonstration in their uniforms
rnd demonstrate especially for this
demand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
STRONGEST WEAPON"
SAYS EX-SOLDIER

Have been In the hospital for six
weeks and tho Daily Worker has been
Of interest not only to myself. but to
many other ex-soldier patients here.
They are beginning TO soc the show
and shame Of the existing order. En-
closed find 81 on my subscription.
viii send more as soon as get TO
working again. The Daily must not
fall 1t Is the strongest weapon for
the cause. &C. II, Jones, Washington,
D, g.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-22
MINNEAPOLIS
ON THE JOB

1--WE have, followed the policy of
apportioning the list q you send
1t in to the different secticns,"
writes b. Siskind. THE Sections
have distributed to the units and
the comrades are on the job. We
will send a special communication
IN our weekly letter emphasizing the
need and ursii,g the comrades TO
get on the job"