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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
TAMMANY THUGS
USE STRONG ARM
AGAINST VOTERS
Police Support Thugs
in Move to Steal
Communist Votes
New York City

New York City
Dear Comrades:
AS I entered the booth on election
day, the Democratic captain told me
to vote his party, but as I closed the
curtain and pulled down the pointers
OF the fifth row, found to my sur
prise that the curtains were locked
I Immediately demanded that he re-
lease the pin, but instead of doing
that, he entered my booth and when
he saw how 7 voted, ordered me to
change my vote. I shouted that he
get out, but in vain. After picking
an argument with him, finally forced
him to release the pin which pre-
vented the curtain from closing.
When I was about to leave the
polling place, the Democratic captain
ran over to me and told me that I
will pay for what I did. The police
man was standing in front of us and
I told him that he had no right to
enter the booth, but the captain
answered me, 81 don't mind, See.'
I looked at the policeman and said
~ see."
This is only my experience, but a
few of my friends were even less
fortunate. One Of them went to a
polling place on East Broadway and
was escorted to the booth by three
gangsters who patted on the shoulder
politely telling that he will do as he
pleased next year, but now they were
voing for him, and they did.
Another friend went into polling
place on Attorney Street and at
tempted TO vote Communist. use the
word attempted" because that is as
far as he got, for the Democratic
captain ordered him out and voted
for him.
I could go on indefinitely relating
these experiences, but they are all
well known to the worker I am
ashamed to say that before I voted
could not believe that such oper
intimidation and crookedness was SC
prevalent-A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
RELIEF TAKERS
GYP SALESGIRLS
AL Smith Funds Begs
Girls Earning $40
fBy a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-T7ne bosses are beat
ing their drums for charity; they
are launching bigger and better BAN
quets, football games, full dress balls,
the band wagon is parading with a
screaming banner, Give until it
hurts" What does this ballyhoo
mean for the department store work
srs, whose wages have been cut
again and again, whose hours have
been staggered with proportionate
decreases?
In New York the local AL Smith
0ehson robbery committee, featuring
On Its roster such parasites as Mrs.
Vincent Aston, Mrs. August Belmont,
ETC., has already begun to execute the
offensive against department store
workers with the openly expressed
approval OF Edward A. Filene, the
Strausses, the Gimbels and the other
representatives Of Wall Street capt.
tai invested in department stores
They have gone to Macys, where
5000 of the lowest paid employees
have had their wages repeatedly cut,
now earning from $40 to $40 week,
to contribute / per cent of twenty
weeks salary to this fake panhaud-
ling, grating Smith Gibson Fund.
The department store section of the
Office Workers Union calls upon the
workers of Macys, and of Gimbels,
Saks, Wanamakers, Bloomingdales
and other stores to organize them
selves into department committees, to
Join the Office Workers Union. De-
partment store workers, prepare now
to fight under the slogan Not one
cent OFF for fake charity, not one cent
off in wage cuts. Unemployment in
surance at the cost of the bosses and
the government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
.JOBLESS PICKET
IN NEEDLE FIGHT
Strikers Demand No
Jim-CroWism
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy FOAhCl SoiAGSpOhNSAt|
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The workers
in the Liberty Garment Co., Kansas
City, Mo-, went on strike November 9
under the leadership of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
Mass picketing was Immediately
started.
A call was Immediately sent to the
Unemployed Council and unemployed
workers Joined the strikers on the
picket line. For the first time in
Missouri, solidarity between the en-
pleyed and unemployed was demon
strated.
The Liberty Garment Company is
Jim Crowed." Negro workers are not
employed. despite this the demonstra-
ton parade was led by Negro mem
Der of the Unemployed Council and
both Negro and white workers were
on the picket line.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

1cOIlCeLlV WIFI Jll6 SlLldSlllllS vi bl4C
striker They used the Seattle labor
mayor to drive the workers from the
picket lines with riot cars. They sent
provocators into the ranks of the
union. When they failed, the police
thugs openly attacked the workers on
the picket line. In August, after the
attack upon workers in the picket line
which involved the arrest of over
dozen workers, the police opened
reign of terror in the streets of Bal
lard. Strikers and picketeerS of the
Unemployed Councils were torn from
their homes and railroaded to Jail.
Some of the arrested workers were
freed by mass jamming of the police
courts. The lumber barons, however,
are not content. They fear the les
sons that the strike has carried to
all lumber workers. They are at
tempting to smash the rising mill
fancy of the lumber workers by the
most brutal railroading in years.
Not since the days of the Cent
ralia massacre have workers faced
such serious chrages and been threat
ened with such long terms Of impris-
onment. Six workers, including one
girl relief worker, face a total of 20
years each in prison. Their trial
comes up in the third week of No
vember.
10000 Destitute
At the present time $4,000 lumber
workers and their families are des-
titute. They are raising their voice
in mass protest. November is a
month of struggle for the lumber
workers. In Portland, Paul Munter,
fourth of the criminal syndicalism
defendants is going on trial. The
workers are fighting on two import
ant factors for the right to organize
and strike in the northwest.
Alert to the War Danger
Workers, do not underestimate the
Importance of the struggle of the Bal
lard strikers and the Portland pris-
oners. Much of value to the working
class is at stake in the northwest
now. Fight in your organizations for
protest resolutions. Address them to
the governor of Washington and the
Superior Court in Seattle. To the
governor of Oregon and the Multno-
nah County Superior Court in Port
land, Ore.
Support the International Labor
Defense for the northwest strike and
syndicalism cases. Northwestern
workers, fight the attack upon our
ranks. Fight for the repeal of the
criminal syndicalism laws! Fight for
the release of Ben Boloff and all
class war prisoners. Smash the new
wave OF lumber barons' terror with
the full power of your protest! Re-
sist the attack to split our ranks
Alert to the war danger!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
WORKERS CORRESPONDENCE T Toa'
(By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-The thief and hypocrite, Mr.. Henry
Ford member of the masonic order and given all
kinds of degrees for this and that treating the who
shaved for him for Is and Is years in the most yrannca
way.
We die makers highly skilled workers, listened to the
talk of Mr. Ford for long time and believed that he
would not cut the wages We bought Ford and
homes time payments.
Today the wage cuts here And with the wage cuts
goes all kinds of embarrassment and merchandising We
led like horses stripped of clothes before DOCTOR
young and old together having tesces pressed and
being subjected to other ndgnes that should only be
ried out in private.
The greedy, immoral Mr.. Ford! From the opinion
pressed by the majority of the they will forget
the experience of being lined like cattle with their sexual
parts exposed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
YOUNGSTOWN, PA.
PROTEST MEETING
Demand Release Mine
Leaders and Strikers
(By a Wor..er Correspondent

NDy WOI4tT OUfftSpOuucHtI
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.-About 100
steel workers and coal miners gath
cred here in protest mass meeting
against the bosses terror in western
Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The
meeting was called by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and the Ma
tional Miners Union.
Comrade Roma, secretary Of the
Johnstown Branch of the LID,
opened the meeting. Comrade Vuho-
vich, organizer of the National Min
ers Union, and Conlrade w. Mueller,
organizer of the Communist Party
spoke.
Protest kilograms were sent to Gov
ernor Pinchot of Pennsylvania and
Governor Sampson of Kentucky, the
workers demanding the immediate
release of all imprisoned strikers and
union leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
THE SOVIET UNION, SAYS AMERICAN COPPER

ton here at the cemetery, where
there are buried the falling fighters of
tn revolution and the partisan, who
fell in the struggle with the bands
of Kelchak. Many speakers spoke
among them old mothers who lost
their sons in the fight. There were
also distributed gifts to the fighters
that were alive and IRE now working
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
PARASITE GIVES MILLION
FOR CATS

2 CHICAGO.--At the same time the
Chicago Daily Tribune announced
that there were 10000 children in
the city of Chicago starving, there
was an article on another page stat
ing that Mrs. Marion D. Mcconnell
had donated 100000 for the care
of dogs and cats. Capitalism wor-
ries about its dogs and cats, but I'M
employment insurance would kill in
dividual initiative" ST..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
Iron Foundry Slashes
Moulders Pay 10 P. C.
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
PROVIDENCE, R. 1.-The Builders
Iron Foundry here cut the pay of the
moulders 10 per cent. The pay is
now about $27 week. The company
has put in a system whereby the
moullder and his helper owe money
to the company. For instance, the
boss gives the men a job to make in
20 hours and if the men can't make
it in that time they are docked for al
the time it takes over, The company
also holds back 20 per cent Of the
wages to make sure they don't lose.
One moulder owes the company $7S
and another SIS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

liberty; there is no forced labor, but
every class conscious worker is TAX
ing in consideration the fulfillment
OF the five year plan in four years.
In short, am very glad that /
left America because in America In
o few years there will be transformed
into land Of hungry unemployed.
And even now there are many mil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
2 WASHINGTON BANKS CRASH

HOQUIAM, Wash.-The First Ma
tional Bank of Hoquiquiam closed
Nov. S, taking all the savings of many
of the lumber workers here. Most
of the workers who lost their savings
are out of jobs. Many Japanese
families are in very hard circum-
stances in Seattle due to the closing
of the Japanese Commercial Bank.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

life In here is very gay one. The
Soviet people are very good natured
for the honest working-man. Here
the manager Of the mine and the
rest Of the administrative force shake
hands with me and other workers.
am very sorry that I did not come
to the Soviet Union ten years ago.
Yesterday there wis big celebra-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

In America they wrote that there
is famine here but that is not true.
There is plenty Of everything. II
you should come to the Soviet Union,
you would never recognize now the
country as the same old Russia. They
are building many factories and
shops, highways and beautiful houses
for the workers Here there is full
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
LUMBER STRIKE ENDS;
WORKERS RALLY FOR
GREATER MASS FIGHT
Party Unit and Local Union Grow Out of Bal
lard Lumber Workers Bitter Fight
$4,000 Destitute Workers and Families Are
-, Raising Voice in Mass Protest
BY a Worker Correspondent

SEATTLE, Wash.-Over a hundred lurnbermen and
single mill workers have been based by the lumber bar
ons The workers who struck in August against wagecut
that brought the total of cuts UP to so per have been driven
back by police terrorism They have formed their union local
and built Party and League unit They have not lost
tirey but have learned lesson in working class struggle
They are preparing for greater struggles.
Reign of Terror
What the lumber barons doing? Have they rested
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
BALTIMORE WELFARE
RELIEF PLAN PROVES
TO BE FORCED LABOR
Family Welfare Refuses Food to Starving Ex-
Serviceman and Family of Five
Forced to Work Eight Hours for Glass Co. for
Basket of Food
By a Worker Correspondent

BALTIMORE Md-Wilie Walker 1906 North Bruce St,
exsoier served in France eighteen months for Wall Street
unemployed for three months He wife and four
children ranging in age from to thirteen.
He had been working stevedore for ten years, then
he worked for the American Pavement Company For the
last three months he has been going from place another
for job He went to all the fertilizer factories and various
railroads work Mr. Sders the city ddn have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

all are equal. But for SPECTATORS.
thieves and other parasites there is
no place.
Here there is little town with
population of $4,000. Before this
whole section was nothing but woods
and swamps. But when copper was
discovered already four big mines are
in operation and a large smelter. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
GARBAGE FOR JoBBERs

CHICAGO.-T'he city of Chicago
recently wrecked new garbage dis
posal plant which cost s25o,ooo.
Why? The garbage is being used by
the Salvation Army to feed Chicago's
unemployed. A.J.W.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21
Dear Comrades:
U. S. $. r.

Dear Comrades:
I inform You as ! would my own
father and mother that quite un-
expectedly for myself left for the
Soviet Union and arrived here in
good health. ] am now working in
the copper mines in the Ural noun
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

any work for him.
Goes TO Welfare
Finally in desperation and against
his principles he went to the We'll
fare Agency at 2547 Pennsylvania
Ave. to speak to Miss Isabel L. Bid
good about getting some bread for
his children. The kind "Chrfst like
lady" who has been given the jco for
taking care of the needy asked,
when did the children eat last?"
Walker replied that he had seven
cents and bought five cents worth of
potatoes and two cents worth of
Chesterfield cigarettes. The lady be-
came highly indignant over the ex-
travagance of buyink two Chesterfield
cigarettes and Immediately upbraided
him for taking food out Of his chill
dren's hungry mouths. All of this,
however, did not induce Miss Bidgood
to give any food to the children.
After much questioning Walker was
given ticket to go to see Mr.. Rolker,
head of the Municipal Employment
Bureau, where hungry workers are
told to go for a job that does not
exist. tAnything to get them away
from the Welfare Agency. He was
told If there was no Job down there,
he would have to shift for himself
and find a job.
He asked for food, but the kind
lady" said that on account OF this
being his first time here for food
he is not entitled to any food for his
children.
Forced Labor
Miss Bidgood then gave him a job
This is the kind of slip that he got
A Welfare Agency slave order.
FAMILY WELFARE ASSN
Work Order
No. Oct. 81, 1881
The employers name) BRICK
GLASS COMPANY will pleae,
give Willie Walker of 1906 Bruce
| Sb. WUTk 1UE o IOuIo ioE NIikSu
will be paid by the Family Welfare
Association.
(Signed) ISABEL L. BTDG0OD,
Secy. Northwestern District
Worked In satisfactory mannei
for ,.,....... hours.
| ssss........
!
Superintendent.
| ..ss............ A5oA"
Remarks
There is plenty OF graft involved
in this. Willie Walker, after doins
this hours of work will bet bas
ket of food worth about half of whai
money he was supposed to get 70,
the work. Apparently the Bricl
Glass Company doesn't pay anything
for labor but just arranges to MAKE
some kind Of donation to the Welfare
and the Welfare that gets funt
for relief work pockets the difference
The whole deal just reeks with rem
nants of something that's wors,
than chattel slavery" and smells loud
| " of forced labor"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

tasna not very far from Siberia.
The work here is not SO hard. am
working as an instructor and my
wages are $50 rubles month. The
behavior Of the administration is
very courteous.
No Spectators
1 also want to inform you that the
life in here is very good one. Here
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

Build workers correspondents
group i'm your factory. shop or
neighborhood. Send regular letters
to the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-21

lions out of work and hungry.
My address is: Peter Kovalevsky,
Uralmedstreyd No. 81 Room 5, Dis
trict Of Ural, U. S. S. r.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
WOMEN DONATE
GOLF PRIZES

Women golf chairmen OF the
various clubs have donated the
prizes for the charity tournament
listed Monday morning over the
chevy Chase Club course. Com
petition will be 10 holes medal
play handicap.
The tourney is open to every
woman player in the DiStrlct'
whether or not q member Of one
OF the local clubs. A special in
vitation is extended to those
women golfers Of Rock Greek Park
and East Potomac Park.
Enter Fee Is 81
The tournament is being held
under the auspices of the Wom-
EMS District Golf Association. An
entry fee Of 81 is being charged,
and all profits will be turned over
to the District committee on EN-
Women golfers unable to com
pete are urged to send their
checks for 81 to Mrs. Frank II.
Keefer, president of the .Womens
District Golf Association, 1907
Porter st. N. w. ,.
The tourney begins Monday at
Q a. m. and partners will be Sc
lected at the starting tee. Players
with handicaps up to "a VIII be
eligible for the prizes.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
COLLEGE STARS
W|THAPACHES

Eleven former college stars will
be seen in the Apaches lineup
when they tackle the crack North
ern-Celtics Sunday at Griffith
Stadium in O South Atlantic Foot
ball League game.
They are Gene Murphy, Paddy
Byrne. Tony Plansky. Chessy
Antos, Tubba Farrell, Ted Him.
melberg, Frank Holland, Eddie
Dugan, Jerry Carroll and Moose
Mosko.
he Apaches will have to think
fast and hit hard in an effort to
penetrate the huge forward wall
Of the Celtics. The strength OF
the line lies in Moore, Weinstock
and Coblentz. The Alexandrians
have sweet backfield in Sweeney
w. Moore, Dewey, and McMen
niman.
While the Apaches and the
Irish are thinking about their
clash Sunday, the Mohawks to
night will be brought before an
arbitration board Of newspaper
men to determine the Leon Fouts
case
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
SMITH OPPOSES
H|SER TONIGHT

The District bowling League
match between King Pin and
Hyattsville at King Pin tonight,
has added glamour because Hokie
Smith and Henry HiSer, scheduled
to face in the first head to head
match Of the season, will appear
in opposing line-ups.
Hokie is the present District
League high average man and
this fact will also be responsible
for the presence Of many fans,
anxious to see If Hokie can chalk
up a set better than 375.
The team match will be hard
fought, with the advantage in
power that Hyattsville boasts neu-
tralized by the fact that the King
Pins will be at home.
Astor Clark rolled 303 and lost
seven pins on his average in the
National Capital League. That's
one for the books. The Pale Drys
succumbed to foe for the second
time this yeaf as AL Fischer's 408,
Whalen's 800 and Woods 377 gave
Farnan the edge in two games.
The Shoemen won the second by
two pins. Fischer's games were
1853, 1O6 and 1879.
Clarke did yoeman duty, as he
led the Lucky Strike crew to a
victory over the Fountain Hams
with a 387 set. Santinl's $50 was
high for the Hams.
Red Rolls 800
Red Megaw fell on the pins for
a $50 game and 800 set to give
Temple the odd game against Co.
lumbia in the District League. It
was close all the way, as Dye Bos-
ton contributed q 394 ct for the
losers.
Princeton obliged Maryland in
the intercollegiate League by tax
ings two games from Michigan, as
the TerrapinS scored twice to tie
the Wolverines for the lead.
". M. l., v. P. l.. and Navy shut
out their rivals, while Dartmouth
scored twice over Lehish.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

Travel economically IN one of the
good used cars advertised for sale to-
day in the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
CugIe Not to Lead
ID. e.. Grid CLUB

NEW YORK, Nov. ia re-
port that Chris eagle, former all.
American backfield star, Woulq
captain q National Professional
Football League eleven in Wash
ington, D. c., next year was
ridiculed today by Tim Mara,
president Of the New York Foot
ball Giants. ....
Mara declared eagle was ur'
der contract to play for the
Giants next year and further
more declared he would oppose
the granting Of q league fran
chise 20 Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
OHIO STATE-WISCONSLNHEAD BIG TEN GRLDPRO

and Bob Manley, Bill Thomas and
Harry steirburg, guards; are all
letter-men who will be eligible for
this winters campaign. Thomas
is the only one not practicing.
Since Frank sippley decided not
to play football until next fall he
has been working with the basket
ball men and Coach Tebell re-
CARDS him as a valuable addition
to the SOU I'd. The Cavalier coach
wants to have the squad ready to
play Navy here January IA, soon
after the season opens.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
CHURcHERS IN ACTION

The Wilson Avenue Baptist
Church five will open its season
tonight at 9 o'clock against the
Mosean's 145-pound team at
Langley Junior High gym. High,
Pelt, Welles, Westburg, Dunbar,
and the Bowie brothers are re
quested to report. The Wilson
team will make its debut in a
Church League game Monday.