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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
PARTIAL VICTORY
in CIGAR STRIKE

NEW YORK.--A partial but sub
stantial victory has been won by the
workers in Anton Book Cigar Fac
tory, Second Avenue and 55 Street.
A wage cut was announced Friday
to take place Saturday. A leaflet
was issued calling a meeting on
Monday yesterday. After a four
hour strike, and a picket line, the
boss agreed to rescind the cut. The
workers then demanded recognition
of the Tobacco Workers Industrial
League of the T.U.U.L., but the boss
would not agree. The workers, by
a vote of 26 to Is, went back without
winning this point.
There is 100 per cent strike,
starting yesterday, in the Mihogar
Cigar factory. $40 East So Street,
with 80 out. They demand better
conditions, recognition of the Tobac-
co Workers Industrial League, and
increased wages. The boss agreed
to some Of the demands, but refused
recognition and the strikers are still
out They ask all to support them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
new BABY, NO
FOOD; HANGS
Jobless Suicides
Increasing

NEW YORK. - Driven to despera-
ton, because his wife was coming
home from the hospital with a new
baby daughter, Karl Karlsen, IS yrs.
old, an unemployed carpenter, who
had been out of work for months
and unable to provide the bare ne
cessities for his wife and another
child, hanged himself from the bath
room door.
The Karlsens lived at $50 45th st.
Brooklyn. The acute misery among
starving jobless workers who have
not yet come into the ranks of class
conscious workers, has brought a
startling increase in the rate of sui
cides.
In New York State alone during
1880 new high record has been
reached. The Commissioner of
Health at Albany, Dr. Thomas Par
rem, jr., reports there were 2,345
suicides in the state last year, the
highest number ever recorded, max
ing a rate of 1876 per thousand popu-
lation, which was % percent above
the average rate for the preceding
five years. Not suicide but a con-
tinued fight for Unemployment In
surance is one way out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
Robson kOWtOWs
To Imperialism
Negro Artist Praises
Murderers Of Masses

LONDON, May ID Because a
London Bobby tips hat to him and
British imperialism sees in him a
tool that can be used to delude its
Negro colonial masses concerning
its Justice, impartiality and demo-
crazy" Paul Robson, Negro baritone
and actor now sings poems of praise
to Imperialism.
Paul Robson says he will live in
London, because here people are
unprejudiced and fair"
In Africa and the British West
Indies more than 85,000,000 Negroes
groan under the iron heel of British
Imperialism. Negro women were
last year shot down like dogs in the
streets OF Nigeria, West Africa by
the armed forces Of these "unprej-
udiced and fair" people. In Bait
hurst, Gambia, West Africa, the Me-
gro strikers of the Lever Margarine
Co., a concern owned and operated
by these people who give "the Negro
the fairest play" were bayonetted on
the picket lines.
Robson has followed the route
marked out by Dubois, Chas. S. John
son, Kelly Miller, Walter White and
the long list Of Negro reforinist
leaders, who lend their names to
the intrigues of the imperialist pow
ers which only results in the enslave-
ment and further exploitation of the
Negro masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
TAXI RACkETEERS.
go TO LAUNDRES|
Gangster Tactics to
Get 81 Dues

NEW YORK. THE group Of rack
eteers headed by Larry Fay, who
have been trying to form fake or
ganization of taxi drivers, are turn
ing to the laundry workers as their
next prey.
So far they have called only upon
the drivers. Thursday night they
called meeting of laundry drivers
in the Bronx, to which about 80 re-
sponded. However the workers soon
found out that this is merely swim
die.
One of the racketeers is a former
vice president of the Laundry Driy-
ers Local $40, A. F. of L. He ad-
dressed the meeting and stated that
the reason the drivers have not or
ganized until now, is because they
didn't use force. He added that now
the laundry workers have a
group of people who will back them
up physically, build an organization
for them, and as soon as they are or
ganized they will be able to work
with the bosses in harmony.
This means that gangsterism is to
be used to force the workers into
this fake organization
Another speaker by the name Of
Brooks, an executive member of local
$40, further gave away the nature of
this racket. He stated that drivers
do not have to organize. In fact, he
said, they are already blessed with
organization. They (the racketeers)
have opened an office, and already
they have a president and secre-
tary. All the workers have to do, is
pay an initiation fee of 50 and 81 as
the monthly dues, and get others to
do the same.
The workers present responded
coldly The meeting was adjourned,
and the workers were told to come to
the meeting they will call some other
time.
The Cleaners and Laundry Work
ers' Industrial League of the Trade
Union Unity League warns the laun-
dry workers against this outfit as a
mere racket working with the bosses
against the workers. The laundry
workers, both drivers and inside
workers, Negro and white, must unite
on the job, build grievance commit
tees to fight against their miserable
conditions. Join the Cleaners and
Laundry Workers Industrial League,
at Is w. 21st St., city
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
READY FOR NATL
YOUTH DAY, N. Y.
Yipsels Try to Break
Up Conference

NEW YORK. Preparations for
the first annual National Youth Day
to be held in Passaic, N. j., on Sat
urday, May Both and in New York
on Sunday, May 81, were completed
last Saturday at the final conference
before the demonstration, One
hundred and five delegates, repre-
senting rs youth and adult organi-
cations of over 5000 young and adult
workers were present
Resolutions supporting the fight of
the nine young Negro workers in
Scottsboro, Ala, and the fight for
the release of the Paterson pris-
oners were passed unanimously.
The meeting was opened by Chair
man Lemberg of the Labor Sports
Union and the main report was CIV
en- by Kaplan of the Young Com
munist League in the name of the
Provisional United Front National
Youth Day Committee.
Representatives were present from
many youth organizations which are
participating for the first time in
the fight against bosses wars and
for the relief of the 9 Scottsboro Wet
inns.
Representatives from the Young
Peoples Socialist League. to whom
calls were sent for participation in
the united front for National Youth
Day, attempted to disrupt the meet
ing by refusing to participate in any
way in the work.
Many organizations reported a
great deal of preparatory work in
preparation for this conference.
Many donations and pledges we're
given in the conference Arrange
ments have been made for a special
train to take young workers TO Pas
sale, NJ j., tickets for this train can
be gotten from the United Front
Committee.
The conference endorsed the hold
ing of button days on Saturday and
Sunday to popularize National Youth
Day and to collect funds for the
preparatory work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
NEEDLE WORKERS WORKERS SCHOOL
SMASH FRAME-UP!.STUDENT SENDOFF
De fen Sc Conference
Thursday After Work

q NEW YORK.-The Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union has issued
, a circular pointing out the attempt
of the employers to hamstring the
union by arresting its active mem
bers and leaders on frame up
charges, and either keeping them in
Jail or bankrupting the union with
bail bond payments.
With depleted treasury because of
the strikes in the recent past and
some still going on, there are 81 &C
tive workers facing trial on serious
charges, with bail amounting to $685.
500. Among them are: Irving Potash,
Secretary of the Industrial Union;
Jack Schneider; Isidor Weissberg;
Joseph Winogradsky, and Rubin
Berger, all organizers of the union
The others are all active workers.
Two workers are held for deporta-
lion All of the twenty-one were
framed-up because they were in the
q. forefront of the struggles for better
conditions.
In order to organize the fullest
support and to establish a permanent
Defense Fund, the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union is calling
a defense conference of all its shop
charimen, all connections in open
and company union shops, Trade
Department representatives, and al
secretaries of opposition groups in
company unions locals. This confer
ence will be held on Thursday, May
q, right after work, in the Union
Hall, 13i West % Street.
Take up the question of the
framed needle trades workers among
the workers in your shop and in your
trade go upI Rally to the workers
who are being framed up because
they fought for your interests! Come
to the Defense Conference! Bring
financial contribution from the
workers of your shop to this con-
ference!" says the Industrial Unions
letter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
BOXING TOURNEL
ON SAT-, MAY 3Oth
LSU Sports Meeting
Despite AAU

NEW YORK.-FinaI arrangements
for the Spartakiad Championship
Boxing Tournament have been made
and the following resolutions regard
ing the meet have been adopted:
That the boxing tourney originally
scheduled to take place at Belmont
Park, Garfield, N. j.. Sunday, May
81, in conjunction with National
Youth Day, has been changed to sat
lrday, May 80, at the same place at
Z pm.
That the boxing meet will be
staged despite the fact that the A.A.
u, bosses sport organization, has
notified the L.S.U. that a boxing
license costing $50 must be obtained
from them before they will allow the
boxing matches to go on. The "A.
u. demands also that their officials
supervise the meet.
The Labor Sports Union as the
only works. sport organization rep
resenting thousands of worker ath-
letes throughout the S., will not be
inundated by any opponent boss
sport organization, and justifies its
stand in ignoring the demands of
the A.A.U. The L.S.U. has its own
competent referees.
The L.S.U. places no restrictions on
anyone wishing to enter this boxing
tournament which will decide the
delegate who will be eligible to COM
pete in the Spartakiad in Berlin next
July. The L.S.U. harbors no color
distinctions as is attested by the
many negro athletes that have been
won into its ranks.
Entry blanks can be obtained in
person or in writing to Labor Sports
Union, Q w. 18th st., Room 3o9 New
York City, and must be sent to the
above office not later than May &c
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
Madison So. JObless
Council Makes Job
Council Cough Up

NEW YORK.-Another gang of
job sharks were forced to give in to
the demands of the Madison Square
Unemployed Council delegation to
refund money for a misleading job
An unemployed painter paid SIS to
the Herald Square Agency. When he
applied for the job at a paint shop
he was told he would have to work
IL hours day for $131 a month.
The worker refused to take the job,
and demanded his fee from the
agency. Like all sharks the Herald
Agency refused.
When the Madison Square Council
was informed of this the picked squad
of members acquainted with such
sharks set out. They brought back
the IS and returned it to the
painter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
TUUC TO HOLD
SECTION MEETS
Aid Jobless Councils;
s Hrs for Firemen

NEW YORK. - The Trade Union
Unity Council discussed the question
of unemployment at its meeting
Thursday night and also gave special
consideration to the recent strikes
in N ew York. The decision was made
to hold Section Conferences to build
up the Unemployed Councils.
To support the Scottsboro defense
campaign each Union and League
will be required to assign a minimum
of two members to visit organiza-
tons and rally all to save the lives
of the young Negro workers.
The T. U. U. C. also took up
communication received from the
firemen of New York City request
ing the support of the T. U. U. C.
in their demand for the 8-hour day,
The council decided to endorse the
campaign while at the same time
pointing out to the firemen's organi-
cation that this can be accomplished
only through militant struggle and
leadership.
The Food Workers situation was
discussed and proposals made for
fighting injunctions and driving
wedge into the large trustif1ed food
factories to organize the workers.
This discussion is to be continued at
the next meeting of the T. U. U. c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
SendOff for Natl
Training School
Grads on May u

The National Training School
which graduates 81 students on We'd
nesday evening, May u, calls on all
workers organizations to purchase
tickets at once for the event and to
prepare to participate in what prom
ises to be one of the most enthu-
siastic send-offs to a body Of Com
munist fighters who will be sent into
the field for action.
VIM. z. Foster is scheduled as the
main speaker with additionl fetureS
tht promise to pck Manhattan Ly-
ceum to capacity. Tickets are on
sale at the Workers Book Shop and
the Workers School, so E. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
Big Graduation Affair
May 27

NEW YORK-Students who have
been through rigorous training for
the class struggle will be graduated
from the National Training School
Wednesday evening, May 81, with a
mass meeting and concert to follow,
for which preparations are now un-
der way to make this the most i'm
presSive send-off the Workers School
has thus far arranged for a student
body.
VIM. z. Foster will speak. The
program includes a String Ensemble,
also the WIR chorus, and dancing
after the program.
The 81 students who we're enrolled
this term have declared that they
feel far better equipped than before
to enter the field of active partici-
patton in the task of organizing the
masses of workers of this country for
the revolutionary movement, and in
giving the workers the correct revo-
lutionary leadership"
All workers and working class or
carnations are urged to obtain tick
cts in advance for the affair on the
27, which will be held at Manhattan
Lyceum, &c East 4th Street, as the
advance sale of tickets already in
dicates the hall will be, packed to
capacity. Tickets are SOC, obtainable
at the Workers School and Bookshop
so East 18th Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
JOBLESS CUTTERS
HIT PIECE WORK
Expose Orlofsky; Put
Up Real Relief Plan

NEW YORK.-The Cutters Unem-
ployed Committee, rank and file
organization Of members of Local 4,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, has
issued letter to the jobless and en-
ployed alike, in their union. The
letter denounces the referendum ballo
issued by the Orlofsky clique in the
local This ballot proposes The &C.
hour week with standard of prOiGc-
ton, and continuation of the ten per
cent assessment supposed to be for
unemployed relief, but most of which
the jobless don't get.
The unemployed cutters committee
points out to other unemployed cut
tiers that there is grave danger that
the jobless may vote for this sugar
coated poison pill because it seems
to give them chance to work. But.
the committee shows, the standard of
production to make the cutters do a
44-hour day in 36 hours, with only
SO hours pay, will not help the I'M
employed.
Another Proposition
The committee calls on all cutters
employed and unemployed, to be at
the special meeting of the local to-
morrow, and fight to have another
proposition put on the ballot. This
would be for a real 40-hour week,
and then for the cutters to work SO
hours, and let the jobless have the
other eight hours. The assessment
should be stopped, which would then
leave the employed cutters getting
the same as they have now, and the
jobless getting some work. This prop
osition has already been adopted by
the membership and approved by the
executive of Local 4, but is ignored
by the officials.
Open Treacnery
The Cutters Unemployed Com
mittee points out in the letter:
EFT was announced in the Daily
News Record that negotiations with
the bosses will start on Monday,
May 18, and also that the bosses are
demanding especial yto reduce con-
ditions of the cutters, standard of
production, which would eventually
establish piece work, as they did
among the tailors. Before even the
officials of the Amalgamated had a
chance to officially meet with the
bosses, the question of a standard of
production had already been raised
at our local meetings and our Of
ficials propagandised the cutters to
vote for it. This action on the part
of the officials will undoubtedly give
aid an dcomfort to the bosses in their
attempt to force the standard of
production on the cutters (piece
work."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
Need Housing for
Young Workers May 80

At the coming First National
Youth Day we expect to have in New
York several hundred young workers
These workers are coming from other
districts. The New England district,
the Connecticut district and the
Philadelphia district. The problem OF
housing these young workers that
will come to participate in all the
events that will be held in Passalc
and also in the Spartakiade (Sport)
finals that will be held in the city
New York City, will be a big one.
We need the names and addresses Of
all comrades that can house some
one Immediately, Young Communist
League, 35 E. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
MEXICAN NATIVES HUNT FOR
SHARK FINS

The natives of Magdalena Bay off
the coast of Lower California, pos
session of Mexico, have one of the
must unusual occupations ever heard
of-tl1at of catching sharks for the
sole purpose of using their fins.
The shark fins are removed by the
Mexicans, dried in the sun and sold
to the Chinese. This unusual dish
was one of the amazing discoveries
of the fishing expedition led by Har-
old Austin into the Southern waters
where monsters Of the Deep" was
filmed. It is now playing at the Ca
meo Theatre.
The Hippodrome bill this week in
cludes: King Drawn, Keller Sisters
and Lynch, Milo ?, Franklin D'Amore
and Company, Billy Wells and -Four
Fays, Bert Ford and Pauline Price,
and Five Hot Shots. The screen
feature is Gun Smoke" with Bill
Boyd, Richard Arlen and Fay Wray.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
MdneuVerS Over N. Y. Sat.
Part of Anti>SoViet War Move

maneuver for which the bosses govt
will spend three million dollarso
This rehearsal for war again gives
the lie to Wall Streets declaration
at the recent meeting of the Inter
national Chamber of Commerce in
Washington where Hoover talked
world peace" and reduction of arm
amentS.
The bloodthirsty nlihtarism of Wall
st, Imperialism is driving ahead for
war, against the Soviet Union which
challenges its existences. Hoover
talks peace" to befog the issue, and
the delegates of the imperialist ma
tons are gathering at Geneva to
talk about the economic crisis, to
hide war preparations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

NEW YORK--Next Saturday at
Battery Park 672 war plans will
maneuver overhead. A similar eXX-
hibition of the strength of the U. S,
imperialist war machine was carried
out in Detroit and in Chicago this
week. The Night Air Raid" which
was scheduled to take place over New
York on May % was cancelled. The
socialist party, tool of the bosses
govt claiming some credit for this
change of program in the interests of
world peace" and the safety of New
York's population which might be in
iured when 36 heavy bombing planes
90 into action over the city, dropping
high power candle flares.
The attack" on New York is the
second part of the yearly army air
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
RELIGIOUS MAN
SEES TINE LIGHT
Mohel's Business Bad;
Jobless Stop Eviction

NEW YORK. - The Down Town
Branch of the Lower Manhattan IN
employed Council was called on for
help yesterday by Rev. A. Primer
man, II year old Nobel (cir-
cumsizer) and Performer of Mar
riageS," who has lived II years at
1l6 East Fourth Street, and owes six
months rent He stated that the
. religious ceremonies are no longer so
popular, and when performed, the
poorly paid or unemployed workers
can not pay for them. His land
lrod had thrown him out. He stated
that although a religious man, he
now realizes that only the action of
the workers through their own Or
ganiZations can help them.
The council went down and put
his furniture back, held mass meet
ing and explained the issues, and or
ganized the tenants in the house
Zimmerman spoke at the meeting and
pledged to support the jobless coun-
Oil
~ Collect Wages
A member of the Bronx Boro Hall
branch of the unemployed council
was told by Mrs. j. Veteran, his
lsndlady at 66l East 222 Street, that
she would not pay him for services
h H., u i A
to see her and collected $40 for him,
after lengthy argument.
The landlady thought so we'll of
the committee as collectors that she
then offered to pay one of them
fee if he would collect some back
rent for her from a tenant. They
broke the news to her that they were
on the other side of that quarrel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

The Unemployed Council of
Brownsville meets daily at IL am.
at the Brownsville Youth Center, 10
Osborn Street, Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

Use your Red Shock Troop Lisa
every day ON your job. The worker
next 20 you viii help save the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
What's On

TIESDAN--
brighton Beach Center
40 Neptune Ave. with co-opera-
tion Of The Workers Iabora tory
Theatre has called meeting to or
ganizo a dramatic section at $50 p. m.
All Brighton and Coney Island young
and adult workers are invited TO
come.
Workers xServicemcn's League
Open air meeting at Both ST, and
Lexington Ave. at g y. M = ,A...is...
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

pelrs Pulitzer Prize Play. "Alison's
House" at the Ritz Theatre.
Gale Sondergaard replaces Eva lie
Caffeine in the cast this evening
and Janet Young takes Josephine
Hutchinson's role.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

The history of all hitherto ex-
listing society is the history of class
struggIe.--MARx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19
"Pinafore" Opens At
the Erlanger Tonight

Milton Abor will bring his second
Gilbert and Sullivan production,
"Pinafore" to changers Theatre this
evening. This operetta is now some
fifty years old Fay Templeton, who
played in "Pinafore" many, many
seasons back, will have the role of
Buttercup. Other players include:
Frank Moulan, Joseph Macaulay,
Howard Marsh, William Danforth
and Ruth Altman.
"Old Man Murphy" a comedy by
Patrick Kearney and Harry Wag-
staff Gribble is scheduled for this
evening at the Royale Theatre. Tr-
thur Sinclear and Marie O'Neill of
Dublin head the cast.
At the Vanderbilt Theatre tonight
Mark Linder's new melodrama THE
Honor Code" will have its first show
ing. The chief players are: Betty
Eastman, Jack HARDWOOD, Valeria
Bergere and Marian Mattista,
Philip Merivale in death Takes
Holiday" returns this evening for
limited engagement at the Shubert
Theatre. Others in the cast of Al
berto Casella's fantastic comedy in
cludes Viva Birkett, Helen Vinson,
Ralph Locke, Wallace Erskine and
Olga Birkbeck. The play had long
run here last year
The opening of Billy Roses revue,
Cray Quilt" starring Fannie Brice,
Phil Baker and Ted Healy, scheduled
for last Thursday, will be open at
the 44th st. Theatre tonight. The
delayed opening is due to the failure
of the costumers to function in time
for the earlier date.
Elmer Harris new comedy. "A
Modern Virgin will be presented
Wednesday evening at the Booth
Theatre. The cast is headed by Roger
Pryor, Margaret Sullivan, Nicholas
JOY Lola Raine and Claudia Morgan.
Stanley Logan directed the comedy.
Lee Shubert will continue the en-
gagement Of the Civic Repertory
Companys production Of Susan Glas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-19

GIVE YOUR ANSWER TO HOO
vER'S PROGRAM OF HUNGER,
WAGE CUTS AND PERSECUTION!