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Evening star., 1931-06-26
CHURCHES MERGE
TO ELECT LEADER
Congregational and Christian
Denominations Name Los
Angeles Man.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, June 26.--Act-
ing as unit instead of two separate
denominations, the General Council OF
the Congregational and Christian
Churches got down to business at It's
convention here today.
The denominations merged yesterday
and elected DR.. c. S. Patton of Los
Angeles as moderator of the Congre-
gational Church and co-executive OF the
combined groups.
At joint session DR.. Fred B. Smith,
retiring moderator of the Congrega-
tional Church, urged a vigorous educa-
tional program for the promotion Of
peace.
THE greatest issue before the hu-
man race" he said, ''in its political,
economic, social, moral and religious
life is the preservation of good will and
peace among nations and races of the
world. We have not developed any
real scientific methods of educational
procedure to end war. We, have failed
to teach our youth the basic principles
upon which world peace must be
founded and the fallacy Of the war
system
The union of the Congregational and
Christian denominations gave birth to
an organization of more than 1000 900
members in 6,670 congregations
bhOuSAIOuI Vic OulISu OIdlSS.
Southern Churches Involved.
Most of the Christian churches in
Volved are in the Southeast and the
Mississippi Valley States, Delegates
said the consolidation was the largest
to take place in this country.
The Christian Church contributes a
membership of 125,0OO and the Con-
gregational organization $4,000. The
Christian sect will elect a president
who will serve with DR.. Patton as CO.
moderator. The co-moderators will
serve until 1895, after which one execu-
tive will head the consolidated Or
ganiZation.
Missions Already United.
Foreign missions of the two groups
already have been consolidated under
the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, operating in 16
countries.
Leaders of the merger negotiations
expressed the belief that the consoli-
dation represented new trend in or
ganized religion and that similar action
among other bodies would follow. Hope
was expressed that merged group
under the name of the United Church
Of Christ in America eventually would
be formed.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

would impair the navigation Of the
Hudson Secretary Hurley will make
the trip to New York in an Army air.
plane. .-.a.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-12-26
ISL FOR

acsnai eutput Of 80 barrels daily.
operators believe that when
the pipe Is in position to protect
the eand from eayinga. a pump
teat VIA she hole cleaned. VIII
ehew a production Of around leo
barrels daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Quick Action by
u. c.. Stops Eviction I.
of SickWOmanW Yorker

NEW YORK. - The eviction of a
sick, elderly woman. was prevented
yesterday through the quick, militant
action of the Unemployed Council.
A typical case OF extreme poverty
in Our" wealthy city, her rent, S12
month for hole in a fire-trap,
was five weeks overdue. Ignoring
her condition, the landlord, who
probably is over-fed, sent her an evic-
ton notice. This, however, came
into the hands Of the Unemployed
Council, which Immediately prepared
to stop the eviction.
AS soon as she heard that the
Unemployed Council was taking the
case in hand, the district Alderman
was moved ito the heart, because the
record Of the Unemployed Council
for stopping evictions is great). With
all speed, the thin dollars were rushed
from his fat bank-roll and sent to
her landlord, who will wait for an
other opportunity to terrorize the old
woman.
Tonight and tomorrow night there
will be mass meetings at 9th Street
and Avenue B in protest against the
bosses eviction drive against the un-
employed workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Walk Out on B'klyn
Traitor Paste
Workers Hit Betrayal
of Scottsboro Nine

BROOKLYN, July 20. - When he
lined up with the Alabama bosses
and their N. A A. c. P. allies and
denied permission to address his
congregation to delegation sfronl
the Flatbush United Front Scots
boro Defense Committee, the Rev.
w. L. Storrs last Sunday night found
himself with an empty church on his
hand.
Rev. Storrs is pastor of the Salem
Baptist Church at Snyder Avenue
and Veronica Place, Brooklyn. He
had agreed to permit an appeal for
the Scottsboro boys in his church
Sunday night. When, however, the
delegation arrived, Rev. Storrs told
them that he had changed his mind
that he would not permit an appeal
for the boys and that he was taking
his instructions from the N. A. A. c..
P.
When the workers in his congre-
cation learned this they became fur
ious and walked out en- masse. There
was no evening service in that church
Sunday evening. The workers gath
cred instead on the sidewalks to
read the leaflets that were being
handed out and to buy copies of the
Liberator and discuss the Scettsboro
case and the traitorous action OF
their pastor.
The pastor then extended his
treachery step further by calling
the police to drive the workers of
the sidewalks. In spite of the fact
that eight car loads Of police thugs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Organize for Miners
Relief in Brooklyn
United Front Meet

A United Front Conference TO Or
ganize mass support for the striking
miners was held at the Bath Beach
Workers Club. AZ Bay % ST., Brook
Ign, on Sunday, July 49, The ques-
ton of supporting the miners was
taken up with miners committee
and the conference fundamentally
and enthusiastically decided to help
raise relief for the striking miners
by holding open air meetings, by ar
raigning affairs and also making
house to house canvass of the ter
ritory Among the organizations
which participated in the conference
were the International Labor De-
Tense, the International Workers
Order, the Women's Council the
Workers Jewish Childrens School
and the Communist Party. An open
air meeting was arranged for Thurs
day night at $50 to be held at
Bay II ST. and 86 ST. All workers
are urged to attend this and all other
meetings arranged by the permanent
Relief Committee which was elected
by the Conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Brooklyn Stations
For Miners Relief
Now Established

A number of stations have been
established in Brooklyn for the col
lection of relief for the striking min
erS. These stations are located as
follows: Penn-Ohio Striking Miners
Relief Committee, 1874 Pitkin Ave.
and 962 Suffer Ave; East New York
Aulturn Club, 524 Vermont Ave. (:
Hinsdale Club, 313 Hinsdale ST.. :;
Schulz 2. 1865 st. Marks Ave. !;
Brownsville Culture Club, 11s Bris-
toll St; Canarsie Shule 1914 Ram
son St; Shule 3, 60S Stone Ave; IN
ternational Labor Defense. 1854 Pit
kin Ave, and Eastern Parkway Shule,
POI Utica Ave Collect food and
shoes from your neighbors and
storekeepers and send or bring them
to one Of these stations Help the
striking miners in their struggle
against the starvation the bosses
want to impose upon them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Bronx United Front
Conference Makes
Aug. | Preparations

Sixty-five workers organizations,
represented by IA delegates, met in
the Bronx on July II and laid down
plans to mobilize the workers of the
Bronx for the Aug l anti-War dem
onStration.
A Bronx demonstration will be
held On Saturday, July IS, at 3 pm.
at 18Th St. and Brook Ave. and a
march will follow from there to
l6lst St. and Prospect Ave.
Thousands Of workers will partici-
pate in this march. Every organiza-
ton will march under its own ban
ner. The Red Front Fighters" Band
will furnish revolutionary music.
The conference went on record to
aid the heroic miners strike and
participate in helping TO put the
Communist Party on the ballot in
the coming elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
ONE BIG PICNIC
AUG. 2 BY TUUL
Wide Support from
Workers Societies

Indications are that the Trade
Union Unity League will have g
huge success at its One Big Picnic,
to be held at Pleasant Bay Park on
Sunday, Aug. 2. An enormous crowd
is expected. The picnic has already
received wide support. Over thirty
organizations have bought blocks of
tickets, among these being the N. Y.
District League Of Struggle for Ne
gro Rights, United Council Of Work
ing Women, N. Y. District Interna-
tional Labor Defense, Labor Sports
Union and all unions such as food
needle, shoe, etc. Many language
societies, such as the central organ
izations of the Finnish, Scandina-
Wan, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, German
Workers, have also bought blocks of
tickets.
The plan of entertainment calls
fer action in all parts of the park
all day long. Among the societies
expected to take part in the pro-
gram are Artef, Workers Cultural
Federation, Freiheit Mandolin Or
chestra. Workers Laboratory The
atre, Prolet Buehno, several large
societies, and the Labor Sports Union
with boxing, wrestling, soccer and
many other attractions.
Come to the One Big Picnic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Cry Reds to Hide
Police Brutality
Ice Cream Seller Is
Beaten to Ground

Forced to sell ice cream to support
his family of six, Sam Bernardo, a
worker was made the victim Of po-
lice brutality at the eastern entrance
of Crotona Park, the Bronx, Sunday
evening.
When Bernardo refused to stop
selling upon orders of police Serg-
cant he was set upon and beaten
10 the ground by another police
man. A crowd gathered and eX-
pressed their indignation at the
wanton brutality of the police. One
wodan tried to intercede for the ice
cream seller and was received for
her efforts by being sent sprawling
over the sidewalk.
Bernardo was arrested and held
for selling ice cream, without per-
nit
The capitalist press tried to re-
present the elementary resentment
of the crowd as planned demon
stration of Communists and tried to
hide the facts OF the police brutal
ity. The Daily News carried stream
head in an inside page captioned,
q, 900 Reds Beat 3 Police in Bronx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
WIN RIkE AT
REINER & BERk0W
To Show Up A. F. of l..
Misleaders

NEW YORK. - After week Of
picketing the boss of Reiner & Ber-
kow had to accept all of the men
to return to work this morning with
out discrimination.
The boss tryed to fire worker af-
ter submitting to the demands of
no piece-work and wage scale pro-
posed by the shop committee, The
Jewery Workers Industrial Union
supported this shop strike and the
policy of the Union was proved in
action. A special organization meet
ing will be called soon to show up
the A. F. of L. Jewelry Assn in its
policy of calling for fake general
strike but opposing shop strikes, and
not help the shop committee of
Reiner & Berkow to win the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
TWO in COURT FOR
RESISTING TERROR
CopDrewGun to Smash
Up Open Air Meet

NEW YORK.--Two workers, John
w. Jenkins and Richard A. Manning
were arrested Saturday night after
a policeman tried to break up an
open-air meeting at 18th st. and
University Place The workers were
held in $4,000 bail each on charges
of felonious assault, and will come
up for a hearing this morning in
Fourth District Court, 1853 E. 57th
st. Jacques BWtenkant, attorney
for the New York District of the
International Labor Defense, will
defend them.
The meeting was held by the
Workers E-Servicemen's League. AT
10 O'Clock Patrolman Stephen Cwick
came on the scene and demanded
that the meeting dispense. The work
ers refused, whereupon the cop be-
gan using his muscles on some of
them. The workers did not allow
themselves to be inundated and
fought back Three times the cop
tried to pull out his gun and each
time he was knocked down. Police
reserves finally arrived and rescued
what was left of the cop. They ar
rested jenkins and Manning.
The New York District Of the I. L.,
D., through its secretary, Carl
Hacker. issued statement de-
nouncing this attack on a workers
meeting The statement points out
that the corner of 14th st. and Uni
versity Place is used every night by
working-class organizations for meet
ings and will continue to be so used
despite the attacks of the police. The
LID. calls all workers to fight for
the release of Jennings and Man
ming
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Preachers, r b b is.
Ministers Will Bless
the Attack on Soviet
Union

TN every war waged by the
American people in defense of the
nation, clergymen have volunteer
ed and have rendered patriotic
service afieId and afloat."
Hearst, N Y. American, June
5th, 1880.
DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION
AGAINST THE ATTACK OF THE
BANKERS AND THE BOSSES;
HELPED BY THE SKY-PILOTS.
DEMONSTRATES ON AUGUST
FIRST AGAINST IMPERIALIST
WAR!
s'When / was in the ministry
tried to keep men out of hell.
Now, that / am on the munitions
board, ] am seeking to blow the
Germans where they belong"
Rev. George Adam, National
War Work Council, Y. M. G. A,
october %, 1917
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
INCREASE DAILY
WORKER" SALES
Red Builders S h o w
Good Progress

NEW YORK.-The Red Builders
Club has had an increase in its sales
and activities during the past week
Interest in events taking place in
Germany has been factor, street
sales taking sudden squirt in res
ponse to the slogans: Revolution
near in Germany" German workers
prepare general strike"
With the release Of Comrades
Stokes and Turner, subway sales
have been picking up. More sellers
are going from train to train, and
find this the quickest method Of sell
ling The Comrades of the Units
who have bundles to dispose of could
well take this hint.
Large sales at open air meetings
of the Red Builders has been an
other feature Of the week Comrade
Williams has been most active in
carrying on these meetings. Nearly
every night large meeting has been
held, and the paper has been sold
from the platform. Sales have aver
aged hundred and fifty copies a
meeting.
New sellers come In, one of the
stars being little Harold Hunt, who
is seen mornings by the subway en-
trance on Union Square. He sings
out the slogans and has good sales.
Forty thousand coal miners on
strike against starvation conditions"
Rear about another war coming!
Read all about It'll"
A reorganization meeting of the
full membership will be held next
Sunday morning at the headquarters,
81 East 10th Street A definite plan
of assignments has been worked out,
each Red Builder to work in his or
her own territory. and carrier routes
TO be the basis of the organization
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
TRAITORS LAUD
BOSS WATCH DOGS
Moore, Morton, Etc, at
Police Ceremonies

NEW YORK. - With unemployed
Negro workers being brutally beaten
up by the police, with meetings and
demonstrat tons against the Scots
boro legal lynching being attacked
and broken up by the bosses watch
dogs. the Negro uncle Tom reformists
OF Harlem once more exposed their
traitorous role of bosses lackeys by
participating Wednesday at the cere-
monies for the opening Of the new
police station in Harlem.
Chief among the Negro toadies of
imperialism functioning at the ceIe-
bration we're Alderman Fred Moore
and Municipal Civil Service Commits
sioner Ferdinand @. Morton, both no
Corious for their long record Of be-
trayais of the struggles Of the Negro
masses
Mayor Walker. speaking at the
ceremoies attempted TO interpret the
increasing use of Negro policemen
against the Negro masses as proof
that there was no race prejudice in
the Police Department This is the
same Jimmy Walker who while gall
Ivanting over Europe a few years
ago attempted to have Negro
thrown out of an italian cabaret
The Negro masses are not fooled by
the increasing use of Negro police
men. They know Negro policemen,
Ike Negro Landlords, can be just as
vicious as white policemen and white
landlords They saw Negro policemen
viewing with white policemen in the
vicious attack on white and colored
workers who dared to demonstrate
against the legal mass murder of the
9 Scottsboro Negro boys, and against
the oppression Of the Negro People
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
GREET STRUGGLES
OF CUBAN YOUTH
Young Communists in
Pledge of Aid

NEW YORK-A resolution sup
porting the struggles Of the Young
Communist League of Cuba against
the bloody terror of the Machado
regime was passed by the Sixth Con-
vention of the Y. C. L. The resolu-
ton reads as follows:
The Sixth National Convention
of the Young Communist League of
the United States of America greets
the heroic struggles which the Young
Communist League of Cuba is con-
Quoting against the bloody agent of
United States imperialism, the die
tatorial regime of Machado.
1.-THE Sixth National Convention,
which has reviewed in the light of
the severest self criticism its past &C
tivities, has dealt with its past fail
ure of not considering your strug-
giles as an organic part of our strug-
giles against our common enemy,
United States imperialism, and its
failure to mobilize the working class
youth in the United States for soil
darity with your struggles.
THE Sixth National Convention
pledges itself to earnestly overcome
our past impermisable indifference to
your struggles and to mobilize the
working class youth in the United
States Of America in solidarity with
your fight and those of the colonial
toiling youth in general.
Down with Yankee imperialism
Our common exploiter! Long live
the working class youth solidarity!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
BY w. L. PATTERSON

NEW YORK. 49, Two American
parasites, Martin johnson and his
wife have Just returned from a
hunting tour in Africa. They brought
back with them many animals and
two Native Uganda boys, all Of
whom they put in the New York
zoo. The Native boys we're Gagged
with the animals. No distinction was
made No jim Crowism permitted
The New York Times of July 6
said The two Africans have in
sisted on staying in the Zoo, where
they sleep on the floor of a vacant
pen IN the elephant house, with the
Jchnson's three gorillas and two
chimpanzees as companions and
with an elephant in the next pen
as their nearest neighbors, the two
large gorillas are. Gagged, but the 40
pound baby gorilla and the two
chimpanzees about the same size are
permitted the freedom of the pen
by the two black boys
This vicious lie about the boys,
insisting on staying in the Zoo has
been used to cover the viciousness
and shamelessness of these vulgar
parasites. While. millions Of workers
they have robbed were starving in
the Streets Of America, these bloody
parasites were enjoying IAN extern
siye hunting tour in Africa. They
returned with their captured ami
mails and with their captured slaves.
These native BOYS who have no
knowledge of the language of this
country are treated worse than
slaves. they are treated like animals
only fit to live in pens in the Zoo.
Never was the viciousnesS and
utter dapravity Of the capitalist sys-
TEN more sharply brought out. Here
the capitalist attitude toward the
colonial peoole is unmiStak8ble clear.
the lying propaganda Of the capital
ist press about the desires of these
Negro bows is but an attempt to
further strengthen the vicious SIAN
Ger about the inherent inferiority of
the Negro peoples. The imperialists
On every si6e fcrcibly hold back the
cultural development Of the Negro
people The few mission schools
which exist in Africa are there only
to morally persuade the natives to
ACCEPT their terrible poverty and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
OenOunceS Caging of Native
African Boys In Central Park
Zoo As Boss Insult to Negro
William L. Patterson Explodes Lie of Para
sites That Uganda Visitors Prefer to Sleep
With the Animals

misery. The Jim Grow schools IN
America, many of them also church
schools have the same role to play.
Through these lying dens of capt.
ahst propaganda the Negro masses
are taught that their present day
in slavement the lynching and mob
violence is part Of the divine order
of things. No attempt is made to
do other than to deepen supersti-
lions beliefs and fill them with false
hopes of a non existing future after
death Every effort is made to create
in them distrust for the white work
ers whose exploitation is almost
equal to their own
The Native African Union of AM
erica Inc, has sent an appeal to the
British Consul General to take ac-
ton IN the matter
The Native African Union of AM
erica Inc. seems to be completely
unaware of the true conditions of
things. In Africa under British i'm
perialist rule 85.O00,0O0 Negroes are
treated as these boys in the Central
Park Zoo. Only the native chiefs
who have betrayed them to their
British masters, only these native
intellectuais trained in English
schools and who have found a place
in the system of slavery and starv-
alton live better. Does the Native
African Union of America Inc, be-
lieVe that the representative of the
British Slave Drivers will make more
than a hypocriticaI publicity against
the American system of slavery? His
gesture will be made only to further
strengthen the illusions the native
people have in British Ruling Glass
Justice.
But where is the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People? If it were fighting the
battle Of the Negro masses surely
its face would be seen here. But
the NAACP is too busy carrying out
its historical role, attempting to
smash the growing unity of Negro
and white workers in a joint strug-
gle against the American system of
slavery and starvation. The NAACP
is too busy trying to help the Am
erican Slave Drivers burn the Nine
Negro boys Of Scottsboro to offer
aid to the Negro boys from Uganda.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
List of Miners
Relief Stations

Six main relief stations in New
York have been established for the
collection of food for the striking
miners. A horse and wagon at each
station will call for any food which
is contributed.
The depots are located at the fol-
lowing addresses.
Brooklyn: 1874 Pitkin Ave. 81 Ora
ham Ave, 40 Neptun Ave.
Bronx: $50 Westminster Ave, 14o0
Boston Road
Harlem: 237 East l06th st.
Central Depot $40 East Ninth ST.,
Manhattan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
"TOLANTHE" AT ERLANGER'S.

The Gilbert and Sullivan opera,
"Iolanthe'. sixth feature of the sum-
mer comic opera series at Changers
goes into its second week tonight to
be succeeded a week hence BY a
double-bill. Trial by Jury" and "Pi-
nafore', with Fay Templeton COM
ing back to sing Buttercup in the
nautical Peretta Both THE Trial"
and "Pinafore" will be staged in their
entirety, states director Milton
Aborn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
Arrest Stokes Again
for Selling DAILY
Worker" in Subway

NEW YORK.-Lorenzo Stokes, re-
Gently released after serving six
months sentence for selling the
Daily Worker in the subways, was
again arrested by company detec-
tiveS July l6 and held on similar
charges,
Stokes is out on $50 bail, pending
a trial at the Eighth District Police
Court on Friday, July "a,
Stokes was picked up by detec-
tives when he was selling the Daily
Worker in Lexington Ave, subway
at 180th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
BY RYAN WALKER

were rushed to the scene, the work
ers militantly stood their ground.
So militant we're they that the police
did not dare to arrest the working
class leaders present, including Will
liam L. Paterson and Harold Viii
liams, both of the League of Strug-
gle for Negro Rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21
HIPPODROME.

On the screen: Helen Twelvetrees
in Women Of Experience" with Will
liam Blackwell. Lew Cody and H. B.
Warner Vaudeville Elizabeth Nor
gan & Continental Revue, Charles
Nelson with Miss Irmanette, Felo-
Wis. Harry and Don Downing, Tim
Ryan and Irene Noblette, Snyder's
Wonder Bear. Earl La We're and Co.
and Larry Sander.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-21

One way Of defending the Soviet
Union is to spread among the
workers "Soviet Forced Labor"
by Max Bedacbt, 10 cents per copy.