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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Ministers to Meet.

DR.. George S. Duncan Of the Ameri-
can University will read paper on Pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Veterans Finding
Daily Worker Fights
for Their Interests

NATIONAL MILITARY HOME,
Misleading your Daily a worker
can learn more truth and gain more
and more knowledge in a short time
than reading any other labor news
paper for long period. wish I had
the price to help you financially
would be glad to do it. 1t is the
duty of all who can spare any
amount of money to help the Daily
going.
The workers Daily is the only pure
nourishment for the workers brain
in the hard struggle to unite the
unemployed and employed workers al
a class to fight for better conditions
against starvation and miserable
charity and for shorter hours with
a living wage for those on the job.
The capitalist principles are to
exploit the workers, accumulate more
and more wealth. They don't care
for the workers when there is no
profits to make. They don't give
q damn for the workers families
Miserable charity is their answer to
the starving unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
TRY SPLIT NEGRO.
WHITE MUSICIANS
Canavan in New Trick
on Musicians
(By a Worker Correspondent

(by a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-Just a line to let you
know what's happening In the Jew
ish theatres and the Musicians Union
Local 802. A. F. of L.
When the Jewish theatres closed
the Public Theatre owed the musi-
clans $S5 apiece and when they
opened they paid out the $35 on the
installment plan. On Sunday the
manager brought down 500 for ten
men and on Monday $40 for one
weeks work. The steward appointed
by the union) called up Eddy Cana
van, the appointed chairman of 802,
and asked him what to do.
Canavan told him to take as much
as they gave. On the eve of the last
election we had in Local 802 (they
call it an election) the old board
gave a dinner to all Negro musicians.
He told them that there was an un-
dercurrent trying to destroy the union
and pleaded with them to save the
union (that is his Job.
On election day about 500 Negro
musicians came down with cars that
made trips from Harlem to S6th ST..
and they had tickets printed and told
TO vote for every name that's on the
ticket. The names of the old board
members were on the ticket.
Eddy Caravan is appointed by Joe
Weber, president of the American
Federation of Musicians. There are,
thirteen men on the governing board
and we are only allowed to vote for
four, the rest being appointed. -.
At the last meeting one member
asked Caravan to resign because he
was appointed by Weber. They
have stool-pigeons hired that walk
around the floor and report every
thing they hear.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Communist Is Name
For Workers With
the Cuts to Fight
by a Worker Correspondent,


NEW YORK CITY.-On the corner
OF Broadway and Cortlandt St there
were standing two unemployed work
ers selling apples. The traffic COD
who is stationed at that corner came
over to one Of the workers and started
his conversation:
Cop--Move over to the other side,
Worker-I won't. I'm going to
stand here.
.Cop-The other guy was here be-
'ore you.
Worker--I don't care. I have to
make a living and I'm going to stand
here. | pay you every day and you
can't make me move!
Meanwhile a crowd had gathered,
with the two. worker and CRATER, in
the center. At the workers last state
ment, everybody looked at the COP,
expecting either denial or a blow
of a fist. But the cop was upset at
The workers straightforward talk and
vas a bit afraid of the gathering
crowd. SO he answered: You don't
link that you are doing me a favor,
do We? You must be one Of those
Communists. with the emphasis on
the "mup)
And to the crowd he laughed ner-
usly and said: He says that he
lid me. I'll bet he's a foreigner. I'll
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
UNITED DRYDOCK
WORKERS TO PAY
FOR MADE JOBS
And Bosses Dare Call
It Relief!
by a Worker Correspondent

STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.-United
Dry Dock of Staten Island is serving
Hoover well in regards to the stagger
system. This company used to en-
ploy about 100 men.
This company is so generous that
last week it gave an order to form
an unemployment committee. Now
this committee has been formed, COM
posed of all foremen and bosses.
Foxy Trick.
The bosses committee decided to
give out some jobs at SIS cents an
hour, days a week, but you must
know that the money to pay these
people must be raised. Two-thirds
must be contributed by those men
that still have jobs and one-third
will be paid by the company, like
this company will get days Of work
and viii pay for one dag.
These extra men supposed to do the
yard cleaning jobs, but are given
painting jobs that before the COM
pany was paying IS cents to rs cents
an hour, so those who used to do this
painting job before are laid off and
their places taken by these extra men
at SIS cents an hour.
For Boss Profits.
So you will understand this COM
mittee will do four jobs, first help
a few unemployed, second lay off
those at rs cents an hour, third triple
the profit for the company, fourth
make big propaganda and spread all
kinds of confusion among the starvI
ing people. Workers, see through
this trick and organize for real una
employment insurance to keep alive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
CANADIAN FLOP
HOT 1SFS TANNED
WITH JOBTESS
Legion Breaks March
At Port Arthur
(By a Worker COrrespondent.)

(By a Worker Correspondent
ONTARIO, Can. Here are some of
the conditions along the St. Lawrence
River; In Toronto the Holy Flop
House Brigade" starvation Army
are getting $4,000 a year from the
city fer use of their flop house. This
house is packed with ex-soldiers.
They are not given anything to eat
and are thrown out at a. m to find
work. There are 100000 out of work
here, so you can imagine what chance
they have of getting anything to do.
Open Louise House"
At Oshawa, a few miles south Of
here, they opened a Louise House"
last week. This joint is in charge
Of paid social worker Forty ex-
soldiers camped at this place. The
breakfast which was handed out at
six in the morning consisted of muSh
and black coffee. After this great
handout the workers were rushed out
to the woodward to earn their meal.
ANY worker who isn't of this town is
chased out and left to starve.
At Port Arthur, north of here, there
was riot" of unemployed last week.
The old reliable "Strikebreaking
Legion" was called out and quickly
lid their stuff.
In Saskatchewan there are 600 un-
employed henlmed in for the winter.
They have plenty Of woodchopping
to do and are rewarded with some
hot soup,
Hanilton's Holy Flop Houses are
packed to the walls. And the walls
themselves are plastered all over with
signs telling them that Jesus Loves
Them" Every night the Carollers
come around and sing Good Rest
You Merry Gentlemen" Can you
imagine how merry these unemployed
are and how restful they can be lous-
ing themselves?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
FLOOR SCRAPERS
DRIVEN TO SPEED
Union" Is Silent On
This Point
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Brooklyn, N. Y.
AS. a parquet floor machine
scraper, I want to tell you under
what terrible speed up system we
are working. I know that no other
paper in the United States will print
this.
When the whistle blows at 8
o'clock, we have to hook ourselves
into the electric scraping machine
with a belt around our bodies, just
like a horse is hitched to a wagon.
We pull the machine around for 8
hours and no matter how much We
produce the boss is never satisfied.
He always keeps on telling us that
the next fellow gives him better
days work. And so we are forced
to work at top speed The dust from
the floor gets into your lungs and
the noise Of the machine makes you
deaf. When the days work is fin
ished we are knocked out men.
Wages Being Cut.
At every new job our wages are
being cut. The boss says that these
are bad times and he can't afford
to pay union wages and, therefore,
we must work for any amount he
offers us. That's how our wages get
smaller at every new job. Every
boss knows how many feet each man
can scrape for a day and he hires
the one who can do the most.
Our union" has never taken any
action against these bosses. Accord
ing to the union rule those bosses
are nothing but Jumpers" But the
delegate keeps mum about 1t, as long
as he is well creased with graft ano
we are exploited.
My opinion is that the only way
we will ever better our conditions Is
for all parquet floor machine work
ers to join the Trade Union Unity
League and fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

us in order to nut their greedy paws
on the Soviet Unior- riches. We
Ural workers declare: I'VE don't
want any war, but If the bourgeoisie
and its lackeys will dare to strike
out on us, they get a mighty blow.
We are ready at any moment to put
aside hammer and take up rifle. And
we know that our western comrades
will turn their guns upon their
bosses.
New Elections On.
At the present moment our fac
tory sections are busy re-electing
deputies to our city and district
Soviets. New deputies are being
elected among the workers, members
of the collective farming organiza-
lions and farmhands. The names OF
persons deprived of voting rights are
being posted on wa5r There's no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

But now the father is not working
and the mother cannot supply milk
any n ere, the ( d told her teach
er that she cannot buy 91y milk be-
cause ''er father Is : er Ioyed. SO
the TEACHER i To- lee
ture til t sb' g. drink milk for
her own he. she Mt a note
to the mother telling her not to wor-
~ about the money part, everything
will be o K. And whenever father be-
gins to work she will make 1t good.
Want Exploit Child.
One day the teacher called the girl
to her desk and asked her how old
she was. Fifteen, was the girls an
swer. How would you like to go tc
work and earn little money!" The
girl answered with Joy. Il certainly
would like to, If I could find work.
IN try to find some for you," said
the teacher. And so she did, ano
found a place for the girl to care fol
children In some rich home, from
p. m. till 1890 p. m, the wages to be
So for seven evenings. The girl. mind
you, goes to bed at 8 p. m. sharp sc
that she can do her school work, be
fit for the following days school. The
girl told the teacher she never went
out that late from home at night, anc
she would be afraid to go home alone
and therefore she couldn't take the
job. The teacher was very much
worked up about it, and told the CIR
that she was a fool If she, is afraic
and all her efforts were for nothing
And so this is the advice that thu
teachers of our capitalist schools give
the children. And my advice is t.
all mothers: Against these, miserable
conditions, organize and fight!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Mamt Indianapolis Ind 1obA On the March Real Unemployment Re
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
L-UnempIoyment of
unemployed worker and SIS additional
1.-THE creation of National Unemployment
raised by using unemployment
b levy all capital
all incomes $500 a year.
SThat the Unemployment md
administered
and unemployed workers.
All who sign the lists being circulated
HOna Campaign Committee for Unemployment its
sidiary organizations its
final form possibly amended meetings which raty
the delegation
sb amended by the delegation ITSELF The final of the
bill will follow the line the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
CHURCH TRIES TO
HIDE A SOUPIIIVE
Many Signing Up for
Jobless Relief

CleVeldIlQ, OlliO.
Daily Worker:
The Catholic church here in Cleve-
land which has soup line closed its
doors on New Years eve at 80 in
the afternoon because there vas no
more soup for the hungry men who
had been waiting line since early in
the morning. They only let in a few
men at time and then when they
are finished a few others are ad-
mitted. A big crowd was left hun
CRY.
We we're told that there would be
no soup distribution on. New Years
day. Why? The men were very
much put out about it. We know that
the reason is that the church officials
don't want to have bunch of hun
cry men around on a holiday to de-
tract attention of the prosperous who
attend the church. They are afraid
it will spoil the holiday spirit of the
bosses.
The men waiting on the line signed
the petition for unemployment insur-
ance without hesitation. In fact they
seemed to be very anxious to do so.
We collected over 50 signatures in a
few minutes. A lot of the men could
not sign their address on the blanks
because they didn't have any place to
stay.
Organizer, Unemployed Council g..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
JOBT .E,SS IN OKLA.
CITY STARVING
F arm ers Will Lose
Their Farms
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dear Editor
Workers conditions are getting
from bad to worse every day. Win
ter is here and the poor farmers and
unemployed workers will face hard
winter with starvation and misery.
A large per cent of the farmers in
Oklahoma will lose their farms and
the rental farmers will lose their
crops because they won't be able to
pay the mortgages on them, forcing
them to leave the farm for the city
where there is already mass unem-
ployment.
Bad Housing.
The housing conditions are terrible
in Oklahoma City. The workers are
forced to live in tents and shacks
made of old boards and tar paper
on the river bottoms.
There is one place the workers call
the Hoover Hotel under the viaduct
There are between Is and 50 unem-
ployed that sleep there every night
And yet there are hundreds of va
cant houses.
Make Demands.
So we workers must organize to-
gether and demand that all vacant
houses and buildings be turned ovel
to the unemployed workers and theil
families. And down with evictions
and support the unemployment in
surance bill. r. p.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

five years plan is being rushed in
four years. To begin with, let's take
Sverlovsk.
Many huge factories have been
built recently as well as a thorough
street car system, water works, sew
erage, etc. New works, including q
large machinery constructing plant,
one about to be Completed. Our
recent october celebrations have
been attended by 80 men strong
delegation of German Red Front
Fighters, They left Sverdlovsk con-
vinced that socialism has really been
put into life by the Ural workers.
But dear friends, our enemies are
doing their utmost to put spikes In
our wheels. You know that in Mos
COW, a number of persons, whose
bosses sit in Paris. are being tried
and they wanted to make war upon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

speed to the greatest extent, time is
being reduced to five days a week
where possible, and the same amount
of work mus be done in that period
as was done in six, contracts and
agreements are being violated, and
all on the pretext that the poor CD
railroads are going to financial ruin.
The workers were asked to take re-
duction in working time in order that
it would be unnecessary to furlough
men. what fluke". Immediately
cutting of forces was started, and they
are not through yet. The next on the
program, fellow railroaders, is an
actual cut in your wage rates, in
spite of the fact the class 1 rail-
roads in the first nine months of
1880 made q net profit of over $685.
100000 as compared with a net pro-
fit of $3O60O0,00O in the same period
of 1929, the best year the railroads
had ever experienced. this in face of
the dropping of the volume of bust
ness done.
The railroad workers must act, by
uniting into real fighting unions,
the Railroad Workers League under
the leadership of the T. U. U. L. and
fight INCREASINGLY 70 better our con-
ditions and force the bosses to dis
gorge their dll-gotten gains. by fore
ing a greater distribution of working
time to absorb the unemployed work
ers, and no reduction in our present
wages, in fact we must demand more.
"A Railroad Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
UNEMP. TEACHERS
TOLD TO STARVE
Joblessness Their Own
Problem
(By a Worker Correspondent


PORTLAND, Jan. 6.--The prob.
lem Of more teachers than Jobs Is
the concern of teachers only and they
must solve It," the bosses told ameet-
ing Of teachers here. This is in line
with the bosses attitude on the ex-
istence Of nearly 100000 unem-
ployed workers. The problem of more
workers than jobs is the problem Of
the workers only, they say. and the
unemployed can starve for all they
care so that they hold on to their
big profits.
In the meantime, the unemployed
teachers are protesting against the
platoon system, which is polite
term for the speed-up. Under this
system. a teacher who formerly
taught 80 children is now forced tt
handle IS children or more. Other
problems. such as hours and pay, also
reflect the exploitation of the teach.
ers. Thinking teachers who realize
that they are being used to mislead
workers children will now under
stand that the bosses give them the
same treatment as other workers.
Unemployed teachers must rally tc
the struggle for unemployed insur.
ance, must help organize the sigma
ture drive to make the bosses dis.
gorge their war funds for relief pur-
poses. White collared and blue COL
Jared workers have the same enemy
A fighting class union is the only
answer to speed-ups, wage-cuts anc
lay-offs. Join the Trade Union Unity
League and help build a fighting
teachers union!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
800 Bay City, Mich.
Families Must Live
On Hunger Charity

BAY CITY, Mich.-As I have a
title spare time / thought would
give you the conditions in Bay
City. This is a town of about
10000 population. We have over
800 families that are receiving
county aid. The Salvation Army
has a flophouse here which ac-
commodities about 40 men nightly.
The DefOe Boat Works has a
handful of men working. The COM
mon labOrerS receive IS cents per
hour for an eight hour day and
the ship carpenters receive so
cents per hour!
The General Motor Corp. is
practically closed down; those that
are working are getting 40 cents
per hour. The workers are very
militant here. All they require is
a leader.
Say If you would send me about
200 or 800 Daily Workers / would
distribute them gratis as 1 know
they had a sample paper that
would land lot of subs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
URAL WORKERS BUILD HUGE METAL CENTER
Tell OF uincibLe March of Socialism IN Soviet Union

place in the Soviets for kulaks,
czarist officers and priests and prof
iteers.
Now about our life: In our section
wages range from 100 to 100 roubles
per month. For our quarter we pay
IS kopecks per square metre monthly.
We feel proud Of every new factory.
Dear comrades we are far from one
another but we are brothers Of one
class and our task with you is to
overthrow capitalism and hoist the
red banner of Communism high over
the world.
Awaiting an early answer with
Communist greetings.
WORKERS OF the Sheet Iron
Section Of the Verk-Tsetsk
Metal Plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Mays Salesgirls
Are Fired After the
Christmas Rush
tBy a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-Tuesday evening.
Christmas Eve, large number Of
Macy employees we're discharged
without a moments notice. This
would not be surprising had 1t az
fected largely people who had been
hired for the holiday rush. The in
teresting and new thing about this
affair is that Macy has discharged
old employees en- masse. Section man
ayers informed these older employees
that they may be reinstated in the
near future. Thus, woman who had
worked their heads off during the
holiday rush, staying later than usu-
ally to arrange stock without any
compensation for this overtime work,
are deprived Of their salaries during
the time the store Is less active.
No reasons were given for the dis
charge. The lunchroom, the largest
place available, was used to pay off
throngs Of saleswomen.
AS is generally known, saleswomen
are not organized. AS things are.
Macy's rules supreme, and dictates
every damn thing to us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Spill the Beans
On Democracy"

NE WYORK-Oh! what a joke
The capitalist World spilled the
beans. 1t unintentionally told how
the choice of the people is picked by
cur democratic leaders in the board
Of aldermen
On Dec. 81, 1880, the World tolo
how Boss" Curry is going to name
somebody to succeed Miller as bor-
ough president. The paper reported
that many aldermen frankly admit
ted that they'll vote for whoever the
Boss" tells them We know our
selves that Curry and the capitalist
class are the only rulers, but thi;
added information should open the
eyes of some democrats who still have
faith in democracy. d..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
svERLovsK, U. S. S

SVERLOVSK, U. S. S
We are workers of he sheet iron
section of the Verk- Tsetsk metal
plant. We would like to hear from
our American brothers. Something
of your every days life, and in re-
turn we will give you an idea how
things stand in Sverdlovsk.
We repeatedly observe from the
papers of the numerous strikes in
the state, due to wage reductions, i'll
treatment of workers and so forth.
There's nothing Of that sort here.
Manager, foreman and rank and
file workers are all one, are all
friends. They are just our senior
comrades, that's all
Building Huge Center.
We are busy at the paramount
task of forming in the Ural district
huge rnetallurgical center. Our
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
5 Cent Sale
All Day Long
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK-The pret5el sellers
of Fourteenth Street no longer cry
their wares out loud, but stand silent
and shivering as the crowds hurry
by. Their day is from early morn
ing till late at night. Feeling hun
cry while passing three of them
punched close together on one cor
ner>of Union Square, fished up one
of my few nickels and handed it ovel
to the last of the three, woman
in ragged brown sweater and a
cheap coat. She held the nickel UP
in her hand and uttered loud
pooh" splitting on it. I stared az
her.. what's the matter? She
smiled, half-ashamed: Its for luck.
This is the first money I took in
today" 1 looked up at the big clock
in the square. 1t showed half-past
twelve.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
CAL. .J0BLESlS SHOT
GAME TO FEED THE
HUNCRY;;IS jailed
Other Toilers Aroused
to Protest
(By a Worker Correspondent

REDDING, Cal. Unemployed
workers being destitute and getting
desperate because of hunger, got
guns and went out in the woods
around here and in Shasta county
shooting deer to feed their families
Shooting of big game is out of sea
son now. Therefore 4 were arrested
and sentenced to $500 fine or 80 days
in jail They told the court they are
glad to go to Jail for they will get
their food and shelter there, while
their families by skimping can live
on vension they have provided When
they come out they will shoot again.
This aroused the workers in Red
ding. About $50 ment sent word of
protest on the arrest, telling the
authorities that they are going to do
the same unless work is provided for
hem Immediately. While California
has abundance of game we will re-
fuse to starve and will shoot any live
game that is fit for food and feed
our famished families" 5~.s ,.o-
That IS the spirit of miIitallcy that
workers are entering into Eight do
not starve' slogan is reaching more
and more workers every day. These
and other workers must be organized
for co-ordinated struggle under ban
ner Of the Communist Party and the
revolutionary T.U.UL.
A