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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

Leon Lift, new Daily Worker re-
preventative in Chicago, orders 5000
extra copies of the Daily Worker and
tells the story of the Chicago Daily
Worker conference of Is fraternal
organizations called together to lay
a permanent basis for building the
circulation and financial support OF
the Daily Worker.
Lift writes:
1--WE held a conference on Decem-
Der 81, with Is organizations and 80
delegates present. The conference
decided to constitute itself as a per
manent body for the building and
sustaining of the Daily Worker.
IAN executive committee was
elected, which met and decided the
council is to meet regularly, once
month, the first Sunday of every
month and that the month of
January is to be devoted to cam
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
women, preferably widows.
Also Owns Insurance Company.

Also Owns Insurance Company.
AS a sideline to his banking activi-
ties, Brandle runs a bonding and in
suranee company, the Branleygran
Corp. The writer had seen letters
written by Brandle threatening q
small builder with quick punishment
if he didn't Immediately buy his in
surance in Brandle'S office. without
exception, every builder and contrac-
tor in Jersey City, and almost every
one in Newark, is forced to buy his
insurance from Brandle. If he
doesn't. Brandle will call a strike. If
he does, and he rarely fails, he can
violate every rule on the union books
pertaining to the welfare and wage
scale of the workers on the job.
Wage scales in Jersey unions vary
with the amount of graft that the
employer pays Brandle. Thus the
scale in the Transfers Union is $4S
per week with an 8-hour day. Mem
bers of the union who work for Swift
& Co. work 10 hours day for $45 a
week. Mueller e. Co., the macaroni
manufacturers, pay members of the
union $39 per week at 10 hours a day,
Brandle, differing in no particular
from the employers who have been
profiting by the present crisis by
slashing wages and lengthening hours,
is cashing in on the plight of the
men in mis- unions, of whom about
rs per cent are now unemployed
When union members working on a
$14 scale are sent out on a job Brandle
asks them if they will work for Sc a
day. Most workers, unable to evade
the Boss accept. Brandle and the
employer split the difference between
the wage that the worker gets and
what his scale calls for.
On the new addition to the Jersey
City Hospital, which has just been
completed, and on which Hague has
made several million all told in
Doodle, the union workers are forced
to take five days pay even though
they worked and signed for six
Brandle and Hague splitting the diff
ference this time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
BOTH LONG HOURS AND
FINES FOR ALL BAKERS


NEW YORK Recently the Jewish
socialist Forward carried an article
promising the bakers that they would
soon get the eight hour day, with tbs
approval of the A. r of l.. business
agents. The proposition is to fine all
who put in more than eight hours.
In reality, this cheme will only take
few fines for the business agents,
who let the workers be fired if they
do not put in IA to Is hours. The
workers seldom see the business age
workers seldom see the business
agents in the shops, but the bosses
see them! Join the Food Workers
Industrial Union!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Signature DriVe GiVen Impetus
by Increasing Hunger Marches
One Worker Collects 1000 Signatures, Anothel
IT'S; st. Louis Unemployed Worker
Has 1850 to His Credit

the second two weeks he was forced
to return to the welfare committee,
and this time he was given five dol
lars for two weeks! Less than SC a
day for each member of the family!
Some of those present who still
had jobs, told how they had been re-
lieved of a days pay to furnish this
fund from which the grafters disheo
out cents day allowances for
hungry workers.
TOWNSVILLE, Mich, Jan. 9.-The
campaign for signatures for the
Workers Unemployment Relief Bill
is going ahead here. We are already
more than so per cent over the top,
counting our quota on the basis of
the quota set for New York City.
Undoubtedly our metropolis" has
hardly started to nibble at its OWE,
quota. New York City, we challenge
you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
ANTI !MPERIALTST LEAGUE SHOWS
FACTS RFHTND FORWOSA REVOLT
Japanese Imperialists Forced Peasants Into
Slavery; Stole Their Land and
Mistreated Their Women

trict have lodged complaints to tn
effect that compulsory labor has been
demanded OF them too often;
p 1t is also thought that trouble
had been caused in connection with
the native women"
The League Against Imperialisms
statement then goes on to quote doz-
ems Of instances of vicious armed at
tacks against unearmed Formosan
peasants by Japanese soldiers; it
quotes instance after instance of the
robbery of the peasants land and the
mistreatment o. their women by til.
Japanese invaders.
All this evidence is taken from Une
Japanese imperIaHst press. From
all the material published" concludes
the Leagues document, by the bour-
geois japanese press it will be seen
that the reasons for the Instruction
were by no means so mysterious as
the capitalist writers try to make out.
The reasons are perfectly clear in the
regime of oppression and exploitation
introduced by japanese Imperialism
in Formosai The repressiVe meas
ures of the japanese forces of occu-
patton which aim at exterminating
the insurrectionary tribes down to
the last man, represent threat to
The whole population of Formosa. 1t
is the duty of all anti-imperialist or
carnations to fight with all possible
means against this danger. Great
protest demonstrations against the
terror institutel by Japanese imper-
ialism in FOrmosa have already been
held in Japan b. the japanese work
ing class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
CAFETERIA WORKERS SLAVE IL
HOURS

NEW YORK. - Workers In the
Thompson chain cafeterias arc ter
IDLY exploited The bosses wo;l.
them II hours a day, for 6 and halt
days a week, at vicious speed-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
WAGES CUT TEN PER CENT

NEW YORK.-Worker in Child's
Restaurants are to be given 10 per
cent wage cut, according to the an
nouncements Of the company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Conference of IS Fraternal
Organizations, Chicago, Lays
Plans for Mass Circulation

comrades selling the Daily Worker
l am trying TO organize them into o
News Sellers Club. "
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

THE CITY HAS MONEY
FOR COPS; MAKE IT FEED
THE JOBLESS!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Connecticut Jobless Organize.

Connecticut Jobless Organize.
NEW HAVEN, Conn-Swinging &C
lively into the signature campaign
for unemployment insurance Connec-
ticut unemployed have planned sever
hunger marches to force relief from
the bosses.
With 1000 signatures already col
lected the Unemployed Councils Of
this district have set 10000 as Their
goal by Feb /.
The hunger marches are as fol-
lows:
Bridgeport-Jan. 10, from the
Workers Center to the City Council
meeting.
Stamford-The date of the next
City Council meeting, from the Work
erS' Center.
New Britain and interchangeable
of the next City Council meeting.
New Monday, Feb. 2, tc
march from Workers Center to the
City Council meeting.
At Hartford--Feb. 10, a mass meet
ing and march on the State Capito
Building, where the legislature meet
together with the State Unemployed
Delegation elected at the January
Unemployed Conference will present
the demands of the Connecticut job.
less.
At Springfield the march on City
Hall will be held Feb. 10.
STANFORD, Conn.-Hundreds Of
unemployed workers crowded the At
lantic Square to register for jobs upor
the inaugural day of the mayor
Finding that mere registration gave
them no jobs they marched on towr
hall and into the mayors office anc
demanded work. The mayor ignored
their demands and made all kinds
lQf excuses. The cops tried to intimi-
date the workers, but the jobless were
in no mood to tolerate any rough
stuff.
After exposing the lying mayor the
workers Immediately marched to the
Workers Center and held a meeting
at which it was decided to hold 6
big mass meeting on Tuesday, Jan
10, and city wide conference on
Jan IS
At this meeting all of the workers
pledged themselves to strengthen ant
spread the fight for unemployment
insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

This is the tenth of series of
2yticIes on A. F. Of L. and political
corruption in New Jersey.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
Fight Lawrence Cut.

LAWRENCE, Mass. Jan. 9.-The
National Textile Workers Union calls
the weaverS in the Wood Mill to Or
ganize in their department to pre-
vent night work and an indirect wage
cut. 1--WE are now working the 80
inch looms for the same price that
we we're working the 70 inch LOOM"
says the union. But we are not get
ting the 30 per cent extra for work
ing on the so. We are no longer
paid time and half for overtime.
This is nothing less than wage cut"
WATERFOWL, Ndass.--On Wednes-
day the Hood Eubber Company here
announced wage cut Of IS per cent
for all office workers. inspectors and
foremen. All the other workers in
production are given 10 per cent
cut in production which means a
wage cut. The company is also put
ting the entire plant on a 4-day a
week basis. The members of the T.U.
UL. in the plant are calling upon
the workers TO support their struggle
AGAINST the wage cuts and the lay
offs which are regular feature in
the plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10

ORG ANIZE TO END
STARVATION; EMAND
RELIEF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-10
NEW TORTURES OF
JOBLE,SS WORKERS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE>


demonstrated before the State House
here under the leadership of the IN
employed Council. Inside the State
House a hastily summoned confer
ence of college professors and bosses
were considering methods of fighting
the demands of the militant unem-
ployed when the cries of the demon
strators reached them.
The unemployed then marched to
Tomlinson Hall, where the police, on
orders of Governor Leslie, commenced
vicious onslaught.
Arrest Two.
Theodore Luesse, organizer Of the
Unemployed Council; Joseph Ber-
tloux and two Negro girls were at
tacked and beaten with blackjacks
Luesse and Bertioux were arrested
nd held for melting to riot on $4,000
lond. The International Labor De-
tense has secured their release.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, September q Up, UNITED
States Department. of Agriculture =
Eogs-Rccaipts, $4,000 head. including
8 coo direct; steady to 10 lower; pack
inc sows, 10 to 25 of; 19o-250 pounds,
6.50a6.G5; top, go; 26O-32O pounds,
pigs. 5.O0a5.50 packing sows. 4.25a500
light weights to 5.35; light light. good
and choice. 140-160 pounds. o.75s635:
light weight 10000 pounds. 6.10a670:
medium weight. 200-250 pounds, 6.4Oa
go; heavy weight. 250-350 pounds.
5.5oa670; packing sows, medium and
good. 275-500 pounds, 425a5 40: slaugf-
ter pigs. good and choice, l00-130
pounds, 4.75a5.75.
Cattle-.2ecs ipts. $4,000 head: calves.
700: general market slow: steady to
weak; no choice fed stesrs: bulk OF steer
crop comprising grassy Texas and Kan
SaS off rings: selling at 4.75a6.00; com.
mon and medium grade natives. 5.50a
$50; best available around $50; low
cutter and cutter COWS and bulls fully
steady; fat she stock weak; vealers I'M
changed. Slaughter cattle and vealers
Steers, good and choice, 100000
7.75a1OO0; 1,100-1 300 pounds, lisa
1910; 1,300-1.5 500 pounds. 7.75a1015;
common and medium, COOL 800 pounds.
4.25a775.
Heifers, good and choice, 550-85o
pounds, 7.25a9:50; common and me-
dunn, 3.25a725; COWS. gocd and choice,
40Oa6.75: common and medium. 2.75a
400: low cutter and cutter, 1,50a2.75;
bulls (yearlings excluded, good and
choice (beef), 4.00a5.25; cutter to me-
dunn 275a425; vealers milk fed, good
and choice, 9.O0all 90; medium, 7.00a
900: Gull and common, 5.00a700;
stocker and feeder cattle, steers, good
and choice, 500-1, 050 pounds, 5.05a7.00;
common and medium, 4.00a5.5
Sheep-l6,000 head; fat lambs, slow;
few early sales native around steady;
best to city butchers. 7.85; bulk to
packers. 700a7.50. asking higher on
Westerns: getting around steady; sheep
scarce and steady: feeding lambs fairly
active and fully steady; lambs. go
pounds down, coed and choice, 6.75a
7.85; medium, 525a6.75; all weights.
common, 3.75a5.25; ewes, 9o-150 pounds,
medium to choice 1.25a2.50; all weights,
Gull and common, 75a1.75; feeding
lambs. 5o75 pounds, good and choice.
5.25a5.S5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
EXPANSION IN BANK
CLEARINGS is REPORTED

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, September 4.-Clearings
through the banks this week naturally
show some expansion over these of the
preceding week, as the September Ist
settlements appear practically in full in
thlS weeks return. The total for lead
ing cities in the United States. as re-
ported to Duns Review. Of s6I43.S93,-
geo. IS 14.7 per cent less than tina. Of
last year. At New York CITY. the
amount was S4073325 900. a decline of
1917 per cent from the record of a wear
ago. while the total for all cities ont
SIDE OF New York of s2.O55. 56s. 900 show
60 loss of los per cent. The week
TINS year includes SIX business DAYS.
whereas year ago there were orIv
flVe. The amount for the currenr week
Is lii excess CT the last week 7f AUGUST
oy 1913 per cent-the ratio of increase
year ago for the same period Of time
was nearly 90 per cent. At most of the
leadlng centerS, the reduction in bank
clearings continues quite heavy as COM
pared with last year.
Bank clearingS for the week. as re-
ported to r. G. Dun & Co, showing in
creases or decreases compared with
same period year ago follow Ctotals
in thousands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.
SIOCh ana
Dividend Rate.

NEW YORK, September 4.-The fol-
lowing is a summary of important cor
ro.Gt ton news prepared by the Standard
Statistics Co. lac, NV York, for the
Associated P. e.:
NcWS Trend.
The recession in quo atoms for rail-
road securities Oh the Stock Exchange
Yesterday caused the index for this class
of security to decline 10 the lowest in
over 80 " rs. For the year thus Iar
freight car loadings have fallen
about 18 per cent, compared with year
ago and 26 per cent contraSted with
the 1929 period. Net revenues OF most
carriers have shown even greater de-
crease. due to thcir Inability to lower
expenses in proportion W tn reduced re-
ceipcs.
Other sections of tn security list also
displayed conSidc. atlc weakness in yes
terday's session. The Standard St1tls-
tics p,ice index for SO industr al shares
lost IS ner cont, while the average TO-
% utilities dropped about 2 per cent.
The composite average for % stock de-
clined % per cent to 106, as against
last years low of $50.
The Companies.
American La France & Foamite Co..
poration deficit SAX months to June 30,
S240, 1876 vs. deficit $111.6o4.
Columbia Oil &c Gasoline net income,
six months to June 80. $267, 403, VS..
81 800 .409.
Mansfield Mining g. Smelling 1850
deficit $547, o93. vs.. net income $1,723.
McKeesport Tin Plate declares regu-
larly quarterly 81 common dividend but
usual 6n pentc nytrn
Pacific Tclephons 81 Telegraph July
gross for system off 2 per cent, ne: off
3.5 Ger cent seen months gross of 0.9
per cent. ret up 1873 per cent.
Wayne Pump deficit, eight months to
July 81, S3,548, VS.. net income before
Federal taxes, but after subsidiaries
preferred dividends. $59l.l
American Radio & Television-Re-
ceived in bankruptcy appointed for Post
Radio Co., subsidiary.
Columbia Investing preferred and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

common dividend passed: paid $1.50
and Is cents, respectil ely, May l.
Continental Oil advances Dcn"er gas
oline prices l cent gallon at service
stations
Florsheim Shoe reported company
would earn common and preferred divi-
t,cnds for fiscal year ending October 81,
by good margin: marketable securities
AMI cesh September l t1t2lcd So
100000.
Gulf Oil. subsidiary Gulf Pipe Line.
post fiat prize of SO cents a barrel
on Texas crude oil.
Hazel Atlas Glass declares regular
quarterly rs cents diY- den1, plus IS
cents extra; paid 25 cents extra and
% cents spe-ial extra dividends July /.
katarga Copper 1889 common share
earnings $685., VS.. S16.08.
Facific Western Oil. crude oil and ma
tural gas production. six months ended
June so, 3,134609 barrels, VS.. 1908, ITS.
Reliance International Corporation &C.
fers action on quarterly preferred divi-
dend; previous payment rs cents
June l.
Pullman Inc, Pullman Co. subs diary,
July net after taxes up 17.4 per cent,
Z mCnths off $40 per cent.
Richficld Oil Of California Protective
Committee declares reorganization i'm
practicable.
Ia "a Electric common share earn
inC5, IL months TO June 90. SEP VS..
S2.59
Allis- Chalmers Mfg.-Unflled orders
August 81. Sd, 100000 VS.. S89O0000 July
81. and Si6,239,0o August 81, 1890.
Buckeye Pipe Line prices of Corning
and Pennsylvania crude oil in COM
rAny's lines advanced cents a barrel
TO rs cents and $1.45 respectively.
Sinclair Consolidated Oil, subsidiary
Sinclair Refining Co., awarded contract
to supply State of Texas with gasoline
and oil; over 100000 gallons of gaso-
line involved.
Telephone Bond & Share net income,
SIX months to June 80, $483, GAO, VS..
$4524 39.
Butterick Co. to increase price Of
Delincator in Canada to Is cents a
copy; will absorb new Can dian tax
Of 5 cents copy.
Edison Bros. Stores August sales up
32.9 per cent; months up 46.6 per
cent.
Franklin III. HI Manufacturing re-
ported shipments "a per cent ahead of
July.
General Steel Castings-No action
taken on preferred dividends; previous
payment 81 so July !. -
Lone Star Cas-. Hoffman appointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
OUTLOOK FOR AUTO
INDUSTRY BETTER
Financial Condition of Vari-
Gus Companies Has Been
Greatly Improved.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce finds some cheer in the
motor industry.
While production for the first seven
months Of this year was not up II OK
pectations, the financial statements ~
automobile companies and allied indus
tries for the same period are hold hv
the association as more than overbai,
anclng the disappointing reduction in
output 40
Even with the decrease in unit sales.
a number of companies were able tn
SHOW remarkable earnings. with one
company recording unit sales for the
p7rlod TWO and half times greater
1890 "a
Extent of Decline.
SUCH achievements. the association
peneves. indicates the success with
"hlcn makers have read1usted their
opeiatlonS 10 the new conditions Gre
ated by the world depression In adj
dltlon, 1t is claimed, the ACCOMPLISH
ment has been made without Imposing
burden on employees, as the hourly
wage scales in factories are equally as
high now as in 1929.
Production in the first seven months
OF 1881 showed decline of about 90
per cent from the same month"; Of last
year AS in no Tear since 1922 he's the
production Of cars for the last half
cquallcd the fist. trade opinion indi-
Gates the years total output will be
ven under last years figures of 3.5lO.-
600 units.
The position of retail dealers has
oeen greatly improved the association
reveals. with manufacturers no longer
insisting upon their dealers accepting
more cars than they can dispose Of
readily. This has resulted in dealers
stocks OF new and used cars being re-
duced substantially.
another factor which aueurs we'll for
the future is the willingness shown by
Individual makers to work together for
tAe soiutlon OF common problems de-
spite ABNORMAL competitive conditions.
AS examples are cited the uniform
mooel announcement plan, which re-
StflctS lntrCductlonS of new models to
enc period each year, and the highway
safety program.
Aid to Dealers.
The latter enables dealers. through
the manufacturers, to Junk WORKOUT
ana unsafe trade-inS. thus minimizing
the Sor:cu5neSs OF the used car market
Inc agreement reached some months
ago by manufacturers to restrict output
10 actual demand he's baen rightly
adhered to. the associa ton said. with
production CT. passenger cars during
the tlrSt half year exceeding total do.
meStlc and export retail sales BY only
per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Utilities Fear Control.
A certain degree of uneasiness is felt
in public utility circles There seems
to be a feeling that the new Federal
Power Commission is disposed to favor
an extension CT FeSeral control over
utilities and utility holding Companies.
Marcel Garsaud of the Power Com
mission is reported to hold that re-
gional utility control might prove more
beneficial and mere practical than the
present system of regulation by States.
1t might perhaps be in order to re-
mind Commissioner GarSaud of the eX-
pcrienceS on the Continent, especially
in Germany, where government and
State control over utilities is the rule
rather than the exception, and where an
appreciable number of such corpora
lions continued to show such poor re-
suits that those in control were COM
PEELED to seek salvation in private man
agement and operation.
Cotton For Bagging.
Disappearance Of the cotton surplus
within two or three years would seem
probable, if the muchIiscussod acre
age reduction program. together with
the use of cotton bagging, are put into
effect, according to c. j. Galloway of
the American Cotton Manufacturers As
ISOLATION.
Mr.. Galloway adds that the use of
cotton bagging would increase the con-
sumption of cotton by more than ,000,-
900 bales annually. He apparently over
looks the fact that this would seriously
interfere with the jute manufacturers
who will doubtless fight any attempt to
dispose CT jute bagging.
Hcarding Charge Answered.
Every dollar intrusted to the savings
banks is put to work in the most USE
full and productive channels. according
to Howard BidGulph, head of the Ne
tional Association of Mutual Savings