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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
OWNER POISONS
TENANTS MILK
Thought TIL ey Lived
Too Well; One Dead

HARRISONVILLE, Mo, March 30,
A murder case now in court illus
trates the habitual cruelty of land
lords toward poor farmer tenants in
this vicinity. Mrs. Martha Kennedy,
middle aged landowner, who with her
two brothers runs farm here, has
confessed that she put poison in the
milk of her tenants, to make them
sick so they would stop drinking so
much of it.
She says she did not intend to put
so much poison in that it would &C
tually kill anybody, but just wanted
to discourage milk drinking by the
tenants, who ought not to expect such
luxurious fare.
AS matter of fact, 21-month-ol
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
York, one of the tenant families, died
within 80 minutes after drinking the
milk, and this led to arrest first of
the parents, then an investigation
forced by their friends, which ex-
posed Mrs. Kennedy's thrifty habits
in regard to milk. The Yorks are a
young couple recently starved out OF
their native farm in the South Caro-
lima mountains.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
u. s. MAY DAY
DELEGATION
TOCOTO USSR
35 to Express Solid
Front On War Plots

To greet the workers in the Soviet
Union and to express the solidarity
in the fight against the war danger,
May Day this year, thirty-two Amer
lean workers, farmers and profess
SIGNALS will compose delegation that
is being organized by the Friends of
the Soviet Union, 80 Filth Street,
toparticipate in the May Day demon
STATIONS in Moscow.
Twenty-Five u the delegates will
be workers, including three from the
metal trades, one from the building
trades, three from transportation,
one agricultural worker, two steel
workers, one auto worker, two shoe
workers and two textile workers.
Among these are several members
of American Federation locals.
The worker delegates that heve
thus far been elected are Nick Hug
hes, a member of Boilermakers Uni
on 10 104, A. F. of L., elected by a
conference of workers organizations
of Seattle, Wash, j. E. Snyder, of
San Francisco, a member of the
Truck Drivers and Helpers of Amer
lea, elected by his union and the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31

ST. JOSEPH, Mich.-The court
room of the Superior Court of Ber-
rian County, Michigan, in st. Jo-
seph, Michigan, is a historic place.
In this room. Comrade Ruthenberg
was convicted in 1928 of criminal
Syndicalism. In the same room,
Comrade Foster was tried for the
same "crime." Last Thursday, in
this room, there was staged another
act in the grim farce called capital
ist justice.
In 1922, the Communist Party held
its convention in Bridgeman, Michi-
gan. For this crime the delegates
we're indicted and held for bail rang
ing from $500 to $4,000. The
right of individual trials was OBJ
tanned by the defendants. c. E.
Ruthenberg was tried and con-
victed. In the trial Of William q
Foster, the jury disagreed. Since
then none of the defendants were
ever called for trial, in spite of re-
peated requests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
YOKINEN I R IAL
PAMPHLET READY
Proceedings of Mass
Trial

The pamphlet containing the pro-
ceedings of the Yokinen mass trial in
Harlem is now off the press and
ready for delivery. Orders should be
sent to the Workers Library Publish
ers, so East 18th st.
The pamphlet contains the charges
of the prosecutor, Comrade G. A.
Hathaway, against August Yokinen,
who was found guilty of white
chauvinism and expelled from the
Communist Party; the statement of
Comrade Moore, who acted as defense
attorney, and the statement of Yo-
kinen repudiating his former attitude
towards Negro workers and pledging
himself to fight in the very front
ranks against the boss poison of race
hatred and for unconditional Negro
equality.
The pamphlet will be found very
useful in the work of winning the
Negro and white masses to united
struggle against the boss system of
starvation, wage cuts, lynching, de-
portations, and general terrorization
of the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
INDIAN CONGRESS
OK'S BETRAYAL
Forced to Back Up the
Lahore Victims
Gable BY Inprecorr)

\ BERLIN, March 30.-The Indian
National Congress now in session at
Karachi has endorsed the working
committees ratification of the Irwin
Gandhi sell-out with the proviso that
control of the army finance and
fiscal policy be retained at renewed
conference in London. The final
aim of independence was reaffirmed.
A resolution was moved by Nehru
and seconded by Malivaya recording
admiration for the bravery and sacri-
flee of the Lahore prisoners. The be-
lief in the efficacy of non-violence
was reaffirmed. An amendment was
offered to delete the reference to
nom violence, but it was defeated.
With this the political part Of the
Congress was concluded.
The Congress will last three more
days in demonstrative character.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
PAINTERS FIGHT
FRAMEUP TONITE
officials of Local 905
Try A Trick

NEW YORK. - All members of
ainters' Union Local 9O5 should be
the special meeting tonight at
UNITS Point Palace, 8 p. m. This
Getting is called by the officials, in
e hope that they will not have the
nix and file present, and will be
lie to put through the dirty work
at they found they could not man.
at the meeting last Friday.
Fridays meeting was to take up
case of Rosen and Bogorod, two
litant members, who for their
vice in defending the interests Of
workers against the employers.
4 because they exposed the graft
zAusner clique which again runs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
After Eight Years, the Michigan Cases Come
To Life Again Through Ham Fish's Attacks

the right of separate trials. 1t also
robbed them of their right to select
the jury and practically transferred
that right to the judge.
Last Thursday, before Judge
White. in the Superior Court of Ber-
rian County, both motions, that of
the prosecution and the one of the
defense, came up for argument. The
prosecution was represented by As
sistant Attorney General Gillas. The
defense was in the hands of Maurice
Sugar of Detroit and Humphrey
Gray of Benton Harbor.
The prosecution was ably and en-
ergetically assisted by the judge. The
Judge told the defense, before it
started, that he had already made
up his mind to grant the motion of
the prosecution and deny the mo-
ton of the defense. He stated in
truly capitalist justice fashion that
he had conferred with the prosecu-
ton about the case, and that it was
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Latest news from Wilkes Barre
yesterday was that contained in the
capitalist press, and stated that all
the collieries of the Glen Alden Coal
Co. would remain idle today, and
that the company officials have re-
fused to negotiate on differences on
working conditions until the men re-
turn to work.
This, of course, is exactly what the
Lewis Boylan leadership in the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America have
been demanding ever since the strike
started, and is what the local fax
ers' machine in the General Griev
ance Committee which Inominally
leads the strike of 10000 Glen Al
den Coal miners, will probably try
to make the miners agree to.
But the miners, facing intolerable
conditions, part time work, being
forced to do much work without pay,
are growing more and more deter-
mined to fight. The National Miners
Union is cooperating with mil
liant rank and file opposition which
is organizing in the % locals of the
U. M. w. now on strike, and which
demands that the strike go on, under
Continued on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
At Least 1862 Jobless
Suicides in Indiana
Alone During 1890

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 3d.
At least 162 destitute unemployed
workers committed suicide in 1880 in
the state of Indiana alone, according
to admission by the State Board of
Health.
On the basis of $40 suicides during
1880, the Indiana Board of Health
calculated an increase of 20 per cent
over 1929, as due to the economic de-
preston. This does not take account
of course, of the practice of the boss
authorities and newspapers in cover
ing up suicides of jobless workers and
recording them as deaths by accident.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31

done Immediately to help a
woman who did not have a bite
to eat in the house. The mem
bers voted and went in a body
to a nearby store and demanded
some groceries. The owner, who
seemed nervous, gave the groceries
and also a loaf of bread, when one
of the workers said: Give her some
bread, tool"
The branch has an executive COM
mittee of 6, with an secretary and
organizer, both women. The whole
neighborhood is joining the branch
and several meetings a week are be-
ing held. The members are now
starting to collect food and clothes
in the neighborhood to give to the
families in greatest need. Similar
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Capitalists Insist On Trial Of Foster, Browder,
Bedacht, Minor, Weinstone and Others

Tense commended that upward of
eight years Of time elapsing since
the arrest could not be called a
speedy trial. Here is an obvious case
of political persecution. The attor-
ney-generars office considered it
politically expedient not to proceed
against the arrested for all these
years, but now, they consider the
dear old public sufficiently poisoned
by the rawlings of Hamilton Fish,
Matthew Woll and other fascist
agents of the breeding capital
list rulers of the United States, to
risk another trial
To prepare for just such emer-
gencies, the capitalist legislature of
Michigan, in 1927, changed the court
procedure. II robbed tie accused OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Finds $1inGutter,
Sends 2 Mo. Sub

Enclosed find money order
for 81 for March and April
which 1 know j am behind.
You can believe it or not, COM
ing down the street the other
day 1 happened to look down
in the gutter and theirs il lay
the almighty dollar. Maybe a
poor soul dropped it, and ii
might have been someone with
a pocket full of money-who
knows. But I will send it to
the Daily Worker and get my
dollars worth. In case l miss
the paper for Wednesday send
it in the next mail. 1 want to
get the paper every day If L
can"
II. G. of Portsmouth, Va
thus indicates how the Daily"
is priced by workers. II is such
letters which will spur every
reader. every subscriber TO Sc
cure 1000 yearly subscriptions
or renewals before May l, so
that the 'Daily" is put on a 4
strong financial basis. Greet
the Daily Worker with 1000!
(Sixty thousand circulation
news on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Labor Unity Agents to
Pick Delegate to USSR
May Day Celebration

NEW YORK.-New York Labor
Unity Agents will send delegation
to the 14th celebration of the Russian
Revolution.
All labor unity agents must attend
the regular monthly meeting at 7:30
p. m. at Is w. 21st ST., Wednesday,
April l, to discuss the coming drive
for 5000 readers and 1000 subscribers
to Labor Unity. The Trade Union
Unity Council will pay all expenses
for the delegate to the Soviet Union
on Nov. to the 14th celebration of
the Russian Revolution, for the agent
that will get the most subs in this
drive ,,sT~r9s r~sY4s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Maryland State Hunger
March Starts Today;
Others Later
More Miners Laid Off
Arrest Ohio IobIe3S Who
Fight E1;3t.oas

Continued spread Of
unemployment contin-
ued cutting off of re-
lief by the cities either
with no excuse at all,
or with the lying excuse that
employment is increasing"
and continued struggle Of the
jobless through their Unem-
ployed Councils, sum up the
days news on unemployment
The first of three state hunger
marches this month begins today at
Baltimore, and Negro and white
workers will march on Annapolis to
present. their demands for cash re-
lief, for appropriation of large
amount Of money by the state legis-
lature for relief.
Following this, on April 10 and
II, state hunger march starts from
Philadelphia and Chester, to reach
Harrisburg on April IA and made
similar demands on the state legis-
lature of Pennsylvania.
From five different points in Ohio,
state marches start about the 18th,
to reach Columbus on the 26th,
where a state unemployment con-
ference will be held and demands
presented to the legislature on the
9th.
All these hunger marches should
be accompanied by active, persistent,
day-by- day organization work of the
jobless into Unemployed Councils,
and the employed workers into
unions of the Trade Union Unity
League, and by the continual strug-
gle for local gains, to force more re-
lief from the cities, to stop evictions,
to form tenants leagues and beat
down rent, etc.
And all this activity rises to the
point of international demonstra-
tons on May l, International Labor
Day, which in the midst of the I'M
employment crisis all over the capt.
talist world is also day of struggle
for unemployment relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31

On Jan. 1 new encouragement
came into office in Lansing, Michi-
gan. He is evidently eager to share
the national laurels for red-baiting
with Hamilton Fish. After more
than eight years had elapsed since
the arrest, the encouragement SUBJ
mitted the motion to the court to
set aside the order for individual
trials, originally granted, and to
bring all of those arrested to trial.
The defense reminded the court of
the existence of document, popu-
larly known as the Constitution of
the State of Michigan, and another
document, equally well-known as the
Constitution of the United States.
Both Of these documents guaranteed
auy accused speedy trial. The de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
TOO MUCH WHALE OIL CAUSES
UNEMPLOYMENT

WASHINGTON, D. c. = Hunting
whales by machine guns on factory
ships" has resulted in overproduction,
according to the Department of Com
merce. Many workers have been
thrown out Of work as result of this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Glen Alden Galleries Still
On Strike Yesterday Miners
Refusing to be Sold Out
Company Refuses to Negotiate Follows Same
Line AS Takers Program; Rank and File
Must Fight Against Horrible Conditions
BULLETIN.

BARRE 3O-The mliancy o the
demands spreading the strike
to a
of the whole $4,000 anthracite Alden
within S
district officials
strike. undoubtedly
its confidence
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Philadelphia, Oakland Latest;
May l Is Day Of World Wide
Struggle for Jobless Relief
Jobless Council Makes Red
Cross, Grocer, Give Food
Greenvi!le Unemployed Organizing Rapidly;
Negro and White Make Demands On City;
Red Cross Was Fingerprinting Negroes

GREENVILLE, S. c.. March 3O.-The members of the
Ende Street Branch of the Unemployed Council of Greenve
demanded and got food for of the members recently from
local grocery store At meeting of the recenyorganzed
branch several of the members thought something should be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-31
Philadelphia Cuts Relief.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March 3d.
Today, just eleven days before the
jobless march to the state capitol to
demand unemployment relief, Hora-
ito G.. Lloyd, chairman of the City
Committee for Unemployment Re-
lief, announces that 2,700 more men
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,coNrlN uED ON rags gAliiEE,
Evening star., 1931-12-10

son, Miss Josephine Rice, Miss Maria
Sacasa, Miss Teresa Saul, Miss Caro-
line Schulz, Miss Louise Tittman,
Signor don Oscar Blanco, Lieut.. James
Fernald, Lieut.. Max johnson, Lieut..
Miles Reber, Lieut.. Stanhope Ring,
Lieut.. Schulz, Lieut.. Rutledge Tomp-
kirs, Mr.. Joseph Heinrich, Mr.. Felix
Rowland, Mr.. Fred Drum Hunt, Mr..
Donald Kilmer, Mr.. Ingram Mack, Mr..
Franklin Roudybush, Mr. Homer Tatum
and Baron Paul Wrangell.
A rehearsal will be held at the May
flower Hotel tomorrow afternoon at 5
o'clock for those taking part in the
figures for the first Washington Bach
elors' Cotillon to be held at the hotel
Monday night. Brig. Gen. w. e. Hor-
ton, president of the cotiIlon, will be
there TO receive and assist the other
members. The cotillon this year will be
particularly brilliant and interesting
ana Gen. Horton Is anxious that each
dancer shall be in perfect training for
graceful effect. The favors for this
hrst cotillon are charming and supper
VIII be served at midnight In the pres
idential dining room.
Gen. Nathaniel F. Mcclure. q. S. A.
retired, viii join Mrs Mcclure In their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
about the middle Of next week, and
they Will remain in Washington until
the Spring.
Mrs. Norman Underwood and her
mother, Mrs. James A. Bayard, are
spending short time In New York.
Mrs. T. w. symons has returned to
her apartment at the Carlton, following
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Portland
van Wrinkle, at Northampton, Mass.
Mrs. Symons Is the widow of the mill
tarry aide to the late President Roose-
welt.
Ensign James H. Howard, u. S. Nayy.
Will arrive from Boston, Mass. ton1or-
row to spend the holidays with his par
ents, Col. and Mrs. Howard of 1881 Bel
mont road northwest.
Lieut.. G. E. N Howard. ir.. Field
Artillery, will arrive from Fort BEN
ming, Ca, December 20 to spend the
holidays.
Mr.. Eban H. Comins has gone to Bos-
ton to remain for about three weeks.
Mr.. Seth r. Cole of the Department
OF Taxation and Finance of the State
Evening star., 1931-12-10

uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
c. Gawler.
Sub-Debutantes Honored
At Dinner Dance.
Mrs. Russell Bennett entertained at
the dinner dance last night at the
Shoreham for her daughter, Miss
Florence Bennett Harris, daughter of
Admiral Frederick H. Harris, and in
honor of Miss Caroline Schulz, a debu-
tante Of the season. Her guests were
Comdr. Warren Child, Maj. and Mrs.
Covell, Miss Marbury Beal1, Miss Betsy
Berrien, MisB Frances Brooks, Miss
Fanella Castanado, Miss Dorothy Gould
Fowler, Miss Florence Harris, Miss
Elizabeth Kennedy, Miss Mary Eliz-
abeth Macarthur, Miss Dorothy Nichol-
Evening star., 1931-12-10
rison. Mrs. Fulton Lewis and Mrs. Agnes

rlson, Mrs. Fulton Lewis and Mrs. Agnes
Pollock.
Clerical staff Gard Party
AT D. A. r. Grows Rapidly.
Owing to the large demand for res
ervatlons for the benefit card party,
Wnich VIII be given Saturday evening
At O'CLOCK by the clerical staff of the
y. a; II, 1t VIII be necessary to use
the lounge of Constitution Hall as
well as the reception room of the
president general of the society
Among others who have taken tables
Tor the event are Miss Kathrina Har-
vey. State historian of the District.
Mrs w. Gwynn Gardiner, Mrs. John
M. Beavers, Mrs. Lyle S. Lipscomb,
Mrs. D. G. Combs, Mrs. E. Marshall
lEsoratisaI,ai -, )
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Miss Harriet Warner OF Montrose, Pa.
who spends her Winters in Washing
ton, is again at 1852 Mintwood place
Miss Warner Is sister OF the late
3. H. Warner and has many relatives
and friends in the city.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Mrs. H. G.. Durfee entertained at
dinner last night at the Shoreham In
honor of Mrs. Violet Richmond OF Cum
berland, Md Her guests were Mrs,
Henry Clay Hall, Mrs. william F. Ham.
Mrs. Albert Stahl, Mrs. I, Walter Kite,
Mrs. Edward Anderson, Mrs. John
Walker Holcombe, Mrs. Charles VIII
Iiams, Mrs Richard Crisp, Miss Char
lote Campbell, Mrs. William Burr Har-
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Of New York Is at the Carlton for
brief stay.
Mrs. Hitchcock, wife of former SEN
ator Gilbert N. Hitchcock, entertained
q small company at luncheon today at
the Mayflower.
Miss Anne Darlington has returned
to Washington after visit abroad and
Is at her home. 1910 Massachusetts,
avenue.
Mrs. James G. Wentz entertained at
Evening star., 1931-12-10

luncheon today In her home on Nc
Gill terrace.
| Mr., II. H. Cross Of Purcellville, Va.
entertained informally at dinner last
| evening at the Carlton, where he Is
stopping while In Washington.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Clerical staff Card Party
At ID. A. n. Grows RaDifIv

Continued on Eleventh Page. }
Evening star., 1931-12-21
FUNERAL FOR VICTIM
OF FALL CONDUCTED
Edward Michael Ready Buried at
Mount Olivet After St.
Martins Rites.

Funeral services for Edward Michael
Ready, who was fatally injured when
he fell near Ninth and K streets Thurs
day, were held from his residence, 16
Rhode Island avenue northeast, at 8
o'clock this morning. Requiem mass
followed at st. Martins Catholic
Church and burial was In Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mr.. Ready was employed In the loans
and currency division Of the Treasury
Department. In 1925 he was graduated
from Columbus University with a de-
gree Of bachelor Of laws.
Surviving him are his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Ready and sister, Miss
Elizabeth Ready, both of the Rhode
Island avenue address.
A coroner's jury this afternoon de-
cided that Ready'S death was caused by
fall and not by being struck by a
hit-and-run automobile, as was first re-
ported to police.
Evening star., 1931-12-21
FIVE PERSONS HURT
IN Z CAR CRASHES
Accidents Occurred Yester.
day in Southern Prince
Georges County.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, December
2l.-Ftve persons were injured In two
| automobile accidents In Southern Prince
Georges County yesterday.
Struck by an automobile while walk
ing along road near Baden, Md.
Asbury c. Ward, Is years old, of Cedar
Vile, Md, sustained a double fracture
OF the right leg and possible internal
| injuries.
The car which struck Ward was
operated by Charles H. Welsh of Hyatts-
Vile, according to police. The young
man was removed to Sibley Hospital by
c. r. Willis, Cedarville storekeeper.
-Four other persons were injured, one
| seriously, in head-on collision on the
Marlboro pike near Forestville. The
most seriously hurt is Claudia Parker,
colored, of Duely, Md, who has a possi-
BILE fracture of the skull
The others injured were Bessie Simms
and Earl Simms, both colored, Of MARI
boro, and Peter F.. Sakaloski, 40, Of the
900 block Of Ninth street southeast,
Washington. All were treated at
Casualty Hospital
According to State Policeman A. F..
Norris, who Investigated the crash,
Sakaloski was riding alone when his car
colliced with a machine occupied by
the others injured.
Evening star., 1931-12-21
JOHN N. F0RNEY DIES
AT HIS RESIDENCE HERE
Funeral Of Clerk to Railway Au-
ditor Will Be Held in North
Carolina.

John M. Forney, 4s, chief clerk to
the general auditor Of the Southern
Railway, died yesterday at his home,
7l5 Sheridan place. Funeral services
Will be held in Newton, N. c., at 2:3o
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. Forney came to Washington in
1920 from Newton, where he was born.
He was a member OF the WASHINGTON
Centennial Lodge of Masons.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Leila Forney; daughter, Miss Mary
Forney; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
e. Forney, Anderson, s. c.. a brother
capt. l.. l. Forney, U. S. A., instruc-
tor at Ohio State University, and three
sisters, Miss Elizabeth Forney, Auburn,
Ala: Mrs. w. H. Stemple, Hickory,
N. c., and Mrs. w. S. Thompson, Spar
tansburg, S. C..
Evening star., 1931-12-21

ber Of the firm of Thomas g. Slye
florists, at the Center Market and later
at the Convention Hall Market.
Members of the Washington Lodge,
No. is. of the Elks, and Hope Lodge,
No. 20, of the Masons Of which Mr..
Thomas was member, will hold special
services at the funeral.
Mr. Thomas was born in Charles
County, Md, and came to Washington
43 years ago. He is survived by a son,
G. Milton Thomas, jr., of Seattle; a
sister, Mrs. Lille B. Gibbons of Charles
County, Md, and brother, John r.
Thomas of this city.
r""0CerS Jury this afternoon ruled
that the accident In which Mr. '1hc ''"
VAS injured was unavoidable. The
florist was struck b. rnc .,u.onG.>.-e
of Leanard E. Messick, 20, of 1887
Tenth street.