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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
MORE CHINESE
TAKE LODGING
WITH SHERIFF

Maintaining the earlier promise
of a trek across the international
border equal TO that Of last spring
by honeward-boundO rientals, three
more Chinese were arrested by fed
eral immigration inspectors yester-
day, together with six Mexicans.
Swelling the number Of Chinese
nov held in the Imperial county
Jail for delivery to San Diego,
where they will stand trial before
the federal court, the Orientals are
seen by officers as the advance
guard of larger numbers than were
lodged in the Jail at any time last
winter.
Most OF the Chinese held here,
officers believe, merely wish free
transportation to China, where they
have already sent their money.
Those arrested yesterday were
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
Washington Man
To Visit Valley

Reflecting official and national
interest in agricultural affairs in
Imperial Valley, E. o. Pollock OF
Washington, D. c., supervisor CT
the bureau of agricultural econom-
les. United States department OF
agriculture, is scheduled to visit the
valley Thursday.
With Walter j. Morgan of the
hay, feed and seed division of the
United States department of agri-
culture, stationed in Los Angeles,
Pollock will meet Roy L. Wood, I'm
perial Valley hay inspector for the
state agricultural department, in
Yuma, and proceed on tour OF the
valley.
Morgan will meet Pollock in Phoe-
nix, where the Washington man will
stop before coming here. Leaving
Imperial Valley, Pollock and Nor
gan will proceed to Los Angeles.
They will spend two days looking
over conditions in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31

community a substantial profit. A
QUESTIONABLE has been sent out to
all dairymen on the subject of hog
raising and the answers to these
questions are being tabulated as
they come in. 1t is the hope of
chamber directors that, when the
attitude of the individual milk pro-
ducers is checked, a definite cam
pasn on hog raising and methods
of financing can be worked out
which will result in increased pros
perity for the dairymen of the
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
REARING AND WIFE
RETURN TO VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh L. Heating
returned to FL Centric during the
weekend after a honeymoon spent
in Bisbee, Arizona, and in New
Mexico.
The couple was married in Yuma
several weeks ago. Shortly after the
marriage Mrs. Heating returned to
her home in Bisbee, where she was
employed in a bank. After adjust
ing business affairs here, Heating
followed his wife to Bisbee, where
he first met her, while working
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31

Lung Kee, 26. Sun Kee, so. and
Toi Ping. 80. Mexicans arrested
by immigration officers were Saliva
dor Jiminez. 10, Lola Ball, 80, Raul
Castro, 81, Lupe Lopez. "a, Juan
Lopez. 20, and Calletano Guerrero,
"a.
Lola Ball has been in Imperial
county jail several times on charges
of possession of liquor. vagrancy
and others. Several months age
she was jailed in connection with
an alleged child stealing attemp,
in Imperial, but was released when
evidence introduced in justice court
was insufficient to hold her.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
SOCIETY ELECTS
BOSTON LAWYER

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81. W.p
Harris J. Booras. Boston attorney.
was elected supreme president OF
the order OF Ahepa early today af-
ter an all-night session that closed
the national convention here.
Theodore c. Andronicos of San
Francisco was chosen supreme vice.
president and Achilles Catsonia.
Washington. d G. was reelected SUI
prems secretary.
Baltimore was chosen for the
1882 convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
Cloudburst Strikes Newhan

NEWHALL. Cal, Aug. 81. UP
A miniature cloudburst. the second
within "a hours, drenched Newhall
and vicinity Sunday afternoon. Be
tween and 4 p. m. l.66 inches OF
rain fell here. flooding highways
and, in some instances, flowing into
stores and other business build
ings. Very little damage was re-
ported however. The storm was &C
companied by hail. lightning and
thunder.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31

Burl Enyeart, the retiring county
superintendent of schools, will be
the principal speaker at the regular
weekly luncheon of the chamber Of
commerce at the San Francisco grill
tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
TEN YEARS AGO
August 81. 1921

Horace KesSler of the Security
bank was married in San Diego
this afternoon to Miss Esther Weis-
err of San Diego. one of the most
popular girls in the younger society
set of the coast city.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31

Issued Daily. Except
sundays Entered at
the Pest Office. IL Cen
lro, Calf. rs Second
Class Matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31

The steamer Umatilla Is carry
ing wheat IN 200-ton lots from The
Dalles. Oregon. to Portland at low
rates.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
YOUTH UNCHANGED

DETIRING after 80 years of service as
N dean of men at the University of ILL
nois. Thomas Ankle Clark casts
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August 81, 1911

Mercury yesterday afternoon
reached 100 and at 2:30 today
marks 107. with prospect of reach
ing yesterdays high point. Mean
while clouds on the horizon render
the day muggy and disagreeable.
NJ. w. Conkling returned to FL
Centre Thursday morning after a
vacation spent with his family a,
Los Angeles. While absent he ac-
companied his daughter, Miss Julie
Conkling, to Palo Alto, where she
enters Stanford University for first
year work.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-31
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
AupuSt 81 l116

George Kennedy writes that he
and Mrs. Kennedy will be home
Monday. They have been touring
the mountains. including Lake Ia
hoe, and report a splendid vacation
trip.
Friends of r. w Marian are con-
graduating him upon the connec-
ton he has made with A. L. Luce,
REQ and Maxwell distributor for
Imperial valley.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
KILL OFF REDS"
URGES BURNS
Strike Breaker Rallies
Support for Fish

SAN DIEGO, March 23.--W. j.
Burns, internationally notorious de-
tective and strike breaker, urged the
members of the San Diego Ad Club
to turn Communists over to the hos
pitals or to lay them away in ceme-
taries, in speech here.
He declared the Reds do away with
your churches. destroy sacred mar
riage vows,a and rear children in inSti-
tutions," that they are doing "incal-
culable harm in the public schools
in sly and treacherous way"
Of his own experiences with the
Reds. Burns told OF raiding Com
munist convention in Marion County,
Michigan, and of the sentencing of
Ruthenberg to 10 years in prison. He
declared that he supports Mussolini
fully in his fight against Conmun-
lists.
The purpose of Burns speech was
apparent. He urged every member Of
the Advertising Club to write let
ter to his congressman, urging him
to support the Fish anti-working class
proposals, which will enable the gov
eminent to deport all class conscious
workers. E
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
LIBERATOR OUT WE'D;
RUSH ORDERS BY WIRE

A special issue of The Liberator
will be published in time for the
March % demonstrations against
lynching and deportations. The
paper will go to press this We'd
nesday and will be in the mails
On Wednesday night.
The Liherator office, at 1893
Broadway, Room 1913, urges all
workers and contacts to rush their
orders for copies at once. Don't
SEND them by mail. Wire them in.
This is the only way you can
make sure that you will get cop
les in time for Saturdays demon
STATIONS throughout the country.
At the same time you send your
orders by wire you must mail
money to pay for said orders, at
the rate of. 2 cents per copy for
bundles of 35 and more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
1.-THE SILENT WITNESS" OPENS
AT THE MOROSCo

Lee Shubert presented last night
at the Morosco Theatre Lionel At
will in "The Silent Witness a new
play by Jack De Leon and Jack
Celestin. Others in the cast are:
Kay Strozzi, Fortunio Bonanova, An
thony Kemble Cooper. Jerome Law
lor and Ann Shoemaker.
"The Last Parade" with Jack Holt
in the leading role. is the film at the
Jefferson Theatre. On the stage
Harry Delmar's 1881 Vaudeville Re-
vue is the headline attraction. Rey-
nolds and White and Gus Thalero
and his -Four Footed Comedians
complete the bill. Wednesday to
Friday the screen will reflect Lonely
Wives" with Edward Everett Hor-
ton, Esther Ralston and Patsy Ruth
Miller. The vaudeville includes
Babe Egan and her Hollywood Red
heads; Carleton and Ballew. Miss
Winona and company, Norman and
Ric and Dick Henderson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
JOB FAKERS HOLD
MEETS IN HARLEM
Attempt Divert Unem-
ployment Struggle

NEW YORK.-The Negro reform
lists who are trying to reiabilitate
their shattered influence over the
Negro masses by pretending to be
making a fight for jobs for the more
than $4,000 unemployed Negro work.
ers in Harlem, held two mass meet
ings in Harlem on Sunday. The
slogan of these takers is Don't Trade
Where You Cannot Work" and their
bid for mass support is based on the
premise of getting the various stores
in Harlem to hire few hundred
Negro workers.
At one of these meetings, after
several local Negro politicians and
other takers had spoken to the
church members attending a forum
at Bethel A. M E. Zion Church,
Sol Harper, Negro worker, asked the
organizers of the movement How
would 5000 jobs solve the unen1ploy-
nlent question in Harlem where more
than $4,000 Negro workers are I'M
Employed" He also challenged them
on their stand on unemployment re-
lief and insurance: What is the
stand of the speakers OF giving cash
to unemployed Negro workers IN
Harlem" This question, together with
another on what is the cause of
race hatred in your opinion?" they
refused to answer. On the first
question they said that 1000 Negroes
had got jobs in Chicago through this
method, which is brazen lie, but
even if it was true does not answer
Harper's question as to how jobs for
a few thousand would solve the I'M
employment question in Harlem or
throughout the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
WALKER HAS "a
TRUNKS ON TRIP

How Mayor Walker spends his
time vacationing in California with
his millionaire pals while over a
million jobless workers of New York
City are starving and daily facing
evictions is graphically told in a
United Press despatch which we
herewith publish in full:
Pain, Springs, Cal. March IT.
Mayor James J. Walker, in the
best Of humer, created somewhat
of a sensation here when he ap-
peared with coIorful blue and
white tent and announced he was
ready for his first sun bath.
Despite the fact that Palm
Springs at present boasts Of 81
millionaire guests, the mayor of
New York occupied the limelight.
While his attendants moved "a
trunks containing the Walker
wardrobe from hotel to the home
of Samuel Untermeyer, mile
away, the mayor took his sun
ming.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
PHILHARMONIC

The Philharmonic-Synphony Or
chestra, Arturo Toscanini conduct
ing, will play Brahms third SYM
phon-- as the principal number of its
program at the Thursday evening
and Friday afternoon concerts in
Carnegie Hall. Two works. the over
ture to THE Tanning of the Shrew."
By Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco. and
Edward Cigars Introduction and Al
legro for strings, OPP. Al, will be
played for the first time by the
Philharmonic-Symphony. This pro-
gram will be repeated at Saturday
evening and Sunday afternoon con-
certs at Carnegie Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
fRr Special correspondentl

DALLAS, Texas. March %. The
kidnapping Of Coder and Hurst can
not under any circumstances be re-
garded as a spontaneous outburst OF
mob violence. Dallas Is not a Wild
west. gun-toting town; It is the lead
ing mercantile and financial city OF
the Southwest, and the violence
melted out to Communist organizers
is an expression of the official policy
of the sleek pirates who rule and
own the district.
No extensive investigation is need
ed to verify this fact. The literature
of the aIl-powerful chamber of COM
merce abounds with statements that
prove it. Labor conditions are
ideal" one passage reads, because
Dallas is an open-shop city" An
other says: "a decided advantage for
Dallas is the sentiment in favor Of
maintaining the present open-shep
situation. This sentiment is tolerant
but firm. The Dallas Open Shop
Association, which was organized at
a public mass meeting, is supported
by the leading people of the city"
Again THE population of Dallas
and the surrounding district from
which labor could be drawn, shows
large surplus of white labor, male
and female, available for new IN
dustries.. The number of skilled
workers is too high in proportion to
the unskilled and should be reduced"
In another passage: Dallas is the
leading open shop city In the entire
South West. There is no large man
ufacturing plant, regardless of what
line you take in this city which Is
operated closed shop. d. These figures
show that the Open Shop Associa-
ton is clearly in control"
May Change!
The inhuman beating handed out
to Coder and Hurst proves this to
be true now. How long it will con-
tinue to be true, despite statement
of the Open Shop Association on
January 10, 1890, that it would fight
any labor drive to the last ditch"
is another question.
In short time that the Commun-
list Party and the Trade Union Unity
League have been in Dallas, they
have attracted demonstrations of
from 1000 to 5000 workers; at the
last demonstration three fourths of
the workers were Negroes. according
to non Communist sources.
This obvious and growing influence
among the Negroes of the Con1mun-
list demands for absolute economic
and social equality is driving the ex-
ploiters half mad. The Communists.
they say, must be got rid of on two
grounds: their program for the or
ganization OF all workers, and their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
them and which would alleviate
some poor hungry folks.

them and which would alleviate
some poor hungry folks.
feel quite sure that most every
family in fair circumstances keep
putting aside certain rictuals with
the idea that they will be used,
but In many instances get old and
spoiled and are thrown away. Then
perhaps people will give even good
food away.
These collections could be as
sembled and distributed from say
one or more points"
Priest Squeals.
The day before the demonstration
one Negro worker went to a Chris
tan church to call workers on DEM
onstration on Feb. Is. The day after
the demonstration the stool-pigeon
preacher had him arrested and when
we workers went to the police court
the chief of police, 100 per cent
Catholic, told he was arrested on q
charge of suspicion and would moi
let him out for 70 hours. They kept
him in Jail from Feb. Is to March
4. When he came to trial they put
him ON a charge of distribution Of
leaflets and fined him $50 and costs
which is $3.50. The workers re-
fused to pay and we will have an
other trial.
Comrade workers. white and black
we call on you to organize unem-
ployed councils and the Metal Work
ers Industrial League and fight
against starvation and capitalist
enemies like the preacher
M. N.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24


Short Time In Machine Shop.
The machine shop used to work 10
aours, six days a week. Cut 8
then to hours and days. Last
week it only worked days Some
crsnemen only work days. The men
are talking about union and machine
guns together, which maybe shows
hat they don't know much about
either, but also shows that something
S going happen here soon.
We've got to step on the gas 50
that the MWIL will be able to lead
the happenings. In the machine shop
the boss comes around and makes
you give anywhere from so cents to
$500 from your pay for relief to
workers the company has thrown out
If work.
We haven't got an Unemployed
Council that amounts TO much here
but we have to build one. The town
is poverty stricken or at least the
sten workers are. They're not pay
ing out at the Community Chest
now. One worker was broke and
asked for relief. The Community
Chest reminded him that he stin
had some furniture. But ! can't
eat furniture" he told them. They
said he should sell 1t. He got sore
and said: 1--WE given to everyone Of
your campaigns before, but never
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
MINI. WORKERS
FIGHT POLICE Ban.
3 Given 90 Days On
Framed-up Charges

MINNEAPOLIS, March 23.-Defy-
ing the police ban on working class
meetings, the workers of Minneapo-
lis last Wednesday successfully re-
sisted police efforts to break up the
Paris Commune meeting called by the
International Labor Defense.
The meeting, first planned for a
hall was held in the streets when
police threatened the hall keeper with
loss OF his license and closed the hall
The committee in charge of arrange
ments then tried to hold the meeting
in the hall of the Finnish Workers
Club, the board of directors of that
organization agreeing to defy the pol
lice ban. Police however, surrounded
the hall and prevented workers from
getting near the entrance.
Call on Workers to Meet.
A large crowd had gathered At
this point the L l.. D. committee made
their way to the door. demanding the
right to enter and carry on the meet
ing.
This caused the crowd to concen-
trate around the entrance, forcing the
police to center their entire force at
the door.
This was the signal for a distribu-
ton OF leaflets calling street meet
ing a few blocks away. A group OF
comrades had already started the
meeting and it was soon in full swing
with a huge crowd around the plat
form. -- --.--
In Spite of the Cold.
This meeting lasted for half an
hour in bitter cold weather. Some
police we're rushed to the meeting TO
break it up, but the workers put up a
stern resistance and the police could
not get to the speakers to arrest them.
The workers booed the police and
fought them for long time after the
meeting had adjourned. Several were
arrested. charged with diSorderly con-
duct and vagrancy. The cases came
up this morning and the judge in
sisted on asking questions harping
back to the demonstration.
The Swedish Workers Club at its
regular meeting, March 90, passed a
resolution condemning the action of
the Banker Mayor Kunse of Mime
apols in banning all working class
meetings and unloosing the police ter
ror to break them up. The Swedish
workers gave their hall to the L. L. D.
in spite of the police ban.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
DALLAS, TEXAS, KHAN CITY
WHERE SLEEK PIRATES RULE
Coder and Hurst Nearly Lynched for Leading
Unemployment Struggle; Fight Will Continue

tight for complete equality for the
subject races.
Long experience in paying A. F. Of
L organizers to stay out Of the field
has lulled the open shoppers into
the belief chat they would never be
"bothero6" By any honest good
ness flsAttns labor organization.
What tse,sz4stes these pirates now
is THAI, @0S emily can't they buy off
t. U, u. Z. organizers, but they are
faced VITA the entirely new prospect
of having the tortured, starving, en-
slaved Negroes join hands with their
white fellow workers in the common
fight for higher standard of living
and the abolition of all Jim Grow
restrictions.
Uses of XXX.
In desperation, the exploiters have
turned to the Ku Klux Khan to help
them out of their difficulties. when
they see the working masses listen
ing to Communists and militant I'M
ionists. Probably they realize that
the xxx. provides but a temporary
relief. Aside from the internal diff
ficuftacs the ne jority Of the populace
fervvntls hatas the Khan. Many OF
the Klansnen themselves are unem-
ployed workers., who are hEoming
sympathetic With an yorganized fight
for Unemployment relief. TVS fact
remains, the Communist Party is
here in Dallas to stay, floggings or
no floggings, lynching or no lynch
ings. 1t is to be expected then, that
the ruling class in the state will
turn to other restrictive measures,
explicitly anti-labor, anti-free speech
legislation.
The Constitution!
Despite an article in the US. con-
stitutio1 which expressly provides
for absolute freedom of assembly
Police Commissioner Graves has
publicly declared that he viii greet
all future Communist attons
with thousands of tear bombs" And
while Hurst was being tried. his at
torney, the most highly regarded
legal scholar in the state, was fined
six or seven times in the course OF
few hours for protesting against the
judges obvious nanhandling of the
constitution and the common and
statute law.
The value Of the best capitalist
government constitutions can be
judged by the fact that the very
first time this one had to deal with
a case in which the conflict between
worker and exploiter was laid bare,
it split wide open, and has done so
ever since. clear down to 1881 in
Dallas. Texas. So far as protecting
the working class is concerned, it
might as well never have been writ
ten.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
Ann Joins the
Needle Trades
Workers Union
A true story from the life Of
real silk hosiery mills worker Of
Indianapolis.

Mary, what can I wear to this
steak dinner tomorrow? I've just
paid my room rent and don't know
what I'll eat next week. but I've just
got to get something to wear
Don't be silly, Ann. It's just your
kind that makes the boss give US
DINNERS to fool us into something.
Take it from me. no boss ever gives
a single thing without being paid
back doubly at least"
what do you mean, amt he gonna
give us a dinner with trimmings and
dancing, and all for nothing, no adj
misSion?"
Nov. you just watch and see if
there isn't some catch to it, Ann"
The dinner takes place, with all
the humble slaves" praising the
boss and giving many thanks. But
a short time later:
MARY, what am I to do? Look,
my pay envelope is so small this
week and I've worked more than
ever Do you think there is some
mistaken"
mo, there is no mistake. We've
Just received a nice little cut of 10
per cent for that steak dinner we
had"
"Aw,- that dinner was free"
Eyes, the dinner was free. But
now you will pay for it in the nice
little sum of a wage-cut of 10 per
cent weekly. Don't you remember
l told you to watch and see. That is
the way the boss prepares his slaves
for a cut. Remember how he told
us to stand by him, because he stood
by us and gave us a dinner? Well,
here he is"
Gee, what can we do about it?
couldn't make ends meet before and
now 10 per cent less. I won't be able
to live"
well, it's about time you stopped
worrying about clothes and parties
and see how you are being led by
the nose. Now, Mabels brother told
me about union, the Needle Work
ers' Industrial Union, that fights
against this sort of stuff. Listen.
You, Mabel, her brother and those
we can get together, we'll see this
union and get organized a little our
selves. There's got to be a stop to
this 'sell-out' for steak"
well, you can take my word,
Mary, I'm not gonna pay any more
10 per cent cuts for a darn dinner
III help get all I can together and
We'll organize the whole shop into
the Needle Workers Industrial
Union"