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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

yesterday with coo quitting work to
demand better wages and recogni-
ton of their union.
These are Just two of a whole SER
les of strikes that have been spread
ing throughout the Philippines to-
gether with mass peasant uprisings.
a. strike of 500 workers on the IEolo
railway for more wages and better
working conditions ended recently.
More than 1000 lumber workers in
Negros struck. Troops and corstab-
ulary armed with machine guns and
hand grenades were sent% against
them.
The Filipino workers and peasants
are increasing their struggles for bet
ter living conditions and against inn
perialist slavery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

NEW YORK. Thousands OF WGrl,-
ers d2nloostrc tcJ yesterday after
neon for the coming dress srii.e.
Before the demonstration started
a dozen meetings were he'd in vaG1-
Gus sections Of the needs trades els
trict around 32Gsh St, Eighth End
Ninth AYES. Speakers addressed the
meeting in English, jewish and Ital-
ian. Hundreds of placards, with
slogans about the importance of the
coming struggle, and calling upon
the workers to be ready for the
dressmakers' strike, were carried in
the demonstration. The meetings
manifested a spirit Of readiness on
the part of the workers to respond
to the call of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union and to
make thecoming strike successful.
Tens of thousands Of workers OBJ
served the demonstration and many
a passerby made such remarks as;
"These fellows seem to be getting
ready for something serious" The
demonstration wound up with a
series speeches from platforms to
thousands of workers.
Conference Saturday.
The United Front Conference, to~5e
held Jan. 81 at Webster Hall, is to
be. all information indicates, a very
large representation Of hundreds OF
workers organizations that are get
ting ready to stand with the dress
makers in their coming struggle.
Many organizations. however, have
failed to send in their credentials
although they have already elected
their delegates This should be I'M
mediately corrected and all creden-
tials should be sent at once to the
office of the Industrial Union. Or
carnations that are not meeting be-
fore the conference should be, reprt-
scented by their officials.
The following 2nizatiors have
already sent in credentials: Inter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
N o T &c E
WORKER SENDS 81, SAYS HE
REALIZES DAILY'S IMPORTANCE

The following letter from Vir-
GINA worker is one of the best reas-
ons why we must liquidate the, de-
felt and do 1t quickly. This letter
expresses not only the opinion of the
native workers in Virginia, but also
of workers throughout the United
States.
Read the letter carefully and i'm
mediately send your contribution to
the $4,000 Emergency fund of the
Daily Worker, SO E. 18th Street. New
York City, N. Y,
Sending dollar not because can
spare it but because it is essential
for me as a laborer to be informed
of the issues confronting the exploit
ted proletariat of America-and the
Daily is worthy Of every revolutionary
workers support. am enclosing
clipping from the Alexandria Ga
zette' to give you an idea of the
lousy propaganda we workers have to
stomach from the Jesus loving, booze
drinking Rotary Club that sanctions
every crime from lynching to open
shops and will never suggest that a
laborer be paid more than 35 cents
an hour. with 10-hour day and a
6-day week My gawd how the money
rolls in. REGARDLESS of this imper-
ialist capitalist propaganda, regard
less of wage-cuts. lay-offs, the Khan,
the American Legion and old lady
patriotic societies, there are enough
revolutionary workers in Virginia who
by past experience have learned Of
the treacherous snature Of the small
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
Half of American Workers Hit
By Some Form of Unemployment

While the bosses are printing lies
about workers being taken back on
the job the A. F.. of L. officialdom,
who work under Hoover's direction,
are forced to show that while the
weighed" percentage Of unem-
ployed in December, 1880, in the
ranks of the A F. of L. was 1866, in
January it had jumped to 1914.
The very fact that the A. F. OF l..
is forced to admit that nearly
100000 workers are out OF work
mentioning nothing about the mil
lions on part-tim as proved by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
figures indicates that unemploy-
ment is growing worse from day to
day, and is affecting half OF the en-
tire American working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
RED CROSS AIDS
MORE TO STARVE
Tussle Over S25, 1000, 900
Reveals Govt Fakery

WASHINGTON. Jan. %. That
the Red Cross under instructions OF
Hoover is refusing to take $4,000, 900
which is supposed to be appropriated
for relief, is the charge made in
the senate today Hoover is sabotag-
ing even the fake relief program of
the Red Cross, so that the bosses will
have more profits and will not have
to pay additional taxes.
Senator Robinson who wanted to
put over a gesture of providing re-
lief said that the Red Cross had
become a itical instrument of
President Hoo II. 1.-THE attitude OF
the President Of the United States
against federal appropriation is in
comprehensive to his most intimate
friends" Robinson said.
This wordy tussle between Robin
son and Hoover over the function of
the Red Cross brings out clearly that
the bosses government, either through
tAiC uCiAoCi dIo VI 1SPupuSe1iIo w llot
propose to give the unemployed any
form of relief. Both are interested
in preserving the bosses profits and
let the unemployed starve. What
Robinson objects to is Hoover's crude
methods of open sabotage, while he
and his associates favor plans OF
making the unemployed believe that
the boss government is actually doing
something against hunger.
Only the mass action of the work
ers will force relief from the capital
list government. Mobilize for the mass
hunger demonstrations on February
10thl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
URGE WORKERS
ATTEND TRIAL
IF Negro Unemployed
Tenant Today

NEW VOORHEES, Thursday the
Unemployed Council of the Bronx
moved back the furniture of a Ne
"ro worker, john Smith OF 1886 Third
Ave He had been eVicted in the
morning and Immediately the IN
employed Council mobiizer the
workers in the neishborhood and
went into action,
A few days later the landlord mar
sinai and a policeman visited the
2dgU2rs2-s of the Unemployed
Council and attempted to find out
who had broken this landlords claw. +"
Last Tuesday a summons was served
on Smith for "forcibly entering a
residence"
Wednesday morning committee
Of workers went with Smith and a
spokesman from the Council to the
police court, where postponement
Of the case was secured until Thurs
day morning at 10 a. m. Smith, who
has two children and a wife who is
expecting another baby, must not be
put on the streets again.
The landlord, through the courts,
win try to railroad this Negro worker
to jail for refusing to allow himself
and his family to freeze on the
streets. All workers must come to
the Magistrate Court at 1914 E. 181st
St, at 10 a. m. Thursday morning
and support Smith and the Unem-
ployed Council in an effort to pre-
vent any more of this bosses anc
landlords Justice from bein &
handed out to the workers Of the
Bronx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

town capitalists and viii not be lead
into either an her imperialist
slaughter or an attack on the Soviet
Union. The Czarist- aristocray of the
South cannot retain its wealth or po-
sition of power in the present eco
nomic depression without resorting
to the militia and murder. The old
regime of the blue bloods is dying
out, in its place we find a middle
class bourgeois merchant trying to
initiate his brother Morgan of Wall
Street on two hundred month and
a new Ford-this middle class tyrant
does not stop at murder to increase
his profits-he uses the church, the
khan, the legion. the press and the
radio to make of the proletariat q
willing and humble slave. Against
these petty Mussolinies the working
class will hurl the challenge of a
Daily Worker will meet the lynch
ings, wage cuts, and lay-offs with the
organized power Of a world proletar-
lat will not compromise, will not re-
treat until the demands of the work.
ers are met, until by united strug-
gle we realize the overthrow Of capt.
talism and World october. The
revolutionary workers of Virginia may
be unorganized, may be hungry, may
be without jobs, may be scattered
over the state--but the revolutionary
workers of Virginia exist and stand
with their northern comrades for the
defense of the Soviet Union and the
ultimate dictatorship of the proletar-
lat over the whole world.
VIRGINIA WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
Call for General Strike IN
Philippines; More Walk Out

A wireless report from Manila dat
ed January 27tlr states that Manila
labor unions, undoubtedly under the
leadership of the Proletarian. Labor
Congress, are calling for a general
strike of all workers in the Philip
pines in sympathy with 5000 long
shoremen who are on strike in Iii
olo.
The Filipino constabulary is being
modified against the strikers. Con-
stabulary chiefs informed Honorio
Ventura, secretary Of the Interior;
Filemon E. Perez, secretary of COM
merce, and the Manila police that
danger was threatened in the cap
ital." Secret police were put into
action to railroad strike leaders to
Jail
Reds are 49, I t.r Tie
increasing number of strikes.
The strike of 5000 longshoremen
at Iliolo psralyZed port activities
Another strike involving dock work
ers of occidental Negros broadened
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Figures
on unemployment, doctored with
optimistic" propaganda, just issued
By the American Federation of Labor
and the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co., show tremendous increases in
the number of jobless. The Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. figures,
which Hoover at first refused to give
out, and which we're published only
after they had been fixed up, show
that only 54 per cent of the workers
in the United States have full-time
employment. The rest, or 100000,
are either totally unemployed or on
part-time basis.
In the Detroit District only one
third of the workers have full time
jobs. The rest are either totally un-
employed or on part-time basis. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
MELLON AGAINST
BONUS TO VETS
Wants All the Money
for Tax Refunds

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. %
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon APP
peared before the Senate finance
committee and urged rejection Of all
demands to pay the 1915 c'Tomb-
stoneD bonus to starving unemployed
ex-servicemen now. This demand for
payment now is one of those made by
the Unemployed Councils and by the
Workers Ex-Serviccmen's League, as
well as by other bodies.
Melons argument is that it would
add to treasury deficit and be an
economic peril" He has given away
money like water in the form of tax
refunds to big businessmen, especially
to corporations which his own family
owns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
On the Strike Front
Meetings Every Day

Today the executive Of the
Cloakmakers' United Front Com
mittee will meet at $50 p. m. at
the office of the union, 131 w.
18th st. Demonstration in Har-
lem. noontiine at Third Ave. and
105th st. to 115th st. Fraction
meeting of all Communist Party
members in the needle industry at
8 p. m. at Workers Center, 35 E.
18th st.
Tomorrow: Youth educational
meeting at union office at 1880
p. m.
Saturday: At 8 p. m, banquet
and concert by the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union and the
Williamsburg Workers Club, at
795 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, to
celebrate the opening of that
Headquarters.
Tuesday, Feb. :: At $50 p. M
a meeting of young needle work
ers.
Everyday: Collections for the
strike fund. Mobilization OF the
workers in the shops.
Join the union. Make your con-
tribution to the $4,000 strike
fund. Be ready to strike!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
10000 DEMONSTRATE IN NEWARK FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF; MARCH, DEFY
POLICE ORDERS; BRUTALLY ATTACKED
Mayor Tells lie ad er
you'll Get Nothing,
We Have Contracts"
Knocked Down 3 Times
Collect $500 Names,
Prepare for Feb. 10

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. e. - Tfaos<
sands of Newark workers and unenss
ployed workers marched from Military
Park today on the city hall. They
held meeting in the park first, then
blocked the whole street for blocks
to the city hall, sent in their delega-
ton and held demonstration when
the delegation tried to report back.
They carried placards demanding un-
employment relief. They did all this
in the face of continued savage at-
tackS by the police, and in defiance
of police orders given previously, mo
placards, no march, and no Demon
stration at the city hall"
Speakers at the Military Park we're
Mary Kingston and Taft. The crowd
endorsed the demands on the city
council to divert 100000 from the
city sinking fund to unemployment
relief, for no evictions, free food for
children of the obless, etc. They elect
ed as their delegation to serve these
demands on the city council: John
Kasper spokesman of the delegation)
Bessie Blumer, A. Kruzrainter and
Pergola.
con to City Hall.
Then the shout was raised at 1890.
"On to city hall', and the battle
started
Mounted police and foot police
charged in, swinging fists and clubs
and riding into the crowd, which
5welled rapidly The throng pushed
on broken as it was by police
charges, until Broad ST., leading to
the city hall, was blocked for hours.
1t is estimated that about 10000 took
part in this march, with other thou
sands looking on.
You're Wasting Time"
At the city hall the delegation went
before the mayor and the city COM
mission. Kasper spoke in a loud
voice, relating the demands of the
iobless. Mayor Congleton snapped,
You're wasting your time. If the
city were to give that much it would
have to break its contracts" (con-
tracts with the bankers and graft
ers)!
Congleton denied there was much
starvation in Newark. Kasper told
him the mayor had been living
among the wealthy, but the commits
tee before him was living among the
wage-cut workers and the unem-
ployed and knew what II was talking
about.
When Kasper demanded the pay
ment now of the ex-servicemen'e
tombstone bonus, due in 1945. this
mayor told him to Go to Washing
tom"
Kasper assured him that on Feb.
10 there would be something doing
in Washington, too, but meanwhils
ne had some demands to make IN
the name of Newark jobless, on the
Newark city government. The mayor
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREES
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
Spontaneous Marches Shoav
Eagerness for Insurance

demonstrations break out among the
jobless themselves, and are in adj
dition to the regular demonstrations
arranged through the Councils of
the Unemployed, of which there have
been dozens within the last few
weeks, and another big one planned
for Philadelphia, today.
Make 1t Nationwide.
The workers and unemployed
should now be in readiness for the
great demonstrations in every city
and town of United States, Feb. 10,
the day on which the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill is pre-
sented to Congress by delegation
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29
AFL Admits Increase
of 100000 in One
Month

A. F. of L. figures for the early part
of January state that there are S.
100000 workers totally unemployed
in the United States. In issuing
these figures to help the bosses and
to cover up the real extent of the
unemployment situation, Green says
that only 100000 workers lost their
jobs in December. The percentages
of the New York department OF
labor figures and those of the U. S.
Department of Labor indicate that
more than 100000 workers were
thrown out of work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

AS the time draws near for the
nation wide demonstrations in sup
port of the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill, spontaneous demon
strationsbreak out all over the coun-
try. News has just been received of
the march of 200 Fisher Body auto
workers in Cleveland.
Tuesday 5000 who were looking
for jobs at Hogg Island, Philadelphia,
marched on the city hall. These
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-29

CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE,
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
G For Velvet
ODOOOHlN * Evening Wraps

"A new evening wrap, tool"
That's the hue and cry Of all
young girls, this holiday season.
For half the thrill of wearing a
new dance frock is lost unless
there's a new wrap to go over
it! An old bedraggled wrap
looks as incongruous as shabby
shoes or last years hat, with a
new street costume!
And the hues and cries need
not be in .vain-in fact, Wen
wager that very few will be!
These lovely wraps are marked
at perfectly incredible prices.
And oh, how smart they are!
Black and COIors
One of the most gorgeous
long wraps that we've seen is
sketched up on the left. It's
velvet, of course, as practically
all of them are this season Gun
less they're fur). And it comes
in that gorgeous Japanese"
red, as well as Mountain
berry"-a rich wine shade, deep
green and some stunning blues,
called Chinese" and "Tropi-
CAL" And of course, black, that
everyone knows is generally
more flattering than any color.
In fact, all the models that
we've pictured here come in
this choice of colors. "
This wrap we started to de-
scribe is perfectly straight in
back, though at the sides it's
moderately flared. And the
sleeves are so different-looking
with four rows of ruffles fluff
fling out just above the wrist.
But the most important feature
Of this wrap is it's generously
full shawl collar of real, white
fox! Wouldn't nearly anyone
you know think that a coat
like this would cost several
hundred dollars? We fully ex-
pected something like that,
when we asked the price.
Imagine our surprise when we
found the price was only
around $50!
Bolster and Legs o'MuttOn
While we were still long-wrap-
minded, we happened to see a
charming model without fur
trim! It's illustrated in the
middle, up above. You'd never
miss the fur, though. with such
a good-looking collar as it has.
Made in bolster-faShion, by
shirring, in a double puffed ef-
feet, it frames the face as be-
comingly as any kind of fur.
And the sleeves are draped in
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
When ,YOurCoueh
Hangs On, Mix
This at Home

For coughs due to colds, the best
remedy that money could buy can easily
be mixed at home. 1t saves money and
gives you the most reliable, quick-act.
ing medicine you ever used. The way
it takes hold Of stubborn coughs, giving
immediate relief, is astonishing.
Any druggist can supply you with
21A ounces Of Pinex. Pour this into a
pint bottle, and fill up with plain gran
ulated sugar syrup or strained honey.
It's no trouble at all to mix, and when
you once use it, you will never be with
out it. Keeps perfectly and tastes
good-children really like it.
1t is surprising how quickly this
lOosens the germ-laden phlegm, and
soothes the inflamed membranes. At
the same time, part of the medicine
is absorbed into the blood, where IL
acts directly on the bronchial tubes,
and helps the system throw off the
whole trouble. Even those severe
coughs which follow cold epidemics,
are promptly ended.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of Norway Pine, containing the
active agent of creosOte, in a refined,
palatable form. Nothing known in
medicine is more helpful in cases Of
severe coughs and bronchial irritatiOns.
Do not accept substitute for Pinex.
It is guaranteed to give prompt relief
or money refunded.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

. train. The last one up. And
she's snozzled!" whispered Lau-
rel.
what the hell's that to US?
What's a hundred ginger Cleo
patra's when you're here?"
Freddie passed near them, a
firm arm around the waist Of
the inebriated damsel.
IF it was any of the rest
you, for instance!-Td stick by
her. But Freddie's a good
scout!" said Laurel.
They saw him help the girl
into his car and then drive
away to the railroad station.
Succeed to the ears!" quoth
Laurel slangily, "d'you know,
Roger, sometimes I don't blame
the older folk for knocking us
younger ones?"
Surprised at herself, she
waited his reply. He said,
succinctly: tits out of the pic
ture for a pretty girl like you
to start moralizing."
Doesn't suit your book, old
dear?" she jibed at him. II
know the next move! know
what you're going to say. That
a girl should plunge in deep,
and that experience and you
are grand little teacherSn
"Well, aren't they?"
"Mayhap. I'll try anything
once, as the fat girl said when
she put her head in the gas
oven!"
Laurel, you mean it?"
"No. Sublimate it! Tele-
phone a psycho-analyst and
find out why I'm freezing in
stead of burning"
And at that moment the
door of the deserted house
again opened. An admirer, of
Laurel's stood there, calling
her by name...
That's Foggy! We'd best so
in" said she.
Where Is the Girl That's
Crazy for Me, Down in the
Pale Moonlight" Foggy was
chanting.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
The Road Back

} Fatherland! You bunch OF
traitors!"
The boys now join in eagerly.
One shakes his small fist.
Wen have to give you a good
hiding!" he pipes up in his
high-pitched voice. "Cowards!"
chimes in another. "These Boil
sheviks must all be rooted out,
or Germany will never be
free!" shouts a fourth glibly
and pat.
A Good Soldier
That's right" The leader
pats him on the shoulder and
makes toward US. Run them
off, lads!"
At that moment Willy wakes
up. He has been asleep until
now. He is still a good soldier
in that; if he lies down for
long, he at once goes to sleep.
He stands up. The leader
pulls up short at once. Willy
looks about him in surprise and
explodeS into laughter. whats
thisP A fancy-dress ball?" he
asks. Then he grasps the stu
alton. well, well-So there
you are!" he growls at the
leader. We've been wonder
ing what had become OF you
for a long time now! Yes,
yes; I know, the Fatherland-
it's all yours, by deed Of set
tlement, eh? And everyone
else is traitor-so? Funny
thing then that three-quarters
of the German army were trail
tors-Just you hop off now,
you jackanapes! Why can't
you let the kids enjoy the few
years that are left to them,
while they need still know moth
ing about it?"
The leader draws off his
army. But the wood is spoiled
for u.s.. We go back to the vii
lage. Behind us, rhythmical
and syncopated, echoes the cry,
"Frontheil! Frontheil! Front
HE'LL"
"Frontheil!" Willy clutches
his hair. eff anyone had said
that to the lads up the line!"
"Yes," says Kosole sourly.
$50 it begins all over again"
1NsTALLMENT 60
Just outside the village we
find little beer garden where
already there are a few tables
standing out in the open.
Though Valentin is due back
at his swing-boats in an hour,
we still sit ourselves down for
a quick one, to make the best
of our time, for who knows
when, we shall be together
again.
A pale sunset is coloring the
sky. I cannot help thinking
still Of that scene back in the
woods. my heavens, Willy"
I say, 'here we are alive still
and only just out of it-how is
it possible there sohuld al
ready be such people to do
that sort of thing?"
Ito Be COntinued)
Copyright. Erich Maria Re-
marque, 1881; distributed by
United Feature syndicare.)
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

rather a leg o'mutton manner
way down between the elbow
and the wrist. There are long
vertical seams that give it
fitted lines. And who would
think that $40 was a bit too
much to pay, to add such a
creation to her wardrobe?
AS for a wrap Of shorter
length-no one could help low
ing the three-quarter type
sketched on the right. This
time, the large fur collar is
Belgian. hare-really a dead
ringer for q fox, though natu-