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The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Poor Farmers Must Sell
Beloqv Cost of Production

place, are those Of tenant farmers,
who in state of so much land ss
Texas has, cannot find land to work
on.
A few years ago the Negro laborer.
in Texas was threatened into work
in the cotton patch at very little pay,
this year he is facing the same sit
uation.
What Texas needs is a strong or
ganization, one that will give the
farmer to understand that in a coun-
try of plenty it is not necessary to
suffer, and that the Jim Grow law
is brutal instrument of the banker
and the Southern merchant. That
organization is the Communist Party.
Hurry up Texas
JOHN GREENBERG.
408ls Austin Avenue,
Weco, Texas.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
SUPPORT STRIKING MINERS FAMILIES! SEND FOOD AND TENT
A LETTER FROM
SOVIET CHINA

When the first part of the 18th
Red army won Insham western
part of Anhui) the soldiers Of
white army called us oyer-"We
have the ammunition for you,"
come faster Red brothers,
According to accurate infor-
nation just received, the Soviet
district of the frontiers between
Anhui and Hupei are becoming
stronger every day, and that is
why we see such rapid develop
ment of the peasant revolution.
On March 5, the Red army
marched over to Insham and
chased the white army into the
city. The soldiers of the white
army did not want to fight
against their Red brothers and
having killed their officers called
the Red army with the words
quoted above. We received from
the soldiers the following: 1900
rifles, 2 cannons and four ma
chine guns.
The most pleasant event was
the capture of 20 rich landowners
whom the peasants hate so much.
The removal of landlord class is
real cause for jog among the
peasants.
Three Young Communists
Esperanto Correspondents
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Meet to Spread Coal
Strike Tn .Eohnstoyu
Johntown, Pa.

JOhntoWn, Pa.
Daily Worker:
I am young unemployed worker,
having been out of work over year.
Conditions in the steel mills and
mines are terrible here. More are
losing their jobs daily and those that
are working are only getting few
days week.
The miners and their families are
actually starving and are all talking
about the great strike that IS going
on west of here. We are getting
ready to go on strike here too un-
der the leadership of the National
Miners Union.
We had good conference here
July 49, We discussed our demands
and laid the base to spread the mine
strike throughout central Pennsyl-
vania. If we are sure of getting re-
lief, we will have no trouble getting
all the miners out on strike here in
Johnstown.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
HUNDREDS FIRED
+ IN SPRINGFIELD
Steel and Truck Men
Hit In Bosses Drive

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio.-The Inter
national Truck laid off 500 men in
the last two weeks and more will be
laid off next week. The Crowell pub
fishing House has laid of hundreds
and has cut the hours and also the
Ohio Steel Foundry has changed to
the tonnage system and men who
made s6 day are now making So
in three days. No one in this mill
knows how much his pay check will
be until he sees his creek. The
whole town, as far as the shops are
concerned, is shot to hell.
We are holding regular shop meet
tngs. 1t looks like the workers will
soon be ready to take action. There
about 1000 out of work, some OF
them for. over a year.
Coal dealers say everybody have
to pay cash for coal this win
ter. We workers will have to take
this back this winter. A lot of the
workers are still holding stiff lip.
but when the snow flies. they will be
ready to take action. I am sure.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
NO STRIKE, BOYS,'
SOCIALIST TELLS
WORKERS IN MEX.
Labor Faker Advises
Workers to Work
For SOC A Day
Mexico City.

Mexico City.
The Daily Worker:
1 write to you because I am a
worker and I sure believe that the
DAILY Worker" is the voice Of the
working class and I would like to see
the names in the paper Of some of
the enemies that the working class
has here in Mexico.
Just a few days ago my sirdicate
C?) had deep problem with the
boss of a big drug store, only because
the workers didn't want any more to
work from u to 13 hours a day with
salary of So or $225 (silver. Mex
ican money, it is about 30 cents, the
leaders hardly knew what to do; the
boss sent to Jail one of the workers.
calling him "a dangerous Commu-
mist" Then the policemen searched
several houses of the workers plum
dering them, thinking that they were
going to "find something" after all
this we were ready for the strike and
decided to get what We wanted; but
then the boss accompanied by law
yer come to see the head social lead
er. After long conversation the
socialist leader, A. Perez Medina, said
to us: mo strike, boys, the lawyer
of the boss is great friend of mine
and he has promised me that soon
everything Will be all right, so get
back to the job till I call you up"
And against the wishes Of the work
ers. everybody went back to work to
keep on being exploited.
7 know that this is only a little
particle of what they do and what
they are capable to do against the
laborers; but want as a Mexican
worker. to tell the American work.
ing class that here in Mexico as in
the U. s. A., we are fighting for our
rights and against the imperialism
of the bosses-sue we will keep on
till we get what we need and must
have.
For the rights Of the working class,
r. r. B.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Heavy Pay Cuts
In Paper Mills at
Monroe, Michigan
Gen. Motors Cuts 70
P. c.; Workers Look
Toward Communism
Monroe, Mich.

Monroe, Mich.
Daily Worker:
Here in Monroe ther: are seveca.
paper mills st the best there are
operating about so per cent. The
h0sses seeing the workers out of work,
thought that thus would be a good
chance to cut wages.
5O-70% Wage Cuts
The wages here are cut from so
to 10 per cent. There is one metal
factory here, a new one under the
control Of the General Motors, that
has no shame at all about cutting
wages. This mill cut the pay down
70 per cent.
1t is sure time for the workers to
get together and protest against this
c Il business of the bosses. We are
all ready to get together and act
all we need is some good leaders,
some good Communists.
Talk Communism
The workers are all asking each
other, what can we do?" Everybody
is talking about the American
Communist Party. One worker told
me he always heard the Communist
were trying to destroy the country
Well he said, this is the only
political party that knows how tc
build things. It's a workingman'
party, too, and that's the party for
me-"
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Miners Wife and FtVe Children
Jailed tor Picketing Ohio Mine
Urge Workers to Help
Collect Food to Speed
Strike to Victory

st. Clalrsville, o.
Daily Worker
You send me to Jail, and by babies
go with me-" So said Mrs. Stella
Bonifini, the mother of five children,
and the wife of a miner now on strike
in Ohio, whom the police arrested for
throwing stones at scabs"
With a stern face, and proud of the
part she had played in helping keep
the scabs away from the mines on
strike, she took her five babies and
off to jail she went.
Mrs. Bonifini is only one of 10000
miners wives and mothers who have
been subjected to a very hard life
Caring for big family, with the
washing to do, taking care of the
house sourse, cooking often times
for boarders. for there is never
enough to eat from what che
makes. SO It's necessary to keep
boarders to help out.
No Food for Babies
When the pay is brought home "you
just don't know what to do with it
You have the rent to pay, grocery and
butcher bills, and ogten times doc
tor bills, for our babies most always
get sick since we can't aggord to give
them the right kind of food"
So when the strike broke out the
women became active in helping their
men win it. The strike is one against
starvation, and the women, the wives
of the miners, know it better than
anybody. So, after taking care OF
the housework, the women together
with their children go out on the
picket line and take their place to-
gether with their men against starva-
ton for the right to live decently.
Wives Militant
Every day as the strike is devel-
oping, it can be noted that more and
more miners wives are drawn in to
the struggle. Remarkable militancy
is shown by the women Although
in many cases they go on the picket
line without food, but this does not
discourage them from fighting. They
are subjected to arrests, beatings, but
even this does not keep them from
the battling field.
What they most need now is food.
With sufficient food for themselves
and their families, their fight for a
decent living wage and against the
UNIV betrayers will be won.
Every worker must help collect
feed for the miners and in this way
help them win their battle.
j. G.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Prepare for Aug. |
In Hancock, Mich.
lBy a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
HANCOCK, Mich.-A united front
conference was held here at the La
Dor Hall to prepare for the August
l demonstration against war. There
were II delegates present, represent
ing as many organizations. These
delegates went back to their organ
izations to mobilize the workers to
come out and demonstrate at Reven
and Franklin Sts. at 2 pm. Au-
gust l.
Another conference will be held
July 81 at the Hancock Labor Hall,
to make final preparations. At our
first conference the question of the
miners strike was brought up. The
delegates resolved to take up the
task of collecting relief for the strik-
ing miners as soon as they gat back
to their organizations. We also ar
ranged to hold big workers picnic
some time in August.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
New Britain Food
Workers Staggered
Placed On Half Pay,
Work Increased
New Britain, Conn.

New Britain, Conn.
Daily Worker:
Sorry, boys, but you will have to
work half-Gay from now On at half
pay and one meal a day. This is
what the restaurant bosses are tell
ing US restaurant workers in Britain.
The half pay amounts to $50 a month
and if worker gets sick for one
day the boss at once gets another for
less pay.
The Victor Lunch OF this city
changes its buss boys around every
day. They have to wash dishes, peel
potatoes, help on the counter. cook
end carry dishes at the same time
These restaurant bosses learned from
the manufacturers about the stagger
system which Hoover and his COM
mittee advocated.
We workers must wake up and
learn that this stagger system means
starvation. Every one of us must Or
ganize like the coal miners did. We
starve when we work and we starve
when we don't work. How can we
support our families on $50 month
Let's take action now and stop the
bosses from kidding us along.
We should all read the Daily Work
er and learn how to fight. We must
organize into the Food Workers In
dustrial Union and put an end tc
these conditions.
"A Food Worker.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
ARIZONA TROOPS
TRAIN FOR WAR
Mesa, Ariz.

MESA, hIlks
Daily Worker:
1 am living in the Rocky Noun
tain region Of Arizona. In the
next block to me is a training
barracks for soldiers where the
crack Of rifles may be heard all
day. The khaki clad soldiers are
taught to be used to the guns and
to get used to taking orders and
being obedient. Every night we
hear the clatter of horses hooves
along the roads as the soldiers
train in the dark and silence.
For what are they training?
Not for peace, surely. We re-
member the last war "to end all
wars" and 10 save the world for
democracy" Now every capital
ist nation is lining up their forces
for a new war TO save the world
What are the readers of this
fine working -class paper doing to
avert this slaughter that the
bosses are preparing for the
world? Are you telling your
friends the truth about how the
bosses are preparing to dupe
them into another slaughter?
Give them the Daily Worker and
Lot them learn how the canitaJisf
nations are preparing an attack
on the first workers republic, the
Soviet Union.
A WORKER.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Glad To Be Reds, Say Textile Workers

that is yours? I called his blud
by asking to come over to the sta
ton where I got the permit.
All this time the workers from the
shop were looking on. This thug of
capitalist law tried to impress the
workers that he was protecting them
from dangerous Irish Red" But
the workers knew his scheme. They
came to me and bought my Dailies,
and in doing so enraged the cop.
1 told him, and so did some of the
workers, that if the Communists
were fighting to better the conditions
of the workers then we were damned
glad to be called Reds" --H.R.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25

Union and take the Lewis machine
to one of the strip pits and let the
steam shovel cover it up. One miner,
IN proposing this, said that we should
then put up small monument with
the inscription "A Sad Experience
written on it.
Lose Homes.
Crawford County covers the main
coal-producing part of this section,
with a population of $4,000. This
year there are to be $500 homes sold
for back taxes. These homes are
mostly homes Of miners, who ac-
cumulated them after years and
years Of hard toll in the mines.
Many miners homes have already
been sold under the hammer for
taxes of $100. All this was caused
by the betrayals of Lewis and his
gang.
To complete the Job and destroy
what little protection the miners had,
Alex. Howatt came down here to fool
the miners. He began to talk loud
and told the miners that if they
would follow him he would run John
Lewis out Of District IA. He said
everything would be rosy then and
the miners would have real cham
pion-" But, as was proven in prac-
tice, Howatt wanted to get the graft
TOR Howatt instead of Lewis.
Last winter the miners found
Aemseives in such a destitute posi-
zion that they began to revolt. The
county, fearful of this revolt, gave
the miners some charity" relief, but
now they have cut that off.
Build Jobless Councils.
The miners were very glad to re-
ceive the program of the Unemployed
Council Of the Trade Union Unity
League. That will lead them in a
fight tor real relief (not charity
and unemployment insurance. Un-
employed Councils are being set up
IN all the camps and towns. And
they are beginning to function.
"A Miner.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
CHINA RED ARMY
BUILDS 800 NEW
WORKER SOVIETS
N e w Forces
Join Communists
In HankoW
(By a Worker Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, China.-Over 100000
soldiers of Nanking army after their
victory over the Northern opposition,
were transferred by the orders C.
Chang Kai Shok to the Red front.
This grand army equipped with mi
litary airplanes armored tanks and
armored trains, after the three
months of determination of Com
munists, now have to perform this
task under the personal leadership
of Chang Kai Shek, who is fighting
with the help of foreign capitalists.
The three months are over, what
are the results?
Before the Marking army ever saw
the first detachments of the Red
army Chang Kai Shek lauded his
army five times day as the army
which "heroically destroyed $40
thousands of Communist detach-
ments." That may be true, because
the Red army only has one gun for
four or five soldiers. However, the
Red army is welcomed everywhere by
the workers, is now found in 300 So
Wet regions, and after the announce
ment of the destruction of the Com
munist army, the workers and pea
SAINTS have done their part to des-
troy it by increasing its forces to
$1,000 in Hankow, and 10000 in
Shanghai, and similarly hundreds of
thousands Of peasants joined the
ranks of the Red Army everywhere.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25

skiff Of II or ID feet. A worker has
to have a lot of nerve and be pref
ty hard up in order to put up with
this life 1t is one of the most dan
gerous and hazardous occupations
that know Of
Low Pay
What do the fisherman get for
this work? Perhaps you think that
he is well compensated. Don't fool
yourself, for big business has its
fingers in there too. The fishermen
work piece-work, and the catch is
divided into shares. The owner Of
the boat pockets two shares and an
other two shares for the seine. Still
he takes another share for bossing
the crew on his boat! Each fisher
man gets one share out of which he
pays insurance, board and other in
cidentals. Now how much do you
think we get for each salmon
caught? A pitiful six cents regard.
less of size and this has to be d.
vided into 10 shares. To put it an
other way 13 fish must be caught
before a man gets &c.
Figure it out yourself how many
fish must be caught in order for a
worker to make decent wage to
compensate him for his labor and
the danger involved. Maybe you
think the boat owners don't make
much either but this is not so for
they also own the canneries. BY
this method they lower the price Of
the catch and pile up profits.
Strike!
OF course no human being can
work under these conditions so the
fishermen got together on July 3
and declared a strike. The result
is that no boat is fishing at present
and we feel sure Of success. We are
demanding ten cents fish and will
not go to work until we get it. II
will be better for all salmon fisher
men to stay away from Cape Flat
terry and nearby waters until our de-
mands are granted.
Sincerely,
Fisherman.
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
Providence, r. l.

Providence, R. l.
Dear Comrades:--
I went to Central Falls to get a
permit to sell papers-so l could sell
the Daily Worker in thetextile strike
zone. l was refused the permit, but
got one from the Providence police.
went with my Dailies to the
Providence Woolen Mill and at 5
O'Clock when the workers came out
of the mill, started to yell the slo-
gans of the Red Builders Club and
the sergant of the police came up
and told me to move.
told him that had badge per-
NIT and he said. How do know
The daily worker., 1931-07-25
MONT. FARMERS
APPROVE USSR
Drouth Drives Poor
Farmers to Ruin
(By A Worker Corrsepondent.l


PLENTYWOOD, Mont.-To one of
the largest audiences that has ever
gathered to hear a speaker on polit-
ical or economic subjects in Sheri-
dan County, three workers, Comrades
Sneider, McGortle and Lawrie from
the western coast, spoke on the
achievements of the Russian people
under Communism, and the success
of their Five-Year Plan. These three
speakers who were accompanied by
the local organizer for the United
Farmers League, Com. Omholt, had
just recently returned from tour of
Soviet Union as the guests of the
Friends of the Soviet UnioG. and
we're going to F'roid, Montana from
there working their way back to Ca
lifornia ant: Washington.
The crowd that came 20 listen, one
composed mostly of grizzleel Gud care
w,:n farmers and workers ami abn.r
wives eagerly listened to the stories
these comrades had to tell of the
Russians. Their applause was stim-
ulating when they heard that in Rus
sia there was no unemployment, that
children were the first consideration
in the minds of all, that men and
women were absolutely equal politi-
cally and economically and that the
aged and the sick were taken care
by the state All of the audience
seemed in hearty approval of the
Hands Off the Soviet Union policy
to allow the Russian workers to go
on with the one great example with
out interference by war by all the
capitalist countries.
Sheridan County and its environs
has suffered from one of the most
serious droughts in many years this
past year, and many farmers and
workers are on the verge of starva-
ton.