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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
COUNCIL BLUFFS
SLASHES RELIEF
Demand Food
In Council Chambers
tBy a Worker Correspondent


COUNCIL BLUFFS, iowa Larson
and Turner, overseers Of the poor,
had decided to starve 48 families to
death in Council Bluffs by shutting
off food at the county court house.
The Trade Union Unity League
then organized committee of work
ers to see Larson and demand food
for these starving families and she
refused to talk with them. So we vent
to the city council, so or so workers
from the Unemployed Council, and
they tried not to see us, but we stayed
and informed the mayor that we we're
there to see that the starving workers
were fed. The mayor tried to shut
us off, but we told him TO sit down
and keep quiet as the court house be-
longed to us as well as to the mayor.
They then continued the meeting
of the city council behind closed doors
and refused to admit the workers,
which proved beyond a doubt that
the city Is not interested in the starv-
ing workers.
They also put an extra lock on the
doors where the food is kept. We
will continue our struggle, however,
drawing in more workers, until we
force these capitalist grafters TO give
us real relief and unemployment in
suranc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Expose Boss Press Lies
By Mass Correspondence
lny q worker Correspondent

articles
and the given awaken
the 4veOpment of
resrondence. Let consider the results of this call
throughout the nation simultaneously stories
suffering the
articles sh0wedhe
Of working
this damnable lie rather series of lies From all the
truth The revolutionary
enabled
in their psive
indictment of capitalism
of statician but collective indictment
workers ndigna
felt cynicism
ruling for their part in the fight
given
the
them but have them amongst
ffectepiece collective
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
WORKERS DEFEAT
POLICE PEONAGE
Smash Bosses Attempt
to Jail Old Workers
tpy a Worker Correspondent

tBy a Worker Correspondent
WICHITA FALLS, Texas.-The Law
forces here are trying to force every
body to the cotton patch. The city
a short while back took II old men
to the police station to send them
to the cotton fields to work as con-
victS. Many of them were crippled
and had to walk with canes.
The workers saw the cops taking
these old workers off to forced labor
and they Immediately gathered in
large crowd to defend them from the
police. The police fearing the indig-
nant workers who gathered in good
numbers, let the old workers go.
The Unemployed Council is becom-
ing more popular in Texas and Okla
homa every day. The workers here
are rallying to the struggle for un-
employment insurance, for free food.
clothing and shelted for the unem-
ployed, against the police terror and
against the poll FAX. We are pre-
pairing for the big hunger march on
Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
CALF. GOVERNOR
LIES IN SPEECH
ABOUT PAY-CUTS
SAYS Wages Will Not
Be Slashed; Yet Pay
Envelopes Shrink
(Bv a Worker Correspondent


OAKLAND, Cal. - "Rolph paints
bright picture for California GOV
ernor shoots shafts of light through
the gloom"
These headlines appeared over 8
story IN the post Enquirer" which
burst into ecstasy recently over the
Governor of CALIFORNIA; sunny
smile" and Cheerful outlook"
The governor told the women's
club that california will be the great
est state and Los Angeles the greatest
city if the people support adequate
water projects. California will not
cut wages one cent" said the gov
ernor.
We would like to ask the governor
about 100000 agricultural workers who
had their WAGES cut 10 to 20 per cent.
How about the cannery workers who
got their pay cut 10 to so per cent?
And the printers, mschinists, sheet
metal workers, moulders, etc. (who by
the way are A. F. of L. members) :,
their wages were cut 10 to Is per cent.
How about the California miners, oil
workers, railroad men, packing house
workers? Their wages were cut 10
per cent or more. And the domestic
workers lost SO per cent of their pay
through numerous slashes since 1880.
Workers in California kf1ouy that
their chief executive lies without
blinking. They are organizing into
industrial unions for fight against
the wage cuts. The cannery workers
strike in San Jose was proof that the
workers will fight. Sunny Jim's smiles
will not fool the workers much longer.
They are organizing against wage
cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
THE AMERICAN
"UNTOUCHABLES''
They Are Turning to
Communism
Adrian, Mich.

Daily WORKER
have just returned from a few
days stay in Pellston, town in the
northern part OF the Lower PENN
yula. Pellston is a remnant Of a
once thriving lumber center like
many other places in this section of
Michigan.
On one side Of the road are the
"respectables," on the other the "un-
touchables"--a mass Of humanity
who cannot be sure OF their next
meal. We visited three or four of
the "houses"-low rooted, two-room
affairs where whole families eat.
sieep--and die. Many OF the shacks
are absolutely unfit for human habi-
tation, dark, dingy. with old news
papers plastered round the walls and
ceiling In an effort to keep out the
cold. In these live the castaways, the
old time wealth producers Of the
lumber barons.
They have sawed the lumber that
built the houses all over the coun-
try, but they hardly have house for
themselves. They have produced
millions in wealth. but they starve.
can't clothe their children suffi-
GENTLY to send them to school, can't
feed their children.
These workers have heard Of the
Soviet Union. They are eager to talk
about It. Many of them are looking
TO the Communist Party for leader
ship. We must lead them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Legion Tells Hungry Vets
To Become Apple Peddlers

peddlers caused the Legion dignitaries
no small amount of embarrassment
from other sources. But some wise
and clever schemer suddenly dis
covered a way to overcome this diff
ficulty. Did he see to it that these
war veterans were provided with
clean and comfortable clothing? Oh,
mol not in Capitalist Americal These
peddlers are now provided with long,
thin smocks Gin Legion colors) to
cover up their dirty rags" SO that
they will be more pleasing to the eyes
of these fat and perfmned parasites
who sent them away with golden
promises and waving flags fourteen
years ago.
A Workwer Correspondent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Threshing Crew Near
Bull. Idaho. Strikes
For Increased Paw
(By a Farmer Correspondent

BUHL, Idaho.--There have been
several small strikes in the fruit or
chards around here, the workers de-
manding higher wages.
One threshing crew In my neigh
borhood struck against 81 day and
board.
The associated charities are busy
panhandling the people. They are
sounding the warning that the wo5st
is yet to come.
The farmers are selling their crops
far below the cost of production. II
the price doesn't change there will
be great fields OF potatoes left on the
ground to rot and freezs, Fore
closures are beginning to hum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
BOSSES LIE ON
CRISIS CAUSE
Worker Exposes Anti
Soviet Propaganda
CBy a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
PORTLAND, Ore-The lumber
barons come out with their scam
dalous lies about convict labor" in
the lumber camps of the Soviet
Union and dumping on the American
market below the cost OF production.
Yes, it is wonderful way to lie
about the cause of the present crisis
in the lumber industry, when, in
1890, the total lumber imports to this
country from the Soviet Union
amounted toI only 100000 board
feet, and the total production in
Oregon and Washington, in 1928, was
over 1i,5000oo,00o board feet, or the
Soviet lumber exports to this country
in 1890 was only six-tenths of l per
cent Of the 1928 lumber production
of two states, Oregon and Wash
ington.
SO we see by taking the lies of the
lumber barons, and the lumber pro-
duction and import statistics, that
we have a wonderful puzzle to work
out, that Is, to determine how the
small lumber imports from the Soviet
Union can cut the lumber produc-
ton OF this country down to IS per
cent Of capacity. So we see that the
bosses are interested in keeping the
workers ignorant Of the true condi-
tons and the cause Of the present
economic crisis. Therefore, all their
lies about convict labor" In the
Soviet Union.
These lies Of the bosses must be
met by more organization and mill
tant struggle against wage-cuts and
speed-up
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
CRASH OF POUND
STERLING HITS
WORKERS IN us.
Northwest Farm rs
Lose On English
Fruit Orders
rBy q Worker Correspondent

SEATTLE, Wash.-It Is interesting
10 note the effect of the decline of
the British pound sterling upon the
standards Of living out here in north
west. It Is doubly interesting because
the capitalist press all called aloud
to us, that it had no effect upon liv-
ing standards. They denied that it
would even affect the British workers.
We call attention to the fact that
the Daily Worker, was alone point
ing out the suffering that would re-
suit from it.
In the northwestern fruit country
yakima and Wenatchee) orchardists
depended upon the shipment to the
British Empire of Winternellis pears,
as their main source Of income, this
year. The orders were In and pay
s1ents arranged for. Then the French
and American attack upon England
came. A 10000 dollar shipment would
yealize only around $75o0-$80oO. The
farmers could not afford to let the
crop 30.
Canadian Dollar Declines
Because OF the proximity Of the
northwest to the Canadian border,
another and more direct harmful re-
suit to the workers took effect, upon
the decline OF the pound. Canadian
money started declining. There is at
present o sliding discount of from
10 TO 20 percent. There has always
been an open across the counter ac-
ceptance Of Canadian money. The
workers have received thousands of
dollars Of 1t in their paydays. No
ore ever questioned its value. Just
Two naoati1s ago. the spokane-Spoke-
snnan-Review. yan an editorial. ex-
Solling the spending of 1t In that
area. A correspondent had written
asking u it was safe to accept 1t in
change. The editorial was q reply
and stated that the appearance Of
Canadian money in our trading is
. welcome sign, because 1t means that
Canadians are crossing the border
to buy here The decline of the
pound really meant that within a few
weeks, thousands OF workers were
robbed Of hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Dear comrades /:

Dear comrades:
Omaha, Neb.
Again the American Legion OF this
city has installed the apple selling
idea to solve" the depression. For
a while it looked like the idea had
been permanently abandoned. Last
winter numerous complaints came in
from the various office buildings
where the veterans had been as
signed the right to peddle. The lilly
fingered parasites apparently resent
ed the intrusion of their warm, clean
and carpeted domains by lousy,
ragged, poverty stricken, apple pedd-
ding war veterans.
AT the same time the tattered and
deplorable condition of many of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Gimble Bros. Slash Wages
of Section Managers 10 PC.


to take an occasional day off (about
one day every two weeks in order
to keep every one working, but this
lie was thrown back in their faces,
when they la off workers in many
departments despite this promise"
The answer of the workers in Gin
bells is to tell Bernard Gimbel (the
big boss) '1ess Saratoga Springs, less
Palm Beach, and more wages for
the 1000 exploited workers in the
"happy Gimbel family and their
answer We are giving them is by
joining the Office Workers Union OF
the T.U.UL. and fighting wage cuts.
One of "Gimbers Happy Family"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

1t reminds me of nothing so much as
a fond gathering of doting aunts and
uncles, who came to hear little Elmer
speak his piece. Here is the chair
man: He is paunchy lawyer, with
pale blue eyes and faint yellow
mustache. How do 1 know he is d
lawyer? Because he tells us. Then
he introduces the main speaker, the
candidate for the 10th Assembly dis
trict: 81 know Mr.. Haskell very well.
In fact, I am his boss-what better
endorsement can I give hirn?" And
he sits down, Sinking, very we'll
satisfied with himself. Not litter
ran through the room. Evidently,
there is nothing funny or incompa-
tible, in the proud utterance of the
word Boss by a supposed enemy Of
bosses.
Candidate Speaks
Now our candidate speaks. He is
handicapped by an unusual set of
adenoidS and a very meagre intellect.
But he is lawyer, and you mustn't
forget it. His speech must have been
prepared for him (by his boss, no
doubt and very painstakingly MEM
orized. II I gave it to you verbatim,
you couldn't tell if it were Hoover
attacking Smith, or Smith attacking
Hoover. 1t was the regulation Stereo-
typed campaign speech, denouncing
the current officials, and promising
everything, from newly built houses
to the abolition of dandruff, if only
you voted Socialist. And on, the
graft and corruption of the present
administration! This fake mud sling
ing characterizes all three capitalist
parties. And here we have the ex-
ponents of socialism, in all their
nakedness.
Not one single word was mentioned
OF the deepeing world crisis the
intensified fascist brutality. of the
bosses, the misery of millions, the
bitter strikes and battles waged daily,
the coming imperialist war.
Not Workers Party
Questions were allowed. Following
a question about the U. S. Judiciary,
I asked: "Is the socialist party a
working class party?" The paunchy
chairman turns bit yellower. His
pale eyes look bewildered, caught. He
answers: well, it should be- 1t should
be, but unfortunately, it isn't. No,
we are not yet the leading Labor
Party here" A very typical evasion.
Immediately after my question, a
new speaker is introduced No more
questions allowed. These takers fear
exposure, they fear honest questions.
And so do most Of the audience, from
the prosperous storekeepers, the
bearded president of the synagogue,
the professionals, to the satin-coated
woman who glares at me. left the
hall, and the few workers present,
left with me.
The insanity, the obvious fakery of
the speech and meeting, had COM
pletely discredited the Socialist Party
in the eyes of the three or four
works. who had left with me (in-
GLIDING the young worker who had
accompanied mel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

Daily Worker:
Last week, in the Gimbel store
here, the bosses cut the wages of the
Executive Staff (Section Managers,
etc. ten per cent. This is merely
a fore-runner of the wage cut that
is coming for the lower-paid en-
ployees. Already lay-offs have taken
place in every department, amount
ing to approximately 900 workers.
This too was not enough. In almost
every department where the wages
have already bee ncut, the fire en-
ployees and hire new girls in their
places at lower wages. Another
clever trick is that of asking workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
fBy a Worker Correspondentl

tBy a Worker Correspondent
SAN DIEGO, CaL--E. r. Burke, the
boss of the San Felepi Ranch, had
an ad in the San Diego Union, Oct.
~, which read: Man wanted. Board,
wages, steady work. Apply 500 7th
Street"
There were over rs men waiting In
line for the Job. It turned out that
the boss wanted carpenters to work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Not Bread, But Beer,
Say Legion Leaders
(By an Ex-Serviceman)

NEW YORK. - Recently 1,40o
delegates to the American Legion
convention in Detroit solemnly re-
solved that:
Whereas we can't get cognac in
America, we want beer,
And whereas we waited q long
time for the Tombstone Bonus, we
can stick it out until 1945.
Then they shined up tehir Sam
Brown belts and went home.
They don't want money, they
want beer. They don't say whether
they wanted it light or dark, but
perhaps that will come up at the
next convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

and make it last a little longer they
cut the running time down to six
hours per day, but there is no in
crease in the hourly rate of pay.
If the worker happens to be living
in company's boarding house he
has just enough to pay for his meals
while he works, but on Sundays, if
he eats, he must get his board free
Here is the case of a logger who
went to work for the Northwestern
Lumber and Logging Co. of Hoquiam
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

Camp IA. This man put in three
full days at work and was there over
Sunday with one meal on Monday.
There were no comrnissary charges
for him. After he had settled up he
had just 81 cents left. He brought
this check to the office of the IN
employed Council and was paid the
81 cents by the Council, which en-
closes it for exhibit in the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

OF the dumping Of the USSR or
some such rot.
Special interests in America, the
Fish Congressional Committee, Green
and Vol of the A. F. of L.. the COM
promisers of the workers together
with their henchmen, the so-called
socialists, DESTROYS Of paving the way
for intervention, are endeayoring to
stir up hatred among the workers
and farmers of the U.S.A. against our
proletarian government.
We shall confine ourselves % the
Amo factory. In 1929 this factor had
a force Of 5000 workers. In 1881 here
are now $1,000. This factory is Of
the latest American construction and
equipped throughout with American
machinery. We are now prepared for
mass production, but without the
speed-up system which is so disas-
trous for the American workers. The
foreman, who in America is merely
the instrument in the hands of the
bosses. here-only may carry out the
decision of the workers themselves.
The workers committees of each shop
decide upon and regulate the output
so that the evi effects of mass pro-
duction cannot appear here. Piece
work at Amo is therefore entirely diff
ferent from that in American fac
tories.
Our plant operates on a 7-hour
day basis with a five-day week. That
is, we work four days and are free
on the fifth.
Dinners are served in the factory
dining hall which accommodates
about 5000 at a time. Our factory
kitchen prepares meals not only for
us but for several neighboring fac
tories as we'll. A two course dinner
with soup, vegetable and bread costs
Is kopeks (12l2 cents. The factory
also operates large laundry for its
workers.
Connected with the factory there is
an emergency hospital and clinic with
a competent medical and dental staff
in charge. Here the best Of treat
ment is at the disposal of the work
ers free of charge. If disqualification
is indicated, it is furnished by the
Health Administration without cost
to the workers. If rest in a sana-
troium in the Caucasus or Crimea
the former playground Of the Gear
and his favorites is necessary, it is
also furnished with all Transportation
charges included. Meanwhile work
ers continue to receive their pay.
All workers get two to four weeks
vacation with pay each year and the
privilege of going to a rest home free
of charge.
A large club room Is an integral
part of the cultural life of the fac
tory with its library and reading faci-
lities. The factory orchestra and
dramatlc sections give Jhelr own Spe-
cial entertainment for the workers
as well as helping to round out the
meetings of more serious nature.
kMO has two large athletic sta
Girns for mass sports, one located
near the factory. and the other in
the Park of Culture and Rest.
The factory is well equipped with
shower and tub baths and a large
swimming pool
If you are interested in our So
ciahst society become 8 worker COR
res oondent and write to US.
International Shock Brigade, Am
Auto Factory, Moscow, USSR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
Offer Carpenters ST Day: so Cents for
Common LabOrers

for a dollar day, cement workers
for rs cents a day and laborers for
so cents a day. And references were
requiredl
Great, isn't It? And this is only
a small example of what is in store
for the workers in the United States
unless they get busy and organize
now and fight against the wage
cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

while my husband was working
i could not buy anything for the
newcomer. So here I am without
a garment for the baby or a. gown
for myself or a penny for the doctor
bill When my husband was work
ing got two dresses and my hus-
band got one shirt and one pair of
ovcralls and my little boy has only
few of his baby clothes to wear.
This is why we are organizing into
a union to fight the bnsse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
EXPECTANT MOTHER BATTLES AGAINST HUNGER
in STRAIGHT CREEK, KENTUCKY MINING REGION

store, for we couldn't get enough
ahead TO draw any money and
everything sold SO high that we
couldn't buy enough to eat, much
less clothes. would have to 60
every day to my mother to get
something out of her garden for
supper. At the store they sell meal
at 10 cents sack, flour at 81, white
bacon at 20 cents pound and
what they give you for one pound
will hardly make a meal.
When my husband went TO work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

here he had only one pair of shoes
which had been half-soled with old
rubber. He worked few days and
went to the store to get pair of
shoes The, had made only 81 and
the shoes were $3.50. He asked IL
enough to pay for them and was
informed by the bookkeeper that he
would have to work another day,
so he had to wire his shoes on his
feet In the mine the next day.
No Clothes for Baby
am an expectaut mother and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

Straight Creek, Ky.
Daily Worker:
l want to write you about the
conditions at the Carolina mines.
There are three in our family and
when my husband was working he
got two dollars a day. Out Of this
we had TO pay 81 month for house
rent, 81 month for coal, So for
doctor, 81 for burial fund and 40
cents a drop for light. My husband
had to work II hours day.
We had to trade at the company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
BROOKLYN SOCIALIST
ADMITS S. p. Is NOT
" A WORKERS PARTY
Chairman at Socialist Meet Says Party Is No
Labor Party
Bearded Synagogue Presidents, Business Men
Support Socialist Platform
by a Worker Correspondent

On October 16 went to meeting of the socialist party,
S Savoy Mansion 64th ST. and goth Ave. Bensonhurs
guided young worker who considered Thomas messiah
with thought it good chance to expose these social
fascss and their fake socialism So here at the nice
shiny hall:
My young friend confides into that he
cigarette but daren smoke since it is the Sabbath and
he gmpses the president of his synagogue in the audience
Let this give you idea of the composition of the audience
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

workerS Correspondence Is the
backbone Of the revolutionary press.
Build your press by writing for 1t.
about your day-tc-day strug
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
SOVIET AUTO WORK Frs
THROW LIGHT ON LIES
OF u. S. JOURN
Tell of Good Meals Served at Factory Kitchens
And New Cultural Life
Receive Medical Attention Free and Full
Wages While Sick
Moscow, U.S.S.R.
WORKERS OF AMERICA;

So many false and misleading statements being circu
lated in the American bourgeois press about the condition
the workers in the Soviet Union that the international
Shock Brigade UdaikD of the Amo automobile factory
Moscow sending this letter to the American workers
through the columns of the Daily Worker.
The capitalist press tries to make you the workers
farmers believe that your deporabe conditions the result
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

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