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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
OMAHA WORKERS
DEMAND RELIEF
Mayors Committee to
Investigate Jobless

OMAHA, Neb., Aug 20-A fake
committee was set up by Mayor
Richard L. Metcalfe, which is called
the Unemployment Relief" Com
mittee of Is. The administration in
this city has done nothing for the
unemployed during the two years of
unemployment and at this time they
are beginning to get very much wor-
ried because the unemployed are be-
ginning to get desperate. According
to the newspapers, it is the first Of
fetal recognition of unemployment
The committee will meet today at
the city council chamber at 4 pm.
1t will begin an investigation" Of
unemployment.
The Trade Union Unity League
will be right there on the job with
a delegation from the Unemployed
Council and the Communist Parry
in presenting the demands on the
city and to expose the fake commit
tee, which is composed Of the worst
labor hating industrial and business
elements in Omaha.
The committee includes the worst
open-shoppers and wage-cutters. Al
ready the Union Pacific has cut the
wages Of the workers in different der
partments. So has the Building Ex-
change, and, in fact, all of them.
The committee actually will mean
that they will establish an executive
board in trying to put more and
more wage-cuts on the workers.
The demands of the Trade Union
Unity League are an appropriation by
the city of a sufficient sum to main
tain the family, SIS week for each
unemployed worker, 81 for each de-
pendent, IS per cent reduction in
salaries of all elected officials, $780,
900 collected in revenues from the
Douglas st. bridge each year to be
turned over to the unemployed of
Omaha and Council Bluffs, reduc-
ton in the electric power rates, free
water for all unemployed, Is per cent
reduction of taxes of all workers who
own property exemption from tax
alton of all unemployed workers,
cancellation of all back taxes, free
street car fare for all unemployed
workers and all school children OF
workers, against the increase in
street car fare Of 20 per cent, against
fastening the cost OF the South
Omaha bridge on the workers Of
Omaha and Council Bluffs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
FORM NEW GIANT
OIL COMP ANY
Struggle Sharpens for
World Markets

Five large petroleum companies
are being merged into world wide
unit which, with assets of over one
billion dollars, will rival the largest
of the petroleum companies now
struggling for the world market. The
companies which are to be combined
are the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, the Tide Water Asso-
ciated Oil Company, the Prairie Oil
and Gas Company, the Prairie Pipe
Line Company, and the Rio Grande
Oil Company. The new giant oil cor
poration will probably be known as
the Associated Petroleum Corpora
ton.
This unit will be complete, operat-
ing in all branches of the oil indus
try, including production, refining,
marketing, and transportation. The
result will be to intensity the strug-
gle for the world market especially
between the American and the Brit
ish companies, thus sharpening the
antagonism between these two impe-
rialist rivals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21

such as the DIV. Club can offer
them! 1t is a means of providing
them with an outlet for the emotions
that capitalist society has inhibited
in them. Thru meeting other work
ers and sympathizers in the club they
will be able to clear themselves up
politically, and every, other way. The
Daily Worker Club will fill the needs
of thousands of such workers in the
U. S. once they are reached. And
they can be reached and drawn into
this life very easily. ALI that Is
necessary is q little serious effort
on the part of comrades in the field
dn workingclass neighborhoods)
with this end in view.
There are now thirty clubs scat
tered all over the country There is
no reason why we can't have 800 in
the next few weeks. So far we regret
most of the clubs have been formed
without any outside help from Dis
trict functionaries. They have sprung
up - in Pocatello, Idaho; oxford,
Miss; st. Petersburg, Fla; Tampa,
Fla; Kensington, Pa. etc, etc. be-
cause the workers saw the advan-
tages of the club not only to them.
but to the workers in their COM
munity In some cases two or three
members have succeeded in drawing
dozens of sympathizers into the club,
when otherwise it would have been
impossible to hold their interest in
anything. There is something about
Daily Worker Club that attracts
Comrades, Get together on this in
your Unit and build some Daily
Worker Clubs The letter follows.
Make House 10 House CanvaSses
"When the Daily Worker Drive
began, our District attempted to
increase the sale of the Daily" In
many cities the bundle orders were
increased mechanically and little
attention was paid to systematic
ally Increase the sales. As re-
suit while our orders increased.
our sales did not keep pace. This
lead to n frequent If not perpetual
Wholesale free distribution. This
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
new STRIKE CERTAIN IN KENTUCKY,
TENNESSEE; MINERS OUT TO WIN

discussing and celebrating on the
functions and methods Of organizing
lie mine committees and the local
lnions of the N. M. U.
Reports were made by Mary Smith,
'istrict secretary of the Women's
Auxiharies of the N. M. u, and by
Alfred Wagenknecht, director of the
Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia
kentucky Striking Miners Relief.
Mary Smith urged the intensified
organization of the locals of the
auxiliaries, and assignment of men
members of the N. M. U. locals to
give the meetings of the women the
policies and keep them informed of
the activities of the union. The
Women's Auxiliaries are about to be
engaged in terrific struggle with
the local school boards for free food,
clothing and shoes for the thousands
Of miners school children who are
now naked and shoeless and hungry.
Wagenknecht, speaking for the Re-
lief, urged even more extensive Or
ganization Of the local relief COM
mittees in the strike area, and
pledged the intensification of the ma
tional relief campaign. A motion
carried unanimously in the Central
Rank and File Strike Committee to
issue a statement to the press en-
dorsing the Workers International
Relief national conference in Pitts
burgh, Aug. 20, and calling for the
greatest possib.$ efforts to raise re-
lief, food, clothing and funds for the
striking miners, the blacklisted men,
and for the new strike struggles
looming.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Young Mother Forced
Into Prostitution to
F e e d C. hill d r e n

CHICAGO, Aug. 2O-Edith Sim
mons is the mother of two young
children. Her husband has deserted
her and she is having a hard time
trying to support herself and the
children.
She has been evicted twice because
she could not pay rent. She cannot
get job. She has ben forced to go
with men that can help pay ex-
penses.
One cannot blame these young
girls and young men who drift to
crime because they have no job, no
money and no home to go to. 1t
is very hard to get job here unless
one has some sort Of pull" I, my
self, have only a temporary job.
can only trust and hope that I will
get another when this one gives out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
HUGE MASS MEET
SUN. TO GREET
FRANK SPECTOR
Victim of Imperial
Valley failing

NEW YORK.-Frsnk Spector, one
of the Imperial Valley, California,
prisoners who was only recently re-
leased from prison after serving more
than one year under the infamous
Criminal Syndicalism Law, can be
assured of a hearty welcome from the
workers of this district.
A huge mass meeting is being ar
ranged to take place on Sunday af-
ternoon, August %, at the Irving
Plaza Hall, 18th st. and Irving Place
at pm, at which Comrade Spector
will be the chief speaker. He will
tell of the struggle of the Imperial
Valley agricultural workers who
struck year ago against starvation,
and of the rage of the bosses OF
California, who attempted to send al
the leaders of the strike to Jail for
forty-two years. AS the result Of
the campaign carried on by the In
ternationa1 Labor Defense through
out the country in the past year, the
sentences of others we're reduced to
IA years, and Comrade Spector was
released. The meeting is part of 9
general Amnesty Drive which will
begin with the international demon
STATIONS on Saturday, August %
Admission to the meeting will be
Csc, jobless free.
Following the mass meeting 9
banquet will be held for Comrade
Spector in the same hall, to which
admission will be SOC.
The Bill Haywood Branch o.
Brooklyn has arranged banquet fol
Saturday evening, August %, at Ia
Neptune Ave. at o'clock. The ad.
mission to this banquet will be SOC
and Comrade Spector will also bt
present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEI

| fGUNElN UED FHUm FAhE ONEb
viii not cook up a story as the prose-
2utor wants her to she is being kept
Imprisoned. She declares repeatedly
that she saw nothing and has no
thing to say against the National
Miners Union members.
Witnesses and sympathizers of the
framed-up miners have been arrested
while sitting in court and charged
with criminal syndicaHsm." There
have been several instances where
witnesses were Jailed on these framed
charges and we're then baiIed out,
and re-arrested. On the second ar
rest bail would be increased tenfold,
in order to make it impossible for
these witnesses to appear in court
and expose the frame-up.
The warrants of arrest used are
printed forms, published in large
quantities, made so that only names
need be filled in, and they do not
even make any pretense Of following
the court procedure in other cases.
A motion made for change of venue
by the prosecution so that they can
split up the defense, scatter and ter
rorize the witnesses, and increase the
defense expense tremendously has
been set for Monday.
Because of these tactics, because of
the terror against witnesses and at
torneys, because all connected with
the defense have been threatened
with shooting, it is extremely diff
cult to raise defense funds. All work.
ers are urged Immediately to rush
funds to the International Labor De-
Tense, 799 Broadway, to prevent this
burning to death of 80 miners in the
same manner Sacco and Vanzetti
were murdered by the Massachusetts
bosses.
One Of the main reasons why the
prosecution wants a change of venue
is that it is seeking to have the
cases transferred to the "blue grass"
counties of Kentucky. There are no
miners or factory workers in this
territory, which is under the domi-
nation of landowners. The jury
would then be composed of rich
landowners and petty bourgeoisie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Vote Communist!

potism. We organize the workers
here to understand that in your strike
against the coal barons you are fight
ing in the class struggle for the work.
ers here and for the workers every
where.
Therefore, fellow workers, though
you find great difficulties in your
struggle, we bid you to keep up the
good courage and organize stronger
into your fighting union, the National
Miners Union. The vanguard of the
workers of the world is behind you
We are watching each advancing
move you make, for your gain is our
gain.
Follow the words of Karl Marx:
workers of the world, unite. You
have nothing to lose but your chains,
and world to gain!"
We are with you to the end.
Workers of the Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Sioux City Labor Faker Jails Communist

rest Stalker. This he did, but not
before the comrade had put up a
real struggle. Hart, who is a bully
ing small town marshall type, drew
gun on Stalker during the melee,
and would surely have shot him had
not member of the crowd snatched
the gun away from him.
After Stalker was lodged in Jail,
Short came to see him and asked
him to ride back to Sioux City with
him. OF course the faker was told
in no uncertain terms where to head
in at
On Saturday, Comrade Stalker
came up for trial and was fined 81
and costs for resisting an officer. AS
the case was closed Stalker made the
statement that he was coming back
to Homer to speak to the farmers in
the name of the Communist Party,
and that no amount Of terrorism
could stop him from doing so.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Stockton Unemployed Council Wins Relief

workers showing up fifty appeared.
When they marched up with the
family those grafters got scared of
the militant spirit of the workers
who would not let the takers bam-
boozle them with hooey. The direc-
tor mentioned something about hav-
ing the money last night and gave
the worker an order for groceries and
a room.
The capitalist press, of course, gave
its usual highly colored version of
the affair. That night the worker
came around to headquarters and
said, "This newspaper guy said I
was member of the Communist
Party. I'm not member, that is to
say, amt got book yet. But I
notice the Communist Party is the
only Party that is really interested
in the unemployed. So If that re-
porter guy thought he was going to
make me mad by calling me Com
munist he's got another guess
coming"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21

we walked along discussing now we
could rally the workers and the IN
employed Council to again restore
the furniture.
Finally we were attracted by an
open air meeting at which there
seemed to be some conmotion. We
go nearer: a socialist meeting. A
young boy whom we recognized as
Morris Carlo, a Pioneer, in an alter
cation with a beefy, prosperous in
dividual Around them stand Yip2
sells and so-called socialists with
smiles and smirks all over their faces.
Attack Child.
We do not say anything, but stand
around and listen to the converse
ton, which is as follows:
Come on, pay me for those Daily
Workers you tore up"
Go on, you little snotnose. Beat
it before I throw you out of here"
First pay me for those Daily
WORKER"
well, where did you get the nerve
to sell at our meeting?"
This is supposed to be a free
country, amt it? I'll sell wherever
I want to sell"
"C'mon, get out of here"
And with that the beefy one
pushed the youngster violently, who
quick as a flash came back with a
punch. The yellow scoundrel replied
with a blow that dropped the
Pioneer. At that we went into &C
ton, raging at ourselves for not
starting sooner
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21

SOC increase in sales before the end
of August"
As a rule the month OF August Is
usually marked with decreased sales
of the Daily Worker. However this
year due to the splendid response OF
the masses Of workers not only in
the financial campaign but also Is
Tar as ordering bundles is concern
ed, the exception disproves the ruie.
The circulation of the Daily today
is greater than 1t has ever been. We
hope Stockton's spirited letter will
set the pace for a big increase in
sales all thru the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
KHAN PARADES IN
HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
Threaten Negroes and
Communist Party

PITTSBURGH, Aug BOT h e
Pittsburgh Courier reports Ku
Klux Khan parade in Huntsville,
Alabama, to terrorize the Negro
workers and ito offset the alleged
influence being exerted among Ne
groes by the Communists"
The Pittsburgh Courier, which is
an organ of that section Of the Ne
gro refornists, headed by the N. A.
A. c. P. misleaders, most openly in
its betrayal Of the struggles Of the
Negro masses, characterizes the Khan
terrorism as "a picturesque parade"
The Courier's article carries a
Huntsville, Ala, date-line and fur
ther states:
reports here are TO the effect
that the Communists have gained
many sympathizers throughout the
whole section and the officials Of
the hooded order thought 1t best
to let the colored citizens know
that the organization was yet on
its feet and ready to act"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Work in Pitt. Terminal Mine Without Food

On Saturday seven men came from
the P. and w. mine to the National
Miners UNI Relief Store and begged
for something to eat for their starry
ing families. That is what the Lewis
and Pagan takers have done for them.
"A Miner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
STOCKTON, CAL. EXPECTS TO
INCREASE SALES5OP GIN AUG.
HURLS CHALLENGE TO COUNTRY!

We publish below an interesting
letter from two comrades in Stock
ton, Cal. The suggestions contained
therein should be studied by all Dis
tricts. We agree that one of the best
ways to increase Daily Worker sales
and build Daily Worker Clubs is to
make house to house canvasses. This
is one phase of the Daily Worker
campaign, that was not carried out
very thoroughly as can be seen by
the few coupon books that have been
filled and returned.
Start A Club In Your Town
Workers are looking for a club
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
HARLAN JUDGE THREATS DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE

whom Brock and the coal miners feel
would certainly condemn the miners
to death in the electric chair.
Joseph B. Snyder, attorney, whose
whole practice is for the local coal
bosses with whom he is closely con-
nected and from whom he receives
large fees, has been made a special
prosecutor in the case. Hence, it is
now clear that the Judge and the
prosecution are openly coal company
men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Avella, Pa.

Avella, Pa.
Dear Daily Worker:
was on the picket line this morn
ing at mine number of the Pitts
burgh Terminal Coal Company.
saw $50 men go in the mine. Out
of that $50 there was 100'sto 125 who
vent in without lunches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
SOCIALIST FRIEDMAN,
BROOKLYN CANDIDATE,
SLUGS YOUNG PIONEER
Morris Carlo Was Brutally Attacked by Beefy
Socialist for Selling "Daily Workers.
Workers Rally to Childs Defense and Rout the
Yellow Thugs, Take Over Meet
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK, N. Y-Friday evening. Five of u.s. League
MEMBERS returning from eviction: sore ebttered and
disappointed Feeling than the heavy hand of
preston of masters, the ruling capitalist class.
worker had been evicted. Five of heard about it.
We down. rallied workers and returned the fur
ture The landlord called the police who again put the fun
ture into the street
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
STARVATION WAGE
FOR HARVEST HANDS
Grand Forks. N. d.

NIdIlu FOLKS, N. d,
The harvest and threshing season
is on out here now They are pay
ing harvest workers 81 day and on
rare occasions $3.50 and sometimes
50. This is just enough to buy more
overalls and shoes.
If one neither smokes nor cnews
on the Job he can earn just enough
to go to town for one night and re-
place the clothes worn out during
his stay on the average Job,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
Socialists Routed.

Socialists Routed.
For fully five minutes the battle
ragged on. On one hand a few work.
ers whose sense of justice had been
outraged by the striking of a child
On the other two or three score
yipsels and socialists. And finally we
were rescued by a mass of workers
whom Carlo had summoned from
Pitkin and Hopkinson AYES, where
the Friends of the Soviet Union were
holding an open air meeting.
With the coming of more workers
the chicken-hearted socialists, seeing
that their forces were about the
same, retreated
Right then and there we held a
short meeting, explaining what hap
pened and calling on the workers to
follow us to the Friends of the So
Wet Union meeting. And most OF
the workers did so, leaving the So
cialists to nurse their bruises.
From the latest reports we learn
that the cowardly cur who struck
Carlo is the socialist, Friedman, can
didate for alderman in the 50th dis
trict.
Vote Communist!
We must intensity our work in the
election campaign in this and all dis
tricts, expose the socialists as enemies
of the workers, collect signatures tc
put Communists on the ballot an6
vote Communist in the coming cleo
tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21

Workers Correspondence Is the
backbone Of the revolutionary press.
Build your press by writing for il
about your day-to-day struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-21
$1,000 STILL NEEDED TO END CAMPAIGN

DISTRICT 2
Esther Rendlich,
N. Y. G. $500
bungalow, Camp
kinderland, Hope
well jet. 1.50
Ukr. women's Org,
n. y. G. 400
Sec. 10, Elizabeth,
". J. 100
See. @. n. Y. c. 2.T3
Sec, 3, Unit g, NY. 1000
Sec. =, n. v. G. f.S5
1.-TWO. Branch ~.
Newark. N. y. 5.25
Ukr. W. n. q. Dr.,
Bronx, \. Y. G.25
Ukr. W. Y. q. Br.,
West side. NY. 1850
Ukr. w. n. o, Br.,
Bayonne. n. J.. LIS
=. Pelczak, B'kiyn 100
-
Total s83.s3
DISTRICT
Roger Kircher,
Reading, Pm. 100
Philadelphia
Unit 1903 t.50
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
NJ. k. CHURCH W. F. Baldwin, Pastor.

II A, NJ Morning Worship and Sabbath School, pm. Evening Service Popular Song Service.
 Responsive Reading
 Prayer
 Special Music.
 Duet
 Double Quartec
 Offering
 Quartet
 The speaker will be Samuel An aruk Of Little Diomede Island. The the evening service Sunday night there will be special music. Everyone loves music so come out this Sabbath evening.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
VICTORIA SAILS DUTCH HER

SEATTLE. A4g. }. CAP)-Ta : $ V:r'nrsa of tha Alaska !. '= sH!-t 4t tel am faI.y. Sd e ed six passen gers. TO steerags. and no Nome pas=ang gsrs. All siX of the passengers were for Dutch Harbor and are as follows: Straus A. H. Proctor, Miss Phoebe West .C. C. Zi-glar. Ms. ". 3 Tender. sen and Mrs Id Tranz=r
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

passenger on the steamer Der play O. the A'ask4 Line. He will return t3 California where it is expected Ina climate conditions will be more suit4b.z D his con d!riou- Mrs Pace-s5H wAo also made the trip down from kotze- oue "a plane. w.l. retlra to kot- zebue as soon a. wsatde- cond:- '-5a- p--u ., ,o .sek after their business interests i1 that section.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
LOCAL NEWS

Judge C. L--=5 -ampsniei by his wife and son Carl were pas engers To EgaT.k o1 he motor sh.5 Sly-- Wave Taa-s1ay. where the Judge and his w5.= ~I spend two weeks vacation with their son George Lome- and wife.
 George LaibGa. pi!o.. mechanic ian. and owner Q, he Independent airways ot N9m=. returned from th- Koagarok inning section this week
 Bob Arnold s recovering from severe burns 10 ais left side and hand
 A'.oraey Ira D O-te- .s :n re- e.p of telegram conveying the sd news of he death Of fo-me! Nome attorney. Gordon Hall who died this week a his residence in Berkeley. California. Mir Hal was attorney for the Wild Coos, Mining Company T he early ia'
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
CHURCH NOTES
NOME FEDERATED CHURCH F. G. FORESTER, Minister

Sunday Schooi ...............--..l1 4. M.
 Intermediate Department: Mrs. F. G. Forester. Mr. Alvin Polet. Miss c. ROlaud0.
 Primary Dept. ---- Miss Forester Assisted by Mrs, Hartford. Mrs. Sparkling and Mrs. Mccarthy. Evening Worship .--- TAO PM
 Discussion Topic: "The Jelly-Ffsh Method
 The service will open with an organ prelude, and special music will be provided by Richard Lee who will play violin numbers.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

Nome. and ma .a-4. nd aa o:- dcs .a san Franc.sc9 up to the the Of his death
 IT. Henry Cr==E D-eds.2s. Co. .4- k3ugarok e-Oz. started .5--.-a- tae.r dr45z- last Sat1-- s.F s- -s working = hrs daily. Cs.s are employed continuously aa1..1- fge. ana J.ae- supplies from Davidson Ls2d.ng 10 the I--dze which is oz Kongarok river
 R51= .-t aa1 .Esrmz.:on Jack" are prospecting n-a- Taylor Greek
 Loai. Nashenw abou. ads 70 start ay5-a1ts operations o1 Dahl Greek
 Nor, Powell win a= 'Kougs- rock Limited" will lear= Nome on Sunday morning at seven o'clock for Iron creek. Th= round trip ta-- i- $500, excursion rates.
 E. 2 Patterson who was confn ed to the local hospital for short tlmz after his arrival via plane from Kotzebue. suffering from hes-. trouble. will be aa outgoing
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

Subscribers who do not get their paper regularly. will confer favor on the otice fl they will rrpor h as soon a, pbssihie