davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Renew Your Sub
Today: Build the
Sustaining Fund

MY subscription expired today.
I want to renew it and here is
So for another year." writes COM
rade from Detroit. ALSO enclosed
find So for yearly subscription to
the Daily Worker to be sent to
GV.D. Brabant, Belgium"
Am enclosing so cents in
stamps printed by the good old
USA, Please send me one
months subscription to the Daily.
If convenient begin subscription
with August l date so I can follow
demonstrations better" asks G. F.
La F., Lincoln, Neb.
Subscriptions and renewals are
coming in but not near fast
enough! Has your subscription eX-
pired? Why not renew it today to
help us out? If you are not a sub
scriber, why not let us send you
the Daily for a month on trial?
If you are working won't you
pledge a weekly or monthly sum
to the Daily Worker Sustaining
Fund! If unemployed try and
spread the news among your
friends who are employed and ask
them to help! Send all subscrip-
tions, donations and pledges via
air mail to the Daily Worker, so
f. 18th ST., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

police, National Guards and hired
thugs of the bosses the strike is still
on
The bosses, seeing that they cannot
terrorize the workers back to work
have now begun all sorts of trickery
and underhand methods in order to
induce the workers back to work.
Two examples suffice to prove this,
The bosses news sheets have been
used to break the militancy of the
workers. In one case an article ap-
peared claiming that the Syrian
workers were dissatisfied with the
procedure of the strike and we're
planning to return to work. In this
way they tried to split the ranks of
the workers by playing one national
ity against another This article has
been proven as lie by the fact that
the Syrian workers have not returned
to work but are the most militant
fighters in the picket lines In an
other case an article read that 800
WORKERS had returned PACK TO Work IN
the Royal Weaving Co. of Pawtucket
The brszennesS of this article can be
seen by the fact that even today
there are not more than 100 out of
the thousand on strike that have re-
turned to work.
What was the purpose of this ar
ticle? Why was this lie popularized
throughout New England by the
bosses news papers? This article had
a double purpose Firstly, the bosses
attempted to raise confusion and
doubt in the minds of the strikers
and thus break their militancy. But
secondly, and mainly, the purpose of
the article was to raise doub
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl

the charge Of unlawful association,
based on Section SO which was passed
in 1919 and is similar to the Grim
inal syndicalist laws in the United
States.
Tom Evan, secretary Of the Work
ers Unity League, for whom a war
rant is out, has not yet been arrested.
Bail has been set at $4,000. Tim
Buck and Boychuck are out on bail.
The raid followed Premier Ben
nets order in council that was rush
ed thru, before the adjournment of
parliament and which gave him die
tatorial powers to deal with unem-
ployment and establish peace and
order"
The capitalist press openly stated
that this was directed against the
Communists and others who disturb
the peace" that is, who refuse to
starve quietly.
The employers propose to solve"
unemployment thru the establish
ment of camps, segregating the I'M
employed single men under military
supervision. The men are to re-
ceiye only enough for subsistence. In
practice unemployed workers who
refuse to Sregister for these camps
are charged with vagrancy and cut
off from all relief,
Unemployment is growing steadily,
the Canadian National Railroad
shops alone are preparing to lay off
$4,000 workers. The BescO mines in
Newfoundland laid off 1900 men.
Wage cuts are taking place in all
industries. The farmers are destt-
tute. In Saskatchewan aloen, 10000
are starving. The miners in Alberta
and Nova Scotia are working on a
stagger system, one and two days a
week. Nearly 100000 workers are
unemployed in Canada today.
The struggles of the unemployed
are growing. Militant demonstra-
tons have taken place in Vancouver,
Winnipeg, Sudbury, Toronto, etc.
during the recent period. The I'M
employed movement is going forward
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
The Present Strike Situation In Western
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ol.i9 and
West Virginia
West Virginia
f0ONrtNUED FR0m pAnn nNl11

CONTINUED FROM PACE "NEI
committees etc These struggles broader and
deeper strike struggles.
This tactical change likewise abandonment of
the workers general (5 cents ton check
wehman $3.50 day. recognition of the union
small degree OF relief to the starving families The
n u will continue its fight for them fnchingIy without let
Up The present change of tactics prepares intensified
@ Oh ne SCke struggles for these elementary demands the strike
Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and tbe PAN
been starved and teTrnrizsd h ~ % many OF tn nave
and loyalty to the miners have their
confidence the program great task now is
reorgan the ranks of these at work and
again draw these into the against starvation
This program for the present strike doveta strengthens
Central Pennsylvania throughout the mining indus
try the miners employed and and are
ganng for struggle against the unbearabe mining
communities Inevitably develops towards national
strike for the major demands of the union growing
local ana district struggles based on lesser demands The N
the central organizer and leader of this struggle Through
the Miners Unity Committees united front with
miners IN the o. M W. A. locals and the minority movements
All the N M u strategy including the present
strike directed towards the strengthening these
strike
blackled workers and their
strikes developing urgent We appeal
the whole working class strain to all possible
food clothing great
struggle
call upon the masses of miners to build the M u Our union
against the encroachng u M w A.
offers nothing but acey betrayal hope us in
schemes of classification government ownership
the being by the oper
ators and their labor and political acey plans
They hundreds of thousands more
into unemployment starvation
speedup respect program
the N M u meets needs If
yield
the M us general policies its
strengthen strike prepare
struggles leadership National
Miners Union.
signed by Unity Committee
by National
Virginia by the Central Rank
Committee the of
both districts in Pittsburgh Friday 1t
meeting of the Committee Saturday
August Is, Pittsburgh
Central Rank Strike meeting Saur-
the following steps carry through
the organized retreat:
Meetings of section strike committees Saturday
p m. discuss the policy apply
OF
Sunday 10 discuss the policy
Brownsville
Carnegie Coal Co. Sovan; Pittsburgh City
Hilman Coal at Pittsburgh
3An local unions meet policy the
demands to be made, and the application of the policy
4-Jont meetings
Monday discuss the
present the demands to the companies
5The demands to be presented the
August 49,
and those back report the conf
mtees to take the the terms
tanned continue the
6Joint conferences Coal Co miners on
Sunday August 49, to discuss the mines The plans 70
Ght against the conditions especially
Workers contract
than in any others most situation IS
imminent in the Pursglove OF company in west
Vrgina) y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Call Oklahoma Oil Workers to Organize

Murray, the governor, has put SOL
diers in the oil fields to shut off the
oil. That knocks more workers out
of work and they arc not giving us
a cent of relief either when we are
out of work.
There are more men out of work
out here than ever before. The
only thing can see to do is for all
the workers to get together and or
ganize into unemployed councils and
force the rich bosses to give us real
relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
POCATELLO, IDAHO FORMS DAILY zz
WORKER CLUB! WHAT ABOUT SMALL
CLUBS IN FAR AND MIDDLE WEST?

We are pleased 10 announce the
formation of Daily Worker Club
i'm the town of Pocatello. idaho.
While there are only three mem
bers in the club at the r@@sent time.
nevertheless the letter (printed be-
low) announcing its plans and aims
leads us to believe there will be
many more in the next few weeks.
The INTERESTINGLY starts the let
ter having studied, analysed and
acknowledged the great truth OF
having as goal the further and
deeper study of the movement and
its aim; the spreading Of the idea
in our vicinity and in every way,
help to the best of our ability in
following the teachings as given by
the Daily Worker.
Just rend few numbers, but
already recognize it as the best
organ of labor knowledge, the
champion defender of the opprPs-
scd. and the beacon that points the
real truth and the real paradise
where men will find the so much
wanted prosperity and happiness.
With you we shout; Long live
CommunIsn,, Long live Soviet
Russia, and hurrah for the Daily
Worker"
The letter is signed by the three
members Of the club.
What about some action from com
rades in Salt Lake City, rim Den
yer in this direction? The POcateIIo
Club is conclusive proof that the
smallest town no matter if there
are only two or three readers of the
Daily Worker can form n Daily
Worker Club and thereby sooner or
later draw the entire working class
section into the effort.
Lets hear from similar groups In
the West and Middle West:
Hold Affairs for "Daily"
At last a letter from the Hicks
vile, L. l.. n Y. Daily Worker Club:
Our Daily Worker Club was present
at the Picnic Sunday August 9, and
did all we could to help make
success of it. And IT certainly was
successful. Everything was sold
There was big crowd which was
willing to help the striking miners"
The comrade neglects however to
state what Picnic he is referring to!
Nevertheless Daily Worker Club af-
fairs will help Clubs as well as the
Daily to get on their feet. We
hope other clubs VIII take advantage
of this method Of increasing mem
bership helping the Daily" etc.
What about report Of last meeting,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

class, but by the Negro toadies of the
bosses as well. Several Negro or
CARNATIONS, including the Honewood
Civic League, have followed the ex-
ample of the white bosses in putting
up rewards for the fastening of the
crime on some Negro worker, The
rewards now total $3.50, Uncle Tom
Negro preachers and business men
are calling on the Negro masses not
to resist the terror against them, but
to follow the advice and counsel OF
the best members of both races.
The best members" of both races
being, in the frank opinion Of these
Negro renegades, the white bosses
who are terrorizing the Negro masses,
and the Negro toadies of these white
bosses. Together with the bosses
these Negro tools have launched q
vicious attack against the Communist
Party, thus demonstrating their I'M
Outstanding that before thew can
crush the resistance of the Negro
masses it is first necessary to attack
The Communist Party, the force that
IS unifying the white and Negro
masses for common, militant struggle
against the white ruling class.
That the grounds for involving q
Negro in the murder of the society
woman and the wcurding of her two
companions were extremely dubious,
was already der 0nstrated by the
vague description given by the two
wounded women of their Supposed
Negro assailant. This vagueness IVES
further brought out when the two
Negroes we're taken before Nell Will
Jams. Although both, according to
the police, fitted the description
perfectly" Miss Williams said one
was too black and the other too light
to have been the assailant. 1t is quite
probable that some innocent militant
Negro worker will be found to be Just
the right shade.
The Negro and white workers of
the entire country must rally to the
defense Of the Negro workers of Biz
mingham and of the Communist
Party against the attacks of the Al
bama bosses. These attacks on the
Negro workers and the Communist
Party are engineered by the same
murderous white ruling class which
framed up the nine innocent Scots
boro Negro boys and massacred the
Camp Hill troopers and the Chicago
unemployed workers. These attacks
arc aimed at breaking the resistance
Of the working-cla against starva-
ion boss terror and the new openly
admitted wage cutting campaign.
White and Negro workers unite
against the boss offensive! Defend
your class brothers in Alabama and
in the coal fields of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia! Smash the
boss terror! Demonstrate August %
for the release Of the Scottsboro and
Camp Hill victims, of Tom Mooney
and all class war prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

amongst the supporters of the strike
throughout New England. The bosses
fully we'll realize that the success OF
the strike for the workers depends q
great deal on their getting the much
needed relief and support of the
workers throughout New England
Thus workers in reading that boss
made lie in the news papers would
think that the strike is lost and over
and would no longer support the
strike by sending them relief. Thus
through a tricky lie the bosses at
tempted to break the militancy of the
fighters and supporters of the strike.
Workers. What must be our an
swer to this? Our answer must come
in the form Of Immediately sending
them the much needed relief to the
strike area to show the bosses that
the fight of the R. I. textile workers
is also our fight and to prove to the
strikers that we are with them to the
last ditch.
On Sunday, August %, at Wood
land Park, Worcester, Mass, the
Communist Party together with the
Labor Sports Union is holding a dis
trict-wide sports meet and picnic to
aid the striking textile workers. All
proceeds of this event will go for the
support of the strike
Workers and synpathizers, answer
the lies and attack of the bosses.
Support the strikers in their fight
for living wage. All militant sup
porters of this struggle will turn out
to tAts picnic and sports meet on the
22r6 at Woodland Park, Worcester,
Mass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

Oklahoma City Okla.
Daily Worker:
I am a worker in the oil fields,
We are going to organize both farm
ers and city workers together The
big bosses don't think that, but we
don't care what they think. Us oil
workers are facing starvation and the
way Bill Murray is going we will
starve more. He is trying to see
to it that the big fellows get no
more than 81 barrel for oil, but
he is doing nothing about raising the
wages of the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Tampa, Fla.

lampa, ria.
Daily Worker:
One of the Daily Worker news
papers vas PIT in my hands one eve
ning, last week, and I was surprised
when I got home and opened the
paper and found out that there was
sucA an organization as the Tobacco
workers League, being built right
here at home.
work in what is known here in
Tampa as the first shop that went
on the American Plan. was blind
when 1 took a job in this factory.
The bosses told us Americans. that
the Spanish and Cubans were de-
priving us out of living by striking
against wage cut. Well, thinking
that I was helping the manufacturers
and the country I was born in, am
sorry to say I went to work as a
strikebroaker, and now I see that /
only helped in giving the workers
smaller wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
MASS PROTEST
IN PITTSBURGH
TUESDAY NIGHT
7 . t Discrimination
Terror of Negroes
At City Pool

PITT6BURGH, Aug. 16.-Aroused
the discrimination, attacks, and
S at Highland Park swimming
-'~9l, he falling of Kearns and Brown
for protesting the eviction of an I'M
Employed family, the Scottsboro lynch
frame-up, and. the murderous terror
at Camp Hill. Chicago, Birmingham,
and in the coal fields, masses of white
and Negro workers will unite in pro-
test at the call of the International
Labor Defense at the Pythian
Temple, 2O11 Centre Ave, Tuesday,
Aug, 10 at 7.3O p. m.
The principal speaker will be Rich
ard B. Moore, head of the National
Negro Dept Of the LID, who is now
finishing a three months tour of the
country speaking and organizing for
the defense Of the nine Scottsboro
boys, the striking miners, and other
victims Of capitalist terror. Repre-
sentatives of the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights, the Unemployed
Council, and the Communist Party
will also present the program of the
militant workers organization for
mass struggle against the growing
discr. hination and murderous boss
terror.
At the Highland Park swimming
pool, recently built by the city at
costof 100000 and opened with
blare of blather by the capitalist
politicians about what the great
democratic city of Pittsburgh is
doing for all the people" Negroes
have been attacked and beaten while
police looked on saying, I'VE can't
protect you" Then the police ar
rested four Negro bathers charging
them with "inciting to riot" They
were sentenced by the capitalist
judge Papale, acting as witness,
prosecutor, and judge, to a fine of
$25 or 30 days in Jail. Under press
ure later, this valiant upholder of
boss prejudice and white suprem-
acy" reversed his decision. Two more
Negro bathers seeking to enter the
pool were searched by the police,
and arrested, one being fined by the
prejudiced boss court.
The N. A. A. c. P. misleaders, the
betrayers who refused to join in the
mass struggle to save the lives Of the
nine Scottsboro boys, held a meeting
and adopted resolutions asking for
adequate police protection" and
recommending that "the mayor and
the law dept. of the city of Pittsburgh
instruct magisterial duties" The
yellow Pittsburgh Courier tries to fool
the Negro masses with talk of poll
teal action at the polls, getting
ready to sell the Negroes rights to
the highest bidder. At the same time
this treacherous tool Of the boss ter
rorists viciously attacks the great
mass demonstrations of white and
Negro workers at the funeral of the
Chicago police massacre victims as
manipulated propaganda" SANDER
ing these Negro workers who died
fighting heroically for the rights of
the starving, evicted, oppressed Ne
groes as "disturbers of the peace,
rightfully slain"
The International Labor Defensce
calls upon the workers of all races
and nationalities to unite in militant
mass struggle to defend the Negro
masses in their struggles, as a neces-
sary part of the struggle for the pro-
lection and emancipation of the
whole working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Standard Oil Fires Porters: Forces II Hours
in Filling Stations

ucts or the workers time when he
is proweled and robbed by a high
wayman.
We Standard Oil workers have to
organize against the oil company's
bosses. want to know how to get
in the Communist Party and show
the bosses that we want living in
stead of is hours work a day for
boys pay. Come on, you Tampa
oil station men and join the T. u
U. l.. and show j, d Rockefeller that
we workers are not going to let our
families starve while the boss para
sites rot in riches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.
Daily Worker:
On Tuesday most Of the box COW
erers of the White Luggage Co.
found their pay envelopes short
from 50 to S12. When the work
ers asked the foreman the reason
for this they were told that the
reason this money was taken from
their pay is that from now on the
worker whose production is not up
TO the standard set by the firm
will have his wages cut accord
ingly.
Ossip Valinsky, former manager
of the Pocketbook Makers Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Tampa, Fla.

Tampa, Fla.
Daily Worker:
The Standard Oil Co. here has
laid off all the porters in the filling
stations and the men that are now
on the job have to work IT hours
day, and the only aid they get is
when the colored workers have car
to clean and the clery at the sta
ton lets the old porters do the work
and keep the money for themselves.
When one Of these stations is held
up the worker is the loser The
Standard Oil Co. here only insures
against the loss of life but not
against the loss of any of its prod
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
White Luggage Workers Must Organize to
Fight Wage-Cut Scheme

and now the virtual boss of the
White Luggage Co. is setting the
standard Of production for the
firm and is playing the role Of
speed-up and wage cutting expert
for the bosses.
This scheme, if allowed to re-
main in effect, will mean actual
slavery for the workers. The work
ers must mobilize to resist it to the
utmost. They should Immediately
call shop meeting and mobilize
all the workers for struggle against
the will of the socialist manager,
Joffe, against wage-cutting and
speed-up schemes of any kind,
"A Luggage Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
RHODE ISLAND STRIKERS STAND
DETERMINED TO FIGHT ON TOA
BITTER END TO WIN DEMANDS
Local Press Spreads Vicious Lies About Syrian
Workers In Attempt to Split Ranks
Relief Now Keynote of Struggle; Organize
Picnic to Support Relief Campaign
(By a Worker Correspondent

WORCESTER, Mass-Today after weeks of militant
fighting against the attempts Of the bosses smash the strike
of the Rhode Island textile workers. the strikers still remain
firm and determined to fight to the bitter end to fight until
they have their demands of at least living wage and
human conditions of work During these weeks of struggle
the workers have had to face the most brutal terror of the
bosses in their attempt to break the strike and the fighting
front of the workers Despite the errorstc attacks of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Volunteers Wanted in
Daily Worker Office

The Circulation Department of
the Daily Worker requires the
volunteer services of several COM
rades for typing, billing, filling,
and other work that has been ac-
cumulating in the office for some
time.
If you have an hour or two to
spare, will you please come up 10
the eighth floor and give rs
hand. Thanks,
even greater misery to the masses
this winter For a united fighting
front Of the entire working class
against the capitalist ottensiyeb
-. - ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
August p, SaccO-
Vanzett tt Day
Demonstrations
New York-Union Square.

Nov iUIk-UHIUH Square,
Seattle, Wash.-3 pm. in Denny
Regade District, 5th and BIan-
chard.
IrOnwoOd, Mich 7p.m., North
western Park, corner Suffolk and
Dyer st.
Boston, Charles St. Mall, Boston
Commons.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Bridge So,
at 4:30 pm.
Cleveland, Public So.
Reed the story on Page 5.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

Workers who do not want their
names published because of pos
sible persecution should indicate
this in sending I'm their cOutribu-
lions. Collectors should ask those
who contribute whether they want
their names printed.
ceiVed to date towards $40 600 goal,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Mass Protests Force Release
of Lowell Wakefield Arrested
In Birmingham Police Terror
Terror Continues Against Negro Workers and
Communist Party With Negro Reform
lists Modified By Their Masters

BIRMINGHAM Ala. Aug. 16.-The police frame-up
aganst two of the Negro workers arrested ION suspicion in
connection with the murder of society collapsed yes
erday when Nell Williams failed to identify either of the two
the Negro who is supposed to have wounded herself and