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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

finally caught up to it and took the
driver to police headquarters.
The deputy chief of police APP
peared surprised when he recognized
Lyons. Nothing ever happened to
Lyons but the policeman who arrest
ed him was punished.
Three AT. of L. Leaders"
Lyons is one of the three big A.
F. of L. officials in Newark. The
other two are Joe Fay, business agent
Of local 800, union of steam and OPP
Grating engineers, and Tom Sherlock,
business agent of the iron workers
local. All three Of them are allies
Of Ted Brandle, Of Jersey City, whom
the newspapers call "the banker and
labor leader" and who is on the pay
roll of the corporations who employ
the workers in his unions.
Lyons, Fay and Sherlock use the
same tactics on the workers of New
ark that Brandle uses on the workers
Of Jersey City. They all help the
bosses cut wages, introduce speed up
systems and reduce forces. When the
bosses refuse to pay them graft, they
will call the workers out on strike.
When the workers in the unions pro-
test, A. F. of L. strong-arm men beat
them and shoot them. The police al
ways protect the gunner used by
Lyons, Fay and Sherlock to keep the
union workers from protesting.
The dues that are collected from
the members of the union, whether
they work Or not, are stolen by Lyons,
Sherlock and Brandle. No excuses
are accepted by A F. of L. officials
when workers can't pay dues.
Not so long ago worker was sent
to Elizabeth, a town adjoining New
ark, on a construction job. This
worker hadn't been sent out to a job
i'll months and he was overjoyed at
his good luck. On his second day on
the job. the business agent from his
local came around to collect his dues.
The worker said he had no money;
he hadn't had job for months and
his wife was sick for lack of food.
The business agent said he didn't give
a damn if all his grsndmothers we're
sick; what he wanted was dues, not
excuses. The worker said he couldn't
give him any and that's all there was
to it, The business agent said, ooh,
is it,? picked up piece of two-inch
pipe and Dashed in the head Of the
worker. who died instantly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
DETROIT STREET RAILWAYS ARE
POLITICAL DUMPING GROUNDS

DETROIT. Mich.-The local street
railways, or the D. S. R., as they call
this institution, is one of the largest
sources for the politicians to rob the
workers. To pay out to the politici-
ans, as they say "for their good work
done during the elections. This
system is owned by the city and has
operated in such way that it has
brought deficit OF $2l3 ,586.22.
Sometimes there is fight" be.
tween the politicians and because oil
this the workers are able to gather
little facts of the inside. The other
day Mr.. Walden. a member of the
Street Railway Commission came out
with Criticism" and states openly
that it is necessary ito reduce the
systems operating costs by eliminat-
ing those on the payroll, who have
been named strictly because of the
part they have played in past polit-
ical campaigns"
The capitalist press comes out and
says for years municipality owned
street railways system has been the
political dumping grounds, and this
practice reached its peak during the
Bowles administration, when payroll
expansion appropriated $1,000 per
day." 1.-THE list Of those to be drop
ped was eagerly awaited at the city
hall Monday afternoon, as political
observers we're anxious to learn
whether it included recent appointees
OF Mayor Frank Murphy, or whether
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
FUND FOR WORKERS
SUBS WHO CANNOT PAY

Many workers write in, saying they
can't afford to keep their subscrip-
tons going. They want the Daily
Worker and some go without food
just to extend their subscriptions fol-
a month or two, but most are forced
to give the paper up. The Daily
Worker cannot afford to continue
such subscriptions on account of It's
financial crisis.
For this reason we ask readers to
contribute whatever they can to-
ward some poor workers subscrip-
tion, so that his name will not be
dropped from the subscription list.
Send in your dollars to keep the
Daily in the homes Of unemployed
militant workers. They want the
paper. They need thS apcr. All
donations to the fund will be re-
corded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
DIN the Council the there Isn't One Organize One
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill
Bill

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
1Unemployment insurance at the rate of SIS each
unemployed worker additional for each dependant
2The creation of National Unemployment Insurance Fund
be raised by; using all funds for unemployment insurance.
(b levy all capital and in Of $4,000; tar
on all incomes o $4,000 a year.
That the Unemployment Insurance Fund thus created shall
be administered by Workers Commission elected solely by employed
and unemployed workers.
All who the lists circulated by the Workers Ns
ona Campaign Committee for Unemployment its sub
ddiary organizations shall the BILL
final form possibly amended the meetings which ra
and elect the delegation
by1 amended the delegation itself final of tia
bill will follow the of the points
All workers called help collect signatures for this
BILL Get the cooperation of all workers know the sig
nature drive All organizations should actze their members in
the collection Of signatures. Write National Campaign
Committee for Unemployment Insurance West 18th ST., New
York City, for signature blanks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

Some of the workers in the city,
led by members of the Communist
Party, recently assembled before the
home 70 fellow worker who was
being evicted. The more outspoken
of the workers were arrested and
jailed for three months. When the
Judge delivered the sentence he said,
Il believe in free speech, but not in
workingclass districts" The news
papers did not publish the judges
opinions on free speech, but several
hundred workers in the court room
heard them and remembered them.
The city is governed by coalition
of three republicans and two demo-
Gratis. In times past, chickering's of
the two parties over graft were some
times overheard by workers. Hoping
to prevent this, the democrats and
republicans agreed to divide the city's
jobs and graft evenly. The party
that was given only two places on
the city's board of five commission
ers was entitled to name the COM
missioner of public safety, who had
control over the police and fire de-
partments. Both of these depart
ments are source 70 much graft
to the commissioner of public safety
and his friends.
Police Chief Collects from All.
The present commissioner is man
named Egan. He has appointed sew
eral men to do nothing but make
the rounds of all the disorderly hou-
ses, gambling establishments and
speakeasies and collect graft for him
Many workers in Newark believe that
the two little Negro girls were ar
rested for prostitution because they
we're too poor to pay graft.
Commissioner Egan's chief graft
| collector is man named Bill Lyons,
a high official in the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Lyons is president
of the Essex County Building Trades.
Lyons keeps on good terms with the
commissioner because it is often ne
cessary for him to have militant
workers shot or beaten and the police
help him do this whenever it is ne
cessary.
Not so long ago Lyons shot a work
er named O'Hagan in front of the
union headquarters because O'Hagan
had said that Lyons was labor faker
and a CRATER. A young cop who
chased an auto that was speeding
away from the scene of the shooting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
MIR. SUMARACkI
LOVES WORKERS
Big Real Estate Faker,
Cheats Workers

DETROIT, Mich.--In the special
senatorial elections in Detroit, which
will take place Monday, Jan. 26, a
gentleman by the name of Sumaracki
is running ON the republican party
ticket. But let us see who is this
gentleman, and by what ways did he
get rich and become a respectful"
citizen.
This mans occupation is a real
estate business. In 1922 he bought
on credit farm which he had sub
divided into lots, and he hired scores
OF agents and began selling these
lots, to the workers, telling them
about the good opportunities and
how it would be possible for them to
get rich by selling these lots in a
few years and from then for double
amount that they had paid for it.
Or if build houses and become in
dependent. or even by renting them
to others and get the income from
collecting rents. Those lots had been
sold for as high as $1,000. About
5000 lots have been sold to these
workers. Today these lots can be
bought for $500 and less. These
cheated workers paid to the treasury
of this gentleman over two million
dollars. In other words he mace al
ready about one million dollars, and
still they have OF pay to him about
one million more.
MIR. Sumarach paid for the farm
and spent for the scores of agents
not more than one million dollars.
In other words he made already
about one million dollars, wrestling
this huge hum out of the workers,
by cheating them and yet many of
them are unable to pay the payment,
are losing thier lots back to Mr.
Sumaracki. who makes foreclosures
against those who are unable to pay.
This is the profession Of this RE-
spectful' citizen who dares now to
come out and make appeals to the
workers to elect him to the State
Senate.
The duty Of the Communist Party
and the workers is to disregard such
a gentleman, and instead Of sending
them to the State legislature to put
them in some nice place so that they
can be isolated forever from the work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

the reductions would apply only to
those added by previous administra-
tons. Admitting that the munich
pally owned street railways has been
the political dumping grounds" yet
they say that in the future it will be
kept only for others then Mr.. BowIes
politicians.
Frank Murphy the present mayor
who is eagerly supported by the state
government, and Governor Brucker,
and also by the Detroit Federation Of
Labor, is the boss" and will have the
last word in this matter. The re-
publican administration in the state
of Michigan is robbing the workers
whenever they have a chance and
Sumaracki the republican candidate
for state senator in second district,
where a special election will take
place Monday, Jan. 26, is not going to
be any better. The democrats who
are fighting against the republicans
are fighting only for the spells OF
workers which at present the repub-
licans are getting.
Only the Communist Party is put
ting on a real fight for the defense of
the workers, and is exposing such
grafters.
If the workers want to stop this
robbery Of the republican and demo-
cratic lackeys Of the bosses they will
vote for Philip Raymond on the
Workers Party Ticket.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

poosting Chicago's circulation. i
should add to its membership, how
ever, and broaden its activity.
From Secretary T. Larnbraw we gel
a detailed report of the clubs ac'
tivities. .Ns
Following is the table for eight
of the most active members, Bis
bikis winning the prize. Daily
Worker calendar:
S. BisbiIxis, 100 copies in 16 days;
]. Darn, $50, Is days; w. McDer-
mott, 543, Is days; 7. Lambraw, 28S,
9 days; G. Allen, 2S1. IL days; d.
EsquivaI, $50, IL days; Whisky, $50,
II days; G. Dafnis, SO, days.
Two members whose totals for 81
days average SO, but who show en-
terprise and pep, are j. Adams and
N. Rodriguez.
Lambraw continues:
Comrades Allen and McDermott
are natives. Both are doing very
good jobs. McDermott was ar
rested yesterday for selling the
Daily Worker. He told the police
plenty of good answers and raised
hell till they released him. He's an
old man of 20, sells so every day
and is not afraid to fight back just
as we expect. 1t makes our club
proud of such comrade."
The Chicago Red Builders have
good reason to be proud! A good re-
port like this from every Red Build
ers' News Club would hasten the Co.
coo circulation goal. What have the
other News Clubs to say?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
BY ALLEN JOHNSON

A few months ago there occurred
the following series of incidents in
the great city of Newark, N. J., one
of the cities controlled almost en-
tirely by J. P. Morgan's Public Ser
vice Co.
Two half-starved Negro girls IL
years old were arrested for prostitu-
ton.
Fifteen thousand of the 10000 job
less workers in the city demonstrated
near the City Hall for immediate I'M
employment relief. The demonstra-
ton was attacked by police.
A Federal survey reported that
there were 5000 children, many OF
them under IL years of age, working
in industry in the city.
A member Of an A. F. of L. union
was found shot near the headquar-
tiers of his local. 1t was discovered
later that he had attacked the po-
licies of the locals business agent at
meeting less than an hour before
re was found shot
Al Capone arrived in Newark, where
he owns four stills, to make peace
between gunner and A. F. of L. Of
ficials who we're warning over gam
bling concessions. Capone arranged
a dinner for the two groups at which
police heads, city officials and an ex-
cnogressmen were present.
The city's answer to the events
described above took the following
form. A city ordinance was passed
which decreed that no child under IL
could start work before $50 am. nor
after 900 pm. A copy Of the bill
can be obtained at the Newark City
Hall, which is near the headquarters
of the Catholic Bishop of the city.
mo Objection to Child Labor"
Mayor Congleton could see no OBJ
lection to child labor. Work never
harmed children" he said, ut keeps
them off the streets"
The demands of the unemployed
were answered by the issuing of COM
bined revolvers, blackjacks and tear
gas guns to the members of the po-
lice force. The overseer of the poor
was also ordered to draw up ques-
tionaires that we're to be filled by
the aged and the sick who asked for
relief. The QUESTIONABLE had l67 ques-
tions which had to be answered to
the satisfaction of the overseer be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
A. F. of L. Worker Killed for Not Paying Dues;
A. F. of l. Leader Collects Vice Graft for Police

fore he would give up loaf of bread.
The gunner who declared truce
at the dinner arranged by Capone
soon ended their armistice and one
of them was shot. The director of
police divided this gunmen's gambling
business with the most prominent A.
F. of L. official in the city.
Many Of the 10000 unemployed in
Newark live in the third ward of the
city, in houses with few windows, and
supplied with neither gas nor cleo
tricity. The rent is high even when
the workers have jobs. Since so
mony do not, thousands of workers
families are constantly moving from
one delapidated house to another,
trying to keep day ahead of the
eviction notices but not always sue
cesSfully.
Since the workingclaSs districts in
this great, modern city were a detri-
ment to the interests of the real es-
tate dealers who tried to get the
rich to live in the city instead of NOV
ing to the suburbs, the Prudential In
surance Co., corporation whose
yearly profits reach into the millions
announced an immense housing pro-
ject 'in the interest of humanity"
Humanitarian" Profits.
The Prudential offered to build
homes for 1000 workers at rental
lower than that charged by the land
lords of the city. The press, charity
organizations and city officials CON-
bined to shower praise on the Pru-
dental for its unselfish interest in
the workers of the city. The Pru-
Dental bought $1,700,000 worth OF
rickety houses when it suddenly an
nounced that it owed a duty to its
stockholders as we'll as to the public
and would be forced to make 6 per
cent on its investments in the hous-
ing pTOJeCI'
In order that the company could
make this g per cent" it said, the
city would have to buy some of the
property that the company had al
ready bought. The company suggested
that the city build a park with the
property it thus obtained. After a
conference beween ciyt officials and
the company's executives, the city
agreed to buy tiny portion of the
Prudentials houses for $1,200,0O0, al
though the Prudential had bought all
its houses for $l,7oo,oo0. None of the
new houses in this building project
have yet been built,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
ALBANY .JOBLESS
HALT EVICTION
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

Welfare Society, the City Welfare De-
partment, the American LEON Cole
man is an eX-service mani and in
every case they got the run around
we're passed from one to another
without any relief, and the landlord
went right ahead with his plans to
evict.
The Albany Evening News carries
big story in its Jan. % edition OF
meeting of the council that night
at its headquarters, SO South Ferry
ST., in which Secretary Pelrs report
to the jobless Is described as follows:
"Pell then related how the Action
Committee and a Committee of
Twelve had handled the Coleman
eviction case. While the Action
Committee sped to the Coleman
home to rect City Marshal Otto F.
Baumras, the Committee of Twelve
hunted up the landlord to see if he
was human bein5.
eve didn't have SO many men,
bers as we mint when we went to
Coleman's,' said Pell. "A lot Of our
men we're trying to get their money
80" ehoveling snow for the city and
state
"Ihe Action Committee, from Pell's
description, spent several hours
hurrying between the Coleman home
and headquarters waiting for the
marshal to show up, Meanwhile, Pell
bumped into Barney Levitan. the
landlord Of the Coleman dwelling.
Pell described hi mas a typical land
lord. with fur-lined coat
He wanted to know what ] would
do If were he shouted Pell, Com
pairing himself to me--can you mag
inc that? Then he wanted the Cole
mans to move into furnished room
That's what all the landlords want.
Break up homes. move into rooms
"Pell said Levitsn told him it's in
the hands Of the law
Eyes shouted Pell, the landlord
and the law. We don't plead ON
Bonded knee for our rights. We de-
mand them and when we go to him
he tells us he can do nothing be-
cause it's in the hands of the law.
"'Yet we tell our children to re-
spect the laws. We tell them TO be-
lieve in the Constitution. What do
you think about that, my friends?
Telling our children to respect the
laws--suCh laws
"At the Coleman home the marshal
finally arrived and Pell said he staged
q street meeting. After five or six
visits to the scene earlier the Action
Committee missed the arrival of the
marshal. When the committee got
there about half the Coleman belong
tngs were on the sidewalk. Pell
Jumped on one of the Coleman chairs.
Hundreds OF workers came. Shop
''''-'N''es nodded approval from win
lows r"n"by. tailed. I pointed
out OF was a disgrace and a shame
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

ers and be prevented from robbing
the workers.
The Communist Party puts up as
its candidate Comrade Philip Ray
mond, who is worker himself and
who is running on platform which
demands not only unemployment in
slIrance, no eyictions, no foreclosures
on the workers property, free rides
on street cars for unemployed work
ers, free food for school children,
free gas and light for unemployed,
but also the platform tells the work
ers to organize and fight to abolish
the law and regulations which allows
such as Mr.. Sumeracki to rob the
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
WISH I COULD
SEND ENOUGH"

Lester House of Coshocton, Ohio
writes:
II am awful glad you kept me on
your list. 1t is almost impossible
for me to get along without the
Daily Worker. But when we arc
broke it is impossible to dig up
dollar. But here is one just the
same. Just date that back from
the day my time ran out. viii send
a dollar from time TO time as / can.
Unemployment is terrible in this
town--the home of Bill Green, too.
wish ! could send enough to
wipe out your deficit"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24

to put this family ON the street.
Then the police came-the law again.
We were ordered to move on and be-
cause one conrade sassed back a cop
he was arrested But the Action
Committee got action and the mar
shals men put the Coleman furni-
ture back in the Coleman flat.
$50 lon as we stick together, no
body will be put on the street. Pell
told the roup. This item of eviction
is just one point. This proves that
we can force our demands.
When the poor women Of the city
hear about this case they will be a
little less terror stricken lest they be
put out. The men will have little
more respect. And they will know.
now, where to spit when they talk to
landlord"
John Ct. Soderberg, speaking for
the International Labor Defense, took
the floor and assured the workers
that though he personally was con-
tinuing his speaking tour Sunday, the
organization he had helped to build
up would be back of the jobless at
every stage OF the game. Soderberg
was described by the Albany Evening
News as powerful" and dynamic"
The Council OF the Unemployed
here proposes to conduct a mass
meeting on unemployment at2 3. m,
Sunday. at the Regent Theatre, South
Pearl ST., and to demonstrate for re-
lief at the conference of governors
here.
Demands.
They will continue to fight all evic-
tions.
The jobless here demand:
Unemployment relief of SIS
each week must be paid to all single
workers. beginning with the first
week of unemployment.
2.-$25 each week to all unemployed
workers who are married. with SIS
weekly additional for each child or
dependent.
3.-No evictions Of unemployed
workers for non-payment Of rent,
4.--Free light, gas and coal during
entire period OF unemployment.
SAIL vacant and unused houses
and armories to be opened to the
homeless unemployed, as sleeping and
resting quarters.
6.-Do away with SHARK" employ
ment agencies and establish free city
employment agencies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
GETTING OUT A
GOOD PAPER"

CAS- an old-time Communist OF 40
years ago and radical writer, allow
me to compliment you on getting out
a good parer. It's fine Owing to
the circumstances, cannot do any bet
ter at present, but send me bill for
70 months subscription. A. S. L.,
Brooke, Va.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
PARTY MEMBER
ANSWERS FISH

Enclosed you will find S12 for
four months of the Daily Worker"
writes 3. L.. Ithaca, n. Y. AT pres
ent moment, when the Party is
being attacked by Fish and the
whole canitalist machinery, the best
answer of the Party Is to increase
the circulation of its organ among
the workers. II We had more money
we'd send it,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
ANNIVERSARY
A HUM DINGER"

THE anniversary number of the
Daily" is just in" writes l.. f.,
Vancouver Canada. Take time tn
really read this 18th anniversary
number flor it's surely a hum
dinger) and then may the laggard
ores so ont with new swing I'm
their stride for socialist competi-
ton"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
GAINS 2 SUBS
WITH CALENDAR

t. Ray, Daily Worker agent of San
Pedro, Calf, writes:
Our newsboy. c. E. Hummel, on
the arrival Of the D. w. Calendar
took it with him on the streets while
selling the Dailies, which resulted in
getting two subs the first day."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
Phila. WorcOrrs to
Meet Sunday, Jan. Is
Will Hear L.U. Editor

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The first
meeting to organize the worker CORE
spondentS of this city will be held
Sunday, Jan. IS. at the Marine Work
erS' Industrial Union Hall, 2l3 Lom-
bard ST., at $3.50 p. m.
N. HONG, editor of Labor Unity
and former editor of worker CORE
spondence of the Daily Worker, will
be present and speak on the role OF
worker correspondence.
All those who at one time or an
other have written letters to the Daily
Worker or Labor Unity are urged to
be present at this meeting to build
the Worcorrs movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-24
OLD, JOBLESS,
SENDS 50 CENTS

81 am an old man and out of work
or rather no use to capitalism
and'no old age pension. So now find
enclosed SO cents. Please send me ten
copies of the Daily Worker until
can build me up trade here" &c.
w T., HiIlyard, Wash.