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The daily worker., 1931-01-28
State Repro 2ntative of A. F. OF L, Is Labor Spy
for j. P. Morgan Company at $500 Per Month

pened to Sherlock and nothing ever
will if the capitalist courts can help
it. What was Sherlocks answer to
the suit?
He called in Paul NORM, interna-
tional head of the iron workers, to
'judge" the situation. Many of the
rank and file were more than willing.
They believed that 1t was impossible
that the international head OF the
union could be as crooked as Sher-
lock. They know better now.
NORM laid down the following law:
The suit against Sherlock was to be
withdrawn on threat of expulsion
of those workers who had signed the
affidavits against him; the local was
to pay back to Sherlock the money
that he had spent in defending him
self against the workers charges;
meetings of the local were to be sus-
pended for three months, during
which time the officers alone were
to rule; the constitution of the local
was to be suspended for 80 days to
permit Sherlock to change the by
laws so he could justify his previous
violation of the constitution.
NORM was afraid to announce
these rulings himself, so he trans
nlitted them through two interna-
tional presidents. Twenty-four
policemen protected the vice-presi-
dents while one of them read Morin's
decision, but the "a cops didn't pre-
vent the members of the local from
vigorously booing Morin's decision.
On Nov. 20, two weeks after this
incident occurred, about 100 of the
most advanced workers in Sherlock's
local held meeting to draw up plans
for a further struggle against Sher-
lock and NORM. On the order of
Police Chief Egan, Captain Brady,
with large squad of cops, descended
on the meeting and ordered the
workers to leave the hall immedi-
ately. None of the workers were
beaten, but that was apparently an
oversight, for the normal result of
protesting against Sherlock's policies
is brutal attack.
Orders Workers Beaten. 4
Benjamin Cohen, for instance, a
member of Sherlock's local, was
beaten until he was near death by
Porky Flynn, one of Sherlock's
strong arm men. for simply express
ing his opinion of Sherlock. Harry
Peck. another member Of the local,
was, terribly beaten by Flynn shortly
after he assaulted Cohen. Peck went
to court and as a result got his first
taste of capitalist class justice. Flynn
went scott free, and the workers who
testified for Peck have been bounded
by Sherlock ever since.
Flynn has since been elected" an
officer of the local by the various
| grocery clerks, office workers and
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Summary of Subscriptions
Special District Pages
To Increase Circulation

Districts can Increase their circulation by hav-
Ing special page each week devoted to articles
Of ;pectal interest to their particular section.
Worker correspondence. while It may have an
appeal TO workers generally throughout the
country. can become doubly interesting to work
ers # g. certain section II confined to local news
Mel Wermblad, district Daily Worker repre-
sentative of Kansas City, achieved great success
in increasing circulation for the district when,
month ago, he arranged for special articles
and conducted thorough campaign.
Formerly, charge of SIS was made for spe-
cai district pages. Now the page is offered free,
provided an order for 2yooo extra copies OF the
particular issue is given. Local advertisements
as well ~ snapshots Of scenes In the district
will make the page moro attractive to workers.
A {. eciai page for each district on one selected
dsy during The week could boost the circulation
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

fight back. This is one of our great
est mistakes.
February, 1880, we brought into our
ranks some ten Negroes and they
immediately dropped out except for
a young worker who came into our
ranks with plenty of fighting spirit.
The reason why the Negroes dropped
out was white chauvinism of which
our biggest instigator is our old
Party member. He has been here
some Is years.
One of our Negro comrades went
to this comrades house for the Daily
on one of the coolest days this win
ter. The Party member came to the
door and asked the colnrade what
he wanted and remained there with
his head sticking out and refused to
invite him in.
Mike, Unemployed Worker.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

the U. S. Metal Refining Co., Victor
Talking Machine Co., U. S. Trust Co.,
Du Pont, Colgate's, American Gable,
Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Chesbrough
Manufacturing, United Lead and
Wright Aero.
Admits He Grated 100000.
Some workers in the A. F. of L.
caught Hilfers with the goods and
he was exposed at a state convention
Hilfers had to admit that he accepted
more than 100000 from the open
shop corporations. Did anything
happen to Hilfers? Not thing. He
told the other heads of the A. F.
of L. that if they threw him to the
wolves to save their own skins he
would expose them all at the con-
vention. Honest" Henry is today
the state representative of the A. F,
of L.
Has HiIfers been scared into not
taking graft? Not bit. Honest"
Henry is now a labor spy for J. p.
Morgan. He is on the payroll of
the Public Service Railway Corp,
subsidiary of Morgan's Public
Service of N. j., at $500 month.
HiIfer's associate, Harry James,
head of the street raiIwaymen's
union in Paterson, is also an un-
dercover agent for Public Service.
William Wepner, another officer of
the raiIwaymen's union, receives
S400 monthly from the Public Ser
vice. This little income is eked
! out by gambling house that Wep-
ner owns in Fort Lee.
There are clubs and clubs. COun-
ellis of the Unemployed are clubs
that fight for unemployment insur-
ance, immediate relief. etc. These
Councils of the Unemployed are
affiliated with the Trade Union
Unity League, a revolutionary trade
union organization. There is a
club in Newark frequented by A. r.
of L. officials. Rank and filers are
not admitted, for this club is the
meeting place of A. F. of L. Off
cialS who are on the payroll of
various detectives and "labor SER
vice.
There are unions and unions. Ii
this series of articles We have beer
afforded a glimpse of the role thai
the American Federation of Labor
performs for the capitalists who sub.
ject the American working class tc
comon doom--poverty, disease, war
Playing diametrically opposite role
to the A. #. OIL. is the Trade Union
Unity League, the organization oi
revolutionary trade unions which is
leading American workers in a re.
ientiess struggle against the slavery
which capitalism imposes on them
Workers, there is no other way out
Join your revolutionary trade union
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Odd Jobs Only Prolong Starvation

gins had the best report Of any one.
He was sent by the citizens unem-
ployment committee to q house In
the Cold Spring district, a bourgeois
neighborhood. He got one days work
cleaning out the cellar and washing
an automobile. She also gave him
his dinner and $3.50 for his days
work. She also gave him advice say
ing not to get discouraged. For she
him in about six weeks from now.
would have another days work for
MIR. Higgins spoke In the highest
terms OF this benevolent lady but as
Higgins Is down and out and this old
lady is going to make this $3.50 last
for the next six weeks Is indeed an
economic problem,
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

furniture in again. The landlord cal
led the police and three workers were
arrested, including Carl Bradley the
secretary of the Trade Union Unity
League. They are under $3.50 bail
each. This, however. has not broken
the spirit of the workers as iminedi-
ately after that the furniture Of an
other family in the nearby street
was put back in the house.
The struggle against evictions which
is assuming mass character will be
combined with the struggle against
shutting off Of gas. high rents, and
immediate unemployment relief. The
Unemployed Councils are mohilizing
for a huge demonstration at the city
hall on February TO-.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

even lawyers whom Sherlock has en-
rolled on the union books so they
could vote as he wanted.
Sherlocks intimate connection with
city government is further disclosed
by an incident that occurred recently.
Sherlock asked one Of the men in
the local to lend him $500. Sherlock
didn't need the loan any more than
the worker needed broken arm. but
the worker knew that when Sherlock
asked for a loan it meant he was
imposing loyalty tax" The worker
gave Sherlock the $500 and forgot
about it. Sherlock did, too, until one
day several months after, in mo-
ment of drunken good-natlre, he
said to the worker who loaned him
the money: Jim, owe you $500,
don't I? Well, I'm going to show you
how regular 1 am. I'm going to give
you nice, soft city job. Now, how
do you like that?" The worker didn't,
particularly, because it meant that
he could no longer work at his trade.
But a steady job in the good old
U. S. A. is nothing to throw over
ones shoulder. so he took 1t.
Now let us meet Honest" Henry
Hilfers, recent president of the New
Jersey A. F. of L. and one of the
group, which included Matthew Vol
that tried so frantically to break the
Passaic strike in 1927. Let's not
tarry with Honest" Henry too long
for he's as likely as not to steal the
socks off our feet while we're looking
at him.
Bribed BY Open Shop Firms.
In 1926 Honest Henry" was editor
of the Union Labor Messenger. Of
ficial organ of the Essex Trades
Council, affiliated with the A. F. OF
L. The magazine was founded, OF
course. to further the interests of or
ganized labor. Here is how Honest
Henry furthered the interests of the
workers who elected him to represent
them. He would solicit "contribu-
tions" from open shop corporations
and then write an article in the
magazine pointing to the remark
able working conditions in the fac
tory of the corporation that sent him
the contribution"
Read what Hilfers wrote about the
Durant Automobile Co., a notorious
open shop corporation: ''The hun
dreds of employees are paid the best
Of wages and the cooperation which
exists between employer and EN-
ployee is very impressive" At the
time HilferS wrote this article, the
workers in the Durant plants we're
working II 12 hours on the night
shift and 10 to IA hours day, seven
days week, on the day shift. Very
impressive" hours, Henry, we agree.
Among the corporations which paid
Henry for his eulogistic articles were
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
New Haven. Conn,

fellow Workers:--
TO watch the fools and takers try
Ing to soothe over the unemployment
conditions here III New Hnaven, 1t is
nauseating.
On New Years day body known
rs the Volunteer. middle class ell
ement. feeling SO sorry for the dis
tress in this city, started house to
house canvass for odd jobs for the
down and outs. For the first eight
days they succeeded In finding twenty
add Jobs for the unemployed. They
ran all the ways from one hour to
. days work. -
$3.50 For Weeks.
A man by the name Of VIM. Hig-
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Negro Workers Swinging Into Struggle

coming more enthusiastic about this
movement and are willing to follow
its leaders.
They are finding out that nnislead-
ers like Dubois. Kelly Miller, and
Trotter, sky pilots like Bishop Carey
and l.. X. Williams don't care damn
for the workers.
ing off the swaddling clothes OF in
Comrades, Negro workers are TAX
fancy and getting into the serried
ranks of the oppressed workers who
are struggling to bring about a new
social order and the triumph of
Communism. VEG.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

ployed Councils after a mass Demon
stration Of 5000 workers at the city
hall, he replied that 1t would be
against the law to give relief to
the unemployed by taxing the rich"
The unemployed workers are, how
sver, determined to continue, the
struggle for unemployment relief and
against evictions. If it is the ''law"
10 let unemployed families freeze on
She streets than such law will be
broken. This is the reply Of the un-
Employed to the mayor and the city
nouncil. Several hundred workers
gathered on Pennsylvania Ave-, where
a-Negro family was evicted and put
TIE furniture back in the house. An
other eviction took place the next
day and the workers have put the
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
BY ALLEN JOHNSON.

Since one A. F. OF L. official is
usually as much like another as two
peas in a pod, 1t will serve no good
purpose to enter into detailed de-
scfiption of all of them in the state
OF New Jersey. The story of the A.
r. Of l.. In Atlantic City is even more
ugly than the activities of the A. F.
Of L. officials in Jersey City and
Newark. and Camden, in the south
ern part OF the state, is at least as
much of a hell-hole for workers as
Atlantic City. New Jersey is merely
one of A8 states in which the A. F.
of L. performs its function OF mis-
leading the American working class,
and since the Daily Worker, after all,
fights for all the workers in the
country, we viii end today our dis
cussion Of corruption in the New
Jersey A. r. of L. by depicting just
two more Of its officials, Tom Sher-
lock, head of the Newark iron work
ers, and Honest Henry" Hilfers,
state representative of the A. F. of L,
Remember Brandle, he north Jer-
sey A. F. of L. official who got $25, 900
year and Expenses" from the Iron
League of N. j., an association of
capitalists, to smooth the antagon-
ism between capital and labor?"
Well, Sherlock, as business agent Of
the iron workers local, was Brandle's
(and the Iron League's) representa-
tive in Newark. 1t was Sherlock's
job not TO send iron workers to con-
tractors who were not members Of
the Iron League. He was well paid
for his efforts by both the employ
ers and Brandle.
Aided BY Police.
How is it, some workers who for
tunately have had no experience
with the A. F.. Of L. will ask, that
Sherlock can get away with prevent
ing members of his union from going
to work, especially when between so
and 10 per cent Of them are Inem-
ployed and have been for months,
There are various methods that
Sherlock and his fellow-officials use.
For example: about 95 per cent of
the members Of the iron workers
local hate Sherlock's CUTS. They
would throw him out of office in an
hour If. and it's big If, Sherlock
didn't have the entire police depart
rnent backing him up. Here's proof.
The rank and file in Sherlock's S
union recently went to court in an
attempt to prevent Sherlock from
continuing his sell-out policies. The
shit dragged through the courts in
terminably, but nothing has hap
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Twenty More Days To
Reach District Quotas

Two weeks plus four days are left for the dis
tricts to reach their quotas in the $1,000 ciFcu-
lation drive. With District 10. Denver. past It's
quota by ia per cent. the following districts
lead in the campaign: Seattle, 5S per cent; Cali
fornia. IS per cent; Chicago, SO per cent; cleve-
land. az per cent. During the last two weeks
districts should concentrate on collecting subs,
gaining new customers for carrier routes, ap-
preaching newsstands to order bundles, and SELL
ing the Daily In new neighborhoods Speed up
the campaign! Send your subs in and increase
your bundle orders.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Chicago. Ill.

- Chicago, Ill.
Comrades
!. A herculean task lies before us. The
Using tide Of the revolutionary spirit
and progress Of the Communist Party
are felt and feared by the patriotic
tools and stoll pigeons Of the capital
ist class. am referring to Fish
and his gang OF bandits. The more
they knock the Party the more pro-
gress it makes They see the hand
writing on the wall and know they
are rapidly losing ground.
I am surprised to find so many Ne
yroes awakening from their long
sleep through the ages. Who are be-
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

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fere with the meeting, but the crowd
put them away in short order, and
then began a spontaneous march to
the city hall.
When they had marched three
miles. riot squads OF police met them
with drawn clubs. and dispersed
them, but only after fight.
William Simons and a Negro
worker in the march were arrested.
Prepart to March.
The most active preparations are
being made for the hunger march
Thursday at noon. The march will
start from Independence Square.
Sixth and Chestnut Sts.. afteer a
short meeting which viii be adj
dressed by o. Everett, secretary Of
tho unemployed councilS ard by
Simons.
The march has been prepared fee
by q distribution OF leaflets and by
open-air meetings. At q meeting
held yesterday morning before the
city employment agency at Broad and
Taskcr st., the police waited until
after the meeting, then rounded up
those they thought were the speak
ers and brought them back TO part
OF the audience remaining there and
asked to have them identified as
the speakers. mo-" said the workers,
"and we wouldn't tell you II they
were" Among those thus seized was
Guido Serio.
More workers organizations are
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Hub Knitting Workers Want to Organize

..Philadelphia, Pa.
Editor Daily Worker:---
The Hub Knitting Mills at 2Sth
and Reed SITS. are not organized
and If the T.U.UL. will send an or
ganizer down to speak they will or
ganize for they are very militant.
Last year they were averaging from
$40 to $45 per week and now they
call 1t a good week if they top S25.
The girls are only making IS and $6
per week.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Party Unit in
War,en, @. Is
Getting Active
Warren, Ohio.

Warren, Ohio.
Dear Comrade Editor:
I am writing you on the situation
in Warren, of the Party and affil-
iates. Finally we have started on the
upgrade. / would like to state right
here the reason the Party has not
made gain at much more rapid
pace in membership is because of
the fact that when the police began
their terror on March 6 we did not
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

Districts ordering first will get first choice in
selecting the days for each week.
Get your district In line for special issuesl
Send articles in advance, place your order, and
boost the $4,000 circulation in your district!
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

IT you can send the organizer
down by this week the results will
be highly satisfactory.
"A HUB WORKER.
The Hub worker should imme-
diately get In touch with the Phila-
deiphia district Trade Union Unity
League organizer, VIM. Simons at
80 North 10th st. and acquaint
him with the situation at the Hub
Knitting Mills.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

, the greatest number Of signatures for
the bill Of anybody here, to Washing
ton. Feb. 10 as nnrnebr Of the dele
cation.
In Minneapolis. 1t is proposed tSub-
ject to ratification by the United
Front Conference, that A. G. johnson,
food worker who leads there in
collection of signatures, be on the
Washington delegation.
Delegates are being elected from
Duluth and the Iron Range, and Sd
Multilla, copper miner, has been Sc
lected from the copper town to go to
Washington, Feb, 10.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 2T.--
Jan. 81 and Feb. / are important
days for Grand Rapids workers.
They are mobilizing all forces for a
big push to wind up the signature
collection drive for the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill.
A quota of $4,000 names has been
set, and already more than 5000
names have been collected in spite
of the fact that all possible workers
have not been brought into the drive.
To rally greater numbers, these two
days have been set aside for house
to-houSe canvas for signatures and
money enough to meet expenses of
the unemployed councils in their
fight against hunger. A minimum
OF 5000 must be collected.
All workers are asked to rally at
the following stations to get sigma
ture lists, collection cans and to
make final preparations to go over
the top"
Trade Union Center, 3rd floor, 756
S Division Ave. at 2 p. m. Saturday
and 3 p. m. Sunday.
Lithuanian Sons and Daughters
Hail. SO Seward, near Fulton St. IL
a. m. Saturday and p. m. Sunday.
AMBRIDGE, Pa, Jan. 27.-A real
competition is going on among the
signature collectors here to see who
gets the most The leading man will
probably be elected on the Washing
ton delegation, to present the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill to
congress, Feb. 10.
A hunger march is being prepared
on February 10. and the unemployed
council is sending committee to the
city council Monday, to demand the
use for the unemployed of the High
School Auditorium.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Against the Law to Stop Evictions Of
Jobless Families Says BALTIC. Mayor;
Demonstrate Feb. 10th to Smash This!
Hundreds of Evictions Daily; Unemployed
Councils Active in Fighting Such Evictions
Baltimore, Nd.
Daily Worker:-

Daily Worker:-
Hundreds of eviction taking place daily in the
city BALTIMORE workers thrown the streets to freeze
with their families while Mayor Broenng is leaving for
cation to Florida When visited by committee of the
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

1oees ecoo7 losS4 2o74s sosss sl7os 1908
Note. The above figures do NOT include Foreisn,
Miscellaneous and Special Editions average prcss
for the past week was 36,S0O,
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Twin Cities Pick DELEGATES,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 81
The Trade Union Unity League ex-
ecutive bureau here at recent meet
ing made arrangements to collect
funds for the sending of the delega-
ton to Washington ON Feb. 10, tax
ing 200 coupon books for that pur-
pose. Increased activity in the COL
lection of signatures to the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill was
planned.
The mass meeting January "a in st.
Paul ratified the sending of VIM.
thinner, q metal miner, who collected
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
568 New Subs and
Renewals For Week

Three hundred and severty-two new subs and
1876 renewals were received during the last week.
The total dropped from the list for the week is
1l0.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
Milwaukee Mass Meet

MILWAUKEE,, Wise, Jan. 27-On
Jan. 80, at s p. m. a huge mass meet
ing will be held at Miller Hall, Eighth
and State SITS. to ratify the election
of a delegate to Washington to pre-
sent the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill. Feb. 10. The conference
held Jan. 18 in which 2S organiza-
tions participated. elected Charles
Green as the delegate and is calling
this mass meeting TO rally the masses
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS FEB. 10;
JOBLESS; NEW HUNGER MARCH

all the breadlines and flop houses ir
town, to organize the fight against
starvation.
Unemployment insurance bill con-
ferences were also held in Indianna
Harbor, another steel town, and
Hammond that same afternoon. Both
conferences endorsed the Bill, worked
out programs of local demands, cleo
ted delegates to the state conference
and set dates for local hunger mar
ches. In view of the fact that dele
gates to Washington would be elec-
ted at Indianapolis, it was decided to
defer the election of delegates to
Washington until it could be seen
what representation Lake County
had in the delegation elected by the
state conference.
Active in Charlotte.
CHARLOTTE, N. c. (By MaiD.-
Within two weeks the council of the
unemployed here held / 2neighbor-
hood meetings, at which lists for
signatures to the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill were distributed
and dozens of workers promised tc
circulae them. So far 30 lists (75C
names) have been filled, and $50 are
in circulation. Each Sunday this
month is Red Sunday for collections
Two mass meetings at which the
same program is pushed have beer
held with over 200 attendance. Twice
it has sent committee to the city
council, demanding lower rent, NJ
eWctions, free gas, light and water
for the jobless, free fare for theil
school children, etc.
The neighborhood unemployed
councils have succeeded $50 far il
stopping four evictions.
Arrangements are made for stat,
delegation to Raleigh, the capital, OF
Feb. 2 to demand an unemployment
fund~of $10,000,000.
Delegates to Washington Wer,
elected at united front conferenc,
held January 26.
The daily worker., 1931-01-28

This is the 2Ist and last Of a
series OF articles on the A. F. of L.
and political corruption in New
Jersey
The daily worker., 1931-01-28
1900 PHILLY
JOBLESS MARCH

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