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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

assailant was released on a small
bond. No attempt has been made to
prosecute Dent Williams, but the
frame-up against Peterson has been
pushed with the most savage blood
lust.
AS In the case Of 14-year-old Roy
Wright, one Of the nine Scottsboro
boys, Peterson will be held for an
other trial." with the bosses hoping
for better luck" next time for their
murderous plans to burn him in the
electric chair.
The appeal, filed by the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, in the case of
the other eight Scottsboro boys, is to
be heard by the Alabama Supreme
Court on Jan. 10. All working class
organizations must at once start re-
Htalizing the mass campaign for the
release OF these innocent working
class children.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
TO
ST RIKE AT
HUNGER WAGE
New Terror Fails to
Keep Delegates
from Convention
so Come from Tenn.
Convention to Set Date
for Strike

BULLETIN

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 49,
The following telegram was sent to
the National Miners Union Conyen-
ton in PinevilIe, KY, by the Inter-
national Labor Defense organizations
in the South:
Solidarity greetings to you and the
thousands of miners you represent.
May your convention be the signal
for successful struggle for decent
living conditions for your wives and
children, for the rights of the miners
to organize against the thug rule Of
the coal operators and for the i'm
mediate relief of the Kentucky class
war prisoners and all victims of boss
class justice In the United States.
We will support you with mass de-
Tense and protest against coal opera
tors thuggery.
"Long live the National Miners
| Union"
PINEVILLE, KY, Dec. 12.-En-
thusiasm among the $1,000 miners in
Bell aad Harlan Counties, as well as
in the Tennessee coal fields for strike
! action against hunger and terrorism
runs high as the final preparations
are being made for the opening of
the District Convention OF the Ma
tional Miners Union today Sunday
at the K. of P. Hall
Besides the hundreds of delegates
elected from mines in Bell and Har-
Ian County SO delegates have already
been elected in the Tennessee coal
fields. A caravan of autos and trucks
are transporting the miners. Nine
new locals have been organized in
Kentucky in the drive to get rep
resentatives.
The convention call was issued a
short while ago and broadcast
throughout the Southern coal fields
Despite the renewed terror which
followed, one active worker, MacSum-
ner being kidnapped. with no trace OF
him to this moment, the prepare
lions for hte strike have been going
on splendidly. The miners will march
to the convention from many of the
coal centers. Hundreds flocked to
| the National Miners TTnion Old locale
we're strengthened.
The call for the convention declared
that with hunger and starvation
gripping more and more miners, the
only way out is through a sharp
struggle. The convention will set a
strike date and call on the miners to
build rank and file strike committees
in every local in preparation for the
greatest resistance to starvation ever
seen in the Kentucky coal fields.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
Spread Daily Worker Subs Through Shops, Mines,
Factories. Speed Drive for 5000 Subs!

FACTORY work. trade union activity and building up shop
nuclei paths for the march of the Daily Worker sub
scripton campaign army Section 12 of the New York
District shows the way Members of trade union branches
and shop nuclei in the section met and made plans to spread
Daily Worker subscriptions through important factories in
their territory AS start four workers took subscriptions
right then and there Each comrade took subscription
book and promised to all his shopmates for sub
scriptons
significant feature of this meeting is that the workers
who participated mainly metal workers Roofing the
Daily Worker subscriptions in basic industries is vital
step in the revolutionary struggle.
SEND SUBS IN AT ONCE.
Once you have received your subscription book do not
wait until you have filled the entire book Send in each
subscription you get it, with the accompanying money
The Daily Worker needs the money quickly you
send it. And the subscriber must get his paper Immediately
On to the shops, the mines, the factories with Daily
Worker subscriptions!
On to the broad of workers with Daily Worker
subscriptions through the unemployed councils through
the gains of the National Hunger March, and through the
Friends of the Daily Worker Groups and Neighborhood
Squads.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
RENT STRIKE ON
in BROWNSVILLE
Tenants United for
Reduction Demand

NEW YORK-The Brownsville IN
employed Council, 610 Rockaway Ave-.
Is conducting rent strike at 687
Rockaway Ave. All the tenants Of
the house are solid for their demands
which are reduction of rent, the
recognition of the house committee,
the installing of sanitary conditions
and others. The open-air meeting
held last night on Dumont and Rock
away Ave. showed that the entire
block, populated mainly by Negro
workers, are in sympathy with strik-
ers and are ready for struggle.
Also on Williams Ave, near River
dale, a block rent strike is being or
ganized by the Unemployed Council
for cheaper rent and against evic-
lions. A mass meeting of this block
is being called on Thursday at pm.
at the Einsdale Youth Center, 1913
Hinsdale ST. Leaflets viii be dis
tributed in the neighborhood.
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Dressmakers Want One Union;
Prepare Strike in Industry

in the market and where ever needle
trades workers come together. This
dress situation precedes only by a
short period the expiration OF the
agreement in the cloak industry, and
the workers are convinced that the
developments in the dress situation
will have a very serious bearings on
the cloak situation and will to very
large extent determine the policy and
action of the cloakmakers.
Cry for Unity.
There is one point outstanding in
all the discussion, regardless OF
whether it comes from workers affil-
lated with the Needle Trades Work
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new low point for the year.
With the terrific sharpening of the
financial crisis, the Wakatsuh Cab
met fell on Friday A minority cab
met was formed yesterday to repre-
sent the Seiyuakai party only, the
coalition or so-called National Gov
eminent idea having collapsed The
new Cabinet Is headed by XII Inukai,
leader of the former Seiyukai "Op-
position" Premier Ikukai will also
fill the post of Foreign Minister, 1t
is announced.
Hard Boiled" Business Men.
The Seiyukai party is described in
a Tokyo dispatch to the New York
Times as "a party of hard-boiled be-
levers in government aid for industry
with tendency to initiation"
A financial article in the New
York Times admits that there has
been huge flow Of gold from Japan.
Gold to the extent of $3.50, GAO, 900 has
been shipped to the United States
since 1880. In November, Japan's
total remaining store Of gold was
! CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE,
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Japanese Gold Standard
Collapses; New Government
Rushes More Troops to China
Imperialists See Mass Fight Menacing Plans to
Partition China and Attack Soviet Union

Further accelerating the decay of world
capitalism, the Japanese economic and finan-
cial crisis reached new depths last week. The
japanese gold standard has collapsed. An EN-.
barge on the export of gold has been declared
The Japanese dropped sharply the New York market
Japanese bonds and bonds by the
eminent also experienced sharp drop The yen dropped 5
points to 43 cents the lowest price since Dec 1925 Japanese
bonds drop from u to points with all but reaching
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
French Near German
Border Urged to Get
Gas Masks for Gifts

A despatch to the New York
Times states that in the eastern
province of France the people are
being urged to buy gas masks as
Christina spresents. Along with
the masks so directions on how
they are to be used. That these
masks are not left-overs from the
last war which some private man
ufacturers is trying to get rid Of, is
shown in the fact that there are
sizes for children as well as for the
older men and women.
France is preparing these east
ern provinces for war on a VIC
torious German revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
HEAR FOSTER, dunno, BENJAMIN RE.
PORT ON NATL HUNGER MARCH AT
CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, WE'D, s P. M.

Mass meeting Central Opera
House Wednesday, Dec. 16, 8 p. m.
Report by National Committee Of
Unemployed Councils Of q. s. A.
on Hunger March and further
struggle for Unemployment Insur-
ance and immediate relief.
Speakers: Comrades w. z. F'os-
ter, Nationla Sec. TUUL; w. F..
Dunno, Editor of the Daily Work
err; Herbert Benjamin, Nat. Sec.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

The present miserable conditions in
the dress industry where the stand
ards have been reduced to such a
level that the dressmakers cannot exc
out a bare existence, shaving long
hours under terrific speed-up, the ex-
piration of the agreements in the
dress industry both of the Industrial
Union and the International, have
brought the question of a general
strike in the dress industry to the
forefront as a burning problem The
question of the coming strike is being
very seriously considered and the dis
cussion ON the possibilities of the
outcome of the strike is widespread
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

ers Industrial Union or the Interna-
tional, or from workers who have
dropped their union Affiliations
namely: the need for unity in the
ranks Of the workers, as the first pre-
requisite for a successful struggle
against the bosses. Observing these
discussions, we note the deire for
unity on the part of the workers is
SO great that they very often tend TO
disregard many important lessons
learned as result OF their exper-
fences, especially during the bitter
struggles of the past few years, and
CONTINUED ON PAGE 1yvc,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

Hail Columns 2,3, 4
of Hunger March
Arrest Is in East ST. Louis for Preparing
Hunger March Reception
5000 Meet Column 3 in Detroit; Pledge to
Spread Fight for Unemployment Insurance

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 13.--Column 3 con-
sisting of one hundred and fifty delegates of
the National Hunger March, was escorted by
fifteen hundred workers and marched through
the streets here on its arrival from Washing
ton Mayor Murphy compelled to grant a permit for
the march.
Three thousand damned Danceland Auditorium and
cheered the marchers They determined to continue the
struggle for unemployment Insurance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

Unemployed Councils: Chairman
G. Winter, Sec. Unemployed Coun-
ellis, Local N. Y.
Cartoons will be drawn of Hun
ger Hoover and other Fat Bellies
by well known proletarian car
toonists who participated in the
March. The Band which for the
first time played the "Interna-
tional" on the capital grounds. will
provide music. Admission Is cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
MILLINERY HUNGER MARCHERS
WILL REPORT To UNEMPLOYED
TUESDAY, 1 O'CLOCK AT

BRYANT HALL.
The delegates from the Millinery
Department of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, Fanny
Levine, Dina Lenkin, and others, will
report to the millinery workers on
the Hunger March, and lay down
plans for extending the work among
the unemployed millinery workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
r. r. Union Officials to Help
Bosses Put Over Rail Pay Cut
Only Mass Resistance Will Prevent the
Wage Cut

NEW Notwithstanding with a 10 per cent wage cut for
100000 railroad workers. the bosses planning
fensve against the entire working class The railroad wage
cut the Daily Worker has warned for the past month"; is
being worked out by the railroad bosses with the direct support
CONTINUED THREE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
Greet Column 2 In Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N Y, Dec. 12.-Col-
umn of the National Hunger March
was enthusiastically received in SYRIA
cuse on its retvrn trip from the his
toric march to Washington on Dec. 7.
Over three hundred workers pledged
to continue the struggle for unem-
ployment insurance and immediate
cash relief. Plans have been laid out
for building and extending the mem-
ployed councils here and preparing
for National Unemployment Insur-
ance Day, February 4th.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
Okanogan Bank Fails

The Commercial Bank of Okano-
gan, Wash. was closed December
due to the precarious conditions Of
the resources Of the institution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
Police Try Intimidate Column &

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dec. 12.-- Col
umn of the National Hunger March
arrived in Columbus at five this
evening, They marched to Broad and
High Streets where an open air
meeting was held Eight hundred
workers gathered at the State House.
Two indoor meetings followed, with
the workers enthusiastically endorsing
the action of the hunger marchers
and expressing their determination to
extend the struggle. The police tried
to intimidate the marchers, and
threatened TO escort them out OF
town. They refused to feed or lodge
the marchers. The Hunger March
ers remained and were fed and lodged
by the local Unemployed Council
They have been receiving a fine re-
ception from the workers everywhere.
Chicago Mass Meets for Marchers
CHICAGO. Dec. ia city-wids
reception is being arranged here to
greet the National tIurger Marchers.
to draw thousands of workers into
mas demonstrations TO listen to the
reports, ard to plan extended activity
leading up to February 4th.
Seevn meetings have been sched-
uled here as follows: 2409 N. Hal
sted ST.; 2i57 West Chicago Ave;
Ashland Auditorium, corner Ashland
Ave-, and Van Burne; 1914 South
State ST.; POS E. 18th Street: 1859
West 4oth St, West Side Auditorium
meeting has been cancelled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14

John Schmies was released from
Jail by mass pressure and received a
rousing welcome. His speech was
continually applauded. Resolutions
demanding the unconditional release
OF all arrested, and also to demon
strate in Grand Circus, was passed
amidst cheers. Ralph Norman,
16-year-old marcher from Seattle,
spoke. His father was sent to the
hospital by police clubs in the Dec. z
demonstration.
Amongst the speakers were Rey-
nolds, Baker and Negro woman
marcher.
NEW Notwithstanding to their
home cities, the members of the Ma
tional Hunger March are being
greeted everywhere by mass demon
STATIONS, laying the ground for
greater organization to carry on the
fight for unemployment insurance.
New terror is breaking out against
the marchers and the organizers of
the hunger march demonstrations on
the return march. In East st. Louis,
l8 workers were arrested for the
crime" of preparing reception for
the hunger marchers.
In Chicago, seven mass indoor dem
onstrations are arranged to greet the
hunger marchers and to hear reports
on the plans for future widespread
action and organization.
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tCorrINUEp ON PAGE THREE,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

Next: Parrish reports the Christmas dolls
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AEun1nae to
Meet With
Miss Kerr

Miss Louise Kerr, 1907 East Wash
lngton street, will he hostess for a
meeting of the Indianapolis Alum
nae Association of Zeta Tau Alpha
Thursday night. Mrs. T. r. LYDIA
Will review several stories of the
Russian Revolution, written by Rus
sian exiles.
The group will include Quiet
street" by Ossorgin, and "a World
Can End" by Skariatina.
Assisting hostesses will be Mrs.
E. N. Smedley Mrs. K. w. Carr and
Miss Helen Linking.
Miss Edna Garwood will give a
report on the annual bridge party,
held last month, for the benefit of a
building fund at Butler university.
Mrs. A. r. Stacy, chairman of
the committee in charge of the
Christmas party to be held for
members Of the association Dec. 10,
at the Butler chapter house, 800
Hampton drive, will announce her
plans.
The party is to be for members
OF the alumnae and active groups
, of zeta Tau Alpha in Indianapolis.
Other members of the committee
are Misses Louise Berndt, Olga
Bonke, Elizabeth Ann Miller and
Betty McGrew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
Miss Cox
to Entertain
Bride-ELect

Miss Eleanor Cox will entertain
tonight with a dinner party and
bridge for Miss Ineva Reilly, who
will marry Erwin F. Meyer, Boulder,
Colo, Dec. q, and Miss Reilly's
house guest, Miss Eleanor Walter,
Pueblo, Colo.
The table, with covers for four
teen, will be centered with pastel
flowers. Mrs. Linton A. Cox viii
assist her daughter.
This afternoon, Miss Reilly will
be honored by Mrs. Culver G. God
frey at a party at her home, 601
East Forty-sixth street. Twelve
guests will be entertained.
The luncheon tables will be cen
tered with pastel flowers with white
predominating. The hostess will be
assisted by her mother, Mrs. F. H
| Strickland.
Miss Frances Krieg entertained
Tuesday afternoon with a bridge
tea at her home, 4510 Park avenue
for Miss Reilly and Miss Walter.
Appointments were in pastel
shades. Mrs. Felix Krieg assisted
her daughter. Guests included:
Mesdames Walter stuhldreher, Frederick
Mooney Jr., Phillip Derham. Thomas Nc
| Cinnis. Culver Godfrey. Harry Jones. Louis
Hensley,. Emory Baxter; William Freaney
Marv Gertrude Manley and Betty Berter-
mann.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
Hoosier Tourist Club Holds
Old Colonial Yule Fete

candle-light luncheon Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. C. c. Spurrier,
Ass North Pennsylvania street.
Luncheon tables were laid with
silver service, lighted with Christ
mas candles and adorned with ever
greens. Appointments were in The
colonial motif Assisting hosteSses
we're Mrs. w. c. Harrison and Mrs.
E. H. johnson.
All members we're in colonial
costume, and the program was pre-
sented by Misses Margaret Harri-
son, Mary 10 Spurrier, Helen Hart
niger and Ruth Bradford, also in
costume. They entertained with
Christmas carols, the telling of the
Christmas story and danced the
minuet.
During the afternoon the old
custom of lighting the Yule log was
enacted. and gifts we're distributed
by a Santa Claus"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

he New MAYTAC...with extra quality features
you'd expect much higher priced machine.
constructed to take the punishment of long years
of hard use...every hidden part made and assem-
bIed with painstakng in short, typical
Maytag quality at the price of 'second choice
make of washer.
This New Maytag cIeanses by the famous Maytag
CyrafOam method-fast, positive yet gentle. The
Cyratator is counter-sunk to the level of the tub
bOttom-an extra quality feature that
and tear clothes. There is the sediment zone"
another Maytag Development which. prevents
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

and inhuman treatment, which you
easily can prove. He will have to
support you and the children. 1
would see a lawyer to show your
husband that you mean business.
Nothing could be worse for the
psychological health of little chill
dren than quarrelsome father who
strikes their mother. You don't
have to leave your home. Make him
leave. Talk this over with his peo-
pie, who probably will help you all
they can.
Don't quarrel with him any more.
Take refuge in silence and do not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
NOON DAY CLUB TO
HAVE YULE FETE

Noon Day Luncheon Club will
have its annual Christmas party at
the home of Mrs. E. L. Call, 1918
Bellefontaine street today. Lunch
con will be followed by a program of
Christmas songs and a group of
dramatic readings. Mrs. Thomas
Stewart is in charge Of the program.
Decorations viii be in the Christ
mas colors, and a small tree will
center the luncheon table. Mrs.
James Shake, president, will pre-
side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
CLIPS WIN PLACE
ON SPORTS GLOVES

Clips have certainly won fash
ion place for themselves! You've
seen them everywhere, from hats
to shoes. And now they're on
gloves. There now is pigskin
sports glove with a clip fastening
instead of the old snap variety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
Yule Meeting Scheduled

Indiana Gamma Alumnae Club
of Pi Beta Phi sorority, will hold its
Christmas meeting at 745 Monday
night at the home of Mrs, John E.
SPECIAL, 321 East Forty-ninth street.
Reservations must be made with
Mrs. Robert c. Schetter by Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

pay any attention to his TRADES.
You do not have to be maltreated
and abused. Whatever you do,
don't threaten. Just get busy and
act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

Christmas was celebrated in old
colonial fashion by members of the
Hoosier Tourist Club. when they
were entertained with a colonial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09
Directed BIZ AMOS PARRISH

fouhes knitted might
just for Christmas giving with
scarf
OF when considering child
ackn box, toward the with
roomy, ski-type leggngs
picture to
ankets contrasting with a bright blue suit
It's only the oddlers
still that
Copyright. 1881
Next: Parrish reports on the new Christmas dolls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-09

O TUNE Enjoy the Maytag
Radio Hour over n. B. C. Coast to
Coast Blue Network--Every Monday.
900 P. NJ, E. T. 500 C. t. 700
M.T.-6:QO PCT.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-12-18

Democrats were urged to act immedi-
ately to strengthen their party organization
for the 1892 campaign in speeches last
week by John J. Raskob. National Commit
tee Chairman. and Alfred E. Smith. the
titular head Of the party.
Mr.. Raskob and Mr.. Smith shared the
program with Jouett Shouse. National Ex-
ecutive Chairman. at luncheon In New
York Of the minute Men," Democratic
organization recently incorporated 10 ad-
wise with the committee on national party
politics.
Prior to the speeches. Mr.. Shouee told
the so Democrats in attendance that 1875
party leaders in 81 States already have
applied for membership in the Minute
Men" and that 'this widespread representa-
Gion guarantees that the committee from
now on may expect the constructive advice
and support Of many friends whose wise
counsel heretofore has been los, 20 the
party"
Mr.. Shouse sdded that the purpose Of
the Minute men was 10 hbsiSt III uhA-
ing the Democratic party the most efficient
and effective agency possible for the ad-
ministstion Of national affairs" and that
they would become IAN irresistible force for
good government"
Mr.. Raskob. urging the necessity Of
STRENGTHENING the organization before the
presidential campaign. said that"a victory
in 1882 should enable the party. ueder the
able leadership which our county needs,
TO remain in Office for many years 10
come"
Mr.. Smith said the Minute Men" organi-
cation was THE most forward-lookins step
ever undertaken by the party" adding
that the results Of the National Commit
tees educational and organization work
since 1928 ''have demonstrated the value
OF constructive action Of the kind en-
visased."