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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
(By Labor Research AssOciation)

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Here are a few facts not given out
by the Hoover press anegts from the
battleship Arizona when it took the
head Of Yankee imperialism on his
aour Of the Caribbean war bases.
These facts are extracted from the
manuscript Of a forthcoming book on
conditions in the island now being
prepared by an authority on Latin
American relations, a professor at a
university in New York City. They
are based upon careful investigation
in Porto Rico by man familiar with
the language and very conservative
in his statements.
The sugar industry Of the island
is in the hands of United States
capitalists. The chief companies are
the South Porto Rico Sugar Co., the
United Porto Rico Sugar Co., the
Central Aguirre Sugar Co. and the
Fajardo Sugar Co. Their combined
assets amount to about $65,000,0O0
and they control about 100000 acres
of the choicest lands of the island.
They control the legislature, and
taxation, land legislation and every
thing affecting them is rugged in
their favor by this puppet parlia-
ment in which Santiago Iglesias, the
socialist betrayer, is an important
figure. For further facts on Iglesias
the worker should read the pam
phlet yankee Colonies" by Harry
Cannes, in the International Pam
phlets series.
The dividends of these corporations
over the last 20 years have ranged
from to 115 per cent per annum.
The professor describes it as mot
only a reasonable but an absolutely
enormous profit"
Sugar is so pc recent absentee con-
trolled; fruit is 80 per cent, or more;
tobacco is IS per cent; banks are so
per cent; railroads, so per cent, or
more; public utilities, so per cent,
and steamship lines, approximately
100 per cent. At least three-fourths
Of the wealth of the island is in the
hands Of the Yankee financial
pirates. The control Of the absentee
is all but complete and with the aid
of the Coastwise Shipping Act and
the American Tariff bids fair to alb
serb all of the profitable enterprises"
AS the result of the operations of
the powerful sugar companies the
food crops formerly raised by the
people are no longer grown in any
large amounts, and the people are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
10000 FRENCH
MINERS STRIKE
Gable BY Inprecorr)

PARIS, April Thirty thousand
miners were out on tsrike yesterday
in the Northern district; 1000 in
the Gard district went out. The sit
uatioh in the Loire and Moselle dis
tricts is unclear. The fighting spirit
of the miners is magnificent. They
are out against wage cut that was
agreed to by the takers in the union
leadership.
Demonstrations and collisions with
the police took place. In the Gard
district the strike is limited to linn
tied to twenty-four hours, owing to
the failure Of the new decision to
continue the strike indefinitely.
The number of strikers in the
Northern district is increasing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02

event I ordered 500 papers In all. I
was advised by the d w. that my
order was not received in time to
be filled, but they had sent two bun
dies of 200 each, so that received
within 100 copies Of the number
which I wanted. The sale at the
meeting was as good as could be
expected"
81 now have four fellows selling
regularly, except that one Of them
is sick just now" he continues.
Frank Quire Is secretary. In addi-
ton there are Howard Wells. Stew
art, and Joe PIantus.. Their sales
are as follows: Quire, so; Wells, so;
Stewart, 35; Plantus, Is. L want
membership cards, Red Cartoon
books, and aprons for those en-
titled to them. i am also putting
the Daily OH three newsstands
now. The newsstand sale Is prac-
ticalIy negligible but it will grow, l
believe"
Reading, Pa, shows some life,
judging from the report. The COM
rades there should hold Jamborees,
issuing leaflets to unemployed work
ers to come, and in this way in
crease the Red Builders Club, Com
rade John, incidentally, explains that
for the past few weeks regular re-
ports we're sent to M. Silver, district
D. W. representative in Philadelphia,
which evidently were not forwarded
to lis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02

large landed estates. More than 200,-
900 Indians, from all over the coun-
try, expressed their support Of the
congress. The questions taken Ut
we're: Conditions Of life of the land
workers, enslavement Of women and
children by the landowners, fines and
abuses Of the agricultural workers.
demands Of the agrarian commune
ties, situation of the poor farmers
relation between the large estates
and the towns, foundation Of an
Indian Peasants Federation.
The bourgeois press became alarm
ed over the calling of the congress
They declared its object was the ex-
preparation of the land, the plumber
OF the towns and the murder Of the
landlords and priests.
Ecuador is going through a sew
ere economic crisis, and the govern
ment clutched at this propaganda tc
prosecute the Communist Party and
the revolutionary groups.
On January 25th the government
sent its troops in order to dissolve
by any means whatever the peasants
who were gathering for the congress
Renegades from the Party worked
with the government. The consti-
tuition was openly Haunted to stoT
the congress. A group of well-knowr
comrades were thrown into Jail. Ii
Cayambe, the city of the congress
arrests were made. The leaders Of
the Indian peasants were beaten III
and jailed. Many delegates were
stopped EN- route to Cayambe. Sol
diers covered all roads leading to the
congress. The landlords hired spies
to inform them on the delegates. The
landlords and priests, the church anc
the authorities nobilized all theil
forces against the peasants.
The government has nov, forbid.
den all Communist and trade union
meetings, agitation and propaganda
These organizations are now working
illegally. The peasants show revo-
lutionary spirit, despite the terror
The slogans of the struggle are:
Down with the reaction! Down with
the Ayora puppet government! Long
live the Peasants Congress! Free
dom to the Indian masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
REPORT ACTIVITY
IN READING, PA.

Reading, Pa, sends detailed re-
port on daily sales for the week end
ing March 81, and some news about
the Red Builders there. Harold John,
Daily Worker representative in Read
ing, gives the following figures:
Monday, $50 received, "a sold; Tues
day, $50 received, 106 sold; Wednes-
day, $50 received, $50 sold; Thursday,
275 received, 228 sold; Friday, 400 re-
ceived, 167 sold; Saturday, 225 re-
ceived, 1856 sold
"We sold very few Of Mondays
papers due to very unfavorable
weather" he explains. "a mass meet
ing under the Party auspices took
place Friday evening and for this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
2 MURDERED AT
COMMUNE MEET
IN JALAPA, MEX.
Increase Terror in the
Latin American Lands

MEXICO CITY CBy MaiD.--on
March 18th, the anniversary Of the
Paris Commune there was demon
stration here under the auspices of
the International Red Aid in Jalapa.
The police fired upon the demon
strators killing two, Indique vasquaE,
q food worker, and Aurelio Rodrigues,
a peasant, Many others we're wound
ed.
On February 81, in San Patricio,
Tamaulipas, the worker Nemesio Es-
trada was assassinated, and others
were arrested. In Huestusco Vera
crux, Rafael Popo, an active mill
tant worker, was murdered.
During the past year, there we're
two cases against Castor Lefarga and
Jacob Hurwitz, and the courts have
now confirmed their jail terms.
On March 81, the fascist laws
against the workers became oper-
alive. Meetings of Communists are
prohibited. On the same day troops
attacked demonstration of unem-
ployed organized by the Regional
Federation Of Labor. Several work
ers we're wounded and some arrested
In Columbia elections were Just
held To prevent the n1asses from
helping the Communist Party many
Of the revolutionary workers we're ar
rested. Both Communists and mill
tant workers we're jailed. The gov
eminent is proceeding against them
under what they call the heroic law"
which is a law to complete repression
of the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Glen Alden Grievance Committee
Maneuvers Again to Sell Strike

cut into the discussion, howIed at
the takers, and showed their de-
termination to carry on the strug-
gle.
Boylan at this meeting condemned
the strike as impossible to win.
Tuesdays meeting found Toni
check proposing that as Boylan
would not do anything, the interna-
tional Office should be appealed to
sanction the strike. This is asking
wolf to guard sheep, for Lewis
and Boylan are all in the same ma
chine, only Lewis is the older and
more experienced rascal.
KmetZ, international board menu
Der, who was the only international
official present (Boylan also was alb
sent) Immediately answered for
Lewis, that the decision of the in
ternational Office would be that this
is a matter for Boylan to decide.
Nevertheless, the General Grievance
Committee majority voted to leave
everything to this appeal to Lewis.
and to adjourn until Saturday to
give Lewis "a chance to decide.
Then the local takers issued a state
ment to the capitalist press claim
ing that they were the best patriots
in United States.
Lovestone's Treachery.
Another treacherous gang lifted
its voice this week, the LoveStone-
ties. They put out a leaflet pur-
porting to come from Progressive
Rank and File Strikers, which sup
ports the leaders of the General
Grievance Committee, proposes no
policy and no demand TO win the
strike.
The miners only chance to win
any of their demands is to take the
strike into their own hands. The
National Miners Union is holding a
mass conference today to make bet
ter preparations for fighting the be-
trayal and to strengthen the rank
and file opposition movement in
each local. 1t is also calling on all
locals of the u M w A to support
and endorse the Glen Alden strike.
The National Miners Union has
issued another leaflet to the strik-
erS, explaining the situation, and
urging them to elect their own strike
committees, to remove the treach-
erous local officials and exposing the
Grievance Committee as the instru-
ment of the operators. The National
Miners Union urges the strikers to
refuse to go back to work until the
demands are granted, and until a
vote of those on strike is taken in
favor of going back to work. The
N. M. U. proposes that the rank and
file strike committees be organized
for every mine, and then that a
General Rank and File Strike Com
mittee representing all mines be
formed.
The demands of the rank and file
miners (only the least important of
which the General Grievance Com
mittee recognizes) are for:
/. Payment for all forms of dead
work.
2. No wage cuts in any form.
3. Delivery of supplies to the face
and unloaded by the company.
4. Against topping of the cars.
5. Abolition Of the contractor sys-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Mishawaka Officials
Offer Seed Instead
of Feed to JObless
(By a Worker Correspondent

MISHAWAKA, Ind, April 1.-The
"goodhearted" officials of Misha-
waka have a new stunt for nem-
ployment relief" They are offering
seeds to the unemployed so they can
grow some stuff. Besides, the city
has offered 100 vacant lots. But how
the unemployed are going to eat and
live for the next six to eight months
before the few leaves of grass sprout,
Mayor Mason l.. Petro, of course, is
unable to answer.
To buy the seed, the mayor ar
ranged card party and dance. But
this affair was not for relief, but to
celebrate the successful passage of q
100 per cent increase in the salary
OF the mayo y 90 \,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
OUTDOOR MEET
FOR kASSAY
Fight for Higher Pay
in Plant

workers have offered their
little homes, to help the International
Labor Defense to raise the $4,000
bail which the capitalist court Of
Akron set on Paul Kassay, Hungarian
worker who has been framed by the
bosses on ridiculous charges of "at-
tempting to wreck the Zeppelin"
These workers are already being
terrorized. The day after Kassay's
release, three workers lost their jobs,
the bosses openly told them that:
"You have furnished bond for that
man, we don't intend to keep you
working in our plant any more"
Meantime, the wages of the
workers are constantly being cut, and
the hours heightened. Conditions are
daily getting worse on the job,
Stool pigeons are being placed to spy
around on the workers. Every effort
is being made to intimidate the work
ers
The International Labor Defense is
making arrangements to hold an out
door mass demonstration in Akron
for the purpose of warning the work.
ers and organizing them against this
terror Of the masters. A leaflet will
be given out to the workers urging
them to organize and not allow them
selves to be cowed to submission. The
bosses will not succeed in their efforts
to further enslave the working class.
The workers are well aware of the
bosses schemes, and are beginning
to guard themselves against them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
MAGIL SPEAKS ON
SABOTAGE TRIAL
Schenectady, Troy, and
Albany Next Points

SCHENECTADY, N. Y.-The sig
nificance of the Five-Year Plan and
of the great trial of the eight coun-
ter-revolutionary engineers in Mos
COW several months ago will be dis
cussed by A. B. Magil, proletarian
writer and journalist, in illustrated
lectures to be given in Troy, Schen-
ectady and Albany, N. Y
Magil, who was a correspondent
for the revolutionary press at the en-
gineers' trial, spoke in Troy Tuesday
March 81, at p. m at Pierpont Hall,
Is 103rd ST.; in Schenectady, We'd
nesday, April 1, at All Souls Church,
Union and Wendell Ave; and in
Albany, Thursday, April 2, in Chan
ming Hall, corner Washington and
Robins st. The meetings are under
the auspices Of the Friends Of the
Soviet Union.
In Schenectady all halls we're re-
fused and the F.S.U. was compelled
to arrange the meeting in unitarian
church.
The lectures are illustrated with
pictures that have recently been re-
ceived from the Soviet Union show
ing the trial and the economic and
cultural development of Soviet Rus
STA under the Five-Year Plan.
Magil will also tour Connecticut,
speaking in Springfield, April 6;
Hartford, April 7; New Haven, April
8; Bridgeport, April 9; and Stamford,
April 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Chicago Candy Store Pays Starvation Wages
No 8 Chicago candys

No Chicago candys
Chicago, Ill.
Daily Worker:
Recently became acquainted with
your paper and 1 admire its defense
of the oppressed who are honest but
who are being taken advantage of
on all sides in a cowardly way by the
bosses who exploit the workers.
About ten days before Christmas,
being unemployed, made application
to candy chain, the Dutch Mill
stores, for job. The man who hired
me said they paid $3.50 a day. He
said that would have to work four
days without pay in order to get &C
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Trial Of Nine Negro Workers Set for Day
Of Fair As Press Whips Up Lynch Spirit

These meetings must be held i'm
mediately. The struggle against
lynching must be intensified. The
mass demonstrations throughout the
country on March 20 against lynch
ing and deportations must be fol-
lowed up. The workers must make
the bosses realize that we will not
stand for their planned mass lynch
ing on April 6. Mobilize the working
class for the fight against persecu-
ton of Negroes and foreign born, for
the fight to save these nine workers
facing lynching IN Alabama.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02

quainted with the kind of work.
Needing work badly accepted this
unjust offer. I wasn't in the store
half an hour when I was already on
trade. There was nothing to learn.
I worked there five days and re-
ceived $3.50 and a discharge slip.
The two fifty hardly paid for the
carfare I had spent in those few days.
let alone the cost for luncheons. The
capitalist papers have an ad from
this concern every day. I suppose
they try the same thing on other
desperate workers. This is good cap
italist efficiency, but from now on
I am Communist. F. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Omaha clearinghouse JobIess Throng Plants

work them more than 8 hours. One
Of the girls told me she was afraid
to report it, for if she did, she
would lose her job.
At the Armour plant, the COM
pany informs you every week that
you must act as a salesman at
night and on Sunday, when all are
off work. You must sell their
products without pay if you want
to make your job secure.
They have a company union, but
all it does for you is to help speed
you UP. We sure need the TUUL
in this town.-B. X.
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sell out the strike.
Just as the strike started because
of the mass resentment of the min
erS against intolerable conditions, Sc
it continues in the same way. The
chiefs of the local machine, Frank
Tonicheck, Maloney and Davis, dare
not simply call off the strike, be-
cause then they would have a rebel
lion on their hands, their influence
would be lost, and the miners would
strike on, electing their own rank
and file strike committees to lead it.
Election Complication.
The local takers have announced
that they are running in the COM
ing district elections for district Of
flee against John Boylan and his
henchmen who now hold those Of
fees. Both Boylan and the Toni
check-Daovis-M aloney gang want to
sell out the strike. The Glen Alden
company of course doesn't care who
sells it out, so long as it is smashed.
But the miners are reSentful, and
are beginning to be very suspicious
of both groups.
SO Tomicheck, Maloney and Da-
Wis got the brilliant idea of turning
over the strike to Boylan, and in
viting him into the General Griev-
ance Committee meeting Monday
night. Boylan came. There the To-
cal takers proposed that he take the
strike over, and since Boylan has
continually, like the International
officers, proposed that the miners go
back to work and let the district ma
chinery handle their grievances, they
asked Of Boylan guarantee that
some of these grievances should be
rectified. The trap for Boylan was
this: with Boylan in control and the
strike over, the companies give the
local takers the credit for settling
it, and since Boylan, a henchnan of
the operators can not and does not
want to win anything for the min
ers against the operators, the min
ers would blame Boylan for their
continued miseries, and vote for Ma
loney etc, in the election.
BoyIan Won't Promise.
But Boylan saw the trap, and
while continually ordering the min
ers to go back, because of the con-
tract (the contract which the Glen
Alden Co. breaks ruthlesslyD he re
fused to promise that any Of the
demands would be granted. This
complexities matters for the local
takers, and the vote to continue the
strike was result. 1t is the opin-
ion of the militant rank and file
here that the vote could have been
anything the takers wanted it to be,
and that it was made close, so that
later when they hope the miners
will be worn out and discouraged,
the takers could have, by changing
few votes, a majority in favor of
going back, whereupon they will
wash their hands of the affair, and
say that they were in favor of con-
tinued fight, but yield to the senti-
ment of the men.
Miners Break In.
Mondays meeting, supposedly an
eecutive session of the General
Grievance Committee, was crashed
by about 500 rank and filters who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02

South Omaha, Neb.
Daily Worker:
AS am a worker in one Of the
South Omaha Packing Houses, I'll
write few lines in regard to the
conditions in them.
vt the Cudahy Packing plant
there are SO many men looking for
work that the police force could
not handle the crowd. and they had
to build a cage around the hiring
boss to keep him from getting
tramped on. At the same plant
they work the girls 10 hours day,
although it is against the law to
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who were with the girls. All pleaded
not guilty.
Several mobs have gathered here
within the past few days in an at
Tempt to lynch the workers The
boss press and the correspondent of
the Associated Press have boosted
that "the Negroes would be given
. speedy trial"
The danger of a mass 1ynching is
still present. There was strong lynch
sentiment today when the men were
returned under escort of guardsmen
to the city prison after their ar
raignment. A surly, determined mob
nassed about the prison. Mothers
had brought their babies to see the
fun. Lipsscked girls and their bust
ness men escorts drove up in fine
cars to be in at the killing. Remarks
from the crowd showed a general
opinion that the guardsmen would
not use their weapons to defend the
/, Negroes against determined attempt
TO lynch them: Them guards won't
slhoottus, an old woman said, adding
THAT she wished the men had guns
70 shoot them niggers down." Bust
ness men in their cars made re-
peated attempts to delay the return
of the prisoners, stopping their cars
several times in the path of the
yuardsmen on the pretense that they
had engine trouble.
Prepare Mass Lynching.
The entire town is certain that a
mass lynching of the nine workers
will take place on April when they
come up for trial. 1t is significant
that the trial has been set for April
which is horse-swapping and gem
eral fair day for the surrounding
farm population. Five hundred more
people will come to town on that day.
The town population is 5000.
Local Negro church and business
leaders are scared and afraid to make
any attempt even to demand a fair
trial for the prisoners. The Negro
workers are bitterly resentfm but lack
militant leadership. Only the nation
wide protest of the working class
started Immediately and expressing
itself in mass protest meetings, reso-
buttons and kilograms to the governor
OF Alabama and the officials of this
town can save these workers from a
mass lynching on April s, -.
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tenn.
6. Consideration for all mine work
ers, who can not make a shift.
7. Abolition of the check-off.
8. Recognition OF the Broad Rank
and File Mine Committee to settle
all grievances at the colliery.
Q. No discrimination against any
Of the strikers.
10. Reinstatement Of all striking
miners fired, =, e~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Newark TUUL School
Holds Banquet and
Dance on April 5, 1881

NEWARK.-The Section Training
School of Section 10 has decided to
hold dance and banquet on SUM-
day, April S, $50 p. m. at SO Mercer
st. The students of the school call
on all workers to attend this dance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
IECQUADOR GOVERNMENT, CHURCH AND
LANDLORDS MOBILIZE AGAINST RED
PEASANTS CONGRESS; JAIL LEADERS
100000 Indian Peasants Voice Approval of
Revolutionary Struggle Against Slave
Labor; Defy Troops
Especial to the Daily Worker)

QUITO Ecuador by MaiD Recently an important
Congress of Indian peasants held here This Congress
big step forward in modelling the Indian It is pro-
eedng with advances in the trade union field The Congress-
held in the town of Cayamb which is surrounded BY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-02
Miners Break In.

Mondays meeting, supposedly an
eecutive session of the General
Grievance Committee, was crashed
by about 500 rank and filers who
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