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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
TAXI WORKERS
EXPOSE WALKER
TRICK HEARING
Show Trust Grabbing
Taxi Industry

NEW YORK,--In a small room
packed with independent taxi owners,
lawyers and representatives of large
and small fleet owners, Jimmie
Walker held an open show yesterday
on the Taxi Control Bill that has al
ready been passed.
Lawyers and racketeers pleaded for
the independents but Walker made
joke of their lesalistic arguments
and it was as good as vaudeville
show with his wise-cracl5s. The in
dependents were laughing at Their
own funeral and they did not know
it. The biggest joke OF all was te
hear the slick articles representing
the various subsidiaries of General
Motors, like Parmallee, Keystone,
Terminal, etc, hypocritically repeat
after each other that they are not
in favor of monopoly and are in
favor of the present bill. Walker
acted like an end man in a min
strel show in giving them the lead
what to say.
Not a word was said by any Of
them In favor of the taxi-cab driver
and their working conditions. Only
when the representative of the TAX
Section Of the Transportation Work
ers' Industrial League protested and
insisted did he get the floor He
read off q, resolution without for
once getting wise-crack out of the
worthy" mayor. The resolution
brought out the fact that monopoly
is being created, which will eliminate
10000 cab-drivers, the long hours this
men work, and the starvation EARN
ings they get and ended up askila
for the following TO be included ir
the bill since it Is sure that the bill
will be signed: No firing for low
bookings, no blacklist for low
bookings, no discrimination in courts
and on streets, the eight hour day
to keep every cab driver working
and a living weekly wage.
According to the bill more hearings
will be held in 10 days after signing
the bill. The facknlen are urged to
join UP for the fight by becoming
members of the Taxi Section, East
10Th st. Come UP to the office any
time. The strike of the Chaufteurs
and Helpers Of the Manufacturers
Express, 264 West 35th ST., Is still
going strong and support should be
given on the picket line from 8 a, m,
to 6 in the evening every day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Call Kentucky Miners
Relief Conference in
Detroit January 4th

DETROIT. Mch.--A Michigan Sec
ton conference under the auspices
Of the Workers international Relief
will be held for the purposes Of pre-
pairing an intensive campaign for the
collection Of funds and relief for the
Kentucky niners who have voted a
general strike January !. 1882.
Alice Yonik, secretary Of the Work
ers International Relief sent out a
call TO workers organizations and
unemployed councils to send dele
gates to the Kentucky Miners Relief
Conference, Monday, January 4, 1880
p. m. at 1913 East Ferry Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Tenants League Wins
Rent Strike at 592
Beck Street, Bronx

NEW YORK. Despite threat Of
evictionS, the Tenants League which
called a rent strike at 500 Beck St.
Bronx, was able TO win rent reduce
tons for many tenants. Most of the
tenants are either employed or on .
part-time basis. A Tenants League
was organized and when the land
lord refused the demands, a rent
strike was called, The landlord was
forced to withdraw the eviction no.
tees The house committee was rec
ognized.
Tenants Leagues are being orga-
nized in other houses in the neigh
borhood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Admit Mine Mules
Fed While Miners
Forced to Starve
Families Live in Two
Room Shacks, Have
No Clothes, Food

In an admission that mine mules
are still better off that mine workers
in the Missouri lead mines, the st
Louis Star published a story OH the
conditions in a mining camp &C.
cidentally discovered by an anima'
protection society agent. The story
follows;
TO investigate report that Is
mules had been abandoned 90
starve In the closed mine of the
Annapolis Lead Co., in Iron county,
Eric Hansen, executive secretary Of
the Humane Society of Missouri
went 10 the scene Thursday and
found the plight of the citizens IN
the little town of Annapolis worse
than that of the mules"
"The mules had been fed reg
uisrly by Mine superintendent y.
?. Shumate pending arrangements
for their rescue and were taken 10
the surface Thursday in good con-
dition.
MANY residents Of the town,
however, were found TO be destitute,
Hansen reported, Most of these, he
said, were families fof miners who
have had no work since July and
have exhausted their credit at local
stores. Families of eight or ten
members, he declared, were living
in shacks of one or two rooms, with
no shoes, no bedding, except blan-
kcts, and little food, He notified
tho Red Cross"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Brownsville Women
A i d Coney Island
Bread Price Strike

The Brownsville Women's Council
and the Unemployed Council are
cooperating with the Coney Island
bread strike by holding open air
meetings at which agitation is car
ried on to boycott bread coming in
from Coney Island. AT these meet
ings it is pointed out that If the
bread strike at Coney Island is lost
the price of bread in Brownsville
will go up. Hundreds of housewives
are supporting the boycott and are
struggling to help win the strike
against the high price of bread.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Great Britain Against
Proposal to Cede Any
Land as Debt Payment

In a debate with Norman Thomas
on Sunday, Representative McFad-
den OF the House Appropriations
Committee, stated that as part OF
their debt to the United States
France and Britain should recede
their possession in the Caribbean.
The suggestion has been received
with anger in England, The Empire
is not going to give up any land
without a fight. And the Daily News
says in its editorial that Great Bri-
tain will never voluntarily sell or
give away any Of her subjects" This
paper ads that I'VE shall not gain
any possessions now, when we aren't
in a fight"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Youth Section of Shoe
Union to Hike Sunday

Initiating its birth and activities
among the young shoe and leather
goods workers, the Youth Section of
the Shoe and Leather Workers In
dustrial Union is having hike this
Sunday, Jan, 3rd to Tibbets Brook
Farm The Youth Section meets
Sunday 1000 a, m, OF the 241st st,
Station OF the l. r, r. Lexington
jerome Ave. Line. In addition 10
this a party is to be held in the very
near future, Already a basketball
team is in formation. We invite all
young shoe and leather goods work
ers to come to our hike,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Zack Speaks on Unions
at B'klyn Youth Club

Joseph zack, secretary OF the New
York Trade Union Unity Council
will speak on The Development of
the Industrial Unions in New York"
at lecture session of the American
Youth Club, rs Thatford Avenue,
Brooklyn, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1882, at
8 pm.
lack will tell of the developments
in the needle trades industry in re-
CARDS to revolutionary trade union
ism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
SPANISH TROOPS KILL
WORKERS

At q demonstration held in AL
ma4sa, Spain, the troops Of the So
cialist government murdered one
worker and wounded another, In at
tempting to break up the meeting.
The capitalist press states that the
workers attempted to raise q Red
Flag on the City Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
CONFERENCE OF KNITGooDs
CHAIRMEN AND DELEGATES
TONIGHT.

A conference OF shop chairnnen
and delegates of knitgoods shops will
be held tonight, right after work at
the office of the union, is1 W. Path
St, to discuss plans for the organisa-
ton drive in the knitgoods drive
during the coming season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31
Charges Against Il
Detroit Workers Off
Workers Pack Court to
Protest Arrests


DETROIT, Mich,-Packing Judge
Jeftries' courtroom to capacity, the
mass protest of the workers at a
hearing December 2s, forced the dis
naissal OF charges against twelve
workers arrested at the November %
demonstration. The Judge was forced
to admit that the police did not have
evidence for their charges.
John Schnlies, former Communist
candidate for mayor, is now out on
bail pending an appeal after he was
sentenced to sixty days for his part
in leading the recent demonstrations
OF unemployed workers. The appeal
will come up January 10,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31

Build q workers correspondence
group In your factory. shop OF
neighborhcod. Send regular letters
20 the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31

Drsm1ue CLASS Two.
will be held at 1880 pm, 80 Union
Square. All invited to participate.
Red Sylvester
viii be held in the Labor Temple,
24S E. S4th ST., tonight, under the
auspices of the German Workers
Club. Dancing, entertainment. Adm.
free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-31

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01

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Evening star., 1931-12-19
INCREASE IN RETAIL
BUSINESS REPORTED
Weekly Mercantile Reviews Note
Pickup in Buying as Holi.
day Approaches.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December le.-The
weekly mercantile reviews today re-
ported lively increase in retail trade
due to a squirt In Christmas shopping
Holiday buying was the largest Of
the Christmas selling period thus far"
said Dun'S. Trade gained steadily
every day, and there was a considerable
turnover in toys, novelty jewelry, chill
dren's apparel, lingerie and undergar-
ments. Despite the gain, however, the
ratio OF decline In dollar volume, at the
low prices averages fully 10 to IS per
cent below that of last year. The pre-
dominance Of useful gifts, particularly
furniture, home furnishings and ap-
parel, he's raised the sales totals Of
these departments somewhat. While
there has been an improved call for
expensive gifts sales in the
better goods are estimated at 25 to 30
per cent behind the 1880 figures"
Bradstreets reports from SIS cities
emphasized the seasonal characteristics
of business
Retail trade in general" said this
review. has increased and appears now
to be in greater volume than at any time
this year. This, of course, is due al
most entirely to holiday buying, al
though colder weather has helped the
Winter lines also. Wholesaling appears
to have fallen off somewhat from the
previous week. That line of business In
some cases is now going through a be-
tween-season lull. In other cases it is
experiencing spasmodic outbreaks Of
activity. due to last-minute rush and
flll-in orders"
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Everybody's
Business
Exchange Quotations Held
Inadequate as Indicator
of Real Va7ue-Fur Epa1-
uat,on Should Be Derived
From Voluntary Sales,
Surety Head Holds.
BY. DR.. MAX WINKLER.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 19.-Quo-
tations Of securities as recorded on the
Stock Exchange are utterly inadequate
to indicate their real value, according
to George S. Van Schaick, New York
State Superintendent of Insurance
Fair market value, says Mr.. Van
Schaick, as reflected by sales presup-
poses voluntary selling, while present
levels are the result of abnormal situa-
tions, forced liquidation, short selling,
stringent monetary conditions and
other causes. 1t is for these reasons
that tbs superintendent will permit in
surance companies to use average prices
OF their security holdings instead of
precise Stock Exchange quotations as
of December 81.
Why could not the banking depart
ment advocate a somewhat similar pro-
cedure in the case of banking institu-
tions? This might put an end to liqui-
dation Of securities, held as collateral,
at absurdly low levels.
Allays Excitement.
There is no reason why Washington
should be excited over a report to the
effect that Great Britain, France and
Italy have money on deposit to pay the
December installment on their debts to
the United States and are ready to pay
If the moratorium is not ratified. The
nations referred to always keep bal
ances with New York bankers
1t is, however, subject to serious doubt
whether they would be willing to re-
lease these funds for the shove purpose
Evening star., 1931-12-19
MANY PRICES LOWER
THAN LEVELS IN 1918
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MINNEAPOLIS, December le.-A-
though some goods cost much more to-
day than in 1913, so many others are
selling we'll below those levels that the
average for wholesale goods is now
down to pre-war days, according to a
study by Investors Syndicate.
Among the items which are lower
than they were before the war are auto
mobiles, petroleum products, chemicals,
mixed fertilizers and cattle feed. One
OF the greatest bargains is in tires,
which cost only one-fourth as much as
they did in the Spring of 1913 Some
OF the products still higher than in
those bargain Gays are fuel, lumber,
brick. cement, iron and steel, paint and
furniture.
If wholesale prices start up again
next Spring, as many commodity price
experts believe, this brief chance at
1913 prices may vanish again.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

British banking institutions, the accu-
racy need not be questioned.
Low Foreign Shares Watched.
New lows in the common and pre-
ferred shares of American foreign
power and in the shares of Interna-
tional Telephone are viewed with a
considerable degree of apprehension by
those interested in these concerns.
Both these companies are public
utilities which own and operate extern
sive properties abroad, largely in Latin
America. Even though profits are re-
ported, they are either in deprecated
currencies or the money cannot be
transferred out of the countries.
With relatively heavy charges on
funded debts and bank loans, payable
in United States dollars, little is left
for the junior securities OF what were
not so long ago the most popular trad
come back, but it is not impossible that
drastic changes may have to be re-
sorted to in the meantime.
Business on Upgrade.
General business is definitely on the
upgrade, says A. Van Der Zee, general
sales manager Of Dodge Brothers Cor
poration. He also points out that the
10 or is per cent of the Nations pur-
chasing power that has been inactive,
due to unemployment, is fast being re-
stored to activity through the various
official and unofficial agencies for en-
ployment.
Mr.. Van Der Zee feels that the Presi-
dents Unemployment Committee,
headed by Walter S. Clifford, has al
ready done much to relieve unempioy-
ment.
(Copyright, 1881. by The North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December le.-
White potatoes, 100 pounds. 75al.O5;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 35a50; yams,
barrel, 1ooal.35; beans, bushel, 10oa
$50; beets, per 100, 25Oa35O; brussels
sprouts, per quart, sails; savoy cabbage,
bushel, 40a5O; carrots, per 100, 25oa
$50; caulifloWer, crate 200a2.l5; celery,
crate. l.00a200; cucumbers, hamper,
3.00a5 90, eggplants. crate. 200a4 90 !;
lettuce, crate, 300a40 90; okra, bushel,
1.5oa2 90; onions, per 100 pounds, 30oa
$50; oyster plants, 100 400a5 90; peas,
bushel, 3.50a575; peppers, crate. LISA
800; pumpkins, per 100. 5.00a10.O0;
spinach. huShel, 40a65; squash, bushel,
2.00a2 SO; kale. bushel. 35a50 tomatoes,
crate, 3,00a $50, turnips, hamper, 15a
IS; apples, bushel, 35al5O.
Dairy Market.
Chtckens-Young. 17a18; leghorns. 10
ais; old hens, l4al8; leghorns, old, liza
IA; roosters. l1al2; ducks, l2a2l; geese,
l5a20 pigeons, pair, 2oa25; guinea
fowls, pair, 25a45; turkeys, lsa30.
Eggs-Receipts, 237 cases, current re-
ceipts, 25a26; small pullet eggs. l8a22;
hennery whites, 30a32; nearby firsts,
27; Western f1rsts, 27
Butter, good and fancy creamery, 28a
80; ladels, 20a22; process, 24a25; store
packed, 15al6.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
REPORTS OF SUPPORT IN BOND
MARKET HEARD BY TRADERS
Recent Appeals to Exchange Authorities
and Financial Interests May Result
in Stronger Prices.

There have been rtlmors Of late that
some part Of the slaughter in bonds was
due TO the indiscriminate manner in
which the securities of insolvent banks
were being placed on the market by the
receivers of these institutions and under
the direction of State banking exam
liners. An inquiry today into this re-
port established its incorrectness. An
official OF the New York State Banking
Department said that his department
had not sold single bond in the pres
ent market without first obtaining a
good bid on it. None of the sales made
through the department has caused as
much as 2-point decline In any issue
The ajority of the banks that have
failed and whose securities were subject
to liquidation were able to liquidate in
the early part of this year. when mar
kets were relatively strong compared
with those of the last three months
Since the generalization in bonds
reached its present stage the policy of
the department has been to withhold
securities until a satisfactory bid for
them was obtained. The instructions
to brokers or other agents was to get a
good price for the issues no matter how
long this required.
Security Loans Reduced.
This liquidation is apart from that of
solvent banks for their own account or
for that Of their customers In the one
case to create a more liquid condition
and in the other to close out collateral
loans on which margins have become
exhausted. The extent Of this volun-
tary liquidation by the banks since the
high peak In October, 1929, is indicated
In reduction in the loans on securities
by reporting member banks in the Fed
eral Reserve System from S9l79. 900 900
at that date to $3.50 900 900 last week
At the same time, loans on all other
securities have been reduced from So
81 100000 to s7,477000, 600 The re-
auction in loans on securities. there
fore. is 81 per cent. and In the other
item Is per cent. This compares with
reduction In brokers' loans since
October 2. 1929, Of s6,l42,O 900 900, or
over 90 per cent
fCopyright, 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Prices and Earnings.

NEW YORK, December 10 (spe.
ciaD. AN illustration Of the lack Of
reasoning on the part of holders Of
securities and the unwillingness to &C
cept evidence of stability and be al
fected instead by quoted prices may
be had from the report OF Floriaa
Power g. Light Co., whose nrst mort
gage bonds have recently cropped 1rom
81 to 60. This company IN tne ~
come larger than the year previous,
and in practically every item showed
gains over 1890. Even its income in
the month of october was but slightly
lower than In the same period last
year. q
Evening star., 1931-12-19
CURB STOCKS RISE
IN ACTIVE MARKET
Public Utilities Take Leader
ship in Rapidly Advanc-
ing Market.
BY JOHN A. CRONE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. December 19-Opening
with a burst of speed, stocks on the
Curb exchange moved forward today in
the most active Saturday trading in
more than six weeks.
Electric Bond & Share opened on a
block of 10000 shares at 1919, up "a,
ana IN the next few trades a 5000
share lot came out at 1875. Cities Serv-
ice opened lower but quickly rallied as
most of the oils, under the leadership
OF Standard Oil Of Indiana, moved
forward briskly.
Public utilities, especially the New
York State power and light companies
and natural gas shares, were especially
favored, following the announcement
OF the new deals just entered into by
Columbia Gas & Electric and Standard
OH of New Jersey. This announcement
implies rapid completion of pipe lines
under way and the nearby delivery of
natural gas to all of the important in
dustrial centers of the Atlantic sea-
board
Only six years ago Wall Street had
scarcely heard Of natural gas and less
than a dozen States utilized it, but
within the next two months there will
be 35 States in which that fuel will be
widely distributed