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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12

these mines for war production. Since the war,
closed up camps broken down houses are uncom-
mon sights
These companies use this field for open shop
labor, and for the purpose of lowering the stand
ard of living of the workers all over the country.
They tell the unionized miners they cannot
compete with the Kentucky fields when actually
they own both.
The Kentucky coal operators association do
not use state police, coal and iron police or yell
low dogs, in other fields they get the sheriff
to deputize all the thugs they need. The most
notorious characters are part of their forces.
Men who have killed upwards to six or ten men,
This association operates in three states, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Virginia. They import
thugs and professional gangsters from other
states.
These thugs are moved from mine to mine
at the will of the association and from state to
state Whenever miner is heard to talk about
union, thugs are sent to terrorize and kill.
The miners in this section realize very we'll
that the government is openly and brazenly own
ed controlled and run by and for the operators.
They never heard Of the Communist Party be-
fore this struggle and looked for friends OF the
working man. Now they say to hell with friends
for votes, give us the Communist Party. We
want to get rid Of this operators government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12
Continue the Fight Against
EvllCtlOns

were pledged yesterday to stamp out the rent
strike which Communists have been foment-
ing in the south side colored district ="
The Chicago Daily News reports Judge Pad
den as assuring the landlords that:
THE Municipal Court has no option but to
operate under the law in these premises. If
an acute situation prevails on the south side
it is matter solely for the charitable and
social agencies of the city to settle. Whatever
is done to alleviate the situation must be &C
complshed by private initiative"
This representative of the capitalist courts
then proceeded to further clarity the position of
those courts in questions posing human lives
against the rights of property owners. He de-
clared:
I'VE must discriminate between the needs
Of the poor and the rights of the property
owners. The latter must be safeguarded and
the poor will have to be cared for through
some other relief channel than the halting of
evictons where no rent is paid"
To hell with the workers! Let them starve!
Let them die of exposurel Throw them into
the streets! Let their children and babies lie
on the cold sidewalks But-safcguard the
property rights" of the bosses! That is the
verdict of capitalism!
But the workers will not accept this verdict
of the bosses and their courts They will re-
fuse to have their homes broken up and their
children dying Of exposure. In Chicago and
throughout the entire country they will rally to
the militant leadership of the Communist Party
They will continue to fight for the demands for
which their four martyred fellow workers died
on Monday, August s!
Workers! Negro and white Organize into
the Unemployed Councils Build Tenant
Leagues Resist the eviction Of unemployed
workers! Fight against starvation and evic-
tions Demand immediate unemployed relief!
Fight for social insurance to be paid by the
bosses and their government and to be admin
istered by the Negro and white unemployed
workers themselves! Continue to forge fight
ing alliance of Negro and white workers against
jim Grow capitalism with its starvation pro-
gram for the workers. On with the fight against
starvation and evctions and for workers and
farmers government in the United States!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12

BY DAN BROOKS and CAROLINE DREW
KENTUCKY is a maze of political intrigue.
This political intrigue has taken the place of
the one time clan fighters Everything is cen
tered in and around the Republican Party.
Hiram Brock has been the senator of this par
tvs ticket for the past twenty years. He is an
out and out operators man.
On August list the Republican Party primary
elections took place The line up was Combs
against Brock and others for minor offices.
Every miner seemed to be involved in this cleo
ton. Even those who showed the most class
consciousness in The present struggle. These
workers are confused. They feel they must get
Brock out at all costs. They don't see that any
candidate on the Republican Party ticket will
represent the operators.
Votes were openly bought at so cents and 81
each for Brock He had at least five runners at
Brock was depending more on stealing votes as
IN the past then on the bought votes. Brock
WIS shaking hands with every one the morning
Of election, ane telling the miners they would
be sorry If they did not re-elect old Brock.
One miner asked him if he was senator today.
He answered that he was. Than this miner
wanted TO know If he had anything to do with
the law today and he answered he had Then
the miner greatly shocked Brock when he asked
him how in the hell it came about that he never
tried to stop the damn bunch Of lawless thugs
who were loose over Harlan County. Brock whis-
pered something about not knowing that he was
talking to a Red and walked on
In the last congressional election at a camp
called Three Points the miners went into the
mine and we're not allowed to come out to vote
The payroll of the coal company was taken and
every man at the mine was voted straight
republican ticket They even gave the mules q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12
By NIARCEL sCHERER. NatI seey WI.R.

BY MARCEL SCHERER, Natl Secy WI.R.
THE strike of the 10000 miners against starv-
alton is call to the workingclass for help
The best help for the fighting miners is a mass
mobilization for relief.
We have seen on all sides the eagerness of
tke workers to support this fight. Our relief
appeals have met with splendid response and
all groups of workers, regardless. Of party afft-
lations have helped. But what We have done
up to date in our relief collections is only
small fraction Of what we can do with well
organized and planned cmpaign. Our duty to
the miners and to the workingclass is to go out
and redouble our efforts to organize this wide
mass sentiment.
We have penetrated into all organ1za tons Of
workers, despite the resistance and sabotage of
A. F. OF L. bureaucracy, and refornist officials.
From A F. OF L. unions and workers fraternaL
social and cultural clubs of all kinds, there has
been a steady support for our relief appeals.
But what we have done has not been suffi-
Gent to take care of the needs of the hundred
thousand miners, their wives and children. To-
day from Kentucky there comes a desperate call
for help We must answer that call.
We need a mass relief organization. One
central organization with functioning branches
in all parts of the country which has the respon-
sibility for organizing the broadcast possible uni
ted front for relief. The miners and textile
workers are striking against starvation. This
means that as soon as the strike struggle be-
gins that these workers are without food and
food becomes necessary weapon for strike
victory.
We must Immediately develop this mass re-
lief organization. We must build the W.LR. in
order to give added strength to the miners
fight. Not only for miners is relief needed,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12
BY CYRIL BRIGGS.

BY CYRIL BRIGGS.
IN their struggle for the right to exist, the
l Negro and white workers of Chicago are
rapidly realizing the nature of the class forces
operating against them.
They now know that the police massacre of
unemployed workers on Monday, August 3, in
which four Negro workers were murdered and
scores of Negro and white workers wounded,
was planned at a meeting of white and Negro
landlords and their class allies. Present at this
meeting were local leaders Of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie and a representative of the Chicago De-
fender This meeting demanded the use Of
drastic measures by the police against the work
ers resisting the eviction of their fellows The
police responded with riot guns and machine
guns and the bloody massacre followed.
The workers met the murderous police attack
with heroic resistance Because of the flaming
indignation Of the masses the bosses were forced
TO stop the eviction canpaign-"for the present"
In a futile attempt to placate the anger of the
masses and divert them from the necessary
struggle against starvation and evictions, the
bosses and their social fascist and Negro reform
iSt agents began smearing the horizon with So
cial demagogy. Those few workers who were
deceived by these takers were quickly unde
ceived a few days later when the Chicago News
Haunted the threat across one of its pages that
"Evictions viii Go On Despite Riot Outbreaks"
This provocative policy of continued eWctions
of the starving unemployed masses was evolved
at a meeting of the Chicago Real Estate Board
on August 5. At this meeting the United States
Government was represented by federal agents
in Chicago! The Chicago city government was
also represented, Mayor Cerpak having dele
gated Assistant Corporation Counsel Joseph F.
Grossman to cooperate with the landlords in
drawing up plans against the working class And
represented also were those instruments of
capitalist class justice, the impartial Cd
courts! Acting Chief Justice Frank M. Padden
of the Municipal Court and Albert J. Koran,
Municipal Court bailiff, were present to pledge
their support to the new attacks on the workers
In its issue of August T. one of the Chicago
boss papers reported:
THE resources of the municipal government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Org. Dept. Central Com
mittee, Communist Party, U. S. A.
Comparing Two Open-Air
Meetings
BY E. STEVENS CBuffaIo).

BY Z. STEVENS Buffalo.
Two open air meetings which were held in
the Buffalo District within the last few days
in preparation for August LIST deserve bit of
attention. Let's compare them here.
Niagara Falls Meeting Three Young Commu-
mist Leaguers went from Buffalo to Niagara
Falls to help in the collection speaking sale of
literature, etc. About 200 workers we're there
when we arrived. The local comrade "a Buff
falo colonizer) spoke for about 20 minutes, then
one of our comrades took the box This COM
rsde scoke very briefly dealing most of the time
with the literature we had on Handwriting the
workers to buy it, Then the main speaker was
introduced who spoke for nearly hour The
crowd swelled to well over 400 While the main
speaker addressed the workers the first one
went around in the crowd very quietly and sold
every bit of literature we brought with us-33
PROVIDERS pamphlets, 20 Young Workers mo
JOB" pamphlets IS New Pioneers. The comrade
also reported that she could have sold at least
twice as much If she had it on hand.
The last point the main speaker hammered
away on was the need Of organization also that
after the meeting the speakers will remain to
talk to the workers individually and take their
names. The workers were asked to vote if they
want collection taken up-$425 was collected.
The meeting adjourned after the main speaker
10 allow her TO speak to the workers interested
in giving their names 81 names of children and
adults we're taken. Result of this meeting: ID
All literature sold; 90 $425 collection; 90 q
contacts made (Some of whom are chemical
workers.
Syracuse Meeting. 200 leaflets we're dis
tributed day before the meeting. Half an hour
before the meeting started there were around
IL dicks and cops on the spot, about 200 work.
erS and children by 8 p. m. when the speaker
started the meeting the crowd swelled to well
over 600. However the comrades here we're not
on the job. There was only one speaker, who
spoke for IS minutes. After that the meeting
adjourned. Not piece of literature sold, not
a contact made, nor was a collection gathered.
The comrades main excuse was that this was
one of the biggest open air meetings they saw
and it was so packed and crowded that they
couldn't move around in the crowd. All our
comrades, therefore (about 100, stood through
the entire evening, listening to the speaker, in
stead of minglng with the crowd, and when
the speaker had to leave for another meeting)
all the comrades left with her. One was a good
organizational meeting, the other a poor pro-
paganda meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-12

Many ex-servicemen say they were fooled into
fighting for the bosses in the World War but
it seemed that the time was ripe for a fight in
this country to wipe out the rule of work and
starvation and unemployment and starvation.
The Communist Party should make prepara-
lions to have candidates on the ballot in the
coming election as, al lm
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
Program Advertising

Hundreds of dollars in adver-
tiSing were contributed TO this
brochure by Washington mer-
chants. and according to one
member of the committee, two
thirds OF this amount is to go
to the unemployment relief, uhe
the other third being absorbed
in production.
It's a tossup as to whether
George Washington or George
town gave the erStwhile Ala
bamanS the tougher opposition.
Employing different styles of
attack they both looked good,
although they we're each handi-
capped in experience and
weight. Catholic University Suf-
fered terrific weight disadvan-
tage.
George Washington had for
ward passes sailing through the
air like swallows at eventide,
while Georgetown essayed more
of a ground role and indeed
went far with their choice, Civ
ing Alabama more of a scare
than either of her two other
local antagonists. AS result OF
the exhibition thousands will be
attracted to the Alabama
George Washington game next
wear
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
WHELAN JOINS
c. j. QUINT

Catholic University's fair-haired
boy of the gridiron may splurge
in another branch of athletic
endeavor shortly.
Tom Whelan, sensational high
scoring halfback Of the 1881 sea-
son locally. today will start bid
ding for a regular forward as
the Cardinal basketers turn out
in full force for the first time
this season.
Six Prospects Report
Heretofore inactive due to foot
ball, no fewer than six court de-
pendables will Join hands with
Coach Forrest Cotton's makeshift
material at Brookland this after
noon.
Whelan and Bus" Sheary, for
wards, and Johnny Oliver and
Whitley Ambrose, guards, are
prospective regulars who are to
turn out. Fred Guarnieri and
John t..nkowski, guards, too, are
to show.
Whelan, an athletic natural
in every sense of the word, i'm
pressed during the latter stages
of last season. Performing in a
two-e me invasion of New York,
the broad-shouldered youngster
surprised with some crack sharp
shooting and covered the floor in
approved fashion.
Old Football Pal
Should Whelan make the grade
regularly he will be flanked with
an old football pal, BUS" Sheary.
Sheary was the big noise" of
Catholics offense last year.
Having lost it's first two starts
to st. Johns of Brooklyn and City
College of New York, C. U. Is
scheduled to show twice on the
home floor this week. Maryland
State Normal visits Brookland
Wednesday night. Dukes Blue
Devils" will be entertained Satur-
day.
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
K|CKERS STAGE
FINE ERAYS

The Concord kickers out-floun
dered the pluCky Colum b a
Heights eleven by a 81 margin
in the stand-out Capital City
Soccer League match yesterday
played in a sea of mud.
The Germans owed their vic.
tory to the brilliant and consist
ent work of Herath and Kanthal
with Herath continuing his fine
work after being shifted to forward
from goalie. Neither, however
actually scored a goal. The game
was temporarily called on &C,
count of rain during the first
half. Hoffman scored the
Heights tally.
Marlboro showed unexpected
strength, and with Wells lbooting
in two goals. downed Rosedale,
3 to l. Rockville put up a cour-
ageous but futile fight against
the British United, having only
nine men on the field. The
BritonS won 81.
Both Fort Myer and Gathers
burg displayed an excellent brand
of soccer to deadlock their tussle
by a % score.
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
IS CONTESTS
MARK ACTION
FOR WEEK
By GARRETT WATERS

The first concentrated action
of the basketball season is on tap
for scholastic floor teams this
week. A glance at the schedule
reveals that Is games will be
played, with Wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday being unusually
busy days.
The ball gets swinging this
afternoon when Tech entertains
the Wilson Teachers at the Tech
gymnasium at $3.50 o'clock. This
will mark the Manual Trainers
official debut for the new season,
and it will be an interesting one
to say the least.
St. Johns and Dewitt play in
the lone contest scheduled for
tomorrow. Their meeting is list
ed at the st. Johns gymnasium
on Vermont Avenue at $3.50
o'clock.
Three Games Wednesday
Then follows the first of the
big days. mentioned above. Three
contests are scheduled WedneS-
day. including skirmiShes between
Georgetown Prep and Dewitt at
Garrett Park; Western and Alex
andria High at Western, and
Business and the c. u. FroSh at
the BrooklanG gymnasium at
| 1880 p. m.
Four games are on list for
Thursday. Georgetown Prep plays
Takoma- Silver Spring High at
Garrett Park; Business meets
the George Washington Fresh
men at G.. W.; Central entertains
Emerson at Central, and Eastern
engages the Wilson Teachers at
Eastern.
Five battles will make Friday
a busy day. Business, St. Johns
and Eastern will appear locally
while Dewitt and Emerson have
games out of town.
Business entertains Washington
and Lee of Ballston, Va. at the
Business gymnasium, in its game
for the day. Eastern is listed
against the Georgetown Fresh
men at Eastern. while St. Johns
tackles it's alumni in an engage
ment scheduled at 7:30 o'clock at
the st. Johns gymnasium.
Tech Plays Saturday
Dewitt travels to Alexandria to
meet the Alexandria High school
five in a night game. while Emer-
son takes in the same city to
meet Episcopal in an afternoon
engagement, in the contests
listed out of town.
Tech winds up the schedule for
the week by playing the c. U.
Freshmen at Brookland It 7:3O
O'Clock. Saturday. This battle
will be preliminary to the var
sity C. U.-Drake clash.
The Washington times., 1931-12-14

However, 10000 is greater by
far than the average college
football attendance here and in
the case of the recent charity
game there were several ele-
ments which augured against a
better turnout.
In the first place it was
more in the nature of a grid
iron carnival. side-show or
Mardi-Gras than it was a real
football attraction, yet, folks
patronized it more literally
than the average game because
of it's humanitarian appeal.
Secondly it was competing in
some respects against the
Army-Navy game in New York
which not only attracted spec
tators from here, but also radio
listeners.
Given an Alabama team of
current vintage against a ira
ditional foe such as George
Washington will come to be in
their contemplated meetings,
against which Saturdays triple
fray was build-up. and Wash
ington or any other alert city
would attend in astonishing
numbers.
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
TEAM
HAS GREAT
RECORD
BY COPELAND C. BURG

NEW YORK. Dec. 14-They
moved the football capital, bag
and baggage, to Los Angeles
today.
The big Asterisk on all foot
ball maps used to be in New
England. divided between the old
big three, Yale, Harvard and
Princeton. Then it moved to
South Bend, Ind, when Knute
Rockne and his rambling Notro
Damers ruled.
But Southern California's
Smothering victory over Georgia
by a 60-to-0 count surely must
be taken as concrete evidence
that the Trojans are the greatest
1881 aggregation and perhaps one
of the finest groups of all foot
ball history.
Tulane No Match
That the Angelenos will mop
up Tulane in the Pasadena Rose
Bowl game on New Year now
looks a cinch. They hardly rate
to crack even before such
powerful outfit as the Green
Wave and should earn undisputed
rights to the seasons honorS.
Comparative scores are gener-
ally bosh and bunk, but when
team that nipped Yale. which
beat Harvard, goes down under
a so to 0 score. it's time to arch
an eyebrow. Even admitting that
Georgia was fearfully handi-
capped by the loss of Captain
Downes and Jack the Ripper"
Roberts in the tilt with the Tro-
jams on Saturday, Tulane's 20
to 7 triumph over the Georgians
looks like a hot-dog sandwich on
top of Washington Monument.
The thing that Tulane has to
worry about is that Southern
California is just a big power
house that never shuts down.
Coach Jones has three sets Of
powerful backs and they all can't
get sick at one time.
Drew $4,000
And what a power house in
fandom! The Georgia Southern
California game drew $4,000,
equaling the pull of the Army
Navy battle here. Army thrilled
the thousands with repeated
drives and won, II to 7, and some
of the experts today ranked the
Cadets with the best in the East.
But in view of what happened
Saturday the best in the East
may not mean very much, dear
friends. Harvard nipped Army,
team that beat Notre Dame.
Yet Yale fell before Georgia. But
they say that was all because It
was so early in the season Yale
had no chance to be in shape.
And now we have put our foot
right in the middle of it. That
st. Mary's victory at the start
! of the season over Southern Cali
/ fornia, just won't down. Oh.
well-well be seeing you next
season
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
TrOjGns to Receive
ROckne TrODhu

URBANA. ILL.,, Dec. 14.-After
the Southern California Tulane
tournament of roses football game
at Pasadena. Calf. on New Years
Day the U. S. C. Trojans will be
awarded the Knute K. Rockne
memorial trophy indicative of the
1881 national championship as
adjudged under the Dickinson
rating system.
DR.. Frank G. Dickinson today
announced that Southern Cali
fornia has requested that be-
stowal of the Rockne memorial be
made after the tournament con-
test.
The Washington times., 1931-12-14
P]REL|N BOXERS
MAKING GOOD

Two local boys making good
with boxing fans hereabouts are
Marino Marini and Roddy Davis.
Nothing much has been men
toned about these two prelimi-
nary boys who have given the
fans plenty of thrills in their
short careers.
Both boys are on the card to-
morrow night for the benefit of
the Alexandria Day Nursery. Ma
rini meets Buck Reed and Davis
faces K. o. Burns, rugged Bal
timore boy.
Unique Style
Of the two. Marini is the
hardest puncher. IIe is a south
paw with a unique style. There
is only one thing he needs to
learn about boxing before he
will be knocking 'em dead. A
crouching style, round-house
left and prayer carry him
through most of his fights, but
if this boy ever learns TO throw
his left hand straight, it will be
goodnight to the one meeting it.,
Davis, a former Eastern High
School boy, is a classy boxer. His
success has been outstanding
around here. Billy Hooe. rugged
Mohawk Club battler. was the
only one who could come close
to Roddy Hooe held him to a
draw.
Davis did not look so good in
his fight with Jack Britten. Brit
ten, however, would not stand up.
He held, Rugged and did about
everything but box.
Developing Punch
Out of a clear sky it is re-
ported that Davis is developing
a punch. He has taken on about
10 pounds in the last three
months. This has added to his
socking powers no little.
Davis and Marini can be
counted on to hold up their end
O. the preliminary card tomor-
row night on the Day Nursery
card, which features Sailor Billy
Landers and Frankie McKenna.
Hank" Irving and Frank Vance
are causing plenty of comment
which brings them together in
the semifinal. The rivalry is
great and both boys will have a
following out to watch the out
come.