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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
COMPANY AGENT
PUTS SELL-OUT
OVER FOR BOSS
Local Stakeholder Elk
poses Treachery

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. 5.-The
Weybosset strike came to an abrupt
end through sell-out engineered by
Chris Dansereau, a loomfixer and
the chief LOGAN organizer Of the
strike, and carried out at a meeting
of the striking workers held at the
unions hall on Saturday, Aug. l. by
a vote Of 10 to SO.
During the past week there had
been steady drift Of the workers
back to the mill Members of the
union and even several members of
the strike committee and Of the
mill committee had returned to
work. Out Of the 500 workers who
came out on strike on July about
$50 remained on strike by July 81.
despite the large return the strike
was still effective since the weave
shed was crippled by the strike.)
The whole strike conferred around
the demand for the return Of a 1917
per cent cut in wages which had
been in force since December, 1880.
Chris DanSereau, with a small
clique, attempted to strange the
strike, and through his direct sell
out finally succeeded. He fought
proposals for mass picketing.
The bosses enthusiastically greeted
this Sell-out. Walter Plante, chair
man Of the strike committee, who
was inveigled by Dansereau to visit
the resident superintendent of the
American Wooden Mill, has written
statement, showing up the betrayal
of Dansereau and criticizing his own
actions in visiting Mr.. Eddy resi-
dent superintendent. The statement,
in full, follows:
'Inasmuch as am being accused
by some workers, including Jack
O'Brien, of having betrayed the Wey-
bosset workers strike, on account Of
my visit to Mr.. Eddy, I hereby de-
clare:
FIRST, my intention In calling
upon Mr.. Eddy was originally solely
for the purpose Of ascertaining
whether Mr. Eddy was ready to meet
the strike committee to discuss the
settlement Of the strike.
Second, Chris Dansereau is en-
tirely responsible for the plan to ap-
proach MIR. Eddy on questions con-
corning the strike. frankly admit
that it was a mistake to have agreed
to meet Mr.. Eddy at his office alone.
My understanding with Chris Dan
sereau was that the strike commit
tee would be assembled and that my
authority to meet Mr.. Eddy would
be from the strike committee and
not from Chris Dansereau.
Third, I hereby disassociate my
self from Chris Dansereau and the
whole scheme of betrayal which was
his own act"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
Legionaires Smash Grand
Rapids Aug. 1 Meet; Kidndp
Speakers, Try to Drown Them
Workers Put Up Valiant Though Unequal
Struggle Against Blackiacks of Cops
and Legion Thugs ~
Unholy Alliance of Press, Chamber of Com.
merce, City Manager, Legion Tries to Smash
the Movement

the legionaires, was proven by the
fact that in spite Of the threats Of
tar and feathers If they returned TO
town, all our comrades spoke at an
indoor demonstration which had
previously been arranged
Kidnapping Is Plan Of Welsh and
City Hall Gang.
That City Manager George Welsh,
and the gang Of crooks in the city
commission were behind this act Of
the American Legion is plain as day
Since the breakup Of the February
Is, demonstration there has been so
much opposition to Welsh's police
terror regime that he was afraid to
attack and break up the May dem
onstration. This time, however, in
view Of the acuteness Of the war
danger and the growing resentment
against the recent Scrip cut, some
thing had TO be done TO smash the
demonstration, without making
Welsh and his police more unpopu-
lar. So the legion was put forward
as group of "pay-triotic American
citizens" who decided to take inde-
pendent actions against the REDS.
The legion was featured as a small
band Of heroes who fea<lessly sailed
into a crowd many times larger than
themselves. This, however, is more
bunk. Behind the legion there was a
force of over hundred uniformed
cops ready TO get into action when
the fight got too hot. Besides the
uniformed cops, hundreds Of plain
clothes dicks were mingled with the
crowd. acting with the legion, using
their billies with great abandon. And
at the Greek, the fact became very
clear, that this whole scheme had
been cooked up a. the city hall.
Among those participating IN this
outrage were welfare" director
"Eat-Grass" Northrupp, a most des-
picable hypocrite who expects un-
employed workers to eat grass in
the summertime; Tom Majchrzak.
manager Of the City soup house,
Tom Walsh manager OF the Grand
Rapids Airport and . number Of
other petty ward-heaIers and cheap
city politicians who showed very
clearly the long finger" the city hall
had in this particular pie"
The Grand Rapids Chamber Of
Commerce, the Employers Associa-
ton and the City Commission may
thingk that they have smashed and
terrorized the movement of the
workers against starvation and war.
They will fid however, that by their
actions they have aroused thousands
OF workers who will join the move
ment TO smash capitalism, lnem-
ployment, starvation and war, re-.
gardless Of all capitalist terror of
the fascist American Legion and all
the others of their ilk.
A mass protest meeting Will be
held on Saturday August 8. at g
p. m. at the AAS Hall, 459 N. Ottows
Street. Admission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
ALLENTOWN SILK
STRIKERS SHOUT
DOWN UTW ALLY
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bosses under the banner OF the Uni
ted Front General Strike Committee
and the National Textile Workers
Union who are demanding that fax
ers get out and stay out. The police
we're called by the U.TW. TO protect
them from workers and Pace was
arrested. The workers then deman-
ded that the police get out of the
meeting which they were forced TO
do.
Kelly then adjourned the meeting
in a maneuver to defeat the strikers
demand. At that time two workers
and Pace jumped to the platform and
continued the meeting for another
hour and half. The takers scurried
away from the meeting and were
forced to run through the gauntlet
of workers that they will not forget
for many day.
An overwhelming majority OF the
workers remained to hear Pace,
tearing the lies of Holderman and
Budenz against the Paterson workers
to Shreds In exposing the treacher-
GUS role of the U.T.W. in their strug-
gle, Pace conclusiyely proved to the
workers that the U.T.W. was work.
ing hand in hand with the police to
enable the bosses to get scabs into
the mills by forcing workers to ac-
cept strike breaking agreements, rul-
ing the state, county and city gov
ernments, limiting the picket line to
is pickets and repeatedly ignoring
the strikers demands that they be
organized and lead in mass picket
ing. He also told Of the attempts
to terrorize the strikers, with talk
of police clubbing, gas bombs, mil
tia, machine guns, U. S. army, etc.
Pace also exposed the discrimination
in giving out relief to the hundreds
of strikers, with many starving FAM
lilies getting no relief at all. The
U.T.W. did not organize an eficient
relief machinery In order TO starve
the workers back into the mills.
In conclusion, Pace called upon
thte strikers to GUST the takers from
leadership and take the leadership
of the strike into their own hands
by electing rank and file strike COM
mittees of three workers from mill,
to organize relief machinery that
will get relief for all strikers to keep
them from hunger and starvation, to
spread the strike into every mill In
thte Lehigh Valley, and to go for
ward to victory united in struggle
against the bosses with their fellow
workers OF Paterson, Central Falls.
Pawtucket, Putnm and elsewhere.
The call was met by a tremendous
applause lasting many minutes. The
workers who followed the takers
when they scurried away from the
meeting amidst the jeers and cat
calls of the workers, reported that
Mcdonnell and Kelly went directly
TO the police station which accoun-
ted for the presence Of the two po-
licemen in front OF the hall waiting
10 get Pace out of the hall. Pace,
however, was missed by the police
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. g.
On Saturday, August l, an expect
ant mass Of about 5000 workers
gathered in front of the Grand Rap
ids City Hall for an anti-war dem
onstration. 1t was known that the
permit Of the demonstration had
been refused. The demonstration of
February IS had been broken up in
a brutal manner by police and Le-
gionaires, Every one waited TO see
what would happen this time.
AS the City Hall clock struck 8,
the time scheduled for the opening
Of the demonstration, a hush crept
over the crowd. Two motorcycle cops
were sitting In front Of the City Hall,
their motors running. No other cops
were in sight. From the City Hall
steps a young man stepped out of
a small group and opened the dem
onstration. The crowd Surged for
ward.
Legion Hidden In City Hall.
The speaker had just gotten under
way, when a group of legionaires
rushed out Of the City Hall and
tried to grab him. The speaker
fought so gamely that it took three
husky legionaires to carry him to a
freight car mounted on rubber tires,
which had been prepared before
hand. A group Of workers defended
the speaker and themselves against
the blackjacks of the American Le-
gion thugs with great courage. One
unarmed worker accounted for three
of them, including the president of
the American Legion Council who
had his glasses smashed, his face cut
and his teeth loosened by tremen-
dous sock in tie jaw. No brass
knuckles were used as claimed by the
lying capitalist class.
After ten minutes OF fighting,
Comrade Arnold ziegler, leader of
the unemployed workers and a Scrip
worker himself, began to speak. He
was attacked by two plain clothes
dicks, supported by legionaires, who
tried to grab him and carry him to
their car. A number of workers i'm
mediately came to his rescue and
were driven back by bunch of cops
swinging their clubs with. great bru-
tally. The fight lasted for over an
hour Finally the legiorlaires drove
their car with eleven prisoners out to
the Plaster Greek by the Picrie Acid
Plant, blidfolded them, beat them,
fastened a rope around their necks,
threw them in the river and forced
them to walk back long distance,
cold and shivering.
The lying capitalist press, whose
reporters were present, placed upon
this kidnapping outrage its stamp Of
approval and told lying stories about
the fear and terror inspired in the
workers by the brutality Of the le-
gion, which was the usual capitalist
bunk. That the workers were not
frightened by the cowardly tricks Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
N. Y. WORKERS
SUPPORT CUBAN
GENERAL STRIKE
Many Havana Strikers
Are Jailed

Reports from Havana show that
while over 10000 went out in the
general strike to help the street.
carmen who are struggling against a
wage-cut, some Of the labor lieuten-
ants Of Bloody Machado sought TO
divide the workers and keep them
from action.
Fighting took place between strik-
ers and police in several places In
Havana, according to Associated
Press reports.
An attempt by the Havana Electric
Railway Co. to run street cars with
strikebreakers failed when numerous
accidents occurred and the people re-
fused to use the street cars. Frank
Steinhart, president Of the Havana
Electric Railway Co., is one Of the
richest men in Cuba, an American
banker who got his money through
land and other robberies. He is
backed Fundamentally by Bloody
Machado, president of Cuba. Ma
chado used to be in the employ Of
Steinhart's companies.
Many arrests of strikers and their
leaders was made Tuesday by the
Havana police.
In New York the workers are be-
ing rallied to support the struggle
of their Cuban brothers.
The Anti-Imperialist Conference
of New York on July "a, attended by
40 American and Latin-American
working class organizations, unani-
mously adopted a resolution to in
struct the new executive to organize
an Anti-Imperialist Commission to
Cuba to expose American imperialist
oppression and mobilize all the anti
imperialist forces of the United
States for the support of the Cuban
workers and peasants in their strug-
gle against the Wall Street-Machado
terrorist regime in Cuba.
The conference also sent a protest
to Butcher Machado against the
bloody suppression of the revolution
airy leaders of the Cuban workers and
peasants.
The conference, through the re-
ports and discussions from the floor,
made the support of the anti-imper-
ialist struggles of Cuba, country
under our very nose, the central task
of all anti-imperialist elements of
New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
Charieroi, Pa

Charieroi, Pa.
Daily Worker:
The burgess of this town is an
open agent Of the coal company
here. He tells the miners II they
want to go to work he will get them
q job In the mine to be a scab.
Recently he made speech to a
crowd of over SO. He said, II am
your friend, have always been
you know that" This happened
after the local paper, the Mail" an
nounced that the operators had re-
sumed work In the mine. But the
miners have decided not to resume
work
This morning a scab got his din
ner pail kicked from his hand. A
striker got arrested and tonight after
two hour lecture from the So
called friends OF labor the striker
was let go free because 1t Is near
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
Waukegan Workers Pledge To Defend Soyiets

Communists for leadership. Everyone
stayed until away after darkness set
in intently listening to the speakers.
Pioneer Speaks.
A comrade from the district Pho
neer Camp spoke on the youth In
the industry and told of the role of
the Pioneers in the class struggle
how the children are fighting side by
side with their parents In the great
mine strike In Pennsylvania.
Other speakers told how the capt.
talist nations were driving on to a
new inperialist war and how they
are preparing to attack the Soviet
Union. The workers expressed that
they would defend the Soviet Union.
Many workers joined the Communist
Party realizing that it is the only
organiza ton that Is nghting for the
working elaH
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07

American ana German snip. On CnlS
sip we saw that the cabins Of the
officers we're no different than those
of Seamen. All Of them being built
for two men. They had a fine room
with showers. We were also shown
the ships laundry where the seanlen
get all their clothes washed free of
charge. While we on our ship have
10 wash our own clothing as well as
bring our bedding and eating uten-
sis on the ship, these things are
supplied the Russian sailors free by
the ship.
The Russian Seamen we're very glad
TO see us and were pleased to show us
around the ship. One thing that
impressed us much is the ships wall
newspaper. Here we were shown an
article written by a seaman giving
the first mate comradely hell for
not carrying out his work right. 1t
is this comradely spirit Of self-crit-
icism that the Russian comrades cor
rect each others mistakes.
After we got through visiting the
ship we were taken to the Interna-
tional Seamen's Club, which is housed
in fine building, which before the
revolution was owned by an aristo-
crat who spent only one month a
year in it. Today the building is be-
ing put to good use by the workers
=. Workers Sanatorium
= Here at the club we we're met by
other seanen and taken out for an
excursion to sanatorium. This was
. the finest rest home that we have
ever seen all modern new buildings,
with acres of fine gardens surround
ing it. This sanatorium is located
on the shores of the Black Sea. At
this time there were TOO workers re-
-ceiving cures here for various all
rnents. The sanatorium has a staff
of rs qualified doctors with a great
number of nlssseur, nurses, etc. We
we're shown Through many of the
rooms containing all kinds of cleo
, trio apparatus for treating ailments.
] We talked with many of the patients
and they we're all satisfied. They
F., told us that the months cure which
, they we're getting did not cost them
one cent. That their expenses we're
all paid by the insurance fund of
the factory and that in addition they
we're receiving full wages for the
month. The assistant director was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
Must Fight Hard for Our Lives. Says Miner

election time. These friends of
labor" asked about twenty miners
how much they we're making before
the strike. After the miners in
formed them of the starvation wages
the miners were working for, one of
the takers who said that we should
go back into the U. M. w. A. said,
you know that the company can't
sell COAL" etc.
Fellow workers, down with this
policy of reforrnism Of the strike
breakers. We must reinforce our
picket line every morning and see
that no coal goes out despite the
takers, stool pigeons, police and the
"Charleroi Mail" 1t is up to the
miners to keep up the good fighting
spirit. We must fight hard for our
lives regardless Of what may happen.
Nothing can be worse than starving
while working In the mines
A Miner.
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workers and to divert the Negro mas
ses from the struggle against starv-
alton. Special stress was laid on the
need of pacifying the angry Negro
mass. These takers, however, are
making no progress in their plans
of betraying the Negro masses. For
the first time in the long period Of
Negro persecution they are finding
it difficult to betray the masses.
A delegation representing +sle mass
organizations and the Communist
Party today visited Acting Mayor
Sexton and presented q document
sharply condemning the massacre OF
workers and putting forward the de-
mands for the stopping Of the police
terror and Of evictions, the with
drawal Of the police army which is
attempting TO terrorize the Negro
district, payment Of unemployment
relief, equal rights for the Negro
people, etc.
Sexton. who was particularly
aroused over the demand for equal
rights and the withdrawal OF the po-
lice rejected the demands.
Boss Press Calls for Terror.
In their efforts to deprive the mas
ses of militant leadership, the big ca
pitalist behind the Chicago Tribune
are calling for the suppression OF the
Communist Party. The Chicago Tri-
bune carried an editorial today de-
handing the most drastic action
against the Communists and declar-
ing that foreign agitators should be
run down and expelled. Their Amer
lean allies should be punished under
our laws. 1t Is the duty Of national
defense as clear as duty against
any other invasion. The Communist
regime centered at Moscow has de-
clared war against democratic Amer
lea and It's invasion should be met
and defeated"
This Is a clear incitation for fur
ther terror against the working GLASS,
and open declaration Of war against
the millions of unemployed workers
who refuse to starve quietly and who
dare 10 fight against the eviction Of
workers thrown out of the factories
and unable to pay the rent extortions
Of the landlords
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
Keasby Heights, N. J.

KeaSby Heights, N. J.
Daily Worker:
had been out Of work for three
months. I was laid off for lack of
work in the shop. had been called
to work last week by the foreman in
the department. that worked in.
There was another girl who was
working there some time before, but
had left to get married. She had
been trying to get her job back for
some time but the boss did not like
her for personal reasons. When she
learned through her sister that
had been taken on. she went to the
boss and told him that 1 was a Boil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
(By a Worker Correspondent

10y a WOrker Correspondent
WAUKEGAN, Ill--Five hundred
workers demonstrated here against
wa ON the first of August. The
crowd was real militant crowd, ap-
paluding and cheering the speakers.
The chairman Of the meeting
pointed out the terrible conditions In
Waukegan-how wage-cuts are TAX
ing place in all the factories, how
workers are being laid off each week
and the army Of unemployed is in.
crcasing.
Many Negro Workers.
About $50 Negroes and scores of
working women we're at the meeting
and they we're not there for curiosi-
tvs sake, as the local press said. but
they we're there because they are in
terested in the program Of the Com
yaunist Party and arc looking 10 tbs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-07
BLOOM STRIKERS
HOLD GU 7 FOR
ALL DEMANDS

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berg Silk Mil, who has already Of
fered the weavers the 4s hour week,
went into conference with the strik-
ers' committee again on wednesday.
The results are not yet known.
PROVIDENCE, r. L, August o..
James Conroy, member N,T.W.U,
who was arrested on July 9th while
on the picket line Of the Weybos-
set strike came up for trial Wednes-
day morning. Judge Frank Hanley,
who presided at the fake company
vote which attempted to break tie
strike, didn't show up. 1t would have
been too raw for him to try conroy
and so he apparently turned over
the bench to Judge Robinson.
Afraid of losing votes in the next
elections the democratic city prose-
cutor Mr.. Munroe didn't show up
either and Capt. Kelly of the OIL
NEVILLE police acted in that capacity.
Conroy ably defended himself from
the framed-up charge Of "reveling"
and exposed the police witnesses as
strikebreakersand defenders OF small
time bootleggers. The capitalist
Judge however found Conroy guilty
and fined him IS and costs, total
OF s11.95.
PAWTUCKET, r. T., August g.
Captain Hanna Of the local police
rushed into a meeting here Of 200
Royal strikers on Tuesday and in
formed them that Joe OFT, owner OF
the mill, wants to see his workers.
When the committee arrived in OTIS
ofice they discovered that this was a
move TO attempt to divide up their
ranks. OFT told them that they can
apply back for their jobs, rs at a
time. He offered te strikers the
complete wage cut.
When the strikers received the re-
port OF the committee they decided
to answer OFT by strengthening
their strike, pulling the scabs out,
and perfecting a thorough mobiiza-
ton for the mass delegation which
will visit Governor Case on Friday,
August It'll at p. m. Five OF the
box loom weavers who went In TO
work Immediately rejoined tn e
strike when thye we're informed Of
Otis move. Mass meetings are being
held every night on the Woedbine
Street lot.