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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
THE MERRY WIDOW" FIRST
ON MILTON ABORN LIST

Monday, September 7, is set as the
opening date Of the fall and winter
season by the Civic Light Opera Co.,
at changers Theatre. The Gilbert
and Sullivan contingent, now at the
Erlanger, will open its out-of town
tour at Atlantic City, Monday, Sept.
IA. THE Merry Widow, with cast
Of artists now in the assembling by
Milton Aborn, will be the inaugural
offering of the Civic company's fall
schedule. operettas by Lehar. straus,
DeKoven, and Herbert are scheduled
for production.
The second week OF the double bill,
Trial by jury" and sPinafore" opens
tonight, at Changers. "Ruddigore",
which opens August 10, will have
Sarah Edwards in the cast.
Granger productions, announce
that the cast which will appear with
Lenore Uric in Social Register,
the play by John Emerson and Anita
Loos which will be produced late in
September, will include Sidney
Blackmer, Rex O'Malley, Teresa Max
we'll Conover, wilfred Clarke, Bette
Garde and Oswald Yorke.
Georges Metaxa, who played for
two years In the London production
OF Bitter Sweet, has been signed by
Max Gordon to play the leading role
In his next presentation, an operet-
Ia by Jerome Kern and Otto Har-
bach. 1t will go in rehearsal in Sep
TENDER
The Theatre Guild has purchased
a new play called THE Son Of God"
by Claire and Paul sifton and it will
probably be offered during the COM
ing season in association with Ches-
ter Erskn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
Newark Workers Meet
To Discuss the Press

Workers, we must all push the
Daily Worker as we never have be-
fore. The Daily as an educator and
organizer MUST get the push that
will send it to the new strikers in
San Jose, Cal, the new mine walk
outs, the silk strikers, and workers in
your own town that have not yet
read it. Workers in all towns must
attend the Daily Worker Clubs in an
effort to build this paper into a
mighty working class press.
Newark workers are invited to at
tend the Daily Worker social gather
ing, held on August 7 at Belmont
Ave, Newark The meeting will start
at $3.50 pm. There will be discussions
on important questions, entertain
nent and play, suggestions on how
the Daily Worker can be improved,
and refreshments Admission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
TENANTSWINEAST.
SIDE RENT STRIKE
TenantLeague Formed
in Neighborhood

TENANTS
The strike of the tenants of 334 z.
9th st. called by the Tenants League
several weeks ago was won Friday
afternoon, July 3lst, when the land
lady called the house committee to-
gether and offered to reduce the rent
by 81, and make all necessary repairs
included in the demands OF the r.
L, AT first the landlady tried to make
separate terms with each tenant but
the tenants stood firm and refused
to agree to anything without the COM
nittee. AS a last resort she called
the committee and acceded to most
Of their demands. Only one tenant,
Mrs. Fiasko was evicted. The land
lord held Mrs. Fiasco responsible for
the uprising in the house and felt
with her out of the picture things
would quiet down. During her alb
sence the lock on the door was broken
and the furniture thrown out. The
Unemployed Council was called short
ly afterwards and staged a splendid
demonstration.
The tenants are more determined
than ever to enter the League and
begin organizational work on the
block. All of them have promised not
only to keep their own house in or
der but to encourage miitancy in
other houses on the street. After the
victory a great demonstration was
held at 9th Street and Avenue c in
which hundreds Of workers partici-
pated.
Workers and Tenants of New York
Cityl Fight for your rights! Demand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06

One way to help the Soviet
Union is TO spread among the
workers "Soviet Forced Labor"
by Max Bedacht, 10 cents per copy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
Jamaica Readers of
Daily Worker Get
Together On Friday

The readers of the Daily Worker
in Jamaica will meet Friday night to
get acquainted with each other in
their first social get-together and
entertainment. All workers are in
vited to participate in this gather
ing. Come with suggestions about
how our Daily can be improved, etc,
Bring your friends and neighbors
along. There will be no long winded
speeches but lots of good fun and
entertainment. Come to the club
rooms at 1926 Union Hall ST., Fri
day, August 7, at pm. Admission
free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
RELIEF STATIONS
IN new YORK CITY
Open Late to Gather
Aid for Miners

NEW YORK-The following relief
stations will be open until every day
for the collection of food, clothing
and funds for 10000 striking miners
and their families.
The miners and their families are
in desperate need of relief. Starva-
ton diseases are beginning to ap-
pear in the strike area. The only
cure for these diseases is wholesome
food. Rush food and funds to one
of the following relief stations:
Brooklyn.
East New York Workers Club, 962
Suffer Ave; Brownsville Workers
Club, 1874 Pitkin Ave; Workers Club,
1868 st. Marks Ave.I Jewish Work
ers Club, 127 Osborne ST.; Williams
burg Workers Club, TICS Flushing
Ave.; League of Struggle for Me-
gro Rights, 70 Myrtle Ave; Auto
Tractor Workers School, % Consel-
eva, ST.; Workers Club, 1856 18th St.;
Finnish Workers Club, 764 40th ST.;
Boro Park Workers Club, 1878 4Sd
St.; Marlboro Workers Club, 24So 65th
ST.; Two, School, zoos 10th st.;
Bath Beach Workers Center 4s Bay
2sth st.; Brighton Beach Workers
Club, lao Neptune Ave; Coney Is
land Workers Center, 1921 w. SID st.
Metropolitan District.
Finnish Workers Club, 1926
Union Hall ST.; Jamaica; Workers
Center, 23s Steinway Ave, Astoria;
Russian Workers Club, 80 Ferry St.,
Newark; N.T.WU.. 2o5 Paterson ST..
Paterson; Elizabeth Workers Center,
lo6 E. Jersey ST., Elizabeth; Work
ers Center, 80 Monroe St., Passaie;
WORKERS Center, IL Plum st., New
Brunswick; Workers Center, 252
Warbwton Ave, Yonkers.
Manhattan.
New Central Depot, 20 st. Marks
Pl.; Downtown Workers Club, II
Clinton St.; East Side Workers Club,
l96 East Broadway; Workers Center,
l42 e. Sd st.; T.U.U.C.' Headquar-
tiers, S E. 10th St.; Spartaeus Work
ers Club, 3oi w, goth ST.; Workers
Ex-Servicemen's League, 10 e. 10th
St.; Workers Book Shop, so E. 18th
St.; Two. Headquarters, 80 Union
So; Cheko-Slovak Home, 343 e. 772d
St.; Hungarian Workers Home. $50
e. s1st ST.; TWO. Schulz, 143 E,
1o3d ST.; Italian Workers Center, 237
z. losth St.; Spanish Workers Cen
ter, 10 W 116th St; Finnish Work
ers Center, is w. 126th St.; League
for Struggle for Negro Rights, 10 W.
129th st.
Bronx.
Bronx Workers Center, $50 Pro-
spect Ave; Prospect Workers Club
$50 Westchester Ave; Bronx Work
ers Club, 1910 Boston Rd
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
Eye Witness Tells of Police
Massacre of Chicago Workers;
GivesSigned Statement TOLD
Police Drew Guns on Crowd of Men, Women
and Children; Deliberately Shot Down
Unarmed Negro and White Workers

CHICAGO, Aug 5. - The Daily Worker is able to give
its readers eyewitness account of the police of
Negro workers this city Monday August g. Three Negro
workers were killed and scores of white and Negro workers
nded hv the noce The eyewitness account secured
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
What's On
THURSDAY


Daily Worker Club
viii have a social gathering for the
benefit of the striking miners IN
coal, August 6, $3.50 pm. at AT W.
Sd st. There will be full entertain
ment and refreshments. Admission
Tree, Come and bring your friends.
worker Ex-serVice. League, Br.
will hold an outdoor rally at 125th
st. and Fifth Ave, at pm, August
ALI x-servicemen and workers
invited,
- steve hatOvis Dr.. LID.
will have an open air meeting at 18th
ST. and Avenue B, August s, pm.
WORKER Ex-service. League, Br.
TO save an open air meeting at
10Th St. and Eighth Avenue, August
6, s pm.
Friends of the Soviet Union
Lecture and concert to be held on
August Z in Coney Island, at Cole
mans Ocean Side Hotel, $685. w. 22d
St, near Boardwalk. An engineer
last returned from the Soviet Union
will be the main speaker. All In
Yited. Admission IS cents.
N@r
Bath Beach, 1. L. ID,
will meet tonight AT IS Bay 2Sth ST"
international Labor sports Club.
There will be a special meeting OF
the ILSC August at 227 e. 18th St.
S pm. Initiation OF new members TO
be held All members are asked TO
attend.
International workers order.
There will be a meeting of the
above branch at workers Center. IS
E, 18th st, $50 pm. At the end of
tina meeting short talk will be
given on the fUs S. Bank Failure"
Joe Hill Br, LID.
will have meeting Aug. s at 1872 e,
2eth St, $50 sharp. All members
asked to attend.
w. side Daily Worker Readers Club
will have a social gathering for the
coal, August s, $40 pm, at. All W
5Sd St Admission free! All workers
invited, .f-@
worker Ex-seryice. League, Br. 4
will have an open-air meeting at
l25th St. and 5th Ave, as we'll as an
indoor meeting at Pythian Hall,
I24th st. and Madison Ave.
Downtown Unemployed Council
will have an open-air meeting at 7th
st. and Avenue B.
Printing workers Industrial League
will hold membership meeting Aug.
at pm, e. 10th St, N.Y.C. All
members urged to attend also to
settle for the picnic.
Unit s. Communist Party
will hold an open-air meeting nj
$50 pm. at 16Sd and Simpson SITS.
workers Esperanto Group.
will have q membership meeting at
s. pm. in the Hungarian Workers
Home. $50 E. s1st st, RIM. 200. All
members must attend.
Boro Park workers Club
will have an interesting lecture on
writers and the class struggle at
] 373 43d St. Brooklyn. Walter Car
mon, from the New Masses, and ia
cob Burke, from the Daily Worker,
will speak
FRIDAY
Young Defenders, No.
will have an open-air meeting Al
Southern Blvd, Aug. T. pm,
F.s.U, brownsville Branch.
Regular open-air meeting to be
held at Bristol and Pitkin AYES.
s 80 pm.
MapleroB Workers Club.
Interesting lecture to be held al
1884 e6th St, Brooklyn, $3.50 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06

sanitary living conditions in your
houses! Strike for lower rents! Re-
fuse TO be evicted! Organize and pro-
tect yourselves against the landlords!
Join the Tenants Leaguel
AS soon as the landiady Of 1886 East
9Th st. learned Of the reduction in
rent in 1874 she also granted a reduce
ton
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
Organize in Brooklyn
For Miners Relief

The Penn. Ohio Striking Miners
Relief Committee calls upon all
workers organizations and clubs to
send representatives to meeting to
be held at pm. on Thursday, Au-
gust s, at 81 Graham Ave-, Brooklyn,
for the purpose of organizing a we'll
knit miners relief machine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
The Tariff Boomerang

January foreign trade declined to the lowest point
in ten years, according to statistics from the depart
ment of commerce. Exports were 40 per cent below
the same month of last year. Imports Al per
cent less. Export trade had the lowest valuation OF
any month since December, 1914.
Other countries are suffering depression and that
is factor In curtailing trade
But the main cause is the high rates Of the
Hawley-Smoot tariff. What predicted has hap
pened. The safety margin" Of export trade which
absorbed our production surplus-and kept men at
works. being wiped out.
John Ntzhugh, chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Chase National bank of New York. is ex-
pressing the virtually unanimous opinion of econ
omists and business experts, when he says
1T is time to consider downward tariff adjust
ments, designed to permit the foreigner to sell enough
goods in market to put him in possession OF dol
lars that in turn will enable him to carry the volume
Of exports necessary to keep balanced situation in
the United States"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
Income Taxes

Income taxes due in March will be higher this
year, for the first time since the war.
There have been successive reductions since 1921.
But the per cent reduction to all classes Of tax
payers which applied to last years payments. will
not be effective this year The reduction was tenn
porary, and viii not be extended by congress- because
Of the condition of federal finances.
The man with a net income of $4,000 or less will
pay three times much he did last year and the
man with larger income will pay per cent more in
all brackets.
Meantime, federal expenditures are growing and
there are unusual demands on the treasury Re-
cepts from income taxes corporation taxes the tariff
and other sources, have been declining sharply Sec
rotary Mellon estimates deficit of 100000 900 when
the fiscal year ends next June 80. Originally he pre-
dicted shortage of $110,000,0O0.
The government may be able to meet its deficit
this year through curtaiment of loan retirement use
Of its emergency balance, through bond issue, or
through short-time borrowing. But the problem of
meeting expenses will remain.
Probably taxes must increase next year. Those
with small incomes have suffered most from the de-
preston. II there to be further increases they
should be applied not to the lower brackets but to the
strtaxes Of the rich
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
A Government Diet

If family of five chooses to follow the food guide
recently developed by the bureau diet entirely ade
quate from the standpoint of Htamins, minerals and
caloresthe food allowance be reduced to $SS176
year. This figure is average, collected in four
teen leading cities"
We quote from a statement Of the bureau Of home
economics of the department Of agriculture, which is
cooperating with the Presidents emergency COM
mittee for employment to relieve distress
The cost for filling market basket for fve-a IA
ther mother and three children-for week ranges
from $588 in Pittsburgh to $7OS in New York. we are
advised.
Perhaps this is true, and family OF five could
save itself from starvation that budget But less
than dollar day to provide meals for five persons
seems pitifully small amount, as any housewife
would tell you.
The work Of the bureau doubtless is helpful but
there is the added problem for some seven million
persons as to where the $ss1.76 year is to come
from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

Secretary Of State Stmson has given more am
munition to the group attacking the Hoover admin
lstrations as pro-Fascist He has refused to see
delegation Of American citizens with documentary
evidence Of alleged subversive efforts Of Mussonis
agents in this country
This delegation Of Americans Of Italian origin
charge that the Fascist League Of North America,
Which Stinson ordered dsbanded, has been revived
Under another name; that the italian ambassador
and certain consls have attempted to exert improper
propaganda influence here, and that agents Of the
Italian secret police operating extensively in this
country.
Whether these charges contain any parcel Of truth
the public has no way Of knowing. But they are too
serious to ignore In justice to the italian ambassador
and other Mussollni representatives here, well
10 the United States government they should be
proved or disproved
Anyway, the right Of petition Is fundamental in
O. democracy. If delegation Of American citizens
wants to petition the state department any other
government department. the door should not be
slammed in It's face.
If in this case Stinson had time to listen to
the delegation, he should have turned the job
70 one OF his numerous aids
These charges not be covered up so easily
Soon or late they must be faced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

longer than any other man I ever
listened to, to say nothing. would
have left sooner, had 1t not been
for the expectation of possibly hear
ing something, but he said nothing,
after talking nearly two hours, ex-
cept to defend in his weak, supine
way, the most deplorable condi-
tons that ever existed in this coun-
try, and at the same time expose his
own ignorance of the subject on
which he was billed to speak
Communism.
He failed to exhibit any under
standing whatever of the term
Communism, and I doubt greatly
whether he could define the word,
let alone tell us about its origin
or derivation, or who was the
founder of Communism, and its part
and beneficent purpose in Gods
great plan of spiritual and material
redemption for the world.
He deprecated the efforts Of the
Russian people, in trying to right
the wrongs inflicted upon them, a
laudable and conmendable effort,
in my estimation. On the other
hand, DR.. Baerg seems TO think it
would be much better to turn back
the wheels of time and transport
the country to the regime Of
Romanoffs, a dynasty that ruled
over Russia more than 400 years,
and reopen the darkest and black
est pages in Russian history, pages
filed with oppression Of the poor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
Bic Bill

To laugh to cryP That is the question when
the press announced the Republican primary victory
Of Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago.
We are inclined to do both.
We laugh when we think how easily this clown
beats other political demagogs at their own tricks
But 1t is not so funny when we remember that Bill
beats the big bass drum to up such corruption
and racketeering as few cities ever have suffered
With one hand he knocks the block off" an
imaginary King George and with the other grasps
the friendly paw of Scarface AL Capone
Perhaps Big Bill is not very important in himself
After all, he is only symptom It is the disease
behind the symptom that counts. AS long the
people of Chicago content with crooked politics.
il does not matter much whether the recipient of
their votes is an amusing and open charlatan like
Thompson or more respectable hypocrite.
Tt is not the cheap politician but the citizens who
vote for the cheap politician that imperl democracy
TIE people get what they want Fortunately they
usually want something better than Big Bill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

At It's Present Rate of Speed
the Government Should Be
Able to Distribute It's Re-
lief Money IN Time for the
Neat Drought.
ET. WORTH, Tex, Feb. $50.
n S. Fisher, extension agronomist
in the department. Of agriculture,
arrives in TT. Worth to open head
quarters for federal drought relief
in Texas.
After he has found a suitable
place and assembled twenty-five or
thirty clerks and accountants to as
sist him, those farmers who still
lack seed, tools or gasoline for their
tractors can borrow a little money,
provided they have been approved
by the county loan committee -
and are willing to give a first mort
gage on the forthcoming crop.
According to a statement just IS
sued at Washington, nearly 49,
000,0 of the $4,000 900 voted by
congress has been loaned to farmers
thus far-about z per cent. Some
speed. The government should be
able to distribute the remaining 90
per cent in time to take care of the
next drought.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-Some time ago I
attended a lecture on Soviet Rus
sian conditions by DR.. Baerg at
Caleb Mills hall.
Personally, I would not insult the
intelligence of group Of T0-year-
old school children of America with
the average education, usual among
them, by calling such :. dissertation
lecture. His lecture would answer
very nicely in place of the bedtime
stories of bugaboos,. bogey-men or
other ghostly and CHASTITY spook
stories frequently resorted to in the
past for the purpose of soaring chill
dren to bed.
The conclusion of his lecture cul-
minated in prescribed, very pre-
scribed, open forum.
I endeavored to get the floor, but
to no avail, so I left before the meet
ing ended.
DR.. Baerg talked nearly two hours,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Metallurgic Industry Perils Eyes

that is injured about fifty times in
every 100 cases.
1t also has been found that a pre-
vious infection or unhealthy condi-
ton Of the eye before an accident is
far more likely to result in perma-
nent blindness than an accident
happening to sound eye.
This was found to be particularly
the case among workmen in north
ern Africa, many of whom suffer
with old infections Of the eye, in
Guiding trachoma or conjunctivitiS.
Of the greatest Importance is i'm
mediate treatment of the eye at the
time of the accident. Delay al
ways is certain to result in infec-
ton and infection means greatly
added danger of blindness.
For this reason, it is believed
that workmen in all factories in
which accidents to the eye are fair
ly frequent should be given infor-
nation to the following effect:
1. Under no circumstances should
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
The People Rebel

T Asst month, the people Of Fl
IL Worth went on record as
favoring municipal gas plant
Their action in this respect would
not be important or interesting to
outsiders but for the cause and
Setup which led them to take it.
Hundreds Of communities, not
only here in Texas, but in many
other parts of the country, face a
similar situation, however, and that
makes it news.
just another case of the local COW
being MIXED by a holding company,
with no adequate relief at law.
The Ft. Worth Gas Company,
which sells to city consumers, and
the Lone Star Gas Company, which
brings the gas from the field through
a pipeline and WHOLESALERS it at the
city gate, belong to a Pittsburgh
corporation.
The city has power to regulate
rates charged by the distributing
company within its limits, provided
1t does not make them confscatory,
but 1t has no power to regulate
rates on the outside.
No matter how much the pipeline
company charges the distributing
company for gas, the city must
stand for it. Since both belong to
a parent corporation, and since the
parent corporation can arrange any
kind of contract it wants between
them, the city has no way of get
ting a decent rate for it's conSum-
ers, except by putting in a plant
OF It's own and contracting for gas
with some other pipeline company.