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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
All Brsaches of Labor Department Aid
In Increasing Employment, Doak Says

make available to the workseekers a
service which will obviate the necessity
Of their seeking out private agencies
and paying to them fee for work.
The aim also is to make available quick
" to employers the kind Of workers that
they need.
l think that I may say with the
present organization functioning there
Is today no reason why either an en-
ployer or employe in this whole land
need apply to private, fee-charg1ng
agency for q worker or for work.
The United States Employment Serv-
ice, in cooperation with State, munich
pal and other free employment agencies.
is In position to supply workers for all
places that may be available from coast
to coast and from border to border.
A fair trial OF this service. am sure.
will prove its efficiency and justify its
existence beyond the remotest doubt.
The record of achievement of the
Department of Labor, feel sure, JUS
titles its creation and its continuing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Regular Delivery

Over 100000 families read The
Star ever day. The great ma
jority have the paper delivered
regularly every evening and Sum-
day morning at a cost Of ~
cents daily and cents Sunday.
If you are not taking advan-
tage Of this reglaar service at
this low rate. tele phone National
5000 now and service will start
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
j. s. CHILD WORK
!. HELD INADEQUATE
Bureau Head Reveals Lack
of Facilities to Meet
{ Pressing Needs.

Pointing out that demands on the
United States Children's Bureau have
greatly increased in recent years, Miss
Grace Abbott, chief of the bureau, in
her annual report urged greatly ex-
panded resources be made available to
meet the need.
Pictures Serious Loss.
Children suffer the most serious per-
manent losses in periods of depression"
she said. and should be the first to be
considered in planning remedial meas
ures.
The development of adequate local
and State resources for the relief of
distress and the prevention of depend
ency and delinquency are urgent"
The increase in demand was espe-
cially marked last year, Miss Abbott
reported owing to the cumulative effect
of the bureaus nearly 20 years of serv-
ice, the depression and the White
House conference on child health and
protection.
Letters Mark Growth.
A partial measure of the increased
demand for the services rendered by
the bureau was said to be the increase
in correspondence, which has grown
from 100000 letters in 1926 to approxi-
mately 10000 letters last year. Many
of these letters were requests for as
sistance which local public and private
agencies have right to expect the
Evening star., 1931-12-14
MT. RAINIER APPOINTS
ACTING POLICE Chief
Roy Schnopps Named Head of
Force During Illness of
Eugene Plumer.
BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
MOUNT RAINIER, Md, December
14.-Town Policeman Roy schnopps
has been appointed acting chief of the
town force pending the recovery of
Chief Eugene Plumer, who was seriously
injured several weeks ago.
Chief Plumer was hurt when a
motor cycle he was riding collided with
an automobile while chasing a sus-
pected traffic violator on Rhode Island
avenue, and the Town Council has
voted to pay his hospital bills and a
daily compensation from the town POI
lice funds. Mr.. Plumer Is recovering
in Slbley Hospital.
The council has awarded contract
for the installation of electromatic traf-
fic control lights at Thirty-fourth street
and Rhode Island avenue to the Central
Armature Works of Washington for
Sl,790, the work to be finished within
four weeks
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Children's Bureau to perform, but
which it must refuse because of an
inadequate staff available for local con-
sultation and assistance in planning or
reorganizing local child welfare serv-
iceS
Evening star., 1931-12-14
TAG ISSUE TO START
Arlington to Begin Distributing
Car Licenses Tomorrow.

Car Licenses Tomorrow.
BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, December Redistribution
OF the 1882 Virginia automobile tags in
this section will start tomorrow morning
In the office of Sheriff Howard B. Fields
according to J. v. Turner, through
"hom the tags are distributed, they may
De used at once and must be attached
TO the car for which they are.purchased
ny January l. Cars must be properly
tltied. No checks will be accepted.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
YULE TABLEAU PLANNED

Girl Scouts Take Clothing for Poor
to Meeting Thursday.
A Christmas tableau will be presented
by Washington Girl Scouts Thursday
evening at 1880 o'clock in Pierce Hall
Sixteenth and Harvard streets
Gifts of clothing for the poor will be
brought to this meeting by troops
Other Christmas ceremonies in which
Girl Scouts will participate are those at
the community Christmas tree in Sher-
man Circle Christmas eve, at the White
House the same night and at the White
House Christmas night.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

MISS BUKNELLE BOYCE
Has been chosen Miss Arkansas Trav-
eler" at the University of Arkansas and
will preside over the all journalism
banquet. She was elected by members
of the Mems Press Club. The honor
goes yearly to the leading woman
journalist at the university Miss Boyce
is also president of the Women's League,
composed of all co-eds. Her home is
in Little Rock. "A. P. Photo.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

A beautiful electric hall clock
Of the grandfather type. "a
far finer clock than you would
imagine possible at this ex-
tremely low price. Imposing in
size-5 feet, 9 inches tall, l6
inches wide, and II inches
deep-of mahogany and gum
wood, beautifully trim m d
with maple. A princely gift
whose beauty is out of all pro-
portion to its extremely low
price.
CLOCKS, FIRST FLOOR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
liberal" PLNCHOT REJECTS DEMANDS OF STARVING
Against the Common Foe"

THE Monday night round
situation Washington
dscee silent and listened to what the New York Times Tuesday
called frank reports"
newspapers
and journals the chairman of which, Stanley Dennis spoke at length
council progress
planning board industrial mobilization boada which
is gaining support among big capitalists.
Soviet
doubtless
Soviet Government Of workers the five fifteen
economic America" which
of his national industrial planning
But there thing did not
appear in the capitalist concerning the of this board
its suggested plan"
he should be headed
brains personnel"
every great capitalist newspaper
the that being capitalist
favor of cus the
against which capitalism is modifying all its
The drive force down the standards
is on in full swing and usually apollo
gis for cuts cusomarly something follows:
goods buy Therefore it
will make difference if the proportion
This the rankest hypocsy difference
all these ignore
the fact that according the United
selves the total has already been during
the total of the previous year!
of
Saaed executives
of the u seeD have not
00) has been taken rather
workers and their children.
the face of this audacy Secretary
Hyde would dare wholly imaginary equality
of wealth the United dividend and
interest payments of domestic during the first
months previous wear s428
100000 to total of $8000500O0O.
The first understanding brass faced call of
capitalists who are trying cut still pretty
words about nobizng rally in shop
mine and MILL in solid ranks against cuts
Organize shop committees Unite the employed
and unemployed in common struggle for against
wage cuts out on the streets in oneday strike
back the capitalist attack!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
Aid the Communist Press
SUPPORT THE PUBLICATION OF
IL LAVORATORE!

AMONG the 100000 italian speaking people the u
- nearly all workers engaged in basic
ouS Communist the language utmost neces-
M Inc II Iavoratore the official Communist PARTY of
e " o. Oh America has been and of the
ouuonary workers OF this agae organize
the Italian speaking workers working class
More the Lavoaore absolutely organ to build I'm
e only dependable because working opposition
already shaking above b teaching
numbers OF returning Italian struggle
against the naked dictatorship capitalism which fascism is
stu more an Italian paper Italian is an extreme
who are really standing position while rayng around them
ers because OF their supposed that is really
nothing more than a disagreement with
The principal this special demagogv in this country
@e NuoVo MONDE which claims to be to
the penetration of fascm States but whose nnn
OF fascism demagogcy sides of the class STRUGGLE
IN is wods-but in fact cutting
GER plan of President York it is an integral mart
OF the Tammany ~ f
The task of re-bgnning publication avorao to fill the
OBVIOUS neeo Tor Journal OF Communism
limited to the italian members sympah the Communist party
Every worker IN United States
AID 10 the physical limit the Republication Lavoratore which was
suspended Tor a short time in
All revolutionary workers will Daily Worker in greeting
temperance OF II Lavoatore
uon among Italian speaking workers. All Iavoatore
NeAJ SUNDAY evening at the
LVoratore will greet its banquet Organizations
IN new YORK. whether Italian
pledge, support to this important Communist paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
Dressmaker Election
Meetir" Thursday at
Manhattan Lyceum

NEW YORK.-An election meeting
of all dressmakers in the Needle
Trades Worl,sr@' Industrial Union will
be held Thurs4Gy - &. it Mn
haitian Lyceum, &C. East ogrrp 8.
The order Of business wlIi be:
Election of dress trade execu-
tive committee.
2.-Plans for further activities In
the dress trade.
Recommendations to the sl;oo
delegates council for paid and unpaid
dress organizers.
A report on the decisions OF the
National Executive Board, with a
special report on the work among
members Of the International, and
on the situation In Locals % and SO.
The Industrial Union calls all
needle workers to demonstrate May /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
CALL COPS TO
EVICT ONE Man
Landlords Fear Action
by Jobless Council

NEW YORK.-When the Down
Town Unemployed Council sent a
committee yesterday to investigate
the reported eviction of Samuel jan
nal, 80 Suffolk St., they found when
they got to the place that the furni-
ture was already out and seven po-
Hcemen were there.
The committee held an, open air
meeting nearby, and began organic
ing the tenants in the building and
those around They found the ma
jority sympathetic.
The council forced the Majestic
Employment Agency, 1874 E. 18th St,
to refund $3.50 of SIS paid for a job
which lasted only one day. The
worker was Frank Cuber, a food
worker, and member of the Down
Town Council.
Preparations continue actively for
the united front conference which
will establish on firm basis the
Lower Manhattan Council of the
Unemployed. All workers organiza-
lions below seth st. are to send two
delegates each to the conference
which meets at 10 a. m. sharp at
Manhattan Lyceum, May 10.
To raise money for organization
expenses, the Down Town Council
is holding May Day Eve Rally and
Dance at 131 w. 18th st. on April
80.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
WORKERS TO HIT
LEGAL LYNCHING
Parade in Harlem This
Saturday

NEW YORK.-New York workers
will express their horror and indigna-
ton at the brazen railroading by the
Alabama bosses of eight Negro
youths to the electric chair with a
protest parade in Harlem this Satur-
day afternoon.
The parade viii start at $3.50 from
10th Street and Lenox Ave. and
proceed down Lenox Ave. to 116th
St, then east to Fifth Ave and 10th
St, where a demonstration will be
held and resolutions adopted de-
nouncing the legal lynching of these
working class youths and demanding
a new trial with a jury of workers,
half of whom shall be Negroes.
Speakers will expose the vicious
frame-up on the customary fake
rape charges of these boys, none of
whom is over 20 years of age. All
workers are urged to show their soil
darity with these innocent victims of
southern boss court justice by demon
strating on Saturday afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

light to save the lives of the
nine young Negro victims of
the lynch verdict of the Scots
boro boss court. Eight of the
nine boys have been sentenced
to burn in the electric chair on July
10. The ninth is still to be tried. The
southern bosses are raising a purse
t ohire big firm of southern lawyers
to help the state prosecutor defend
the railroading of the nine youths
to the electric chair.
Send Protest to Governor.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the 1. L. D. Another meet
ing was held at the same time In an
other section of the city under the
auspices of the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights. Both meetings
sent kilograms to Governor B. M. Mil
Ter of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala,
protesting the railroading of these
innocent youngsters and demanding
new trials with all rights guaranteed
including jury of workers, half of
them Negroes.
Both meetings enthusiastically en-
dorSed the defense steps being taken
by the I. l.. D. and the call for a
ScottSboro Defense conference to be
held here on April 49, Delegates
were elected to the conference by the
two meetings.
Resentment Grows.
Mass resentment against the lynch
verdict is growing by leaps and
bounds as the workers increasingly
realize that this vicious actof terror
is aimed at the growing militancy of
the Negro masses and to prevent the
united struggle of Negro and white
workers against starvation and for
unemployment relief and insurance.
Negro and white workers are prepar-
ing for a gigantic May Day demon
stration in this city to fight the boss
system of starvation and terror
against the workers.
Great resentment is also being ex-
pressed by Negro workers against the
treacherous role of the Negro reform
list press which are either soft-pedd-
ling the facts about the frame-up or
actually printing news on the case
from the viewpoint of the southern
boss lynchers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
BY FRED vIGMAN.

NEW YORK CITY.--A day with
the Down Town Unemployed Branch
of the N. Y. Unemployed Council
revealed to the Daily Worker the ex-
tent of misery and suffering among
the workers of the lower East Side,
the favorable possibilities for organ
izing the unemployed into Neighbor-
hood branches, and both employed
and unemployed into the Tenants
Leagues-and revealed as we'll the
impermissible weakness and laxity of
the Unemployed Branches, which
must surely weakne the preparations
for May First unless the Party frac-
ton acts at once.
Within one block, East Fourth ST.,
between Bowery and Second Aye, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
Will Weaken May First Demonstration If
Fraction Does Not Act Immediately

Unemployed Branch committees, in a
previous investigation founud many
workers families suffering acutely
from hunger their light and gas cut
off, and the threat of eviction hang
in COVER their heads.
A call for committees to go out and
check up on the Investigations was
made, and no response from the floor.
The secretary finally volunteered to
go.
At rs East Fourth St., In dark,
narrow-staired tenement house, he
located Mrs. Gelfont A little woman,
her hands worn with toll, her face
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
2 CHATTANOOGA NEGRO
MEETINGS DENOUNCE
COURT ROOM LYNCHINC
to Save Lives of Nine Innocent
Negro Youngsters
Southern Workers Rallying for May Day Dem
onstrations- Workers Resentment
Grows at Treachery of Reformists
BULLETIN.

l. Two Chattanooga meetings of Negro workers last night
protests to of Alabama
Defense Conference called for April 2S in Chattanooga
Detroit police try to united
workers against ScOtsbOro court ynching
New York United May Day Conference with pres
ent representing hundreds of working
condemned legal nchng demanded
with jury of workers, at least half
PITTSBURGH mass meeting condemns convictions
and attempt at legal nchng Pittsburgh
Negro omst southern
boss Enchers; N A. A. N. National Urban
League maintain silence
Negro youths.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 21.-400 Negro worker
at mass meeting at the A. NJ E. Zion Church here rose
their feet cheering the declaration of the district organizer
the international Labor Defense that the L. D. backed
the working class of the United States would make fms
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
HUGE SUM SPENT
FOR COMING WAR;
TRAIN AIR FLEET
N Y Starves Jobless
But Bull IS Hangaes

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 21.-
The next war is going to be costly
and the rulers Of the United States,
the big business men who own the
government are taking that cost out
of the workers hide already in the
shape of terrific wage cuts. Then
they turn over portion of the mon
ey to the government in the shape of
taxes, and the government spends two
thirds of its income on the next and
past war preparations.
During the first nine months of
this year, a recent treasury statement
shows, the government spent S3,125,
$4,000 altogether. OF this, $2,124,-
$4,000 went to the war and navy
departments, and for payments on
past war wreckage. The expenditures
are as follows:
Department. Expenditures
War Department ..... 1857 500, 900
Navy Department ........ 267,7l3, 900
Vererans' administration :. 518, 1853, 900
Interest on the public debt 1863 ,9o5, 900
Sinking fund ......... 39l, 60O, 900
Adjusted service fund -. 225 POI, 900
NEW YORK.-The board of esti-
mates calendar of business for April
II, at which meeting the $10000,00
proposed for city jobs was cut down
to 100000 and made to apply to
the ordinary work of the city which
would have to be done anyway, con-
tains on Page 108 an item which got
absolutely no publicity at all, but
which shows where some of the funds
OF this enormously rich city goes, in
stead of to buy food for the 1000, 900
jobless starving here. 1t is Item No.
lO8, a communication from the De-
putty and Acting Commissioner of
Docks, asking an appropriation of
S66S,000 to provide for more building
on the Municipal airport at Flatbush
Avenue, Brooklyn. The largest item
In the list of appropriations is s275,-
600 for two new seaplane hangers
war preparations. The item was ac-
copied to be referred to the commit
tee of the whole. 1t will undoubtedly
go through.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
Daily Worker Probe Reveals Imbermissible
Laxity in Work of N. Y. Unemployed Council

Mrs. Gelfont is one month behind
in rent and already the threat OF
eviction is directed against her. She
will be thrown out ON the streets and
has no one to turn to.
A neighbor came in, another old
woman. She agreed that something
must be done. In her case she re-
ceived a little money from her two
married children. But they too have
been unemployed for long time and
are In dire need themselves.
In cases Of other families where
there is no income whatsoever, little
children cry themselves to sleep in
the dark-for the gas and the cleo
tricity are Immediately shut off when
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREEy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

ton for still larger May First
demonstrations, which will re-
peat the demands for unem-
ployment insurance in thunder
Gus terms, and itself lay basis
for continued organization of en-
ployed and unemployed workers to
force the state to grant them. The
speakers at the demonstration called
on all for a one-day strike and DEM
onstration on May First.
Legislature In Joint Session.
The senate and--.the lower house
OF the legislature met in joint session
to hear the demands and a delega-
ton Of Is stormed in, bearing pla-
cards and banners and shouting the
slogans Of the jobless. They then
went to the governor, who heard
them.
But the liberal governor, Pinchot.
in spite of his election promises to
give relief to the unemployed turned
deaf ear to all demands for the
right to live, and, ensconed behind
the state police force and the coal
and iron police which he promised
during his election campaign to abol-
ish, but did not, Pinchot snarled
that it would bankrupt the state"
to give unemployment insurance of
SIS a week to each of the jobless and
that the demands were illegal"
your demands" said Pinchot, ARE
extravagant. They are only lot of
truck"
Thousands For Pictures.
Speakers for the delegation pointed
out the extravaganza of the state in
spending millions of dollars for the
state iron and coal police; thou
sands of dollars for painting pictures
of the governor and other state Of
ficials.
Bill Simons, spokesman of the
delegation, spoke in the governors
office for 20 minutes.
The governor said 1T is true there
is grave unemployment situation in
Pennsylvania. But you people do
not want to cooperate with US You
are putting forward fantastic de-
mands; they are ridiculous. They
are not common sense" He refused
to listen to the delegation any fur
ther.
The delegation then said they con-
sidered the governors answer as a
direct refusal of all the demands of
the unemployed.
Greatest Demonstration.
There then followed a tremendous
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22
2 MASS MEETS FOR
PATERSON FIV E
Newark and Elizabeth
to Demand Release


NEWARK, N, j.. April 21.-The
International Labor Defense of New
Jersey is calling mass meetings for
the defense of the five Paterson
textile workers. One meeting will be
held in the city of Newark on Fri
day, April "a, at p. m, at the Work.
mems Lyceum, ITO Belmont Ave.
Another meeting will be held in the
city of Elizabeth on April "a (Fri-
day.. at 8 p, m. at the Litvian Hall
So S. Park st. 1t is absolutely i'm
portant to get publicity on the front
page during the last few days, in
order to have good mobilization of
the workers in both cities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-22

stage of discussion. The actual slash
es will take place any day now. They
are not the first but follow whole
series of pay cuts already handed out
The New York Times correspond
ent in Youngstown, Ohio, wires to his
paper that:
Steel manufacturers here are
considering a general wage reduc-
tion." He also states: Most of the
steel companies in this district have
already put into effect slight re-
auctions"
AT the recent meeting of the Uni.
ted States Steel Corporation the CAPT.
talists were careful not to say any.
thing about wages. Heretofore, Far.
rell, president of the U. S. Steel Cor.
poration always loudly proclaimed
that there would be no cuts. Thi.
time he remained silent. However
as the Journal of Commerce point:
out, this signifies wages in the United
States Steel Corporation plants are
coming down. The matter will be
taken up at the end of the month al
the quarterly meeting of the Beth1e-
hem Steel Corporation and the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation.
Wage cuts axe planed for the work
ers in Youngstown in the following
plants:
Republic Steel Corporation, Trus-
con Steel Co., General Fire proofing
Co., Sharon Steel Hoop Co., New
ton Steel Co., Youngstown Pressed
Steel Co., Niles Steel Products Co,
Commercial Shearing & Stamping
Co., and a number of others.
Every one OF these steel plants have
already cut wages from one to foul
times. Tens of thousands of workers
have been laid off; but soon there
will come general wage cut affect
ing all the mills.
Hoover Leads Drive
Hoover, under the guise of phrases
about maintaining wage rates." is
taking a leading share in this wage
slashing drive. While the steel bosses
prepare for a general wage cut, Hoo
yer, and his Secretary of Labor, Doak
together with Col. Arthur Woods
chairman of the emergency commit
tee on unemployment" plan wage
slashes particularly on the railroads
On Monday Woods issued a state
ment declaring that there have beer
very few wage cuts and that there
will be a few. This statement is
broadcast at time when every lead
ing corporation in the country has
drawn up its plans for drastic pay
cuts. Declaring there will be rela-
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