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The daily worker., 1931-10-14

and the rising revolutionary masses
of China is being undertaken.
The stories from Shanghai to the
New York Times and Manchester
Guardian already show this beyond
little doubt. From the League Of
Nations itself comes proof that talk
about directing the fire against the
Soviet Union runs through all the
secret maneuvers. A New York
Times cable from Paris contains the
following paragraph:
"The rather ominous silence from
Russia continues to be a source of
further anxiety and there is an i'm
preston that Moscow Is only wait
ing to see the extent of the
Leagues Intervention before taking
its own decisions. If the League
finds itself sufficiently strong 10
localize the conflict and eventually
bring about an evacuation Of Man
churia, II is the general opinion
that Russia will do nothing calcu-
lated to aggravste the Far Eastern
situation"
This diplomatic language, trans
lated into everyday language, means
that the imperialists are eyeing the
Soviet Union, which stands as a bull
wark against the imperialist looting.
and that the exploiters realize the
workers republic is the main OBJ
stacle In the path of new world
slaughter for colonial plunder.
In Canton, China, the resentment
of the Chinese masses against the
of IL workers and the wound
ing of 100 others who took part in
an anti-imperialist demonstration Is
growing. There is a strike Of bus
and many small shop keep
ers have closed up in protest.
japanese news reports tell of the
feverish military activities in that
country where the imperialists like
wise are determined to get their
share Of the booty, backing up their
moves with all the military power at
their command.
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

wages OF the hammond workers 10
starvation. At least four wage-cuts
have hit everyone in the place since
the spring 1880, and the cuts have
ranged up to 20 and even 40 percent
Some still make a little more than
half of what we used to get, some
make less than half. Leaders who
used to make SO are down to barely
SO, and we're to get another cut
We arc desperate for organization,
and We aren't going to give up-we
are going TO fight. Small groups like
few Of the stickermen walked out
but We know we must get the workers
into a strike tlruout the place in or
der TO paralyzc the company and to
win.
They drive us to death in the heat
Of summer, and we stand around in
cold winter whether we go to work
or not, They have an efficiency"
expert (Which is a nice name for
specialist in speedup and wage-cut-
ting). He has been active in the mill
lately and all the stickermen have
been put on piece-work, along with
many others. We are putting out
more and getting paid less. The
glue room is hell-hole for killing
men, but even outdoors, in the yard,
we are worked like horses for barely
over SO a day. The young workers are
put on the rottenest jobs and earn
SO very little that they cannot pos
sibly get married and live a natural
life, so they will be some of the first
to organize and fight the Hammond
Co., which cuts us and bleeds us so
the rich owners and fat salaries arc
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

protected.
Some of the workers have the at
titude of looking down on the Mex
ican workers, but of course this plays
into the bosses hands in keeping us
divided. We know that all workers
look alike to the boss, whether foreign
born or native, old or young, so let's
act accordingly to build full solidar-
ity.
Most of us read little sheet called
the News" This paper is calling for
dictatorship in the United States
as the way to help the bosses to beat
down the workers. It tries to fool the
workers with stories about enslaHng
China to bring back prosperity and
stories about rich robbers turning over
their fortunes of their free will to
stop the crisis. Many of us wtio did
not before are beginning TO wake UP
and see. and we are learning from
the stories of our striking and strug-
Cling brother workers elsewhere, but
we need the Daily Worker to give us
the full facts and what they meanl
We need to learn how to organize
and struggle against our exploiters Of
the Hammond Lumber Company.
Editorial Note: - The Hammond
Lumber workers should get in touch
at once with the Trade Union Unity
League at 755 S. Main St., Los An
geles and commence without delay
to organize a broad mill committee
representing the workers In the
various departments to discuss the
grievances, draw up demands and
lay base for struggle against the
wage cuts.
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

of the Reichstag so police were as
sembled, with military tent telephone
stations set up at strategic points.
Inside the police were also regimented
by the score. At each doorway there
were dozen policemen. For three
blocks around the Reichstag building
the streets we're cut off and passerby
were forced to go through three cor
dons of police.
At the very opening Of the session
the Communist deputies interrupted
the session to demand that the police
forces of the Bruening government be
withdrawn. The motion was voted
down by the capitalist parties.
Initiation Under Way
The Bruening government has been
unable to deny the truth of the
charges and has therefore gone to
the extent Of stating that they we're
already known but that their sum-
ming up now was bad tactics. A
statement inspired" by DR.: Hans
Luther, now president Of the Reichs-
bank, openly admits that "a certain
proportion of the Reichsbanks dis
counts are not based on business
transactions discounted by banks in
order to obtain cash" This means
that the Bruening government has
already started out on the policy Of
initiation.
confirmation Of the Daily Workers
statement that the consolidation Of
the armed forces of Germany, the
police and the army, under the con-
troll Of Groener who occupies the post
Of Minister OF the Interior and De-
fense in the Bruening government,
was in preparation for an open fas-
cist dictatorship is contained In the
statement of Groener.
While the capitalist press tries to
create the impression that Groener
will try to suppress the fascist as
well as the Communists, Groener's
own statement shows that the armed
forces Of Germany are to be used
The daily worker., 1931-10-14
Election of Marchers.

regularly
unions aena organizations exsercemen leagues etc. called by
the local Unemployed Councils The marc so elected shall be ratified
nghborhoods ceners We must
aim to the greatest possible Of workers in the election
The Unemployed Councils shall call the local conferences elect
the with the in the far
ing
participating organizations present
ons the local conference shall elect the quota for the
particular locality selection these by the various
employed Councils
the various organizations and localities the
support Hunger unemployed struggles generally
Following starting dates
bood general meetings shall be called ay the eeon
eecng the National March to Washington,
special
youth activity respective
the unemployed ( the and ability of the marchers stand the
strain of the march, Cd the inclusion Of parme workers the
marcer @ special attention shall be paid to securing workers from
the basic industries
National Hunger proceed
Starting proceeding via
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Column Starting from Buffalo and proceeding Rochester,
Syracuse Bnhamton Scranton Allentown and joining with Conmn
at Philadelphia
Column Starting Chicago proceeding Detroit Toledo
Cleveland, Youngstown Pittsburgh Washington.
Starting proceeding Indianapolis
Cincinnati Columbus Wheeling and joining Column at Pittsburgh
Mchers points Of ST. Louis and Chicago will their
respective cities time arrive in Chicago and ST. Louis by the
starting points
Dates OF departures and stopovers of the columns;
Column will leave Boston Dec at making the following
Dec. York Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Dec. 5; arriving Washington, Dec. g.
night opoyer rochester Nov 2s syracuse Nov So pnrhmon p
l. Scranton Dec Allentown Dec s. Philadelphia Dec Baltimore
Dec. s. arriving Washington, Dec 9.
Column will leave Chicago Nov 2s at making the following
night stopovs Kalamazoo Nov 2s Detroit Nov 30; Toledo
Cleveland Youngstown, Pittsburgh point
to be decided between Pittsburgh Washington arriving
Washington, Dec. 6.
Column will making following
night Between ST. indianapolis
cided Nov 29; Indianapolis Nov 30 Cincinnati L.
Wheeling arriving Pittsburgh proceeding
with Column Washington.
tional Hunger March Committee.
Meetings and Demonstrations
National
demonstrations the workers at the starting
other localities and Washington
prepared by the local organizations the following
AT the main starting points Boston,
the off demonstrations
departure of the marchers
At the night sopover points the established
the meetings shall take the night
the cities
local Unemployed Councils committees leaflets
meetings to await the march the
the city limits and possible
schedule
should be presented in the the support
The daily worker., 1931-10-14
Betsy Ross, Great Granddaughter Of
Colonial Heroine, Starving in Canton
hogs in Chattanooga, Tenn.

hogs in Chattanooga, Tenn.
"And do you know. my friend"
Hoover, when he was running for
president, came to me and my hus-
band personally to ask for our votes
I told him he'd get no votes from us
and asked him II he hadn't hoover
lied us to death In California. (She
reefrred to the food shortage during
the world war;. Mr.. Hoover I said
to him, I have not only patiently
waited for the past sixty years for
notifications in the government that
never came but have carried with
myself the motto, Help, save my God,
government and my flag have
worked for the good Of these three.
What have you done, Mr.. Hoover, but
made a lot Of money stolen from the
American people, Furthermore, I
told him, I have asked you to help
me and you refused to recognize me,
did you not. But when you want
votes, then you hunt me up"
She told me that she and her hus-
band were existing on charity and
that their subsistence has recently
been cut from $2.75 week to $2.25
and that her electricity and water
had been shut off. She is many
months behind in her rent and is
about to be evicted Appeals to the
Hoovers and others have been in
vain.
asked her what she thought of
the mutiny Of the Chilean and Eng
lish navies and she said that she
heartily approved Of them. She also
asserted that v tbs unperialsts we're
The daily worker., 1931-10-14
Plan the National Hunger March Washington Dec

THE task of the National Hunger March is to mobilize
employed workers the struggle against unmpy-
starvation in the United States and to
the unemployed with the employed for their
mutual demands The Hunger
unemployment immediate relief
Call for the National Hunger March issued
by the Unemployed Councils 1t will present to the government the
Unemployment Insurance Bill sponsored by the Unemployed
behind this Bill
The Hunger March must be carried through on the basis OF de-
struggles for local demands through local Hunger Marches
ss &c stimulus for the building and trenhening of the unem-
in other of the Into the Hunger
its attendant demonstrations must be especially AF
organizations
ons of farmers ETC. The preparations for the Hunger March
utilized to organized of the starvation cond
the fake relief
the Pnchos and Mphys
leaders and the Socialist Party.
Preparations of Hunger
The preparations for the National Hunger March must be based upon
following activities the Unemployed Councils
The organization of local. city and county Hunger Marches and
workers These Shall be Organized in the principal cities during the week
Of November the h according the drectves previously
published their findings shall
develop
shall present this material the government
1ntensicaion of the struggle against evcion ETC. the
aon OF rent strikes and struggles against the high cost OF living
Mass meetings air demonstrations in front of shops
solidarity workers with
the employed workers the struggle against cuts ayoffs and
peedup and drawing the employed workers into supporting the de-
activities reformis
March Committees these
Hunger all its activities
activity among unemployed flop
kitchens agencies with
demands for these categories
Special attention drawing exsrvicemen linking up
payment penetrating
support
program.
activities compel respective Congressman
and other government officials their unemployment
and the workers demands.
Special efforts to
organizing the fight for their demands attention
struggle against Jim Crowim
lease of the Scotsboro boys,
TO- view Of the activities supporting
the organizations
called upon to build the W. L r.
these activities preparations Hunger
must be systematically the
the with the rising standards
and the workers modified in defense of the Union
Organized campaign for building unemployed councils
house committees, etc, in all industrial communities
Composition of the
National
unemployed
shall
March organization will
dations only for the regularly elected
Because Of distance
trucks
afoot through all important towns along the
The following table will show the
assigned the localities
ranged in consultation with the Unemployed Councils Committee
National Hunger March The quotas
include Marcers from the surrounding small towns
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

FOR
NATIONAL HUNGER MARCH
HE MARC1ERS SLEEP
MARCHERS- MATERIAL
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

not afraid that their own men would
turn against them, they would have
long ago attacked the Soviet Union.
Before we left she said, "You Com
munists are the only ones who will
lead the poor to final victory. Stick
to it! I'm voting Communist next
MONTH
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

night
Louis and Indianapolis will be decided upon later
Washington They
shall meetings
the events in Washington
local committees responsible these
feeding sleeping
acy the basis the through to Washing
The mahers will Washington
National Committee will
various points
National the
trbuton
at all the demonstrations
quantities literature Special pamphlets prepared
National Committee
Financing March.
according
lowing general plan
national
the
organizations
funds the gasoline
Washington.
3. plans
gadng the ALLEGATION 4 the funds collected together with blanks
material collection O
Unemployed Councils Committee for the National
Hunger March, E. 10Th st. New York City.
(CEp this and keep for further reference)
The daily worker., 1931-10-14

the collection supplies
while
The l. r. will be
in connection with the local committees.
Housing of the Marchers.
In each city where night made the local committees
responsible to provide sleeping accommodations the entire
Of marces These accommodations shall be
the city lodgings
visions that no as shall be accepted these demands
by and demonstrations b) shall
of all nearby workingca halls
giving these halls special
A.F LII
Full housing arrangements must be completed advance
of the arrival of the marchers full list housing
ion the captain
rival of the splitting prac-
tices shall be permitted.
Facilities for the
In organizing the district
weather
see to that delegate supplied with
and that be
while in trucks
Number of Feeding Sleeping
StOpover Points.
The local committees in the following
for feeding sleeping approximately
the following number of coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Canadian Business
Picture Brightens
In Recent Months
Government Index Shows
Steady Gains During
April and May.
BY CHARLES LYNCH.
Dispatcb to The star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Ontario. August 8.-Can-
ada has been less affected than have
other countries. despite the usual holi-
day season contraction in business &C
tivities.
In Canada the government index OF
the physical volume of business showed
a steady upward swing in April and
May, but showed q downward trend in
June. Favorable Canadian induces, how
ever, which we're contrary to the gen.
eral downward trend, were industrial
employment, which showed a fractional
increase; iron production, which in
of nearly 8 per cent in copper exports,
of IL per cent in grain marketing,
nearly 10 per cent in live stock mar
keting and about IL per cent in in
spected slaughterings.
Canadian-made shoes are dominat-
ing the domestic market to greater
degree than in any of the last few
years Production of leather footwear
during the first six months of the year
totaied nearly 100000 pairs, conSid-
cradle increase over the corresponding
period last year. The decrease in the
importation of leather footwear has
correspondent to the increase in domeS-
tic production.
Production of condensed and other
milk products in June showed a consid-
cradle increase over the preceding
(CopyrfRht 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
JULY SALES LOWER
DUE TO WEATHER
Only Three Saturdays Also Cut
Down Business Of Many
Big Concerns,
special Dispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
NEW YORK, August S--Chain store
sales were generally affected during
July due TO the unusually hot weather
aside from the fact that there were
only three business Saturdays during
the month. as the Fourth OF July fell on
a Saturday. These circumstances had
the effect OF reducing sales during the
month. According to a compilation is
sued by Merrill, Lynch & Co, "a chain
store companies. including three mai
order concerns. show total sales for the
first seven months OF 1881, OF si.242,-
42S. 64e, against sales OF 81. 294. 545, 4e2
In the corresponding period Of 1890. .
decrease of 400 per cent. Three mai
order companies alone show sales for
the first seven months OF 1891 Of 1927
336 ,957. against 1857 sos, 633 In the firsa
seven months Of 1880. a decrease Of II
per cent. Excluding the mail order con-
Germs, 81 companies show sales foT
seven months OF 1881 OF $9l5, 09l ,692
against sales OF 1926, 1855 $50 IN the same
period Of 1880, Q decrease OF LIS per
cent.
Results for July, 1881, as reported by
81 chain store companies, including three
mail order concerns, show total sales OF
SiTi sos, 76e, against SITE, $50. 005 IN
July. 1880, q decrease ( 8 per cent. The
three man order concerns alone show
sales for July of So, 960, 40 against
SGT ,O66.0T2 In July, 1880, decrease OF
e.7z per cent. Excluding the mail order
concerns. 81 chain store companies show
sales for July, 1881, OF S128. $40 SAC
against 812e. 96i gss in July, 1880. 4
decrease Of 0.0S per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
CANNED GOODS WIN
BUYERS IN BRITAIN
Some Housewives Pass Over q. s.
-Terchandise in Favor of Home
Products.
Special pispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch 20 The star.
NEW YORK, August S-American
merchandise is getting an even break
with domestic goods among the house
wives of England. This is particularly
true of canned goods made in the
United States, according to q survey
report presented by Albert Hartng OF
Lshigh University in the current issue
CT Food Industries. A goodly number
of English housewives. however. shaR
healthy aversion to American-ma
products.
Citing the results developed In a re-
cent British market survey, Mr. Haring
states that 1000 women were asked
whether they regard American goods
as foreign" merchandise which should
be passed over, for patriotic reasons,
in favor Of British or Empire goods.
The investigation shows" according
to the survey report, that the mass of
women were not at all critical in the
matter. In short, they we're quite
neutral and had no objection to Ameri-
can goods as such.
'Out Of the 1000 women interviewed
216 definitely averred their objections
to American goods. OF this group, ITO
indicated that they had an objection
to Americans generally, an antipathy
which they transferred to American
merchandise. This prejudice finds def
mite expression in such statements as
i loathe everything American and
They are only noisy money grabbers.
only 40 OF the housewives inter-
viewed definitely declared that they
liked goods originating In the United
States" the report goes on to show.
The principal reason for this pref
eTence was found to be the excellent
quality OF the canned goods. No fewer
than is housewives considered that
American timed fruits cannot be
beaten"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
TRADERS AST0NISHED
AT COTTON ESTIMATE
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, August Sex
CARNATIONS of establishment arose from
traders on the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change who remained on the floor after
the close Of the market to receive the
Governments estimate Of the 1872
crop, when the figure Of 1855, 600 bales
OF 900 pounds weight was posted.
The estimate was nearly q million
bales above that Of the highest private
estimate, and compared with an average
guess by members Of the New York
exchange last week of IL, 600 bales.
Both the New Orleans and New York
exchanges closed 10 minutes before the
issuance Of the report, but ct Chicago
the Cotton Exchange WAS sttn open
and tirSt quotations from there posted
on the New Orleans bulletin board
showed . drop Of los 70 lot points
when trading was resumed after posting
OF. the Government figure.
Traders here generally expressed the
opinion that the indicated yield per
acre. placed ct 1853 pounds BY the
Government bureau. Il the latest on
recog .--.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
REDUCTIONS IN GAS
RATES ARE SOUGHT
BY THREE STATES
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Authorities Plan Fight on
Present Charges.
BIZ GEORGE z. DoYING.

Missouri has Joined Kansas in the
tight to reduce gas rates. and Texas is
planning general offensive against the
gas utilities Of that State.
The Missouri hostilities take the form
Of an order issued by the Public Serv-
| ice Commission requiring the Cities
Service Gas Co., which operates natural
gas pipe lines from Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas and sells gas to Missouri
distributing companies and to some in
dustrial consumers, to file rate sched-
ules with the commission showing the
rates to the industrial users.
Refused to File Schedule.
The Cities Service Gas Co. is a
subsidiary Of Cities Service Co., as also
are the distributing companies, which
include those at Kansas City, St. Jo-
seph, Joplin, Carthage and other cities
IN Missouri. The pipe line company had
refused to accept suggestion from
the commission that the company was
engaged In the utility business in Mis-
souri, because of = its direct sales to in
dustrtes. 1t maintained that 1t was en-
gagged entirely In interstate business and
refused to file a schedule of rates for
the industrial service.
The commission now has issued q for
NAL order directing that such schedules
be filed within 10 days, and the next
step probably will be an appeal by the
company to a Federal court
The Missouri commission probably
anticipates that II it can acquire juris-
diction over this industrial service Of
the pipe line company 1t may SubSe-
quently be in a position to take action
| with respect to the city gas rate OF 40
cents per 1000 cubic feet collected from
the distributing companies for gas used
to serve domestic consumers That is
what Kansas has been trying to do
with the Cities Service subsidiaries for
several years-So far without marked
success.
The gas pipe line or electric trans
mission line owner" said the Missouri
commission, cannot escape local regu-
lation through ingenious devices where
BY he seeks TO use the shield Of the
interstate commerce clause Of the Con-
stitution against the exercise Of the
State police power and at the same
time enjoy in substance the rights and
privileges OF engaging in the local dis
| trinution OF gas or electricity"
Survey In Texas.
In Texas Attorney General James v.
Alfred is engaged In a survey of gas
rates charged by public utilities as well
as production and transportation costs.
He is also planning a drive, he an
nounced, against the electric utilities.
The gas and electric service COM
panies," he said, have shown no dis
position up to this time to pass on to
the consuming public the savings they
should be able to make as q result Of
cheaper materials and supplies and
lower maintenance and operation costs
The rates which they charge are based
upon property values which were estab-
lished during period Of imitation and
great prosperity"
tcopyFixht. 1879