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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Neav York Hunger Marchers
Report at Ruthenberg Meet

NEW YORK.-Central Opera House
was packed last night on the occasion
Of the Ruthenberg Memorial with an
enthusiastic crowd which turned out
to honor the memory of the founder
of the Communist Party of the u.
S. A. and to greet the 200 hunger
marchers just returned from Albany
where they forced the pot-bellied
agents Of the bosses to listen to the
demands of the unemployed workers
for relief and unemployment insur-
ance.
In military formation, just as they
marched to, and acted in, Albany, the
hunger marchers entered the Central
Opera House, led by their captains,
Negro and white, men and women.
Received with tremendous ovation
they occupied the platform midst con-
tinued cheering. S
IF any one thinks that only our
hunger marchers were damaged, then
they are decidedly mistaken said
Jack tombstone. leader Of the 1delega-
ton.
OF 5 hunger marchers who were
injured by the murderous state troop
ers one, Comrade Nelson spoke. and
showed by his militancy that the
hunger marchers were not discour-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Working Women in Forefront
of Fight tor Jobless' Children

tlefield. The cynical disregard of the
starvation Of thousands by Mayor
Walker and his Board Of Estimate,
who are spending millions for graft
but declare that 6 against the
law to provide rel unem-
ployed, will only ~ sgthen
the struggle OF t viz INST
the very system wiI4o.. ices
millions of workers to starvation.
Open-air meetings. in preparation
for International Women's Day, are
taking place in all sections of the
city The Young Pioneers, the Chill
dren's Workers School. are mobil-
izing to canvass the working class
neighborhoods and bring their
mothers and their sisters to these
mass demonstrations.
Many meetings have already been
announced and many are being ar
raigned by working women's organ
izations. Working women in Coney
Island win demonstrate on Sunday,
March 8, at 2 p. m. at 1921 w. 32nd
ST., Coney Island,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Stops Eviction of
Pregnant Woman

NEW YORK.-The Downtown I'M
employed Council held a large open
air meeting yesterday at the fake en-
ployment agency at Leonard and
Church Streets.
Workers marched from that meet
ing to the headquarters of the Coun-
Gil where they greeted the returned
Hunger Marchers and heard their re-
port. About 300 workers participated.
The Council was active during the
day in stopping the eviction of Mrs.
Kleine, a pregnant woman, whose
husband has been unable to find a
job for the past six months. She had
been disposed from her home at $50
East 4th st. The Council held an
open air meeting in the block, or
ganized a Tenants League and rail-
lied the workers to put the furniture
Be- *.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

The International Womens Day
demonstrations all over the country
will sound raging protest against the
murder of Comrade Charles Halt
killed by the capitalist henchmen at
the N. Y. state capitol while going to
present the demands of the thou
sands of unemployed workers in New
York state for unemployment insur-
ance at the expense of the govern
ment.
The working women of the United
States, who are suffering hunger and
starvation while the bosses who live
in comfort and luxury refuse to give
one cent to relieve the unemployed,
will answer the murder Of our fight
ing comrade by greater organization.
by more determined struggle to win
their demands.
These meetings will sound the
clarion call to the working men and
women of the shops and factories to
rally In greater numbers of the I'm
employed Councils, to take the place
Of the comrade who tell on the bat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

there is so much unemploy-
ment." Three shops, one an l.
L. G. W. shop, joined the strike
yesterday.
More than 1900 dresslnakers have
won improved conditions since the
strike began on Feb. 10Th. These
gails include increases in wages,
40-hour 5-day week, recognition of
the shop committees and of the
union When it is considered that
before the strike these 1900 dress
makers worked 60 and 10 hours a
week for starvation wages, the gains
Of the strike so far are obvious.
The Workers International Relief
continues to provide lunches for sew
eral hundred strikers every day.
A general meeting of the Organ
ization Committee will be held to-
night in Irving Plaza, 18th st. and
Irving Plaza.
Today at II a. M. all unemployed
dressmakers are urged to be present
at an important meeting to be held
in Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave. near And
Street.
Plans are being completed by the
Finance Committee for the bazaar to
held at Star Casino for the benefit
of the $4,000 Dress Strike Fund. A
conference of the Support the Dress
Strike Committees" of the Women's
Councils will be held tomorrow at l
in the union hall, 131 W. 28th ST., to
discuss plans for gathering and cook
ing the food that is being served to
e striking dressmakers. The con-
ference will also take up the matter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

NEW YORK. - August Yokinen,
who was arrested by immigration
authorities for deportation fol' '7g
his open admission of error a. !
days mass trial in permitting the
boss theology of Negro inferiority to
influence his attitude towards his
Negro fellow workers, last night adj
dressed a mass meeting at the Fin
nish Workers Hall, Is West 126th
Street, on the subject of the strug-
gle against white chauvinism.
Yokinen declared that he recog-
nizes he is being prosecuted by the
bos government and it's terrorist ag-
ents in revenge for his pledge at
Sundays mass trial to fight side by
side with the Negro workers against
discrimination, lynching and national
oppression. He again pledged him.
self to the struggle for Negro rights
and said whether he stays in this
country or is - ~ ',oss
government to Finland he will con-
tinue the struggle against all forms
of national and racial prejudices and
oppression.
Another speaker at the meeting
was Comrade Richard B. Moore, ma
tional Negro director of the Inter
national Labor Defense, who acted
as defense attorney at the mass trial.
Moore pointed out that Yol,inen re-
pudiated the Communist Party and
its program of unconditional equal
ity for Negroes he would not have
been prosecuted by the boss govern
ment which jim-crowed the Negro
Gold Star mothers on their visit to
the graves of their sons and husbands
murdered in the imperialist war.
Yokinen was released Tuesday on
$500 bond on the demand of the In
ternational Labor Defense. Fifteen
Negro workers were among those
who greeted him at South Ferry
upon his return from Ellis Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
HUNGER MARCHER MURDERED IN STATE LECISL TURE
Enemies of the " Orkers
On Trial
Special Cable to the Daily Worker.)
BY G. sAFAROv

MOSCOW, enemies of the working class those
Moscow Why is it that Gro
Ginsurg DO NOT DARE word in de-
defend their social
democratic base actonsq guns
against the yellow They
there will be
millions tolers all over the world
blow millions of bushels of grain against
ssa a it s. r If nroaans at the benches millions
members peasan They deliberately reduced the
should always be in need They deliberately cut at
the raw material base of industry to produce unemployment
away industry behind
PROFESSIONAL figures They srov turn to nothing the super
of the enthusiasts of Socialist OF the
file the proetariathey erected factories they should
should prevail that Socialism
should succunlb and capitalism out victorious.
AbmoUitc
the wreckng journey to Moscow gladly
ported Plan doomed and all chances
the united AnSoviet front Hill
subsidized those tried to kill SOCIALIST work by false figures
his the advance payments from
Poincare transferred through the Industrial Party of Ra
They blow IMMEDIATELY,
NOW intervention billions of hours of labor of the eariat
u wanted put in their dynamite charge
impossible to build Socialism in country!
The socialist vestnk inevitabiy collapse
planned economy time the Planning Com
first $4,000 the Industrial Party!
Soviet conditions when regulated by the state
anuay declared the menevk wreck Domanvaya
through the post information from the sher
who spoke
private reducing emission of few months
later the sher
on arranged
group Kondraty shortage goods
wfer probable Kusk uprings
The
single social democracy the USSR
this
working nothing did Abramowch his
emphasize the leaders of the Sec
intervention called
influence" Socialist construction
democratic workers in the Western countries!
They appeal
hide tracks
democratic
the time rob the interest the
bourgeosie
public opinion of International
poetariat USSR assist
capital The the of
themselves pioze the
intervention, agents provocateurs wrecking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
THREAT WAGE
CUT FOR ALL.
stockholders.
Bosses Want Profits to
Go u : and Wages
Down

Not a day PAGES now without re-
ports of wage-cuts. But the latest
news from the steel industry indi-
Gates that the big drive Of the pres
ent wage-cutting campaign is soon
to come. The Wall Street Journal
March S, 1880. speaking for the
leading steel bosses. declares profits
must be saved-and at the expense
of the workers wages.
They start their wage-cutting
propaganda as follows; There is
only limited amount Of business to
be had and, with steel plants operat-
ing only slightly above SO per cent
cf theoretical capacity, the cost per
ton has been SO high that little or
nothing has ben left for net profits
for many of the steel companies"
This, of course, is lie, because the
steel companies have all been pay
ing good profits. They want to in
crease their profits at the expense of
the workers wages. The Wall Street
Journal says: "That something must
be done to bring about somewhat in
creased profits for steelmakers is the
view held in responsible quarters"
Now, what is the remedy of the
Wall Street Journal? They quote
one Of the leading steel bosses, who
gives the answer: Reduction of
COSTS" That is. first, reduction of
wages. The Wall Street Journal adj
mits that "a number of smaller steel
companies throughout the country
reduced wage rates some time ago."
and now the big companies will do it.
They say the workers won't feel it
much, because they are already on
starvation pay under the stagger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
"Socialist" Leaders Supplied
Money for War On Soviets
Abramowitch Sends Lying Telegram to Soviet
Court; Enrages His Former Followers;
Ikov Quits After Is Years

MOSCOW, March 4.-The accused
Mensheviks continued to give evil
dence of Abramowitch' stay in Mos
COW. Gronlan stated that Abramo-
witch during the discussion OH the
attitude of the Second International
in favor of intervention named sew
eral leading personages amongst
others there we're Hilferding and
Breitscheid.
The accused received with indigna-
ton the information Of Krylenko
that the court had received a tele-
gram from Abramowitch, which was
read to them verbally In the tele-
gram Abramowitch denies the Bu-
reau of the Mensheviks in the U. S.
S. r. ever held communications with
the foreign delegation of the Rus
sian Mensheviks that visited Mos
COW in 1923. He promises to send by
post statement, that he will give
under oath before a certified Ger
man court.
Krylenko, after the statements OF
all the accused, declared there was
not much to be said about the con-
tents Of the telegram, but he ques-
toned them if there ever was pre-
cedent in the history of social DEM
ocracy where the members made
statements on oath to bourgeois
courts. All the accused declared
unanimously that they did not know
of such facts in the history of the
social democracy. Yakobovitch EN-
phasized that in view of the state
ments of the accused it was Abrarno-
witch's duty to prove an alibi for
the period of his stay in Moscow.
but Abramowitch confines his proof
to his own statement on oath.
The aged defendant, Ikov, got up
and declared, visibly excited, that
for more than quarter of a GEN.
tury he, contrary to the others of
the accused, never resigned from the
VrUn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Assemblymen Gloating,
Over Murder; only
Wish More dubbed
Troopers Led By Kelly
Heit An Ex-Service
Man With Family

ALBANY, N. Y. March 5.-Fhes
murdered a munger marcher TuesdsS
in the state assembly room of-tta
capitol building here, murdered
him with a blow from a state
policeman's club which fractured his
skull, Charles Heit, of Poughkeepsie,
unemployed ex-serviceman, wounded
in France, died in the hospital in
Schenectady today from the effects Of
the terrible beating given to him and
Is other jobless representatives. as the
answer of the state legislature to their
demands for relief to save the lives
of the starving jobless of New York
state. Heit leaves wife and chill
dren. He was a member of the
Poughkeepsie Unemployed Council.
Three hundred marchers and job
less in the gallery of the assembly
were protesting the action of the po-
lice in dragging bodily out OF the
room the representative committee of
twenty they had sent to present de-.
mands for unemployment insurance,
immediate relief for the jobless, no
evictions, and other demands. They
were yelling eve want work or
wages" when the state troopers,
headed by Captain John M. Keely be-
gan most brutal smuggling and club
bling and drove them all from the
building. 1t was during this attack
that Heit received mortal injuries.
While the clubbing was going, Tam
many and republican assemblymen
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aged by what took place in Albany.
On the contrary what we must
do is organize, organize" said Com
rade Anne Rollins, woman captain
of one of the companies.
Sidelights on the march and the
attempt to place the demands of the
unemployed before the state assem-
bly, were given by Comrades Bieden-
kapp. Nesin, Mckenzie, Rogers, a
Negro worker, and Silverman, leaders
of the delegation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Mooney Speaks Out!
Monday The Daily
Starts His Article

"For is years I have hesitated
to tell this story, and, much as
regret it, I cannot remain silent
any longer. The rank and file
of the trade unions have always
believed in my innocence. They
have worked for me and have
given their nickels, dimes and
dollars to help my defense. But
their desires and wishes have been
subverted and sabotaged by the
labor leaders. The leaders OF
the A. F. of l.. have always told
the politicians in public office TO
ignore any protest coming from
the unions in my behalf" .
So says Tom Mooney, framed
up for life Imprisonment for lead
ing the struggles Of the working
class and already with IA years
of prison life behind him.
! And he does tell It'll Read Tom
MONEYS own inside story of the
black treachery of the A. F. of L.
bureaucrats, big and little. twill
run seriaily in the Daily Worker.
starting Monday. t.s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Put Off Yonkers Case
of Two Demonstrators

YONKERS, N. Y. March $50
many workers crowded into the court
room of Judge Boote today, ready
to protest the contemplated railroad
ing through to Jail of WEIGH and
Walton. that the case was postponed.
ostensibly because the chief of po-
lice was not fully prepared The
prosecution and court hope in this
way also to drag out the case and
wear out the defense.
The two were arrested and charged
with disorderly conduct because of
their part in the unemployment dem
onstration, - .'------ '-'-'-.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
ENGDARL TO SPEAK

Borough Park workers will hear
Comrade Louis Engdahl, National
Secretary Of the International Labor
Defense, this Friday evening at an
open forum at 1873 Forty-third ST.,
Brooklyn. New York. The subject
will be 1.-THE Role of the Communist
Press in Workers Struggles" Bring
your shop mates. Proceeds to the
Daily WorksS ...s - -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
BRONX MOBILIZING
FOR WOMEN'S DAY

NEW YORK.-The units of the
D.cr.: Section of the Communist
pat cnd the branches Of the Wom-
ems Councils are organizing num-
Der Of shop gate and open air meet
ings in order to mobilize the terribly
exploited women workers for the In
ternational Womens Day demonstra-
ton to be held Sunday, March 8. at
100 at Ambassador Hall.
Unit "a Of the Communist Party
Is arranging a shop gate ,neeting on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

Thursday noon in front of the Giant
Laundry. where hundreds of Negro
women are shaving SIS hours week
for So to $40.
10 Open Air Meetings.
Between today and Sunday there
will be ten open air meetings all over
the Bronx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06

of collecting merchandise for the
bazaar.
The East Side Workers Club will
hold a concert tomorrow night at 1876
East Broadway for the benefit of the
Strike Fund.
The Downtown Workers Club will
hold dance for the same purpose
tomorrow night at IL Clinton st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
Ex-Service Men Meet
Tonite ON Heit Murder

NEW YORK.-The Workers Elk
Service Mems League calls meet
ing tonight at 1880 at 10 East Third
St, to take up the question of pro-
test against the murder of their fell
low ex-Serviceman, Heit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
CHARLES HEIT DIES FROM FRACTURED
SKULL, RESULT OF CLUBBING WHICH
Was ASSEMBLY'S ANSWER TO JOBLESS
3 More Shops Join Dress Strike;
1900 Back at Higher Wages

NEW York; is the 25th day of the dressmakers
strike and shops still walking ou-and that's the best
the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union make
fools and hypocrtes and A F. of L. mseaders who
croak You can't strike in hard times you can't strike when
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-06
YOKINEIV FIGHTS
RACE PREJUDICE
Speaks At Mass Meet
in Harlem

NEW YORK. - August Yokinen,
who was arrested by immigration
for deportation fol' 7g
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-17
BY BEN STERN

BECAUSE of the statewide dis
- cuSsion of the need for a
special session of the general as
sembly to pass tax legislation, the
statement of r. Earl Peters, Dem
ocratic state chairman, at the new
Fifth district rally at Hartford City
Tuesday night is worthy of atten-
ton.
If it is only because he speaks as
state chairman of major party, on
real problem of the moment that
excerpts from Peters address are
considered worthy of being printed
in this column with little comment
"The tragic economic plight of
Indiana citizens is an indictment,
either Of our system of government
or the policy under which it is adj
ministered. The tax burden has
grown until it is unbearably OPP
pressive. It's unequal distribution is
little short of abdication of con-
stitutional guarantee" declared
Peters.
Unavoidable delinquencies in tax
payments last month have created
most unfortunate situation. Tax
titles to thousands Of Indiana farms
and homes soon will be in the hands
of spectators. Most of these
farms and homes represent the
life savings of our best citizens.
n
Governmental expenditures in
Indiana have increased progressive
ly until they aggregate more than
a million dollars a week. Despite
negligible prices for farm products
and substantially reduced compen-
sation for labor, expenditures go on
apace.
These problems present a direct
challenge to the political parties
and to the government itself. Their
solution does not belong in the field
of partisan politics. There are GER
tain fundamentals in respect to
which the major political parties
do not and can not agree.
Here Peters sets out inherent diff
ferences between the parties, but
goes on to add:
"But when an economic situation
develops whereby industrious, self
respecting citizens are driven from
shelter, and in the very shadow of
bursting granaries are without ade-
quate food for themselves and fan1i-
lies, it is time for action wholly
disassociated from partisan maneu-
verS.
An extraordinary session of the
general assembly for the purpose of
remedial tax legislation has been
suggested" he says. eff that step
is taken, it is my opinion that APP
preparations should be slaShed, the
tax burden equalized, and laws en-
acted that will require, insofar as
it is humanity possible, the elimina-
ton of all wasteful and unnecessary
public expenditures"
Whether one agrees with Peters
political views is beside the uues-
ton in the face of his presenta-
ton of one of the very few intelli-
gent discussions of the crisis con-
fronting the taxpayers.
But, of course, ordinary intelIi-
gence has been exhibited so rarely
in Indiana politics, that some of
the opportuniStS so active here will
not recognize it when presented
with label pasted upon it.
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THREE ! l K!E y[}S<2z E .Ez[zJE 3
II
- aadCo

budded gently in white and mauve;
and here and there a tall fir tree
stood, shading the sunny sidewalk
and pointing patiently to the calm
blue sky.
But for Mary-Frances Fenwick
and Ermintrude Hill there was
neither calm nor peace nor patience
nor tranquility nor quiet anywhere.
THE trouble with you, Ern1in-
trude," continued Mary-Frances, "is
that you are like my sisters, you
just don't understand that love is
ALL"
ITO Be Continued.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-17
By Ahern

Cridley went with the creature through the
midst Of the swapping, kissing horde, down to
the shore. He who was leading, threaded his
way through the mass of Shiny bodies until
he reached certain one. Get up he said,
motioning Jason to mount the horrid thing.
sit well forward or its neck" Jason vaulted
On to the back Of the Gorobor. The feel of its
cold clamnly, rough hide against his naked
legs sent chilly shudder up his spine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-17
BEGN HERE TO-DAY


,ANNE. CECILY and MARY FRANCES
IENWICk live with their grandparents,
9nce wealthy, now so impoverished that
household
Ths sisters have been orphaned since
enllonood. The grand parents are known
GRAND and they insist on keeping
up pretenses OF their former wealth.
Anne. q. and Cecily. %. do secretarial
Work and Mary-Frances. IS Is stiu IN
Scnool. When the story opens Anne laS
been engaged to PHILIP ECROYD. young
ceciiv brings BARRY MeREEL home
20 dinner. 1t Is evident that she Is
failing ia 1--we with him. Mary-Frances
mas TELEPHONE call from her friend.
ERMINTRUDE. who Is excited about the
arrival Of an actor known as EARL DE
ARMOUl<-'
The two girls make plans to meet him:
Phil comes to see Anne. He Is late and
rather irritable.
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PAGE Is
BY Williams
BY Small
BY Martin

The Horib mounted behind him and present
ly the strange cavalcade marched down dark
corridors oyerhung with vegetation. once
Jason attempted to talk with the creature be-
hind him. What are you going to do with
us?" he questioned. The Horib made a sound
resembling a chuckle had it come from a
human throat First you win be fed upon
egg to fatten you,'' it said. AFTER that, wait
and see!" 1t didn't sound good to Gridley Of
:he q. S. AL
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Ito Be Continued.>
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After awhile the Horibs prepared to depart
Giving strange whistling Kisses they called
tnei2 hideous mounts who came trooping from
the river and the surrounding forest Jason
could hardly cease watching the frightful
thiEgs. As Tarzan had been aStounded when
he first heard Horib speak Pellucidars Ian
gusge, so now was Jason Gridley when one
addressed him, saying: Stand up. am going
to remove your bonds. Then follow me"