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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
MASS PICKET AT
FORD DAM; 200
OUT ON STRIKE
/. L. D. Organizer Is
Arrested

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. 49,
Mass picketing was carried out today
at Ford Dam, where 200 workers are
striking against wage-cuts put over
by the United States government.
Wednesday night rocks smashed
car windows of scabs. One cop was
injured in the battle. A member Of
the Unemployed Council was arrested
on the picket line. Two workers
bringing bail we're also arrested
Thursday morning at the court house.
One Of them was Tom Foley, district
organizer Of the International La
Dor Defense.
The newspapers are preparing a
frame-up, claiming Communists
fired shots on the picket line at Ford
Dam. The shot was fired by the
police or provocateurs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
FORCE ACTION ON
SCHOOL FREE FOOD
Red Hook Worker Gets
A Letter

NEW YORK.-Activitie in the
public and high schools carried on
among the working class children by
the Young Pioneers of America are
forcing the school authorities to act
on these children's demands for free
hot lunches and clothing for poor
children.
In Red Hook in Public School 7S,
the Young Pioneers Of America have
carried on work amongst the children
in this school and have circulated
free food petitions and magazines I'M
til they have actually forced the Dis
trict Superintendent to the point of
writing letter to the Red Hook unit
of the Young Communist League,
asking that false" rumors should
not be spread about starvation and
misery. The letter says:
II have just read your first column
article in Vol. /, Nov. 3, of the Red
Hook Young Worker Inasmuch as
you say that the purpose of your
paper is to give people the true facts,
I am writing to correct the statement
which you make as wholly unfair and
untruthful concerning P. s. rs.
1.-THE records for relief work car
ried on under the supervision Of my
predecessor are in this office. They
show that since December 1st Of last
year 81 ,06577 worth of food has been
given away to pupils and their par
ents in order that the children might
be in condition to attend and receive
instruction.
y This term, with the continued
warm weather, the relief has not been
as large to date although the total
since october 18th is $87.6l.
'These facts are at direct variance
with a statement that you published
saying that no free food has been
given since last Thanksgiving"
In answer to this letter, the Young
Pioneers are conducting a campaign
to expose the starvation and misery,
which the children of Red Hook have
to undergo. Each child, according to
the figures given above, got no more
than $1.51 for the last year, and only
IL cents for the last months.
A delegation of working class par
ents and children of PS IA will visit
Superintendent Arnold next Saturday
and will expose his letter to the par
ents and children of Red Hook. A
letter has been sent by the Young
Pioneers to Arnold exposing this let
ter and pointing out that really moth
ing was done for the children to keep
them from undernourishment and
starvation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Int'l Song Festival
In Newark Saturday

An International Song Festival will
be held in Newark, N. J., tomorrow
Saturday at pm. at the Labor
Lyceum, 100 Belmont Ave, under the
auspices Of the Newark Section OF the
International Labor Defense. The
Lithuanian, Hungarian, German and
Freiheit Choruses will participate, as
well as the Ukrainian and Freiheit
Mandolin Orchestras. Admission is IS
cents and the proceeds will go to
strengthen defense activities in New
ark.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
RAIL BOSSES AND
UNION HEAD PLAN
10 PC. WAGE CUTS
200, 900 Railroad Men
Are Affected

NEW YORK.-Twenty-on presi-
dents of railroad unions are now
meeting with the leading officials of
the big railroads preparing to work
out 10 per cent wage-cut to be
handed out to 100000 railway work
ers. The meeting between the mis-
leaders of the railroad brotherhoods
and the railroad executives is taking
place in secret, but the railroad
bosses already have the assurance
that these 81 takers will go the full
length in helping them put over
wage-cuts.
A 10 per cent wage-cut on the rail-
roads would turn $25O,0o0,oO0 over to
the railroad bosses for profits and
dividends. Realizing the fact that
the railroad workers are ready to re-
sist wage-cuts, the 81 railroad union
officials have offered a "compro-
mise" to the railroad magnates.
That the railroad bosses expect
full cooperation in the wage-cut
drive from the 81 railroad union
presidents is indicated in story run
on the day of the meeting by the
Journal of Commerce. This Wall
Street sheet said
Increased confidence in an early
agreement between railway execu-
tives and the leading labor unions
was expressed in railroad circles
here yesterday on the eve Of the
inauguration of the national parley
which begins today between repre-
sentatives of these two groups"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Jean Dessaline LSNR
Group Calls Protest
Meeting for Tonight

A mass protest meeting is being
called by the Jean Dessaline Group
Of the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights in Brooklyn. at 1918 Pitkin
Ave-, 8 p. m. sharp, Friday, Nov. 20.
This meeting is to protest against
the outrageous treatment of Negroes
in the Saratoga Laundry. Workers
of Brooklyn, Negro and white, are
urged to support this mass protest
meeting in defense Of Negro rights.
The Lee Mason LSNR Group of the
Bronx is calling a Nat Turner Cen
tenary meeting Friday night, Nov.
Goth, 8 p. m. at Ambassador Hall,
3875 Third Ave, between Claremont
Parkway and 172nd st. The topic
will be THE Tradition of Nat Tur-
ner" A. Revor and Harold williams
will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Dem and City Feed
Mdrchers in Baltimore
Many City and County Demonstrations Going On Struggle
for Local Demands Increases

The 800 representatives of the 100000
hungry unemployed, who go to Washington in
National Hunger March starting around the
first of December and eliminating at the CAPT.
tai city December and z, can be assured by
the activities of the organized oess in the cities along their
route that they to have enthusiastic support
From city after city arrives of local struggles for
immediate winter relief rising high pitch preparations
made welcome national hunger marches from further
CONTINUED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
FOOD WORKERS CONVENTION
ORDERS TURN TO Big SHOPS
Campaign to Organize Unemployed; Change
Constitution to Give More Initiative

NEW YORK-The Food Workers
Industrial Union Convention which
has Just been held, marks an impor-
taat step forward in strengthening
the organization of the militant food
workers under revolutionary leader
ship and preparing the way for de-
terrlned struggles against the bosses
policy Of wage cutting and the gen.
eral lowering of the living standards
Of the food workers through greater
speeding up. longer hours, part time
work, the stagger system and unem-
pigment.
The convention is the first since
the Food Workers Industrial Union
vas organized in 1880. Prior TO the
convention an Eastern United Front
Conference Of food workers was held
where the delegates from the A. F. of
L. food locals, the Amalgamated Food
Workers groups and from the unor
ganized shops and the unemployed
discussed plans and methods for
building united front movement
among the food workers.
The convention further clarified the
character of this united front move
nent and discussed thoroughly the
.cle of the union in initiating and
budding up a powerful united front
BASED on concrete demands Of the
focrl workers to uphold their union
conditions and fight the continued
attpcks Of the bosses and the A. F.
Of y. and A. F. W. officials to break
dorn the standards of the workers.
To The Big Plants!
The convention pointed out eSpe-
cfally the Importance of making the
turn to the big shops where already
strikes have broken out showing the
readiness of the workers to revolt
against the starvation conditions
being imposed upon them.
The convention stressed the neces-
sity Of throwing the most energetic
forces into building committees in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Waldo Frank Says
SOvietS Advance
Will Speak Sunday at
Symposium

NEW YORK.-Waldo Frank, novel
list and critic, who recently returned
from the Soviet Union, today issued
the following statement:
world today which is being governed
Russia is the one country in the
in the interest of humanity-the one
country whose efforts are sincerely
directed to the material, intellectual
and moral welfare Of its people.
Whether one agrees with all the
methods Of the Russians is not the
point. The point is that the Rus
sian state is sincerely devoted to the
cause Of mankind, and that every
other government in the world, with
out exception, is as exclusively de-
voted to the property rights of a
privileged few at the expense of man.
kind. The true nature of the gov
eminent of the United States is
plainly revealed by the fact that
while 1t refuses to recognize Russia,
it officially welcomes a man like
Grand, the representative of the des-
potism of fascist Italy" .a,:S
Frank is to take part in SYM
postum on the Soviet Union, together
with Maxwell Stewart, formerly asso-
ciate editor of the newspaper pub
hshed in Russia for the. american
Engineers Moscow News" F. Tread
will Smith Of Columbia University,
and VIM. 2. Foster of the Trade
Union Unity League, under the aus
pices of the Friends of the Soviet
Union. The symposium is to be held
Sunday afternoon, November 22nd, at
Webster Hall, ll9 E. 18th ST., New
York at 2 p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
JObless I'm Building
Maintenance Work to
Hold a Mass Meeting

To take up the problems of unem-
ployed building maintenance workers,
the Building Maintenance Workers
Union, in a leaflet issued to porters,
elevator operators, janitors, handy
men, engineers, firemen, window
cleaners and office cleaners, has
called a mass meeting tonight. at the
Manhattan Lyceum, Sc East 4th st.
Pointing out the need for such a
meeting the leaflet says in part:
The Building Maintenance work
ers are among the hardest hit in
the present crisis due to the fact
that tens of thousands are flock
ing to this line Of work from other
industries. Those who are en-
ployed have to endure wage cuts,
speed-up and are liable to discharge
at tho mere wish of the boss, thus
being added to the huge army of
unemployed"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
CONFERENCE FOR
WRITER'S CENTER
To Be Held Sunday,
December 9Th

NEW YORK.-Upon the initiative
of the John Reed Club, the Proletpen
(Yiddish writer's the Hungarian
Proletarian Writers and the Hungar-
ian Worker Correspondents a confer
ence to form a federation of the rev.
olutionary writer's of all nationalities
will be held Sunday, December 6.
1890 a. m. at the Workers Cultural
Center, 50 West 18th. st, .-., -
In letter calling for the confer
ence the Writers Federation Commit
tee points out the need for center
for exchange of experience and COM
mon problms. The letter made clear
that the new center would not inter-
fere with any of the present activi-
ties of the writers organizations but
would coordinate and stimulate such
activity.
Revolutionary publications are
called upon to elect delegates and
worker correspondents to this confer
ence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
OF FIRE. OPENS AT
MECCA THEATRE SATURDAY..

The Soviet film, Transport of
Fire" will be shown at the Mecca
Theatre beginning tomorrow and
continue on Sunday. This picture
was screened from a story by a
Soviet writer and port-ays the life
and activities of the revolutionists of
1905 and their underground transpor-
tation of firearms. On Monday and
Tuesday the Mecca Theatre will pre-
sent John Reeds history-making
film. 40 Days That Shook The
World" made in Soviet Russia by
Eisenstein. This is forceful tale OF
the October days of the Revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

Lofts where a strike of 1000 workers
recently took place, in Wards where
DEP artment strike was recently
called, il Nabisco and other large
food plants. The organization Of the
unorganized into the militant food
workers union is the basic task con-
fronting the union. The union has
thus far failed to emphasize work In
the big factories resulting In a men,
bersfip composed Of workers from the
small shops. 81
Unemployment
The question of the unemployed
food workers was given serious atten-
ton and the convention decided that
the unemployed must be organized
into food workers unemployed coun-
ellis. that a system Of relief to the
unemployed be established and great
er attention be given to the question
of forcing the bosses TO provide Jobs
for the unemployed through the sys-
tennatic organizing of new food shops.
One of the most important ques-
tons of the convention was the
problem of the inner life Of the
union. The new structure which is
embodied in the draft constitution
presented to the convention for adop-
ton will eliminate a certain top
heaviness which existed in the past
resulting in the too great centralz-
ing of work and in bureaucratic
methods of work.
The new structure was thoroughly
DISCUSSED and after amendments was
adopted by the convention. It was
ratified at membership meeting of
the food workers on November 10th.
The convention also recommended
the broadening and strengthening of
the leadership by changes in person.
mel, the establishment of language
departments and special departments
devoted TO the organization of Wom-
en-, Negro and young food workers
and the development of broad pro-
gram of educational work to raise
the theological level of the member
ship and the building of an apparatus
to make the Food Worker, the unions
official organ, a mass paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
"A DANGEROUS AFFAIR" AT
HIPPODROME.

Jack Holt and Ralph Graves are
co-starred In "A Dangerous Affair"
the new Columbia Picture having its
first New York showing at the Hip
podrome this Saturday. The story, a
mystery thriller, Is by Howard j.
Green. The vaudeville bill is headed
by Poodles Hanneford, Willie, West
and McGinty, Burns and Kissen, and
Joe Herbert with his Southern Per-
sonalities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
FRA DIAvOLO" AT THE CAMEO
TODAY.

Tho Pattiera, former Metropolitan
Opera Company tenor, returns to
New York in the leading role of Fra
Diavolo" C"Brother Devip'), the new
Italian operetta, which opens today
at the Cameo. The opera based on
this story is one Of the Italian clas-
sizes. 1t was authored by Auber and
the libretto was written by Scribe.
Giuseppe Becce conducts an orches-
ira of 100 musicians in this film,
which was directed by Mario Bon
nard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
TWO CLEVELAND
WORKERS FREED
Mass Protests Stop
Frame Up

CLEVELAND, Nov. 10. = The trials
Of Novels, white worker, and Out
right, Negro worker, charged with as
sault to kill as an outgrowth Of the
police massacre Oct. Of unemployed
Cleveland workers, resulted In YER
dict of no tguilty today.
The verdict is the result OF the
tremendous mass pressure by thou
sands of Cleveland white and Negro
workers who denounced the arrest Of
these comrades as a frame-up and
demanded their release. The two
workers had been held in jail since
october 6.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
METAL WORKERS SUPPORT
HUNGER MARCH CONFERENCE

with more than 100000 unem-
ployed worker veterans starving and
in need, the National Executive Com
mittee calls upon the working class
veterans, and working class organiza-
tons to support the organization OF
Branches of the League In their re-
spective sections and districts. Full
information will be contained in a
call to be issued soon. Many Of the
Councils of Unemployed have veter-
ans, who are members, and other or
CARNATIONS, trade unions, etc., should
request their veteran members to
communicate with the National Of
flee"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Celebrate s Years
of WOmen's Council

A concert and celebration to be
held tonight at the Irving Plaza, 18th
st. and Irving Place, 8 p. m, will
usher in the ninth year of activity of
the United Council of Workingclass
Women.
George Siskind and Rose Nelson
will be the speakers of the evening
Admission SO cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
FIGHT FALLING OF
COLORADOYOUTHS
Hold Protest Meetings,
Circulate Petitions

DENVER, Colo.-Protest meetings
are being held and petitions circu-
lated by the International Labor De-
Tense here and the Young Commu-
mist League TO save Sol Greenberg
and Michael Shantsek, 19-year- old
workers, from twenty years in Jail
under the anarchy sedition law.
Greenberg and Shantsek were ar
rested at Fort Logan last summer
when they were about to distribute
leaflets TO boys at the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camp. They we're
beaten by officers, grilled by Legion
naires, held incommunicado and in
dicted under the anarchy-sedition act
passed during the height of the Pal
mer anti-red hysteria. At a recent
hearing, trial was set for Feb. 3. The
prosecution declared openly the boys
would be tried for Communism.
SEND DELEGATES TO THE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
unemployment insurance to be ad-
ministered without discrimination"
This only the latest Of many A. F.
I. locals throughout the country
which have repudiated the starvation
policy Of Green and Vol and other
A. 2. L. officials and have come out
endorsing the campaign Of the IN
employed Councils for unemployment
insurance.
The National Office of the Work
ers Ex-Servicemen's League, 70 East
10th ST., N. Y. City, yesterday issued
the following statement:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
Fish Workers Meet
Sunday to Fight for
Union Conditions

The Fish Workers Section of the
Food Workers Industrial Union has
issued call to all fishworkers of New
York and Brooklyn to attend a mass
meeting on Sunday, November %, at
2 pm, at 5 E. 10th st. headquarters
of the Food Workers Industrial
Union. The object of the meeting is
to prepare for the struggle for union
conditions and recognition of the
union.
There will be report of the Elk
ecutive Committee of the union and
all fish workers are urged to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

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, 1931-11-20
TAG DAYS FINANCE CAMPAIGN
FOR JOBLEss INSURANCE.

GET YOUR LOCAL TO ENDORSE
THE NATIONAL HUNGER MARCH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

WIN hold q lecture on Trade Un-
fonism at't6S4 66th St. Brooklyn. Ed
ward Brandt to speak. Adm. free
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

win have a lecture on the Negro
in the Glass Struggle" at 40 Neptune
Ave, pm. Adm. free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
What's On
NOTICE

NOTICE
Changes Headquarters
The W.LR. office will be located
from now on at 16 w. 2lst ST. Work.
ers organiza lions asked to take no.
tice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

VIII be the subject of talk by
Harry Cannes, member OF the Daily
worker editorial staff, who has been
indicted for Criminal Syndicalism, at
the Prospect Workers Center, 1857
Southern Blvd, pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
AshllSEkAENTS
THE THEATRE GUILD presents
EUGENE O'NEILL'S TriIosy
Mourning Becomes Electra

Composed of plays presented on 1lday
HOMECOMING. THE HUNTED
THE HAUNTED
Commencing at $40 sharp. Dinner in
PERMISSION of one hour at Z. No Mats.
GUILD THEA, sd ST., w. of B'way
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

HOLD OPEN HEARINGS AND
LET THE sJOBLESS EXPOSE
HUNGER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

SEND DELEGATES TO THE
CITY LABOR CONFERENCE.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

WIN be the topic of lecture by
Carl Brodsky at the American Youth
Club. rs Thatford Ave, Brooklyn, at
3 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

WIN celebrate its Eighth Anniver--
sary at the Irving Plaza, 18th St and
Irving Pl, pm. Red Dancers and
the Prolet- Buhne to perform. All
workers invited.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20
FRIDAY Y

West Bronx Br.. FSU
T. Y. Tai of the editorial staff of
the Vanguard Press will speak on
Eanchuria at Elsmore Hall, 24S E.
10th St, Bronx, pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

win have a lecture on the Role
Of the Trade Union Unity League" in
the Lawrence strike at 2075 Clinton
Ave. (near 1S0th ST. $3.50 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

WIN have a general membership
at $50 Grand St, Nov. 20, at
s pm. Plans for future activity to
ha bronpbt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-20

VIII meet at 1892 Madison Ave, at
$50 pm. Young workers and stud
ents invited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-20
CHECKS BOUNCE;
GETS'1 TO TO-
Judge Baker Hands Out
Heavy Terms.

Frequent visits to criminal court
will warrant little sympathy from
Judge Frank P. Baker, he demon
strated today.
Particularly ursympathetic is
Judge Baker when the visits are as
close together as those of Mark
Huff.
Huff came into court today for the
second time within a week, charged
with issuing fraudulent checks.
"'You are back sooner than I ex-
pected," said the judge, adding,
land you are going away sooner
than you expect.
The sentence was one to ten years
on the state penal farm.
William Parhan, 81, of 8041z
South Senate avenue, who last week
confessed more than hundred
auto thefts and many robberies and
holdups, and Russell Milton, 813
Church street, who admitted he was
Parhan's 16-year- old 'accomplice,
were sentenced today, Parhan to
fifteen years in the state prison, and
Milton to from one to ten years in
the state reformatory.
Peter Bennett, 81. Negro, Y. M
G. A, was sentenced to one to ten
years on the state farm for vehicle
taking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-20
a IN MORNING.
BATHING BANNED
AT RAVENSWOOD
Those Who Go A-SWimminq
at Dawn Draw HoWIS
From Cottaqers.

Hot weather may come and go
but when it's 4 o'clock in the morn
ing, splashing of White Rivers
waters at Ravenswood is out Of
order.
This was the word being passed
today among summer cottagers at
the river beach town as they again
requested the town board to see
that their slumbers are not dis
turbed by noisy, yelling bathers.
The board is awaiting a decision
Of Judge Joseph r. Williams who
had briefs filed and took an in
junction case under Amusement fol-
lowing a hearing in superior court
two Saturday
Merchants and bathhouse owners
are asking Judge Williams to re-
strain the town board from closing
their establishments at p. m. and
from collecting fees. The case was
continued until July 81.
Business men object to an ordi-
nance authorizing collection of 10
: cents from bathers and the collec-
ton Of similar fees from autoists
in the park near the beach.
Contention Of Charles o. Ford
that fees are necessary to provide
police powers for Ravenswood was
met by the merchants Saturday
night when they agreed to devise
ways and means of financing the
government for the remainder. Of
the year
A tax-raising ordinance may be
enacted to meet the situation.