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Uneeda Blood on Massachusetts?
How Morgan Profits from $l4Girl

to take her place. The 50-ninute lunch period is
not long enough for girl to change her blue and
white striped uniform, get outdoors for breath
of fresh air and get back again into uniform.
Only young girls keep up with the pace of
the belts. Older women at lower pay, used
for inspection and examining jobs,--looking over
the crackers as they fall down the shoot from
the baking department the floor above,
Blood On the Biscuits
Blood on the biscuits sometimes, in spite of
of all the inspection. This is because the edges OF
trays and OF moving boxes rub off the skin from
girls hands. Some girls try to protect their
hands with pieces of surgeons plaster, which it
self pulls off the skin when it is removed at
night. Icing may cover the blood stain and the
belt moves on.
In the baking ard -Four departments only men
are used For baking too, the speed is relent-
less, the moving belt timed exactly with the heat
of great ovens holding sheets of dough at
time. In some Nabisco plants the number Of
men serving the ovens has been cut in half, SO
that each man is speeded-up to do twice as
much as before. In the flour department flour
dust fills the lungs, and some workers find their
arms covered with sores from skin irritation.
Profits Over S22,OOOOOO.
Who profits from the work of these men and
girl workers in Nabsco pantsP Back of the COM
pany stand the Morgan Baker banking interests
with several representatives of j. p Morgan as
directors including the president of Morgan's
First National Bank
Profits in 1880 we're even greater than in 1929
A total of $22s79OOo in net earnings for 1880 ex-
ceeded by million and half the profits of
s2l $4,000 for 1929 A stock splt-up during the
year meant that on the basis of $25-par stock,
earnings in 1880 amounted $3.50 share on COM
mon stock, as compared with 1921 in 1929. Total
ssssts Ygz ezeg slas,soQooo n sass ssasH 49,
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farmer will face the competition of SLAVES captured in
the cities and FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT WAGES!
But that is only ONE of Hoovers outrageous 'trecom-
mendations The others equally AGAINST THE
WORKERS! Take for example, the proposal spreading
work. which is an alias for the "stagger" plan.
Hoover demands that it be done more He is be-
employers shave yet made no consistent eff
fort to spread work" Why not, he asks when-The Am
ercan Federation of Labor whose endorsement already
been given, can be expected to support this PLAN"
Oh yes, the A. F. of L. officials be depended on to
support ANY dirty attack the workers. That's what
this spread work and sagger plan is You that
by asking a couple of simple questions:
DO you work to get work or work to get wages?
Hoover don't say anything about spreading wages but that
is what it means. 1t that if worker is working
tenhour day for $50 week, another worker should
put on for five hours day. the first down to the
same time, and both get SIS week.
That don't cost the boss cent It might bother him
little breaking new hand in, and that's the
bosses don't like it. But relieves ALL CAPITALISTS from
meeting the demands for real and adequate unemployment
insurance and relief And that's why Hoover insists on it,
The next question is, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK 1T
WILL LAST? That's where the rub comes! For you the
workers, MUST LEARN THAT THE PROSPERITY OF
THREE YEARS AGO WILL NEVER, NEVER COME
BACK! All statements to the contrary are LIES!
lhen what happens! Then the standard of living of
ALL workers is PERMANENTLY CUT IN TWO, your cam
erican standard is shot all to hell And if you accept it
without fight the bosses will NEVER STOP CUTTING!
Even that half will be cut in half! YOU WILL BE DOOMED
TO LIVE LIKE CHINESE COOLIE!
Ony-the Chinese coolies right now FIGHTING TO
RAISE THEIR STANDARD! They have revolted they are
forming Sovets organizing their own Red ARMY to bring in
a deal and a better life
What are YOU doing here, in America prevent YOUR
OWN slavery the spreading Staggering your wages
the reduction of standard to bread pair of
overalls and pg-pen for "home"?
Workers. join the Unemployed Councils! Demand Win
ter Relief of $3.50 for each obes worker and $50 for each
dependent! Insist Unemployment Insurance the full
wage paid by the capitalists and managed by the workers.
And unite all support possible around the National Hunger
March Washington, where the obless will put these de-
mands under the congressman and ask them:
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.?
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1--WE Hoover Clifford Commission in its Program for Bus
Recovery has started movement "Back to the
land'-as the boss papers say in headlines.
That only of its ten recommendations but more
space and enthusiasm given it than others.
Now workers, let's see what this is all about Hoover
that the surplus city idle" would cheerfuy be pro-
yided forundersand that? Provided for says Hoover
in return for assistance in farm work.
So, the city unemployed should work no. they'll be
FORCED TO WORK, Wen soon see WITHOUT PAY.
Hoover tries get that by adding some cases
with moderate cash compensation"-O VERY moderate!
And only Sin cases." Which will be cases at all
the big capitalist farmers who the ONLY ONES that
qure farm workers particularly in the winter have their
choice.
Indeed Hoover let's the cat out of that bag by virtual
admission that expects wages to be paid for this
FORCED LABOR when he explains that these jobss city
workers might do work that has postponed because
LACK OF CASH FOR WAGES"
This ought to be welcome to the big capitalist farmers,
adds not only because they seldom lack necessities" and
have hearts overlooking with sympathy but because it is
"easily Recognized business proposal"
Undoubtedly Slavery has been recognized business
proposal by the slave-owners of all times.
And this slavery will NOT be left to the choice of the
jobess city workers. either Because Hoover recommends
that local relief organizations fix up board that
they And jobess worker refuses to leave his family
In the city and go to farmwhy then, the "b0ard' will
see that neither he nor his family gets any relief!
Just to think, workers. that this same Hoover and the
whole capitalist class he represents, INVENT LIES about
forced labor in the Soviet Union and pretend to shed gobs
of tears about the poor Russian workers But they ORDER
FORCED LABOR IN AMERICA!
If you remember that between 1920 and 1927 alone,
there according to the u S. Bureau Labor Stats
tics 2,S75,0O0 workers THROWN OFF THE FARMS INTO
THE CITIES, because there NO WORK ON THE
FARMS, and that fully FIFTY PER CENT OF ALL FARM
WAGE WORKERS ARE NOW JOBLESS you will see what
miserable hypocrtes and liars Hoover and his Commission
are!
The small farmer already near completely starving
from the crisis who depends upon the wage he might
get by working his dayghts out for some big capitalist
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BY LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

NO, we have not cut Wages,-Not yet"
NThe guide in freshly-starched white uni
form added the last two words with emphasis, as
he guided visitor through the great plant of
the National Biscuit Co. Morgan's subsidiary of
the National City Bank, largest biscuit corpora
ton in the United States largest user of sugar
and flour in the world, employing in all $4,000
workers. On the walls Of each department post
ers in big blue lettering read:
What are YOU Doing to Increase Uneeda
Sales and Thus Protect Your Job?"
But Nabisco has cut wages Only few years
ago girls in the packing departments of Ma
biscos Sc factories out over the country we're able
to earn S24 week on the piece-work system BY
changing from piece-rates to itineraries, the
company was able to put over an indirect wage
cut and reduce the packing girls pay to $18
week or less. Starting at only $l4 week in New
York City and less in other centers the girls find
their wages stay for months at this low rate. If
the girls have TO wait for belts to start that
time is deducted from the pay envelope
Keeping Up With the Machines.
"rhey have to keep up with the machines" the
guide admits.
Thus the belts do the speeding-up, formerly
done by the effort to earn more under the old
piece-work system. Steadily. relentessly for
hours day "A hours week the conveyor sys-
tenn, in the packing and icing departments, moves
the boxes and the biscuits and other materials
past the workers who must not take their eyes
off the job Fingers must move instantly to
guide the filling. folding and finishing of box.
10 talking. There isn't time. On each machine
white uniformed supervisor watches every de-
tail and keeps up the speed of production. Only
at two stated times, one IN the morning and one
in the afternoon can the worker leave the ma
sptns 10 30 10 the telet--yhen n relief girl comes
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We Displease Thomas

While Norman Thomas has received tine an
proval of Fish, he (Thomas) is peeyed because
the workers who lost their savings In the Rarr
Oh u o. don't ike him, In fact they boo ed him
This, says the Rev. Thomas is the work os
these terrible Communists and SO he launches a
lie quite preacher fashion, to the effect that
the Daily Worker "nisquoted" him But his en-
tire letter was read to the depositors meeting,
just as written, and the Daily Worker is not
responsible for the boo-ing 1t got 1t merely re-
corded the fact that 1t WAS boo-ed
The letter speaks for ITSELF In saying that
"depositors who picked the wrong capitalist
bank" should not be Unidentified "out OF the
public treasury" Maybe he meant that they
should have used nice labor" bank like the
Federation Bank which went bust also
They are ALL Capitalist banks under CAP
italism, so under his idea, the depostors can
whistle-in spite of the fact that the state SUPER
vision is SUPPOSED to insure their safety
Mrs. Max Steur insured hers all right. She had
$55,O0o44 in the Bank of u S. and-after clos
ing time the day before the bank shut up, got
out the $55,000-and left the "a cents.
SO Thomas Is bright boy in leaving the
question doubtful by saying "IF the respon-
sibility OF the state be proved" and then
backing out from that by irrelevantly dragging
The way 1t is neither the jobless nor the de-
positors get what's coming to them. But that
don't bother the socialist" Thomas
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DESERTERS AND TRAITORS Elk.
PEELED FROM THE, COMMUNIST
PARTY IN SACRAMENTO, CALF.

v. G. Moss, j. Walker, and James Black have
been expelled from the Communist Party as dis
ruptive anti-Party elements, who have sabotaged
the working class revolutionary movement, who
have stopped in their anti proletartan and anti
Party efforts to the basest means, including vile
ISLANDERS against the Section and District lead
ership OF the Party, anti-Semitism, and even
threats OF police action and association with
known stool-pigeons and with spy suspects
OBrien Kelly & Coz.
To confuse honest workers and to antagonize
them against the revolutionary movement v.
G. Moss circulated kind of petition against the
Section Organizer of the Party, and brought 1t
into the Unemployed Council meeting trying to
disrupt the Council. But after an explanation
was given to the workers. they turned against
Moss, and the meeting was a success.
BY resolution, adopted unanimously by the
Communist Party membership meeting in Sac
ramento, held on october z, all workers and
workers organizations have been warned against
these class enemies and to cut them off from
the working class movement organizationally and
politically.
Approved by Central Control Commission,
Communist Party of the U.S.A
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Negro masses to themselves alone on the con-
trary, 1t procaims that the white workers must
take leading place in the fight for Negro rights
And while the League Of Struggle for Negro
Rights Is broad non-party organization, the
doors OF which are open to every white and
Negro individual and organization which uncon-
dltlonaly fights for Negro rights, at the same
time the L. S. NJ r. recognizes that its program
is Identical with the Communist program on the
Negro question, that the Communist Interna-
tional first definitely formulated this program in
applying the principles of Marx and Lenin.
'The Liberator" is the paper devoted exclu-
sively to the development of this struggle for
Negro rights. Therefore, the present efforts
being made to extend the circulation and in
fluence of "The Liberator" demand the mo-
energetic support of every revolutionary work.
er, and especially the white worker who has
heretofore neglected the problems Of his Negro
brother. That deadly poison Of white chauvin-
ism, popularity known race prejudice" which
the capitalist class deliberately cutivates to keep
the working class divided against itself, Is the
special enemy which must be overcome in build
ing up 1.-THE Liberator."
Everybody to the task Of extending the circu-
lation of the "Liberator" fighting paper Of the
League Of Struggle for Negro Rights!
In the Soviet Union wage increase and the
universal Introduction Of the seven-hour day.
In capitalist America wage cuts and the slave
stagser plan. Attend the November It'll cele-
hztloa mAm meetinxA *
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Build the "Liberator"
BY EARL BROWDER.

THE LIBERATOR" is the most important
weapon of the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights. its weekly paper which is at the same
time agitator, propaganda and organizer of
the struggle. It's Importance is given to 1t by
the Importance of this struggle
Struggle for Negro rights is important not
only to the 100000 Negroes 1t is funda-
mental social question, directly affecting the
lives Of the total 100 million inhabitants Of the
United States. The working class as whole
must take up the struggle against the national
oppression of the Negroes for equality and the
right of self determination as an essential part
of its own struggle for liberation.
That is why the Communist Party is part Of
the League of Struggle for Negro Rights its
most active and leading section. The Commu-
mist Party does not leave the liberation of the
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Ka:~.4
Matte Vol. Dramatic
Director
by JORGE

Matte Vol, vice-president OF the A. r. Of T..
president OF the Union Labor Life Insurance Go
and director Of the Federation Bank in bis ar
tlcle In the November issue Of THE Railroad
lrainmen," makes the following sage obserya-
ton:
i know of no more dramatic experience in
the history Of American finance than that the
oeposltors of American savings banks, largely
'ne iaboring people, have grown TO the enor-
nous army of 100000 persons"
That Is what VOL calls dramatic experl.
ehce. But the said depositors have been staging
another dramatic experience" trying to get their
money out of said banks. And in this Won. as
Official OF the busted labor" bank, Is obviously
1unctioning as dramatic director"
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For the first six months of 1881, net income,
after payment Of taxes, exceeded $9,4O6O0O.
"The showing of the company is due to the
constantly increasing efficiency of all depart
ments" announced the president of the COM
pany in letter to stockholders in January, 1881.
In other words, speeding-up of workers and cut
ting Of wage-rates has increased the profits 60
ing to owners who never set foot inside the Ma
Disco plants.
Workers OF Nabisco can protect themselves
against this increased exploitation, not by boost
ing the sales of Upeeda biscuits, but by organ
srns IN thu Food Yorkex industrial Union, ~.
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Over II million unemployed In capitalist
America. Unemployment liquidated In the So
Wet Union. Attend the November It'll Celcbra-
ton mass meetings
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with us and keep your mouth shut, :"
they said.
Il went with them to the water
tank, several hundred yards away,
where we met the third man"
Jarvis related. They called him
Hays and Frank, and we walked to
the jail. There another bandit was
setting up machine gun in the
alley back of the bank.
Il pleaded with them not to put
me in the old pail. I said there
were two girls up there and they'd
be scared. said, For Gods sake,
take me up there. Those kids will
be scared to DEATH
They consented and one stood
guard in the building stairway and
told me to go inside. I said maybe
there was gun in there and the
girls would shoot.
Not Afraid of Him
What difference does it make If
they do" he yelled. Damn it, open
that door and get in there. I'll be
out here"
Jarvis said then the lights were
out after one of the bandits pulled
the main switch. Telephone and
telegraph communication had been
destroyed by the robbers before they
grabbed Jarvis. Electric clocks in
the town stopped at PIT.
when Jarvis came in, my sister
and I were out of bed" Pauline
Smith said. 1--WE sat huddled around
the stove and the first blast shook
it. I was afraid it would fall over.
There were either three or four ex-
ploSions after that.
"Once in a while we looked out
the window-JarviS and me-but we
couldn't see anybody. Jarvis told
me that men outside the door was
carrying a gun like cannon. My
sister and I weren't crying, but we
didn't know what to do.
Blasts Shook Building
Every time an explosive went off
the whole building shook.
I'VE heard them leave the bank
after about forty minutes, and then
we lighted matches to try to see
the switchboard. Jarvis left me and
spread the alarm, and I had two
lines left, one to cambridge and
one to Ladoga. I put in calls to
both places and told them to call
1.-THE only thing I hate about it
was that I had to sit here helpless
and couldn't do anything but wait.
I've heard of those things happen
ing to telephone operators, but I
never dreamed it would happen
10 me-"
In childish, shaky voice, Mar
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BOARD TO RIDE
OVER PROTESTS
ON STREET JOB
Jog to Be Removed Despite
Objections, Is Indica-
ton of City Officials.

protests against assessments fol
acquiring property to remove a log
IN East Michigan street, near High
land avenue, were made by more
than 100 property owners today al
a preliminary hearing before the
works board.
Despite objections, the board in
oicated 1t would go ahead with
plans for Strengthening the :og
opening the street from Highland
avenue to the alley west Of Dorman
street.
Options have been obtained upon
SIX houses and one store building
that must be removed.
Several property owners. declar-
ing they are out Of work, pleaded
Tor the board to postpone the pro-
ject.
I'VE can do it cheaper now be-
cause material prices are low" E.
Kirk Mckinney, board president,
informed the protesters, and we
don't propose for a few agitators
to stop the project"
This brought demand from Peter
Raybalt, property owner, that Nc
Kinney retract the statement.
calling us bunch of agitators."
A few Of the professors finally
agreed with the board and said they
believed the project would be a safe
ty measure for traffic.
The city will pay 60 per cent of
the cost of acquiring property. to-
falling $37,13449, according to ap-
praisers. Several property owners
complained against the apprais-
nents.
New route of the street will lbe
seyenty-five feet wide. Street car
tracks also must be rerouted.
The improvement is part of the
boards program to provide i'm
proved traffic routes from the east
side to the downtown district" Nc
Kinney explained.
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Bandits Seen Here. Belief

The Roachdale bandits were be-
lieved to have passed through In
dianapolis about midnight, en- route
to Roachdale, which is about
thirty-four miles northwest of this
city.
Radio Patrolman Tony DeBarr
and G. F. Johnson reported a milk
man was stopped by six men in a
large sedan at East Washington
street and Arlington avenue shortly
before midnight.
They inquired the way to road
81. The nilkman said he glanced
to the interior of the car and saw
several men" each holding a
shotgun.
The milkman, whose name was
not learned, turned and fed. The
robbers car then was driven toward
the city.
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RENTALS
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FEUSTEL PROMOTED
insult Aid Made President
of Utilities Groups.

Robert M. Feustel, FIT. Wayne,
known in Hoosier utility circles as
Insults Indiana chieftain," today
held the presidency of the Midland
United Company and Midland Util-
tiles Company, serving 800 COM
munities in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois
and Michigan.
Directors of the respective COM
panies late Tuesday advanced FeuS-
tel from the vice-presidency of each
company, to the presidency, to sue
coed SSmuel insult Jr., resigned.
Persons familiar with affairs of
the companies said there was mo
in the changes.
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IuB CUIItgtS III LIlo
nation will attend the national
meeting.
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HELP XMAS
UNEMPLOYMENT!

Employers can assist needy
families by employing temporary
help. The Times will publish
Male or Female Help Wanted
Ads FREE where definite sal
airy is paid. just phone Riley
5551.
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Gets Barrage in Return

"Then he opened fire. He must
have shot more than dozen times.
The bullets were sure passing me, so
I ducked behind a brick wall. That
took quite a while and then the
gang left after that"
Across the street, watching the
bandits actions, was Otto Fowler,
who sleeps as a guard in the Fowler
store and who has been involved in
three other bandit battles in the last
eight months.
But I stood back and watched
this one" he said as he busted off
chairs in the Roachdale high school,
where he is a janitor during the
day. "It wasn't my door and I fig
ured it wasn't any Of my business.
Il knew those boys were hot. be-
cause all the lights and everything
else had been cut. I had a rifle and
shotgun, but stayed in the back
OF the store. It'd been too bad for
me, with that machine gun back of
that bank half block away.
Heard Four Explosions
Il couldn't see hoy many fellows
were there, but I remember four ex-
plosionS and could see their heads
in the bank when the blasts lighted
up the neighborhood."
And there were others in the
neighborhood who heard and saw,
but who decided not to try to con-
quer. These told of the explosions
awakening them and their decisions
to "stay safe at home"
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I'll East 18th: city heat; very low rent.
JOHN B. BROSNAN. Ii. 95f2.
COLORED-927 &. nth. POSI- Sheldon;
water paid; newly papersd; IS.
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Appointed to Academy
By Times Special

bB ITUt6S bp6CtuE
CRAWFORDSvILLE, Dec. 49,
Robert Walter Breaks, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Breaks, Crawfords-
vile, has been designated to take
the entrance examination of the
United States Military Academy at
West Point, N. Y. He is a student
in Indiana university. The exam
nation will be held March l, and
those who pass it will become stu
dents of the academy July l.
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lea congress Dec.
27-31 in Toledo,
o., by Miss Elma
Rose Sailors, Ko-
komo, stud e n [
council president
and Wales Smith,
senior class presi-
dent.
Delegates to the
C gress, who
must be outstand-
ing in campus af-
fairs, will discuss
student problems.
Representatives
from all the lead
-. -zTI