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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
MASS SE,ND-0FF to
TAY | DELEGATES
Greet Workers Going
to USSR Wed. Night

NEW YORK.-The workers of New
ork are preparing to give a rousing
sand off to the % American workers,
farmers ard profession nails who. con-
stitute this years May Day delega-
ton to Soviet Russia The delegates
are sailing late Wednesday night,
April Is on the Europa and a fare
we'll meeting has been arranged for
them Wednesday at p. m. at Irving
Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Place.
The meeting is under the auspices
of the Friends of the Soviet Union
which has organized the May Day
delegation. Speakers will include
two delegates, R. Gonzales Soto, a
Latin-American agricultural worker
from Palo Alto, Cal, and j. E. Sny-
der, a truck driver from San Fran
cisco; and Frank Palmer, manager of
the Federated Press. John J. BALKAN,
national secretary of the Friends of
the Soviet Union, will act as chair
man. Following the meeting, the
delegates will be given a mass send
off at the boat.
The delegates will participate in
the May Day celebration in the So
Wet Union and will travel more than
5000 miles, visiting every part of the
U. S. S. r. as the guests of the So
Wet trade unions. On their return
they will make an official report to
the American workers. The delega-
ton for the first time includes a
Latin American and agricultural
worker, as we'll as three farmers;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
Chamber of Commerce Writes to Cities to Stop All Aid
to the Hunger Marchers; Get An
Extension Of Recess
May Day Mass Meets Ratify Hunger Marches
and Give Them Enthusiastic Send-0ff
P2ssaic n J., JohnstOvn Pa Superior, Wise, Plan May
Day Demonstrations; J,hr3town Mayor
Denies Permit to Workers

CLEVELAND Ohio A0ril 12-Whe mil,
Ions of workers throughout the world cele-
brate May Day as day Of struggle against
capitalism, in Ohio dozens of demonstrations
VI give the state hunger marchers an en-
tAusastic sendotf The hunger march to Columbus Ohio
originally set for April 9th has been postponed that the
marchers arrive May TO- This necesstaed by the fact
that the legislatures extended to May H.
At the same time Ohio chambers Of commerce are actively
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13

piece of big business states what the
Daily Worker has repeatedly in
formed its readers-namely. that the
wage cutting drive which heretofore
went on underhandedly, though af-
fecting millions, will now be speeded
up to hit every worker in the United
States.
There has been no SHARP upturn
in business" and the commodity
price declines" continue with mono
tonous regularity
Cut Wages 20 Per Cent.
The same magazine, Business
Week" also admits that the talk
about cutting wages because prices
are falling, and using that argument
IS a justification, is based on pack
Of lies, Living costs, says this Wal
Street organ, have declined about
10 per cent since October, 1929. but
On the other hand, they point out.
Average earnings of labor have
dropped 20 per cent, according to the
National Industrial Conference
Board"
Thus the net result is drastic
smashing of the standard of living
of the American workers who are
still employed, with the prospect CT
q nationwide pay slashing campaign
to cut wages still further.
Federal Government Leads
In Drive.
The U. S. government itself is TAX
ing part in this wage cutting drive,
while Hoover leads the workers to
believe he is for maintaining pay
standards. Representative La Gu
ardia, in a letter to Secretary of La
Dor Doak, exposed the fact that the
war department is cutting wage rates
on government construction work at
West Point.
Nearly every capitalist newspaper
carries propaganda material in the
interest of The wage cut drive. The
drive has passed the propaganda
stage, however, and big wage cuts
are being put into effect in hundreds
of major plants, The A F. of L.
officialdom is doing all it can to help
the bosses along.
The workers must mobilize to
smash this drive. On May Day, when
the revolutionary workers gather to
celebrate international May Day, the
day of struggle, they will express
their determination to organize and
strike against wage cuts under t.
leadership of the revolutionary trade
union center, the Trade Union Unity
League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13

Negro workers, following a
vicious frame-up and farcical
trial.
All Under 20.
After several speakers had
exposed the trial, in which the boys,
all under 20, we're defended" by
lawyers selected by the court and
who had previously been bowling for
their blood, the mass meeting unani-
mously voted to send the following
telegram to the governor of Alabama:
Governor B. NJ. Miller,
Montgomery, Ala.
Mass meeting attended by over
thirteen hundred workers in CIeve-
land Friday, April 10, called by In
ternatiOnal Labor Defense of Ohio,
condemns conviction and attempt
TO electrocute eight young Negro
workers on charge of supposed rape
white girls. We demand you re-
lease at once these workers and
will hold you responsible for their
safety"
A telegram Of protest was also sent
the governor by a mass meeting held
the same evening, Friday, April 10,
at St Luke's Hall, 125 West 13Oth
ST., New York City.
nU.crO
Protest kilograms have been sent
by many working class organizations,
including the Trade Union Unity
League, the League of Struggle for
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
Sir Balfour and American Legion Stir Up War
Hatred Against Soviet Union; Must
Demonstrate Answer May First

in future wars. Governments, in
Guiding our own. have been study
ing use of women in war. Woman
power will i'm some instances sup
plant and in other cases supple
ment man-power in the next war.
utilization of women in war
will grow, in final analysis, out of
a new conception of war-making,
born during the last war. The
struggle was SO gigantic that, for
countries involved, war-making be-
came the national industry"
war A National Industry"-Bosses
Profit.
In the next war, says General Ely,
It will become still greater national
industry''-killing workers wholesale,
and the bosses profit from the ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
go BANKS CRASH
IN THREE MONTHS
S144, 100000 Inv olved
in Failures

NEW YORK.-BankS crash every
day, but the news seldom gets into
the capitalist newspapers. r. G. Dun
and Company, reporting on bank
failures in the first quarter of 1881.
states that 270 banks failed the first
three months of this year. In 1890,
their number was 124. The total
amount involved in these bank fail
ures is S144,000,000.
The continuous smashing of banks
shows that the crisis is far from
ended. During the latter part of 1880,
over 500 banks went to the wall. The
capitalist newspapers then followed
the policy of not reporting the fail
ures from day to day. In this manner
they hoped to prevent bank runs, and
by keeping the news of the individual
bank crashes from the depositors, help
to keep rotten banks going.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13

tional industry"
That this rapid war mobilization
is being directed in a good measure
against the Soviet Union was further
admitted in a speech by DR.. John j.
Tigert, made before the members of
the American Legion in Tampa,
Florida DR.. Tigert was former Fed
eral Commissioner of Education and
is now president of the University
of Florida.
Calls for War on Soviet Union.
He called all members of the Le-
gion ito arms for war against the
Soviet Union to smash the advance
of the Five-Ye Plan, because, said
DR.. Tigert, the Five-Year Plan "is
a direct challenge to the economic
structure. the security and safety Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
Women Will Be Mobilized for Next World
Slaughter, Says Maj. Gen. Ely, u. S. Army

Women will be modified for the
next world slaughter that capitalism
is now rapidly preparing. This is
the gist Of an article by Major Cen
eral Hanson E. Ely, Command of the
Second Corps Area, and former chief
OF the U S. Army College, published
in last Sundays New York Amer
lean.
The next war of capitalism, Han
son admitted, will be gigantic mass
murder. Capitalism will try to mob
ilize everyone to insure it's profits
men, women and children. While
complete plans for driving the men
to war have always been part of the
capitalist war machinery, General Ely
says the same practice will now APP
ply to women. He didn't mince any
words about the matter. What is
more, the general works on the as
surance that war will come soon.
Here is what he says about mobiliz-
ing women:
women will play q greater part
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
Wheat Area i'm Soviet
Union Is Advancing:
COllectives Increase

MOSCOW.-Whilst the world eco
nomic crisis in the capitalist coun-
tries results in a reduction of the
area under seed, the area under seed
in the Soviet Union at whose 'front.'
iers the economic crisis ceases, is
constantly increasing. The prepara-
lions for the Spring showings already
begun. The first day in the fields
developed into demonstration in
favour of collectivism. Numerous
peasants joined the collective farms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13

fighting the state hunger march aud
cracking the whip over their agents
in the state and city governments.
The Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce, hlough its secretary, Nun
son Ravens, has written to chambers
of Commerce, throughout Ohio, ask
ing them to decline to feed, house.
encourage or recognize the hunger
Such opposition from the
organized bosses has already resulted
in increased hostility to the march
on the part of mayors and city coua-
ellis, and in extension of the legisla-
lures recess until May II to avoid
being in session when the hunger
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13

ISSUE.
"a marked increase in
wage cuts, acceierating the
trend since the turn of the
year, appears almost newt
able unless a sharp uDturn in
business or a halt in commodity
price declines iDtervenes soon"
Thus in a guarded way, this mouth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
$4,000 Ordered
by Philly, May l

Fifty thousand copies of the
May Day edition have been or
dered by District 8, Philadel-
phia, and 1000 by Cincinnati.
Philadelphia is activizing every
unit in the district to cover
the cost of this order. The
week Of April 1922 has been
set aside for securing greetings
and advertisements.
Here are the terms for all
districts: Payment at S. per
thousand must be paid in adj
vance for all papers ordered
Commercial advertising and
greetings by space will sell for
SO per column inch. Name
greetings, Is cents per name.
Prepare for extra orders, use
the Daily Worker TO increase
mass support to Down Tools
May I.
(Sfxty Thousand circulation
flashes ON page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
Cleveland, Neqv York Workers
Protest Planned Murder of
s Negro Youths in Alabama
Mighty Protest Planned for May Day Turnout
World-ILD Sends Lawyer; Needs
Funds for Defense

Over thirteen hundred Cleveland workers in meeting
Friday night joined their protests to the of working class
resentment sweeping the country result of the outrageous
legal lynchng in Scottsboro Alabama where boss
posed sentences of death in the electric chair upon eight young
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-13
BOSSES POSTPONE LEGISLATURE
TO AVOID JOBLESS DEMANDS
Wages to Be Slashed Heavily,
Says 'BASinessWeek', Boss Sheet
War Dept Cuts Pay OF Builders At West Point
Job; Average Pay of All Workers
Already Cut 20 Per Cent

admit there big increase in wage cuts throughout the
country Business Week." of the authoritative spokes
for the big bankers and ndustras in its latest
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The Washington times., 1931-04-22
STAMP VENDOR
SUIT FOUGHT

F. C. Roberts, local inventor
of a device to vend airmail stamps
and stationery which is soon to
appear in public places through
out the country, announced this
morning that he would resist ef-
forts of Llewelyn Jordan, Of Ia
koma Park, who has asked the
District Supreme Court to compel
Roberts to retranSfer his patent
rights to the Airmail Apparatus
Corporation of America.
Mr.. Roberts said the suit is the
result of a conspiracy to deprive
him of his patent rights. Mr..
Jordan, he said, although holding
1875 shares of stock in the corpo-
ration, has paid for none OF
them, and is not proper party
to bring the suit.
The corporation is not insol-
vent as the suit alleges, the in
ventor declares, and points out
that prior to the recent meeting
of the board Of directors when
the patent rights were reaSSigned
to him, he was almost the sole
creditor.
Mr.. Jordan asked for receiver
to hold the patents pending final
hearing of the case.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
NINE FEDERAL
JOBS OPEN

Examinations for nine positions
in four Government departments
were announced today in the
Civil Service Commission.
The positions Of chief nurse
and head nurse in the Indian
Service and two graduate nurses
in various services were among
those announced.
Positions are also open in the
Bureau of Fisheries for an
aquatic biologist, with a salary
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year;
associate aquatic biologist, $4,000
to $4,000, and assistant aquatic
biologist, $4,000 to $4,000.
In the Department of Agricul-
ture, the office of assistant chief
of plant quarantine and control
administration is open with a
salary of $500 a year, and the
position of biological aide in
entomology at the Bureau OF
Entomology is also open at a
salary of from $1,000 to $2,16O a
year.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
B D Y RESCUED
FROM POTOMAC

Richard Craemer, IT, of 21l7
Tunlaw Rd. N. W., was rescued
from the Potomac River late
yesterday near Key Bridge by
Carol Simpkins, after the youths
canoe had capsized.
Simpkins. who lives in a river
cottage. heard Craemer's cries for
help. He swan out to where
the youth was struggling beside
the canoe and brought him
safely ashore.
Craemer told police that he
had been canoeing with friends
and while returning the canoe
to it's owner at Key Bridge, a
gust of wind tipped the craft
over. His companions had left
for their homes a short time
before.
Earlier in the afternoon Henry
Clark. As, colored, fell in the
river from a stone quarry near
the bridge. His body was later
recovered. The efforts of the fire
rescue squad to revive him were
unavailing.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
William Tyler Page
Speaks at Center

Choice of the Speaker of the
House to replace the late Nicholas
Longworth is in the lap of the
gods. William Tyler Page, Clerk
of the House, told the Round
Table at the Jewish Community
Center last night.
Mr.. Pages talk consisted
mainly of "reminiscences of his
more than so years service on
Capitol Hill. He paid warm
tribute to Mr.. Longworth. Miss
L. Elaine Middlekauff, fiction
advisor in the public library Sys-
tenn will speak at next Tuesday
nights meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
P|ZZ|N0, FREED,
REJA|LED FOR
MURDER
Buckley AcquittaI Followed
BY, RearreSt in Detroit;
LiVeCchi in a New Jam

DETROIT, April % U.N.SO.
The final chapter of the notorious
Gerald Buckley murder trial,
which cost the State of Michigan
$500,000, today had been written
with the acquittal of Ted Pizzino,
Angelo Livecchi and Joe Bonn
marito, three alleged gangsters
for the Staying of the radio an
nouncer.
Bommarito, a former st. Louis
hoodlum, was the only one of
the trio to walk from the court
room a free man. Pizzino was
rearrested and charged with the
murder of William Cannon and
George Collins. gangSterS. who
were put on the spot" at the
entrance of the LaSalle Hotel
last July 3. 20 days before the
Buckley murder.
Claims Innocence
Livecchi was held for Rochester
IN. " authorities on robbery
charge. He was at liberty under
$4,000 bond when arrested last
fall for the Buckley killing.
Livecchi said:
"The Rochester charge is a
frame-up. can easily prove my
innocence.
Pizzino, New York ladies' tailor
and an alleged gentleman gun
man." expressed belief his trial
for the Connon-CollinS lob will
end the same as the Buckley
case"
A wild demonstration Of cheer
ing broke loose in the courtroom
when the jury announced its YER
dict after having been locked up
for 33 hours and 2 minutes.
Several Opinions
The acquittal verdict was the
climax of eight weeks courts trial,
during which startling allegations
were banded.
Defense attorneys charged that
Buckley had engaged IN radio
black-mailing, that he had been
interested in a liquor gang. and
that he had offered to stop his
radio attacks against gangland
for 100000.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
to Attend
LdU Society PGrLeY

The progress of international
law and court jurisdiction will
be the subject of discussion at
the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Society of International Law,
to be held here tomorrow, Friday
and Saturday.
The meeting will close with a
dinner at the Willard Hotel pre-
sided over by DR.. James Brown
Scott, president. The guests of
honor include Secretary of State
Stimson, Ambassador Tellez of
Mexico, and other officials.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
Girls in Trousers
This Summer, New
STYLE ShOwS

NEW YORK. April % U.N.SO.
Trousers will be widely worn by
girls this summer. according to
styles shown here at the fashion
promenade staged by the Gar.
ment Retailers of America.
PajamaS for women were also
shown at the exhibit today for
wear on almost every occasion
except formal affairs.
Cherrybloom pink. Buddha
blue, lantern glow yellow, bam-
boo tan, oriental red and
pagoda green were selected as
the popular summer colors
along with white.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
Students End Tour
ThrOUgh TideU1ter

UNIVERSITY, Va, April 81.
Engineering students OF the Uni.
versity Of Virginia have returned
after a three-day study tour
through Newport News, Langley
Field and Williamsburg conducted
by Arthur F. Macconochie, asso-
ciate professor of mechanical en-
gineering and supervisor of en-
gineering extension.
Fourteen students from the
university went on the trip
They were joined by others who
are enrolled in engineering ex.
tension courses in Tidewater
cities which brought the total
talking part in the tour up to so
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
VGzQUez-TresserG
Auto in Car Crash

Alice Vazquez-Tressera, "a, 252O
Fourteenth st. N. W., was treated
at Emergency Hospital yesterday
for shock and bruises suffered
when the automobile in which she
was a passenger collided with q
street car.
The automobile was driven by
Francesca VaZquez-Tressera. the
third secretary of the Mexican en-
baSSy.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
MT. RAINIER LETS WORK

A contract for the construction
of six streets in Mt. Rainier, Md,
was let to Lavezza and Sons,
building contractors, Of Baltimore,
by the council yesterday. The
cost of the construction is ap-
proximately $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
Arlington Retains
Little Reno Honor

With "a uncontested divorce
cases scheduled for hearing in
the circuit court today, Arlington
county is upholding it's reputa-
ton as "Virginias little Reno"
Most of the cases entered in
the Arlington courts, come from
Washingtonians who have adopted
county residences for that pur-
pose.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
DR.. LEEBRICK TO SPEAK

DR.. Karl C. Leebrick, dean OF
the College of Liberal Arts, Syra.
cuse University, will speak 20 the
Washington Alumni of this school
at luncheon to be given at Picar-
dis tomorrow at 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
CHURCH GIVING SHOW

A minstrel show and entertain,
ment will be given by the Sun
day school of st. Luke's EpiS.
copal Church. Bladensburg, Md.
tonight at 8 o'clock in the church
parish hall.
The Washington times., 1931-04-22
lngrown Nail
Turns Right Out!
Pain Stops Instantly!

"Outgro" is a harmless antiSep-
/ tic manufactured for chiropodists.
However, anyone can buy from
the drug store a tiny bottle con-
tanning directions.
A few drops of "Outgro" in the
crevice of the ingrowing nail re-
duces inflammation and pain and
so toughenS the tender, sensitive
skin underneath the toe nail, that
it can not penetrate the flesh,
and the nail turns naturally out
ward almost over night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-02
Patented Roses

The government has issued its first patent for q
new plant" that is, plant which has character
stic not possessed by its parents Heretofore patents
have been granted only for mechanical devices, which
were the product of human ingenuity, and not for
things that grow which are developed and patterned
by nature
This first patent for an blooming rose
which will be propagated from shoots and not from
seed by other natural processes Scientists first
determined that the in reality everbloomng
The new venture of the patent Office raises some
interesting questions
1t is, in effect official recognition of the theory
that evolution may proceed by what biologists call
sports of mutatons-that plants suddenly exhibit
certain well-marked characteristics not present in
their parents. Antievolutionsts might not like that
And suppose the patented sport produced other
sports, would they be restricted, too?
What the sport later were reproduced from seed?
play joke and produce the same sport for some
one else?
If you owned patented rose, could you give or
sell shoots to your neighbors?
All these things, we have no doubt will be argued
seriously by learned lawyers and judges for already
the consttutionaity of the law has been questioned
informally
Meantime, roses will continue to bloom-the shy
little pink ones along the roadside as well as their
arlstocrac dollhouse cousns-and roses by any other
name will be just as sweet as if the United States
government had not interested itself in their family
histories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-02
Private and Public Taxation

After several days of discussion, mem
bers of the city council have discovered only
a very few thousand dollars which can be
eliminated from public pay rolls and permit
the government to function in it's protection
of life, health and property.
The members of that body are sincere
men. They have the interests of the city at
heart. They would like to reduce the tax
burden because they help to carry it and, be-
sides such an achievement would bring
thanks and applause.
But they have found that the people have
fixed certain standard of service for them
selves and that reduction Of expense is pos
sible only by either the uneconomic method
of reducing wages or by the worse alterna-
tive Of reducing service.
The situation should call to mind that
that big burdens on the people are not those
fixed by public taxation, but those which
come through protected and regulated loot
ing by private interests.
The utility holding companies take away
more money from the people in month than
is wasted in a year by public officials.
1t would require only the most casual
glance at the accounts of the holding COM
pany for the electric company for example,
to show any business man how to reduce
expenses by thousands of dollars and still
give all better service than is now received.
1t would require only glance to con-
vince the powers which regulate rates that
there is something phoney in charging Eek
cise' tax to the operating cost of a utility.
All of the money charged for extras by
the holding company, which in turn owns
this company, comes from the pockets of the
people of this city.
If only the grabs were eliminated on this
one concern, the sum saved to the people
would amount to more than any tax cut
imaginable.
Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce, very
active in trying to cut the salaries of school
teachers and policemen, will join in the fight
of the south side clubs to secure justice in
these rates.
Or will the fact that the present head of
the electric light company was formerly
high official of the chamber stop any action
of that sort?