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The Washington times., 1931-11-06
AID FOR CHILDREN ASKED

Donations of wool to be knitted
tlto sweaters for Washington
children, and money with which
to purchase wool, are asked by
the District of Columbia Chapter,
American Red Cross, 1880 E st.
N. W.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
$1,000 in Suitcase
Stolen From Home

Police today are searching for
the lief who. yesterday robbed
Amos Piper, Soldiers Home in
mate, of a suitcase containing
$1,700.
Piper left the suitcase in the
corridor of the Soldiers Home
Hospital, prior to taking the
money to a building and loan as
sociation. He returned to find it
The Washington times., 1931-11-06

paper "JOlnts," It IS now n udpper, lTIH
office. modern and efficient, but a bit
strange.
The famous room length green cloth
covered table where before the event of the
typewriter the correspondents used to sit
and write their dispatches and powerful
pieces" in longhand, has been supplanted
by four large leather-cOvered lounges The
lounges are deep cushioned and many
potent "buIl sessions" will be held on them,
but the sturdy, battered old presence OF
the. long desk will be missed.
And 50 too will be the rOOmy old swivel
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
PAINTING TO BE UNVEILED

A painting of the Marquis de
Lafayette, presented by M. Paul
Claudel, French ambassador, will
be unveiled Monday at 8 p. m.
at Lafayette School dedication
exercises,
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
DRUGGISTS TO MEET

The District of Columbia Retail
Druggists Association will meet
Tuesday at 1880 p. m. at the Ra-
leigh Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-11-06
Capitol Hill
IMPROVEMENTS IN SENATE
PRESS GALLERY WILL
AID WRITERS
by ROBERT S. ALLEN

THE Senate press gallery, known to political writers
- the world over, has gone "nobby"
The Improvements will materially expedite the WORK ana
comfort of the correspondents but the old atmosphere VIII
be deeply missed. Once the newspaper Joint OF news
The Washington times., 1931-11-06

And so too will be the roomy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
fBx q Worker Correspondent.)

kny q WOEAcH SOIICSpOllOCubsJ
MONROE, Mich.-The plant of the
Newton Steel Co. of this town en-
ploys around 600 to TOO workers.
Production was started for the first
time In the spring Of 1880. After
working three months 1t shut down
Cor nine months.
IN March, 1881, 1t opened up again,
but with q cut in wages Of rs to 30
per cent, compared with wages paid
IA 1880.
The work In the picking depart
nnent Is hard, with a heavy smell of
acid and steam. In this department
ARE working between 40 and so men,
80 per cent of whom are Negro
workers
Realizing how much their wages
were reduced, the workers in this
department last July struck 100 per
cent including straw bosses and
forenen, who are recruited from
among the Negro workers. The COM
pany brought in scabs and placed
two In the place Of one before the
strike, but they couldn't put out pro-
duction.
AS the workers on strike held a
solid front, the company called them
back, with an increase in wages, but
without those workers who were act
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07

with discharge for not loading the
cars to capacity.
We have here two company guards
who accompany us to work every
morning. One of the guards is a
white man and the other is a Negro,
because the majority of the miners
here are Negroes. Nevertheless this
Negro guard beats the Negro miners
brutally.
The company union, the United
Mine Workers of America, is attempt
ing to form an organization through
Lewis right hand man, Bittner
For N. M. u.
The coal miners here are of the
opinion that the leaders of the United
Mine Workers of America are rascals
and that the only union worthy of
the miners support is the National
Miners Union. The miners are writ
ing with chalk on the walls of the
mines, Join the National Miners
Union" The miners are all willing
to join. Bittner knows that the senti-
ment is against him and he does
not show up here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07

:am Diehl, Domenick Dellapina, John
White, Leo Dellapina, Sam Bette,
Albert Brun, John Brun, Frank Kar-
ris, Paul Fisher, George Pasco, Mrs.
John Koskl, Leon Schoy, Mirko
Gochen, John Koski, Tony Allen,
William Morris, Adam Slaskivich,
Harry Bordin and Thomas Hart
melting to riot and riot at Bulger,
July 8.
Edward Lensky, assault and bat
terry, at Lawrence, June "a.
FREDERICKTOWN, Pa, Sept. d.
The strikers going to the picket
line at the Clyde mine here were met
today by state police with tear gas
bombs enough to gas out the whole
town. The police had the bombs
piled on an army blanket where they
made a sizeable showing. The
pickets were ordered by the police
to scatter and leave the mine.
The terror against the striking
miners. goes on all through the Pitts
burgh district, but is no worse than
the treatment given the men who
have returned to work. In Vesta
No. 5 mine there are two days work
a week and the miners get one dollar
in scrip for each day they work,
This means two dollars week to
spend at the company store for food
for themselves and their families
and prices at the company store are
much higher than in other stores.
The day men at Vesta are sup
posed to get $685. day for eight
hours. AS a matter of fact, they
are forced to work eleven or twelve
hours a day to finish their jobs, and
man who actually quits his eight
hours are up just doesn't have a job
Out of this $685., these men get only
dollar in scrip. The rest goes to
pay what they owe the company.
The day men are the aristocrats OF
the mines. Those working tonnage
at Vesta 5 get 81 cents ton. They
are short weighed on their coal and
can't make a cent. But they are al
lowed their regular ration of dollar
for each day worked-in scrip.
Among the local demands of the
Vesta mines are: Checkgeighman on
all tipples to be elected by the men
in the mines; payment for dead
work; reduction in charges for rent
lights, powder, caps, ETC., and the
right to trade in any store the miner
wishes to patronize; Abolition of in
surance check off and check off for
the doctor; no car pushing; no dis
charges for dirty COAL" replacement
of tools stolen.
Around these demands, the men or
strike call the men in the mine tc
rally and put up a united fight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Monroe Steel Workers Fight Wage-Cut

ing as straw bosses and foremen.
The workers refused to divide, and
they came back. At present, when
the workers cannot get out enough
tonnage, the company pays them at
day work rates, which is As cents
per hour.
In the hot mill department, where
about 300 workers are employed, the
workers started to fight against the
20 to Is per cent cut that was given
to them, and were getting ready to
strike. The officials, getting wind of
this, returned to the old rate of pay.
In the last two or three years, in
the hot mills, where there were work.
ing ten men, who were changing
every is minutes. they reduced the
number to five or six, forcing them
to work hours without any rest.
Due to the speed-up, the workers
are continually getting sick. Last
July, at the plant of the Newton
Steel Co., of Monroe, two workers,
one in the hot mill and one in the
cold roller department, died, and on
Aug. 5 worker in the hot mill got
sick and the next day he died.
The workers should join the
Metal Workers Industrial League.
For information write to Gil Penn
Ave, Room 518, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Gets Bitter Sample
Of Boss Justice in
COverdale Courts

COVERDALE, Pa, Sept. 6.-John
Hassan believed in all those consti-
tutional guarantees about equal
rights before the law, justice even
handed, etc. The International La
Dor Defense representative and Has
sans union comrades told him that
it was no use to go to the coal OPP
orators courts of Pennsylvania and
make that complaint about three
scabs who pounced on him early in
the strike and beat him up. But
Johnnie believed in the justice of
the courts.
He made the complaint. 1t went
duly before the grand jury. Every
body patted John on the shoulder
and assured him he was acting like
a good American. The grand jury
met, and threw out the case, adj
judging the costs against Hassan.
Hassan didn't have the money, so
they made him serve ten days in Jail
for daring to complain about being
beaten when he didn't have any
money.
Hsssan understands the bourgeois
law better now
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
CHARITY LEAGUE
IS TRICK TO FOOL
ST. LOUIS JOBLESS
Charity Gang Tries to
Head Off Militant
Struggle of U.C.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Fearing the mass
revolt of the unemployed workers
this coming winter under the lead
ersl1ip of the Unemployed Councils,
a group of social workers called a
meeting to discuss the unemploy-
ment situation in the Central Lii
brary.
Mr.. Sullivan, in charge of the city
lodging house who proclaimed him
self the best qualified in the coun-
try to discuss this problem pre-
scented the past activities of Mr..
Sullivan, but not a word to relieve
the unemployed Of st. Louis.
Fears Workers Wrath
Mr.. Sullivan, knowing we'll the
attitude Of the unemployed workers
towards such takers, and expecting
a large number Of unemployed, pre-
pared himself with protection of
police. But the unemployed workers
of st. Louis know well what such
meetings will give them, stayed away
from the meeting entirely Only
about 20 people we're present. And
when Mr.. Sullivan saw there is no
danger of the unemployed workers
he asked the police to leave land
that when the Communists will make
any thouble he will notify them"
This he stated while one active
worker amongst the unemployed
passed by and overheard it.
At the meeting these friends" the
unemployed exposed themselves en-
tirely. The chairman stated that in
order to avoid a revolution they want
to organize an Unemployed League
or whatever those assembled want to
call it, to keep the workers from
fighting for real relief. After lengthy
discussions and proposals made by
those whom Mr.. Sullivan called upon
| to speak, some officials of A. F. of L.
unions and social workers, an active
member in the Unemployed Council
took the floor and exposed the real
purpose of the meetings, and pointed
out that only through struggle under
the leadership of the Unemployed
Councils will the workers be relieved
| from their present misery The role
of the charity organizations, which
breaks up workingclass families sends
unemployedworkers to the city work
house for non-support, and finally
exposed Mr.. Sullivan who brought 6
policemen to protect him from the
unemployed. When pressed to the
wall he stated that he invited the
police and other civic organizations
to discuss the situation But he
sent the police away when he saw
that the unemployed shun his
meetings.
The Unemployed. Councils of st.
Louis are the only organizations that
are carrying on a real struggle
against evictions and for immediate
relief The councils meet at 1901
Franklin Ave ard PISS Chouteau Ave.
The unemployed workers will sliun
the meetings of these takers and
are joining the Unemployed Councils
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07

international Youth Day meeting
in Monnessen Tuesday, a mass
meeting of the unemployed will be
held September II and prepara-
tons are to be made for a mass
demonstration which will elect a
committee to demand relief from
the town authorities.
In spite of many shortcomings
due to the lack of sufficient pre-
paration the conference registered
definite advance for the MWIL in
this important section and there is
no doubt that good results will be
seen there in the coming couple Of
weeks. The conference agreed with
the representative of the National
Board, however, who, noting the
progress, nevertheless declared that
what could be considered good pro-
gress 6 months ago, today, with
the steel trust proceeding with its
terrific wage-slashing campaign
and with the steel workers more
and more ready for struggled must
be considered entirely insufficient.
The tempo must be tremendously
increased - both in recruiting and
advancing of rank and file mem
bers into active leading work-all
of the work turned to the setting
Of the developing strike struggles
of 1892, with the September 27
conference in Pittsburgh as the
next step.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
COMMUNIST IN
N. LITTLE ROCK
MAYORALTY run
First Red Candidate in
Arkansas Tells of
Workers Needs

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-For
the first time in the history Of the
state Communist Party candidate
entered the mayoralty contest here
on a clear cut program of workers
demands, when Dominick zini, or
ganizer for the local Communists
Party filed a petition announcing his
candidacy in opposition to two bour-
Seosis party candidates.
A special election for mayor will
be held here Sept. Is.
That the businessman and land
lords of this section fear the Com
munist candidate is indicated in the
report in local paper telling how
the authorities are planning to get
zini off the ballot.
getty officials were attempting
yesterday to devise some means of
blocking Zini. City Clerk Nicely
was instructed to refuse to accept
Zini's petition should he attempt
to file it. 1t was believed at first
that Mr.. Nicely could refuse to
accept the petition on the gorunds
that Zini was under suspended
sentence on charge of melting a
riot. 1t was learned later, how
ever, that the case against Zini
had been dismissed.
In filing his candidacy Zini stated
that unemployment miseries in the
city and state have increased and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07

some insight into the role of Arthur
Henderson, so-called opposition lead
er, who has a hard time acting the
role of opponent of Macdonald
while actually aiding the Socialist"
premier's action on behalf of the
British ruling class. The Times cor
respondent writes:
Arthur Henderson is an anxious
man these days. =. He finds him
self in command of an angry army
that wants for more radical leader
ship than he is personally and tenn
peramentally prepared to give" In
other words, Henderson and the Top
position" leaders are having a hard
job keeping the rank and file Of the
working class as the tail to the Mac
Donald kite.
Another capitalist correspondent
in the New York Evening Post feels
pleased because Socialism has come
out Gin its true colors," that is, as an
open friend of capitalism. He cables:
"Nor is it good sign that in
many parts of the world there is
tendency to conduct campaign
against capitalism and banks.
Personally, however, cannot regret
that Socialism here lin LOndOn) is
displaying its true coiors."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Force Mine Children
To Buy Expensive
School Text Books

BENTON, Ill. - School is starting
now all through the mining country.
1t is compulsory for the miners to
send their children the boss con-
trolled schools. 1t is compulsory for
the children to have books. These
books due to monopolies of publishing
houses, monopolies of retail distribu-
ton in the mining camps, etc, sell
for 2, 3 and and more dollars a
piece. Even second hand books sell
for nearly the same high price as
the new ones.
Now the miners can hardly afford
food and clothes for their children,
end they are forced to starve their
far lies in order to secure these
books which are to poison their
childrens minds against the work
ing-class. Franklin County which
can afford to maintain a deputy
force of 200 in constant call, to club,
gas and shoot striking miners, re-
fuses to furnish text books for the
miners children.
Unemployed and part-time working
minersl Organize and demand free
text books from the city and county
government More than this-de-
mand free shoes and clothes, free
milk, free hot lunches for your chill
drenl No money for strikebreaking
deputies-turn this money over to
the use of the starving miners and
their children! Organize Unemployd
Councils, organize your children into
the Young Pioneers and fight till you
set these things from the coal
operators governments, town and
county,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Vote Communist Against Socialist Treachery

Henderson, then a member of the
emergency cabinet.
In 1926 the Conservative govern
ment was at loss in regard to know
what to do with the general strike.
But along came Mr.. Henderson with
the idea that he should sit with the
Trade Union General Council as the
government representative Ii. e., a
labor leader representing a Tory
government. Of course that was
the famous meeting that sold us out.
In 1914 Mr.. Henderson toured
Great Britain in the uniform of a
commissioned officer of the British
army, calling on the workers of
Great Britain to defend the mother
land, whilst he, himself, stayed at
home living on the fat of the land.
Workers of Philadelphia learn
from the mistakes of our fellow
workers in Great Britain. Don't be
misled by similar Hendersons of
Philadelphia. Vote Communis
against hunger and treachery!
One Who Was Sold Out In 1926. Q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
MONNESSEN STEEL WORKERS BEGINTO
ORGANIZE TO FICHTFIERCEWAGE CUTS
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injured allowed to rest at home and
not have to hang around inside the
mill while recuperating. Another
important demand was aimed at a
most vicious form of Hoover's
stagger systematic double crew"
system, or working level-handed"
as it is also called, under which
2 full crews work the same turn
on l mill, each crew working half
the time and receiving half pay,
but compelled to remain in the mill
the entire s hours. The conference
was unanimously in favor of the
demand for full pay for all time
spent in the mill.
Only Is out of the "a tin mills
are working in Monnessen, and
what with working level-handed
and only getting days a week,
pays run as low as 1920 for the
2-week pay period.
Join lUitb Jobless o.. 90.
The conference recognized the
sheer necessity of establishing close
contact with the unemployed, and
developing a united front fight with
the more than 5000 unemployed
steel workers of Monnessen, who
have already begun to organize an
unemployed council. Speakers for
both the M Will and the Unem-
ployed Council will appear at the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Henderson Has Harder Job
Hiding His Role AS Fdker

NEW YORK.-Tuesday Parliament
is scheduled to open in Britain and
Ramsay Macdonald, with the help
of SnoWden will show how Socialist"
premiers work with bankers and
other exploiters to smash down the
standard of living OF workers through
cuts in unemployment insurance,
wage slashes and increased taxes on
necessities.
Besides the attacks on the workers
already mentioned, Arthur K. Kiddy,
New York Evening Post London fl
nancial correspondent, says he ex-
poets the coalition Socialist" led
government to propose tax on tea
and sugar. The so-called economy"
program of Macdonald, mainly de-
signed to cut down unemployment
relief, Kiddy says, will actually in
crease unemployment.
Under almost any circumstance, 3"
he writes, IAN economy program
must temporarily increase the num-
Der Of unemployed, but if only the
trade unions can be defied in the
sense of a fuller restoration of the
principle of an economic wage (polite
term for wage cuts), unemployment
would decrease gradually"
1t is not the so-called Opposition"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
PREP ARE SCOTTSBORO DEFENSE
CONFERENCE INN. Y. SEPTEMBER 13

ternational Labor Defense, the or
ganization charged by the boys and
their families with their defense.
Miss Maddox called upca the
Negro and white workers present to
rally to the defense of the nine boys
and to fight against the boss terror
against the Negro people. She urged
the workers to join the International
Labor Defense.
Rudolph Harju, of Superior, con-
nected up the Scottsboro Case with
other frame-up cases against the
working-class, such as the Mooney
Billings Case, Sacco and Vanzetti,
the Imperial Valley prisoners, the
Hay Market case, etc. Harju pointed
out that the ScottSboro frame-up,
together with the Camp Hill, Ala,
and Chicago police police massacre
Of Negro workers, was part of the
general terror against the working
class. He p ointed to the murderous
attacks by the mine operators and
their thugs on the strik.<.g miners
struggling against starvation. He
called upon all workers to defend
the nine Negro boys.
Miss Maddox is making tour of
the northern part of Minnesota with
Bertha Weiss They will speak in
the following cities:
Eveleth, Mimi, Sept. 8; Ely. Sept.
9: Carson Lake, Sept. 10; Chisholm,
Sept. II; Hibbing. Sept. u; Nash
wauk, Sept. 10; Bemidji, Sept. IA:
Crosby Sept 16; Minneapolis, Sept.
II; st. Paul, Sept. I8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Must Speed Signature Drive, Says Worker

of an avowed socialist" A victroy
inded for us.
In response to our knock a great
big Mrs. Mulligan came to the door.
When she heard our story she proud
ly announced, "Why, I am a 100 per
cent American, born right in this
country and if I had my way, I'd
send all of you reds back to Russia. y
Whereupon I proudly replied, 81 too,
was born in this country--still I am
a red" She was non-plussed. OF
course, we didn't get her signature
but at least she learned that we
reds are not imported from Russia.
Yes, comrades, this is splendid
opportunity to spred propaganda and
I repeat a most interesting task. So,
let us go to it these last two weeks
and obtain our 5000 signatures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07
Philadelphia, Pa.

Pn1laoelpnla, ia.
Dear Editor
I think it would interest some of
our readers to know some Of the
outstanding pieces of fakery prac-
ticed by Arthur Henderson, the new
leader of the Labor party of Great
Britain. Particularly should it be of
interest to the workers of Kensing-
ton, Pa, who are being approached
for votes by labor takers who admit
the same ideals as the Labor party
of Great Britain.
In 1916 Mr.. Henderson served a
faithful role to British imperialism
in the Irish rebellion. The policy of
terrorism being played by the ia
nous Black and Tans was meeting
with mass meetings of protest
throughout the length and breadth
of Great Britain. Especially was the
case of Kelvin Barry, the boy rebel
being tried for high treason, meeting
with much protest. But, when SEN
fenced to death, who should sign his
death warrant but our friend, Mr..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-07

0urance.
We were cutting rock and the fore
man usually promises that we will
receive so cents ton for hour-ton
ear, but we have been receiving moth
ing for this work.
We are in the mines until nine
and ten o'clock at night and when
our electric lamps give out we are
compelled to wade through water and
look for the motorman to fetch us
Q new one. If a miner leaves the
mine without permission, he is either
fired or laid off for five to ten days,
disregarding the fact that we are in
the mine from five in the morning
until ten p. m.
Imposes Fines
Not only does the company short
weigh the miners but whenever it
sees fit fines the miners for load
ing less than 21z tons. In many cases
the company compels the miners to
pay the drivers and 1t often happens
that after the miners work 16 hours
they receive nothing. 1t is no use to
complain to the superintendent about
lost cars for he only threatens us