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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
INDICT ENGDAHL,
CANADA TOILERS
Oh ar ge Sedition for
Protest of Terror

NEW YORK, May Establishments
charging sedition and unlawful as
sembly were returned today at Mon
treal, Canada, by the grand jury
against j. Louis Engdahl, general
secretary of the international Labor
Defense who has just returned from
the Soviet Union where he attended
plenum of MOPR, and Bella Cor
don of the Canadian Labor Defense
League as well as seven other work
ers who we're indicted with them.
The nine militant defendants re-
fused to plead to the indictments on
the ground that the indictments did
not cite any specific offense, merely
charging that seditious utterances
had been made at meetings held last
January.
The attorney for the Canadian
Labor Defense League, Michael Gar
Der, announced that written motions
demurring against the indictments
would be filed and argued imme-
diately.
Arrested Last January.
Engdahl Gordon and the other
seven indicted militants we're arrested
last January as the result of storm
of protest aroused locally over the
police attacks, first against the un-
employed meeting in the Labor Tem-
pie, then against the Lenin Mem
orial Meeting of the Communist Party
and finally against the Defense
League protest. Those arrested at
the Lenin Memorial meeting were
Phillip Halpern and Leslie Morris: at
the unemployed meeting, Phillip
Richard, Tom Miller, Dave Kashtan,
Dave Chalmers and Fred Rose. And
finally at a meeting organized by the
Canadian Labor Defense League to
protest these arrests, j. Louis Eng
dahl and Bella Gordon we're arrested.
In statement issued by the Cana
dian Labor Defense League 1t said in
part: 1.-The quick return of the in
dictments, following the converting of
the grand jury, shows that the ut
most efforts will be made by the
prosecution to railroad the defend
ants to long terms in prison. Any
illusions that the grand jury would
fail To return indictments have been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
CALL FOREIGN
BORN MEETING
Plan to Reorganize
Movement There

According to Secretary of Labor
Doak, discrimination against foreign
born, persecution and deportation
are only beginning. BY these meth
DDS, the ruling class is trying to
divide the working class Of this coun-
try, in order to defeat them sepa-
rately. 1t is clear that foreign-born
workers must organize a movement
for their own protection. Native
born worker must organize move
ment for their own protection. Ma
tive-born workers and Negroes must
also join this movement.
AS the movement for the protec-
ton of the foreign born is still very
weak organisationally, the National
Committee has decided to call con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

Cardale, Pa, Joe c. says: We have
established an unemployed council
and have decided to sell the Daily
Worker. So send Is daily" W. w.
Of Mansfield, Ohio, has a bone-and
big one-to pick with us for not
getting his bundle regularly. You
want fOOthOld in Mansfield, Ohio.
but l cannot do a thing the way
am getting my Daily Workers." says
he. This may make you think ]
mean business. ! do" We've made
certain you're on the list, w, w. Adj
wise us of any further trouble in get
ting your so a day.
Decreases. Cuts, Too.
NJ 7. of Bicknell. Ind, informs us
DO is all he can handle at present:
we've cut down from 60. Charlotte,
N. c., slices bundle in half, now gets
rs day, until can get a comrade
to handle the literature and establish
the proper sale of it." the new Dis
trict Organizer there assures us. Two
puhoIeS discontinued in Michigan.
j. P, Royal Oak cuts out Is, and
Sophie P, Flint 25 My customers
are quitting because they are all out
of work and cannot pay" Might
propose they put their time into SELL
ing the Daily, Comrade Sophie.
Jobless-But There's An Old Car.
Il and another cOmrade who Is
out of work but got an old car are
going to small farm towns and see
what we can do with the Daily
Worker when We get that bundle
writes Karl ]. M, Moline, H.
meaning 100 copies. Walter S,
Sioux City, Iowa, wires: Increase
from 25) to so copies a day at
once"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Find Police Captain
Banked b i g Money
from Chicago Rackets

CHICAGO, Ill.-The Grand Jury
investigating corruption in the Po-
lice Department has brought out
number of interesting facts, in
spite of their efforts to whitewash
the police, whose cooperation with
the gangsters is a weIl-lSnown fact.
The most interesting revelation was
one about Ctpt. John Ptacek of the
Lawndale. Police Station. who de-
posted within five years S227,OOO
in various banks. Another captain
had 100000 in the bank. Captain
Ptacek, who by the way is staunch
Cermak supporter, when asked how
he could save S277,OO in five years
out of a yearly salary of $4,000 an
swered that he made all this money
through honest business, i.e., spec
ulation in real estate. He stated
that he is getting money from
number of mortgages, among them
S27O year from N. Mangano, a
lieutenant Of Al Capone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

pLoI VIC ClOllS Will Jul Ict1lllllCGs
Father Out of Work Six Months
My father was laid off at the gas
company six months ago. There are
seven of us in my family three girls
and two boys. Our whole family is
faced with starvation.
Income $3.50 a Week.
About six months ago, we applied
at the charities for relief, after taking
a long time to investigate our con-
ditions Then they sent us to a
catholic priest, Father Summer. He
gives us $3.50 a week for supplies.
All the children must suffer because
our fathers are thrown out of job.
We do not want to go to the cath
Ole priest. We do not want to de-
pend on the charities, because they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Albany, N. Y.

Albany, N. Y.
Daily Worker
In Albany there is young lady
who is calling on wholesale concerns,
warehouses and small manufacturers
asking them to pay a standard wage
TO unskilled laborers of thirty cents
per hour.
When she was asked by Mr..
O'Brien of the Interstate Wholesale
Plumbing Co, 1856 Broadway, who she
represented, she answered that she
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

promised to. pay the rent and never
paid it.
Joins Y.CL.
I joined the Young Communist
League because 1 know that it fights
against all this.
A Young Worker.
EDITORIAL NOTE: The Young
Worker who sent in the foregoing
letter should report the case of
this fake charity association to the
Cincinnati Unemployed Council at
once, which will take immediate
action to secure real relief for this
family. The father of this family
should join the Unemployed Coun-
Gil.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

ference consisting of all its members
representatives from mass organiza-
tons and trade unions and secre-
tsries of existing districts and cities
committees for the Protection of the
Foreign Born.
This plenuIn, which will take place
May II at 10 o'clock in Manhattan
Lyceum, Sc E. ST., N.Y.C. will review
the entire activity of the movement
and will make organizational changes
II necessary. The questions of a legal
department, language conferences
and city conventions will be dis
cussed. A detailed plan of action
will be worked out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Philadelphia, Pa

Daily Worker
Some few weeks ago, the head of
Sears Roebuck announced that the
depression had been halted" and to
prove it, some departments had to
take 20 per cent wage cut.
On Saturday, the 9th, the Suburban
Title and Trust Company closed its
doors, since their assets were frozen.
II is also worth mentioning that the
President resigned five weeks before
the crash. All of the directors are on
the Social Calendar, but you can bet
your red union card that these crooks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Ore. Spends Funds for Police. While Thousands
Are JObless

helping to organize the newly created
police body,
Thousands are unemployed thruout
the state and there is no funds for
their relief but the state can spend
money for creating a cossack division
to Cypress them further. Every class
conscious worker knows the role that
is played by the police.
The state police funds for the STAR
vingi
Join the Unemployed Council
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Indianapolis, Ind.

IndlahapouS, IND,
Daily Worker
Workers of Marmon Motor Com
pany were almost killed by falling
auto body The workers on the fourth
floor work on a bonus system. The
work is carried along by chains,
at some places the chains carry the
bodies over the heads of the workers.
These bodies fall off these hooks on
chains and smash to the floor. This
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Two jailed in Chicago Eviction Fight

The International Labor Defense
put up a bond of $1,000 for the two
workers
The judge in talking to the work.
ers in court, called one of them a
rat and said that it is impolite to
put furniture back into house when
once the bosses have thrown it out.
The unemployed council, however,
will continue to put evicted workers
furniture back into the houses.
IT. L..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Sears Roebuck Head Says Better Times Here;
Forces 209o Wage Cut

will not lose their homes or polo po-
MES and the unemployed councils will
not have to be on the job to prevent
these blue blooded suckers from being
evicted, and to cap it all the Oldsmo-
bile Sales Agency at Sc and Walnut
advertised for a man to grease cars,
must look respectable, about 100 an
swered.
Fellow workers this is how prosperity
is returning We must organize
against these fake labor misleaders
and join militant trade unions affil-
lated with the T.U.UL.
"A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
tBy a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Il-Yesterday a worker
who was in the hunger march was
thrown out of his home because he
was unable to pay rent. The unem-
ployed council went on the job mas
sing 500 workers. J. Bertiaux, a
leader of the council, spoke to the
workers for about 5 minutes and S
squads OF police came and placed him
under arrest. Another worker who
went to protest the arrest was also
jailed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Workers of harmon Auto Co. Almost Killed
By Auto Body Fall

time it happened that the workers
were out of the way of this falling
auto body.
The workers of Marmon continually
have to endanger their lives because
OF the failure of the bosses to install
good hooks to hold these auto bodies.
The Marmon workers should organ
ize into the Metal Workers Industrial
League which fights in the interests
of the workers. A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Toledo Churches In Protest.

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 13-Two adj
ditional Negro churches in this city
joined the united front movement to
save the lives of the nine ScottSboro
boys, The Warren A. M. E. Church,
with 500 members, and the Mount
Zion Baptist Church, with $50 men,
berS, both sent protest kilograms to
Governor Miller of Alabama. Both
pledged their full support to the
united front struggle to free the boys.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

dissipated by the return of the
charges, flimsy though they be. Only
through mass protest Of the whole
working class, especially the great
masses of unemployed, can defeat the
efforts OF boss class justice to bury
alive leaders Of the working class"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
S m a S h Frame-Ups
Demand Amnesty

Fight lynching. Fight deporta-
ton Of foreign born. Elect dele
gates to your city conference 10,
protection Of foreign born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
United Front Movement to SAGE 9
Boys Takes on Mass Character

tended by 200 Negro and white work
ers. Both meetings sent vigorous
protest kilograms to the governor of
Alabama.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
by a Worker Correspondent
Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon
Daily Worker
Julius Meier, new and so-called
liberal governor of Oregon, has in
Nted General Smedley Butler, to
come out here and organize a state
police like those Of New York and
Pennsylvania Butler is that famous
marine officer known to millions of
workers and peasants. He accepted
and will spend few weeks in Oregon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Mass Protest In Hedewisch.

HEDEWISCH, Ill, May 10
Branch 43 of the Russian Mutual
Aid Society of America held a mass
meeting at its headquarters in pro-
test against the ScottSboro frame up.
A protest telegram was sent to the
governor of Alabama.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
Buffalo Conference Prospects Good

Buffalo Conference Prospects Good.
BUFFALO, May 13.-The reports
coming in from the comrades Wis
iting the organizations indicate that
the United Front Scottsboro Defense
Conference 0 nNIay % at the Michi-
gan Ave. "Y'' will be one of the best
ever held in this city. Many new
organizations and churches are re-
spending to the call and electing
delegates. Among the organizations
supporting the conference are the
Elks, Michigan Ave, Baptist Church
(colored) the Urban League, Cen
trail Presbyterian Church (white).
Several big meetings are being ar
ranged for Comrade Moore in his
tour of the district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

The history of all hitherto ex-
isting society is the history of class
strnggle.-MARX.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
JOBLESS GIRL WORKER
TELLS OF FAKE AID OF
CINCINNATI CHARITIES
Member of Family of Z, Income $3.50 Week,
Father Out of Work More Than Months
Sisters Layed Off by Kroger Store; Refuse
to Face Starvation, Join Y CT
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Daily Worker:
an unemployed girl worker. Formerly l worked in
the Kroger Store with my two sisters Conditions getting
for girls. We made such little wages when did
work that when out of job forced tc
sfo o1op with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14

The campaign to rouse the masses
for defense of the nine boys is as
Stunning mass proportions. In New
York City this Saturday afternoon
there will be a huge protest parade
and demonstration. This will be
followed by a United Front Scots
boro Conference on Sunday, to
which many Negro and white Or
carnations have already elected dele
gates and pledged their full sup
port. The parade will begin to mob
ilize at o'clock in Harlem. The
conference will be held Sunday at IL
o'clock in Finnish Workers Hall, Is
w. 126th st. Mrs. Ada Wright, the
mother Of two of the boys, will be
present at the conference.
Big Response to Defense Conferences.
BALTIMORE, Nd, May 13.-The
response to the defense Of the Scots
boro boys is growing from day TO
day. Churches and lodges and other
organizations are making demands on
the International Labor Defense and
the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights for speakers. Among the or
CARNATIONS which have decided to
send delegates to the United Front
ScottSboro Defense Conference in
this city on June is the South Bal
timore division of the Carney move
ment. The conference will be held
at 8 p. m. at the Gahlean Fisher
mems Hall, Ali w. Biddle st.
Newark Conference May 81.
NEWARK, N. j., May 13.-The
work of preparing the United Front
Scottsboro Conference in this city is
going ahead apace. The conference
will be held May 81 at 2:3O p, M, at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-14
M a ny Organizations.
Churches Endorse
Conferences

80 Ferry ST. Many organizations and
churches are being visited. So far
four mass meetings have been held
in the following cities: Newark, Eliza
beth and Linden.
Mrs. Wright to Speak in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 13.-Mrs.
Ada Wright, mother of two of the
Scottsboro boys, will speak at a mass
meeting in this city on May 81 at
Pythian Temple, POLL Center Ave. A
tag day for Scottsboro defense will be
conducted on Sunday, May "a. A
United Front Conference will be held
on May 27 at the Pythian Temple.
N.M.U. Local Sends Protest.
STUDA, Pa, May 13.--Local Union
1913 of the National Miners Union
has unanimously adopted a resolu-
ton demanding new trial for the
nine Scottsboro boys. The local in
cludes many Negro and white work
ers in its ranks.
Big Meetings In Ohio.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, May 13.-
Two big Scottsboro protest meetings
were held here under the auspices
of the I. L. D. and the L. S. N. R.
The first meeting, at Toronto,
Ohio, small stel town, was at
tended by over 500 white and Negro
workers. The second meeting was
held in Steubenville proper, and at
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
MARE IS KILLED
IN BOW|EF|RE

BOWIE, March 16.-R
Keller, a 6-year-old mare, owned
by j. P. McGovern and valued
at $500, was burned to death in
a fire which levelled two stables
at the Bowie race track, Satur.
day night. Seventy-five other
horses, valued at approximately
100000, escaped.
George Curley, 18, stable boy,
received a scared right hand
when he attempted to lead the
terrified horses from their burn
ing stalls. Firemen from Bowie,
Bladensburg, Cottage City and
Glenn Dale fought the blaze for
over two hours before over
coming it.
Originating in Stable I, the
fire was discovered by a night
watchman, who turned in the
alarm. Property damage was
estimated at $4,000. The build
ingS were owned by the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Fair Asso-
citation.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
JEWISH.
DRIVE APRIL 19

A United Jewish Campaign will
be held in Washington from
April 19 to 81, it was announced
yesterday at the Jewish Com
munity Center where headquar,
ters have been established.
A 100000 fund will be sought,
half of which will go toward the
relief of conditions among the
Jews of Eastern Europe and the
remainder devoted to upbuilding
of homeland in Palestine.
Harold H. Levi, of the Hecht
Company, and Isidore Hershfield,
OF the Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society, have been designated as
co-chalrmen of the drive and
Louise E. Spiegler as executive
director. A committee of 100 is
being organized to assist in the
organization of drive teams, after
the manner of the Community
Chest campaigns.
All Jewish organizations of
the city will be asked to cooper.
ate by furnishing volunteer work
ers for an intensive weeks can
vass. Assurances of the support
Of many clubs and societies al.
ready have been received.
Rudolph B. Behrend will serve
as campaign treasurer and J. D.
Kaufman as chairman of the
publicity committee.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
HOOVERS ALTER
WHITE HOUSE

Quiet changes have been going
on in the White House since Mrs.
Herbert Hoover became its mis-
tress two years ago.
The changes are so slight that
even frequent visitors to the Ex.
ecutive Mansion may not have
noticed that portraits have been
rehung, furniture put in new
places and other little readjust-
ments made here and there.
Among the portraits, for in
stance, the great canvases of
George and Martha Washington,
which formerly hung on either
side of the door leading from
the front hall to the Red Room,
have been moved to the great
East Room. There they are
spaced on the east wall near the
famous gold-leaf piano, dominat-
ing this largest of the state
chambers.
The East Room has been made
more comfortable for visitors in
the big winter reception crushes.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
WEATHER DETAILS

FORECAST TILL p. NJ. TUESDAY
For the District Of Columbia, mostly
cloudy tonight: Tuesday fair; little
about s3 degrees; gentle northcrlv
winds.
For Maryland. cloudy. with snow
flurries in west portion, tonight; Tues
day generally fair: not much change
in temperature; moderate northerly
winds
For Virginia, mostly cloudy tonight
Tuesday fair: little change in temper.
ature; fresh northerly winds.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, 6:14 a. m. and
6:39 p. M; low tides, 1899 a. m and
Tomorrow-High tides, 6:5S a. m. and
7:?l p. m; low tides 1919 a. m an
-''' SUN AND MOON
The sun rose today, $50 a. m. and
The sun rises Tuesday, Sis a. m.
and sets. 6:l6 p. M. m.-o
The moon rises today, No:24 a. m. ana
The moon rises Tuesday, 5:4s a. m.
and sets 1850 D. IN.
Local Temperatures
P, P. m,.$s m,,,..$s a. a. m::.....sG m::::..:.sG
Departures From Normal
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January !. 1881, 2.12.
Deficiency of temperature since
March /, 1881, IA.
Accumulated deficiency Of precipita-
tion since January /, 1881. .460.
Deficiency of precipitation since
March /, 1881, .6S.
Comparative Temperatures
Temperature Rain
High Low fall
Abilene Abilene Tex .. s. ssss e.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
SESSION
ON JOB RELIEF
CONSIDERED
ProgreSSiVes to Push Fight
If Survey Reveals Need;
l2-Point Program Planned

While sponsoring a national sur
vey Of unemployment conditions
to determine whether emergency
Federal relief measures are neces-
sary, the new organization of
non-partiSan progressives today
had formulated an ambitious leg
islative program for submission to
the new Congress in December.
The pr0gressives may demand
the calling of a special session of
Congress before fall, If their sur.
vey reveals growing distress
among the unemployed. The sur.
vey is being conducted for this
purpose, and to learn how soon
local relief funds will be ex-
hauSted.
IL Measures Listed
At least IL major measures
were listed on the progressive
legislative program. Until Con-
gress meets they will carry their
proposals to the country, seeking
popular support, thereby jncreas-
ing the chances of enactment
next fall.
The program, subject to amend
ment to include other legislationS:
l. Creation of a national eco
nOmic council, to coordinate in
duStrial StabilizatiOn among Fed
eral, State and local agencies.
2. Passage Of the Wagner
bill, creating a national system
. of employment agencies.
3. A Congressional study of
Federal unemployment inSur"
ance.
4. Enactment of the deben-
ture form of farm relief.
5. Passage of bill for Opcr
alton of Muscle Shoals under
Government control.
Tariff Readjustment
6. Possible readjuStment of
tariff rates, particularly on farm
products, and reduction of exceS-
sive industrial rates.
Z. Repeal of the flexible tar.
IF provision, which allows the
President and Tariff Commits
sion to change rates.
8. Adoption of the Norris
constitutional amendment, elm
mating lame duck and short
sessions of Congress.
8. Strengthening Federal elec-
tiOn laws, to the extent of SUBJ
mitting a constitutional amend.
ment giving Congress control
over primaries.
10. Repeal of the wartime
Espionage Act.
IL. Passage of a bill, limit
ing the use of Federal injunc-
tiOns in labor disputes.
IL. Proposal of a cOnstitu.
tiOnal amendment, abOlishing
the electoral college and permit
ting direct balIOting for Presi.
dent.
Plan Frequent Sessions
During the summer, three pro-
greSsive committees dealing with
unemployment, public utilities
and farm relief, will hold fire.
quent sessions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Alexandria School
Report Submitted

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 16.
The long-awaited report of DR.. w.
S. Y. Critchley on the conditions
in the local high schools was sub
mitted to the school board at an
informal meeting Saturday.
The report recommends drastic
changes in the curriculum, in
creased pay for certain teachers
and other minor changes.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
School Committee
Seeking NeU Name

A new name for the joint com.
mittee on public schools will be
discussed at a meeting of the
committee Wednesday at p. M,
in the Y. M. c. A. Building, 1875
G st. N. w.
A set of rules also will be sub
mitted and definite plans con-
sidered for beginning the con-
structive program adopted at the
last meeting. Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter, chairman, will preside.
The Washington times., 1931-03-16
Brazil Plans NelU
Air Routes to u. s

RIO DE JANEIRO, March Is
Q.N.So.-A proposal to create a
civil aviation department to fur.
ther development of air routes
between Brazil, the United States
and Europe will be laid before
President Getulio Vargas. The
latter will return to the capital
from his summer vacation today.