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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
HERIFF WANTS TO BREAK UP
MINE STRIKERS TENT COLONY

uous fight to prevent closing the
barracks. If the barracks are con-
demned tent colonies will also be
condemned.
Then it will be a choice between
living in the open, with a rain-laden
sky for roof and the roadside for
quarters, or else going back to live in
the patch and to work in the mines
or else be driven out of the coal
fields, as Sheriff Seaman and the
operators no doubt would like to do
with all militant miners.
The miners are putting up stiff
fight against this new move, and ask
the support of their fellow workers.
While they have resisted all at
temptS to close down their relief
kitchen-they need relief While
they are fighting to keep what living
quarters they have-rnany are still
living at the roadside, waiting for
tents! Babies are dangerously sick
they need milkl Most of all-every
striking miner, his wife and his chill
dren need bread-enough bread to
keep life in their bodies. The Penn
Ohie-W. Va.-Ky. Striking Miners
Relief Committee urges you to help
send relief into these camps. Send
what you can in money to buy food
tents and clothing to Room 2O5, Gil
Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
EGION LEADERS PLAN TO KILL IN
OMMITTEE VETS DEMAND FOR BONUS

this country. Following Hoover be-
fore the microphones, he shouted:
I'm 1917, the Legion led the way
in service ito the capitalists), and
in 1881 the Legion will lead the
way again" Tin trying to save capt.
talisn against the hungry masses).
He tried to assure the bosses that
they had nothing to fear from the
war veterans, even though they and
their families are condemned by the
bosses to starvation by denial of I'M
employment relief and opposition to
the demand for immediate cash pay
ment of the Graveyard Bonus.
The convention was also addressed
by former Secretary of War Baker,
who said that "the worst catastrophe
(to the capitalists) was the loss of
faith in the efficacy of (capitalist)
institutions for orderly government. "
Baker also referred indirectly to
the boss preparations for another
war, especially against the Soviet
Union. He declared there is grave
anxiety that during the next few
years another war from some unex-
pected quarter will land upon them
to further devastate their land"
His speech, as those of the others,
was directed towards mobilizing the
Legion for this war against the So
Wet Union and for the war against
the starving and discontinued masses
at home.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

In prices that Is certain to follow
the heavy fall of sterling abroad.
Consequently, there has been no
frantic withdrawal Of savings today
nor any heavy purchase of sup
plies"
In this hiding of the brutal attack
on the living standards that is in
store for the workers, the Socialists"
in the government and especially in
the Opposition" are at one with the
conitalist press. The socialists are
also consciously trying to mislead the
workers as to the significance of the
crisis for the workers.
In Paris optimistic statements were
issued by important bankers about
the security of the franc and in Rome
those papers that did comment on
the crash of the pound did it in such
a way as to avoid the spreading OF
thefinancial crisis to Italy, where all
the prerequisites in the general eco
nonlic situation already exist for it.
Slump In Other Countries.
The financial crisis in Great Brit
ain has already been followed by sig
nificant events in other countries
throughout the world. The Canadian
dollar was already quoted at a dis
count of 6 per cent from the U. S.
dollar on Monday. The Bank of Swe-
den raised its discount rate from
to per cent. Those few South Amer
lean countries who are still trying to
make payments in gold on their for
eign debt now feel that it is neces-
sary for them to cease such payments
and go off of the gold standard like
wise. This means that the entire fl
nancial relations of the United States
will be sharply affected by the dror
in the payment on the foreign loans
in South America.
In Uruguay, on Monday, the gov
| ~ AAAiASAAV oVoOCo O2Ae11 ally 4ll IllCl pay
ments Of the country on the gold
standard would only be useless sac
rifices" in view of the fact that Grea,
Britain, one of the worlds largest
creditors, had gone off of the gold
standard. Chile's banking reserve has
been based on the pound and it's re-
serves maintained in London 1t is
reported that these reserves may be
transferred to New York, which would
be a major victory of the United
States in the struggle against British
capitalism at the present time.
U. S. Faces Sharpened Crisis
The immediate perspective is not
only for further difficulties for the
weaker countries but for the United
States. This Is realized in London
where the effects Of the British crisis
on the United States has been point
ed out This is put forth sharply ir
a New York Evening Post dispatch
from London,
"Most people In the financial dis
trict, however, regard even tenn
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ious in his attempts to terrorize
} miners back to work. He has
IN threatened the workers with ar
t for talking to the defense attor-
y in the courtroom at Washing
l. After the Canonsburg riot cases
lie tried, Seaman came out with
announcement that he was going
Z close the strikers relief stations
less they stopped picketing. This
oused storm of indignation. The
ners refused to be terrorized.
Then began the circularization Of
: petition for a court order saying
ey were a public nuisance. Sea-
ms other card is "unsanitary con-
ions" The miners say they are
.tfectly willing to leave the bar
cks if decent houses are provided,
d will not leave until then.
The barracks at Cedar Grove are
e the other barracks built to house
liking miners in various parts of
! coal fields, They are not beauti-
nor even comfortable, but the
litary arrangements of the bar
ks are as good as those of the
rage company patch" where the
Sers live while digging coal for
bosses.
The rooms are small, being an
erage of 10 feet square, and they
overcrowded. There is hardly
pm for more than beds and a
I've, and when rainy weather drives
} family indoors they are seriously
pwded. They are built of 1 inch
ards, with tar paper roofs, door
front and a window In back. Out
uses are built we'll away from the
racks proper, and sanitary condi-
MS are as good as could be ex-
tied without running water.
rhis crowdedness of the barracks
the most serious difficulty. At
dar Grove the single men have
andoned the barracks to make
pre rooms for families. The single
n live in the open.
Sheriff Seaman's efforts to sup
sss the barracks is a definite eff
It to end all strike activity and put
complete stop to any effort of coal
ners to wiring better conditions
nm the bosses. The National Min
! Union intends to put up siren
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

sectors of Southern Manchuria. In
tensive military preparations are
shown in the use of airplanes, bombs
machine and large infantry detach-
ments in the extending japanese
penetration of Manchuria.
Kirin where resistance was pre-
viously expected, fell to the Japan
ese. Masses of Manchurian have
been forced to flee before the in
vaders.
The growing tenseness of the sit
uation in the province of Chientao
is reported by the correspondent OF
the New York Times as follows:
Anti-Japanese demonstrations,
riots and incendiarism are sizzling
up in several places, and telegraph
wires are reported cut. A regiment
of Chinese troops has marched
toward the area, but whether their
presence will pour oil or water on
the smoldering flames remains to
= be seen.
The Moscow Pravda and Izvestia
characterized the Japanese occupa-
ton of Manchuria as an act of or
ganized imperialist aggression and
on that was made at a time when
conflicting imperialist powers had
their hands full with internal diff
ficulties. The value of the Kellogg
pact and the Washington 1922 pact
which Japan is signatory is shown
in its true light, not as peace in
struments, but contrawise, as instru-
ments that hide imperialist war pre-
parations.
The events in Manchuria may
bring forward in full force the
problem of conflict of the imper-
falls countries on the Chinese
question" Pravda writes.
The intense interest that American
imperialism now manifests in the
Manchurian affair flow not only out
Of its need for more markets, but
the ever-present thought of war
against the Soviet Union with the
conquest of new positions in Man
churia. base for war against the
Soviet Union in the Far East sector
could be Immediately established.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

lalists who see in the present sit
lion an opportunity for extension
their spheres of influence espe-
lily as against those of Great
itian.
Spur On Chang.
That the Washington government
urging its puppet Marking govern
mt to act without delay is indi-
ed in the New York Times dis
oh from Washington:
Should a Chinese appeal for as
stance be received here the indi-
.tions are that it, would be taken
ider sympathetic consideration
1t not acted upon until the stu
ion has been clarified further.
such appeal had been received
pen the State Department closed
Hay.
In official request to the League Of
tons to intervene in the South
Manchurian situation was made
terday by the Nationalist govern
Int through foreign minister G. T..
ang. The statement enumerates
3 facts of the imperialist seizure
/ Manchuria and that Japan gives
manifestation of withdrawal.
tction of the League of Nations
lid draw Great Britain and
nee even further into the situL
IN and sharpen the intra- imper-
st fight for hegemony in leading
conflict for redistribution of
ma or armed war against Japan.
Japanese Advance.
espite the numerous quasi pa
It protestations of settlement
/ The affair. Japanese troops con-
le to advance and occupy new
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
FORM D. ". CLUBS AROUND
THE WORKERS CORRESPONDENCE
AND THEN DAILY" BOOSTS ITSELF

Comrade T. ]. B. writes in from
Decatur, Ill, to tell us that they
formed an Unemployed Council
about month ago. They put their
demands before the City Council
and gave them ten days to answer
their demands. The Council is going
to take up a collection for the Daily
Worker and now the people there
run after him for it; but he says
that they need new program to
boost the paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

claiming the fact that in the bitter
struggle between British capitalism
and American capitalism "the posi-
ton as the worlds leading merchant
and banker has passed for better or
for worse to the United States,
warns that if the struggle is inten-
sified at this present time without
regard to the consequences then the
consequences then the United States
and France will be drawn inevitably
into the financial crisis with Great
Britain.
"Of course, the New York and
Paris bankers could now injure
Great Britain, but it is much more
probable that they will help her,
since they know so well that con-
tinued British financial chaos
would injure them and their coun-
tries"
Monday, when the seriousness of
the situation was becoming worse the
French government suggested to
Snowden an additional credit totaling
about $156,OOO,Oo0. This was tempo
rarily rejected by Snowden, not be-
cause Great Britain does not need
the additional credits but because
such small amounts would be swal-
lowed up Immediately, as the previous
$3.50, 100000 had vanished in little
over a month. Snowcien asked for
these large credits on Friday of last
week but at that time both the Fed
eral Reserve Bank and the Bank Of
France gave friendly reply but
they offered no prospect of further
credits" The decision of the Federal
Reserve Bank was determined prob
ably to a large extent by the fact
that the 100 banks in the United
States have had some little difficulty
in raising the last credit to the Bank
Of England.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

porary abandonment Of the gold
standard as a most serious matter.
Gan almost equally serious view
of the general position of America
Is also taken for quite different
reasons and many failures are ex-
pected."
The immediate effect Of the British
crisis is a tremendous sharpening Of
the imperialist struggle for markets,
the intensified attack on the working
class in order to produce cheaper and
the growth Of the antagonisms lead
ing to imperialist war. The collapse
of the pound will give the British
capitalist class a tremendous advan-
tage in the struggle for the world
markets with the American capitalist
class which must continue to sell on
gold standard prices.
The German bankers have already
pointed out the sharpened antagon-
isms on the world markets. They
realize, moreover, that the British
market will be contracted to an i'm
portant degree as the result Of the
suspension of the gold standard. The
solution of the German capitalist
class thus far in the attempt to sta
bilize the German capitalist econ
ony has been to emphasize the ne
cessity for foreign markets because
of the absence of a sufficient inter-
nal market. Now they revert to the
inner market for the disposal Of the
surplus products which of course, due
to the mass misery Of the German
workers and farmers, is incapable Of
further expansion.
U. S. Prepares Struggle.
The Commercial attache Of the
United States in London cabled the
Department of Commerce pointing
out that the establishment cf the
pound at lower level as now seems
likely, "is likely to aid materially in
the trading position Of that country,
at least for certain period Of time. y
The competition Of the United
States and British capitalists is not
confined to the field of foreign mar
kets but the struggle is also as to
whether New York or London should
be the banking center of the world.
The U. S. capitalist press is already
proclaiming the downfall of sterling
and London and the rise Of the dol
lar and New York as the unques-
toned leaders of finance capital.
While this struggle goes on the
leading capitalists are conscious OF
the fact that the collapse Of the Brit
ish pound is of the greatest import
ance not only for Great Britain but
for the entire capitalist world. The
Temps, the semi-official organ of the
French government points out that,
"The gravest fault which could
be committed at this juncture, not
only in England but elsewhere,
would be to give way to pessimism
and the belief that British credit
is irremediably compromised. 1t is
not only the safety of England but
the safety of the whole world which
is involved"
! The World Telegram after pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
Missouri acific r. r.
Closes Locomotive and
Car Shops in Missouri
lBy a WORKER COrrespondent..

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Just a few
words from the Centropolis Unem-
ployed Council.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad here
has shut down the car shops and
the locomotive shop. And for those
still working the bosses have a sys-
TEN of wage-cutting. There are Ia
borers doing helpers work and help
ers doing mechanics work. They
have also cut off the steel carmen
who we're getting u cents an hour
and have the truckmen doing the
steel Garments work for so cents an
hour.
There has been one shift pulled off
at James ST., one at East Rip and
Cypress st. This is in the car shops
Workers, unite and fight this racket
Join the Trade Union Unity League
at 3O8-3O9 Manhattan Building, 726
Main ST., Kansas City, Mo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
PRICE OF FOOD RISES

The U. S. Department of Labor
reports that during the month of
July 15-August is, the price of eggs
rose by IL per cent, that of butter 9
per cent. Also sugar, pork chops and
other foods went up in retail price.
The farmer that produces the stuff
is starved and the worker who wants
to buy can't.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
FIVE AND TENS MAKE MILLIONS

That five and ten cent stores make
huge profits. Woolworth, for ex-
ample, raked in over $34,0Oo,OOo in
1880 "a bad year,. We can see how
they do this. The wages of one
third of the five and dime stores is
less than $40 per week. Half of
the women employed there earn less
than SIS. The hours are from 4S
to 81 and the discipline is equal to
any prisons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
MORTGAGES-THE CURSE OF
THE FARMERS

That bankers run the country's
industries is an established fact
And the bankers also tighten the
screws on the farmers. In 1910 mort
cages on farms amounted to about
three and one-third million dollars
In 1928 this had mounted to almost
nine billion dollars. 1t is not the
grasshoppers that puts the farmer
into starvation, but these mortgage
holders. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

can't induce them to sell the Daily
Worker as the job is very tough,
Even though the Thursday issue
carries news for their special dis
trict, it is even hard TO sell the
Daily on this day.
The Daily Worker agent from
Stockton, California, says that too
much lamenting is done over the
fact that the workers will not come
to us and buy the paper. The old
saying 'Tf the mountain will not
come to Mohammed then Moham-
med must go to the mountain" not
only applies here, but We should
go to the workers FIRST and not
wait for them TO come TO u.s.
MAKE THE MOUNTAIN COME
TO MOHAMSIED.
Again we say that If Readers
Clubs are built up around the
Daily Worker, with discussion Of
various news items, more and more
workers will become interested in
spreading the Daily. When these
clubs begin to function, the Daily
almost sells itself; In other words,
the mountain does come to Ma
hommed, the workers will run
after the agents and more and
more will help sell the Daily. Such
a program applied in Decatur
among the members of the I'm
employed Council is the program
that we suggest TO boost the paper.
The members can write in to the
Daily Worker about the demands
they put before the City Council
When these are published In the
paper, and the people see that the
Daily reflects their needs and fights
for their demands, it then becomes
their mass organizer which they
cannot do without.
The same thing applies to Fort
Myers. We realize what a tough
time the Red Builder there has. We
also suggest that he write In more
letters about the situation in that
city and their problems. If such a
discussion club as the Daily Worker
Club was formed, the demand for
Dailies would increase automatically.
He might start by going from house
to house in working-class districts,
showing the people how the Daily
reflects their problems and Is willing
and ready to fight for them. Each
of the workers approached will tell
other workers, who will then watch
for the Red Builder and his sales
will become much more easy. He
will then find that something little
better than starvation waits for him.
Let the Kids Show the Way.
Reading, how about getting q
bunch Of kids to work. Approached
right, they are swell fighters and
have plenty Of pep. After they get
started and bring things their way
older workers will flock for the Job
And then start a Daily Worker Club
there, and you will have no more
worries. The workers will Their
eagerly wait for the Thursday edition
which carries more news especially
pertinent to their district.
M. S. ]. writes in from New Or
leans. Louisiana tells us that they
are building a Daily Worker Club
there. He got six people together
and another comrade got nine. They
joined forces and explained TO these
workers the need Of such a club ir
New Orleans. Ask us for bulletin
on how to start a club. This is how
the ball can be started rolling. Wher
it starts to roll, like the proverbial
snowbelI, it would grow larger and
larger, and who knows where 1t will
end or when?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23

Another comrade writes in from
Fort Myers, Florida, far a bundle of
thirty copies. They elected a COM
rade to sell papers and he sold so
on Saturday, Sept. 6. He is ham
pered by being haf-starved most of
the time and by sleeping in empty
houses, which is not very good
strength builder. He says that a
Red Builder has tough time there,
as they haven't yet much co-opera-
ton from most of the comrades and
workers.
A comrade from Reading, Penn
sylvania, tells us that he has quite
a job to get statesmen and steady
ones. Sometimes four statesmen 90
out and at others only one. Only
two are selling regularly and their
sales fluctuate greatly. One of these
men is middle-aged and frequently
i'll. In spite of the extent of unem-
ploylnent and the obvious need of
unemployed workers for money, he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
Phila. Boarders Oppose Cut.

Phila. Boarders Oppose Cut.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The Board
ers' Local, Branch 20 of Philadel-
phia A.F.F.FH.W., voted against the
new wage-cut agreement, only one
member being in favor of accepting
the convention agreement.
President Rieve, who came to
speak in favor of acceptance of the
wage-cut was only permitted fifteen
minutes. When he objected, the
workers fatty told him he need not
waste his breath at all, as they we're
opposed to the wage-cut. Speaking
the IS minutes Rieve was booed and
left the hall protected by two
friends"
The significance of this action in
the home town of the A. F. F. H. w.
officials may be seen from the fact
that the McKeown controlled knit
tiers local voted 76o to 451 to accept
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-23
s. A. ACTS TO
LEAD IN WAR
IN MANCHURIA

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& Co. officialdom are trying to force
the workers to go back to the mills
and accept the cut