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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12

This is the 18th in Series of
articles on A. F. of L. and poll
teal corruption in New Jersey.
By ALLEN JOHNSON
Jim Smith, worker, pushed
around, knocked about, exploited,
getting wages that keep him on, and
sometimes under the borderline OF
starvation, forms union with some
fellow workers so they can fight the
bosses better. The bosses are or
ganized against the workers, why
not the workers against the bosses?
The union is formed. After a hard
and bitter fight, Jim and his com
rades win higher wages, shorter
working hours, better working con-
ditions
Pretty soon, Tom Jones, slick,
smooth oily guy. gets elected as bust
ness agent. The fellows in the union
grow careless Jones starts sporting
fancy clothes and in couple OF
months rolls around to union head
quarters in a shiny roadster.
Things start to go bad for the
workers in the union. Hours are
heightened, working conditions begin
TO get pretty bad. Then wage cut.
The men want to strike. Jones, the
delegate who has just bought an au-
tomobile, says no, it won't do us any
good. Let's not rush things, he says,
let's arbitrate! II doesn't pay to
fight.
Jim and some of the more ex-
perienced workers know better. They
have learned that boss won't yield
an inch without a damn stiff fight.
But some of the fellows are taken
in by the Business Agents smooth
CAB. They vote against a strike and
they win. So do the Business Agent
and the boss.
Boss and A. r. of l.. Delegate.
The boss sizes up the situation and
begins a general attack on the union,
and Jim and few other militants are
fired. In short time the union is
completely crippled. The delegate
buys bigger car. The workers are
temporarily crushed. The boss de-
clares a bigger dividend.
Here. briefly and somewhat over
simplified. is the history OF the aver.
age a. F.. of L. local. Is the picture
oyerdrawn? Look at the following
incidents, all of which happened re.
Gently and all of which are typical
Of A. F. of l.. union leaders all over
the country.
There is a fight in Concrete Work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12

writes r. T, of South Bend, Ind.
Il will renew my subscription az
soon as am able. ...t
Conditions here are bad. Work
ers are starving. The charities are
opium here. They give spoiled food
to hungry workers. The city hires
unemployed to sell apples. In the
factories conditions are getting
worse. Lay-offs, wage-cuts and
speed-up are common here"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
Il. J. Shoe Corp.
On Short Time:
Many Are JObless
Endicott, N. Y.

Endicott, N. Y.
Here in Endicott, the Endicott
Johnson Corporation of the largest
shoe corporations in the world tries
to tell the workers that they have no
breadlines like they have in the lar
ger cities, and that their Inc i a
refined soup line. Yes, we unem-
ployed workers that are out of q
job do not have to stay out in
the cold to get our bowl OF
soup but we get the same slop that
other workers in other cities get
Only they let us go into the Endicott
johnson restaurant in Endicott and
johnson City. And, of course, some
of the company stools who write
on the E. j. page of the Bingham
ton Sun controlled by E. j. Corp }
try to cover up the horried word
soup line by saying that there isn't
any such thing in Endicott, Bling
hamton or johnson City. But you
can see hundreds of workers flock
ing into the restaurants for a free
bowl of soup, a cup of dish water
known as coffee. The workers are be-
ginning to wake up to the fake I'M
employment relief.
Register Jobless.
A few days ago the writer went
to register at the fake employment,
office that the village fathers have
established and Wher he asked The
clerk N the office that he would like
70 get 500 the clerk said that he
was sorry, that hs had BOG workers
registered but mat he couldn't reg
ists. any more We'll, asked him
nov many workers lie you think
there are out .: WORK Here. he
SAID. oh. anaiit a thousand OF more
OH Short Time.
The e. J. Corp "a only working
4 and aaif days per week and
most OF those tina. are working make
81 10 81 per WeeA The employment
Offices are crowded with workers
looking soI work Conditions are So
rotten IN the home OF square dea''
tia: the hall owners are afraid tc
rent Us the hail The police told he
owners not to rent the halls to any
workers organization. The E. J. Corp
knows that The workers are heg.i:-
ming TO wake up.
"A Il
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
WORKERS WANT ACTION;
MUST HAVE DAILY

please send daily bundle of rs
Daily Workers TO Station A. Pueblo,
Colorado" writes O. J. G. I've in
tend to build up the Daily Worker
here in Pueblo. The workers want
action, so we need the workers
paper"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12

Ward Keplcr, Daily Worker agent in
Dayton, Ohio. IT would also like to
make suggestion that comrades in
charge of selling Dailies should buy
rubber stamps and steamp the back
numbers to be given away, with the
location of the news stands that
handle the Daily Workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
"LABORITE" PLAIN CROOK.

LONDON, England.-A labor
town councillor of Harwich came out
in his true colors recently. He was
found guilty OF robbing the workers
of the city of $6792 over a period OF
three months.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
WHEELING, w. VA,
WILL BUILD UP ROUTE

Send Is copies of the Daily Worker
to my address every day." writes VIM.
Hammer. Daily Worker agent. THE
Party nucleus of Wheeling is going to
build up a route for the Daily in our
section. Send at once"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
BORROWS MONEY TO q
RENEW SUBSCRIPTION

Enclosed you will find my re-
newal for the Daily Worker for one
year," writes r, c.. Los Angeles, Cal.
Il know it has ben overdue for some
time, but I was out of work. In fact
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
SENDS FOR S COPIES
WILL RENEW LATER

Enclosed Is cents in postal stamps
for which send me copies of the
Daily Worker for days next week, "
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12

am out of work at present and had
to borrow money because the Daily
Worker is badly in need now"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
STAMP COPIES WITH
NEWS STAND ADDRESS

please send bundle of ten Daily
Workers to comrade j. j." writes H
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
UNIT 4, BUFFALO, ASKS
FOR .25 COPIES DAILY

]. w. writes: Send 25 copies Of
the Daily Worker daily to Unit 4
Buffalo, N. Y"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
1881 CALENDAR FREE!

Historical data on big events OF
the class struggle in the first an
nual Daily Worker Calendar. Free
with six months sub or renewal.
Evening star., 1931-03-12
EDUCATION GETS
TENTH OF AIR TIME
522 of GOT Licensed Stations
Report in Survey of Radio
Commission.
BY ROBERT MACK.

Six minutes out Of every sixty on the
air are devoted to education.
That Is shown in the Federal Radio
COMMISSIONS sweeping survey Of radio
in education, launched to determine
how much educational matter the radio
listener gets and to work out an ac-
ceptable plan for radio in education.
About one-tenth of all the programs
broadcast, according to the stations
themselves, can be classified as purely
| educational.
In response to the QUESTIONABLE sent
out by Commissioner Harold A. Lafount
| at the commissions request, 522 sta
tions reported their activities IN educa-
tional programs. In all COS stations
were licensed as OF February 1. These
| stations during the week from January
IL to II, which was selected as a typical
week for program material, broadcast
an aggregate Of 3,457 hours and SO
minutes of educational programs. Dur
ing this same week these stations were
on the air SAFES hours and As minutes.
Institutions Of Learning.
A rather surprising result was the
disclosure that only 20 per cent of the
program material broadcast by stations
operated by educational institutions is
/
to educational institutions, AZ responded
to the questionnaire and these devoted
2S6 hours and 8 minutes to what they
described as educational programs.
They were on the air during the week
for total Of 1,027 hours and 10 min
utes.
The survey Is timely, in view Of the
concerted effort Of group Of educators
to have set aside for education in radio
| Is per cent Of all broadcasting facili-
ties now available, or about 1914 fun
channels OF the 90 available.
| Nine questions were enumerated, with
the totals given, f1fst for the entire
group Of 522 stations and then for the
group of 42 responding educational
stations. The whole group devoted q
total OF 1,0o7 hours and 2 minutes to
programs broadcast from their studios
by educators, with the AZ educational
stations contributing l23 hours and 1e
| minutes.
431 Hours In Week.
Programs originating in educational
| institutions totaled 43l hours and 33
minutes during the week, with the edua
cational stations devoting 20 hours and
l minute to this service. The time
used in broadcasting other data, con-
sidered educational but which was not
| necessarily broadcast by professional
| educators, was 2,021 hours and 80 min
utes, OF which 80 hours and so minutes
was reported by the educational sta
tions.
Thus the total number of hours used
in broadcasting programs considered
basically educational was 3,457 hours
and so minutes, out of the 80, ,785 hours
and 45 minutes the stations were on
| the air. And by the same method Com
missioner Lafourt computed the figure
of 26B hours and minutes Of such
programs from the 42 educational sta
| tions as against the l ,027 hours and 10
minutes they were on the air. Time
devoted during the week 10 the Red
Cross, Community Chest ana similar
! organizations, was 469 hours and So
minutes, with the educational stations
contributing IA hours and As minutes.
(Copyrisht, 1884, By the Consolidated Press).
Evening star., 1931-03-12
WOMEN BATTLE TO GET
MAN EACH CALLS SPOUSE
Parentage Of Children Involved In
Italy's strangest Case of
Questioned identity.

9S b1C AcoOClHtCH EIc5Ss
FLORENCE, italy, March 1.-Two
women followed passionately today the
proceedings In Italys strangest case Of
questioned identity, involving a decision
of the Court Of Appeals as to whether
an aff1nesia victim Is Prof. Giuiio Ca
nella or the Typesetter Mario Bruneri.
On the Identification depends the
martial future Of each woman, the par
efitage Of three children and the legiti-
macy Of two. A lower court held the
man Is Bruneri, wanted by police for
stealing tombstoneS from the cemetery,
where the alnnesia victim was found,
Signora Canella came to F1ofence be-
fore the hearing Of her appeal started.
She has four children-two born after
she identified the man In an asylum at
Cologne as her husband, missing since
a world war battle in 1918, and took him
to her home in Verona. Signora Bruneri
arrived at the court room yesterday
with her only child, Giuseppe.
The professor CanellaN who was re-
ported missing in the war was a man
OF means and position, and hrother-in-
law Of the president OF the Italo- Bra
lillian Chamber Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1931-03-12
JACA C0NSPIRAT0RS FACE
COURT MARTIAL TRIAL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACA, spain, March 12.-The prose-
cution in the cotirt-maftial against the
Jaca conspirators, scheduled to open
here today will demand six death
penalties and Sc life Imprisonment SEN
tenceS. The accused are charged with
participation in the uprising of last
December, which was quelled by loyal
troops.
Death penalties viii be asked for
Capt. Salvador SediIes Moreno, Lieut..
Eustacio Mendoza Garcia, Sublieuts.
Juan Gonzalez Hernandez, Ramon
MansanefU Moliner and Eergt. Gonzalo
Bufgos Iglesias. They are charged with
chief responsibility for the revolt.
The cotft-fnartial win be held in the
Town Assembly Hall, with Gen. Morato
presiding. A commander of infantry,
Julio Requejo, will prosecute.
Defending counsel win limit their
arguments to proof that the defendants
acted in obedience to superior military
orders, and were thus exempt from
all responsibility
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

The most vicious and despicable of human vices
is insisting upon minding other peoples business
(Arizona Republicl
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
HUMORETTES

Shop Assistant 'The gentlemaT
wants to know if that sweater vii
shrink"
Boss-"Is it too big for him2"
Shop Assistant-"Yes, sir !"
Boss-"Of course, it will"
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Tucson -Elks Lodge plant to op-
en- new hospital here by October
25th.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Mrs. Crabber-Oh, I wish To
thought twice before marrying you.
Mr.. Crabber-Huh, I'd be satisfied
if I'd thought just once.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
Ouerseas Flights

So many overseas flights have been made, both in
arplanes and dirgibes that for sake of keeping the
record straight in the minds Of the public account
of some Of the first feas Of this nature may be of
interest.
In order to grasp the singnificance of the early
feats in this connections it is necessary to distinguish
between the conditions which attended them The
facts may be briefly stated as follows:
The first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic was
the u. S. Navy seaplane NC-4 in May 1919, with
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read in command. This
was not nonstop flight, however, as stops were
made in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Azore
Islands,
The first nonstop flight across the Atlantic was
made by Alcock and Brown Of the British air force
in June 1919 between Newfoundland and Ireland
The first transatlantic flight by dirigible was
that of the British "a with 81 men aboard in July,
1919 The year 1919, therefore, was an epoch making
one in the history Of overseas flying
But the greatest overseas flight OF all time, so
far was that of Lindbergh in May, 1927 his unequal
led feat being that of crossing the Atlantic from the
mainland Of America to the mainland of Europe a
Lone All other overseas crossings have been made by
two or more aviatOrs flying together.
&c. until some other flyer equals or eXcels his
great achievement, Lindbergh must be considered
standing in class all by himself the "Lone Eagle"
of the air.
Arkansas calls out militia to protect an evan
gelist Paul would have liked cooperation like that
A New Yorker lan1ents that game laws provide
no closed season for innocent bystanders.
It's safer to guess it is the approaching drivers
headlight nearest to you that is out.
Appropriately enough, the first annual masters
bridge tournament was played at Deal, N. j.
"Dolt is he who weaves verse" sighs recent
poet. Which makes think better Of poets.
The average pedestrian can tell you that the value
Of walking as aid to health is greatly exaggerated
There are only eight Siamese in the United
States, according to the census bureau And none of
them twins
In view Of all the worry surplus crops per-
haps agricultural experats should teach farmers how
to raise less stuff.
motorcycle exploded and did no damage ex-
cqpt to permanently wreck itself Perfect Let us have
more explosions ike that
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

In New Yorks Central Park youngsters gaze
with wonder on q real live cow. And down on Wall
Street bull would be an even greater curiosity.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
HoNoRs REAL HEROES

All other famous buildings have
the names of the owners or archi-
tects we'll played up. The Empire
State is different. One sees on all
sides pictures of the mem who made
the building possible. And one no
tices that they are the workmen; the
blasters of the CELLAR, the men who
rode the whir1wind when the steel
girders were rising, the masons who
laid the stone walls at giddy heights,
and the engineers who braved cata-
clysmic falls when they proved up
the steel and STONE as it scared into
the empyrean.
For the first time the horny
handed toiler is honored for pursu-
ing his ordinary vocations while
risking his fife every hour of the
day. The champion workers have
their names cast in bronze in the
lobby. A fitting honor for future
generations to see.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
JUNE

BY Harrison Smith Morris
When the bubble moon is young,
Down the sources of the breeze,
Like a yellow lantern hung
In the tops of blackened trees,
There is promise she will grow
Into beauty unforetold,
Into all unthought of gold.
IIeigh no!
When the Spring has dipped her foot,
Like bather, in the air,
And the ripples warm the root
Till the little flowers dare,
There rs promise she will grow
Sweeter than the Springs Of old,
Fairer than was ever told.
Heigh hol
But the moon of middle night,
Risen, is the rounded moon;
And the Spring of budding light
Eddies into Just June.
All, the promfse-was it soe
Nay, the gift was fairy gold;
All the new is over-old.
Hefgh hol
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
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Autumn

There is one thing in which America has it all
over Europe. That is Autumn season. or as we US
ualy call it the Fall of the year
It must be admitted that we don't have very
much Of Spring season in most parts of this country
We go from Winter smack into Summer We don't
understand what the English poets talking about
when they sing Of Spring. But over there they go
from Summer right into Winter almost There is none
of that g-drawn-out season after harvest, when
the leaves are turning and falling and in the North at
least there is touch Of frost in the early morning
and the sweet smell of fallen leaves and Nature takes
coat Of gorgeous color before shifting to the SOM
Der gray of Winter
Fall is the season Of play for the farmer When
The crops have been harvested and the FAN powing
DONE there is period before Winter sets in when
hunting is at it's BEST when it is pleasure to be out
of doors with nothing of immediate Importance to at
tend to- 1t is the of relaxation after the heat
and strain of the Summer when folk take time to
sum up the result fthe years work and begin their
plans for the next.
Thanksgiving Day. in most parts of this country,
marks the end of Fall and the real beginning of Win
ter Then we begin to look forward to Christmas and
thence to next Spring We hear travellers tell of coun
tries where the seasons change from years
end to the other It seers to that half of the plea
sure Of life comes from the changing seasons, and
from looking forward to the next change.
Charlie Chaplain interviewed Gandhi in London.
Maybe getting some fashion ideas for his next pic
ture.
hooks ike IL Will De economy 1Or OOuUI0Tn
to buy their cotton next year instead of raising
it,
CORVALLIS is remembered because he surrender
ed Who remembers the Brtisher who won at Brandy
wine?
It's rather strange that some who complain a
bout pensions for our own veterans willing to
pay Europes debts.
doctor says cold bath in the morning is the
best way to health. And humorst yawns and asks
what's the next best way.
Even the recent heat wave failed to make us
wish we were with Captain Wilkins his submar
Inc expedition to the North Pole.
Pathfinder reports that Chicago undertaken
advertises three funerals for the price of two Who
will be the first to get up club of three?
In New York's Central Park youngsters gaze
with wonder on a real live cow And down on Wall
Street bull would be an even greater curiosity.
colu1nnist says every time Uncle Sam goes in
to diplomatic conference he loses his shirt That
won't happen to Gandhi but he may lose his loin
cloth.
The most vicious and despicable of human vices
is insisting upon minding other peoples business
(Arizona Repubic)
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Nogales international., 1931-10-03

A motorcycle exploded and did no damage ex-
cqpt to permanently wreck itself Perfect Let us have
more explosions like that
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Tucson L. E. Wyatt received per-
nit to construct store building at
so east Broadway to cost $4,000.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Sappo-d Number Of improve
ments underway on ]. A Haralsor
building, Eighth Street.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Mayer Walter Higgins and Clar-
ence Barnes will open restaurant IN
Funk building.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

In view Of all the worry over surplus crops per-
haps agricultural experats should teach farmers how
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

Pathfinder reports that Chicago undertaken
advertises three funerals for the price of two. Who
will be the first to get up club of three?
Nogales international., 1931-10-03
Main Street Looks at Broadway
THRILL OF A LIFETIME

There IS just one spot in all New
York City that cannot be missed by
any visitor who really wants to see
the town. That is the top of the En-
pire State Building. That other
people have the same idea is shown
by the fact that visitors there are
running around two million year.
Don't go there on a holiday. You
will get into crush like the subway
in rush hours.
Other views have become famous
all over the world. The London
Monument and St. Paul's Cathedral
have stirred poets to song; the Eiffel
Tower has drained the powers Of
descriptive artists; millions have
stood in awe at the tops of the Swiss
Alps, the Canadian Rockies or Pike S
Peak.
To my way of thinking, having
seen most Of the others, Al Smiths
building tops them all for thrill.
MANS HIGHEST STRUCTURE
The Empire State is the tallest
Ill lIlC WOIlQ. llC III SI Civ
vator shoots you up so stories in
about half minute. Coming down
you find your ears have beer "clog-
ged" by the sudden change in air
pressure, and your legs are wobbly.
Otherwise it seems like just another
elevator
After you get out of that car you
take another to the 86th story, and
then still another to the 102nd floor,
over 1900 feet above the sidewalk.
You can lean over and see it, two
blocks away and a quarter of mile
down, but even the big Fifth Avenue
buses look like beetles.
The height dwindles everything
into miniature Even the big bridges
look like spans across creek-until
you notice the skyscrapers near
them, none of which is in class with
the one you are on.
Nogales international., 1931-10-03

A colunnist says every time Uncle Sam goes In
to diplomatic conference he loses his shirt That
won't happen to Gandhi, but he may lose his loin
cloth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-06
HEALTH PLANS
ARE APPROVED
Especial TO The Herald.)

Especial to The HeraldD
EDINBURG, Aug. 6.-The Hldalgo
county health program for the COM
ing year was approved by the COM
m~iSsionerS' court late yesterday
afternoon, which provides for the
county paying $500, and $4,000
from federal funds. part cf the four
county health unit, including tie
counties OF Hidalgo. Cameron, Starr
and Willacy.
DIR. ID. r. Handley will direct Hi
Galgo county activities. Two full time
nurses have been employed, and u
is probable that a third will be
added to the staff. according 10
Or. Handley.
Miss Lula Niemans Is named
county nurse. and Miss Sonora Pom
ceT, for several years Edinburg
school nurse. will continue as schoo.
nurse. A community nurse may be
added. as the federal government
has already made its appropriation.
and appointment Ill be made pro-
vided municipalities and independ-
ent school districts make up the
additional amount necessary, DR..
Handley said.
r. L. Thomas OF Mercedes Is SAM
tartan.