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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24
A Milk Fund for the
Strikers Children

HARLAN, KY, Aug. 22.-Thirty Of the hungri-
est and sickliest of the hundreds of children at
the Sunshine mine camp in the outkirts of Har-
Ian, will get milk daily as result of the. Wo-
mems Auxiliary's activities milk collection
route was established by them among the farm
ers in the region who pledged certain amount
of milk each day.
A day after the auxiliary of the National
Miners Unoin was organized, the workers home
where the meeting was held, was raided by the
armed thugs who roam the region in cars heavi-
ly laden with machine guns. However at the
second meeting of the auxiliary, plans to open
relief kitchen in Sunshine to care for the hun
dreds slckening for want of milk and bread were
taken up. Because of the laws" terrorization
1t Is impossible to rent a place for use as a
relief kitchen, the women found
Inc auxiliary Is appealing thru the Penn
Ohlo-W. Virginia Kentucky Striking Miners Re-
lief Committee GIL Penn Ave. Pittsburgh for
money to buy enough lumber to build a shack
or large tent to house the relief kitchen. They
have the use of piece of land free of charge.
I'VE just must feed the children, if we do
nothing else" miners wife writes. Gus older
folks need food pretty bad too and we hone
to be able to give everybody something to eat
with your help, but we decided to do something
about the children first. So many of them are
sickening something dreadful You folks In
yonder have stood by us in our fight as nobody
ever did before. We know you're our folks
same as we're your folks and comrades all
OF us being in the big fight to live right. That's
why we're writing to you asking you to try
to help us get enough money to help buy this
timber to build us a relief kitchen that we can
cook in, and feed out of the rain. I don't have
to tell you about how bad the hunger and sick
ness is here and how we just got to do some
thing right away. We're doing lots of things
and we are going to do just as much as we're
humanity able to do so. But we need help now"
The armed thugs are doing all they can to
smash the relief kitchens The Evarts kitchen
was destroyed. Mckinney Baldwin Negro chair
man OF the Harlan kitchen was taken out of
his house Wednesday night, tied to a tree,
beaten until his clothes was torn into strips and
told he would be killed next time Sheriff John
Henry Blairs automobile was used for the ex-
petition.
At the same time hundreds of children are
suffering from Flux, suffering from the lack
OF milk and other nourishing foods Workers
everywhere must mobilize to collect funds to
help feed these children and their parents who
are putting up heroic fight against starvation
The Workers International Relief, which is
holding National Relief Conference in Pitts
burgh August % and 80, is conducting special
campaign to raise a milk fund for strikas4 chill
dren
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24
IL A B O R" D A Y

the A. F. L., one of the industrial magnates
stated, "Mr Green is representative of all peo-
pie he is not radical He labors for the good Of
all people. We can feel safe in his hands,
Speaking at the Advertising Club Immediately
following his Inauguration in 1925 at Miami,
Fla. he said, There seems to be an understand
ing of peace and unity between labor and capt.
tai in Miami. Labor and capital cannot hate
each other if they understand each other. Mis-
understanding is the cause of strife Under
standing means accord"
To this Mr.. Edward Henning of the State
Department exclaimed passionately, THANK
God that when the reins fell from the palsed
hands of Samuel Gompers, they fell into the
virile hands of VIM. Green
Will their speeches be different this Labor
Day? When ten million workers are unemployed,
the Executive Council of the A. F. L. speaks of
relieving the unemployed situation by introduc-
ing beer. When thousands of miners fight
against starvation, the United Mine Workers of
America, with Lewis at the head has its gang
sters who, in alliance with government agents,
MAIN and kill miners and their families. When
the textile workers go on strike, the United Tex
tile Workers of America unites with the Asso-
ciated Silk Workers, which in 1919 broke away
from that organization because the late presi-
dent, John Goldie, openly betrayed the silk
workers of Paterson Today, however when the
National Textile Workers Union of America
calls a strike against starvation, against the
speed-up system against inhuman wage slashes
we find Gitlow and the Lovestone outfit using
their influence over these two organizations to
unite in a struggle against the National Textile
Workers Union
1t is very significant in this general strike
where thousands OF silk and dye workers have
been organized and are fighting militantly
under the leadership of the united front of the
National Textile Workers Union, that Gitlow
and the United Textile Workers of America to-
gether with the Associated Silk Workers, lead
parade with the American flag, thus making an
effort to offset the tremendous enthusiasm of
the textile workers when they paraded under
the leadership of the National Textile Workers
Union, on August 18th, five thousand strong
Labor Day this year will be celebrated by the
workers in another manner The Workers In
ternational Relief and the Penn Ohio Striking
Miners Relief Committee has arranged Soil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24
A Correction

THROUGH printers error some of the lines
in the article in the August 20 issue of the
DAILY WORKER called mot Hillqut Alone
But the Socialist Party" by Comrade Darcy were
SO mixed up as to be very unclear. We reprint
this section below from the original article Be
ginning with the eighth line from the bottom
of the first column it should read as follows:
"Comrade Henderson in his letter declares:
'...t the more he Hillquit) insists on his view
point as lawyer the worse his position as
supposed leader Of the workers becomes. Law
yer Hillquit continually exposes Chairman Hill
quit. If Hillquitian leadership and HiIlquitian
Socialism cannot be repudiated by the Social
ist Party, I call upon all workers and former
comrades to leave the party which supports
such misleaders and betrayers'.
"Are there really such conflicts existing? Let
us consider the oil case (Comrade Henderson
properly calls it the oil scandalO, was there any
conflict between lawyer Hillquit and chairman
Hillquit when he decided to take up the suit?
And further was there any conflict between the
position of Hillquit and Thomas in their attitude
on the question or between Hillquitian social
ism or the socialism of the Socialist party?
And still further. was it a departure from So
cialist party principles and practice for Hill
quit to take up the case. To all three we an
swer NO. Hillquit, Thomas, the Socialist party
one position against the Soviet Union. This we
will prove now. Hillquitian leadership and SO
cialism is the Socialist party whether FIillquit
is there or not
"Does Hillquits action in the oil case case
constitute change of position for him? It
does not. On November %, 1880, a banquet
for socialist officials was given in the Pennsy
vania Hotel to help the activity of the dirtiest
counter Revolutionary that ever disgraced this
earth-Abramovitch At that affair stronger
stuff than water must have flowed for the
orators threw all their habitual caution to the
winds Hillquit for example declared:
Russia today is government OF small
minority which has taken advantage Of special
conditions to gain and hold power through force
and terrorism. Its reign Of blood is almost as
abhorrent as war among nations.
could anything be said more plainly to pro-
woke a war for civilization against barbarism
and the Soviet government? And who do you
think said this?
The method of the Communist government. -
From here read on to the end. We are sorry
this error occurred but in the pressure it was
overlooked.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24
Uncover Starvation and Misery

The capitalist press the agents Of the ruling class
has been publishing less and less news about
unemployment. 1t hides the starvation Of the
unemployed workers families. We must
constantly expose the miserable treatment
of families of the unemployed by the city
governments and charity institutions. We
must uncover all cases Of starvation, uh-
REIMBURSEMENT, sickness. We must pub
Iish these cases in our press, in the
Daily Worker, in Labor Unity, tell
them at all workers meetings. I'm
employed Councils should publish
bulletins to inform all workers Of
the starvation and misery of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24

darity Day Festival, which will take place at
the Starlight Amusement Park, 177th Street ana
West Farms Road. Solidarity Day will offset
the Labor Day of the A. F. of l.. On this day
the revolutionary workers of New York will
demonstrate their power against betrayals and
class collaboration, against all renegades of the
working class. They will show these misleaders
of labor their proper place.
All workers of New York and vicinity should
come to the Solidarity Day Festival. The Work
ers international Relief is the organization
which will set the pace on Labor Day to offset
the class collaboration speeches OF the labor
takers.
- Come In masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24
BY SEYMOUR BURNS.

labor DAY was first celebrated in the United
States in 1882. The movement to celebrate
a day set aside for labor was started by the
knights of Labor, following the Haymarket
Massacre. Labor Day later was established as a
legal holiday in number of states throughout
the union to offset May First, which was be-
coming the day of demonstrations of the revo-
Iutionary working class of Europe and America,
and which was finally established in 1889 on the
Tooth Anniversary of the fall of the Bastille as
an International Working Glass Solidarity Day.
For the last two decades Labor Day has been
the day on which the officials of the A. F. of L.,
as well as other labor fakers called upon the
workers for class collaboration and peace with
the bosses. On that day, the late president of
the American Federation of Labor, Samuel
Gonpers, and today, Mr.. Green urges the work.
ers to be thankful for the many things capt.
talism has given them.
At time when more than ten million work
ers in the U: S. are unemployed William Green,
president of the A. F. of l., and Matthew Vol,
vice-president of the National Civic Federation.
will call upon the workers to support capitalism
in its effort to stabilize industry and reduce
unemployment" Said Matthew Vol, indus
trial democracy cannot come through the work
ers alone. We need the help of the employers
When Green was inaugurated as president of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-24


ward revision in wages will be sought by the
carriers When this step will be initiated Is
uncertain, but 1t seems likely to be delayed not
much beyond mid October, when the decision
rates is expected
Against all this the workers must gather their
forces now to prepare for a struggle, struggle
against mighty attempt OF the capitalists TO
unload the heaviest burden yet attempted in the
present crisis on the backs Of the workingclass.
The struggle must increase ten-fold for unem-
ployment insurance, for immediate unemploy-
ment relief, raying the widening mass unem-
ployed ranks for concrete struggle.
The struggle against wage cuts the steepest
yet attempted will increase many fold this COM
ing winter. The capitalists are preparing, and
the workngclass must answer now by solidify-
ing its ranks by Strengthening its revolutionary
organization to rally new hundreds Of thousands
in struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
The Incinerator Sites.

BY reason of a ruling from the con.
troller generals Office, the Commits
sioners have rejected eleven bids for the
erection of two trash incinerators and
the shortness of time between now and
the beginning Of the next fiscal year,
when the appropriation Of $341 900 will
lapse, means that the projects are
probably doomed for the time being.
There has never been any clear ex-
PLANTATION Of the trouble with the bids
or the nature of the controller generals
ruling. The bids apparently failed to
meet the specifications.
From the time of the original an
nouncement that land at Thirty first
and. X streets, Georgetown, had been
purchased for the erection of one of
the incinerators residents Of the vicin-
ity have protested. Most of the pro-
tests have been lodged on the ground
that such a plant would become a ntii.
sance because Of the resulting smoke
and odor, but these fears have been
somewhat allayed by assurances from
the authorities that an up-to-date in
Generator emits neither smoke nor smell
and is one Of mans great blessings.
But there is another objection in the
matter Of the architectural appearance
of an incinerator. Such plants have
sniokestacks that are far from orna-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30

mental. With strenuous efforts by the
zoning Commission and other interested
bodies to protect Washington's skyline.
there is obvious inconsistency In per-
hitting the erection Of an incinerator
with O tall smokestack In neighbor-
hood that, reserved though 1t may be
for industrial development, is in rela-
tive proximity to the Lincoln Memorial,
and the Memorial Bridge and will be di-
rectly across the river from the beautiful
future development of the Virginia
bridge approaches, Analostan Island,
etc. The inconsistency Is more apparent,
when one finds on one page Of the an
nual report Of the Park and Planning
Commission the recommendations that
THE zoning Commission shall in every
practical way restrict the construction
of buildings higher than the width Of
the street." and that THE District
Commissioners shall discourage appli-
cations for the privilege to put towers,
pent houses, water tanks, etc., above
the maximum limit" and on another
page the announcement that Because
incinerators are a special kind Of
land use that seriously affects coming
and the city's development in their vi
cinity, the act providing for two
incinerators for disposal of trash by
the District Of Columbia included a
provision requiring that the commission
approve sites for the proposed plants.
The commission has accordingly ap-
proved one site in Square S 744 South
east Washington and one site in square
1889, in Georgetown"
While the sites have been purchased,
the fact that the incinerator appropria-
tons may lapse should present an OPP
portunity for reconsideration of loca-
lions. provided the Georgetown site can
be disposed of or used for some other
purpose. If that cannot be done, then
architectural ingenuity should be taxed
to the limits for design that, how
ever unorthodox for an incinerator, will
be appropriate for the location.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Supreme Court 'Red-Flag"
Decision Generally Approved

flag with the intention Of urging their
fellow citizens to vote for Communist
President, Cong gresham, mayor or con-
stable, have right to do so. But If
they wave the flag to urge the destruc-
ton Of the Government by violence. or
as means of spreading propaganda to
the latter end, they may be jailed" as
serts the Charlotte Observer.
For one can oppose a government
with no design whatever to overthrow
IL by violence" remarks the Springfield
(MaSs.) Republican, which notes that
1.-The Supreme Court gives no encourage
ment to the use of force or violence"
The Richmond News Leader considers
that the decision "vindicates American
sanity, and in calm words expresses its
support OF the common sense doctrine
that free speech and free assembly are
worth all the strife they may promote. u
X + 4
The California statute made display
Of the red flag, as a symbol of opposi-
ton to organized government felony
remarks the Baltimore Sun, "but every
realist knows that organized govern
ment-any organized government
whatever 1t may be In theory, in prac-
tice is the politicians who are at the
moment in power. Let it once be estab-
lished," argues the Sun, that opposi-
ton to organized government is a crime
and we should not be far from the doc
trine that opposition to the party in
power is a crime; for as long as it is
in power, 1t is the government. The
theory that it is felony to be Demo-
crat when the Republicans are in power
or vice versa, is preposterous, of course
but some things hardly less preposter-
Gus have been gravely accepted in re-
cent years, so perhaps we should give
thanks for this decision mild as it is. "
While advocating freedom of speech
the Buffalo Evening News comments
"They must. Of course. be made to
understand that there is a difference
between liberty and license-that the
right Of free speech does not permit
utterances encouraging disturbance OF
public peace, melting to crime OF
threatening overthrow Of organized
government by unlawful means"
The Ann Arbor Daily News make:
a suggestion that the Stromberg case
might be logically approached from
another angle" saying: "It would APP
pear that the woman forfeited hel
American citizenship If she. like the
children. has sworn allegiance to the
Soviet, and, therefore. it might be sug-
geSteQ LnaC ner residence IN MOSCOW
would not be looked upon with dis
favor by Uncle Sam. There is no legiti-
mate reason for compelling any per-
son preferring the red ensign to dwell
beneath the folds of the Stars and
Stripes"
Discussing the share that Chief JUS
tice Hughes had in this decision, the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch offers the judy
ment: HE has an opportunity. the
greatness Of which is indicated by the
lengths to which we have departed from
the dreams Of the founders. If he
chooses to do so, he can rededicate the
Nation to its ideals and in so doing
making himself, as the founders are
illustrious."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Short Shrift for Gunmen.

Yesterday at Mineola, N. Y, Jury,
after very brief consultatcA, convicted
Francis Crowley of first degree MUIR
der and he will on Monday sc SEN
fenced to death. This lad, only nineteen
years of age, recently slew a policeman
who accosted him in his car on the
roadside. He shortly afterward put up
e desperate fight to prevent capture in
an apartment in Manhattan, with an
other desperate and young girl. There
was no question Of his guilt, as a mat
ter Of fact. But defense of mental in
competence was set up and was in some
measure sustained by the testimony of a
psychiatrist, who averred that while
Crowley was not insane he was in
capable Of premeditating at the time Of
the killing. Defense counsel advanced
the argument that the killer had a
mental age" CT only ten years. 1t was,
however, shown that he had bought
two pistols with the boast that he would
"shootit out with the police" CT .ainly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
not particularly Juvenile gesture. The
conviction was ineScapable

not particularly Juvenile gesture. The
conviction was unacceptable.
The expedition with which this case
has been handled is highly meritorious.
The killer has been given the shortest
possible shrift, and probably viii very
soon 60 to his fate. Would that every
gangster and gunman and thug who
takes life, whatever his age and what
ever the specific circumstances Of his
crime, were given the same treatment,
in all jurisdictions. 1t would be con-
ducive to greater public security. 1t
would be effectively discouraging to
those who think to play with life. to Get
themselves up as bandits and "bad
men," relying upon the ineffectiveness
of the law for their security and pres
ervation.
The rejection Of the mental incom-
petence" plea for this killer is likewise
helpful The insanity plea" has served
too well for the protection of the in
curably vicious, dangerous enemies of
society. In sot one out of thousand
cases in WITCH 1t has been invoked in
American courts has there been war
rant for its consideration. Yet many a
murderer has gone free on the score Of
emotional insarity." or brain storm" "
or moral infancy" The so-called Gun
written law" has been broadened to in
clude the condonement of crimes Of re-
venge and hatred for which there Is
not the slightest justification from the
viewpoint Of the public security.
Quicker, surer trials and convictions
and punishments will be the most effec-
tive deterrent to the gunman, bandit
or "playboy" whose toy is a pistol and
whose victim is an unoffending citizen
or policeman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30

tories due to the fact that they are
susceptible to many Of the diseases Of
man. They are also small animals and
can be easily handled and are not
vicious.
Q. Please set me straight about the
author Of IF man write better
book" etc. Was it Ebert Hubbard or
Emerson?-W. e. w.
A. Ebert Hubbard said "If man
can write q better book, preach a
better sermon or make a better mouse
trap than his neighbor, though ne build
his house in the woods, the world will
make a beaten path to his door" The
Roycrofters said Mr.. Hubbard had In
mind the following lines from Emerson,
but, having no copy OF Emerson handy
at the time. he quoted as above: If
man has good corn, or wood, or
boards, or pigs to sell. or can make
better chairs. or knives. crucinleS or
church organs then anybody else, you
will find a broad, hard-beaten road to
this house, though it be in the woods"
@. How does the Catalan language
differ from Spanish?-P. C.
A. 1t Is generally assumed that
Catalan was imported from Roussilon
into Spain during Carolingian times,
but there Is a contrary view that 1t
was originally developed in Spain and
introduced into Roussillon by Catalan
immigrants. 1t Is Romance language,
an offshoot of Provencal. Pathological
ly Catalan differs from Spanish In
| that 1t lacks the chara cteristic diph-
| thongs One Of its distinctive features
Is its tendency to suppress many OF
| the consonants and unaccented vowel
endirgs so common in Spanish.
@, Will hard rubber last longer
than soft rubber If exposed to the
weather?-H. A.
weather much longer than soft rubber
If hard rubber is net placed in the
sun or where the sun can reach it, it
will last indefinitely. If it is placed
| where the direct rays Of the sun will
reach it, 1t will last from to 10 years.
Q. How did the dandelion get its
name?-R. G. L.
A. Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture says that the word "dande-
lion" comes from the French dent de
lion," meaning lions tooth. which re-
| fefs to the teeth on the leaves OF the
dandelion plant.
@. How does a bee find its way
A. The bee finds its way home by
| It's sense of direction. When 1t leaves
the hive it circles around and then flies
off. Each hive has its own odor. which
helps the be to identify its hive.
@. How high are the mountains on
Ma jorca?-J. NJ.
A. The highest peak rises to a
height of 4,aO0 feet.
@. What proportion Of Canada's fur
crop comes from fur farras?-Y. G.
A. In the fiscal year ending June go,
1890, the total value Of pelts taken was
$12,208.547. OF this, approximately 10
per cent was revenue from fur farms.
@. Where is Velasquezs picture, The
Surrender OF Breda"?-C. B.
A. 1t is in the Prado Museum in
Madrid. 1t is also known as Las Lam
zas," because Of the ranks Of lances in
the background of the picture. 1t rep
re5ents Justin of Nassau with his Dutch
troops rendering to his conqueror the
keys to the town Of Breda, which the
victor magnanimously refuses to accept.
@. Is it hot in the Canal Zone?-
A. The climate Of the Canal Zone is
like most tropical climates-hot most of
the year, with a very rainly season in
what corresponds to our Winter.