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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-15
WITNESSES PIN
SALES OF JOBS
ON ROWBOTTOM
$500 Paid for Postmaster
Berth He Didn't Get,
Says Dale Man.
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by Rowbottom that he was asking
$500 for the post.
Nelson A. Tracy, Washington, D.
c., superintendent Of division of
postal rates, identified two letters
and a telegram which Rowbottom
sent the postofice department can
ceiling a previous recommendation
for Wibbeler and naming johnson
for the postmastership at Dale.
George L. Wood, Washington, D
c., superintendent of rural mails,
also identified the same letters, tele-
grams and telephone calls among
various principals involved in al
legged purchases of postoff1ces were
traced by officials of the company.
Bills Are Marked
The number of bills paid Row.
bottom were noted by Harry Ben
nett, Rockport, former Spencer
county G. o. P. chairman, and he
testified how he perforated the cor
ner Of each bill with a needle $50
that they might be traced" Cross
examination revealed that the pres
ent First district chairman, Benja-
min F. Huffman Rockport, who is
a strong Watson adherent, was cog
INFANT of the plan to give Rowbot-
tom the marked money.
All of this testimony was corrobo-
rated carefully, and in desperate
attempt to offset this dangerous
evidence the defense counsel, Ray
mond Springer, Connersville, and
Gould attempted by cross exarnirla-
ton to show that Rowbottom was
the victim of an entrapment
scheme.
The afternoon session came to a
close with the testimony of We'll
brenner to the effect that, acting
as an agent for Rowbottom, he col
lected $500 from Johnson for the
position of postmaster at Dale.
Required to Pay
Johnson declared that he went
to Mt. Vernon Nov. 81, 1880, after
the election to learn from We'll
brenner what his chances were to
obtain the appointment.
eve decided" testified Johnson
chat 7 wouldn't get il unless T maid
for it.
I told Weilbrenner to find out
from Rowbottom the least he would
take for it. And Weilbrenner told
me that he thought RoWbottom
wanted $500 for the job. 1 told him
that it was a lot of money, and he
answered that many were seeking
it,"
On Nov. %, 1880, johnson said
he met Rowbottom at his Office
here and discussed the converse
ton he had held with the campaign
manager.
$500 Given as Price
"Rowbottom said that he haC
been informed by Weilbrenner thai
I would pay $500 for the job" de-
clared Johnson.
Il answered that I would, anc
asked the congressman when he
wanted the money.
"Rowbotton said he would take il
any time the following week.
1.-THE next week." Johnson's testi-
mony continues, accompanied By
Mitchell, I went to Mt. Vernon ano
saw Weilbrenner. Mitchell had the
money, four 500 bills and eight $50
bills. He wanted to give it to We'll
brenner, who refused to handle it
but showed Mitchell cigar box in
his desk in which to put the money
He did so and Weilbrenner told me
I would get the job"
Mitchell took the stand and cor
roborated this testimony.
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get SO disguised that they quit and
others just can't keep up the pace
and are fired. Their places are in
stantly filled by workers who stay
for few days, only to be forced out
by the killing speed-up,
Crowds of Jobless.
Hundreds of jobless workers keep
coming to the damsite, while crowds
of them are camping along the river.
hoping for jobs. These men are be-
ing used by the foremen as a whip
over the heads of the workers.
On some parts of the job men
work with ropes around them and
are in constant danger of being
crushed by rolling boulders as are
the men below Very few safety
measures are taken by the contrac-
tors.
Some of the contractors charge the
men So a day for board, which
leaves them very little out of their
pay.
have learned from reliable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

and vice raiders (poliCe who collect
graft began swinging blackjacks and
maces into the crowd. Blood stream
ed from the faces of police but the
officers workers on. Tear gas bombs
sent up binding streams in several
spots.
ITO the Square the four mounted
men galloped. Again the horses and
tear bombs worked havoc. Officer
Virag, who was among the early in
jured, swung his blackjack until he
broke the leather covered wepaon.
Other officers also reported breaking
their weapons. The mounted men
were equipped with tWo-foot clubs and
swung the weapons continuously as
they rushed into the mob police did
not spare the club in their treatment
Of members of the mob. These men
and youths we're beaten into submits
sion wherever and whenever they
began to struggle"
The clubbings of the police spread
to other parts of the city on Central
Street, and after the showing of
Soviet movie. Sholan and Aynon,
leaders of the demonstration, were
arrested and dubbed and seriously
injured in jail Over 10 arrests in
all we're made. Many we're released
on Sunday night. Monday the lead
ers and few others were held for
"inciting to riot" An Akron Negro
young worker, the young worker
Jones, and the adult workers Wilcox
and Friscich are still held.
Enraged at the mass turnout of
the young workers demonstrating
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
ScOttsbOrO Defense
Conferences

June 4
Stamford, Conn, at 40 Pacific
st.
June 5.
Springfield, Conn.
indianapolis, Ind-At Odd Eel
lows Hall, 53O1a Indiana Ave, at
1880 p. m.
Baltimore, Md.-At GaIlean
Fishermen's Hall, All w. Biddle
St, at p. m.
June 6
Chester, Pa at Lithuanian
Hall, 4th and Upland Streets.
New Brunswick. N. AT the
Workers Home, II Plum ST., at
2:3O p. m.
June
, Danbury, Conn, at IA Ives ST.
Gary, Ind, at Croatian i Hall,
23rd and Washington ST., at ? pm.
Kansas Guy p. m. Hall later,
June
Yonkers, N. Y.-At the Workers
Cooperative Center, 252 Warbur-
ton Ave, at 3 p. m.
June II
New Haven, Conn, at 36 Howe
st.
June -
San Antonio, Texas, at the Col
ored Eaborers Hall, 315 Virginia
Boulevard.
New Britain, Conn.
June IA
Detroit, Mich.-At 1343 E. Ferry
st.
June Is
Bridgeport Conn, at 81 Cannon
st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

of the land of the rich and its dis
tribution amongst the poor. In many
districts the peasants have begun to
act on their own, tired Of waiting
for the government to fulfil its prom
ises. The mass pressure of the pea
SAINTS has compelled the government
to make a gesture on their behalf.
1t intends to take over the untitled
land of the rich owners.
In Extremadura the peasants be-
gan to divide up the land of the rich
among themselves. However, the re-
publican gendarmerie, which a few
weeks ago was the monarchist gen
darmerie, quickly interfered and re-
stored the land to "its rightful own
erS."
Last week frequent peasant DEM
onstrations took place in Granada,
Seville, Malaga and Cordova in front
of the municipal buildings and in
front of the houses of the rich land
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

sources that the contracts drawn up
between the insurance company and
the contractors contains a clause
taking care of list of 1000 causal-
ties. In other words, the contractors
expect to have 1900 men killed or in
jured on the job. Capitalism must
have its blood sacrifice.
There is only one way TO prevent
this massacre of workers, and that
is to organize and force these
blood sucking contractors to install
adequate safety devices. Certainly
adequate safety devices would cost
the bosses money, lots of money.
But workers lives are at stake. We
on the Boulder Dam must force
the contractors to reduce the speed
up and to reduce the working dan
ger. Build grievance committees.
Let us organize under the leader
ship of the Trade Union Unity
League and force better conditions
at Boulder Dam.
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owners, The estates were protected
against the peasants by large forces
of gendarmerie. Martial law has
been declared in Seville. Despite
this, however, professions Of peasants
and landowners collected and marched
into the town, demanding land and
bread. A deputation was received by
the mayor, but as his answer was
unsatisfactory the peasants decided
to march through the business quar-
tiers, where number Of shops we're
stormed.
In San Martin de- Val de Iglesias
the Vintner peasants organized a
demonstration in front of the Town
Hall. They demanded the expropria-
ton Of the land of the rich land
owners.
These are only few of the many
peasant demonstrations which are
taking place throughout Spain every
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
in Sane Daily Campaign Not
FMnctl0mlng IN Districts 5, Q, IL, Is, 10

District 7, Detroit, in cutting 500
off its bundle of 1900 disrupts what
otherwise would have been a good
week for the circulation of the Daily.
This request to cut bundle" writes
S. c., District D. w. rep, "when we
are in the midst of the Sustaining
Fund Drive may seem unreasonable,
but it is decision of the District
Buro and will not mean a decrease
in sales as the District has been re-
ceiving 500 more papers than actually
sold. During the campaign for $685.
900 sample copies should be distrib-
uted in working class neighborhoods
to help make contacts. The Daily
should not be allowed to accumulate
in District Offices as was the case
with Detroit. The Detroit District
ID. w. Committee should pay close
attention to this matter and endeavor
to restore the bundle to its original
figure.
OeuoiI CutS 5UV
Circulation tables this week total
decrease of 154. The net circulation
this week after deducting temporary
orders of 348 is 30787. Philadelphia,
Chicago, Denver and Kansas City had
substantial increases. Outside of De-
troit the only decreases were from
Connecticut, California and Boston.
Temporary orders OF 200 from
Allentown and 20 from KuIpmont
plus veyeral smalled special orders
AND including cut of 100 from
Wilkes Barre and 30 from Scranton.
give Philadelphia high honors for
the week with a gain of 1853. Chi
cago Is next with increase of so
covered. by gains of las from Chi
cago and so from Terre Haute less
decrease of 40 from Indianapolis
and cut of temporary order from
Ziegler, Ill. Denver follows with
Increase Of So on. strength of tenn.
.porary order Of so from Salt Lake
City. Kansas City is represented
w an increase of 81 due to extra
order of so from Houston, Texas.
Second to Detroit in losses for the
week in Connecticut with cut of
temporary order Of 81. California
is next with decrease of rs caused
by cuts from San Francisco and
Oakland of rs and 30 respectively.
despite increase Of 30 from Oak
land.
Rush Orders for Important Series
An important series OF articles by
Max Bedacht entitled THE Holy
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COPS PLANNED
SLAUGHTER IN
YOUNGSTOWN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEI

hospital, among them Il police. Two
of the participants in the demon
stration were shot, and one is be-
lieved to be dead as he had a severe
abdominal wound.
The seriousness of the attack of
the police and how they murderously
planned the assault while the mass
of workers who saw it sympathized
with the Communists is graphically
told by Harold E. Newly, an eye wit
ness, newspaperman who writes for
the Youngstown indicator. The
youngstown indicator supporter
of the fascist policy of Mayor Hef-
fernan, knowing that the sympathy
of the workers of Youngstown has
been aroused, was forced to print
Newby's report as pretense of
fairness" Newly who was aroused
at the vicious assault wrote, in part:
"As they (the young workers.
started their march from the yard
of the Youngstown Ice Co, FIVE or
six mounted officers, among whom
was Traffic Chief Olson, charged the
youths swinging clubs right and left.
Some Of the crowd filtered around
the horses, only to be ruthless1y
pushed aside by small police car
which was backed rapidly into them.
All action on the policies part was
premeditated; they cannot claim
that they we're taken unawares. For
the first time in Youngstown blood
was shed on large scale in the
country wide labor movement. The
entire local police force was drifting
toward the east end Of town. These
officers gathered near or on Federal
Street between Watt and Basin. Soon
few men in army uniforms, revol-
vers on their hips, appeared in the
same neighborhood There were
many rumors that members of the
local American Legion had gathered
there too, ready to help the police
quell the anti militarist demonstra-
ton if Necessary.
AT Olson's signal the mounted Of
ficers charged at the young boys and
girls with the ruthlessness of Cos
sacks, swinging their clubs to right
and left. They leaned over on their
galloping horses, striking the chill
dren on the heads and shoulders
brutally Blood was shed immedi-
ately. The oppressed youths picked
up whatever bricks, rocks or sticks
which we're close at hand and hurled
them at the charging police.
Regular police and plain clothes
men who we're stationed near rushed
to the aid of the mounted police. BY
this time the police were shooting
wildly, some shots going into the par
aders, others into the crowd and some
over their heads Children were
knocked down, women flew from the
scene in terror, the officers pursuing
them rapidly. . The police chaged
again and again, smuggling and shoot
ing in an effort to disperse the crowd.
ANY of these who looked suspicious
or showed signs of having engaged
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
Tenn. Bosses Plan
Legal Lynching
White Farmer Being
Railroaded to Chair

TIPTONVILLE, Tenn, June 2. -
The usual lying charge of rape"
With which the southern bosses pre-
are the lynching, legal or otherwise,
militant Negro workers, is being
sed in this town against a white
farm hand, Dave Smith, who is be-
ing railroaded to the electric chair on
the fake charge of raping the 1o-year
old daughter of his boss.
The trial is being held in the
familiar lynch atmosphere, with the
newspapers bowling for the blood of
the defendant, the court house sur
rounded by an armed mob and a
company of National Guardsmen
supposedly on duty to protect" the
prisoner, but actually by their pre-
sence further melting mob passions
by giving credence to the Serious
ness" of the trumped-up charge
against the young white farm hand.
In addition, the officers of the
guardsmen have openly joined the
mob ledears in agitating for the
lynching of the defendant.
The Southern bosses, however,
scared by the tremendous mass pro-
test in the Scottsboro cases are siren
uously trying to gvie the case the
features of a flair" orderly trial"
The mob is asked to let the court
attend to the lynching, and the plant
alton owners who are interested only
in crushing the growing revolt of
the white and Negro farm laborers
and would just as soon have the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
BIRMINGHAM COPS
JAIL DELEGATES
.ON FAKE CHARGE
CONFINED FROM PAGE oNEp

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl
growing unity of Negro and white
workers who under the leadership
Of the Communist Party are in
creasingly smashing the boss
erected barriers of race hatred
and Jim Crowism and uniting for
common struggle against The
bosses system of starvation and
lynch terror.
Delegates Fined in Chattanooga.
The four delegates arrested in
Chattanooga after they came out OF
the conference hall were "tried' to-
day and fined $40 for "loitering and
blocking traffic" This charge is
commonly used in railroading Negro
and white workers to the chain
gangs and for furnishing forced
labor TO the plantation bosses. The
four delegates are B. D. Anis, presi-
dent of the League of Struggle for
Negro Rights Harry Haywood, Negro
work director of the Trade Union
Unity League, Tom Johnson and a
worker by the name Of Carson. The
report Bob Minor had been arrested
was a mistake.
The southern boss lynchers in
their attacks on the All Southern
United Front Scottsboro Conference
and the mass movement to save the
nine boys were ably seconded by the
leaders of the N, A. A, c.. P and
those preachers in various southern
cities under their influence. These
traitors to the cause of the nine
boys and the struggles of the Negro
masses did everything in their pow
er to detract the Negro masses from
support of the fight TO save the
boys.
The biggest campaign ever CON
Quoted by the N. a. A. G. p. lead
ers in the South was this treach-
erous campaign to disrupt the de-
Tense and strange the growing
mass movement for defense of the
nine children.
In spite of the attacks of the
bosses and their police agents and
Negro tools, the All-Southern United
Front Seottsboro Defense Confer
ence was tremendous success.
Delegates from many southern cities
defied the terror and made their
way by hitch-iking and other means
to the conference to give their sup
port and that of their organizations
to the fight to smash the murder
Gus frame-up against the nine in
nocent boys
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

in the Struggle were soon arrested by
the police stationed along the street
or picked up by plainclothesmen or
Legienaires and turned over to the
police, Traffic was stopped; the
streets we're packed with onlookerS,
sympathizers or passersby
THE police seldom met with open
opposition on the streets, but the
majority of the people assembled
there we're distinctly hostile to them.
1.-THE many unemployed who lit
tered the Square (where the demon
stration led to during the fight SEEM
ed to see something hopeful in this
outburst Of the organized workers.
"The Communists, neither young
nor old, were armed in any way
whatsoever when the trouble began. E.
Time and again when police took
a Communist in charge they gathered
about him in an effort to search him;
more than once the helpless man
emergd from tn group bath and bleed
ing.
"All the facts indictae that the en-
tire action was premeditated other
wise, they (the police would not
have been so we'll prepared and Or
ganized. Everyone senses that need
less blood would be shed, since it
would have been a simple matter to
have permitted the parade to take
place as scheduled, regardless of
whether they had a permit or not. "
Another reporter for the Youngs-
town Vindicator, not at all sympathe-
tic to the workers, writes hwen the
police rushed the crowd Detectives
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
Chi. Labor Takers Hold Party for Meat Cutters
To Ask Them to Cooperate With Bosses

Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Local No. 526, will prove what good
fellows the bosses are. To show their
appreciation, the meat cutters viii be
asked to cooperate with their employ
ers in boosting the sales OF meat by
products.
Kelly, besides being labor faker,
is a prominent city politician and an
important cog in the Thompson ma
chine
Nothing SO vulgar as the question
of decent wages or shorter hours will
mar the party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
S.P. Shops Lay Off
ESQ More Workers
Abandon Two Trains
From Service

SACRAMENTO, CaI.-The South
ern Pacific Railroad has laid off $50
men in the Southern Pacific shops
here last week without telling them
when to come back, if ever,
Two trains have also been aban-
doned by the S. p lines June l. thus
adding more railroad men to the
jobless army on the Pacific coast.
The two trains were the Overland
Limited, running between San Fran
cisco and Chicago, and the Coaster,
an overnight train between San
Francisco and Los Angeles,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
lRr = Worker Correspondent

by = Worker CORRESPONDENCE
OAKLAND, Cal.-Employes of the
gigantic, rich and powerful Pacific
Gas and Electric Co. have had their
wages cut this month IS TO 30 per
cent.
Consolidated earnings of the Pa
cific Gas and Electric Co., the inst
quarter of 1881 were $5,763,2s6, equiv
alent to 6oc. share on common
stock. Because the earnings this year
over the last we're slightly below
($ss,ooo) this wage cut was put over,
lowering standard of living for the
workers.
Many workers we're laid off, others
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
New Haven Raises Taxes, Increases Water
Rate: Winchester Arms Cuts Paw

couple of young Communists that
they we're not good enough for a
patriot to use as a door mat. The
capitalist papers have loudly ap-
plauded the judge. Still this same
judge is the same one that sends I'M
employed workers to Jail for go days
for the "crime" of vagrancy.
How patriotic these fellows can be
while they draw $40 to $40 day out
of the city pork barrel If they had
to go ragged and hungry for year
or two they would not have these
lofty notions. w. l..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
New Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.
Fellow Workers:
More prosperity" from the SO fat
boys, The city government has
raised the taxes on all the little
shacks in the city four mills on the
dollar.
Now the big shylocks who run the
water company are going to raise the
water rates on all the unemployed
in order TO help them along,
The Winchester Arms Co. gave all
their employees another wage-cut
yesterday of from 5 to 10 per cent.
In court yesterday judge told a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
THREE-DAY RECEIPTS DROP;
DISTRICTS MUST ACT AT ONCE!

The contributions in the campaign
day only $LO5948 received This
the lowest since the first the
district raised this Pittsburgh
into the contribution column but So a
that has $1,000 raise District only
totals Iag
comrades of District stl marking
little
Through OF
District (Chcago) Cleveland
days and Mondays Saturdays the contributions
that incorrectly credited Lithuanian P
POIasek, banquet
League TWO John E,
Chicago and Oscar SUNNI, DanvlIe
Chicago, of Chicago
these contributions Oad S2116O which
of District subTaced from the figures 6.
contributions follow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
Pacific Gas and Electric Cuts Wages, Fires
Workers
Workers

speeded on jobs for a lower wage,
and this in one of the richest COM
panieS, whose officials are prominent
100 per centers and Hoover support
ers on mo wage cut policy"
According to tn e meter readers
statements about rs families weekly
lost the right to use gas and lights
through meter shut offs.
Workers. organize to fight wage
cuts. Unemployed fight with the I'm
employed Council against light and
gas being turned off. Demand i'm
mediate relief from the government
and fight for Social Insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

inperialisft war, demanding
the war funds go to the unemployed,
the steel-paid police, with their graft
ing Vice-raiders swooped down on the
young workers and murderously beat
them. The fight lasted for two
hours. In the fray the American
Legion came armed with reVolyers
and helped the police by beating up
unarmed, young workers and children,
and arresting others to be beaten up
in jail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03
(By a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-The meat cutters
Of Chicago will be treated to big
partp, Whether they'll just be treat
ed only by the company of the pack
ing hous chooses and the Meat Deal
ers Association and pay for the feed
themselves, or whether the big boys
stand the expenses is not known Just
now.
Thsi friendly gathering to which
invitations have been sent out by
Mike Kelly, secretary-treasurer of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-03

Hans Larson, Memo, : u -..-. 100
Mrs Nettie Larson, Memo, $ d so
Total ............-........ $500
DISTRICT IL
John Auert, UI1iah, Calf -.... $500
Jacob Solomon, Los Angeles, Cal SOC
Unemployed Council,
stockton, Cal. Observation-Disclosures. 200
Total .@-....s SEQ
DISTRICT -
n Anderson, New Britain. Conn, 500
DISTRICT rs
James Neugumer, Butte, Mont. $500
DISTRICT 10
Patients at SpiYak SanatOrium
Denver Observation-Disclosures. $500
T0tul. all districts SI,O59.4S
Previously received .... 4,366.54
-
Total, to date ......... s5,426.O2