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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Starving Worker Electrocuted in
Trap Set by Col. Fuel & Iron Co
FOUR Others jailed for Killing Calf for Fooc
to Save Lives; Hungry Child Faints
in School,; More Wage Cuts

set by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
AS Gillian reached for piece of
loose wire he was horribly tortured
and killed by the tremendous VOLT
age.
Last night four starving unem-
ployed workers we're jailed for killing
a calf for food. The calf belonged
to Harry Capps, county sheriff. No
doubt these workers will be sent I'D
for ten years for rustling.
This is only part of what the un-
employed workers thrown by the
bosses on the streets to starve. de-
MED unemployment relief and in
sllrance, have to face. A few days
ago an 11-year-old girl tainted from
hunger in school. At Walsen Camp.
a Mexican worker was forced to feed
his family alfalfa or hay.
The local mines in this section are
laying off more men every dav.
Most OF the mines only work one
day week. The bosses refuse to
give their employees any credit in
the stores and have stopped the
small merchants from giving credit.
In the face of these growing at
tacks on the workers, a movement
is being organized among the unem-
ployed of Walsenburg for an Unem-
ployed Council affiliated with the
Trade Union Unity League. Only
by militant organization and strug-
gle will the workers be able to fight
successfully against mass unemploy-
ment and misery. A local union of
the National Miners Union is also
under way, as we workers here are
wise to the treacherous role of the
a. F OF L. in cooperating with thu
rcaS to fo.ce further wage cllis o.
tns MnKefS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01

semi-automatic rifles for tests to see
how much faster they can kill work.
ers than the ordinary rifle. The
adoption of this new rifle would in
crease the war strength of the ex-
listing army and would lead to gen.
eral speeding-up of ornaments
throughout the capitalist world.
With the conflicts between the i'm
perialists growing, there goes on
rapid preparations for war. The boss
government finds plenty of money
for ornaments while 100000 work.
ers starve.
On May Day, the international
demonstrations will unite the work.
ers in a struggle against the grow
ing war danger. against the threat
ened attack on the Soviet Union.
Demand the war funds be turned
over to the unemployed, as unem-
p.o,mcnt i-Su~ence! Fight t'.o wa
gat in Co. tog hr NJ
LSy a-AA.ns.l..tlcAD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
GOVERNMENTS FIGURES
SHOW WAGE CUT WAVE;
MASS PROTEST MAY DAY
DEMAND FOOD FOR.
HUNGER MARCHER|
Jobless Bring Pressure
On Ohio Towns

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 81. -
The Ohio hunger march is being Or
ganized to- bring between 300 and
400 unemployed workers and poor
farmers to Columbus to demand UNI
employment insurance for the job
less and state relief for the farm
ers. The narchers are being elected
by Unemployed Councils and various
other organizations of workers in the
different cities and the United Farm
ers' League is cooperating to see
that the needy farmers are also rep
resented.
The state committee Of Unemploy-
ed Councils has demanded of the
cities on the four main lines of march
that they provide food and lodging
for the narcheTs while they stop
over. Unemployed Councils in each
of these cities are r3shing the de
mand for food and lodging, and
some of the city governments have
been forced to answer. There is
more disposition to yield on the ques
ton of lodging than on that of food.
The most hostile attitude to the
hunger march was that adopted by
the city council of Mortified, the
first stop-over town only refused~out-
right to provide either food or shell
ter for the jobless who are marching
to Columbus to demand relief, but
instructed the chief of police to or
der the marchers to use some other
route.
The state hunger march commit
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
TAMMANY STARTS
NEW RELIEF FAKE
Jobless Not to Get
Much of 10 Million

NEW YORK. board of esti-
mates, Tammany controlled, has
found a convenient way to dodge
anything Tor the jobless, $4,000 of
whom have been getting part time
work from the Prosser Committee but
are now being fired.
The board appropriated 100000
to continue these men at work, and
then discovered that the measure
would have to be passed by the state
assembly and signed by the governor
before any work could take place.
Tammany never hesitates to spend
any amount of cash for police. for
graft, for welcomes to distinguished
parasites from abroad, but now in
terminable delay is in order.
The Tammany office holders also
claim that there is a convenient law
prohibiting them from giving any jobs
to men who have not voted in New
York for the last two years.
Besides this, the board holds that
it can not give even as much of the
money to the workers as even the
Prosser Committee did with its So
100000. Out of the 100000 jobless
in Greater New York, the Prosser
Committee gave jobs cleaning parks,
ETC., to $4,000. But the city officials
say this work must end, and the
money must be spent for regular
construction that is most of it spent
for materials and contract graft, with
only little given as wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Grocer Right On Hand
to Grab Relief Money

CADDO, Okla March 30.-"Sol-
diers Bonus and Red Cross Money
Will Go Farther If Spent Here We
Solicit This Business" Shout hand
bills circulated by a grocer in this
town. The only trouble is to get the
Red Cross to come through with some
funds, so the grocer can get his
or, fit out of it. 1t is just taken for
granted by this grocer that nobody
can bay food unless there is some
charity dispensed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Ohio J0bless Councils Show
How to Win Some Demands

result that his allowance was in
creased,
In the same section of Cleveland
a Negro worker went to the Com
munity Fund and asked for coal.
His demand was fatty refused. He
Immediately told them he would
take the matter up with the Unem-
ployed Council. When they heard
this they gave him some money to
buy coal with and promised a de-
livery of coal the next day. This
was carried out.
Many of the Unemployed Councils
are developing the struggle for re-
lief, not only in a general way, but
are carrying on the fight by put
ting forward demands of the in
dividual workers against the charity
organizations, community funds and
other boss organizations that deal
out their misery relief
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
10000 Workers
Lose Eyesight i'm
Factories Annually

Thousands of workers become blind
yearly due to the negligence of
money-mad bosses. Workers slave
in the factories and risk their eve
sight rue to the fact that employers
will not go to the expense Of put
ting in machinery that will save the
worker his eyes.
Louis Resnick. director of indus
trial relations of the National Society
for the Prevention of Blindness,
stated that thousands of workers
would be saved from blindness and
American industries would save
$5o000,000 year if methods of elm
mating eye accident dangers were
observed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01

How the Unemployed Council are
developing the struggle in the vari-
Gus cities on concrete issues of I'M
employed workers and their needs is
told in report from Ohio.
In Collinwood, a section of Cleve-
land, Ohio, mainly populated by steel
and railroad workers, the Unem-
ployed Council took up the demands
Of an unemployed family before the
Community Fund. A jobless worker
With large family was receiving
$3.50 weekly from the Community
Fund. Going up to the council, he
complained of the small charity he
was receiving, saying that his fam
lily was starving on this sum, as it
was not enough to buy bread. He
asked the council for assistance. A
Committee of the council went up to
he Community Fund, demanding an
Increase, This was at first refused.
demonstration took place, with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Build More Battleships and
War Planes," Says Admiral

WASHINGTON, March Sire
porting on the war maneuvers of the
American fleet just concluded in the
Panama region, Admiral William ".
Pratt, chief Of naval operations, told
newspaper men that the United
States navy needed to build not
only more bombing planes but battle
ships as we'll.
At recent hearing of the senate,
Admiral Pratt said that to live up
to the London disarmament" treaty
the American bosses would have to
spend at least sl,1O0,OO0,OOO for ma
val ornaments.
Discussing the war maneuvers,
Pratt also said that the navy needed
two more dirigibles like the Los An
geles.
AT the same time the special army
beard of the War Department is
tcrtlTT I'-'1 ''~T 81" the coming
r 81 rs
Jl.ItA 4 States k.uIlI ~, C...i1l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Police Dept. Issues Lies to Excuse
The Lynching of Young Worker
Quarter of Children
IN 3 Penna Towns
Iave tuberculosis

MEADVILLE, Pa, March 81
The survey conducted by the
Crawford County Health Society,
under the supervisor of Margaret
Donaldson, its secretary, shows
that in Meadville, Titusville and
Cambridge Springs, one-fourth of
the school children have tuber-
culosis or incipient tuberculosis
and that the disease is spreading
rapidly.
These towns are not worse hit
by the crisis than the others in
this territory, and the facts place
charge of murder against those
who have closed down the steel
mills, coal mines and factories of
the state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Rykov Appointed AS
Telegraph COmmissar

MOSCOW-The presidium of the
Central Executive Committee of the
Soviet Union yesterday ap, ,inted
Rykov to the post of telegraph COM
missar to replace Antipoy, who
transferred to the position of vice
e'iasr Of the Workers and Peas
auss Inspection Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Hoover's Employment
Chief Still Lies
About High Wages
losing T l0p Houses
10000 Jobless In Saw
Mill City, Tacoma
BULLETIN.


MONTREAL, Canada, March 81.
One worker was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded and several
others were brutally beaten in un-
employment demonstrations here
March 9th. The worker who was
shot was the victim Of the super
intendent of tobacco warehouse,
where the workers demanded jobs.
Demonstrators marching to the
city hall were later attacked by the
police and dispersed after several
were badly be2ten.
In all the establishments reporti1s
to the United States Department Of
Labor on wage increases and de-
creases, only three, one a job printer
one fertilizer manufacturer, and one
a glass manufacturer, reported wage
increases during the month of jan
uary Is to February IS. In contrast
to this, 228 shops in 43 industries,
reported wage cuts during the same
period. The wage increases affected
200 employees, the wage cuts affected
39,096. The wage increases. averaged
fiVe-PeY cent, and the wage decreases
averaged ten per cent.
Fifty-five of the wage cuts we're
in textile mills. IS were in the iron
and steel industry, and SIS we're in
the lumber industry.
These are only the shops report
ing. 1t is safe to say that in view
OF the governments policy of "prCs-
perity boosting all the wage raises
were reported, n that only frac-
ton of the wage cuts were announced.
Wood still Lies.
In the face i the governments
own figure, as indicated above, Pres
ident Hooyer's chief of police. nesd
CT the Hoover Emergency Employ
ment Committee, has the nerve TO
come out and say in a published in
terView yeste'da,:
Since agreements were reached
eighteen months ago ID the co..fer-
ence called by President Hoover be-
tween employers and labor leaders
there has been a holding up of the
wage scale to a degree never before
known in any depression.
To-day some employers are report
ed to be letting down the bars and
cutting wages. These are, happily,
in the small minority"
Such brazen lying on the part of
CONTINUED O> PAGE THREEb
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
BUILD NEEDLE
UNION IN SHOPS
National Board Adopts
Demonstration Plan

NEW YORK.-Monday night the
National Board of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union held very
important meeting.
The most important problem that
was discussed at the meeting was
how to establish in the unions a sys-
tenn that will enable all the rank and
filters to come in contact with all the
workers problems and happenings,
to understand and learn about all the
questions confronting them, in the
life of the workers and the union.
On this problem an interesting dis
cussion followed.
Democracy.
The system of broad democracy de-
vised will include strict recognition of
the shop organization as the basic
unit in the union, with frequent shop
meetings and discussions, and with
trade committees established for
thorough discussion of trade prob
lens. 1t was decided to strengthen
a number of districts by adding more
forces, and to conduct an intensive
drive in the dress in
duStry in New York and Philadelphia
throughout the season. There is also
to be a concentrated organization
drive in thesknit goods industry.
The most definite concrete plans
for further democratizing and ac-
tivizing the union will be drawn up
by the bureau of the National Board.
The N. T. w. I. U. calls all workers
to come out today to picket at
Needleman and Brennan, and at the
Jerry Dress Co. Pickets should meet
at Z a. m. at 131 w. 28th St, the
union headquarters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
(By a Worker Correspondent,

lBy a Worker Correspondent
WALSENBURG, Colo, March 81
oe Gillian, 26-year-old unemployed
iexican worker, trying to save his
ipily from starvation by gathering
'aAo copper to sell for junk, was
scthocuted yesterday when he
alked into trap of $4,000 volts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
Boss Press Tries Cover Up News of Latest
Lynching, the Tenth Known for This
Year - Over 40 Last Year
Workers Must Protest These Outrages By
Huge, Militant Demonstrations In
Every City On May Day

VICKSBURG, Miss, March 31.-Another Negro worker
nched by boss mob late Sunday afternoon The lynch
ing occurred Vicksburg The latest victim is 25year
young worker Eli Johnson His body rddled with bullets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01

Inltld States hA0lei =. l,V.alll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-19
LIST TILTS FOR MIDDIES
Base Ball and Tennis Will Keep
Those at Annapolis Busy.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, June 19.-Sched-
ules for two Summer sports, base ball
and tennis, have been arranged for the
second and fourth classes at the Naval
Academy and were announced today.
Each OF the four teams will play a
series Of games in these sports during
a period from the latter part Of this
month to the middle of August.
The complete schedules follow:
rock Base Ball Club OF Baltimore
June 27-Tennis. second class, Clifton Ten
mis- Club Of Baltimore.
July Base ball. second class, Baltimore
Athletic Club OF Baltimore.
July 9-Base ball. second class. Cleveland
Farms Dairy team OF Baltimore.
July ll-Tennts. second class, Homeland
Racquet Club of Baltimore
July iS-Base ball. second class. Wash
ington Terminal Co. of WASHINGTON
July 22-Base ball, second class, CLASSIFIED
Municipal Employees Of Baltimore.
Pan-American tennis team OF washington
class.
August Base ball. fourth class. Balti-
more Fire Department; tennis, fourth class,
August S-Base ball. fourth class. Sun Life
Insurance Co. of Baltimore; tennis, second
class. Gwynns Falls tennis team of Bal
timore; tennis, fourth class, Racquet Club
August I2-Hase ball. fourth class, Balti-
August 1S-Base ball. second class Stein
Bros. 4 Boyce Of Baltimore: tennis, fourth
class, American Legion tennis team Of Bal
timore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-19
Jack Denupsey Sou Reno July Reminiscent Of Richards Day.
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

can make big difference. It not only
can-but It does.
And there Is always golf history to
record when Sarazen and Hagen meet.
Half and Half.
DOBBY JONES, on his way to Column
- bus and Toledo to observe the
Ryder Cup and the open cham
pionship, confessed to conflicting emo
tons in regard to his capacity as spec
tator for the first time In his life-at
least so far as the open Is concerned
Bobby admitted that he would miss
the big thrill of this 72-hole test, but he
also admitted he would take great pleas
ure in missing the heavy suffering that
accompanied the three-day battle.
I'm one way it is a lot of fun" he
said, but In another, I'm not sure that
the nerve strain and the mental suf-
fering don't overbalance the thrills you
get. This may sound ridiculous to a
lot Of folks, but 1t happens to be true.
guess I'll have more fun looking on.
For this next one will be a heart
breaker from the first shot to the last
putt"
(Copyright, 1891, by North American News
paper Alliance, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-19
BALLYHOOED like
OLD-T|ME BATTLES
Jack Expects $1,000 to See
Uzcudun and Baer Go
to 1t July a.

BY the Associated Press.
~ EMO, New, June 19.-Jack
~ Dempsey's personally pro-
i NOTED heavyweight fight
here July may not affect
the championship situation, but
1t has been ballyhooed to the pro-
portions of the old-time battles
which marked the days of Tex
Richard hereabouts.
The genial ex-champion will present
Pauline Uzcudun and Max Baer-a pair
Of Stalwarts who balance a lack of
knowledge of the finer points of the
sport with willingness to walk in and
throw punches. It Is scheduled as a
20-round bout.
Dempsey expects some $4,000 or more
fans to flock to the Nevada metropolis,
termed by its citizens 1.-The biggest little
city in the world" Not since Jack
johnson crushed the comeback" aSpi-
Reno held a spot in the pugilistic pic
ture.
Uxcudun Drawing Card.
Uzcudun, a grinning, gold-toothed
Basque, is the central figure in Demp-
sey's plans, and hopes to bring the fight
crowd to Reno. Many thousands of
Spaniards live in California, while Utah
and Nevada have their share of the
countrymen of Pauline When Uzcudun
fought George Godfrey in Los Angeles
two years ago fully a third Of the at
tendance was made up of persons of
Spanish descent, all there to cheer for
their countryman.
Baer, Livermore, Calf. youngster who
attained f1eeting rig prominence within
the last year, has a strong following in
the San Francisco Bay section, despite
three defeats in Eastern fights. Win or
lose, he gives the customers thrill.
To Be Added Attractions.
Varied added attractions offered by
Reno are expected to weigh heavily in
making the city a meeting ground for
q huge crowd over the Fourth. Games
Of chance operate under the law, while
the visitors also will find a horse race
meet under way.
The fight arena, seating around 90
900, Is constructed in the middle of the
race track at the Silver State Jockey
Club, and one admission price will cover
both events.
Scenes familiar to Dempsey and the
fightgoing public will be re-enacted at
Reno. Because of housing shortage,
the railroad companies will have every
available sleeping car spotted" on side
tracks there. The same condition pre-
vailed in Shelby, Mont, eight years ago
when Dempsey fought Tom Gibbons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-19
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

ing quarters for six. It also has a
radio. The rate for the boat per day
is SIS.
The Ketch En- Club, fishing at
Point Lookout recently, landed IT trout
and Is hardhead. The guide was Capt.
Courtney. Anglers at Point Lookout
can find the approximate time Of high
and low tide by referring to Piney
Point tides.
GEORGE KNIGHT at Leonardtown
" reports that l.. B. Huntington and
Harry NJ. Jones of Leonardtown
trolling off Piney Point landed 10 rock
fish Weighing from to pounds, and
three trout weighing around pounds
each. Still fishing, they landed so hard
heads, using soft crab for bait.
Capt. Gourley Elliott at Brooms Is
land reports that William r. Hollis,
James Malone. j. w. Beasley and George
Kerasiates, all Of Washington, landed
SO hardhead, and that another boat re-
turned with Is hardhead and two trout,
and still another boat landed IS fish.
Hardheads came into their own OF
Kopels Point several days ago, accord
In his party were Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Jones, Joseph Kerr, Judge and Mrs. w.
N. McGehee and their son Billy, and
Mrs. Marshall Morgan. They flShed of
Blackstone Island and in their catch
was one 4-pounder, two 3-pounders and
a number ranging from to pounds,
all nardhead. The catch also included
some black perch and liberal assort-
ment of eels and toad fish. Nearly all
the hardhead were caught on blood
worms. Capt. Norman GaSs was the
guide.
Another party consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs r. Earle Lambert, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Norris, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Nelson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Eichner and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig and
their two sons and Mrs. G. Z. Tolson
fishing off Cedar Point Light landed 40
hardhead. The fish ranged from 2 to
3 pounds and frequently were caught
two at q time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-19
Listening Post
BY Walter TrumbuII.

COUPLE of Californians told me
~ the other day that Charlie
~ Borah had lost interest in run
ming. wrote that was sorry.
BY that meant nothing against Borah.
AS time passes, our tastes change and
there is no reason that Borah should
continue his interest in running, If he
has found other, and perhaps more I'm
portant, things which interest him.
But Ralph Huston says that it is not
because Borah no longer cares to run
that he has hung up his spiked shoes.
He says that the reason why Borah
doesn't sprint any more is that 1t Is not
physically possible.
Borah, now studying medicine at
Southern California, running as a jul
nior, pulled q muscle, and it seems that
his leg still troubles him. He told
Ralph Huston, recently, that even when
he walked up hill in playing golf, the
leg panied him severely.
This is much more regrettable than If
Borah were merely tired of the track
game, or too busy to follow 1t further.
You don't like to see one of the great
est sprinters the world ever saw carry
i'll effects from his undergraduate eff
forts on the cinder path into later life.
IL ID " NC 1lOPCu, AL lLLo HlCdlIdL COuLoC
he learns the cure for that leg.
EORTY nations will be represented
u in the Olympics at Los Angeles and
there will be $500 entries. Many
of us would like to make that 3,501,
with Rabbit Maranville the extra entry.
It wouldn't be well to enter the Rab-
bit in the weight events, because some
of those big fellows might take him for
q shot, hammer or discus and throw
him somewhere. But in the sprintS,
jumps and endurance runs. Rabbit
Meanwhile should be q star.
Every day, for many years, the Rab-
bit has been growing steadily younger.
BY the time Of the games he should be
about 10 or 20. When he was old, he
never was much of hitter. The truth
is, he hit more or less like pitcher.
That is all changed. Since he has re-
newed his youth, he has been socking
the ball with er-increasing vigor.
suppose you noticed that the other
day he got triple and three Singles off
the best pitching the st. Louis Cards
could offer and scored five RUS. In the
course of time he should be s.ble to beat
Wykoff in the 100 and trina England's
best in the half mile. As for jumping,
he can leap over the worlds record for
q liner right now.
(Copyright, 1881. by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc)