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The Washington times., 1931-01-23
Al 7 D DEL AY
SIGNING

Connie Mack has announced
that several o the champion Ath-
letics have signed their 1881 con-
tracts, which gave him no little
relief. Some of the players
rushed back their signed docu-
ments by return mail, others will
go slow about it.
1t is not expected that Al Sim
mons, the new outfield ace of the
league and the champion batter,
will sign his contract before the
opening day of the season.
Last year Simmons held out
until just a few minutes before
game time. In fact he missed the
practice, but he hurriedly jumped
into a taXicab and just caught
Connie Mack as he was going
down to the bench to start the
game.
Simmons quickly signed and the
word flashed all over the land.
Some shifted and said, Hes
getting to be prlma donna
looking for publicity" but Sim
mons went the boys one bet
ter, hitting home run on his
first trip to the plate, which
was no press agents stunt, and
edged into the headlines as the
first big noise of the season.
Connie Mack said he would
make no announcement of the
signing of the players. Those
that don't sign won't go to
Florida. Simmons will work out
at Hot Springs with George Earn
shaw, who is now on the ground
looking for Simmons. 1t is not
expected that either will play in
Florida or in the spring eXhibi-
tion games.
Bob Quinn, president of the
Red SoX, has announced that he
will tell the world who are the
holdouts and who have signed,
That is the best way, Quinn
thinks, and it prevents a lot of
erroneous reports.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
Aqua CALIENTE

FIRST RACE - Two-year-olds; colts
and geldings maidens; purse, $500:
furlongs.
suns Son. .....115
aDevolta .......11S bDesert Boy.....115
Rain God d.......118 Rincon Field. Ills
EiguerOa ...,...115I Scotland Prince. lis
3BondaIin ......ii&l Toro........'1iS
aAllen and Bamberger entry.
bCamp Cady stable entry.
SECOND RACE Three year olds;
claiming purse, $500; furlongs
XScotland Wise..1O6 xToto ...........1Oo
XStarbOat ...,,.ll- NPrinCess Ceuta 1913
kim Mac D.. IL XbMorrOll ......l0S
George Conard III XbSakura .......1O6
Peace Johnny. .,.110 XChub .........,1OS
XEna Madeline .1lONWar Widow ..,103
Judge Austin...1l XGoldon Oriole. liz
Lady AgEie ....1l2iXMiss Berry, ...1o4
XHuddersfield ..1o5lXJohn n. ......1o5
bCohurn entry.
THIRD Maiden three -year-olds
and upward; purse, $oo' furlongs,
PoIlys Boy.....1O5 swiftly ........,112
Shasta star. .... los aRoya! Carlaris. 112
Mighty cute. ....1OO Briar Hawk. ,115
Moryoung ......110 MopeCo .........1l5
aLiyery ..:.....11o La CIar.........1oo
ar. c. stable entry.
FOURTH RACE-Four-ye -year-o olds and
up; claiming; purse. 5000; la miles.
XGeorge Groom Ill Nennie Sue.
Seagrave .......107 Kansas Hope. ...112
xWar Salam. 100 aCOnciliat ton ...10i
xDoc McMahon..111 IxEIIa May......1N9
xTo'mie MC'mb. .1O2 IForecaster ......111
xCompiler .....111 xShasta Bally...111
xToanna ......102IOld Black Joe. .107
xGnome Second aSunny Corn....1o3
aJones, Paulsen entry.
FIFTH RACE - Four-y -year-oIds and
upward; claiming; purse. $500; fur
longs.
xLaumaia .....1o4lxshasta Pear...1oO
Vision II....,..105l Richu ...:.....111
XBrud .........1O4 Subway Tube. Iii
KIP. Hirtonstein.112' xBetfandot ..,.1O4
xPat ..........1O2. Bonnie Kay los
Malicious .......109I XHighw1y ......106
xGlad Effort. ..112I Mintairy .......1o3
SIXTH RACE-Three-y year -olds; claim
ing; purse, $500; l mile
Morpheus ...... 1913 XBertrand ......1OO
XOur Billy .,...106I NReleased ...... 80
XSam Ischer .1O7 Peace Princess. .1Os
SEVENTH RACE-Four-y -year-olds and
upward; claiming; purse $500; IL
miles.
Olive Dexter .1O3hMi Ccmpanero. III
NPat O'COnnor. .106 XJaCk Alexander III
aDubric .,....,.111 XRapida ........IN4
xRusset .......106 xMaudlin ......1O2
xStarkist ......107 xFreight Clerk. 1O7
XPassalOng .....112t
aMcNamara entry.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

mitted a tactical error in deny.
ing anything. It's much easier
to come down than to go up, as
the guy in the parachute re-
marked.
The st. Louis Cardinals expect
to have trouble signing Chick
Hafey.
Al Simmons, the only star of
the Athletics who is unsigned,
probably will prove to be the
most stubborn holdout of the lot.
The new American League bat
ting champion did not come to
terms last spring until batting
practice for the opening game
was under way.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

Thus Cleveland got all of its
bad news on one day, for Ferrel
and Morgan are the two big
shots of the team. Ferrell won
rs games last year, more than
any other hurler in the American
League except Lefty Grove, and
his earned run average Cf $50
runs per game was bettered only
by Grove and Ad LiSka.
Morgan's tidy batting average
of $50 was four points less than
the mark of Johnny Hodapp of
the same club, but Eddie's feat
of hitting 26 four-baggarS made
him the home-run king OF the
club and kept the Forest City
fans in lather of excitement.
Larry Baking
Both Ferrell and Morgan were
given substantial salary increases.
But realizing their importance to
the club, they are boldly demand.
ing an even bigger lump of sugar.
OF course there is no doubt
but that both will be in the lineup
on opening day. But coming in
the wake of other salary
Wrangles, the demand of the two
Cleveland aces is an indication of
the fact that big league stars are
determined to horn in on the
record profits rolled up by most of
the baseball magnates last year.
Lyn Larry, shOrtstOp of the
New York Yankees, also re-
turned his contract day or
two ago because he thought he
deserved a larger increase than
was offered him. Larry evi-
IDENTIFY figures that RilI Werber,
the CLASSY recruit who came I'D
from Duke University last wear,
has little chance of supplanting
him.
And then there are the old
reliableS, Dazzy Vance and Babe
Herman, of the Brooklyns. They
are charter members of the hold,
out club.
In view of the fact that his
earned run average was lower
than that of any other pitcher
in the big leagues last year,
Vance is said to be considerably
peeVed at the clubs action in
rendering him a one-year docu-
ment the other day calling for
| $4,000 per annum. Dazz wants
tWo~ear contract at $4,000 per
annum.
Likes Game
The Brooklyn club is not wor-
ried about Herman because the
officials know that Babe would
rather play ball than eat. The
Dodger slugger made a gallant
stand last spring, but at the last
moment was unable to Withstand
the lure of the crack of the bat
meeting horsehide, and accepted
the clubs terms.
Lou Gehrig, of the Yankees,
is another alleged hOldout who
is too fond of the game to re.
main out of the fold for long.
Hack Wilson, home run king
of the National League, has just
denied he wants $4,000, as re
ported. The Cub slugger com
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
PECK PUTS JINX
On j|HX

Cleveland officials have been
very much interested in the an
nouncement of Bert Shotton that
in his opinion the Cleveland team
will win the pennant in the
American League next season, or
in 1882 at the latest. Pitching
will do it, Shotbon said.
The young Indian hurlers will
develop in a group next season
and two superpitchers like Fer,
rell and Hudlin can supply
enough victories to win a pen:
nant with a little help from the
rest of the staff.
The Athletics will go South
with II pitchers, quite an array
of FINGERS for a championship
team.
Mack wants one more right,
handler to help out EarnshaW, al,
though big George says he
thrives on plenty of eCtion.
Cleveland, noting the big list
of Athletic pitchers, glanced at
the club roster and found 13 on
it. Manager Peckinpaugh was
worried lest the number jinX the
staff, so he quickly sent out a
contract to Max BrunSon, a 215
pound hurler who has lots OF
steam but lacks a blg-league
mound education.
He is 20 and pitched last
season for Terre Haute.
Brunson will be another giant
to join the staff, not one man
being under the 6-foot mark
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
GAINING FAVOR

An indication of the growth of
squash racquets in New York is
found in the fact that there are
now Is clubs in the Squash Rae
quets Association, whereas two
years ago there we're only five.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
DOESN'T AFFECT HIM

Dave Shade, veteran middle
weight boxer, smokes long, black
cigars in his dressing room right
up to the time he enters the ring
for a bout.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
JIM BRADDOCK MAY SURPRISE ERNIE SCHAAF TONIGHT
Holdout Crop Increases
AS Diamond Stars Balk

NEW YORK, Jan. 23-The holdout season under way
in full swing today result of the action of Yves Ferre
Cleveland pitcher and Eddie Morgan batting of
the club in returning their 1881 contracts to Billy
Evans
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

Lou Gehrig, of the Yankees,
is another alleged holdout who
is too fond of the game to re-
main out of the fold for long.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

He is 20 and pitched last
season for Terre Haute.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

Brunson will be another giant
to Join the staff, not one man
being under the 6-foot mark.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

The Athletics will go South
with II pitchers, quite an array
of FINGERS for a championship
team.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27
ORG A ME TO EN- ~
STARVATION; DEN A N ID
Relief!
Leaders Of Jobless Refuse
to Plead Guilty in Court

Undaunted by the efforts of Tam
many Judge Voorhees, to gag them,
Sam Nesin, Milton Stone and Robert
Lealess, the three leaders of the un-
employed demonstration of Oct. 16,
appearing yesterday Monday in
Special Session Court, Part 6, re-
fused to plead either guilty or not
guilty to the charges against them
and exposed the attempts to railroad
them to Jail without jury trial.
The three workers who are being
charged with unlawful assembly, out
raging public decency and endanger-
ing public peace, created new pre-
cedent by appearing in their own de-
Tense. The court consisted of Judge
Voorhees,, Walling and Direnzo, all
loyal henchnen of Tammany Hall.
Stone, the first to be called. refused
to plead because they we're being
tried in the same court whose judges
they had called Tammany grafterse
for which the three of them had been
thrown out of the Board of Estimate
meeting on Oct. 16, brutally beaten
and arrested. He cited testimony of
Mayor Walker at an earlier hearing
in which the mayor admitted this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27
DEMAND INSURANCE FEBRUARY 10!
PREPARE N0W for Militant Mass
Demonstration on February 10

February 10, the day that the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Delegation will make its demand upon
Congress to pass the Unemployment Insurance Bill is
also the day upon which hundreds of thousands of
workers must pour into the streets and public places
to again voice their demand for unemployment relief,
to again engage in determined battle against hunger
Starvation is gripping larger sections of the
working class. Sickness and death through under
nourhment is spreading faster and faster throughout
the nation. Hardship and suffering multiply, while
those that have all wealth and overfiIIed stomachs
sheer at the plight of the starving of workers.
increase the exploitation of the employed workers,
while they spit forth ever more demagogy and pre-
tense, buncomb and fakery
Workers, unemployed and employed, must show their
power. February 10th will be the day upon which the
workers in large and small industrial centers, In
mining camps and steel towns, will gather in masses
to demonstrate to the bosses and their political henc
men that what delegation in Washington is de-
manding, namely, unemployment insurance, is what
we all demand. Upon this day give notice to the
rich and well-fed exploiters that delegates to
Washington with them the power and determine
ton OF gigantic masses of workers in all cities and
towns, that it represents the employed and unenl-
ployed workers throughout the country
All comrades and workers who have helped to lead
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course; 1904 Wallace Ave-. Saz E,s,
lo1th ST.; 1472 Boston Rd., 27OO Iron ,
pnrk East; 959 East 1z3rd ST; 20Gi
bryant Ave; 736 Fox st.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS,
sos West 17Sth street.
HARLEM,
lab Enst 103rd st. 3OS Lenox Axerr.,
341 e. 149th st.
DOWNTOwN,
e: 4th ST.; 131 w. 2sth ST., 1874 K.
ST. 10 w. 2fst st.
WILLIAMsBURGH,
" Graham Ave-; 261 Tompkins Ave;
74' Flushing Ave-, ~: south 5th 81.
BROWNSVILLE.
,sf4 Pitkin Ave-; 563 Stone Ave-. 1865
RIDGEwOOD,
2OS Central Avenue.
EASTERN PARKWAY,
240 Schenectady Ave.
MIDDLEVILLAGE,
EAST NEW York,
062 suffer Avc.y 1921 Blake Ave: fO5
ThatfOrd Ave.
homo PARK,
IJ7S 43rd ST.; 1912 New Utrecht Ave. !.
TAG 10th st Sth Ave.
EAST FLATBUSH,
:4l X. O4th ST., 47Q II. D3rd st.
SOUTH BROOKLYN,
1870 18th st.
BKENsONHURsT,
20O8 10th st.
BORO HALL,
Is Myrtle Ave.
COMFY ISLANDS,
1901 Mermaid Ave.
BRIGHTON BEACH.
40 Neptune Ave.
HATH BEACH,
~ Bny 2Sth ST..
LONG ISLAND CITY,
20 jackson Ave.
NEW JERSEY.
% Mercer ST.. Newark 200 Market
ST.. PatersonI 100 r.. Jersey St., Elixn-
beth.
262 WarburtOn Ave.
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had caused him to order the on
slaught on the three workers.
Lealess and Nesin both refused to
submit to the Jurisdiction of the court
--Nesin demanding a jury trial.
Nesin pointed out that on the day
the unemployed delegation appeared
before the Board of Estimate the
Beard appropriated $7OO,oo0ooo, but
not cent for the unemployed. He
also demanded that Mayor Walker
be subpoenaed as a witness.
Despite the refusal of the workers
to plead, Judge Voorhees, himself en-
tered plea of mot guilty" for them
and set the date of the trial for Feb
16. The New York District of the
International Labor Defense, which
is handling this case, is in a state
ment issued by Rose Baron, secretary,
denounced the refusal of Jury trial
and exposed this case as an effort to
stifle the struggles Of the hundreds
of thousands Of starving unemployed.
The LID. calls upon all workers to
smash this attempt to railroad the
three militants to the same or longer
sentences as were lneted out to F'os-
ter. Minor and An1ter. :.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27

Newark, the Newark Campaign Com
mittee for Unemployment Insurance
declares that the unemployed work.
ers are determined to go through
with their hunger march from Mill
tary Park to City Hall, permit or no
permit, police or no police, arrests
or no arrests, and that the fight for
bread for the unemployed thousands
will be won.
The jobless demonstrated here
Jan. and were met with police clubs
and Is arrests.
Appeal to Militia.
The state militia have been or
dered out for ceremony of some
sort near the City Hall Jan. %. The
jcbless in their leaflet calling for the
Jan. % demonstration make special
appeal to workers in the National
Guard to assist, and not attack, the
demonstration. One of the demands
of the marchers is for the tombstone
bonus" to be granted now, not in
1945.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27
NeWark Jobless Hunger March
Wednesday,; Defying Police

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 26.-On We'd
neSday., at 10 a. m, under the leader
ship of the Newark Campaign Com
mittee for Unemployment Insurance,
thousands of workers will gather at
Military Park, where short meet
ing will take place, then hunger
march of the workers will begin to
City Hall, while delegation of the
unemployed workers will present de-
rnands of the unemployed to the
City Commissioners at the city bud
get meeting.
Thirty-three million dollars is pro-
posed for 1881 city budget, and not
one cent for the relief of the $4,000
unemployed of this city. Workers
will demonstrate for the postpone
ment of payment of $5,981, 62138 to
the bosses, instead it should be given
to the unemployed as relief.
Under the instruction of the big
companies, Police Chief McRell re-
fused permit to the unemployed
to hold a demonstration. He said,
like a little Mussolini: mo hunger
march to City HALL No demonstra-
ton at City Hall-no speaking at
City Hall! I will see to it that no
such things are done"
To the agents of the bosses of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27

and participated in local struggles for immediate
relief and unemployment insurance must at take
steps to effect the largest mobilization of workers for
the February 10 demonstrations that have
had The city hunger marches have definitely proven
to all workers that Unemployed Councils and the
Trade Union Unity League responsible and effec-
tive leaders in the fight for bread The workers
ready for battle. They anxious to join ranks.
The problem is to reach them to acquaint them with
local demands for immediate relief to inform them
about our Washington delegation and its aims
Every action have sponsored, every struggle we
have engaged in to now, will be adjudged definite
achievement for the working class upon the basis of
the numbers of workers who fill the streets in militant
demonstration upon February 10. The fight against
hunger, the battle for bread must grow in intensity
and numbers Accumulative power and miIitancy will
compel the rich to disgorge will make the capitalist
politicians retreat before the onward march of the
working class.
Organize Unemployed Councils Garry az
day fight for immediate relief in all cities and
towns! Gather additional thousands of signatures for
Unemployment Insurance Bill! Mobilize effective
y for February 10! Onto the streets upon this day in
unvanquishable masses! Demonstrate your power!
TRADE UNION UNITY LEAGUE
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HELP THE DAILY
Must Have $4,000 in
Next Two Days

Although the income on the APP
peal began to show quite favorable
increases, however the last few days
donations are SO few that the Daily
appears only through special loans
and concessions by some of the work
ers of the press. The uncertainty OF
getting out the paper must cease
The defcit must be liquidated.
These are times in the history of
the lives of the American workers
in which we must not be without
the Daily Worker for one moment.
Not only are the workers in shops
showing their militancy but we find
the unemployed war veterans begin
ming to show real fighting, working
class militant spirit. Ex-servicemen
are on the streets selling the Daily
Worker, also joining in all the DEM
onstrations and are now becoming
an integral part of the hunger march
es of the unemployed councils, BY
next Thursday we will be facing sew
eral notes that are due, amounting
to about two thousand dollars. To-
days paper came out only by post
poning payments of bills due today.
Tomorrow and the rest OF the days
this week show a very bad picture
for the Daily Worker. =
Comrades, you must rush funds In
order to make possible the publish
ing of the Daily Worker this week.
Send funds to the Daily Worker, SO
East 18th ST., New York City.
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Cut off Even Breadlines in
12O Cities to Starve Jobless

TO hide the fact that ever greater
masses of workers are forced onto
the breadlines to keep from starva-
ton, over 100 cities out of 149 sur
yeyed by the Family Welfare Asso-
citation, have abandoned breadlines.
Not even the slop fed on these bread
lines will be given to the workers
any more in these 100 cities. While
the city agencies promise "other
forms Of relief" the fact is that the
bosses are preparing wholesale STAR
walton for hundreds of thousands OF
workers.
The Family Welfare Association, a
charity outfit, also pointed out that
in rs large industrial cities no bread
lines at all existed this winter.
Ninety-five OF the fake charity or
CARNATIONS said they did not have
sufficient funds to provide "relief."
This is the real reason why the
breadlines are being eliminated. I'm
willing to supply the unemployed In
tho leading cities With evsr~ the dirty
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outstanding and militant leaders of
the workers movement.
The death of Ora, supposedly from
an Automobile accident" while on
the way to court to be tried for "sedi-
tion," was followed by preparation of
the Proletarian Labor Congress, the
largest Philippine trade union organ
ization and the only one following a
class struggle policy for a mass fun
eral, Ora was president of the or
ganization.
The capitalist dispatches state that
the chief of police forbid the bearing
OF red flags at the funeral, but the
workers fearlessly asserted that red
flags would be carried in defiance of
police and constabulary prohibition.
So determined and angry were the
workers that the police were forced
to withdraw the ban on red flags.
Rather amusingly pretending that
they "outwitted" the workers-by
surrendering to them
The result was a huge demonstra-
ton, the capitalist press admitting
$1,000 participants, which in view of
other Manila demonstrations strength
was undoubtedly twice $1,000. Red
flags flew everywhere as the great
parade passed through the streets,
and speakers of the Proletarian Labor
Congress affiliated with the Pan
Pacific Trade Union Secretariat)
delivered speeches which the imper-
ialist press calls highly incendiary
calling for revolution against i'm
perialism and capitalism"
While there is no Communist Party
in the Philippines, there are num-
Der Of Communist workers, and An
tonic Ora was one of those most de-
voted to the working class, an inter-
nationalist and resolute. self-sacri-
ficins revolutionary. IA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-27
JOBLESS AND EMPLOYED PREPARE TO
SUPPORT DELEGATION TO CONGRESS
With NATION WIDE DEMONSTRATION
Demonstrate Tomorrow at
Noon for Dress Strike!
Thousands Will Be at Mass Meeting, at Both
Street and Eighth Avenue; More Agree
to Be in Saturday Conference

NEW YORK-Thousands of work
ers will participate in a monster DEM
onstration, to be held tomorrow noon
at 36th st. and Eighth Ave, as an
expression of determination to make
the contemplated dress strike a sue
cess.
The plight of $4,000 dreSsmakers
Who are forced to slave under alb
solute sweatshop conditions, imposed
upon them by the boss in co-opera-
ton with the company union, must
be combatted. Only through strug-
gle will the workers smash these
sweatshop conditions. The Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union is
mobilizing the dressmakers for a
struggle both against the bosses and
the treacherous company union.
The demonstration tomorrow noon
will be an expression of both the
firm resolve on the part of the work
ers to smash the sweatshop condi-
tons and smash the company union.
Credentials for Conference.
All indications lead to believe that
the Jan. 81 conference will be huge
success. The question of representa-
ton at this conference and of ma
terial assistance to the dress strike
is being taken up in hundreds of
workers organizations. The follow
ing already sent in their credentials:
International Workers order,
Branches 20, Sc, 112, 1872, lat and $50.
Clubs-Prospect Workers Club b,
Young Liberators, Finnish Workers
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DOWNTOWN U.C.
HALTS EVICTION
Organize Suffolk St.
Worker Tenants

NEW YORK.-Hearing that Wo-
man with nine children were about
to be evicted at 1877 Suffolk st. the
Downtown Unemployed Council adj
journed their meeting to march
down in demonstration against the
eviction.
Hating before the tenement house
the Unemployed Council held a meet
ing with Al Dasch, former amateur
boxer, and Pat O'Boyle, an ex-ser-
viceman, speaking for the council
Police, who at first refused to grant
a permit, did not dare interfere with
the meeting.
Organizing rne tenants the Unem-
ployed Council decided to return on
the morrow and demonstrate at
commissioner Taylors office, to-
gether with Mrs. Schneider, the
workers wife, whom the landlord
wished to evict. Tenants of Suffolk
st. will turn out and demand that
the eviction notice be withdrawn.