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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
SHERWOOD'S "REUNION IN VI
EMMA" AT MARTIN BECK NOW

The Theatre Guilds fourth produc-
ton Of the season, Reunion in vi
enna," comedy by Robert e. Sher-
wood, will open this evening at the
Martin Beck Theatre, with Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne playing the
leading roles. Other important roles
will be played by Minor Watson, Hell
en- Wesley, Henry Travers, Eduar-
do Cianelli and Edward Fielding.
The Hippodrome is showing on Its
screen, ELISA Landi and Lionel Bar
rymore in The yellow Ticket" The
stage show includes: Sylvia Clark
Jean Bedini and Harry Evanson Nor
man Thomas Quintette, Cliff Naz-
AFRO, Jeary and Craven, Seller and
Wills, the Great Peters and CLARK
with Smith.
sJ'he Cameo Theatre Is NOW show
ing Heroes ALL" compilation Of
authentic pictures of the World War
taken from official sources, showing
the Italian, German French ano
Russian fronts.
"Schwanda,' the new German op-
era, will be given this evening at the
Metropolitan Opera House. Other
operas Of the week will include: RIOS
sili's William Tell" on Wednesday;
Mozart's Don Giovanni" THURSDAY
Tristan und Isolde" Friday; "Han.
sci und Grctel," und "Pagliacci."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
Newark Workers
Hit .Jim-CrOWiSm
at Restaurant
Place Barred Negro
Worker

NEWARK, Nov 16. - Last Monday
night, F. E. A. Welsh, New Jersey
state organizer of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, was told
that he would not be served at the
Russian restaurant ON SO Broome ST.,
Newark, because some of our white
customers object to Negroes eating
here"
On Wednesday night, committee
composed of Comrade Welsh and rep
resentatives of the Communist Party
Young Communist League, and the
Unemployed Council went to the res
taurant and demanded that Comrade
Welsh be served together with the
other customers. The woman in
charge of the restaurant refused to
do SO. The owners were Immediately
notified that the place would be boy
cotted, that the Communist Party
and the LSNR would call upon the
members of the Russian Mutual Aid
Society to stop their patronage, and
a demonstration would be held be-
fore the restaurant within a few
days.
The restaurant is owned by some
Russian individuals and not by the
Russian Mutual Aid Society. This
latter organization, a workers mutual
aid organization which owns the
building in which this restaurant is
housed, has only rented the restau-
rant rooms to this individual. Prac-
tically the whole trade of this restau-
rant is dependent upon the patro-
mage of the members Of the, Russian
Mutual Aid Society.
At the Nat Turner meeting held
in the hall under the restaurant Sun
day, this act of discrimination was
exposed, and the workers modified
for demonstration before the res
taurant within a few days and for
Negro Rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
NEEDLE UNION HOLDS SERIES
OF HUNGER MARCH MASS MEETS

NEW YORK.-In connection with
the Hunger March series of rnem-
ployed meetings will be held during
the coming week. Meetings of the
unemployed dressmakers and unem-
ployed furriers will be held on Mon
day, at 2 o'clock at the union hall,
131 w. 18th st. On Tuesday, Nov.
IT, at 10 a. M. meeting of unem-
ployed milliners will be held in
Bryant Hall, 9th Ave- and And st.
Executive N.T.WIU. Meets Monday
A meeting of the executive council
of the N. T. w. l. U. will take place
on Monday, Nov. 10th, at the union
office, 1871 w. 18th ST., at p. M.
Important problems concerning the
union will be taken up.
Dress Shop Of Berman and Smith on
Strike.
The dress shop of Berman & Smith,
213 w. 35th ST., is on strike Needle
trades workers are asked to help
picket this shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
new YORK LABOR
CONFERENCE FOR
NATIONAL MARCH
Unemployment Insur-
ance, Dec. Z March
Main Agenda
Points

NEW YORK.-The Labor Confer
enct called by the Unemployed Coun-
ellis of the state of New York for
Sunday, November % at II a. m. at
the Stuyvesant Casino, Second Ave.
and 9th st. will elect the New York
state delegates for the national
hunger march on Washington, De-
cember 7. The conference is ex-
pected to be one Of the largest of
its kind ever held here.
Delegates from Unemployed Coun-
ellis mass meetings of employed and
unemployed, unions. fraternal or
CARNATIONS, shop groups and Negro
and youth bodies are now being
elected for the conference. A num-
Der of American Federation Of La
Dor locals, notably in the building
trades, have elected delegates to the
conferences.
The chief points of the agenda at
the conference will be the struggle
for unemployment insurance in the
state, the national hunger march and
the struggle for federal unemploy-
ment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
MERCHANT OF VENICE OPENS
SHAKESPEARE SEASON; ROYALE

The Chicago Civic Shakespeare So
ciety will open its third season this
evening at the Royale Theatre. The
repertory this season will include but
three plays: THE Merchant Of Ven
ice," Julius Caesar" and "Kamlet."
In addition to Fritz Leiber, Helen
Menken, Tyrone Power, william Fa-
versham, Viola Roache and Pedro de
Cordoba, who will play the chief roles
- the cast will also include such well
known favorites as Whitford Kane,
Gordon Burby, France Bendtsen, and
Edith Campbell. The repertory for
the week follows: Monday eveningfi
Wednesday evening, Saturday mat
inee, 1.-THE Merchant Of Venice; on
Tuesday evening and Friday even
ing, Julius Caesar; for Wednesday
matinee, Thursday evening and Sat-
urday evening, Hamlet"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
RAID PROVIDENCE
COMMUNIST OFFICE

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Nov. 15.-Last
Thursday the headquarters of the
Communist Party was raided and
everything in it wrecked.
The action of the police, together
with the extra legal forces, is not an
isolated event. The activities of the
Communist Party during the last
week in organizing the unemployed
workers into Unemployed Councils
and forcing the city administration
to call special session of the City
Council for tonight to take up the
unemployment situation. The dele
cation of the Unemployed Council
will appear before the City Council
tonight, while a huge demonstration
will be held outside. The delegation
will demand unemployment relief and
also denounce the action of the po-
lice as an open provocation against
the workers. The unemployed work
ers Of the city are highly indignant
against the police for this action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
UNITY IS
TO BE MONTHLY
Organ of TUUL Will
Become 80 Page
Magazine

Along with the establishment Of the
new 80 page Labor Unity monthly
magazine which is to be something
new in the history of the American
Labor Movement, will come the set
ting up of Trade Union Unity
League Press Bureau and Service, to
supply the revolutionary and Labor
Press with news and articles on the
economic struggles of the American
Workers, the Trade Union Unity
League announced yesterday.
Coincident with the publication of
the January issue of the new Labor
Unity, which goes to press Deem
Der IS, will begin the plan to develop
union papers and the TUUL shop or
gans, together with local unemploy-
ment papers. All these will receive
their direction from the new monthly
Labor Unity magazine.
Leaders of all the revolutionary
unions and leagues, and of the Trade
Union Unity League, will write in the
first issue of the Labor Unity maya
zine of the struggles going on or soon
to come in their industries. The Ma
tional Hunger March to Washington.
which will have been held a week be-
fore the new Labor Unity appears
will be thoroughly analysed by those
who directed the march. The Law
renee and mining strikes will be also
analysed.
Not only the leaders of the unions
and league, but also rank and file
workers will write for the new Labor
Unity, for it is planned to develop
the workers correspondence and new:
Of the daily life of the unions to q
greater extent then ever. The sub
scription rates to the Labor Unity
magazine will be 81 a year and sc
cents for six months.
Money should be sent to Labor
Unity, Room Ala, 2 w. 18th St., New
York City.
The New Central organ of the
TUUL will have big birthday cele-
bration at a banquet and entertain
ment which will be held at Manhat-
tan Lyceum on Saturday night, De-
cember 5. Many well known leaders
Of the revolutionary movement will be
there including William z. Foster
william F. Dunno, Ben Gold ant
others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
STRIKERS WIN
IN HALF HOUR
(By a Worker Correspondent


STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.-On
Thursday, Nov. IL, we workers at the
Brewer Dry Dock Co. won a strike
in half an hour.
The bosses wanted to pay us
straight pay for overtime and when
we demanded double time for over
time the bosses refused it--so we
struck.
Mr.. Morell, the boss, came to us
and pleaded that we return to work
at the old scale, but we answered him
with an emphatic NO. When he saw
that the workers would not agree
with him he got awfully sore and
called the superintendent. The SUI
perintendent came, but when he saw
the large crowd of determined work
ers he decided to pay time and half
for overtime. We held out for the
original demands, but the boss got
in touch with a Negro worker who
was isolated from our group and con-
WINGED him to accept The time and a
half proposition. This started move
to accept partial victory. We went
back, winning half Of our demands.
This points out clearly that the Ne
gro and white workers must always
fight together.
Editorial Note:-The Negro
worker who went back to work first
Is not to be censured. The blame
rests on the shoulders of the white
workers who allowed their fellow
Negro worker to become isolated
from the main body of the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
Downtown Hunger March
To Be Held on NoV. 18th to
Include Many Noev Starving
To Denana Cash Winter Relief and Demands for JobIess
at Municipal Lodging House

Downtown east side unemployed
workers and their families, jobless at
the Municipal Lodging House, and
unemployed of the city employment
agency will take part in sectional
hunger march upon the Department
of Public welfare, at Leonard and
Lafayette SITS, Wednesday, Nov. Is,
at p. m.
Starting from 7th St. and Ave. c
the unemployed under the banner of
the Downtown Unemployed Council
will march to Rutgers Square, there
to be joined by the East Side Unem-
ployed Council and workers from the
Job agency and the Municipal Lodg-
ing House. From Rutgers Square the
hunger marchers will go to the offices
of the Department Of Public Welfare
TO present their demands to Com
missioner Taylor.
Starving in Delegation.
Twenty starving families with their
children, workers from the Municipal
will be among the delegation TO pre-
sent the demands. The demands in
cluda immediate $3.50 cash payment
d for winter relief, the opening of the
st. Marks hospital for the unem-
ployed and immediate cash relief for
the starving families at the hunger
march and reduction of the salaries
Of officials of department of welfare
to $4.5Go year. the remainder to go
to the unemployed.
Demands for the workers who are
registering for jobs include carfare
TO be paid to and from homes and
work by the city committee; free
lunches to be served in the offices;
no discrimination and a committee of
unemployed to distribute the jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
Police Raid Offices
of Mine Union in the
Brownsville Section

BROWNSVILLE, Pa.-On Nov. 4,
state police raided the headquarters
of the National Miners Union, search
ing every one present, confiscating
all documents, then raiding the
house of Philip Giambatista, the or
ganizer of the National Miners Union
in Brownsville, arresting him and
holding him on deportation charges.
The International Labor Defense
has sent telegram to Governor Pin
chot condemning this outrage, and
demanding the immediate release Of
Philip Giambatista and the return of
all documents.
Attorney Margohs is taking the
necessary steps to conduct the legal
fight against deporting Philip Clam
batista to Fascist Italy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16

The A. I. c. P, to which the other
half of the delegation was referred,
evaded immediate relief by promis-
ing an investigation on Monday. An
eyed Ne 70 worker commented Bit
terly thay his Sixty-nine years OF
hard labor in factories, mines, and
railroads, had found him forced to
beg $3.50 to pay his rent SO that he
would not be locked out. Others
added that workers would no longer
fight for a society which did not
provide for them when in want. Mr..
Burdett, director, finally promised
to send social workers ready to give
the families food and money that
afternoon.
At the Catholic Charities, the I'M
employed delegation was met by the
Reverend Father Brennock, director
Father Brennock said that the Char
tiles had helped Mrs. Davis, in whose
behalf the delegation came, two days
before; that Mrs. Davis kept board
ers, had a large and expensive apart
ment, and was not deserving of any
help. Mrs. Davis denied his state
ments and appealed to other mem
bers OF the delegation who brought
food to her tiny home. Father Bren-
mock finally admitted that Mrs. Da-
Wis had not been to the Catholic
Charities for months, and had never
received help from them. Mrs. Da-
Wis was given money for food.
The Joint Application Bureau,
which takes care Of" single men, at
t-,npted to appeal to race prejudice
e. a.Sking the white worker present
what he was doing among the Ne
gross. The applicants were offered
one dollar a day relief during unem-
pigment provided they kept away
from the Harlem Unemployed Coun-
Gil. The committee refused indig-
nantly, and by its solidarity, was
promised work at the Bureaus wood
yard. Sealed envelopes emitting the
holder to a twenty cent meal were
then distributed.
The delegation will report on the
success of it's work at another open
meeting at headquarters of the Har-
lem Unemployed Council, 165 West
133rd Street. The office is open all
day, and employed and unemployed
workers of Harlem are invited 10
join the Council and report on all
cases in need of aid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
National Textile Union Calls
for Stronger Organization

LAWRENCE, Mass, Nov. 15.--Con-
tinuling the work of organizing the
textile workers here against discrim-
nation and to force the withdrawal
of the wage cut, the National Tex
tile Workers Union has issued call
for an enlarged National Council
meeting to be held Sunday, Nov. %,
in Boston. Mass. After long and
militant battle $4,000 Lawrence tex
tile strikers we're betrayed by the
United Textile Workers and A. f. Of
L. officials intos accepting 10 per
cent wage cut.
The call issued under the name Of
J. P. Reid, president, and Anna
Burlak, assistant secretary, reads as
follows:
1.-THE Lawrence textile strike, after
five weeks of heroic struggle on the
part of the workers has been broken
and betrayed BY the leaders Of the
United Textile Workers.
The efforts of our Union to pre-
vent this treacfery and bring about
unity Of all the workers in the struS-
gle against the ten per cent wage
cut were not successful and we nov
have the task of organizing the mass
Of the workers for the continuation
Of the struggle, for a. removal Of
the wag ecut, (b) No discrimination,
tc) The right to organize, Cd For
the rectification Of mill grievances,
(e) For the dismissal Of all cases now
before the courts, and for the re-
lease Of all arrested and ttnprisoned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
PLUMBERS MEET
TO FORM UNION

The plumbers section Of the Trade
Union Unity League which has been
growing lately because of its activity,
has sent out a call for the formation
of an Alteration Plumbers Union at
a meeting to be held Thursday, Nov
10, p. m. at 1903 East 14th st. This
meeting will be preliminary to a mass
meeting to be called by the plumbers.
A statement issued by the plumbers
section points out that the conditions
Of the plumbing workers, especially
the alteration plumbers, is growing
worse, and that the A. F. of L. union
was thoroughly graft ridden and boss
controlled held out no hope or in
terest for them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
Bronx Jobless Reveal Extent.
OF Misery at Public Hearing
Hundreds of Workers Pack Ambassador Hall to Hear
Testimony of JobIess Families

turned 1876 people away who had ap-
piled for help in the LIST 80 days as
unworthy"
All the workers who testified as
well as the entire crowd that packed
the hall expressed their readiness to
join the Bronx branch of the Unem-
ployed Councils and to organize and
fight for immediate relief and for I'M
employment insurance. Even the
children were ready to fight for free
food and clothing as testified by one
little girl, one of family of six whose
father was working only two days a
week and who was without coat.
All the mothers declared that free
food and clothing given to all school
children would be a great help to
them and would tighten their terrible
suffering.
The following decisions were unani-
mously adopted by the workers pres
ent: to support the hunger march to
Washington for unemployment in
surance; to go in a body to the Bronx
relief organizations to demand i'm
mediate relief for the worst cases; to
go in body to Bronx Borough Hall
for the same purpose; to join and
support the Bronx council of the I'M
employed.
The witnesses were questioned by
Sadie Van Veen, and the verdict of
the jury was offered in statement
by Tomash, members of the central
body of the N. Y. Unemployed Co,n-
ellis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
WOONSOCKET MILL
STRIKERS WIN IN
WAGE-CUJT FIGHT
Return to Work and to
Build Local of
the N.T.W.U.

WOONSOCKET, r. l., Nov, IS
Strikers of the Cherry Brook and
Jarrett yarn mills voted to return to
work upon the basis of the acceptance
Of the strikers demands by the bosses
at meeting held Friday, Nov, 10.
AT a meeting of the workers of the
two struck mills held Thursday night
strike committee was elected to
place the strikers demands to the
bosses. Friday morning the strikers
put the following demands to the
owners the return of the average 10
percent wage cut that precipitated the
strike, no discrimination and recog-
milton Of the mill committee, Seeing
that the workers were determined in
their demands and fearing a militant
strike the bosses acceded to the de-
mands of taking back 10 per cent of
all cuts, and informal recognition of
the committee of mill workers. Some
workers received more than 10 per
cent wage cut, but they agreed to the
10 per cent return.
To Build the Union
a meeting held Friday night voted
to return and Immediately begin to
build the mill local of the National
Textile Workers Union. A drive will
start this week to organize the work
ers into the union.
Organization of the workers of the
Bernon Worsted and Snydney Wor-
sted mills, also owned by the Jarrett
brothers will start at the same time,
Workers of these mills also received
wage cuts, but lacking organization
and leadership, did not strike.
Most of the victorious mill strikers
are women and girls and the strike
committee was composed. of eighteen
women and four men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16
HARE EN- JOBLESS COUNCIL GETS
ACTION IN DEMANDING RELIEF

NEW YORK. - The Harlem I'm
employed Council secured immediate
nelief for twenty-five of Harlems
starving and Negro white families,
breaking through the evasions and
rel tape Of the Charity Organiza-
ton Society, Association for Improv-
ing the Condition OF the Poor, Joint
Application Bureau, and the Catho-
lie Charities.
An open hearing of the Unem-
ployed Council was held on Nov. IL
at Lafayette Hall, 1855 West l3lst
Street. Many of the several hun
dred workers present told of their
experiences with the charity societies
to whom they had appealed for help.
Mrs. Mary Livingston, unemployed
widow, formerly wor,:ing at Harlem
Hospital, said her thirteen year old
daughter was too weak from hunger
to leave her bed. A crippled house
worker testified that for 2 months
she had lived on bread and tea. An
other worker had been sleeping in
the subways for two weeks. Other
workers were threatened with evic-
tons, closure of gas and also cleo
tricity,
A delegation Of twenty-five mem-
ployed was selected to appeal for
immediate assistance on behalf OF
the most urgent cases. Meanwhile
q canvass was made Of neighbor-
hood stores to give food for the hun
cry, and neighbors invited the home
less TO move in with them, pending
further aid,
At the Harlem office of the c. o.
B.. the unemployed delegation was
referred to the main ofice, los East
32nd Street. United insistence re-
suited in the granting of carfare to
all members of the delegation and
the immediate sending Of a social
worker to Mrs. Livingston.
A street meeting was held in front
OF Mrs. Livingston's home, IL West
lO2nd ST. A committee Of unem-
ployed. accompanied the social work.
CT upstairs, reporting to the meet
ing that Mrs. Livingston was given
$40 in food coupons. and promised
help until she received the city pen
sion to which she is entitled as a
wfdow, and for which she has been
waiting for four months.
On Nov Is the delegation pushed
its way past the crowded waiting
rooms of the G. o. S., demanding inn
mediate assistance. Mr.. Lawson Pur-
dy. executive director spoke with
the delegation, which in militant
terms criticized the society for its
evasion and neglect Of applications
The c. Q. S. finally agreed to help
half the families represented, to
w'-om they Immediately granted food
CT ons, contrary to the usual pol
49, which delays all aid until af-
IN investigation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16

Specific demands for the jobless
men and women at the Municipal
Lodging House includes no separation
Of children from mothers who apply
for aid at the house. These mothers
are to be paid immediate cash relief
to keep their family intact.
About 10000 leaflets will be dis
tributed for the hunger march.
Organizer Scores Tammany.
Clarence Silver, organizer of the
Downtown Unemployed Council, in
urging a turnout for the hunger
march, scored the action Of Tam
many Hall in refusing to appropriate
the $l5,oO0.ooo they promised before
elections. Silverman said:
GUST as the Unemployed Council
pointed out before the recent cleo
tions the Tammany Board Of Al
dermen made a deliberate pre-
election move by saying they would
appropriate S15,O00,0O0 for relief Of
Ltlt We Sd1o az bhoS
time that it was to get the votes
of the unemployed. And now after
the election Mayor Walker, at the
last meeting OF the Board Of Alder
men said when the matter of ap-
preparation came up there is no
need for this now" and made mo-
ton that practically shelves the
matter.
This brs1en bit of playing with
the miseries Of the unemployed and
their votes must be answered by
the unemployed masses, especially
of the downtown sections by our
Hunger March on the 18th. The
fight for winter relief must be re-
doubled"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-16

Active Dressmakers Meeting Wednes-
day.
An active members meeting of
dressTnakers will be held on WedneS-
day, Nov. 18th, at Irving Plaza, at 8
p. m. Dressmakers are asked to come
to this meeting.
All dressmakers who are unem-
ployed are asked to be in the office
of the union on Monday, at II a. M,
to help with some work.
Open Air Meetings of N.T.W.I.U. This
Week.
Several open air meetings will be
held this week in the garment center
in various blocks and buildings. The
first open air meeting will take place
on Monday, at IL o'clock noon at
Seth st. and 9th Ave
Meeting of Negro and white dress
makers will be held Wednesday, Nov.
18th, at o'clock at st. Lukes Hall,
125 w. both st.