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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

are alternates. One delegate and one
alternate are Negroes, three are wo-
men delegates, and the industries rep
resented are: shoe, needle, building
trades, and food.
Detroit sends five, of whom one is
a Negro. one is woman, and one is
young worker, the auto industry
being strongly represented.
Michigan, outside of Detroit, is
represented by a copper miner. an
iron miner. and furniture worker.
Youngstown, Ohio, sends Negro
woman, wife Of a steel worker.
Newcastle, Pa, sends steel worker.
Chicago sends a carpenter. another
building trades worker Negro ma
chinist, white machinist, a young
worker and woman worker.
st. Louis, Mo-, sends a white ma
chinist and a Negro cement finisher.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Kansas City. Mo.
Is, Workers in southeast Missouri
are militant enough but they are
using their miiitancy for the wrong
purpose. Many white workers who
liyed i'm that section several years
ago. but later went TO work in the
factories in the cities have returned
on account of the crisis. They have
shower themselves to have no re-
gard for private property which is
supposed to be the keystone in the
arch Of American ideals. After re-
turning from the cities they found
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
BUNDLE INCREASE
IN GALVESTON TEN.

Al w. Mcbride Daily Worker rep
resentative of Galveston, Tex, give,
some idea of what results may bs
obtained by constant plugging.
"On Nov. Fl we received an or
der of 5 copies of the Daily Worker.
=. We saw by the first days sales
that the Party paper could be sold.
We are now beginning to see the
fruits Of our labor. We get IS a
day. but will have to raise our
bundle to so copies, rs We are be-
ginning t. get weekly nubs."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
PHILLY RED BUILDERS
SHOW PROGRESS

GAS to the boosters, some prog
ress is made" writes NJ. Silver.
Daily Worker representative Of
Philadelphia, Pa. AT our next
meeting we will give prize TO the
booster reaching 100 dailies a day,
trip to the next meeting of the
N. Y. Boosters Club as a repre-
sentative from the Philadelphia
Boosters; second prize, for IS day.
is trip to Washington on Feb. 10
as an observer" 'or= sEs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Chester, Pa.
Daily Worker:
While standing before the office of
the Emergency Relief organized by
the Chamber of Commerce at Sixth
and Welsh SITS. one morning this
week engaged in conversation with
a Negro worker. He said he was
willing to work and gave concrete
Illustration by stating to me that if
given pick he would go out there
in the street and dig right into that
hard concrete.
-- Was Very Tired.
He said that he had stood there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

VCHi 10 pClllS lllotlIuCcu.
FirestOne Lays Off
was talking with a worker in Fire
stone who said he was laid off Mon
day along with 400 other workers. A
further reduction was to be made,
along with a wage-cut.
Goodyear is laying off 300 men this
week, according to a worker.
Goodrich is working on the stagger
system. Many departments are work
ing only three and four hours day.
Many workers do not make enough
wages to support their families and
are visiting the soup lines.
While writing this a comrade re-
ports that Goodrich announced a 5
per cent wage-cut in all departments,
effective at once.
Curtail Transit Service
The transportation companies are
feeling the crisis too. Workers cannot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
White Missouri WOrkers The Bankers are
Your Enemies Negro workers Your Allies

the places where they used to live
occupied by Negros. They drove
the Negroes out by burning Negro
school and threatening TO burn the
homes of the Negroes.
White workers. If you arc so
anxious to cvict someone get
enough Negro workers TO help you
and evict some of these parasites
who have been robbing workers of
both races for all these years and
then there will be room for both Of
you.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

ingt0n, ID. c., for the purpose of
placing before congress its demand
for the passage of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill in
the name of the workers it repre-
sents, in the name of the ten mil
lion unemployed workers and their
dependents, in the name of the
working class of the United States.
THE closing down of shops,
mines and mills have thrown ten
million workers out of employment.
Intense misery, mass starvation,
sickness and a fast increasing death
rate is today the lot of these I'M
employed workers, their wives,
children and babies.
"The deep economic crisis in
which capitalism finds itself, and for
which it is responsible, the result
ant unemployment and starvation
of workers and their families, makes
national unemployment insurance
a major and immediate requirement.
Congress has not taken a single
step to give relief TO the unemployed
workers. The working class has no
representatives in Congress. The
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Delegation takes this means of ap-
pearing before congress to demand
the passage of our Unemployment
Insurance Bill, which calls upon the
national government to use all war
funds and to create levies upon in
comes and property for the estab-
lshment of fund to give all UNI
employed workers and their de-
pendents cash relief, the fund to be
administered by joint commission
of employed and unemployed work
ers.
THE Workers Unemployment In
surance Delegation will draft its
statement to Congress ON February
9th. Upon February 10th il will
send an authorized committee to
both houses to present its demands.
This authorized committee wants
the floor in the house of repre-
sentatives and i'm the senate for the
purpose of vOicing the demands of
the unemployed and employed work
ers for unemployment relief.
This communication is written
for the purpose OF calling upon you
to initiate such procedure in you,
body as to make it possible for our
authorized committee to secure the
floor TO read its statement and
present its demands, TO make de-
mands upon the United States
Government TO pass our Unemploy-
ment Insurance ELL"
The National Conference, meeting
today, will take up the final form of
the bill to be presented. Many Of
the delegates come instructed to vote
for minor changes. Mo- of these in
deal with the amount to be
demanded to be paid weekly to the
workers. out of the S.
300 100000 fund established by taking
over all money appropriated for war
purposes, other money in the national
treasury, and money to be obtained
BY higher income tax on the for
tunes of the rich, the exploiters and
Some delegates will propose the
of weekly payment to each
jobless worker shall be SIS with So
more for each dependant. The bill as
drafted proposed $50 and SIS.
The - terence will mot deal simply
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
FRATERNAL ORGS.
IN $4,000 DRIVE. ,

Workers in fraternal organization,
throughout the country are partici-
pating in the $4,000 campaign of the
Daily Worker. From Il. l.. Of Co
lumbus. Mont, we received note:
please send me some subscrip-
ton blanks, as i was appointed
Daily Worker agent by the local
Finnish Workers Federat;c~,"
Here's luck to the new agent!
Other fraternal organizations be-
ing drawn into activity for the drive
should elect Daily Worker agents as
speedily as possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Mass Discharges Of Rubber Workers
Sweeps Through Akron, O.; Wages Of
Those Still Working Are Slashed
FirestOne, Goodyear and Goodrich Launch a
Fierce Attack Against Rubber Workers
Small Shopkeepers Failing by Dozens AS the
Crisis Grips Rubber City
Dear Comrade Editor:

Here in the city of opportunity conditions becoming
worse day The local publish long articles about
rubber shops taking back hundreds of In reality they take
a few men for week, then lay off hundreds.
Talk with any of the rubber workers and they will tell you
that when they report for work they do not if it will
the last day or not for them
The bosses speeding the workers and more
are being cut further and departments the stagger
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill

The Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill proposes:
1-UnempIOyment insurance at the
unemployed worker and SIS additional for
ona Unemployment changing SIS
and So for dependant.
2-The Unemployment Insurance Fund
be raised using unemployment
(b) levy capital property $4,000; (c)
all incomes of $4,000 year.
STha the Unemployment Insurance thus
be administered by Workers Commission
and unemployed workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Murphy Calls Starving Jobless Loafers

Detroit, Mich.
Editor Daily Worker:
The faker Murphy and other
tools of the bosses call the thou
sands of iobless here loafers, be-
cause they cannot find a master to
employ them, particularly those
that receive the starving dole from
the Welfare. so-caIIed.
These takers are trying to ere
tie the. impression that the starv-
ng jobless do not want work and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Dear Editor
] read IN the Daily Worker of Feb.
\ that Childs g. Co. cut their help
i1-2 per cent of their wages. 1t is
not 71-2 per cent, but 10 per cent.
Besides that they keep so cents from
each worker every week for the un-
employed. just imagine. Each res
taurant has laid off SO many work.
crs and one man does the work for
two.
will tell you another example OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

not even look for it and where,
ask them. Which all shows up
their hypocrisy and bunk.
And to top it all off, we find
small article hidden away i'm the
same press where the city fires 500
more workers from the Municipal
Waste Dept. What a wonderful
capitalist system.
Workers. don't starve quietly;
fight to end this rotten system.
IF. s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
"SELLS 100 A DAY."
INDIANAPOLIS

Ted Lewis Of Indianapolis, md,
writes: '~'F'f
eve are getting good results on the
Daily Worker here in indianapolis.
We now get 100 every day. and will
soon have to be getting more. Every
one of them is sold every day"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Young Workers Arrested for Speaking

NY WOIkeT
SOUTH BEND. Ind.-On January
18th the Unemployed Council called
the workers Of South Bend to mass
meeting. The police inundated the
hall owner and the hall was locked
The speaker a member of the Young
Communist League. Joe Berg. spoke
on the steps Of the hall. The police
took him to JAIL fingerprinted him,
and took his picture. Then they tool
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Coal Barons Rob Even on Supplies

them, they told us that rock Of 25
pounds falling - feet ON a miners
head would not injure him.
! would just like to see one of the
big fellows get hit with 25-pound
rock with two caps on, falling only
half that height and see what would
happen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
ALBANY BUILDERS
SET THE PACE s

OF the newly formed Red Builders
News Clubs, Albany is away ahead
in bundle orders. Starting with IS a
day. in three weeks they have jumped
to 100 day. That's pep for you'll
Send some snapshots in, Albany. We
want to show the others how you do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
BARBERTON LINES
UP FOR NEWS CLUB

1--WE want so copies of the Daily
sent to Barberton," writes A. Ps
secretary OF the Trade Union Unity
League. ''We have several members
of the unemployed council who are
willing to sell the Daily Worker
and it is possible TO build a Red
Builders News Club"
Red Builders News Club should ba
built wherever there is an unem-
ployed council. This is the first to
organize a News Club independently.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Child's Cut Wages of Workers 1919

how the bosses try to help the menl-
ployed. The place where I used to
work as painter was an apartment
house of 800 apartments; 95 apart
ments were empty last year. This
year every apartment is occupied and
instead of them keeping the 10 fire
men and porters that they had they
laid them all off except five. So all
the work is thrown on the shoulders
OF these five men and all the apart
ments occupied. p. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

-a(By a Worker Correspondent
LKES-BARRE-The r eading
Coal Co. is compelling us to buy the
so-called safety caps. The company
buys these caps for A cents and they
sell them to us for $3.50. In order
70 advertise their caps and popularize
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Chester Emergency Relief Gives Ticket
for Soup
for Soup

since $3.50 that morning and 1t was
then 1:&5 p. m. He was so tired that
he asked if thought that the owner
of an automobile would object if he
sit on the bumper of his car.
On former occasion he had been
successful in the line and got inside
and not getting any job received a
paper which gave him when cashed
the grand sum OF So per week.
He got this for one week and was
then given ticket which entitled
him to soup at the local soup house.
Having a wife, this ticket didn't
get her any soup. IS. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Force Return Of Jobs.

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 8.-When
800 laborers were fired by the city
and told there was no more work for
them large group of them organized
spontaneous march to the state
capitol, under the leadership of
Sebastian Genio, an old italian
worker with a family of seven chill
dren depending on him for support.
When denied adnittance to see the
governor, they marched to the may
or's office and told Mayor Patterson:
1--WE don't want charity, we want our
jobs back" Finally. after a hasty
conference between the governor and
the mayor, the 300 were given their
old jobs back.
The unemployed workers of Hart
ford are thus learning that by fight
ing it is possible to force some con-
cesSions from the capitalist politi-
clans. English and italian leaflets
are being spread throughout the city
to prepare for the state hunger
march on the capitol building Tues
day at 10 a. M, from the headquar-
tiers of the Unemployed Council at 81
Albany Ave. to the state legislature
and the governors offices, demand
ing the appropriation of at least $10,-
100000 for immediate relief.
The city of Hartford has cut the
wages of unemployed workers who
have been given temporary jobs for
the city. They were cut by SIPS a
day. and they are now getting only
1925 day for few days work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09


him for a ride in the country that
night, and beat him with a hose.
On January 2lst. Lenin Memorial
Meeting was broken up. About so
cops came down and that was the
end. But the fight will go on. Well
not be scared into subsection by the
lackeyes Of the bosses. We are pre-
pairing for the February 10th DEM
onstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Coal and Iron Centers.


Coal and Iron Centers.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 8.-The
following demonstrations Feb. 10
have been arranged in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh, mass demonstration at
the band stand, West Park, at pm
East Pittsburgh, demonstration in
front of Westinghouse Electric at
1870 am.
McKeesport. demonstration in front
of B. e. o. station, at pm.
Ambridge, demonstration before
borough hall at pm.
Blythdale, indoor meeting at Will
liam B. U. Hall, pm.
Hermine, demonstrations in the
strike area.
Johnstown, hunger march.
Washington, demonstration
Monessen, demonstration in front
of Pittsburgh Steel Co. offices, at
5 pm.
Arnold, indoor meeting at Ambria
Hall, at pm.
Miners Demands.
MINERSVILLE, Pa, Feb. 8.-The
delegation of the unemployed coun-
Gil elected at the unemployed con-
ference held in Minersville on Janu-
airy Is. will present their local de-
mands to the County Board in Potts
vile, Pa, on February 10. The same
evening they will give report to
the workers of Minersville at an I'm
employed Mass Meeting at pm. in
Workers Hall, 3rd and South ST.,
Minersville, Pa.
The delegation to pottsville, Pa,
among other things, will demand the
following: No payment of rents, wa
ter, electricity, mortgages, interest,
and taxes while unemployed.
The Delaware and Hudson Coal
Company shut down its mines in
Larksville, Pa, about months ago.
They reopened the mines fol a few
DAYS month. The miners are faced
with starvation in this vicinity. Inc
Unemployed Council is calling mass
meeting, Tuesday afternoon, 3 pm,
in Rokaidos Hall, State ST.. Larks-
vile, February 10, 3 pm. Hundreds
of Polish workers live around this
mine and the unemployed council is
making an effort to get the Polish
workers in struggle against unem-
piJylncnV.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
2 SPONTANEOUS
HUNGER MARCHES
Discharged Workers in
Hartford Force Re-
turn of Jobs
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

stration by the three Unemployed
Councils and the r. U. U. L. of
Toledo. The demonstration will take
place in the evening before the City
Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Feb. "a
mass meeting of 200 here elected a
delegation to Washington, and called
meetings for Friday and Sunday, all
of which preparations are made for
the march on the city hall Feb. 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

Council, registration takes place dali
ly at 100 West 3rd Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

with its demands on congress, but as
measures to enforce these demands,
will take up the program of intensi-
flying the organization of the unem-
ployed and employed workers, the
building of the militant unions of the
Trade Union Unity League, the
preparation for the coming strikes
against wage cuts, piece work or long
er hours, the building up of circula-
ton for the Labor Unity, and other
workers papers.
After the conference today, there
will be in the evening, at p. m, a
mass meeting at Concord Hall, to
which all workers and jobles in Wash
ington are invited.
The conference will instruct all of
its delegates to return Immediately
to the localities from which they
came, and be prepared to deliver a
report on the presentation of the bill
and the decisions Of the conference
to the masses of workers meeting or
demonstrating on Feb. 25th, Inter
national Fighting Day for the Unem-
ployed.
The Delega tions
NEW YORK. The National Com
mittee for Unemployment Insurance
had received credentials Saturday for
only GO of the delegates. but even
these showed a wide range of indus
tries and distribution geographically
New Jersey towns are sending five
representatives, of whom two are
Negro workers.
North Carolina sends two. of whom
one is q Negro textile worker and one
white laborer.
Cleveland sends three, of whom one
is Negro
Minneapolis sends food worker
and carpenter; St. Paul sends a
metal worker, and packing house
worker; Duluth dock worker. and
the copper and iron mining towns
send miners.
Eight come from Connecticut, of
whom two are Negros, and the others
represent the metal, rubber nd needle
trades.
New York sends 16, Of whom four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
Chester Demonstration.

CHESTER, Pa. Feb. 8.-The job
less and employed workers of Ches-
ter will come out in mass demonstra-
ton Feb. 10 at 4:30 pm. at Third
and Market streets. The demonstra-
ton will be held under the auspices
of the Chester Unemployed Council.
Approximately $4,000 of the $4,000
population of this city is unem-
ployed. The Ford Motor Co., Sun
Shipyard, and the large plants To-
Gated in this highly industrialized
city are operating with skeleton
crews. The unemployment situation
has especially affected the 10000 Me-
gro population here. The Ford Mo-
tor and a number of other plants
refuse to hire Negroes.
The city administration is putting
on some fake relief measures through
the establishment of city employ
ment agency" Thousands of work
ers have registered for jobs at this
agency only to find out that there
are no jobs to be gotten. A num-
Der Of the city officials have been
indicted on graft charges. These
corrupt politicians are piling in the
heavy dough, while the unemployed
Negro and white workers are left
to starve and shift for themselves.
All unemployed workers are urged
to join the Chester Unemployed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

NOONAiNb llD fhOM PANEE ONEl
stration, all who want to go, will
afterwards proceed to the nearby city
of Massilon, whose 10000 inhabitants
are practically all mill and factory
workers. There another demonstra-
ton will be held at 2::30 pm. at the
City Hall Park on the Public Square
Both Canton and Massilon are run
by the Tinken Roller Bearing Co
and the Central Alloy subsidiary OF
the Republic Steel Co.
Wage Cuts.
Conditions here are getting worse.
To be sure, the Canton Drop Forge
Co., which has been closed down for
weeks, has resumed operations. But
these operations are on a small
scale, and with a wage cut.
On Feb. l, the Canton Stamping
and Enameling Co. put through a
ten per cent wage cut. The unor-
ganized workers Immediately elected
SOiiAiAAbSCCo cillo NOGCO W OIL lhS, Dut
the management bluffed them out
of it, at least for the moment, by
stating that a complete new force
had already been hired,
Several weeks ago. 80 workers at
the Industrial Mining Co., south OF
Canton, struck when their wages
were cut. The walkout was complete.
However, an AT. of L. faker named
Bender sold them out, and they have
gone back to work.
There were nine full pages in the
Canton Repository of February 2, of
names of those who had not paid
their taxes. The Daily Worker Cor
respondent knows this is not a full
list, because his own name was not
listed. This paper also is fun of
notices of shriff sales twice a week,
and there is a flood Of bankruptcies.
A bill has been presented to the
Ohio state legislature to legalize the
yellow Dog Contract.
A meeting at City Auditorium of
300 workers endorsed the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill on
Jan. 81, and ratified the election of
Mrs. C. Bowser and Mrs. Sheets as
delegates to Washington, Feb. 10. A
car has been donated for their trip
IN WASHINGTON
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
MINE, MILL LABOR
TO DEMONSTRATE
Prepare in Over Sixty
Industrial Towns;
Fight for Life

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
La gaceta., 1931-03-16

do 20 Jas Gales los arroyos de
sangre. Hasta un dfa en- cue un
infeliz anciano vic que sus Gin
co hijos eran sacados de SUI no.
gar para ser llevados a la car
eel. Levantando las manos al
cielo ,aJuel padre reclam6 la
jus+;eia dVina, y, como p2r en-
cato, TODD ell pueblo sc 1anz6
a las Gales, Sc dirigi6 al Pala-
clio Presidential y ell tirano page
con su vida todos sus crimenes.
aiY los gendarmes? Aquellas fie
ras bajaron las armas ante ell
Juror popular provocado por los
alaridos de I'm padre viejo, in
defense, incapaz de resistir un
empuj6n. Sin necesidad de re-
currir a La historic, ell General
Machado sabe que ell Ejercito,
tornado por caballeros y hon.
bres de conciehcia, no es suyo.
Que piensa cada dfa mas en- los
deberes con la Patria.
La gaceta., 1931-03-16
CONTRA LA TIRANIA DE
MACHADO
LEGADOS DE ODIOS,
RENCORES Y

FL General Machado ha rehu-
sado ltodas las soluciones arm6-
Meas y ~pacfficas confiando en-
su buena estrella, en- su ejerci-
to, en- los emprestitos, en la de-
bilidad y cobardfa del Poder Jul
dicial, en- ell hambre del proleta-
riado, en- Ia complicidad y servi-
lismo del Congreso, en- ell coope-
rativismo,-Que va da sus ulti-
mas boQueGdGs,-en la extenua.
ci6n Y cansancio de los estudian
ties y mujeres,-cada dfa mas
pujantes y viriles,-en el patrio
tismo de los que no queremos
provocar la intervention extran
gera pero que sabemos que xis-
te desde hace TEMPO, en- la fall
ia de armamentos de la oposi-
ci6n Y la imposibilidad de arbi-
trar recursos para adquirirlos,
en- la protection de Wall Street,