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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Spring VALLEY
Is CRISIS HIT
Mines, Factories In
Town Shut Down

Spring Valley, Illinois has been
especially hard hit by the crisis. The
majority of the workers of the 5000
population are unemployed. Many
of them have been unemployed ever
since the crisis set in almost two
years now
Hundreds of workers have found
no steady jobs since the mines in
Spring Valley closed down. Others
are part of the permanent army of
thrown out of work, and 5 years
ago by machinery and haven't found
steady work since. Hundreds have
been laid off at the Zinc works, the
Cement works, Wesclox factory. The
rest are working part time 2 or 3
days week and many of these don't
know how long that will last.
Wages Cut
Wages have been cut in all plants.
Many workers here can't pay their
rent, those who own houses can't
meet the taxes, buying something to
eat becomes harder and harder each
day. The little money saved up is
giving out. The young workers are
living off the little their fathers can
scrape together, but soon their
fathers won't have anything to
scrape together.
Winter Looms Dark
During the summer, these things
aren't felt at their hardest. Many
workers have little truck gardens
and a few chickens, and get odd jobs
on farms or around town. But in
the winter, they won't have even
that, They go along hoping some
thing will happen by winter, but
nothing is going to happen. The
crisis is not letting up and there are
no prospects for jobs or relief for
the workers of Spring. Valley.
Starvation faces them this winter
some will be thrown out of their
homes for non-payment of rent or
their horses will be sold and taken
away for taxes or mortgages.
Workers of Spring Valley--an
unemployed council has been Or
ganized in town. The purpose Of
this Unemployed Council is TO or
ganize all the unemployed workers
of Spring valley-young and old;
men and women; foreign born and
native; Negro and white; in a fight
for immediate relief from the city,
county or state.
All over the state, all over the
country the workers are forming
branches of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis to fight for unemployment in
surance, SIS week for every unern-
ployed worker and So for each de-
pendent. Come to the meeting.
Wednesday night at o'clock at
Prosperity Club. tsFu ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Washington Farmers Taxed Beyond Income

ers and workers who still have
little left.
Over at 1ssequah, Wash, one farm
er who is considered well off. says
that he will walk or and leaye his
land this fall if prices don't in
prove. He says that taxes come to
$3.50 a day which is about s2.4s
more than he is making 1t looks
like the American farmers will be
better off when they adopt tho tao
tics of their Russian brothers an6
tight for actual ownership Of ths
land. free from bank and bank gov
eminent domination. When they
fight with the workers in town
against their comno nenemy and
only then will they find the land
liable TO give them living"
A FARMER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Imberialist Clashes Sharpen
atLondon; War DrdeVs Nearer

The supreme court in Leipzig yes
terday sentenced a Dusseldorf
worker to three years hard labor
on charges Of treason and the eX-
plosive law. This is the first time
the courts have denitd a worker the
benefit of his political convictions
and deprived him of his civil rights
for five years.
NEW YORK.--A head-on clash
between Britain and the United
States, on the one hand, and France
on the other, over the spoils Of
saving" Germany has broken out at
the London conference, according to
latest cables from capitalist news
agencies.
The Associated Press reported, at
the time the Daily Worker went to
press, that lit was said in well-in-
formed quarters that the conference
has been encountering very disturb
ing difficulties"
In washington, Dwight w. MOI
row, former member of the firm Of
Morgan g. Co., was called into con-
ference by President Hoover. Nor
row, who is senator from New Jer-
sey, was called in as banker" 1t
was announced.
Ramsay Macdonald, Socialist"
lackey for British Imperialism, in
opening the London conference said
the imperialists must come to an
agreement to stave off Communist
victory and the overthrow of CAPT.
talism in Germany.
Macdonald blamed the world econ
ornic crisis to the fall in prices, abb
solving capitalism from blame and
trying to build up confidence of the
workers in the dying system. He
also said that it was the object of
the conference to restore the conf
dence of the foreign investors in
Germany" The Socialist" premier
wants investors TO have confidence
in being able to wiring profits out
Of the German masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

white workers. Prior to this demoni
stration July 9th q mass meeting
was held for Comrade Moore. About
200 workers of which majority we're
Negroes heard his talk on discrini-
nation and the Scottsboro frame-up.
A protest resolution was sent to the
Governor of Alabama from this
meeting.
These meetings in Oakland have
struck terror in the hearts Of the
city authorities, for they saw the
workers uniting to struggle against
their common enemy. These meet
ings we're part Of mobilization
for August First demonstration in
the city. Therefore a wave Of ter
ror has begun against the workers
here.
Arrest Worker.
During July 9th demonstration at
7th and Peralta Streets several mo-
torcycle cops were riding around
back and forth but did not stop the
meeting. AS soon as it was ad-
journed, they quickly came with re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

found Judgment" The capitalist
papers, of course, gobble 1t up be-
cause they too know there is mass
discomfort and are alive to the fact
that Green is using his new tactics
to act as a tightening rod against
the wrath of the starving masses.
Green starts off:
There Is unrest throughout the
land which prompts good and
loyal citizens to ponder and say
the time has arrived when cap
italism is on trial and must change
its tactics. Capitalism must face
its responsibilities and meet its
Obligation to society. This cannot
be evaded permanently. 1t must
adjust itself to serve society and
must not essay to make society its
servitor."
What is Green's solution? He
wants the capitalists to plan pro-
duction, that is, as Vol, who offers
the same solution admits, TO in
stitute fascist regime; cut wages,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
COP STOPS MINE
AID MASS MEET
Cumberland Workers
to Come Out August l

CUMBERLAND, Md, July o.
Cumberland is not mining section
and the workers of this city have
nothing in common with the strik-
ing miners OF Pennsylvania and
Ohio" were some of the remarks
passed by the chief of police, Oscar
A. Eyerinan, in refusing to grant a
permit for an open air meeting called
by committee of the Penn. Ohio
Miners Relief Committee. When two
miners Of the strike region, Novak
and Manuel applied for the permit
it was granted at first, but when the
chief of police noticed Howell, an
other member of the committee, he
Immediately revoked the permit.
Howell was arrested in this town at
the last May LIST demonstration when
the police broke up an open air
meeting which he was addressing
He was later released pending an
appeal
The workers of Cumberland will
defy this edict of the bosses lackey
when they come out in mass dem
onstration on August LIST in Cumber-
land. This demonstration will be
held in defiance of any orders by the
police commissioner or any other
lackey of the bosses. The miners of
Homecoming, a mine town 20 miles
from Cumberland, will have an OPP
portunity to hear the facts Of the
present strike at the mass meeting
called at the Lanoconing Ball Park
by the Penn Ohio Relief Commit
tee this coming Sunday at l p. m.
The speakers at this meeting will be
Howell, Bradley, Trade Union Unity
League secretary, and the two strik-
ing miners, Novak and Manuel.
This meeting will also be utilized
towards establishing the National
Miners Union in Maryland and or
ganization Of broad relief committees
TO give support to the striking min
ers. All workers are invited to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
SCORE MURDER OF
WILLIAM SIM @ n
To Hold Labor Defense
Conference July 81

NEW YORK murder of 16-
year-old william Simon while pick
citing the Gaylord mine, near Mar
tins Ferry, Ohio" declared M. Stern;
district organizer Of the T. L. D.
Pittsburgh District, in a statement
on the shooting today, proves that
regardless Of locality, whether in
Pennsylvania or Ohio or West vir-
ginia, the mine owners, their depu-
ties and scabs have been given a
free hand to shoot to kill as they
will"
Stern scored Paul Waddell, prose-
cutor of Belmont County as an 'fn-
strlment of the coal operators"
'The entire apparatus Of the jul
dietary operates according to the will
of the mine owners" said Stern.
"Waddells statement actually con-
dones the murder"
Waddell had said he didn't know
what charge would be placed
against the murderous scab, and that
the shooter would be released on
bond if he can raise it,"
Stern said: THE International La
Dor Defense will raise sufficient mass
protest among the miners, the steel
workers and other groups Of the
working class in this district to stay
the hand of the murderous coal op-
orators and their tools, the police
and courts. The conference to be
held July 81, in Pittsburgh, at 2157
Center Ave, with representatives OF
$4,000 coal strikers, and additional
steel workers and sympathizers, will
be one of the steps to force the
withdrawal of the deputies and state
troopers from the coal strike area
where they go around killing, shoot
ing and ruling with high hand"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
COUNCIL BEATS
BOSS EVICTION
w orkers' Militancy
Downs Injunction

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, July 20.
The Trade Union Unity League and
the Unemployed Council have taken
another scalp In the fight against
the bosses and the landlords of Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The injunction that the
Greenshield and Evarest tried to get
against the TUUL and the NC be-
cause Of the eviction Of Glenn Fort
and his family being put back into
the house was dismissed July 10 by
Judge Blanchard in Municipal Court
the cost to be paid by the plaintiff.
A committee of over fifty workers
appeared in the court room at nine
o'clock when the case was to come
up for hearing. The Judge with the
lawyers for Greenshield and Evarest
was rather hesitating about coming
10 face the crowd OF workers The
court did not start until lo:H-
y natHUtse hss~ when tbe aanpsmce-,
- 49, A.syIM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

Daily Worker: Seattle, Wash.
ELLENSBURG, Wash, sits in the
midst of agricultural Washington.
There are beautiful fruits and vari-
Gus crops raised here. The popula-
ton is 95 per cent native-born AM
erican. No one should doubt that
the rugged American ndividualism"
has full sway here. Upon investiga-
ton one finds that is has and with
the same impact that it has in the
cities. In the schools it was found
necessary to feed the greatest por-
ton of the children there milk dur
ing recess hours, because Of their
undernourished condition. The pa
rents paid for it. This is again the
endless chain Of capitalism. The
burden of the crisis is being put
upon the shoulders Of the poor farm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Milwaukee JCbless Fight Forced Labor

worth They try to hold our pay from
the 9th of July till the 16th.. so they
could cut off another weeks food
from our pay. We got busy and orga-
nized the workers on the job, went
down to the outdoor relief, and de-
manded our money. They agreed 10
pay our money on the 18th for sure.
This proves, fellow workers, we
must organize and fight if we will
win.
From a worker H <.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. - The
socialist" city officials takers that
they are, claim to help the workers,
Fellow workers, this is the way they
help us. At Brown Deer Park the
county has about 100 men at work.
This is forced labor job. The out
door relief gives the workers these
jobs and they tell them, either take
these jobs, or you get no relief" The
fake outdoor relief makes the workers
pay more than the rotten food is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Pitt. Unemployed Council Prepares for Con-
ventiOn
venhon

the local politicians we're there
and tried to disrupt the meeting,
but we're chased away by the unen
pIoyed workers. Many workers pres
ent were just recently laid off at
the Byers Pipe plant and we're very
enthusiastic about the meeting.
We are also preparing for big
Anti-war demonstration to be held
here on August l. Speakers from the
unemployed councils are visiting all
worhng-class organizations to rally
the workers for the demonstration
and the unemployed convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

received from the other districts
Districts 3 (Philadelphia), Z (De-
troiO, (Minneapolis), 10 (Kansas
City,, 10 (Seattle) and 10 tCalifor-
MAJ are the districts that should be
especially exerting themselves to
reach their quotas. Districts 9, 10
and IL are still below SO per cent,
while 3, and 10, though above so
per cent, are far behind their quotas.
Again and again we must repeat:
Turn I'm all coupon books, whether
filled or mot!
pledges to the Sustaining Fund AR
range affairs!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
LOW WEEKEND RECEIPTS; DISTRICTS
4 1913, 10, Il, Is STILL FAR BEHIND

Workers who do mot want their
names published because OF pos
sfble persecution shoo1d indicate
this in sending in their contribu-
lions. Collectors should ask those
who contribute whether they want
their names printed.
Only s3s1.45 received from Satur-
day s pm. to Monday pm. Dis
trtct Q (New York; had one of the
lowest totals in a long time-SS6.
The biggest contribution for the day
was from District (Philadeiphia) =,
which sent in s123. Very little was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
(By a Worker Correspondent

PITTSBURG, Pa-Regular open
air meetings are being held through
out the city to prepare for the big
unemployment convention which will
be held here July 26 at 2l57 Centre
Ave.
A big open air meeting was held
on the South Side at 18th and
Bingham Street. Speakers from the
unemployed councils called on the
workers to form committee in their
neighborhoods to send delegates to
the convention to fight unemployed
and starvation. Some stool pigeons
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

that the Communist Party attitude
towards the coming Peoples Re-
ferendum against the Prussian gov
eminent will depend upon the gov
ernment's answer.
Hundreds of uniformed plain
clothes police raided the Liebknecht
House, headquarters Of the Conmu-
mist Party, searching the place for
many hours, and arresting Commit
mist Deputy Gohlke, despite immu-
nifty as deputy.
Yesterday, the Communist daily,
Dusseldorf Freiheit" was suppressed
under the new decree.
Collisions occurred at Dortmund
yesterday between Communists and
fascists. The police interfered, sup
porting the fascists. Two Commu-
nists were shot dead and two &C.
riously wounded. One detective was
seriously wounded. Later the police
made mass raids on workers quar-
tiers, arresting thirty.
Cable by Inprecorr
BERLIN, July 21.--London reports
that Roy was arrested at Bombay
today charged with waging war
against the king. Two Indians we're
arrested for harbouring him, They
in court and remanded.
Martial law has been proclaimed
in Peking and Tientsin today in con-
nection with the revolt in Shihyusan.
The authorizes are requestioning
transports to facilitate extensive mi
litary movements.
BERLIN, July 21.-Yesterday the
German authorities suppressed Com
munist dailies, the Socialist Re-
public" in Cologne for two weeks
and the "Arbeiter zeitung" in Mann
helm for three weeks. Fourteen
Communist dailies are now sup
pressed, including the biggest and
most important.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

One way of defending the Soviet
Union is to spread among the
workers "Soviet Forced Labor"
by Max Bedacht, 10 cents per copy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
OAKLAND POLICE TRY
TO TERRORIZE MEET
FOR SCOTTSBORO NINE
Negro and White Workers Mobilize, Demand
Release of Nine Negro Boys
Cops Fail to Stop Meeting OneWorker Jailed;
. Prepare for August First
DIV a worker Correspondent

OAKLAND, CAL, July 22-Demonstraton against Scots
frame-up held in Oakland in two paces-10h and
Broadway, and main one, at 7th and Peraa SITS Coored
and white workers and sympathizers participated.
This demonstration rallied about 100 NEGROES and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

and Washington, one leaving every
hour. All workers are urged to sup
port the campaign for the defense
Of the miners by attending this pic
mic. y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23

Workers Correspondence is the
Build your press by writing for it
backbone Of the revolutionary press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-23
Announcement to Organizers Of the August LIST Meetings
GREETINGS


issued pamphlet of
entitled The Wsr-Vampre and
pamphlet be had number
Of meetings free. carriage prepaid
meetings which admit Of railing Mrs
Brown will embroidery TO
BRADFORD BROWN EDUCATIONAL COMPANY
GALLON OHIO
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

The female of the species may
be more deadly than the male,
but when it comes to parrots the
male is the smarter" bird.
Male parrots, the Biological
Survey has learned. acquires his
tricks more speedily than his
female partner.
There is a right and a wrong
way to teach parrots everything
UP to and including profanity.
Experts who have studied the
birds declare that repetition with
out distracting the pupils atten-
ton is the secret Of giving these
pets 4 liberal education.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Male Parrots Break Rule,
Outsn1art the Females

To train them properly to talk
or sing, the words, phrases, or
bars of music should be repeated
slowly and one at a time. 1t is
preferable that the lesson be
given in a darkened room and
that the teacher should keep out
of sight.
1t is better to buy a parrot in
warm weather, bureau experts
say. since they may chill in trans
portation, and as they are sub
ject to pneumonia and kindred
ailments, sudden changes of tenn
perature may be fatal.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Wire Employees
Fete Postal Heads

Frank c. Page, vice president
of the international Telephone
and Telegraph system, and Clin.
ton B. Allsopp, vice president OF
Postal Telegraph, were feted on
their visit to Washington at o
party given by 200 employees Of
their companies at the National
Press Club.
Superintendent tt as p.
Dowd, of the Washington district
was master of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
City's Light Plant
ShOUS Profit Gain

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April IT.
HagerStown's municipal electric
light plant showed an increase in
net profits for the fiscal year de-
spite the depression, according to
a statement made by the board
of street commissioners.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
M'ATEE HEADS FIREMEN

William McAtee, of Arlington
county, has been appointed fire
marshal of the Arlington Volun.
teer Fire Department, according
to Chief A. C. Scheffel. Mr.. Nc.
Atee has long been an active
member of the Arlington depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
FIGHTER GETS 80 DAYS

Willie H. Nichols was sentenced
Do serve 30 days in jail by Judge
Charles w. Woodward In Rock
vile Police Court for assault and
battery upon Ira Mullinix. Judge
woodward suspended sentence be-
cause Nichols had a large family
% take care Of.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
Montgomery 4-H Girl
RhLLV Set for ADriL rs

MONTGOMERY county All girls
Win hold q rally April IS in the
RdEkville High School gymna-
@iEan.
The rally will open with a regu.
aaH. business meeting during which
new officers will be elected for the
wAar.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

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ed rayon, in built-up Shoul-
der style, sizes 4 to IL.
Bodice styles in size IA.
Pastel shades.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

SOUTHERN VETERAN DIES
CUMBERLAND. Md. April II.
Robert Spiker, probably the last
Confederate veteran Of this Sec
ton, is dead. He was 80 years
old,
The Washington times., 1931-04-17
ChiLdren's RGyOn
UNDERWEAR at---

Vests and Boomers Of
fine sombray rayon that
will wear long and satisfac-
torily. full cut and rein
forced. Sizes 4 to IA.
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

Amoco Products will serve you Just as
faithfully and we'll in your automobile as
they are serving Miss Nichols in the air.
For the best of results-and the greatest
economy-make it Amoco all the way!
The Washington times., 1931-04-17

This opportunity occurs because Of man
ufacturer's close-out of high grade anklets
They are Isle and rayon mixtures. In plain
colors: plain bodies and fancy tops, and
striped border styles
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-08

did something about their gold. ]
don't know what it was, but it
created lot of ink at the time. 1t
looks like the world is on a gold
standard but only two have got
any gold, US and France, and if
things keep on like they have there
won't be any us in there.
You see France is getting every
thing for they went to work the
day they got back from the war,
and the rest of the nations went
on a spree, so France got back to
normal when the guns stopped
shooting, and we are just getting
back, but we haven't been normal
in so long that we don't recognize
it since we got there.
This finance business has got
the big boys worried as much as
the little ones that haven't got any
of it. Here we talk about high
taxes. Say, England can show you
some taxes, they are getting what
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-08
THE TAX. PROBLEM

With decreased valuations on nearly
everything in the county and with certain
expenses which have to be met each year.
tax levying bodies are having plenty OF
trouble in keeping the millages down to the
level set in the past. However, there seems
to be an honest effort being made to cut
every corner where it is possible, both in
the city and county. In some instances the
cuts will prove in the long run, expensive.
But on the whole, there will be a consider
able reduction. It will require cutting out
some of the things to which we have been
accustomed, no doubt, but the half hundred
or more farmers who attended the commits
sioners' meeting Monday expressed them
selves as willing to put up with fewer roads
and lessened services from the various coun-
ty departments. This is the attitude to take
to get results.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-08

OPP sJIM I9qlo them part. /
never did get down to Sister
Aimee's show / was telling you
about, but they all told me it was
mighty fine. -.-~t
We are dragging along about as
usual out here, raise lots to eat
and its cheap, and its warm, we
don't need much heat, and it looks
like if the worst comes to the
worst we would go through almost
another Republican Administra-
tion.
By the way, they tell me AL
Smith is making quite a stir in
the east. They had million Al
Smith buttons made and sold EN-
right out. Course you can get
your name on the button easier
than you can get it on the letter
box in front of the White House.
But Al will surprise you with his
strength, so we will have lots of
angles and predictions to work on
between now and next June. Cause
Roosevelt will be a tough man to
beat for that nomination. Then
Calvin is coming out of the
bushes I hear. There's a great
quartette, Hoover, Smith Coolidge,
Roosevelt. There will be a lot of
signing done before next Novem-
Der.