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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
By TOM JOHNSON.

GIVE Communist organizers and workers
arrested and charged with Criminal An
archy in Birmingham; five more workers
arrested in police raid the week following in
the same city; two Communists arrested when
asking for permit for hunger march in New
Orleans. Feb 10th; one delegate to the Wash
ington Conference for Unemployment Insurance
arrested in Alabama on his way to Washington;
two police raids on textile workers homes in
Eljzabethton, Tenn. and the NTWU organizer
threatened with ride out of the state in the
same town; another delegate to Washington
arrested on framed up charge in Chattanooga
such is the record of the past two weeks in
District II.
AS these figures show the development of the
Party's work among the unemployed workers,
the growing response of the masses of workers
and poor farmers to the program of the Party
has called forth a corresponding increase in
the intensity and ferocity of police terror. In
Birmingham the steel trust owned police frankly
state they have embarqued on campaign to
wipe out the entire leadership of the district
thru 10 year prison terms for every known Com
munist The police have come to this decision
as last resort. Every possible method from
repeated arrests vagrancy charges to threats
Of murder and the cool kidnapping of organizers
IN broad daylight, has been tried to drive our
Party from this field. These methods have failed
hate to carry thru purely political trial which
they realize will result in the rallying of larger
masses around the Party, they are preparing to
carry this thru.
=. Even now every effort is being made to drive
active Communists out of town by threats Of
application of the Criminal Anarchy Law rather
than its immediate application Thus in the
first arrests on this charge the arrests were made
under the City Criminal Anarchy Ordinance,
.nas@aa 1rsiilst our Party last summer in order
TO facilitate arrests without a warrant and to
eilaDje The state to deny the right to jury trial
This ordinance makes Criminal Anarchy mis-
demeanor punishable by months on the chain
gang and 500 fine. The comrades arrested
on this charge we're released on their own
ognizance and the trial continued until Feb 18th.
At the time this was done the prosecutor stated
that he requested the postponement in order to
seek an indictment in these cases before the
Grand Jury which convenes this week, under the
state Criminal Anarchy Law which provides for
/. TO- yeas in prison and $1,000 fine Within
week more workers we're arrested and brought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
Nice Story! Cheerful News!
Real Unemployment Relief!

A comrade sends us the following. clipped from
an obscure page of a paper, the name of which
was not given, but the dispatch itself is by the
Associated Press:
"Poughkeepsie, Feb. (AP)-An aged man
working in cemetery here under unem-
pIoyment relief committee arrangement, col
lapsed on the job today and died soon after
ward. He was Germond Wilkinson 10. Coro-
ner Card said death apparently was caused by
malnutrition"
Note the beautiful arrangement of the I'm
employment Relief Committee 1t sends TO
year old man who is starving, to the cemetery
so that he could collapse in the right spot.
Probably, we thought, he was required to dig
his own grave. But on second thought, it is
hardly possible. Glass discrimination followed
him to the graveyard, where he was doubtless
put to digging graves for people who have money
enough to be buried in STYLE and after he died
on the job his working class carcass was thrown
in the potters field or, still serving capitalist
efficiency. was sold to some medical school.
Altogether. this is the most cheerful story
capitalism has produced for our perusal today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
Ten Years Prison tor Every
Communist in Alabama

to police headquarters where they were held for
several hours. While there the police chief
warned them that indictments against all known
Communists would be handed down by the Grand
Jury and advised" them to leave town. The
tar IS of the police are clear They wish to
avoid political trial if at all possible There
.o-e t4iey warn our comrades that they will be
indicted if they fail to leave. Therefore they
do not ask our comrades to post high bond in
these cases and on the contrary make it very
easy for those arrested on this charge to leave.
AT the same time it is clear that when they
fail in driving out leading Communists by these
threats they will carry thru the only alterna-
tive left Acknowledgement under the G. A. laws
and 10 year prison sentences for every known
Communist.
This last series of attacks against our Party
in the South will fail as other attacks have
failed in the past. Our Party is no longer
Party of Northern organizers in the South. 1t
has sunk its roots deep in the heart of the most
"srns Of the Southern proletariat
and poor farmers 1t isno longer northern"
.. C..a.lg thousands of the white and
Negro miners, steel workers, textile workers, and
troopers today claim it as their own-as the one
revolutionary Party of their class 1t is part
of them and to destroy our Party today the
bourgeoise must destroy the Southern working
class These thousands will protect their Party,
will fight for it TO the last ditch, and will de-
feat this last attack of their class enemies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
By JORGE

The dongs and digestion of the great are
always of tremendous interest, Which, doubt
less, accounts for the Associated Press cabling
from Lima, Peru, a very important incident
that occurred when the Prince of Wales was
visiting a printshop in that city.
Firstly, of course-and this really is important
for very few American nperialists, the exact
words are given of His Exeelency Tor whatever
it is that princes are called about the American
make of printing press the shop uses:
"Your plant is quite up-to-date, but hope
the next press you will buy will be English"
But when the stupdities of royalty must be
carefully noted scat the COST we presume, Of
about IS cents a word, the Associated Press gave
us the following:
while inspecting the stereotyping depart
ment, the prince noticed workman, in gesture
of respect, remove from his head the home made
paper cap of the type which is worn by stereo-
typers and pressmen everywhere. The prince
gazed admiringly at the simple headpiece and
then placed it on his own head"
The burden of waste of capitalist society that
makes such things news to be cabled all over
the world and printed in the popular press
to awe the lowly, makes us the more indignant,
because upon occasion we have to use our own
Spate ard time to expose it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
How Much Is 1t Worth?

The Fish Committee and assorted capitalist
patriots, continually harp upon 'our institutions"
made sacred by "our constitution" But what
little rights are supposedly guaranteed by the
U. S. Constitution worth darned little when
workers try them out
Bachmann, reporting for the Fish Committee
in Congress, wants mo hesitation" in shutting
reasonable mouths" By act Of Congress- While
the First Amendment Of the Constitution says:
Congress shall make no law abriIging
the freedom of speech or of the press"
Every day, workers meetings are broken up
and the government both declares martial law,
in effect. and refuses to receive the Unemployed
Delegation in spite of the Constitution providing
that 1.-The people'-and please note that it doesn't
say citizens cnly'-to assembly and petition
the government for redress of grievances"
In the Constitution it is said fatty and I'M
eouivocally, that:
"The right of tie naople to keep and bear arms
shall not be infr.aged."
1t doesn't say anything about them being 'con-
cealedv either. Yet upon that basis the right"
is infringed everywhere In Ncw York State the
canitalsts have law that 'infringes" that So
called right" colnD,etcly The "Sullivan Law
forbids "the people from even keeping arms
in their houses-but of course this is enforced /
only against the workers.
Having thus dsarmed the workers, the Tam
many police, as proven by dozens OF cases, feel
quite safe to crash flats especially in the Har-
lem Negro section in order to force graft in num-
bsrless framc-up vice cases. If these victims
we're armed and defended their rights" there
would not have been so many frame-ups for
Mr. Mulrooney to cover up. But there would
not. also. be so many big bank accounts.
Incidentally, in crashing flats" the cops OPEN
ly violate the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution:
'The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses. papers, and effects, against un-
reasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated"
But when the workers are dsarmed and capt.
talists arm themselves as private citizens" Gas
in Evanston ILL.,. and Westminster. NJ ", vel
see that the fascist American Legion. In its
magazine, announces that Krag-Jorgeson rifles
can be obtained by Legion Posts from the WAR;
Department for sl5o each, and that 5s4 SUCH
rifles have been bought by the Legion at Everett,
Washington
These arms are supposed to be Obsolete and
to be used "for military purposes only. such al
for firing squads for funerals and exhibition
drills" But that is all in your eye These rifle
can shoot-and the only question Is. at whos&
funeral7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
Lucky Dogs and Hot Dogs

"Ailing dogs cats and other small animals be-
longing to the poor will be given free medical
attention at a clinic to be opened in April in
Newark, N. j., we learn from a paper of that
city.
While the capitalists refuse unemployment in
surance, workers who cannot even feed their
families and themselves cannot be expected to
keep pets in condition. So the philanthropic
capitalists willing to doctor the dog.
Which reminds u.s. "a you read the Worker
Correspondent letter Published in the Daily
Worker about three weeks ago. of a mother of
several children who, having no other resources,
cooked the family dog?
That was about the third case of the kind
reported to the Daily. Wonderful country! Hot
dog!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
By MOIssAYE J. oLGIN.

NEAR comrades, do you read II Nuovo Mondo?
don't. It's enough that read the Jewish
Daily Forward also a paper OF the socalled
socialist" party. This latter paper is 'both
necessary and sufficient" for the understanding
of social-fasci No publication. however yell
low, has ever exceeded the Forward in crawl
ing-on- tlle-belly before capitalism, in reviling
the revolutionary movement and in cultural
degeneration.
No. l don't read the II Nuovo Monde the
Italian brother Of the Forward I don't have
to. And altho the paper is often placed on my
desk, seldom touch it. CWho wants to soil his
handsO But recently my attention was drawn
to an article appearing on its front page. on
Feb. /, in the English language. The incident
which called forth this article, has been "amic-
ably settled-to the shame and humiliation of
all concerned The article itself, however, can
not become old I don't think it is late even
now to quote from 1t few gems.
1t is an appeal by the editors of the II Nuovo
Monde to President Hoover ON behalf of Gen
eral Smedlcy Butler. 1t is an impassioned pro-
test against concentrating General Butler
for his derogatory remarks about Musson
made. undoubtedly, in the efhuberance of a
"dry" banquet. 1t is cry for liberty and
democracy
The authors are proud Of America. They
praise "a Democratic government such IS We
are fortunate enough to enjoy They call it
this great nation They call Stimsor our
Secretary of State" They appeal for the liberia
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
Organize Unemployed Councils.
Every Mining Camp, Steel
and Textile Town, Every
Large and Small Indus
trial Center Should Be
HOneycombed With
JObless Councils

democratic government" fascist militarist,
who helps to crush the workers and the colo
NAL masses, becomes man before whom "the
whole nation should bow down. "Our Presi-
dent" becomes the man who can mete out JUS
tice. Stimson becomes "our Secretary of State"
All this TRADE is covered up with the Stars
and Stripes. with the help Of God" In pre-
tending to fight against fascism. these gentle
men teach the Italian masses in America the
most abject servility before Yankee Imperialism
and Yankee fascism
Truly, no more hideous spectacle has ever
appeared in the ranks of the social-fascists.
No. think have to begin to read the II
Nuovo Monde.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

QueStiOn-Can you give me the name and
publisher of book that gives the story of the
United Mine Workers well the Far
rington union from a Communist point of
view?-E. X.
Labor and Coal, by Anna Rochester Interna-
tional Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave, New York
City; price, ST. This can also be obtained from
the Workers Library Publishers, Box 14S, Sta
ton D. New York City
Question-In what year did the Communist
Party organize in the United States?-P., N. Y.
September, 1919
Question-What is the membership of the
Communist Party of the United States? Of the
Party in the Soviet Union?-P., N Y.
There are about 10000 members of the Party
in the United States. And there are thousands
of sympathizers.
There are about 100000 members in the
Soviet Union
QUESTIONABLE there any recent books from a
Communist viewpoint the farmer question in
the u. SIN. B.
There are none, but the following articles are
recommended. U. S. Agriculture and Tasks of
the Communist Party U. S. A., in the Com
munist February, March, April 1890 Outlines
for Discussion on the Agrarian Question in the
Communist March and April, 1881 The Collec-
tive Farming Movement and the Progress of Ag-
yculture, by j. A Yakovlev in the Inprecorr, Vol.
10, No. 81 and 49,
The following two books have some valuable
facts but their viewpoint is not Communist:
America Challenged, by Lewis F. Carr, published
by Macmillan and Co., New York; Too Many
Farmers, by Wheeler Mcmillan published by
Morrow and Co., New York America Chal-
lenged has more facts about the conditions of
the farmer than the other book.
Harrison George and A. Bose are preparing
a pamphlet on the American farmer and agri-
cultural conditions in the United States. Sol
Auerbach is also preparing pamphlet on the
Negro Worker in the United States which will
contain some material on agricultural conditions.
These two pamphlets will, of course, be from
the Communist viewpoint and can be obtained
when they arc ready. we hope in the near future,
from the Workers Library Publishers, Box l4S,
Station d, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21

Question-Who is the secretary of the John
Reed Club? Are they doing anything and are
they getting anywhere?-Wash., ID. C.
Louis Lpzowick is executive secretary.
The club in a little over a year Of its ex-
istence, has done good work in the revolutionary
movement, conducting campaigns against the
anti-Soviet "holy" crusade, cooperating in the
campaign in defense of political prisoners, help
ing with posters for demonstrations, arranging
pageants and portion of its members taking
active part in the Communist election campaign.
1t should broaden and enlarge its present work
along the lines of the program of the Kharkov
conference of revolutionary writer's. 1t should
keep closer contact with the life and everyday
struggles of the working class, giving more at
tenton to the development of proletarian litera-
ture to the development of new worker writer's
and artists, as well as to winning over the radi-
Called intellectuals. It should become a real
force in the struggle for racial equality, espe-
cially for the Negro masses, and give greater
effort to exposing social-faseism and petty
bourgeois tendencies to the fight against i'm
perialist war and the defense of the Soviet
Union.
A number of our readers have asked us about
the possibility Of getting jobs in the Soviet Union
This is not the business of the Communist
~,
any of the institutions dealing with such ques-
lions. The Amtorg Trading Corporation at 261
Fifth Ave, New York, which is purely COM
mercial organization handles the business and
commercial relations of the Soviet Union in this
country. Information concerning these matters
must be obtained from them.
The Communist Party carries on the fight for
the unemployed and employed workers and farm
ers in this country. Therefore, we say, fight
right here for immediate relief and better con-
dtions and organize for the overthrow of Amer
lean capitalism and the establishment of work.
ers' and farmers government in the United
States. 1t is, of course entirely correct for work
ers who are especially needed in the Soviet
Union to engage themselves to work there, where
there is a great shortage of skilled workers and
no unemployment at ALL We also say, cooper
ate with the workers of other countries and all
the oppressed colonial peoples for the establish
ment of workers rule all over the world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21
WARNING AGAINST SPY

All working class organizations are warned
against Harry Hites, spy in the pay of the
Birmingham, Ala, police department and proc
ably working also for the Associated Industries
of Alabama
Hites. whose photograph appears herewith, is
about 35 years of are, about 5 feet inches tall,
ITO lbs, brown wavy hair rudy complexion, wears
glasses He is a born American, and pipe filter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-21

by trade, at present working as used car sales
man in Birmingham.
For short time last summer, he succeeded
in getting into the Party, but was soon sus-
pected and disconnected. Since then, however
it has been definitely established that he was
responsible for several raids on membership
meetings of the Communist Party and for a raid
on miners union meeting at Pratt City, Ala.
All workers and working class organizations
should be on guard against this spy, wherever
he may try again to ply his Shiny trade.
CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION.
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE u S. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
Folks Behind
The MicrOpllone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

|HOUGH she achieved national
distinction a year ago when she
was proclaimed Americas most
Il beautiful mother" Mrs Mar
garet F. O'Connor's ambition is
not, as might be expected. to crash
the gates Of Hollywood and make
name for herself on the talkie screen,
but to sing and speak before the micro
phore and become known TO millions
over the radio.
For the past two years she has been
a member of the National Broadcasting
Co. staff. and during that time she has,
to use her own expression. been Oh
and of the air good deal of the time.
Mrs OCCnnOr was adjudged the per-
feet type of modern American mother
hood in a Nationwide contest in which
hundreds of entries from every State
in the Union were received. Her photo
graph, with her 5-year-old son Jimmy
Dick. was submitted and received the
unanimous vote of the judges
From the time she was young girl
IN her native town, Bridgeport, n. j.,
Mrs. OConnor had dreams of a career
on the concert stage. While a student
in Dover, ". j., High School she took
part in every amateur theatrical and
concert. Her father was conductor
of a local orchestra and encouraged
iIcI uLd lloJlC anu NCCGl SIullSS. All6I
she LETT high school she took a law
and business course at Fordham Uni
versity, meanwhile studying voice cul-
ture and the piano
Mrs. OConnor made her concert
debut at the age Of Is in the Wurlitzer
Auditorium, New York. Before coming
to radio she appeared in moving pic
lures, including a short" with Rudy
Vallee, entitled, Campus Sweethearts,"
TOLUMBIA's popular vocal trio the
~ Boswell Sisters-Martha, Connie
and Vet-present their regular
Saturday night network broadcast this
week through WMAL. The sisters are
coming to Washington for a personal
appearance at the Earle Their broad
casts next Monday, Tuesday and Thurs
day also will originate in the WMAL
Studios. =. The Washington Catholic
radio hour will be resumed Sunday by
VOL. This program is picked up from
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. The initial broadcast includes a
sermon by Rev. Francis j. Hurney and
solos by Florence Yocum, soprano, and
Kathryn Bowers, contralto.
X X x
EOR the sixth consecutive season net
i work broadcasts direct from the
stage of the Chicago Civic Opera
House are planned this Fail by N. B. c.
During the season 10 presentations are
to go on the air. consisting of the first
half hour of each Saturday night opera
The opening broadcast is scheduled for
November 7. . Mahatma Gandhi is
to be heard in America again this week
arrangements having been completed
by WOR. IN Newark, to provide sDe-
cial broadcast from London Saturday
a.
idge's microphone appearance october
6 Is to be a coast-to-coast broadcast
over both the red" and blue" N. B. c.
networks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
WyDC 1855 Meters.
w NA QsA KiJoevclea

SJU hhOCyCIcSs
2:00-Play-by-p play description Of the
opening game of the world
series.
4:30-Phil Spitalny's Orchestra.
5:00-The Lady Next Door.
5:30-"What Happened to Jane"
5:45-Instrumental soloist.
5:59-Correct time.
6;00-Schneider Orchestra.
6:15-Rudolph Schramm's Orchestra,
6;45-The Stebbins Boys.
7:00-Amos m Andy.
7:15-The Yeast testers.
7:30-Phil Cook, comedian.
7:45-String Quartet.
8:00-Ru6y Vallee and his Connect
cut Yankees and Eddie Cantor.
9:3O-Dramatic Musicale.
9:30-Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
10:00-B. A. Rolfe's Orchestra.
II :00-I aSt-Minute News.
:02-Weather forecast.
1:03-SMmber Music
IL :30-The Continentals.
12:00-Teddy Blacks Orchestra.
1880 to 1;00a-New Yorker Orchestra.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45a-Tower Health Exercises.
3:00a-Gene and Glenn.
8:15a-Morning Deyotions.
8:30a-Cheerio.
9:0Ga-MiXed Quartet.
9:l5a-Tom Warnings Troubadours.
9:45a-Food program.
10:00a-Mrs Blake'S Radio Column.
l0:15a-Breen and De Rose.
10:30a-Betty Crocker.
10: 45a-Instrumenta Trio.
IL :00a-Walter Logan's Orchestra.
II :30a-Morning Serenaders.
l2:00m-Black and Gold Orchestra.
12:15-Retail Market Review.
IL :30-National Farm and Home hour.
1:30-"World Disarmament and the
Conference of 1882" by Mabel
Vernon.
2:15-Play-by-p play description of the
second world series game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
Today on the Radio


6:30-Sketches.
7:00-News flashes.
7:30-Fifteen-M Minute Men.
7:45-Gretchen Kier, soprano.
8:0O-Jack Hayes, baritone.
8:15-Osborne c. Miller, tenor.
S:30-Bonanno String Quartet.
9:00-Studio feature.
9:3o-Wrestlipg matches.
Early Program Tomorrow.
:00a--Musical Clock.
8:00a-Birthdays
.05a-Musical Clock.
10:00a-The Housewares.
10: i5a-Melody Moments.
10 :30a-Dance Tunes.
IL :00a-With the Composers.
II :30a--Previews Of Coming Attractions
70 00m-The costumers.
1890 to 1:00-Organ recital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
Death Ends Vacation Plans.

While planning vacation with his
mother. whom ne had not seen for more
than three years, Engineer William K
Cochrane went to his death when the
Kwong Sang foundered recently of the
Chinese coast with six British officers
and Chinese crew. Cochrane's parents
live at Grangemouth. Scotland, and his
mother is seriously Ill in an Edinburgh
hospital.