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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
GOVT THREATENS TO USE IRON FIST
AGAINST SEAMEN FIGHTING WAGE CUT

concerning the effect such state
ment might have on future disci-
pline in the navy, none was ex-
pressed in the debate and very few
in the Commons lobby. There was
much more lively concern about the
possible bearing the navy'S resent
ment may have on the political
and economic situation of the gov
eminent"
In this situation 1t was J. H.
Thomas, formerly one of the leaders
Of the Labor Party, who demanded
the strictest carrying through Of the
vicious discipline of the British
armed forces. The Times reports
Thomas as saying, according to his
friends, that, ~
"if he had been in charge of the
navy the sailors would have been
disciplined for an example and the
fleet would have been sent to sea
according to program instead of a
lowing "these men to sovietize the
British Navy"
This is the fascisn of the British
social-fascist arm Of the Second IN
ternational. The remainder Of the
leaders Of the Labor Party, like Hen
derson, have not yet dared to come
out openly for the fascist measures
that Thomas proposes in the attack
on the British sailors. But these OPP
position leaders are united with Mac
Donald and Thomas in the attack
on the sailors but they refuse to
come out now in the attack so that
they can be used in the attack by the
capitalist class at the more critical
situation which the capitalists know
is developing.
The leaders of the opposition, the
Laborites, are however determined
that this militant action Of the Brit
ish sailors should not go unpunshed.
They realize that this action Of the
sailors is a major attack on British
imperialism and they mean to defend
British imperialism against every at
tack of the working class. The oppo-
sition realizes, as the Tines points
out in the following report, that this
act Of disobedience on the part of
the sailors is an attack on the very
foundation of the armed power Of
the imperialists:
''The responsible leaders of the
opposition on the front Labor
benches in common with members
Of the government, consider the
matter extremely grave. Not only
have British seamen refused to
obey orders, thereby forcing, the
postponement of maneuvers Of the
Atlantic fleet, but they have set an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18

cause they had agitated among their
fellow workers for organization
against this starvation wage-scale. In
Priest River, a fire fighter told of
how he and the crew with which he
was working, stopped at 5 a. m. in
the morning and fed young mother
who had stood all night against a
fence with babe asleep in her arms
and two more kids asleep on the
ground. Their home had been burn
ed out and the Red Cross had not
been near them. Three days had
passed since their home had burned.
Turn to Communism
There is a bright side to the sit
uation, however. Workers back from
the fire, tell how the men will not
listen to anyone unless he speaks Of
Communism. They are turning to-
wards the Party of their class. They
have learned from Mr.. Hoover and
his starvation program-they are
ready to fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
EFFORT TO SILENCE LABOR
PRISONERS HAD DEATH AS AIM

immediate and unconditional am
lesty for Tom Mooney and all class
war prisoners, said that it was clearly
the warden's original intention to
put Mooney in the dungeon for so
days for his denunciation of Gov
ernor Young and the Supreme Court,
but for tactical reasons changed his
plans in favor of slow torture and
death for Mooney.
Although this veteran prisoner
has been robbed Of his physical
strength" Spector declared, she
maintains his undaunted spirit. He
is ever occupied with the campaign
for his freedom and that of the other
labor prisoners, and spends no time
in brooding. He asked me to convey
to all the workers his sympathetic
and sincere greetings and to tell
them that he places his hope for
freedom in the broad masses of the
American working class who, in his
opinion, can alone force the gates
Of San Quentin open for him and
the other class-war prisoners"
These latest revelations showing a
plot to kill the Oldest and best known
Of labor's prisoners has given a
sharp impetus to the mass cam
paign organized by the I. L. D. to
force the release of all class-war
prisoners, in defense of the Scots
boro boys, the "a Harlan miners be-
ing framed up on murder charges
and slated for execution, and for the
freedom of the seven remaining I'm
perial Valley prisoners.
Districts of the I. L. D. are al
ready laying plans for mass demon
strations for amnesty in every city
and town in the U. S. within the ten
days between Sept. Is and Sept. "a
These demonstrations are being ar
ranged on the broadest scale pos
sible, drawing in especially all forces
Of the Trade Union Unity League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18

amples Of the crying need that Is
felt for the Daily all over the coun-
try. Comrades! The best way to
get the Daily Worker to these work
ers who are hungry for it is to start
or increase Daily Worker Clubs. If
at first you only have enough money
for one copy, group Of people can
get together and one person read it
to the others, with plenty Of discus
sion thrown in. Then you can get
more workers and farmers into the
group. After a while throw an in
formal picnic or gathering and
charge a very small admission fee.
This affair can serve the double pur-
pose Of getting some money for the
Daily and also to draw more work
ers in. By this time there should
be some among the number who can
subscribe to the Daily, and all mem
bers should try to get a few subs a
week or month If possible.
Increase the Daily Circulation In
The need Of the working class for
the Daily is evidenced again by the
following letter from J. r. OF Cecil,
Pennsylvania:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
Wages Cut

ten cents from last year. In front of
the offices" in Spokane and the
other central points, from whence
they take fire-fighters, one sees hun
dreds Of workers sleeping in the
streets, waiting for Job. We mean
they are sleeping on the sidewalk in
their regular clothing. In the forest,
fires rage this year greater than for
many years, due to the drought.
Many Workers Killed
In the woods workers are killed,
that no one ever hears of again. Few
deaths are reported by the forest SER
vice, but if one could check the equip
ment sent out from the warehouses,
a sort of reliable list could be set.
The governor of Idaho established
martial law in six counties, blaming
the workers for setting fire to the
woods that destroyed their own
honest The troops marched As
workers, classified as undesirable"
out of the woods undesirable, be-
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the sailors. When the vessels arrive
at Davenport, Plymouth, Chatham,
etc., the workers must greet the sail
ors. All sections of the armed forces
must make common cause with the
workers. Capitalists always declare
that members Of the armed forces
are still citizens with all rights. Let
the men take the capitalists at their
own word and adopt the slogan mo
cuts in pay or allowances" and join
hands with the working masses.
So wide spread is the extent of the
militant upsurge in the British navy
and so fearful is the government of
the sharpening of this miltancy and
its spread to the other sections Of
the armed forces and to the remain
der of the working class that not one
single statement has been made by
any Of the conservative or liberal
leaders in the government of the ne
cessity for breaking the upsurge by
force.
The ony voices to be raised in de-
mand for punishment of the sailors
were the voices of the British So
Cialists. 1t is the socialists that are
demanding the crushing of the mil
itancy Of the sailors by the brutal
methods that have been used in
the imperial British navy as long
as it has existed.
The New York Times reports the
fearful attitude of the government
as follows:
mot word has been said, Off
cialIy or publicly, in Parliament or
out, by any member of the gov
eminent about the necessity of up
holding discipline. There has not
been the remotest hint of a court
martha Instead, Sir Austen Cham
berain, First Lord OF the Admiralty,
announced today In the House of
Commons:
"His Majesty's Government
have authorized the Board of Ad-
miralty to make proposals for ale
waiting hardships.'"
The government has gone so far,
says the New York Times, despite the
possible effect it might have on in
creasing the militant spirit of the
sailors and on increasing the mill
fancy among the remainder of the
armed forces who VII recognize in
this the fear Of the ruling classes be-
fore the resentment Of the sailors
and soldiers. The Times report con-
tinues as follows:
whatever misgivings we're felt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18

ing left to give as a group.
Now Senator Couzens has called
their bluff by offering a million if
others would contribute nine more,
and not single individual church
member christian has come forward.
However, the Rev. Vance has come
forward and told us he has proof
that the church has done much for
the unemployed. Why, in fact, he
says, Haven't we written a stirring
letter to our constituents telling them
that workers are starving?" So if
you are hungry don't look for a
stirring portion of porridge, but feast
your eyes (not your BELLY on STIR
ring letter from the church. And
while this farce was being enacted
the son of the pastor of the million
dollar metropolitan church went on
his honeymoon on his fathers pri-
vate yacht! A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
"SDain Is A Workers
Republic" Say The
Murderers In Madrid

MADRID, Spain, Sept. AFTER
Tou shoot the workers for insisting
on something to eat-tell them it is
a Workers Republic" that did the
shooting! That seems to be the poll
cy of the Socialists here. The Ma
tional Assembly, in which the So
cialists are the largest party voted,
yesterday by ITO to 152 to so desig-
nate the murderous regime of the
bourgeoisie and the priests in Spain
1t is significant that a Catholic
priest was one of the main support
ers of the motion.
Louis Araquistan, the boss Of the
socialist party, made the main speech
for the motion. He took especial
pains to show that the title meant
nothing more than politics and that
the government is not dictatorship
of the proletariat: He said:
1.-THE dictatorship of the Russian
proletariat is an exclusive function
of that nation. In time the privi-
leges of private property will dis
appear, and even private ownership
itself, but the socialists do not in
tend to annihilate the owner class,
but merely to incorporate it in prop
er functions. We socialists now be-
ieve the people will accept the stu
alton"
Thus, the socialist party here does
not propose socialism now, but uses
the same formula by which the Ger
man socialists after the war seated
the capitalist class on a bloody
throne. And the socialists have just
seen to it, with machine guns, that
the workers of Barcelona had to ac-
cept the uation-temporarily.
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geon" with the customary punish
ment ration Of bread and water.
1t is learned that the view then
taken by those who control the policy
Of the state was expressed with the
words: eff Mooney died in the regu-
lar course Of prison life, the Mooney
case would be over" Later, because
Of a fear Of exposure, the plan was
modified to less spectacular course.
The known facts give evidence that
Mooney did actually receive punish
ment calculated to break his health,
Immediately after his denunciation
Of the former governor.
Although known for some time,
publication Of this open charge was
postponed until the details of the
conspiracy against Mooney could be
checked up. Final confirmation has
been made possible by the testimony
Of Frank Spector, prison mate Of
MONEYS, who was recently released
from San Quentin penitentiary, Cali
fornia. Spector served IS months
following conviction on criminal syn
dicalism charges growing out Of his
activity in connection with prepara-
tons for the strike Of the California
agricultural workers in the spring Of
1890. Seven Of Spector's comrades
are still in San Quentin and Folsom
prisons serving terms of IA years
each.
Immediately after the decision
OF the California Supreme Court de-
MED Warren Billings appeal for a
pardon, which was made the basis
for action on Mooney, a chain of
prosecutions began against Mooney"
Spector said. This is form of re-
taliation for Moneys fiery denun-
citation for former Governor c. G.
Young and the California Supreme
Court. He was moved from light
job earned by his IS years in prison
to the kitchen Of the officers and
guards. There, In small room, Z
feet square, with no ventilation and
with only door leading into the hot
kitchen, Mooney works here from
$3.50 in the morning until the middle
of the afternoon peeling potatoes,
onions, etc. In the corner of the
room is shower used by 20 prison
ers. The room is constantly filled
with steam and stencil.
"This had undermined Toms
health" continued Spector, "but
when he finally complained he was
told that he would be sent to the
main line That meant that he
would get fare mainly of beans,
and after is years in jail one cannot
live on beans. In his kitchen job
Mooney does sometimes get such
things as eggs and milk. SO he had
no choice. The result that he has
come to look almost like the picture
Of tw oyears ago when he had lost
his teeth and 80 pounds in weight"
Spector, who is now on a national
tour, putting forward the demand of
the International Labor Defense for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
D. W. CLUBS BEST MEANS
TO INCREASE SOLIDARITY;

Comrade v. P. B. writes just line
from Washington that the forty COP
les Of our fighting paper be increased
to sixty. He wants to build it up to
a hundred anyway very soon. He is
ready to fight to increase it. He
writes that at present they are start
ing an Unemployed Council in this
town, with the result that they need
to build up our fighting mouthpiece
by leaps and bounds and do It Shout
der to shoulder. He promises to
write about all events of working
class interest from time to time, such
as starvation cases, etc.
Workers Hungry for DaiIies.
Another letter comes from B,
Texas. Comrade o. D. G. writes that
he has to discontinue his bundle tenn
porariIy.
Workers sure were hungry for
them. They just passed them
from one to another. When the
n-picking season begins, this
comrade expects a shower of sub
scriptions.
These letters are just two ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
Doak Trys to Deport Finnish and Russian
Workers to China

Dor Defense is prepared to fight for
the release of these aliens.
There is danger in these cases,
as in the case Of the Russian born
workers in Seattle, who are ordered
deported to Shanghai, that these
workers will be ordered sent there
also. The I. L. D. is fighting the
cases and calls upon all workers to
mobilize mass protest to save these
workers as well as the hundreds Of
others suffering from the attacks Of
poak and Hoover. :
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
War Plot Against the Soviet Union w
Seethes In Four Capitalist Countries

ference is also military-for the pur-
pose of drawing Germany into the
scheme for military invasion of the
Soviet Union.
Ludendorf, after sketching the de-
pendence of Laval and BRAND on
the French iron capitalists associa-
ton, and their relations with the
Wall Street bankers in America,
says: J
Even IL M. Laval and NJ. BRAND
are at loggerheads, which is an
open secret, they will be at one in
the endeavor TO deepen still further
the economic and political depen-
dence of Germany and above all to
attain Gerimany's entrance into
fraternal league against Russia
The French ornaments industry
promises itself fresh profits from
another world war.
"The same hopes are shared,
moreover, by a large section of the
American world-capitalists. The
loan which Germany Is to get will
lead to a further burdening of the
German people, which must work
forced labor for world capital. The
latter can then easily forego the
Young Plan payments: the inter
est on the new loan furnishes a sub
stitute. So 'rapprochement be-
tween France and Germany is con-
stituted.7
Sugar Barons Conspire.
PARIS. France, Sept. 1.-The In
ternational Sugar Council at it's
meeting here yesterday spent all day
discussing what they could do if the
Soviet Union, whom they have DELHI
erately excluded from the council,
proceeded to export sugar without
regard to the quotas the council is
setting up.
A motion to admit the U.S.S.R. as
one way out was discussed, but the
imperialist powers who hope to solve
the problem by military invasion Of
the Sovite Union in the near future,
succeeded in postponing decision.
As part Of the campaign Of the
American working class against the
war plot. the Friends Of the Soviet
Union will send a delegation Of 10
voorhees, elected by mass organiza-
tions and ratified by mass meetings,
to the Soviet Union 1t the time Of
the celebration Of the anniversary Of
the Bolshevik revolution. The dele
CATION win consist Of one metal min
q. one anthracite miner, two soft
coal miners, two steel workers, two
automobile workers, two chemical
workers, two marine workers, and
one e1ectfical worker.
A series Of special meetings and
conferences viii b held to select the
delegates. Who Will 90 over ana tee
j1st Why the capitalists want tt make
WIZ "a TIE Workers Fathefland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
)maha's Relief Plan: Days Work for 80 Men!

ten hours work and the company
supplies pressed ham and cheese
sandwiches for the workers at noon
for 10 cents apiece. Tho workers
have to look out for their own trans
portation, which means 20 cents car
fare to and from work.
The job will be over in two or three
days and the men will find that they
are just like they were before they
started, except being a little older
and having their strength Slapped
away. They will be able to take their
place on the street among the job
less again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
Rich Pastor Offers Stirring Letter to Relieve
Unemployed

To the Editor:
In your expose Of the full-bellied,
hly-handed parasites who fraud
ulently live without working by SELL
ing imaginary lots in a suppositious
heanen you haven't been told of one
of the funniest farces of the year.
Here it is, briefly, as told by our
daily papers:
Two months ago Mayor Murphy
asked the churches to do, what well
fare work they could in their vicin-
ity. And they replied they were not
organized for charitable purposes. A
reverend doctor on the mayors COM
mittee told them they might as well
give up entirely if they erased char
ity from their faith, hope and char
ity bunk slogan. They replied they
preached charity so successfully that
their individual members gave so
much personally that they had moth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
Shelter Bosses Charge Workers Illegal Com
penSatiOn Fee

American Smelling and Refining Co.
plant located here in Omaha. For
years this firm has taken as high as
Is per cent of one vsek's wages from
the workers and then when one of
them dropped from lead poisoning"
he would be sent to some ill-kept and
poorly-attended ward (set aside
especially for cases that hospital au-
thorities called "bums") and left
there in an environment of vomit,
vermin and unenlptied bed pans to
suffer, starve and maybe die.
A Worker Correspondent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK, N. Y-Unity House
is a summer hotel owned by
the Arnalagamated Clothing Workers
Union. Here all the poker playing Of
ficials spend their weekend vaca-
tons. The charge for board is far
beyond the means of workers in the
A. c. w. But the graft that is paid
to the officials puts them into a
class which can easily pay and have
lots left for gambling.
The A. c. w. leaders are not only
allowing but assisting the bosses to
cut the low wages of the workers in
the needle trade. But on Labor" day
the Unity House had 1880 of these
grafters lazing about while the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
Omaha. Neb.

Omaha, Neb.
Dear Comrades:
A leak here in regard to working
mems compensation shows that the
packing firms, smelter factories, con-
tractors and other large employers
have been charging employees 1 per
cent of their wages to be applied
upon compensation insurance OBJ
tanned by employers. State Compen-
sation Commissioner Cecil Matthews
had to admit that such procedure
was illegal.
This is nothing new with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
A. C. w. MisIeaders Revel in Luxury While
Workers StarVe

workers in the industry are on the
verge of starvation. They paid a big
price to stay at the house on money
gotten from the bosses for allowing
the wage cuts to be put over.
Build Opposition!
Workers - Stop allowing these
grafters to live on your misery.
Throw them out. Demand the money
that goes into the Unity House to be
returned to the union fundss Stop
the graft by destroying the system
that makes it. Learn what happens
to your money in the A. G. w. and
then smash this graft ridden racket
and build a rank and file opposition
allied to the Needle Trade Workers
Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
United Textile Faker
Slavish Advertiser OF
Boss SheetinpS

SALEM, Mass, Sept. 17.-Sheeting
Workers Local Union No. SO of the
United Textile Workers has q bust
ness agent named John P. O'Conne1l
who is one Of the most unblushing
class collaborators ever seen. His Of
flee is nothing more than the adver-
Using agency of Pequot Sheets, in
which factory his local works. A
sample of his efforts is an open let
ter addressed to all ALL. unions by
O'Connell, couched in the most slav-
ish terms toward the company. He
lauds the company's bonus system,
and says: "Our concern has a high
social state of mind" He then urges
all union members to use none but
Pequot sheets, and winds up: Don't
forget our colored borders. They are
now on the way. Inquire about
them"
1t is no wonder that this company
was able to institute part time work
for its 1000 textile workers without
any resistance from the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-18
CBy a Worker Correspondent

By Worker Correspondent
PORTLAND, Ore.--T he fascist
Finnish government has refused to
grant passports to the workers, or
dered deported from here as result
of the raids on the Toveri diminish
Communist paper in Astoria) last
spring. These workers were on the
editorial staff Of Toveri and the gov
eminent is trying to send them back
to Finland, where they face death
nd torture. The International La