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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
STRIKE NOW in
JEWELRY SHOPS
Call to Picket Axel's;
Victory in 2 Places

NEW YORK.-The workers Of Axel
Bros, 81 West 46th st., came down
solidly on strike yesterday noon
against starvation wages under the
leadership of the Jewelry Workers
Industrial Union.
The Bernstein shop Of So West
47th st. settled their strike against
discrimination with all the men back
and improved conditions in the
shop, after 4 days on strike. The
Fabricant shop Of 1875 Canal st.
settled without a strike foroincreased
wages and union agreement on Sat-
urday. Rothman 81 Baden Of Sc
Nassau gave increased wages and
union conditions after 3 hours strike
last Wednesday.
Jewelry workers, show your solidar-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
S. PREVENTS
GROWTH IMPORTS
FROM THE SOVIET
Will Mean Slump in
Machinery Exports
From United tSates
(Cable by 1nprecorr)

MOSCOW, Oct. Sin connection
with the complaints of the Wall
Street Journal about the crisis in the
American agricultural machinery in
dustry, and the construction of trac-
tors in particular, the Pravda writes
Last year the exports of agricul-
tural machinery of the United States
were exclusively to the Soviet Union
WHICH purchased three-fourths of the
output Of agricultural machinery of
the United States. The obstacles
which have been raised by the United
States authorities against the import
of Soviet merchandise into the
United States naturally limits the
possibility of the Soviet Union to
purchase goods in the United States.
The United States has exported $70,-
$1,000 worth Of goods to the Soviet
Union while the Soviet exports to the
U. S. A. have amounted to only S.
100000. Under these circumstances
the further development of Soviet
purchases in the United States is
impossible and the agricultural ma
chinery industry of the United States
is confronted with the prospect of
losing the most important market for
its agricultural machinery"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
WORKERS ART
TO BE FEATURE
OF DIV. BAZAAR
Freiheit GesangVerein
and Ukranian Chorus
Among Attractions

The accomplishments of workers
and revolutionary artists in the field
of art will be spread out in magnifi-
cent array in the booth taken by the
John Reed Club at the Daily Worker
Freiheit- Young Worker bazaar open
ing this Thursday night at Madison
So Garden.
Every night of the bazaar, which
will continue through Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday nights, will have a
special feature that you won't want
to miss. The Freiheit Gesang Verein
will open the bazaar Thursday night
with the singing of revolutionary
songs. On Friday night the Ukrain-
ian chorus will be heard. The Labor
Sports Union will have exhibitions
throughout the bazaar.
7 And every night will be a grand
dazzling fair, vast jungle of bar
gains providing rich game for bar
gain hunters. Clothing and jewelry
and groceries and everything else Of
fered in the biggest department
stores will be on sale at prices re-
duced by one third and more. So
come early and get your pick.
And there will be dancing and mu-
sic every night till daybreak.
Comrades. you have today, tomor-
row and Thursday to get your tickets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
Thugs Raid Harlan Relief
s. on Again; Send Food!
We'll Kill Every God Damned Man, Woman
and Young I'm" Shouts Operators Gang

pool. On previous raid, these thugs
murdered miner here.
This time they swooped down upon
the kitchen committee suddenly and
chased them out of the county.
The thugs we're especially after one
miner who had witnessed the previ-
GUS shooting and murder. They
threatened to kill him, but Fortunate
ly he escaped.
Wen kill every god damned man,
woman and young I'm Red" the
thugs shouted.
The company gunner directing
their activities toward destroying the
relief kitchens, especially since the
strike broke out in Straight Creek
They greatly fear that the strike will
spread all through the region. When
ever a group of miners-or even their
womenfolk-get together, two or more
in any house, the thugs are right on
the spot and hound the known union
and auxiliary members. In spite of
this, regular union meetings and sec
ton committee meetings are held
regularly-mostly in the woods.
The Importance of relief has been
drilled into the thugs by their boss
es, the operators, who know the sta
tegic value of relief in a strike. But
the Penn Ohio-W. Va.-Ky. Strik-
ing Miners Relief Committee and the
Workers International Relief are de-
termined that, in spite of all the
thugs do, the strikers and their fani-
lies will be fed. The relief commit
tee calls for help-funds to buy food
should be sent to room 2o5, GIL Penn
Ave-, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
FOUR MINES ON STRIKE IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINL
Party Membership
Meeting

A very important general mem
bership meeting Of the Party will
be held at Central Opera House,
67th st. and Third Ave, on
Wednesday, october 7, at 8 pm.
sharp, at which a leading member
of the Central Committee will
speak on the present situation,
particularly in relation to the wage
cutting campaign and the growing
unemployment. This meeting will
be very important, in view of the
deepening crisis, and the necessity
of every Party and YCL member
being fully informed as to our
tasks in this situation.
All Party members should be
present. The meeting will start at
8 o'clock sharp. Bring along your
membership card.
COMMUNIST PARTY OF U.S.A.
District Secretariat
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HOuse-to-HOuse Drive in Red
Election Campaign, This Week

NEW YORK-In order to win the
workers who have signed petitions to
Join the "Vote Communist Clubs"
now being organized in each Assem-
bly, District, preparations are now
going forward for the house to house
canvass on october 10th and 18th
this Saturday and Sunday and again
on October Utah and 25th.
The Party platform is to be sold
and election campaign coupons dur
ing this house to house mobilization.
All working class organizations, fra
ternal bodies and clubs are urged to
give the maximum support to this
city-wide agitation to win the work
ers to vote Communist. At the same
time as this drive goes forward, the
sale OF the Party Platforms must be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
3 NEGRO WORKERS
ON DELEGATION TO
THE SOVIET UNION
Delegates to be Given
Mass Send-0ff Oct. "A

NEW YORK.-Three Negro work
ers have been elected members of
the American Workers Delegation TO
Soviet Russia that will sail Octobsr
IA to attend the 14th Anniversary
Celebration Of the Russian Revolt
ton. The delegation is being or
ganized by the Friends of the Soviet
Union, so East 18th Street, New York
City, as an expression of solidarity
between the American masses and
the workers and peasants of the U.
S.S.R. 1t will consist of IA workers
from the metal, marine and mining
industries and five fraternal dele
gates. A mass send-off for the dele
cation will be held in New York
Monday, October IL, in Cooper
Union.
One of the colored delegates is a
marine worker, Morris Wikman, OF
New York, member of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union. Another
is J. w. Jones. of the Upper Monan-
gahela bituminous coal district of
Pennsylvania, who was elected by the
striking miners. A, third is a Gary,
Ind, steel worker whose name is not
yet known.
The delegates will spend about five
weeks in the Soviet Union, visiting
the chief industrial and agricultural
areas and observing the great pro-
gress that is being made under the
Five-Year Plan of Socialist Con-
struction. The Negro delegates will
be given special opportunities to
study the situation of the formerly
oppressed national minorities and to
compare the freedom they have won
with the persecution Of the Negro
'e in the United States.
: IA delegates will comprise four
marine workers, three steel workers,
one die-maker, two Ford auto work
ers, one metal, one anthracite and
two bituminous miners The five
fraternal delegates have been elected
by the Bulgarian, Hungarian and
Polish mass organizations. The dele
gates will carry with them thousands
of greetings from American workers
and sympathizers which the Friends
of the Soviet Union is now collect
ing. Each greeting costs rs cents
90 cents for the unemployed, and
should be sentt to the F.S,U,, 80 E.
18th St., Room 221, New York City.
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ENGLISH c. P.
GAINS 1000
new MEMBERS
Leader Of Jobiess Is
Jailed for Month
By Macdonald
Gable by Inprecorr)

LONDON. Oct. 5.-During the last
three months the Communist Party
won 1900 recruits, including 500 in
the London district Fine organiza-
tional progress is being made every
where.
The printer of the Daily Worker
was committed to trial at the Cen
trail Criminal Court on charges of
conspiracy and melting to mutiny.
Bail was allowed. In the meantime,
printers censorship of the paper was
established according to the terms of
the bail,
NEW YORK, Oct. SIN order to
crush the militancy of the workers
the Macdonald Government has had
one of the leaders of the National
Unemployed Workers Movement, Wal
Harrington, thrown in Jail for a
month. The Unemployed Movement
has been leading the workers in the
recent demonstrations in Glasgow
and other cities in Great Britain.
The workers in Battersea prevented
two Laborites from holding meet
ing they had planned Sunday in
order to deceive the workers about
the traitor role of the Labor Party
in the present attack of the British
capitalist class on the workers.
AS part of the capitalist attack on
the workers Cardinal Bourne. Arch
bishop of Westminster and head OF
the Catholic CHURCH in Great Bri-
tain. attacked the Soviet Union as
being the cause of the demonstra-
lions of the British workers by the
tens of thousands against the hunger
budget of Macdonald. In his attack
on the Soviet Union he said that
Russia was "the greatest danger to
the civilized world" The British
workers are learning that while So
cialism is being built in the Soviet
Union and the conditions of the
workers are steadily improving the
British workers must fight against
the continued attacks of the capital
ist class to keep. from starving.
Bourne tried to make the workers
believe that the demonstrations OF
tens of thousands of workers in Glas-
cow day after day was the result OF
work bv the Soviet Union.
"Bolshevikis are working every
where as skillfully and secretly as
possible, and mischief has already
been done Reconsideration. Bri-
tain now has a large number OF
unemployed, and the BolsheviN
have an unprecedented field IN
which to work.
catholics must realize that au-
thority must be respected and tnat
no good purpose can possibly be
served by following the methods
which have brought Russia to a
state of utter degradation
The British workers are learning
that the only way out of the crisis
is determined struggle agairst the
entire system of capitalist exploita-
ton. 1t is the Communist Party OF
Great Britain that is leading the
workers in this struggle against the
attacks of the capitalists on Their
living standards.
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pushed in shop, factory, at union
meetings and on the streets.
Platforms and election campaign
coupon books can be had from the
District Campaign Committee at
once. No less than fifty thousand
Party platforms can be sold through
this special mobilization drive.
Workers organizations are urged to
start revolutionary competition to see
which can reach the largest number
of workers and sell the largest num-
Der Of Communist Party platforms
for the election campaign. The
Communist Party looks to the revolu-
tionary unions, to the mass organ
izations and workers clubs to make
this a record-breaking drive both in
the sale Of Platforms and in the sale
of coupons.
The election campaign coupon
stamps sell for 10, IS and so cents
and there are five dollars worth of
stamps to a book.
Preparations are also under way
for the organization of a special
Women's Conference to draw In in
dustrial women and gain their sup
port for the program Of struggle Of
the Party in this election. The spe-
cial Women's Conference on the
Election Campaign will be held Oc-
tober 10th at Irving Plaza. Workers
organizations and workers in. shop
and factory are urged to elect dele
gates Immediately. Iva a,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
WRITER'S GROUP
GOING TO HARLAN;
DRESSER TOSPEAK
Dinner Friday Before
They Leave

NEW YORK. Theodore Dresser
and probably John Dos Psssos will be
among the group of writers present
at dinner to be given Friday night,
october 9, at Teutonia Hall, 158
Third Ave, to delegation of promi-
nent novelists and journalists going
to Harlan, KY, to break down the
wall of silence and gunrnan terror
thrown around the Kentucky coal
strike" i
The writer's delegation is being
formed by the National Committee
for the Defense of Political Prison
ers, Room 430, so E. 18th ST, which
includes among its members, Dresser,
Lincoln Steffens, Edna st. Vincent
Millay, Dos Passos, Harry Elmer
Barnes, Burton Roscoe, Franz Boas
and Malcolm Cowley. The commit
tee is cooperating in the Harlan
mine situation with the International
Labor Defense which is organizing
defense for miners held for criminal
syndicalisn charges and allegedly
framed accusations of murder.
The National Committee in a
statement issued today states that
Harlan County officials have sup
pressed all news about the "gunman
terror" to which miners are subjected.
Four reporters we're driven out of the
county, two of them after being shot
in the leg, according to the commit
tee; and even the reporter of the
New York Times had to escape to
Chicago before venturing to send out
his releases. 1t is the aim of this
writer's delegation to expose strong
arm censorship of news in Harlan
County as well as Starvation of the
miners, suppression by bullets and
dynamite of all their union activity,
and the squalor and disease Of these
100 per cent Americans lives"
Writers who have already consent
ed to join the delegation and who
will be at the dinner include, besides
Dresser:
Lester Cohen, poet and journalist,
author of the industrial novel,
"Sweepings";; Samuel Ornitz, author
of 'Haunch, Paunch and Jowl,' edi-
tor-director of the Macaulay Publish
ing Company, FORMER editor of Mac
fadden Publications, now with Metro
Goodwin Mayer studios in Holly
wood; Josephine Herbst and Edward
Dahlberg, novelists; and Anna Roch-
ester, coal expert, author Of Labor
and Coal"
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Of the jobless, etc.
The organization Of the unem-
ployed is to penetrate the smaller
towns and the neighborhoods of the
large cities, and great emphasis is
laid on local demands, and gathering
of facts on specific cases of actual
starvation and evictions, etc. The I'M
employed councils investigate and ex-
pose the increase Of unemployment,
the cutting off Of relief, the use of
forced labor by state and city relief
agencies. overtime, bad conditions,
and low pay by such charitable agen-
cies, etc.
Contrast With A. F. L.
This fighting program contrasts
sharply with the unemployment de-
cisions announced today by the Ex-
ecutive Council Of the ALL. to be
submitted to the convention of the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
National Miners Union
Leads Fight onUMW Cut
1000 Meet Sunday and Vote Strike Against
% Per Cent Slash; Pickets Marching

cent wage cut ordered at confer
ence of the United Mine Workers and
operators last week.
U.M.W.A. Cut Wages.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea came into SCOTS Run and Fair
mont fields three months ago, and
made agreements with every operator
who would deal with them, to give
the operators a wage cut from 38
cents ton to 80 cents, in return for
the operators collecting a check-off
of union dues" to be sent directly to
the district office of the UNIV. The
U.MW.A. also promised further re-
auctions every 80 days, At the end of
the first 90 day period joint con-
ference of the U.M.W.A. officials and
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
US. Engineer Gets Award in
U.S.S.R. for Successful Work

The Soviet Supreme Economic
Council has awarded an American
mining engineer, H. j. G. Macdonald
a prize of $500 for his work in con-
nection with the development of the
metallurgic7l industry in the Soviet
Union. His vstem has been in use in
the Ural an Altai mining organiza-
lions on colored metals for three
years and the Supreme Economic
Council now proposes to install this
method in all enterprises dealing
with nonferrous metals and iron and
steel Large economies have resulted
from MacDonald's methods. Mac
Donald, formerly mining engineer
Of Denver, now holds a leading posi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06

ton in the mining industry in the
Soviet Union.
Macdonald in accepting the-award
stated that the success of his meth
DDS had been due in large part to the
splendid cooperation he had received
from the workers and technicians in
the Soviet Union.
81 am naturally grateful for the
honor, but of course the work for
which 1t Is bestowed would not
have been possible without the CO.
operation Of the Russian officials
and workers with whom I am asso-
ciated."
Macdonald is entering the fourth
year of his work in the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06
Pittsburgh Decision in
Sharp Contrast With
ALL Treacheries

going on together with the organiza-
ton Of unemployed councils will lead
to a great national hunger march on
Washington, December 7. Hunger
demonstrations demand unemploy-
ment insurance. relief amounting to
full wages to be paid throughout the
period of unemployment, relief for
part time workers to make up their
full amount of wages, struggle
against forced labor as exemplified in
Detroit, Buffalo and elsewhere; food,
clothing and fare for school children,
no eHctions. no shutting off Of gas
and electricity. etc, from unemployed
workers, supplying by the city of pub
lie buildings for meetings and shelter
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II you haven't already done so, to
send in the money for sold tickets,
and to send in your greetings for the
bazaar journal. The Daily Worker is
engaged in a mighty struggle against
the bosses wage cut drive, and needs
every ounce Of your support.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06

HARLAN. KY, Oct. 5-Enraged
because another Harlan Evarts con-
ference was successfully held, the
mine owners deputized thugs went on
another rampage and raided the re-
lief kitchen at the Harlan swimming
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BULLETIN

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 5.-The
West Virginia strikers have elected a
strike committee of Is and relief
committee. Starvation is already
prevalent. These strikers will need
relief at once. Rush funds and food
to Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia
Kentucky Striking Miners Relief at
GIL Penn Ave-, Room 2O5, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, Oct. 5-Four
mines struck in the northern West
Virginia field this morning under the
leadership of the National Miners
Union, following the mass meeting Of
1000 miners at SCOTS Run yesterday
in which teh strike vote was taken.
The strike is against the 25 per
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06

ity with the strikers-come on the
picket line, especially at 81 West
46th st. Also support the strike of
S. K. g. W. men at 81 Maiden Lane
against piece-work and starvation
wages. All militants report to union
office, s East 10th St, Immediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-06

Build workers correspondence
group in your factory, shop or
neighborhood. Send regular letters
to the Daily Worker.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-12

AT5JcTITTT TTT1T TT0FT
Mrs. Anne Urquhart stIIman obtained a divorce in Pouahkeepsie.
N. " from James A. stIiman (both shown above), eoyear-oid former
New York banker, and was Immediately married 10 Fowler Mccormick
(nset), grandson Of John D.. Rockefeller. who Is a few years more
than half her age. Mccormick IL the son of Harold r. Mccormick,
harvester head Of Chicago
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Santa Maria

PERSONALS
-hr. and Mrs. S. II. McLain Wis
tied at The T. d. Shipley home
Wednesday.
Mrs. T. Z. Carpenter and child
rel OF Weslaco were recent visit
Crs az the Carroll home.
MIR. and Mrs. Moore Matthews
and Vivian spent a little time in
Corpus Christi and Vivian remain
Cd for a longer visit.
j. %. Carroll and j. F. Mock at
tended a county school trustees
meeting in Brownsville Friday.
Mrs. II. G. Vincenz and Mrs. p.
nj. Siipley called on Mrs. Paul
Merten Thursday
Miss Velma Chupp Of Decatur,
III. who has been visiting at the
nome Of her l1cle. Dave Jones,
eft 70 attend school.
nirs. Frank Doerig and daughters,
Carolina and Mary started Friday
night for their old home in New
jersey.
The ID. ID. Frazer family, Mr..
Steward jameson and Harvey spent
the weekend at the mouth Of the
Arroyo fishing.
AIR. and Mrs. Z. II. Sledge and
HI rdren visited in Brownsville Sun
day.
.i.ss Audrey Ann Cliper OF Mer-
rr 'es visited Miss Nina Duncan
Tuesday.
Evangelist ard Mrs. G. A. Wal
grcn OF Harlingen visited the j. +
Meek home Monday.
Miss Elaine Blanchard Of Browns.
vile spent a few days with hel
sister. Mrs. Siedge.
Mrs. Cecil Ford spent a few day:
In Brownsville and her parents
Mr.. ana Mrs. J. l.. Mcdonald
brought her home Sunday.
Herman Merten left Tuesday To-
his home in Washington County.
Mrs. Cornett and Paul and v
Harris visited at the Elmer Smith
home IN McAllen Sunday. Virgi
Smith came home with them TO vi
sic Paul A few days.
J. O. Duncan made n business
trip to san Benito Monday.
rfr. anI Mrs. TX. r. Kaiser call
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PHONE ss, VENEER SOCIETY PHONE sss ssr'H'

cd on Mr.. and Mrs. p. M. Shipley
Thursday night
The following we're visitors at the
hotel Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Z. II.
Poteet and baby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Allen and mother Mrs Allen
and brother, Ted Allen, DR. Buck
and two sons all Of Mercedes,
Father /. Chateaux and five breth-
ern from the mission school at Mis-
sion. Mr.. and Mrs. r. 8. Champion
and Miss Marcia Pruitt.
MIR. Poag Of Mercedes was here
on business Tuesday.
Miss Jewell Gilbert visited at the
Harrington pump Friday and Satur-
day returning home with her faith
or Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. q. Personious
and Miss Fela Champion drove TO
Edinburg Sunday evening. Ernest
Inc, Frank and Jimmie Champion
returned with them to spend q few
days visiting here.
Herman, Lewis and Clarence Mer-
ten visited in Mission Sunday.
dAAA 4GA14C DA14AGL Hl6A@
a business trip TO San Antonio.
Misses Pauline Boatman, Helen
Howard Bernice Gilbert and Irene
Shipley called on Lola Ruth Villers
Tuesday.
The Indies Of the Methodist Mis-
slonary Society met az the home
OF Mrs. H.. +. Kaiser Tuesday. The
Bible study was Joshua as a Lead
er." Delicious refreshments were
served.
Charles McLain OF PIT. Isabel wa
here Tuesday.
Mrs. j. o. Duncan and Miss
Nina shopped in Harrington Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Shipley called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Williams
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway and son
Billy OF La Feria were callers at
the p. M. Shipley home Thursday.
Rev. J. b. BuSs preached at the
school house Sunday and later. with
Mrs. Buss and Jesse Andes, was a