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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
new BOARD WILL
MAKE 10000 CAB
DRIVERS .IOBIE,
Boord Of Control to
C"oato Monopoly In
Raskob's Favor

Tar,WaV' put over a bill for
Boar3 OF Tai Control yesterday at
the Board Of Aldermen that gives
full over to this Board to regu-
late the ta;d-csb industry The limi-
tatiou of cabs that will follow
means 40.00N ta2icab drivers driven
out o. the industry The powers of
the Beard arc unlimited. The black
list called the Lousy list by the
hacklnen) win be more vicious than
now by tic police hack bureau. Alb
solutely nothing was said about i'm
proving the conditions of the drivers
and it was openly admitted that the
idea Of the bill was unification of
the taN industry-Which virtually
means q monopoly.
The republicans tainted the demo-
Gratis for being afraid to pass the bill
before the election but this sham op-
position showed itself up when they
spoke in favor of strengthening the
power of the existing police Hack
Bureau and for the 'linitation OF
cabs" on the streets. The Tamniany
bunch had the gall to shift the whole
matter on "our great" Mayor Jimmy
Walkers promise shat no operator
or cab-dyiver will be eliminated from
the industry" Jimmy was not pres
ent by the way and they made sure
not TO put this promise in the bill.
This is only the beginning. The
small fleet owners are worried and
many we're present in the gallery Of
he Board OF Aldermen. They feel
they will be squeezed out soon. The
tad-cab drivers who make from SIS
to s15 per week and get fired for
low bookings are faced with more
hardships to scrape out an existence.
AS 1t is today the tad-cab driver Is
finger printed and "rugged" like a
criminal and is treated accordingly
by the police.
The Taxi Section of the Trans
portation Workers Industrial League
If East 10Th st. has made wide
!. propaganda for the past few months
&c warn the taM-cab drivers Of Tam
many'S connection with Raskob's
General Motors. General Motors
today. through its subsidiaries, con-
troll 80 per cent of the trade With
the Board of Taxi Control will surely
come a cut in commissions for the
hacknen and fare raise for the
dear" public.
Branches of the Taxi Section have
already been formed in Harlem and
the Bronx and with the news of the
Christmas gift from Tammany many
will join up and prepare to fight for
a living wage, shorter hours, no
blacklist, no Jim-crowing of Negro
Drivers into separate garages, no
discrimination on the streets and in
the courts and for the right to the
job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
UNION HEADS TRY
TO BREAK STRIKE
FOR CHEAP BREAD
Rank and File Commit
tee Calls Upon Work
ers to Stand Firm

The Rank and File Committee
leading the bread strike in Coney
Island has issued the following state
rnent TO the strikers:
On Monday night big mass meet
ing, called by the rank and file strike
committee, was held al the Board
walk Hotel. Reports and further
plans for the strike were discussed.
At the same time another meeting
was being held at Pythian Hall, which
was called by the misleaders from
the International Locals sos and 70
in conjunction with the bosses. This
group, which rejected the bread strike
three weeks ago and which did every
thing in its power to break the strike
by lies. gangsters and intinlidations,
elected itself as a so-called strike
committee. This was done in order
to sell out the workers.
The Rank and File Strike Commit
tee sent committee to this meeting,
in order to expose the treacherous
moves and explain TO the workers
present that the strike committee is
ready TO meet the bosses only on the
basis Of lower prices for bread"
The Rank and File Strike Commit
tee appeals to the workers to stand
In back Of the committee elected by
them and not to be misled by any
fake settlements.
The committee also appeals to the
bakery workers who have been left
jobless by the refusal Of the bosses
to come to terms. to cooperate with
those striking for cheaper bread.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
. BORUCHOWITZ SPEAKS AT
FORUM WEDNESDAY

j. Boruchowitz of the Industrial
Union will speak at an open forum
in Bryant Hall On Wednesday at l
O'Clock on the significance of the re-
cent elections in the cloak locals, 8
and l, the maneuvers Of the Love
stone Observation-Disclosures cliques,
the tasks awaiting the cloakmakers
in the present situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23

under the heavy, continued pounding
of the crisis. In st. Louis the Frank
lin-American Trust Co. was taken
over by the First National Bank in
order to try to prevent failure. The
president of the Franklin American
Trust Co. mysteriously shot himself.
The new institution is supposed to
have resources of $200,0O0000. In
Atlantic City, the Guarantee Trust
Co., the Marine Trust Co., the Allan
tic Safe Deposit and Trust Co., the
Neptune Trust Co.. and the Seaside
Trust Co. made similar merger.
Another Boston bank shut down.
The Charlestown Trust Co., with
over $3,436,000 in deposits crashed on
Monday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
BORICH TELLS OF TREMENDOUS
ENTHUSIASM AT KY. CONVENTION

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 20. -
Frank Borich, National Secretary of
the National Miners Union, just back
from the history making Kentucky
District Convention, told, in an in
terview with the Daily Worker, addi-
tionsl facts about the convention.
1.-THE convention was held" said
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
Reception for w. /. r.
Delegates to Berlin
Takes Place Tonight

A gala reception and entertain
ment will be held tonight at the
headquarters of the Workers Inter.
national Relief, Is West 21st Street,
TO greet the delegates to the 9th
world congress of the Workers Inter-
national Relief held recently in Ber-
lin, who arrived from Germany and
the Soviet Union yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
GRUENBERG ERSKINE OPERA
OPENS AT 44TH STREET
THEATRE

George r: Bye presented the JUL
lard School of Music production,
Jack and the Beanstalk," with score
by Louis Gutenberg and libretto by
John Erskine, at the 44th Street
Theatre last night. The engagement
is for two weeks.
Suicide Fleet" with Bill Boyd,
James Gleason, Robert Armstrong
and Ginger Rogers, is the screen
feature at the Hippodrome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
.GOLSCHMANN GUEST CONDUC
TOR OF PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA.

Vladimir Golschmann will take up
the baton as guest conductor of the
Philharmonic Orchestra this evening
at Carnegie Hall. The program fol-
lows: Suite in r major, opus 26,
Roussel; Two Gynnopedies, Satie;
Fir Bird" Suite, Stravinsky; "Trip
tyQue," Tansman; Two Nocturnes,
Debrssy; Three dances from 1.-THE
Three Cornered Hat" De Falla.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
CORRECTION KENTUCKY
STORY

Galloway Organized 100 Per Cent
A few days ago the Daily
Worker published story from
Pineville, KY, telling of the or
ganization of the miners In Gallo
way. KY, into the National Miners
Union. A typesetting error made
this story read that 40 per cent
of the miners were organized" II
should have read: 100 per cent
we're organized" In the National
Miners Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23

FIVE THOUSAND DAILY WORKER
12-MONTH SUBSCRIPTIONS
BY JANUARY 9Th!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-23
DRESSMAKERS' UNITED FRONT
COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY

The Dressmakers' United Front
Committee will meet Wednesday,
right after work, at SO w. 37th st.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
CORPORATION
REPORTS
TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS.

NEW YORK, June 23.-The follow
ing Is summary of important corpo-
ration news prepared by the Standard
Statistics Co., Inc, New York, for the
Associated Press:
News Trend.
Grams Automotive reports estimated
last weeks output of 30 makes of pas
senger cars and trucks at 62,752 units,
against 66,468 the preceding week and
1886 a year ago. The main cause for
this decline was the drop Of 2,700 units
In Ford output.
Preliminary statistics on average
daily domestic crude production for
the week ended June 20 totaled 2,476, =
271 barrels, an increase of 80, ,668 bar
rels. This estimate makes a very un-
favorable comparison with the decrease
of 1880 barrels reported for last week.
California production dropped to 518,-
600 barrels. decline of $500 from pre-
vious week, and although the decrease
was smaller than last weeks. the daily
average set a new low since the cur
tailment program.
The price of domestic and export
copper was advanced "a cent a pound.
Kentucky State Court of Appeals up
holds the validity Of the Kentucky gross
retail store tax.
The Companies.
Chicago Railways-Passengers carried
by Chicago surface lines in May of 95
per cent.
Claude Neon Lights-Sales for 1881
to June is of 20 per cent: notes pay
able cut to $315,000; accounts payable
lowered to $48,271.
General Gable increases copper wire
price "a cent to 10 cents q pound In
carload lots.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber-Second
quarter renewal business running 10
per cent to is per cent ahead last year;
original equipment demand lower.
Laclede Steel-First half earnings
estimated around so cents a share.
Lima Locomotive Works - unified
orders said to total only few thousand
dollars; locomotive division on 4-day
week with 327 employees.
Lucky Tiger Combination Gold Mines
IL cents dividend. payable cents quar-
terly; last previous payment 10 cents,
made in December, 1890.
Marion Steam Shovel first half loss
indicated around $150,000; had loss
Evening star., 1931-06-23

mon share earnings, year ended April
30, $2.l7, against $2.87.
Hoover Steel Ball omits common divi-
dend; paid is cents April /.
New York Central Railroad, 54,10O
additional shares of Delaware, Lacka-
wanna. 6E Western common stock re-
ported acquired. bringing total holdings
to 131, 1926 shares.
Noblitt-Sparks Industries net income
for first half expected to equal same
1880 period when $171 ,792 was reported.
Oliver United Filters omits class q
dividend; paid 121h cents April /.
Postal Telegraph 1891 net expected to
make favorable comparison with pre-
yious year because of economies; auto
matte apparatus on so per cent of
circuits.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

UP 5.6 per cent; months gross UP 2.S
per cent, net up 40 per cent.
Austin Nichols g. Co. SIS prior q stock
share earnings, year ended April 80,
$2.37, against $5.01.
Colonial Beacon Oil bulk gasoline
price "a cent gallon at leading New
England ports.
General Electric-Reported movement
Is under way to regulate production in
electrical refrigerator industry.
Jones & Laughlin Steel gets orders
for $1,000 tons Of pipe from Shell Union
Oil.
American Department Stores April
quarter net income after interest, but
before reserves for organization eX-
psnses and depreciation, $9,202, against
deficit $5,897.
Borg Warner Corporation gets order
for several thousand clutches from
Chrysler Corporation.
Boston & Maine Railroad reported
planning airplane service to seaside
resorts.
Canada Bread, Ltd, first and second
preferred dividends thought earned by
fair margin in past fiscal year.
Consolidated Chemical Industries
Better earnings indicated for second
quarter
Foundation Co. of Canada, Ltd, COM
Evening star., 1931-06-23
HEAVY PURCHASES
OF WHEAT LIKELY
MiIIerS May Aid Market With
Contracts for Fall
Needs.
BY FRANK 1. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.


The slight upturn in wheat values
over the week end suggests that the
bullish crop news from Canada and the
American Spring wheat country may
be having more market effect than re-
ports of excellent Winter wheat yield
and poor European inquiry.
Too, the steady demand from shorts
Is giving the futures market support
and the high quality Of new crop wheat
indicates a keen consumer demand for
the early run. particularly since flour
stocks are at a minimum.
MillerS probably will absorb large
part of the wheat marketed in the next
80 days. Those who are buying July
and selling September expect to get
a delivery of new wheat.
Trading Volume Small.
However, the small volume Of trading
Is indicative of the unwillingnesS OF
buyers to take hold freely even though
prices seem low and the general trade
frankly is in a position where 1t IS
awaiting developments. Some expect
hedging pressure soon to be a big fao-
tor. Whether the market ultimately IS
dominated by the Canadian situation or
the Liverpool quotations, now that 1t
is known Farm Board wheat is to be
continuously available for export, is
matter of conjecture.
Bad reports from Canada, while
checking sales somewhat, have failed to
attract broad outside buying. The trade
is not as friendly as it might be toward
the Winnipeg spread because Of fears
that trade offerings during July might
hinder Canadian business abroad.
The condition of the Canadian crop
Is now placed at 81 per cent of normal
for Saskatchewan, 65 for Manitoba and
as for Alberta-indicating yield Of
100000 bushels, compared with
374, 100000 last year.
Saskatchewan is the big wheat prov
ince, and it is reported from Saskatoon
that wheat conditions are growing
worse daily. Dust storms have been
worse in the last few days and railroads
are said to be using snow plowS to
clear their tracks of drifted soil.
Unquestionably, Canada must depend
on the northern part of the belt for
most of the wheat this season. AL
though below average, wheat there is
promising and has ample moisture for
some time. Otherwise, the crop rapidly
is shaping toward the lowest yield per
acre in history. Many districts will not
get seed back, it is said, If dry weather
continues for another week. With rain.
farmers would be hopeful of sufficient
feed to carry their stock through the
Winter Much of the early dust and
drought damage cannot be repaired
and half crop is the best some Sec
tons can expect.
The same is true of many parts of
the American Spring wheat territory.
Reports last week were the most pessi-
mistic of the season, many saying that
even generous rains cannot restore the
crop. Travellers said all crops are gone
from Rugby, N. Oak, to the mountains
in Montana.
Market Handicap.
Continued failure of foreigners to buy
cash wheat or futures enthusiastically
counts heavily against the market, cspe-
cially since the outlook for the Euro
pean crop is none too good outside of
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Washington Produce

Butter-One-pound prints, 2s1k; tub,
27Ia.
-Hennery, 1sa2o; current re-
ceiptS, 161aa17.
Poultry, Spring broilers, 8
pounds and over, 33a34; 2 to 2la pounds,
32a33; smaller, 28a30; Leghorns, large,
24a25; small, 20a22; hens, large, 20a21;
small, 18a20: Leghorn hens, 15a16;
roosters, 12a13. Dressed Spring broil-
ers, pounds and over, 37a38; to "a
pounds, -36a37; Leghorns, large, 28a30;
small. 24a25; hens, large, 25a26; small,
23a25; Leghorn hens, 18a20; roosterS,
15a16; Long Island ducks, 22a2S,
Meats-Beef, 1212a14; veal, Ia; lamb,
1sa20; pork loins, fresh killed, 90:
frozen, 17a18; fresh hams, 171a; fresh
shoulders, 49, smoked hams, 1812;
smoked shoulders, IL; strip bacon, 81;
Live stock-.Hogs, heavy. 6.5os7 ,25;
light and medium. 7.50a7.80; pigs, 700a
78o; roughs. 35oa5 IS; calves, 4Ooa
500; Spring lambs, 5.00a7.50.
its-Watermelons, 55a75: canta-
loupes, jumbos, 3.25a3.50; standards,
800; ponys, $50; fats, l25; honeydews,
2.25a2. so; honeyballs, 250a3,50; cher
ries, homegrown, 800: oranges, Califor-
MIA, 4.O0a6.0o: Florida. 500; plums,
1.50a2.5 lemons, 6.00a650; pineapples,
3.00a350; rhubarb. per 100 punches,
400; lines, per 100, Its; peaches, q
peck baskets, l75a2.O0; bananas, 1.00a
3 800; blackberries, 3000a3.50.
Vegetables-Potatoes, new, 2.25a275;
old, 120-pound sacks, $50; tomatoes,
Mexico, lugs, 200; Florida, Span crates,
250: Mississippi, fats, 80a90; okra, 500;
string beans, 75a125; limas, 2.75a3. 90;
kale, 40a50; spinach 40a50; carrots, per
100 punches, 400a5.00; beets, per 100
punches, 15Oa2.00; onions, Bermudas.
so pounds, Its; Spring onions, per 100
punches, $50; radishes, per 100 punches,
$50; corn, 200a2.25: asparagus, 1.50a
3.O0 celery, 5.5Oa600; cucumbers, per
bushel basket. 125a1,50 peppers, 2.50a
800; lettuce, Iceberg. 4.50; home grown,
100; cabbage, 40a50.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

s1os, ,732 in 1880 period; has cut over
head expenses about $500,000 annually;
operations currently averaging about IS
per cent Of capacity; current asset ratio
1l.2 to J..
Market Street Ry. May surplus after
charges S62, ,805, against $61 ,527; IL
months, $709, ,275, against $867 $50.
Minneapolis, st. Paul 81 Sault Ste
Marie Ry. (including Wisconsin Cen
traD May deficit after charges $685.
487, against deficit $297,9l7; five
months deficit $3,322,s21, against def
cit $2,795, 1873.
Norfolk 81 Western Ry. May net oper-
ating income estimated about 81, ,4O0,-
600, 81 per cent below year ago.
Oklahoma Natural Gas gross reve-
nues IL months to April 80 of 116 per
cent; gross income of 8.3 per cent.
Puget Sound Power 81 Light May
gross OF per cent, net operating reve-
nue. of as per cent; IL months gross
OF II per cent. net operating revenues
up 1.6 per cent.
Roam Antelope Copper Mines-Mill
treated $4,000 tons of ore averaging 3.9
per cent copper in first half of June
Skelly Oil passed preferred dividend;
paid $1.50 May /.
Southern California Edison May gross
up l.9 per cent, net before depreciation
Evening star., 1931-06-23

added billions Of dollars to the wealth
Of the world since last Friday.
A 10-point average rise on the 1900
odd shares listed on the New York
Stock Exchange represents mark
up in values Of approximately $5,-
000, 100000 More than this has been
placed to the credit of American Sc
curities In the last two stock market
sessions. To 1t must be added the
heavy gains In stocks quoted on the
New York Curb Exchange and in all
the bank and insurance company
shares that have been buoyant re-
Gently.
It is estimated that the value of
grain and cotton has increased nearly
81 ,O00, 100000. Then there are the
gains that have taken place in a long
list OF cGher commodities. The market
value OF German dollar bonds has been
increased about $4,000, 900 since Fri
day. There also has been a gain in
other foreign dollar issues as well as
substantial advances in domestic bonds.
Abroad markets have been even more
buoyant than in New York, so that
the TOTAL addition to potential wealth
would readily work out at a figure
equivalent to the total American debt
OF about sic, 900, 900 900.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Oil Development Pool.

NEW YORK, June % CP).-Four oil
companies, headed by the Standard OF
Co. OF Indiana, have entered into an
agreement to pool development and
producing operations on a l,OO0-acre
tract of proved land in East Texas, re-
ports in Wall Street said. The Stano-
lind Oil & Gas Co.. subsidiary Of Stand
ard of Indiana: Continental Oh Co.
SimmS Petroleum Co. and possibly the
Atlantic Refining Co. were said to have
completed negotiations for unitization
Of their properties in northern Gregg
and southern Upshore Counties.
In Africa powdered dry Iocusts are
mixed with -four for bread.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

Russia. Hot, dry weather continues in
Southern and Central European coun-
tries.
The United Kingdom has been good
buyer of North American old crop
wheat, but interest in new hard
Winters is said to be extremely light.
Europe still does not seem excited over
the Spring wheat outlook In the West
ern hemisphere.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
MARKET APPRECIATION
HAS REACHED BILLIONS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 23.-Translated
into terms Of appreciation in market
value, the moratorium proposal has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-24
Anonymity.
(New York World Telegraph

More aftermath of washington Merry-Go- Round" and Mirrors of 1882 recent anonymous books that set on edge official in the na- tions capital:-
 Representative Sol Bloom of New York, says he will introduce next session bill to make it pos sibe for the Federal Government to deny copyright to anonymous writers. MT. Bloom has not read the two books above mentioned But he sees a menace in such publications He would except un- signed articles and editorials in newspapers, because newspapers carry the names of responsible editors and publishers. But his ban would apply to anony- nous articles in magazines less than to books.
 We'll our advice to MT Bloom would be to cool down and go slow. We have no defense for anony- mty that covers mere scurrlity and lying Nor were the two books complained of in that class. But blanket indictment against all anonymity would hit famous classics not only in pure literature but in political polemics as well.
 Take, for instance, the celebrated Letters of Junius,' published in series in the London Public Advertiser and later in book form in the from l76s to 1772 Junius pitched into the members of the Duke of Graftons Ministry with personalities and abuse more mordant than anything the Wash ington Merry-Go- Round and the "Mirrows' can show, The Junius letters were more than malicious; they were malignant They created, however, an enormous stir both by their style and by their substance. They have been reprinted in almost countless editions Yet to this day it is not ab solutely certain who Junius was. Sir Philip Francis is the best guess. But Burke, Chatham, Chester
 
 What about that great defense of our own Fed leral Constitution-the Federalist? Hamilton, Madi- son and Jay published their famous FederaliSt es says anonymously. The papers, appearing in 1787 and 1788 signed Citizen of New York and "Publius' Even cannot definitely fix the authorship of every of the eightyfive articles. Yet the influence of these anonymous essays in securing the ratification of the Constitution by the States enormous. And the FederaliSt remains a monument of political philosophy and political persuasion
 Pascals Provincial Letters" immortal models of controversial irony in attacking outworn dogma, were first published without the real authors Mlton's great pamphlet on Divorce" was printed anonymous and even the "Areopagtca' his historic plea for freedom of the press, though it bore his name, deliberately published unlicensed and unregistered"
 l The anonymous are not always dsreputabe. Their purpose is not always despicable Nor is their achievement always slight.
 The mystery of Junius increases his impor- tance' wrote Junius himself There is something in it.
 We suggest that Representative Bloom look over some of the classics we have mentioned and go deeper into the matter of anonymity before he drafts his bill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-24

part to Japan Yet the theory is advanced that Alaska can have right to share, because the Federal Government, which has stepped in and made it impossible for the Territory it's citizens to utilize the resource pays the expenses of admin istration
 So it does with the timber resources, with the salmon and other fisheries, with coal and oil, and virtually every other within AlaskaS borders except the products of the soil and minerals. Yet the Department of Agriculture admits the right of the Territory to share in the revenues from the forests The salmon fisheries, backbone of the Ter ritoria treasury yield their share of revenues through taxation impossible in the sealing industry solely owing to the Federal Governments interven- tion In fact there is nothing in all of the history of the country's territorial policy which supports MT Morgan's claim that Alaska has no sound reasons" for claim to a share in the proceeds from industry built upon local resource and that operates solely within its borders
 Alaska cannot afford to accept this policy that ne has laid down so arrogantly Even if there were never another dollar of profit earned from the Priblof Islands seal herds, it could not do For if the Administration force this policy upon it, it can cram down the Territorys throat the same policy with respect to it's forests and other resources which it has reserved from private entry, ownership and operation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-24
Souiets Accuse Japan
 of Design to E1par,d !. POlCer in Uanchurio

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