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The Washington times., 1931-07-24

trict in the singles Of the ma
tional tests.
The race is all over, but the
melody fingers on in the, Subur-
ban Tennis League. Bureau of
Standards has the pennant sewed
up tighter than a Scotch miser's
purse, but the schedule must be
completed. hence they meet
Argyle Saturday. while Lakeview
and Wesley Heights waltz through
their matches. Present standings:
The Washington times., 1931-07-24
The Big Ten

National League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
5l-Year Old Worker
Sells DAILY Worker
By Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
MILWAUKEE, Wis.-Here in this
town there are some people who try
to hinder the movement of the work
ing class. They say if YOU don't like
conditions here you should 50 back
to Russia. Now I have been III this
country all my life Il am 81 years Of
age) and don't care for this system
which brings starvation and hunger
to the working man and woman, esr
pecially is they thiiik like workers
should.
I am selling Daily Workers every
day and come ~ contact with lots
of folks and have many incidents, II
did not have a strong mind, they
would try to make me stop selling the
papers. But these enemies Of the
workers cannot discourage me from
selling the Daily and the more they
try the harder work and fight. I
was arrested for selling the Daily
Worker some months ago and they
may try to do it again tomorrow but
I know well that it won't stop me in
this fight. LEE TALTON.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
Pittsburgh Puts On
SO i'm Solid Increase

District 5. Pittsburgh, puts on an increase OF
1903 daily Of which n Is due to q special order.
The remaining SO is a solid increase and one OF
the biggest weekly increases so far recorded ii
Pittsburgh.
Detroit went up daily average Of So of>vhlcn
SO is due to special order from Bay City, Mich.
Detroit has put on some spectacular increases
but gains have not been steady. Detroit is q
good example of city which should have an
active Red Builders News Club.
District 10. Butte, Montana. shows real gain
OF 80, good start for new district.
District \ Boston, shows an increase Of 40,
the biggest weekly increase so far registered for
this district in this campaign.
District 8, Minneapolis goes up "A, Of which
IS Is due to special orders.
District 10, Kansas City, continues to climb,
registering an increase Of 49, District H. Seattle.
went up rs, partly due to special orders District
4, Buffalo, gained 80.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
Every City Must
Form News Club

Last week marked the formation of an active
Red Builders News Club in Philadelphia, the ac-
tivizing of the club in Chicago. Other active
clubs are now functioning in New York, Sacra-
nento, Stockton, Los Angeles, Denver, Portland.
Chester, and ST. Louis.
There must be active Red Builders News
Clubs i'm every city where the Party has unit.
This is proved method of building Daily
Worker circulation which cannot be overlooked.
Wherever there are unemployed workers they
can be shown how to obtain expense money
through the sale of the Daily Worker. Jobless
workers receive the paper for ! cent and sell
it for cents.
Reports we are beginning to receive indicate
the Party is insufficieptly behind the campaign
for $4,000 circulation. :. This is SIe of Buffalo,
District T. and several other districts. Daily
Worker representatives must report to the Daily
Worker where they are unable to obtain the full
cooperation OF the Party members in their dis
tricts in order that this situation can be rene
died
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increases for the past week in the campaign
] for $4,000 circulation for the Daily Worker
shown today are 1897. OF this figure increases
in the Daily average amounting to 2ol3 was due
to special orders during the past week for hunger
marches and the Daily Worker anniversary. Cir
culation tables next week will show decreases to
this extent. The solid day to day circulation
gain for the week amounts to 5l4.
The biggest gain appearing in the tables is
the figure 1915 for Chicago. This is mostly due
to 5000 extra orders from Chicago for the
hunger march and the special anniversary.
This gain accounts for 1873 of this increase.
The rest of the gain amounting to 1873 Is solid
Activity in Chicago for the Daily Worker is
picking up. The Red Builders News Club has
become active and is beginning to increase its
order
New York, District Q, made a solid gain Of ia
New York also put $500 extra orders during the
week.
The next biggest gain is in Denver District 10.
where the increase shows as 100, of this 80 is
due to a special order. The remaining rs is a
solid gain.
District Is, Connecticut, shows gain OF 1879,
all but l3 OF which was due to special order.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
Three Districts Show
Losses During Week

No weekly report Is complete without show
ing some losses. Honors this week go to Dis
tricts 3, 6 and 10.
District 10, Philadelphia, lost b. but this has
already been covered by new orders from the
Red Boosters Club which will register 10 next
weeks tables. District 8. Cleveland. lost IS. In
last weeks tables District 10. California showed
gain Of 2l9 This week the loss for California
is only 90, so there is decided gain in this
district. This district has more Red Builders
New Clubs actually functoning than any other
district. There are active clubs in Los Angeles
stockton. end Sacramento. San Francisco and
Oakland must form cluby
Here are the tables
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14

under pressure, saw to it that the
benchman's sentence was a short one.
Perhaps there is no better illustra-
ton of the corruption of the A. F.
of L. than the story Of Brandle's con-
nection with the Iron League Of N. j.
The Iron League, an association OF
structural iron contractors, was Or
ganized in 1925 "fer the purpose" its
charter reads, "of protecting and ad-
vancing the interest and general vel
fare of the firms engaged in struc-
tWal iron work as employers"
When bosses unite into protective
association, it means they unite to
protect" themselves against the de-
mands for shorter hours, better pay
and better working conditions made
by the employers they employ. It
also means spy systems, biacklists, a
general assault on the standard of
living of the entire working class.
Whom did the Iron League pick
as its director general? Whom
could it pick but Theodore Brsnd'e,
life delegate of the Ironworkers'
Union, president Of the Building
Trades of New Jersey, and general
organizer in New Jersey for the
! American Federation Of Labor.
"The principle in view in select
ing Mr.. BrandIe," the Iron League
announced, lis the hope of avoiding
as much as possible the controyer
sizes arising in the industry. The
whole proposition should be ono of
great importance, as for a great
number of years the employer and
organized labor have been antagon-
istic to each other"
In this short paragraph, almost
without equal in American labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
.LINSEED WORKERS
TO @ R G A ME
TUUL Offices at 1413
West 18th St., Chi.
Chicago, I'll.

NIuCagOi III.
Comrades:
Spencer, Kellogg & Sons, Inc, 10
Gated at Lumber and 22lad st. in
Chicago, is ripe place for a union.
Men discontinued. No organizer. no
leader. I myself do not know how
to go about it and what's more am
not a citizen of the U. S. I could be
very easily deported to country
where it would mean certain long
poverty for me, more so than here.
The place is so speeded UP that
where two men worked an extra man
for cleaning and an extra man for
trimmer. All these are eliminated
and one man does the work at ter
rifle speed
I've worked at Fords on a line and
at CheVrolet's, but this is an exeep-
tionally fast place.
Isn't the old man Keppeler a slave
driver? He is de luxe. That's what
we call him.
What we need is an organizer here
Can you direct us to one, at least
to a man who understands how to Or
ganize, when to strike. how to strike,
how to picket and what kind of a
union. We don't suppose the A. F.
of L. The company is a Inseed oil
concern.
P.S.-A man can come up to the
shop and talk to the men at work.
The workers should get together a
committee, or alone, and go to the
local Trade Union Unity office at
14l3 w. 18th St, and take up the
entire situation with the T. U. U. L.
organizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14

history, is a frank admission that
an A. r, Of l.. official is being
bought for the express purpose Of
turning the unions be controls into
company unions. Just how. much
"autagoniSn1" of the workers was
prevented" may be judged by the
fact that soon after Brandle signed
the contract with the League, at
$4,000 year. worker shet at him.
On the other hand. the agreement
proved so profitable to the iron
bosses that they gave Brandle an
expense account of $4,000 a year
and 2 per cent of all the contracts
made by all the members of the
League. Moreover, BrandIe's ability
as . strike breaker and -preyenter
gained such wide recognition among
open shop employers throughout the
country that the Massachusetts, Iron
League invited him 10 accept the
dictatorship at higher salary than
the n. J. Iron League was paying
him.
Brandle has denied accepting any
money from the League for his SER
vices in preventing any antagonisIr
between the employer and organized
labor" but elsewhere on this pags
will be found photostatic copy of q
$4,000 check made out to Brandle
and signed by the Iron League OF
New Jersey. Brandle cashed the
check.
Brandle's demand for more and still
more graft from members of the
League became SO insistent that they
incurred the anger of his bosses
Brandle once approached one of then
I and urged him to buy some stock If
his holding company. The contractor
agreed, and made a first payment
but when he found that the stock
vas worthless he refused to pay the
balance. Brandle Immediately called
strike on all the contractors jobs
Brandles Unsuitable demand fol
brides has created a sharp division
among the capitalists of the state
One group believes that Brandle''
services to the bosses of New Jersey
are so valuable that he is worth al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
HOOVER CUTS PAY
OF NAVY Y'D MEN
Boss Govt A c t / V e
Against Workers
Phiia delphia, Pa.

AhAa1CifS'AoB "a
Dear Comrades:
The papers in our city of brotherly
love have been full of news concern
ing the Philadelphia Navy Yard, No
layoffs, plenty Of work and high
wages, So buy now and bring back
prosperity!
The machinists recently we're re-
classified and put in a lower classifi-
cation with wage-eut from $36 to
5000 On Saturday they received
notice that they were to be laid off
Jan. 6, but, and big but at that,
that if they signed to work on a Still
lower rate they would be reshired
So now they receive a little over s26-
The government, bosses can Go al,
they want because We are not or
ganized, Machinists, wake Up and
join your union that fights plilitarNly,
that cannot be bought Off Renepa-
Der Bill Green, Vol promised Hoover
that there would be no strikes while
the bosses gave us wage-cuts. Throw
the parasites out, Join the Metal
Workers Industrial League and read
Labor Unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
Summary of Subscriptions
Some Daily Reps
Proving Failures

The campaign has shown that some Daily
Worker representatives haven't the capacity to
satisfactorily carry on their work. Districts and
cities must change Daily Worker representatives
when necessary. Nothing must stand in the way
OF a district reaching its quota.
Besides good Daily Worker representatives
functioning machinery OF distribution demands
that Party and League members are whole
beartedly in the campaign selling the Daily
Worker and getting subscriptions. This sort OF
organization together with the formation OF Red
Builders News Clubs will give the Daily Worker
mass circulation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
BY ALLEN JOHNSON.


The friendly cooperation of
Brandle, the A. =. of LIS leading rep
resentatiye in New Jersey, with the
most powerful industrialiStS in Amer
lea has already been mentioned. We
have seen, for example, how Brandle
was able to save Mayor Hague, his
partner, more than million dollars
lin taxes by appealing to J. P. Morgan,
the well-known humanitarian who
last week embarked on a winter cruise
in his $2,50o,Oo0 yacht because, per-
haps, he couldn't bear to see so much
suffering among the workers Of New
York.
AS part payment for his valuable
services to Morgan end his fellow
capitalists. Brandle is permitted to
violate almost as many laws as the
capitalists themselves. The Hod Car
riers' Union once went TO court in an
attempt to prevent Brandle from re-
peatedly selling them out and punish
ing those nlilitants who objected
Brandle's answer to the suit proved
the point Of those who filed the suit
that is, he Immediately expelled them
fro mthe union without the pretense
of an excuse. The suit was quashed
and the militsnts are still out of the
union. OF course, appealing to a
capitalist court against capitalism
was mistake. They should have APP
pealed to other workers.
In an attempt to dodge the slavery
that would be imposed on them if
they entered the A. F. of L., a group
of workers once formed the Concrete
Workers and Laborers' Union, an in
dependent local that refused to have
anything to do with either Srandle
or the A. F.. of L. Brandle there
upon requested his allies, the con-
tractors, to hire no workers who were
members of this union. The union
then filed suit to prevent Brandle
from interfering with its members
livelihood. 1t was like filing suit
against the combined capitalists Of
America because they were prevent
ing the workers of America from zen
joying life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness"
Henchman Goes to Jail for Him.
The nearest that Brandle ever camc
to jail sentence was when mill
tant worker in opposition to Brand
was shot in circumstances that indis
putably' pointed to Brandle as tn"
criminal. The shooting was so flag
rant that it would have been impos-
sible for Brandle TO avoid going to
jail for few months if one Of his
henchmen hadn't been willing to
"take the rap" Judge and jury, both
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14

that he asks for. Another group, en-
ragged because it has to divide. the
proceeds of its exploitation on the
workers of the state with anybody,
even an ally, is for throwing Braudle
overheard, bag and baggage.
Brandle Expects to Be Judge.
The latter group is winning out.
Brandle was fired from his position
as head of the Iron League seven
months ago, although he Immediately
organized another. though, smaller
bosses' association called the Struc-
sural Board OF Trade. The group that
IS tired of Brandle's demands has
been instrumental in having govern
ment officials check up on Brandle's
income tax payments.
Morgan is still backing Brandle for
he has a true realization of the lat
ter's importance as miSleader Of
New Jersey labor. However, Morgan
A-sto d+il4CSD DtEil NOA4N4INCQ Wy
Brapdle's enemies that there are any
number of A. F. of L. officials who
will be glad to do what Brandle is
ioing at a much lower price, and it
IS expected that Morgan will not in
ierfere when Brandle is disposed of
Brandle knows this and expects to
go TO Jail for few months for "evad-
ing the income tax law" He has al
ready called a conference of his lieu
tenants and has delegated his various
Jobs to them in expectation of spend
ing a brief soiourn in Atlanta, "the
yentlemen'S prison
When Brandle is jailed, it will not
be for his helping to lower the stand
1rd of living of hundreds of thousands
of New Jersey workers. 1t will not
be for the poverty and the hunger he
has brought on these workers again
and again after they delegated him
to present their interests. Wher
Brandle goes to jail it will be because
as the National Biscuit Co. executive
declared: "Brandle charges too much
] for his services"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
FOUR GASTONIA VICTIMS ANSWER
/ ATTACK; 'U,SSR. WORKERS LAND

can only be done by boldly pursuing
the interests of our movement anG
carrying on the fight without regard
Ito such laws and customs.
We are in the Soviet Union be-
cause we want to see with our own
eyes the great achievements of the
Russian Revolution and the first
proletarian state in the world SO that
we may widenecur revolutionary ex-
perience and education. We consider
our presence in this country as tenn
porary, but not because we are in dis
agreement with the proletarian die
tatorship of the Soviet Union. 1t is
a dirty lie when, the socialists or lib
erals in charge of the Civil Liberties
Union state that in our opinion life
would be better In an American jail
than under the Soviet system. The
Soviet Union is our only country and
every enemy and slanderer of the
Soviet. Union is also our enemy. The
question of where we shall stay and
work will be decided depending upon
where our activities can be most USE
full to the interests OF the revolution
airy labor movement. From this view
point it seems TO lis that our place
Is among the masses of the American
workers. Hence We hope our organ
izstion will soon make it possible for
us 10 continue our revolutionary &C.
tiWty among the working masses of
America or of other capitalist coun-
tries. We will continue our activity
in the class struggle and will fight
With the workers for the release OF
our comrades in prison for 40 years
term In the Imperial Valley Strike,
for Mooney and Billings and the Gen.
tralia boys, and hundreds of other
victims Of capitalist class justice to
all of whom we send our revolution
airy greetings.
e wish to express our gratitude to
the Communist Party, to the !. L. D.,
as well as to individual comrades who
have taken part in the collection OF
money to cover the bail forfeited by
our departure. Please spread this
statement among the workers and
tell them that we want no aid from
people who spread lies about the rev.
dictionary labor movement and the
Soviet Union Cor from such as Roger
Baldwin who raise their voices in
favor Of the unrestricted activity OF
the Ku Klux Khan and whose defense
Of the eounter-revolutionary prisoners
of the Soviet Union serves the inter-
ests Of Imperialism.
The revolutionary labor movement
will, despite the SANDERS and lies Of
our enemies. strengthen It's fight
against the capitalists and their lack
eys for successful fight for the
overthrow of the capitalist system.
FRED e. BEAL,
X. Y. HENDRIX,
w JOSEPH HARRISON,
CLARENCE MILLER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill
Bill

The Workers Unemployment Insurance proposes:
1-Unenpoynent insurance at the
unemployed worker and IS additional
2The creation of National Unemployment 10
raised by
tbl levy all capital and s25O0o
all incomes of $4,000 a
3That the Unemployment created
be administered by Workers Commission solely employees
and unemployed workers
All who sign the lists being
ona Campaign Committee Unemployment Insurance is sub
sday organizations demand that shall the bill It's
final form possibly the meetings which rat
1t elect the delegation IT TO
by amended by the delegation itself The final the
bill will follow the line of the three printed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
INDIA MASSES IN
VIOLENT BATTLES
Storm Jail When a Are
Hanged

While the Round Table Conference
Of Indian princes. mallrajas big feu-
dial landowners, and their collabora-
tors, the Labor, Conservative aud Ii
beral Parties Of British Imperialism
plan fighter yoke on the Indian
masses, increased mass uprisings of
the Indian workers and peasants are
reported in all parts of India.
In Poona huge crowds storrned the
YeroYda jail where four Indians were
hanged because of their terrorist acts
against British imperialists. The
British authorities tried to keep the
hanging secret. but when the work
ers heard OF it they showed their mill
liant and anti Gandhist spirit by
uassing on the Jail and battling with
the police.
The terrorists violent acts, and the
mass approval of them, show the
switch from Gandhi's non-yiolent
fakery to open mass violent clashes
with the British imperialists, In
order to keep abreast of the move
ment which is rapidly getting out of
Gandhi'S hand, Gandhi's agents or
dered the closing Of all shops in Bonn
bay and Poona. A general strike
was called in Bombay, tying up all
business. Barbados were erected
at the Kalbadeyi Road, Bombay,
holding up all street traffic.
Demonstrators Fight Police.
In Karschi violent clashes took
place between police and Indian DEM
oRstrators. Stones we're hurled at
the police when the cops Sailedpinto
the crowd with their iron slaves.
Over $50 we're injured so so serious
ly that they we're seilt to the hos
pital The superintendent of police
and a number of his constablers we're
hit by stones.
Police fired at a crowd of peasants
in village near Allahabad when the
peasants put up stern resistance tc
tax collectors Seven police were in
jured when the peasants replied To
the yolley of shots with shower 0.
stones. sticks and bottles.
Reports from Nagpur, Central Pro-
yinces, states that serious financial
crisis is gripping this section of In
dia. We want something a rescue
us from the insolvency that has sud-
denly come upon US" said Sir Mon
tague Butler, the British governor OF
the Provinces. His remedy will be
increased exploitation of the poverty
stricken peasants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
TROOPS HIDE AS
LYNCHERS WORK
Sheriff Handed Over
Victim

MARYVTLLE, Mo, Jan. 13.--1he
group of business men and landown-
ers who, travelling in expensive cars,
yesterday took Raymond Gum, Ne
gro worker, from al unresisting sher-
if and burned him alive before an
approving crowd of 1000, are admit
ted to have made not the slightest
attempt TO disguise themselves.
Gum was surrendered to the mob
while being taken to court to answer
the charge Of numbering a white
school teacher. No shot was fired,
no weapon brandished. The obliging
sheriff just slowed up his car and
handed over his prisoner, as per pre-
arrangement.
Naith~- civili"'p nff'rerr l'0~ -
tional Guard battery, modified in
a neav rig { ga
protecting the aeeue2d worker, Of
tered the slightest interference after
the mob seized unn and marched and
dragged him three miles to the school
house which was used as his pyre
NEW YORK.-Instilling into the
minds of their readers the idea that
Raymond Gum, accused of murder,
was guilty of the crime. the boss press
and news agencies throughout the
country are openly supportinf the
atrocious lynching of Gum which &C.
CURED yesterday in Msrysville, Mo.
The boss papers for two days have
carried stories and captions which
are nothing less than trying the
lynch victim out of court. In New
York City alone, the following heads
appeared:
Mob of 1000 Burns Girls Killer
Alive. - Daily News. Missourians
Burn Teachers Slayer."--N. Y. Eve
ming Pest. Burn Negro Killer on
Victims School"--N. Y. Times.
The lynching O. Gum mad the open
support given by the boss press of
the country OF the lynchers were de-
nolmced last night in statement is
sued by the national office, 7s9
Broadway. of the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights The statement
points out that the National Guard
was mobilized not to protect the Ne
gro worker but to prevent defense
corps from being formed for the pro-
lection of Gum, and calls upon the
Negro and white workers to intensity
The work of organizing defense corps
h resist the lynchers, and of rallying
wider and wider masses of Negro and
thite poor farmers and workers to
me support of the demand for the
right of the Negro najorities in the
Black Belt to decide and control the
government in that section as the
only guarantee against lynching and
Negro oppression in capitalist United
States.
The statement ended with the call
to Negro and white workers to unite
and smash the bosses lynching ter
ror! Demand death penalty for all