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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

and boldly charging that the city
officials were grating money which
would keep the men, women and
children outside alive through the
winter, the police we're clubbing,
blackjacking, riding down and jail
ing selected victims out of those
same jobleSs.
The committee was accompanied by
hundreds of jobless to the city hall.
The crowd grew rapidly as 1t hunger
marched around the building until 1t
was two or three times the size it
started.
When speakers of the Council of
the Unemployed began to address
them from the steps of the city hall,
Deputy Chief Of Police John F. Harris
ordered a charge by mounted cops,
and his fiatties and dicks began
slugging.
The jobless fought back most mill
family and sent three dicks includ-
ing a Detective Sergeant to the dress
ing station with injuries.
Many men and women were
dubbed, however, and finally the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TBREEl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

Besides the 600 delegates repre-
sented at the last conference, there
will be delegates present at the jan
uary 18th Conference from workers
organizations, recently organized te-
nants' leagues, bread lines and flop
houses. The Municipal Lodging
House workers have already elected
ten delegates to the conference and
delegates will also be elected from
the Hearst breadlines on AZ street.
Tenants Leagues recently organ
lied in the Bronx, Yorkville, Will
liamsburg and Brownsville will also
send delegates. Organizations which
were not represented at the Deem
Der 10 conference are urged to send
in the credentials Of their delegates
to the New York Campaign Com
mittee, 16 West 2lst Street at once.
Get More Signatures!
The signature drive is still show
ing insufficient activity according to
reports received at committee head
quarters. More than $4,000 lists are
out but only $4,000 names have been
turned in. To check on the activity
in the drive for signatures, weekly
reports of organizations submitting
lists will be published in Labor Unity.
Workers organizations are urged to
center attention on through ana
effective mass mobilization for an
intensive signature drive on Janu-
airy IT and 10, days set aside for
a city-wide house to house canvass.
The present unemployment cam
paign will be one of the important
matters considered at the Trade
Union Unity Council meeting av
Manhattan Lyceum on Thursday
night aC 7:45. The Council will also
consider the preparations for the
dress strike and elect an Executive
Board and ofnctsk Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
German and British Bosses
Fear Revolt of Hungry Masses
Lloyd George and Hermann Dietrich Propose
End of Jobless Insurance and Speed
Up in Industry to End Crisis

wage cuts must be handed out to the
entire working class, "in order to
stimulate industry" and put the I'M
employed to work. The "cure" pro-
posed by both these capitalist spokes-
men would increase unemployment,
lower the standard of living of the
workers already employed, in an eff
fort to save capitalism.
While Dietrich admitted that A.
100000 German workers were on the
brink of despair, the latest British
census of the unemployed showed a
tremendous increase. The latest fig
ures show there were 2643,127 with
out work on Dec. 20, which is 234,756
more than the previous week and l.
132,869 more than a year ago. This
is the largest number of unemployed
in the history of Britain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
FAIL TO CONVICT
TWO ORGANIZERS
Workers on Jury Block
Frame-up

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. Tn
spite of the waving of the Red flag
by the prosecutor and the openly an
tagonistic attitude of Judge McCory,
jury made up largely of workers
today refused to bring a verdict Of
guilty against Tom johnson, South
ern organizer of the Communist
Party, and Jackson, Trade Union
Unity League organizer.
johnson and jackson, together
with Braxton, Negro conrade, were
arrested several months ago on fake
charge of vagrancy, the police openly
stating at the time that they would
be arrested again and again until
they were driven out of town. Some
of the police even made the remark
that they next time they would be
sent to the ccmete'y instead Of being
brought into court.
At the trial today the prosecutor
raised the red DOGGY, in an effort to
prejudice the jury, a Ku klux Khan
representative made threats in the
court room that if the jury failed to
convict the Klan would attend to the
Reds. The judge also did his bit for
the bosses in trying to force the jury
to bring in a verdict of guilty to en-
able him to sentence the comrades to
the chain gang.
Early in the trial the charges
against Braxton, the Negro comrade,
were dismissed because of lack of
evidence.
Johnson and Jackson summed up
the case in their own defense, de-
nouncing the capital cysttca Uh.ch
sentences millions of workers to
death by starvation. The jury was
unable to reach verdict after being
out for 20 hours, the workers on the
jury standing out against conviction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Force Another
DanbuyySh0b
To Negotiate

DANBURY, Conn, Jan. 1.-THE
unity and militancy of the strike of
500 fur workers here in three shops
is forcing the bosses to negotiate.
The sd & B" Fur Co. sent for the
committee yesterday and proposed
compromise on the basis of a 10 per
cent wage-cut instead of 20 per cent.
The committee refused, and the boss
asked for another day to consider the
demands of the strikers, which are
for:
mo wage-cut.
Am hour for lunch.
3.-No discrimination.
4.-Recognition of the shop COM
mittee.
The three shops now struck, Ma
tiona1 Fur, Eastern and ID g. B." are
tied up absolutely. The is scabs they
got the first day or so have been
pulled out now by the mass picketing.
Trick Trucks.
1HG NdJlOIldl anu tdSGGlu are Sellu-
ing truckloads of furs to each other
to try and fool the strikers into
thinking the work is going out of
town. The trucks were followed and
the trick exposed.
One truckload of finished furs was
dumped on the ground during mill
tant picketing.
The splendid strike meeting this
morning pledged that all strikers
would be protected against firing.
Volunteers are visiting strikers not
active on the picket lines.
Show En- How Many!
Tomorrow there will be a mass
picket demonstration before the local.
Since the press here lied about the
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

Stark fear that the growing armies
of the unemployed ar emenacing the
existance of capitalism was expressed
in two important speeches Tuesday
in England and in Germany. Finance
Minister Hermann Dietrich of Ger
many stated "Our present capitalistic
industrial system cannot survive If
it does not find means of creating
employment for the unemployed"
David Lloyd George, former Prime
Minister, and Liberal leader said that
there would have been a revolution
long ago in Britain had 1t not been
for the British dole. He pointed out
that the situation was growing worse
all the time.
Both Lloyd George and Hermann
Dietrich argued that unemployment
insurance must be stopped, and that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
SMASHING ANSWER
TO FISH SATURDAY
Workers to Defend the
Right to Fight

NEW YORK.-In militant protest
against the attacks on the working
class press by the Fish Committee
and other fascist groups, thousands
of New York workers will pack the
large st. Nicholas Rink, SO w. Goth
ST., this Saturday night in answer
to these enemies and their attempt
to suppress the revolutionary press.
The occasion will be the Seventh
Anniversary Celebration of the Daily
Worker, which, this year, is a part
Of the $4,000 Emergency Drive for
the Daily Worker.
New York workers, reused at the
boss attacks on the Communist Party
and its press, which has already
taken the form of denial of mailing
rights to the Young Worker, The
Pioneer Vida. Obrera, the Spanish
Communist paper and the Liberator,
the Negro workers paper, are rally
ing to smash these attacks by the
boss class.
An excellent revolutionary program
has been prepared for Saturday
nights celebration, with the latest
revolutionary music from the Soviet
Union and numbers by the following
well-known artists: Morris Bell, tenor
of the Moscow Musical Studio; Miss
V. Valentinova, alto; C. Kayuloff,
'cellist; V. Kayuloff, pianist; Leo Lii
voff. tartar dancer, and the Freiheit
Gesangs Verein in new numbers and
special selections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
A Call to Readers
to Come to Meetings
With Editorial Staff

NEW YORK.-Closer contact
between the Daily Worker read
ers and the editorial staff will be
the main purpose of meeting 70
be held Saturday, January II, at
$50 pm, after work, on the End
floor of she Workers Center. IS E.
18th Street. This is not a meet
ing to carry out the necessary
work of collecting funds for the
Daily Worker. 1t is something
never before, done.
Every reader of the Daily
Worker who is interested in i'm
proving the contents of the paper,
who has valuable suggestions and
criticisms to make is invited to
partake in this gathering. Es-
pecially representatives of work.
ers' organizations should come
with concrete suggestions OF
drawing the Daily Worker close
to the life and struggles of their
organization.
There will be a report from
Comrade A. Landy for the edi-
torial staff on the problems OF
the Daily Worker, plans for es-
tablishing closer contact with the
readers.
There will be open discussion
from the floor. Every worker who
has the betterment of the Daily
Worker at heart is invited to at
tend and do his part in contribut-
ing to the editorial end of the
Daily Worker.
This matter should Immediately
be taken up in your organization.
Elect delegates to put the views
of your organization before the
meeting. Every reader should do
his part.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Many Important Stories Held Up In
"Daily" Because of Lack of Funds
TO BUILD THE DAILY


Lloyd George liberal Dietrich
minister
the content They growing unemployment threatening
existence Of capitalism Senator Hehlin day
speech the Senate telling workers breaking
stores for food to keep them from starving this
shouted I'VE will have revolution"
Hunger marches reported
United States Everywhere kes-he fight
death battle with police owners facing
lockout in Britain 100000 Welsh hungry
fighting against Revolution struggles
China
But in this situation the Daily
not only reporting the Of the revolutionary struggles
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Russell SAGE REPORT
FAVORS EVICTI0NS

The Russell Sage Foundation pub
lished its report yesterday on its
investigation of relief measure. The
report admits that police census
such as is taken in New York pro-
duces figures of no statistical value,
and only increases alarm. among the
foreign born"
The Foundation" proposes MOTH
ing of any use to save the lives or
the present 100000 jobless, but
only offers a scheme to be started
-four or five years before the next
depression, and urges landlords ana
grocers not to grant credit to the
starving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

he American workers against hunger
with the
in its being good articles
written by workers. telling
vationae not
Worker going with its present limt
The Daily Worker lives from day
workers who rush their pennies this fighting
They know that than
grow!
We must have Immediately. Do not your
mate contrbuesend Rush
funds In now ts re a~ss o -~1 ~rs&'~"ssg"r~a, A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

When the discussion on the
bill to appropriate $30,000,000
for the navy came up, Helm
arose:
Senators" he said, '1et
us defer this until the starving are
fed. kilograms from my town say
they are breaking into the stores.
If this condition is not mended we
are going TO have revolution in this
country. Men are breaking into
stores. They are rObbing banks
The Red Cross, represented by its
national chairman (Hoover is its
PRESIDENT had just declared that it
was giving all the relief the starving
farmers deserved, and asked congress
not to approp4 ate more money for
this work.
Bunk, Not Money. -
But this relates to practical meas
ures. The capitalist gang, wallowing
in refunded taxes and profits eX-
torted through wage cuts and speed
up viii not actually give much money
to the jobless unless forced to do
so by the workers. However, they
will give an abundance of talk.
Yesterday announcement was made
by President Hoovers Emergency
Unemployment Committee that a
census of the jobless ono apple seller
called unemployed would be taken
in 10 cities or parts Of cities, Jan. IS.
This is not to gather facts. The
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Only Four Days To Second
Unemployment Conference!
All Worker Organizations Send Credentials!
Groups in Breadlines, Flop Houses Are
Electing; Push Signature Drive

NEW YORK.-With only 4 days
ahead, preparations are under way
for a successful conference at Irving
Plaza Hall, at 1880 pm. when dele
gates to the December 10 conference
for unemployment relief will recon-
yene to elect representatives to go
to Washington in February to pre-
sent the workers unemployment in
surance bill to Congress, with sig
natures representing the mass de-
mand of million or more workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
THREAT LOCKOUT
OF 100000 TOILERS
Macdonald Frantic in
Effort to Betray

Because 1000 textile workers in
Burnley have refused to agree to
wage cuts and an increase from four
to eight looms, the Lancashire cotton
mill employers announced Tuesday
night that they will close their mills,
locking out 100000 textile workers.
In order to speed up the workers
and increase unemployment, the
bosses propose that weavers handle
eight looms instead of four. The
workers have insistently refused to
agree to this 100 per cent speed-up
plan. and in Burnley went out on
strike when the system was Installed.
The reformist trade union leaders,
the Macdonald government, and the
textile bosses are negotiating in an
effort to betray the workers and get
them to agree to some modified form
of speed-up with wage cuts.
Over 10000 Welsh Miners Still Out.
At the same time, over 100000
Welsh miners are out on strike
against proposed wage cut. This
was made possible by the action of
the Macdonald government in pass
ing the mines act providing for a
seven and one-half hour-day, when
the miners were promised a seven
hour day without wage cuts in re-
turn for votes for the Labor Party.
Macdonald said he was determined
to force the workers back to work
under compromise agreement-fay-
crable to the bosses assssA-sst>,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Newark J0bleSS Demand Food,
Cops Feed Them Blackiacks
Spokesman Exposes Graft in City Hall While
Police Start Brutal Assault on Crowd
Outside; Militant Resistance

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. while a
committee representing the thousands
of jobless in this city were in the
board of commissioners meeting, de-
handing relief for the unemployed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
SENATOR BLURTS OUT
FEAR OF UNEMPLOYED
REVOLT; FLOOD OF TALK
Red Cross Says 1t Won't Give More Relief;
I IL Sorts of Schemes Connected to Fool
Jobless Instead of Feeding
Government Dares Not Publish Figures of Its
Secret Census, Holds Fake Census Now
Wood Admits 100000 Out of Work; Albany
Relief Bill Meant to Be Voted Down; Relief
Only to May 18th Anyway

Senator Hein undiscipned and indscreet antiadmins
raon man. yesterday bured out the fact that has cast cold
shivers down the spnes of the capitalists and their
men and which is responsible for the flood of fake relief
national city and local within the last few days
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08
Build Marches
With the Daily

Suggestion that the crisis Is
about to deepen is seen in the
fact that Bill Green is again
putting out optimistic state
ments. Immediately following
his recent blurbs, relative to
the fact that the depression
was about over, stocks re-
crashed and two dozen banks
failed.
Hunger marches all over the
U. S. will answer the Green
blather with Arkansas farm
tactics.
Use the Daily Worker to or
ganise the narehers. Order ex-
ira $1,000 drive news page 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-08

CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

NCATTERED throughout this
-. country and England there
~ are more than half million
estates with unclaimed funds. The
heirs are missing!
Daily the search for these people
goes on. The slightest clues are care
fully run down. Old census records
arescanned. Family Bibles consulted.
Ancient letters painstakin9ly read.
The stake is large, about $12O, 900, 900!
Can you give even the maiden
names of your own 9randmothers?
Or the names of your great-uncles
and aunts? After reading this aston
ishine article in The American Mag
azine for February you may decide
TO look them up!
! That's what Daniel o. Sullivan who
traces missing heirs says in telling
of his strange experiences in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

months magazine. He has travelled
all over the United States, into
Mexico, Canada and Europe search
ing. bringing unexpected Joy to
those he finds.
In his article, too, Mr.. O'Su1livan
gives list of men and women whose
descendants were they knOWn...are
entitled to riches!
This is but one of many stimulat.
ing, wor thwhile features in The
American Magazine that's out today.
No wonder that every member of the
family eagerly awaits it each month.
And. The American Magazine
family-now more than !, 200, 200
strong-9rows larger every year. Get
copy at your newsstand today. You'll
quickly see why this is so.
THE CRoWELL PUBLISHING Co.:
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
H part may belong
TO YOU

Read the astounding experiences
of the man who traces the miss
ing links to unclaimed fortunes
in The AMERICAN MAGAZINE
for FEBRUARY-Out today!
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
.GRANATA SEEN
IN KUNZ SEAT

Announcement by Gov. Louis
L. Emmerson, of Illinois, that he
will not give Stanley H. Kunz,
Democrat, a certificate of elec.
ton to Congress from the Eighth
Illinois district, paved the way
for Peter C. Granata, Republican,
to be seated, it was believed here
today.
Credentials signed by the gov.
ernor and secretary of State Of
Illinois on behalf Of Mr.. Granata
will be submitted to the Honse
by its clerk, william Tyler Page,
and he will be allowed to take the
seat pending an investigation of
the election by the House. That
was the opinion of Mr.. Page.
There was some talk in Dem
ocratic quarters of challenging
the right of Mr.. Granata to take
the seat in view Of a recount on
its face showing Mr.. Kunz the
victor.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
DEATH CLAIMS
F. DIR. LEARNED

DR.. H. Barrett Learned, presi.
dent of the Board of Education
here until month ago. died sud-
denly yesterday at his home on
the Leland Stanford University
campus in California.
On September IL, DR.. Learned,
who last February was elected
president of the board, resigned
his post to assume professorship
at the California university.
His unexpected resignation left
the school body without an off.
cial head until the appointment
last week Of Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith, former vice president, as
temporary chairman. The board
has deferred election of president
and vice president until the jus.
ticeS Of the District Supreme
Court appoint a new member.
DR.. Learned, who was So years
old, was a native of Exeter, N. H.,
and was educated at Harvard,
Chicago and Yale universities.
He also did graduate work at the
University of Leipzig.
DR.. Learned was appointed to
the board July l, 1917.
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Donations to Unemployed
Made MARRIAGE Fee

The Rev. Simon Peter w. Drew,
VINO is conducting a 6O-day re.
Vlval for the Cosmopolitan Bap.
tist Church services in the audi.
torlum OF the new Masonic Tenn
pie Tenth and U Sts., has agreed
70 perform marriage without a
lee 1or all colored couples who will
meet his terms for helping the
hungry and unemployed. His
terms are:
!. Give him 20 car tokens to
permit financially embarrassed
persons to attend his revival.
z. Or bring him three bushels
OF chestnut coal, also little kin
oIing wood, for cold families.
8: Or give 10 pounds of sugar,
~ loaVes of bread, also a bit of
The Washington times., 1931-10-14
Mail All AnslUerR to
"CONTEST DEPARTMENT"

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prior to this closing date Prizes will BE-
awarded on Friday. October 18th. 1881 and
the successful contestants win be notified
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The Washington times., 1931-10-14
SLUMP PER|LS
/ CIVILIZATION,
! SAYS WELLS
Crash Worse Than That of
Rome Seen by Briton; Far
East War Danger Cited

NEW YORK, Oct. IA CU.SJ
Foreseeing the end of the depres.
sion in the collapse Of civilization,
II. G. Wells, British novelist and
historian. arrived in the Cunard
liner Aquitania last night to sur
vey the worlds problems in this
hemisphere.
Wells likened the present civ.
1liZation to "a tremendously crazy
edifice," which is likely to fall if
the causes of the present unrest
are not discovered and remedied.
The possibility of a remedy, he
added, is feeble since the factors
responsible for the financial crash
OF 1929 are still active.
Worse Than ROme's
Civilizations fall would be far
greater and more terrible than
the collapse of the Grecian and
Roman cultures, the historian de-
clared.
Mr.. Wells said he had been
urged by Mrs. Margaret Sanger
to speak at one of her birth con.
troll gatherings. Asked what ef-
feet birth control might have in
remedying the worlds troubles,
he said:
"It may avert disaster later
on. But it won't help in the
next five years. And that is
what we are concerned about
now"
Sketches Solution
Speaking in an extremely low
voice that was at times almost
1naudible, he proceeded to sketch
his solution of the world prob
lem, which he said was in the
main a falling back on economic
science. He declared:
"OurS is not a simple disease.
There are three factors behind
The Washington times., 1931-10-14

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The Washington times., 1931-10-14
SHAFRoTH TO LECTURE

A stereopticon lecture on the
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The Washington times., 1931-10-14
VictOriGnO ALUGrez
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. IA O.S0.
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