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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
Armour Bosses Fire
Old Worker to Save
Giving Him Pension
Force Extra Work
From Steamfitters
Without Pay
tBy a Worker Correspondent

~, Noy d -WOIkcl SOAIcSpOlluCllIJ
CHICAGO. Ill. - In the Armour
Packing plant the steamfitters are
supposed to work 7Jlhours a day and
half hour for lunch. The foreman
comes around about lunch time or
Just before and tells them a pipe must
be fixed at such and such a place
before the machine in a given de-
partment can operate and must be
done at noon hour. So, after noon,
the worker hands his card to the
foreman who refused to sign it, which
must be signed by him to show that
the worker did his IA hours. So
the worker must either accept credit
for only 7 hours. that day or work
eight.
The boss not only gets his pipe
line fixed so the machine can oper-
ate without loss of time after 1890
lunch but gets it fixed for nothing.
Gets No Pension.
One worker at Armour's who had
rendered such faithful service that he
was ODE pensioned off in short
time was taken sick. He was sick
for two months and when he came
back for his job they told him he had
to be hired over again. Thus his hope
of pension was gone.
And so had his years of honest toll
and efforts to make good and secure
his future by individual effort with
the boss,
How many hopes have been BAN
ished, how many honest efforts
wasted in this manner by workers la
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
WoLL PLEAsEs BOSSES

WASHINGTON, D. c. Matthew
Vol, president of the Union Labor
Life Insurance Company. told the
banker shareholders that individual
insurance gained 80 per cent at their
meeting recently. This means more
money for this Red Batter and his
masters, gotten from the workers
through the A. F. of L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24

boring under the. illusion that the
bosses will take care of the workers
future. do the right thing, etc. IS.
We clearinghouse workers must or
ganize into the Food Workers Indus
trial League which is affiliated to the
fighting TUUL and by hard struggle
make our own future secure.
--Packinghouse Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
INDIANA HARBOR STEEL
WORKERS TALK ACTION
AS CONDITIONS WORSEN
(By a Worker Correspondent

INDIANA HARBOR, Ind-The Youngstown Sheet and
Tube changes every month. 1t not the as it was
month ETC. And you bet your last shirt that
changes not doing workers any good Each change
lose their jobs and the rest have do
work, generally for less money.
Here of the things that brought out at our
meeting last week when reorganzed the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube group of the Metal Workers Industrial League We
have already within the group the basis for committee in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
Pledge Support to
Anti-Imperialist Meet
On Friday in Harlem
By RYAN Waller

NEW YORK. AT its convention
Sunday, Section 4, District 2, passed
resolution denouncing the bloody
Machado terror in 0lba, and Piled
cling to mobilize the entire section
in support of the mass meeting OF
the Anti Imperialist League this
Friday night at Harlem Casino, lie
Street and It'll Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
EVICT ANOTHER
JOBLESS WORKER
Council of Unemployed
Aids Him; 2 Arrested

NEW YORK. Unemployed for
many months and unable to pay his
rent, N. Maignasky was evicted from
his home early Sunday morning. A
member of the Down Town Uncm-
ployed Council seeing this eviction
reported 10 the Council who inlnne-
diately marched there and put the
furniture back.
The landlord then summoned the
worker to court and filed squatteri
proceedings against him. This squat
ter law is another of the bosses ways
Of throwing workers into the streets.
The Down Town Unemployed
Council, then sent a committee Of
two comrades with the evicted work
.er to the courthouse. When these
two workers attempted to plead for
this unemployed worker. the land
lords agent in partnership with the
Judge, swore out a warrant against
the two comrades. charging them
with attempt to kill, because the
workers said that If the landlord
threw the furniture out again. they
would put it back.
The enraged Judge locked UP these.
workers for that day and sent a
Marshall, who together with his
thugs assaulted the workers wife
and dispossessed her.
The lecture which was to be givenI
at the Downtown Unemployed Coun-
Gil by Marcel sherer was postponed
until Tuesday. two O'Clock, at AZ Z.
4th Street. In conjunction with this
lecture on the Five Year Plan, there
will be lantern slides. All workers
are urged to attend. %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
Warren Steel Bosses
JobleSS
Marched on Feb. Is
Warren, Ohio.

Warren, Ohio.
Daily Worker:
We IN this city have demonstrated
on Feb. 25tli and there we're repre-
sented about 600 workers. Workers
who came out to listen to our speaker
told us all the conditions of the un-
employed workers, OF starvation and
suffering.
In the spring Of 1880 there we're
three who hung themselves and one
worker who killed his family and
himself. Here in this city the local
paper told us there are about 25 5000
workers out of work. The Commu-
nifty Funo keeps about 100 FAM
lilies, th ebntion Army about 500.
But mo-. - charities say that they
will re100 . live to the workers.
on1sstion Relief.
They ~ b 81 in a family $3.50
to SO ~. That means starving
But the A1Ai paper was scared about
our demonstration and they prom
Used us something better. Look here
what the editor Of the paper said:
Gould 1t not be arranged to
have . committee Of charitable
people who are not unemployed
and who are not In need, 10 make
house house canvass in the
well-to-do sections of the city two
or three times week and gather
up the fragments that are usually
thrown into the garbage can and
which Is sometimes . sinful waste?
Surely some Of these things could
be cooked over IN order to stesiliye
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24

again" There are lots Of workers
like this and we've got to get them
into the Unemployed Council and
- real fight here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
UNEMPLOYMENT GROWS

Latest figures show that 10 per
cent more workers in the Railroads
have been thrown out of work in
February.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
What's On
TUESDAY

4 Meeting Of the Press Ticket
AND Program Committee is being
held Tuesday at y. m. at $50 Pros
pect Ave. Members concerned must
be presnt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24
WEDNESDAY,


Womns Council No.
VIII hear lecture on the Paris
Commune at 81 Graham Ave. at $50
.. m. Admission free.
WORKERS Ex-sers icemen'x League
Meets on Soth ST., between Lexing-
ton ana Third Ave. at 8 p. m.
Exec. Comm. Ex-seryfcemens Lesrue
Meets regularly every Wednesday
night at headquarters. Committee
members should be present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-24

ORG A ME TO END
STARVATION; DEM AN d
RELIEFl Tvf ~
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
ALABAMA GRID
TEAM LISTS
WORKOUT

Alabama's 1880 national grid
iron champions, rs strong, ar
rived in Washington today for
their charity game against the
three leading football teams of
the city, Georgetown, George
Washington and Catholic u, at
Griffith Stadium Saturday.
Babe Sington, allAmerican
tackle of the team and present
assistant grid coach at Duke,
reached the city a few hours be-
fore the rest Of the team.
Lunch At Hamilton
The Crimson eleven was en-
tertained at a luncheon at the
Hamilton Hotel at noon today,
and are scheduled to work out
at the Griffith Stadium this
afternoon.
Already $4,000 worth of tickets
have been disposed of for the
game tomorrow and the laSt-min-
ute rush is expected to boost this
total considerably. Five hundred
$3.50 choice seats will be put on
sale today at Spalding's, the
stadium and the three local uni
versitieS.
Special Concession
Fifty-cent seats, a special con-
cesSion to high school students,
will be held at the various school
offices until school closes today.
The Alabamars are in great
physical condition and set to do
their best. Play will begin
promptly at 2 o'clock with
George Washington taking the
first turn. C U will be the
second team to face the Ala
bamans and Georgetown will
close the program.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
MAJOR MOGuLS
END SESSION

CHICAGO, Dec. 1O.-Satchels
packed, train reservations made,
the baseball magnates were set
for a fast getaway from here,
even before they went into the
joint me ting today that was to
conclude the three-day session.
Nothing of consequence has
transpired since the big pow-wow
began on Tuesday ana no stirring
deeds are expected during the
final act. The major subjects up
for discussion were:
i. Synthetic dOubleheaderS, with
the American League opposed and
the National thinking the idea
rather natty.
2. Decrease in player limit from
rs to 20, with the chances favor,
ing a standpat attitude on the
old system of Is.
3. The Postal Telegraph plea
that it should be permitted to
"craSh" the pres boxes and shat
ter the Western Union monopoly.
Of course, the lads may decide
that wages for the Slaves" must
be considerably less hereafter
but there will not be any league
or inter-league agreement Oh this
point. Just "gentleman's" stuff
probably no public announcement
concerning the chat. Each mogul
will go his separate way tonight
or t0n00rr0u ond yuIooYo ~ ooy,o oc
time to mail contracts late in
winter each will use his own
Judgment" as to how much the
bozos are to get for 1882, on the
"take-it-or-leave-it" basis.
All Of which the boys could
have done without coming here
to Chicago and spending three
days il smoke filled meeting
rooms which is a habit detrimen
tai to the best interests of their
lungs.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
NATION N-W|DE
SURVEY IS
ORDERED

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Whether
the Al deaths attributed to foot
ball this season we're really caused
by the game formed the subject
of a nationwide inquiry under
way today by the intercollegiate
football rules committee.
Efforts will also be made to de-
termine whether certain plays are
extraordinarily hazardous and the
soundness or unsoundness of col
lege football in general.
A letter was sent to members of
the committee by Chairman E. K.
Hall, of Dartmouth, requesting an
investigation into the deaths re-
ported due to the games.
William S. Langford, secretary
of the committee, was reported
engaged in a careful check as to
the underlying causes of the 40
deaths.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10

OTHER
. PLAYERS To ,
GRADUATE
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Replacement of five regulars
will be one of Head Coach
Dutch" Bergman's football prob
lens at Catholic University next
fall. John Whitley" Ambrose,
center; Nick Monaco, guard;
Johnny Lyons, end; Carl "Porky"
DeMello, halfback, and Johnny
Oliver, quarterback, have COM
pleted varsity enlistments.
Three substitutes. Felix Farris,
end; Fred Guarnieri. halfback,
and Lou Bertoni, fullback, will
also be among the absentees.
Guarnieri and Bertoni gave val
liable relief service this past cam
paign.'
The loss of Monaco will prob
ably be the severest. though the
passing of Ambrose, Lyons, Oliver
and DeMello is no ordinary loss.
Monaco was chosen by Coach
Bergman as the most valuable
player to the team this year and
he richly deserves the distinction.
Advanced Rapidly
The talented Monaco, as good
a guard as Krajcovic of Maryland
or Dubofsky of Georgetown, never
played football before entering
Catholic U. That he was nat
ural footballer is seen in his rapid
advancement.
However, Bergman will have 10
regulars as a foundation for his
1892 eleven. Besides, he can
choose from a raft of reserves and
1881 freshmen for whatever parts
necessary to repair the damages
caused by graduations.
The regulars who will return
are Charlie McVean. quarterback:
Tom Whelan. halfhack; Bus"
Sheary, fullback; Bill Confer, cen
ter: Hugh "Bingo" Flynn, tackle;
Vincent F'raatz, end; Ray Howe.
end; Jimmy Lyons, guard; Phil
Gross, tackle, and Tom Nally,
tackle. Confer shared the center
duties with Ambrose. while NC
Vean stepped into divers shoes
when the latter was injured In
the DuQueSne game.
FrOsh May Support
Substitutes expected to return
next season are John Ball, Lau-
renee Baraldi, Joseph Baumgard-
ner, Paul Billinger, Harry Duscha,
Clement Halleron. William Hep
burn, Frank Lauer, Edward Len,
non, Thomas Longo, John Maley,
Bob McVean, John Nally, Dan
Pyne, Lloyd Stafford. John
Stapleton, Edgar White, William
Preston and William Moffett, all
linemen. Backfield material avail
able will be Tom Campbell, How
ard Calender, Francis Donaher
and John JankowSki.
Unquestionably, Coach Berg
man must draw heavily upon the
freshmen for backfield support.
He'll probably get ample relief,
nevertheless, from Tom Finn.
Phil Corridor, Tom Oliver, Gerald
Gearty, Tom Gearty and Pete
Draiginis. The outstanding line,
men with the freshmen were
Red" Fleming, tackle, and Jim
ChriStianSon, center.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10

weight, maturity as to bone and
sinew, ability to attain physical
and mental poise. and consist
ency of athletic ability all are
factors to be considered.
Probably overmatchlng OF IN
dividual players has caused more
football deaths than any of the
other factors. Particularly is this
true of the younger chaps in high
and prep school. and those fiery
fellows who insist on playing
what is termed "sandlot football. "
Poor condition, probably, ranks
second.
The athlete who is too fine is
in poor condition. His vitality is
at low ebb. His ability, natural
or developed, is therefore reduced,
He might actually be % years of
athletic age on the day before 9
game or certain practice SeS,
sion, yet the next day he might
be only 16 years of athletic age,
due to his lack of vitality.
Injuries Result
On the day when he is called
upon to match the % years OF
age of his opponents he has be,
come 16 years of athletic age
Injuries result, which perhaps
may develop a fatality.
Lack of skill is a peculiar
thing. Awkward football players
very often injure the other fel
low, but typical of the awkward
somehow they escape themselves
Awkward players are very dan
gerous because they very otter
will cause the injury of the most
skillful of grid contestants.
Doctors and football coaches in
volved should be required by the
rules committee to furnish that
body with the entire histories OF
players who are injured fatally
or with any degree of perman
ence. Trainers should be called
in, also. Those three, long with
players close to the spot and
observing what actually hap
pened, should be able to put to
gether a true and accurate cause
sheet which would be a guide
for the future.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
Blick Got His Man

All of which leads us to the
point we originally started out
to emphasize, the same being
that Blick has been on the look
out all these years for another
fighter to take under his wing
who some day might come along
and lace the stuffing out OF
Marty.
Well, Blick has found his man.
and within so days he hopes
to hurl a challenge at Gala
CHER which the latter will be
unable to dodge. The hopefupS
name is Young Jeffries and he
is in training out at frankie
Mann's gymnasium on Fiji
tenth Street Northeast.
Whether Jeffries can fight or
not is one thing, but none
can deny that Bick has picked
out a good name for him-a
name which should inspire any
body to step into the ring and
do things, as did the original
Jeffries in years gone by.
There is some mystery sur
rounding Young Jeffries' real
identity. All Brother Blick will
saw is that the lad has assumed
a nom de guerre for the sake
of his family and his civilian
lob. However, he is 6 feet tall,
weighs close to 200 pounds and
handles himself in the ring
with all the naturalness of one
who had campaigned consid-
erably therein.
The fast-coming fighter is &C
tually employed in one of the
Federal Government bureaus
and has spent his evenings mas
tering the manly art, such as
Gene Tunney did around the
gymnasiums of New York the
while he was bookkeeper for
a Gotham express company.
Besides acquiring some pro-
ficiency in the ring, so much
so that Blick has told frankie
Mann to prepare him for a
joust with Gallagher when and
If the latter will accept one,
Young Jeffries has played con-
siderable football with inde-
pendent teams of this vicinity.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
Look Out for Navy

One of the best football
teams Navy has had in a long
time, if it's late-season rush is
an indication. will meet a great
Army eleven in Yankee Sta
dium. New York, Saturday,
charity being the means Of
bringing these two teams to-
gether this year. as it was last.
"Up nd coming" is what the
football folks say of Navy, and
while there is no Justification
for picking he Middies to
win. just about all this season
needs to render it a complete
upset would be for that very
thing to happen. Certainly
every other unexpected thing
has occurred on the gridiron
since last September to mark
1881 as a season wherein you
couldn't tell from one minute
to another what leader would
crash before some mediocre
eleven.
Starting with st. Mary's
early season defeat of South
ern California before the 1881
season was dry behind the ears,
outstanding elevenS from Notre
Dame on down have tumbled
by the wayside. until Tulane
alone stands head and shoul-
derS above the pact which in
cidentally contains some fine
specimens, including Army,
Northwestern, Harvard. Ten
nessee, Southern California and
others.
Meanwhile there is no deny
ing Navy has just an outside
chance to join the great elevens
Of Gel. if by any chance it
should catch Army at a low
ebb following its hard game
with Notre Dame. The defeat
Of Penn has focused a lot of
eyes on Navy that had over
looked her before and many
will be pulling for Captain Tut
tie and his plucky crew from
Annapolis on the day after to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
SMITH LEADS
FRISCO OPEN

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.
Blazing over the Lake Merced
course in 68, four under par, Hor-
ton Smith, money player" today
led the qualifiers in the San Fran
cisco $500 National Open cham
pionship at the end of the first 16
holes of play.
The second 18 holes of the quail
flying round was to be played to
day. The 80 lowest scorers will
start match play to morrow.
Burned Up Course
Going cut Smith carded a So,
but coming in he burned up the
course with four brides and one
eagle in the 18 holes.
One stroke behind Smith was
Gene Sarazen, former National
Open champion, who was out in
"a and in in 35. He collected five
brides.
Frank Walsh, Chicago profes
sional, was by himself in the 70
bracket; AL Espinosa, runner-up
in the tournament here last year
was one stroke higher.
Made Holes in Par
Two Westerners, Willie Coggin
San Francisco, and Sid Harmon
Salt Lake City. made the first one
holes in even par figures.
Billy Burke, National Open
champion, was among those who
had to be content with 75's.
Audrey Boomer, champion CT
France, was among the u en-
trants who finished with IT'S.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
Insurance People
Call Halt Upon
GridirOn Policies

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-"FOot-
ball now is regarded as SO dan
gerOuS a sport that Jur COM
pany no longer will issue acci-
dent policies to anyone who
plays the game" was the de-
cIaratiOn made today by C. S.
Titus, special agent for a lead
ing insurance company.
81 cannot say as a positive
fact that this is true with other
companies, but in talks today
with representatives of about
Is of these / learned that they
have taken the same attitude
toward football.
Insurance companies have
kept a very complete check on
accidents and deaths brought
about through football play and
it is because of their findings
that football players have been
denied accident insurance. The
menace to life and limb in
gridirOn combat has been in
creaSing so much through sew
eral wears, the companies de
cided to exclude football players
from the list of those eligible
for accident insurance.
"The wisdom Of the COM
panieS in not giving insurance
to those engaged in highly dan
gerOus occupations or games is
shown by the HOLOCAUST of 1881.
Had it not been for such deCi-
sion, the insurance companies
would have paid out huge dam
ages for deaths and injuries
this year.
Until about a year ago it
was possible for a football
player to take out regular
life insurance policy and, by
payment of a small extra pre-
MUM, have a clause inserted
whereby his heirs would get
double the principal sum in
case of death due to accident.
However, a few weeks ago this
rule was changed and the clause
providing double indemnity in
case of accident was eliminated.
Thus the football player
now comes under the classified,
tiOn Of individuals engaged in
one of the most dangerous of
professions"
The football death roll no1
numbers "a for the 1881 season
At least a dozen players ar
crippled in such a way that it !
feared they will be bed-ridden th
rest of their lives. At least 10
more are at their homes or il
hospitals. suffering from fra(
lures. And the season is not ye
completed.
The 25-year average for foot
ball fatalities prior to this sea
son was 13. The high record wa
20 deaths in 1925, and lowest wa
five deaths in 1913.
And college authorities, in fac
of the great number of tragedie
of 1881, still call football a reason
ably safe game.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
6 CLUB HONQRS
CHAIRMAN

Richmond B. Keech did such
good job as chairman of the
Varsity G Dinner Club, of the
Georgetown University, that his
comrades have arranged din
ner in his honor at the Racquet
Club Thursday
The members of the VARSITY g
Club who have been invited are
John w. Fihelly, Thomas A. Cam
we'll, John Orlosky, Fred Buch-
holz, Harold Kilcoyne, John A
Reilly, Thomas j. Mangan. jr.,
DR.. w. P. Argy. jerome Barnard,
DR.. John BraZinsky, G. C. Cal
Ian, Austin F. Garfield, Joseph
Carey, John j. Carmody, Gregory
Cipriani, DR.. J. R. Costello, DR..
William j. Cusack, Richard Dan
iels, DR.. S. Danzanski, Stanley
DeNeale, DR.. Matt Donohue, Will
liam DoWding. Samuel S. Edmon-
ston, DR.. David Fitzgibbon
Thomas Hurney, William F. Nc
Donnell, DR.. j. L. McGrath.
George l.. McGurn. DR.. Robert
E. Moran. Fred Neuland, James
Nolan, James ODonnell, j. C..
G. Patterson, DR.. John T. Ready,
w. A. Robertson, John Saul, EN-
NETT L. Sheehan, DR.. Charles L.
Smith, Fred Stohlman. DR.. Mar
tin Stohlman. Benjamin Talbot,
DR.. Percy Walton. Mason Welch
and Raymond Wise.
Invitations have also been ex-
tended to Rev. Timothy j. Di-
neen. S. j.. faculty moderator OF
athletics; Rev. Peter V. Master
son, S. j.. H. Gabriel Murphy,
graduate manager of athletics;
Thomas E. Mills, head football
coach; James " Mulligan, track
coach, and Fred Mesmer, basket,
ball coach.
A short entertainment program
will follow the dinner.
The Washington times., 1931-12-10
IS SLOW
WARMING Up

HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 10.
Christopher (Bat) Battalino, who
was to leave here today COR his
bout tomorrow with AL Singer
at Madison Square Garden, New
York, may fight Is rounds in
stead of 10 as scheduled.
The featherweight champion.
known as a slow starter, plans
to box five rounds in his dress
ing room just before the bout in
order to be tho 'oughly warmed
ur" when the fight starts. He
employed this system successfully
in his last bout, against Earl
MaStro in Chicags.