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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01

1dple TO- Is paying C1elr 1oremen 80
cents an hour. The Empire Case
Good Furniture Co. has just handed
their workers the third 10 per cent
Hooverian prosperity wage-eut.
Many Talk Organization
The three plants of the Art Metal
Construction 90. is doing everything
possible to keep the workers docile.
They can send the workers home at
2, 3 or 4 o'clock and then try to
tickle them with a company factory
bulletin called the art Metal We'll
der" These workers through our
leaflets are beginning to see through
the smoke screens of the bosses.
They are now, many of them talking
organization and strike. The big
factory Of the Union Furnace Co.
have their workers working for half
the wages that they received less
than two years ago. And on top Of
this there has been added new
wrecking speed-up.
In the Jamestown Metal Desk, a
so-called family and friend stock
holding institution where many of
the workers used to think that they
were bosses and owned part of the
plant, are now paying the quarterly
dividend out of 10 per cent wage
cut.
Other factories have shut down
and few have left town to play the
game of rob them blind elsewhere.
Flock for r. r. Job
They are to build new Erie rail-
road station here for $2660oo. Hun
dreds of workers are here every day
looking for work. Some have their
only belongings on their backs, a
suit of overalls. Many come with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
(By a Worker Correspondent

SEATTLE, Wash.-On August 26
the Unemployed Council of Seattle
met its first test in an eviction case
and with it came victory. And one
victory, no mater how small, is like
the taste of blood to a young lion.
We, like the same lion. are ready
and eager to go. AS the winter comes
and more eviction cases occur we are
determined to do our best to rally
the workers to the mass protest as
their only means of relief tine
of DIRE need.
In this particular case the landlord,
one Katz by name, served a notice on
Mrs. Lee of 1915 E. Spruce Street
to vacate. On Tuesday morning Mrs.
Lee heard the sheriff tell her that
the notice did not come from the
Sheriff's office and that he had never
heard Of 1t or one like It,
When Mrs. Lee returned she found
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
Albany Paper Mills
to Cut Wages 10 Per
Cent on September |
az a worker Correspondentl

ALBANY, N. Y.-Hoovers program
of starvation and wage-cuts is start
ing to be felt in Albany the same as
everywhere else.
The A. P. w. Paper Mills, after a
summer Of layoffs have announced
that a 10 per cent wage-cut will take
place the first of the month.
It's not only the wage-cut that
gets our goats, but it's the way they
put it over. They try to make it
look as though they were doing the
workers big favor by cutting their
wages. In announcing the cut in
wages the company stated that they
would have cut wages long ago, but
they didn't want to hurt the feelings
of the workers Can you beat that
for brass and gall?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
REFUSE LUEssE A PARDON

Governor Leslie Of Indiana refused
a petition to pardon Comrade Theo-
dore Luesse who was sentenced to
year at the state farm because he
was active in the unemployed coun-
ellis of Indianapolis. The governor
stated that Comrade Luesse did not
merit release. An appeal in the case
is now pending.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01

the foremost leaders of whom we're
In the Macdonald cabinet and voted
for nine-tenths of MacDonald's pres
ent program, but he fears the rank
and file worker, who, feeling him.
self driven closer to starvation, will
fight.
In order to cover up the role of
the Socialists in helping capitalism
unload the burden of the crisis on
the backs of the workers, group of
American Socialists have sent a cable
to the opposition" led by the war
minister, Arthur Henderson, declar-
ing the American Socialists welcome
your fine working-class stand"
Among the signers of the cable are
Haywood Broun, who declares Walker
is not a CRATER and that Negro
workers should not expect equal
rights in the South.
While the American Socialists
praise the close comrades of Mac
Donald, the men who in the opposi-
ton help Macdonald carry out the
line of the imperialsts, unstinted
praise for Macdonald himself comes
from another source not so distant
from the American Socialist party.
The Wall Street mouthpiece, the
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
of Aug. 20, 1881, commends the $50
cialism" of Macdonald in the fol-
lowing terms:
'Mr. Macdonald has been an ac-
tive member Of the Labor party
during the whole period of its ex-
istence, and was very reluctant to
incur the displeasure of the party,
or to proceed counter to its wishes,
but in a fine spirit of patriotism
(the Opposition" praised by the
American socialists also prides it.
self on its patriotism-Daily
WORKER he held national consid-
erations above party requirements,
and for this he is receiving general
praise and commentator, though
he now finds himself in effect a
cabinet member without a party"
However, Macdonald must know
that he is merely following the pre-
cedent of the opposition" leader,
Arthur Henderson, who during the
last World War also in "a fine spirit
of patriotism" "held national con-
siderations above party requirements"
and plunged workers into the war for
the profits Of the imperialists.
While the capitalist newspapers
find "lessening" of the crisis in
the fact that $5O0,00o,000 more has
been raised in England, besides the
$4Oo, 100000 lent by Wall Street and
France, to bolster up the pound ster-
ling, this step in reality shows that
the crisis is growing worse, necessi-
tating huge sums. Action in the
financial markets confirms this fact.
While sterling exchange rates for
immediate transactions are being
held up, future transactions are
lower.
The British workers are also feel
ing the growing crisis, not only in
anticipation of cut in unemploy-
ment insurance and wages, but by a
big increase in the number of un-
employed. Every week breaks the
record anew. The last report for
date Of Aug. IT showed there were
2,7ls.376 jobless registered in Britain,
an increase of SILT over the week
previous, and 71o,41s over year ago.
A new form of taxes which are de-
vised to hit the workers, are also
being worked out by the Macdonald
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
(By a Worker Corespondent)

M1DDLEToWN, N. Y.--Many hun
dreds Of workers are unemployed
here. No relief whatsoever is given
10 them.
The employed workers are continu-
ally having their wages cut. On the
Erie Railroad the section hands are
now getting $264 day and work
five days week at greater speed
than ever before.
Workers in the yards Of the O.
and w. Railroad, loading coal, re-
ceive 80 cents an hour, with about
SO per cent of the former number Of
workers producing what full gang
formerly produced A wage cut is
threatened to take place here soon.
In the pocketbook factory which is
an A. F. of L. shop, only one worker
receives union wages, the rest get
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
ILLINOIS JOBS DROP,

CHICAGO, Ill. - Employment de-
clined in Illinois Reserve District and
wages dropped still more, according
TO the report of E. M. Stevens, federal
reserve agent. Manufacturing en-
ployment decreased 10 per cent be-
low 1880, while wages dropped 20 per
cent. Non-manufacturing unemploy-
ment has also decreased, says the
report, with coal mining showing the
greatest loss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
Food Workers Robbed of Pay in N. Y. Camp

part,nent refused this fatty.
hot only that, but we also have
some money coming for extra work
and for the fare that the camp wa;
supposed to pay for but didn't. Fol
two long months we shaved in this
camp, where labor is bitterly ex.
plotted and especially us foreigners
that can't speak English.
Very sincerely,
..-., -a... Two Workers.
Editorial Note:-This letter
should make clear the fact that
workers cannot rely on the City
Department of Labor to collect
wages robbed from the workers by
the bosses. The Department of
Labor is interested chiefly in de-
Tending these robbers. The only
way to stop these tyrannical rob-
berries on the part of the bosses
and their representatives is through
the organized mass pressure of the
workers. We have referred this
case to the Food Workers Indus
trial Union, Z. 18th ST. New
York City, and advise the workers
who sent US this letter to get in
touch with this militant union at
once.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
international Youth
Day Meetings :.

Under the leadership of the
Young Communist League and
the Communist Party many or
CARNATIONS will take part in the
mobilization Of the youth and
adults to demonstrate against
bosses militarism and war prep
arationS ON Sept. 8. So far the
districts have reported the meet
ings in the following places,
Many of these will be with pa
rades through working class Sec
tons. All Of these demonstra-
tons will take place in the eve
ming.
District Boston, Mass. Bos-
ton Commons; Providence, r. l.,
City Hall; Worcester. Mass. /;
Lynn, Mass, Peabody, Mass;
Gardner, Mass; New Bedford,
Mass; Pawtucket, Mass; May
nard, Mass; ,Fitchburgh. Mass;
Norwood, Mass; Lawrence, Mass;
Lowell, Mass.
District 2@New York City; Pat
erson, N, j.; Passaic, N. j.; Eliza
beth, N. j.; Newark, N. j.; Perth
Amboy, N. j.; Linden, N. j.; Jer-
sey City, N. ].
District 3-Philadelphia, Pa. !;
Tigo, Pa; Trenton, N. j.; Balti-
more, Md; Washington, D. c.;
Chester, Pa; Reading, Pa; Al
lentown, Pa.
District 4-Buffalo, NY, Broad
way Auditorium; Rochester, N.
Y, Washington Square; Syracuse,
N. Y, Hanover Square; Niagara,
N. Y WEIGH st.
District pittsburgh, Pa. Hill
Section; Allegheny Valley, New
Kensington; Avella, So. Burgetts-
town, Pa; Bentleyville, Mononga-
hela City, Pa; Brownsville; East
Ohio, Wheeling Riverside Park;
McKeesport, Versailles, Pa; Can
onsburg, Washington, Pa; Lii
brary, Bridgeville, Pa; Ambridge.
District 6-Youngstown, Ohio,
East Federal and Basin; Mans
field, Ohio, Scandinavian Hall;
Massilon, Ohio, City Hall; Cleve-
land, Ohio; Collinwood, Ohio,
Waterloo, 156th.
District detroit, Mich; Grand
Rapids, Mich; Battle Creek,
Mich.
District s-chicago, Ill, Wash
ington Park; Milwaukee, Wis; st.
Louis, Mo-, City Hall; Gary, Ind;
Collinsville, Ill; Cicero, ILL.,; Ben
ton, Ill; Hammond, Ind; Racine,
Wis; Kenesha, Wis; Granite
City, Ill; Chicago Heights, Ill;
West Allis, Wis; Rock Island, Ill;
Waukegan, ILL.,; Indianapolis, Ind;
Indiana Harbor, Ind; Bennile,
Ill.
District minneapolis, MINI.
st. Paul, MINI; Duluth, MINI;
International Falls, MINI; Ely,
Mimi; Bemidju, MINI; Cook.
Mimi; Virginia, MINI; New York
Mill, MINI; Superior Wis; owen,
Wis; Iron River, Wis; Hancock,
Mich; Ontonagan, Mich; Iron
River, Mich; Ironwood, Mich;
Negaunee, Mich; Soult Ste. Ma
rie, Mich. (border demonstration.
District 11-Columbus, N. D.;
Williston, N. D.; Belden, N. D.;
Frederick, s. D.
District 12-Seattle, Wash;
Portland, Ore.
District 13-San Francisco, Cal,
Post and Fillmore; Berkeley, Cal,
university ana san Pablo; Stock
ton, Cal, Hunters Square; Los An
geles, Cal; Oakland, Cal, It'll and
Peralta; Sacramento, Cal, Plaza
Park.
District 15-Hartford, Conn;
New Haven, Conn; Stamford,
Conn; Springfield, Conn; Bridge
port, Conn; Plainfield, Conn;
New London, Conn.
District H-Charlotte, N. c.;
Mill Villages (2).
District 17-Atlanta, Ca; Tam
pa, FL; New Orleans, La; Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
District 19-Denver, Colo; Salt
T,akp Citu ITtal,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
CHICAGO DAILY WORKER CLUB
NACTTON! REPORTS OF OTHER
h. CLUB MEETS SLOW COMING IN!

THE regular meeting Of the Daily
Worker Readers Club Of Chicago, III,
was held Friday, Aug, Il, with Com
rade Davis, acting as chairman
Twenty one notices were sent Il
readers, but only seven were present
After the minutes of previous
meeting were approved as read, The
article entitled "PoStponing Trial o.
IS Kentucky Miners" which appeared
in the Daily Worker of August 20tt
was read and discussed. In the dis
cusSion the following statement.
were made,
/. Industrial workers have a
tendency TO be prejudiced toward
agricultural workers and visa
versa. q
2. Retired farmers and business
men, due TO their conservative
ideas make ideal jurymen for cap
italist interests.
5. The miners of Williamson
County, Illinois, in 1929, who were
tried for murder on a framed-up
charge were acquitted. The miners
were of farmer origin and the jury
of farmers were sympathetic with
their struggle.
4. The prosecutor Of Harlan
County wishes to take the case out
of this territory, perhaps 200 miles
away, where conservative retired
farmers reside. A space where
mines are unknown.
S. That a mass trial would give
miners too great a chance for
acquittaI.
9. No capitalist paper exposes
the fact that the murdered man
was a gunman. In Chicago he
would be known rs PUBLIC EN-
ENVY No. / or so.
Chairman Riegel of the social COM
mittee reported that he was unable
to get committee together. Action
on the report was postponed. A mo-
ton was carried to have refresh
ments served at the next meeting,
Comrades Bittenfield and Riegel
donating rs cents each for the pur-
chase of biscuits.
The following criticism were made
of the Daily Worker:
l. Long articles should have bold
face subheads to make reading easier
and favorable to the eye. Articles
seven inches or over should have at
least two subheads.
2. There are too many mistakes
in figures. Last week one of the
editions announced a meeting to be
held at Bird and Prairie Avenue in
Chicago instead of 43rd Street and
Prairie Avenue. This same edition
announced meeting to be held at
357 s. State Street, Chicago. That
is the address Of the Davis Co., a
Marshall Field controlled department
store. The correct address is 1887
S, State Street. 1t is essential to
designate street from an address or
boulevard in Chicago. AS for ex-
ample we have Garfield Avenue and
Garfield Boulevard, one on the near
North Side, the other SIS hundred
south. Proofreaders should pay
particular attention for mistaken
figures.
3. The Daily Worker does not
have enough news to interest new
women readers. We suggest spe-
cial women's column. They will read
their column and gradually the en-
tire paper.
4, We need Red Sparks" or a
column similar. Something a bit
humorous. We miss Red Sparks and
believe it to be vital.
S, Two articles Of the same sub
stance appearing twice in the same
edition should be eliminated. This
happened in the case of a readers
club last week.
s, The cartoon, Adventures of
Bill Worker" the characters should
be more realistic, according to the
opinion of one of the members. A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
Denver Holds Good Aug. % Meet Despite
DOwnpOur and DriZzIe

DENVER, Colo. (by maiD The
Sacco- vanzetti demonstration against
growing capitalist terror held here
was a success in spite OF the rain,
with an attendance of $50 workers.
The meeting was held Jointly by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01

the International Labor Defense and
the Unemployed Councils.
The Indictment weather was fac
tor in preventing a much bigger dem
onstration. s@ssFw'Sf~
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Write to the workers in the
Soviet Union. They will answer
your questions concerning the Five
Year Plan. Send all letters to
international Letter Exchange,
Daily Worker, 50 e. 18th ST
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
MASS WAGE-CUT DRIVE
HITS ALL WORKERS IN
JAMESTOWN FACTORIES
Workers Talk Organization and Strike; 100
Join Unemployed Council at One Meeting
Election Campaign Moves Ahead; Call All
Workers to Vote Communist
(By a Worker Correspondent

JAMESTOWN N Y,Wage-cuts, speed-up, bank failures,
bankruptcies and laying off Of workers the
fare in jamestown and the vicinity
The Randolph Plant the verge of shutdown with
all the workers suffering wageus The Jamestown
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-01
SOCIALISTS"
AID HIM SAYS
MAC DONALD

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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
HANFORD HAPPENINGS
(By Mrs. M. R. Slavens)

the new English teacher. She teaches
French also. Mr.. and Mrs. Mansfield
who attended summer school at the
Ellensbug Normal last summer, receiv-
ed their life diplomas. S. F. Murray
who teaches in the Junior high, will
have charge of athletics for the year.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. Devin,
the Improvement Club met at the
home of Mrs. W. S. Weber. The wo-
men voted on a name for the park
and Pioneer Park was chosen. A COM
mittee was appointed to put up signs.
Mrs. Dorothea Webber assisted the
hostess In serving Manila rice, waters
and coffee. The October meeting will
be held at the home OF Mrs. IT. D.
Moffatt.
Miss Beck's brother Billy has entered
the eighth grade. Their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. Beck, are expected to
arrive from Estacada the first of the
week and they expect to live in what
is known as the Bunje house.
Mr.. and Mrs T. E. Bunje and son
Delbert of Yakima spent Sunday at
the Joe Clark home.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bair and daugh-
ter Imogene were luncheon guests at
the Conkle home last Wednesday. They
also visited at the Ben Root home and
George Wurtz's before returning to
their home in Spokane.
Why not visit your Public Library
in Hanford and look over the fine col
lection of books that have recently
been added? You may choose mystery
stories, humorous stories, historical
fiction, and good novels, by the most
popular authors of the day. Your
children can find many good hours of
entertainment as we'll as education.
Nine magazines for adults and four for
children are received monthly Four
hundred fourteen books and 1913 maya
zines circulated during July and Aug
ust. Out-of- the district residents may
use the library by paying one dollar
per year. A gift of many good books
has been received that is more than
appreciated
Mrs. Gertrude Cropp drove over from
Walla Walla Friday to visit her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs H. A. Moves. She
returned Saturday accompanied by her
sisters, Miss Rachel Moves and Mrs.
Flora Buckingham, who expect to at
tend the State University at Moscow.
They are Juniors at the university
NJ P. Lutz has sold his place and
the new owner expects to take pos
session September TO- Mr.. and Mrs.
Lutz will occupy the OBrien place for
the present.
j. L. Crimson and Walter Jones left
Monday for Brewster to work in the
fruit
Mrs. Mary Dorsett arrived last week
from Selah and will be at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. w. S. Weber, fol
an indefinite stay.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

MIR. and Mrs Ben c. Collins of Sa-
lem, Oregon, arrived Thursday from
Wenatchee and visited at the G. D
Gooch home until Friday. Mr.. Col
Inns is cousin Of Mrs. Gooch and has
visited here several times.
Married, on August 20 by the Rev
Sprague, pastor Of the Congregational
church in Pasco, Miss Jean Kennett
and Dean L. Hagen. Dean is the
younger son of Mrs. G. @. Hagen OF
Hanford. The bride, while being q
resident of Yakima, has many friends
in this vicinity, having visited here
many times. The young couple will
make their home in Yakima.
Glen Hagen and his mother spent
only twelve days on their trip yet trav-
eled over 1000 miles and were within
one and one-half miles of Canada in
Minnesota. They travelled over zoe
miles on two different days.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Anglin and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Enyeart and Miss
Virginia Enyeart and the Guy Dayton
family attended the celebration at
Lake Tipsoe last Sunday. Miss En-
yeart was the bridesmaid selected from
Hanford. Miss Enyeart made a beauti-
full bridesmaid and this community is
proud of her.
| Mrs. Lawrence Davis and son Gerald
arrived last Wednesday from Seattle
and is visiting Mrs. Davis parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Weber. Mr.. Da-
Wis is expected to arrive from Seattle
the latter part of this week and from
here they will go on to Portland to
which place Lawrence has recently
been transferred.
Bert Wurtz has not been we'll fol
some time and DR.. Newton took him
to the Veterans hospital for observa-
ton Monday. George Wurtz also made
the trip with them.
DR.. and Mrs. E. F. Newton and Mary
Elizabeth and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Gray motored to Pasco Saturday eve
ming.
Captain A. L. Brockway and family
report a visit to the Grand Coulee as
a good one-day sightseeing trip out
from Hanford. The Grand Coulee
ranks with the great geological Won
ders of the earth, and the Waterville
country of big wheat farms the or
chards of Wenatchee, are just a few
of the phases of eastern Washington
all worth seeing.
A. L. Kingwell and Orrin Warrington
drove to Wenatchee last Tuesday. The
latter expects to go to Kittitas to oper-
ate shoe shop. The former returned
Sunday accompanied by his sister, Mrs
Edith Roberts, who visited in Hanforc
for few days.
School opened last Tuesday with al
attendance of twenty seven in the higl
school and seventy-two in the grades
ia. r. Boettcher is the new superin
tendent, and Miss Dorothy Schnebly i
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Allard-Vernita
The California of the Northwest

Mrs Anna Knoll has sold her ranch
and she and Robert will leave, the
latter part of this week, for st. Joseph,
Missouri, where they will make their
future home.
Among those who attended the State
Fair in Yakima this week were: Mr..
and Mrs. E. P. Knaub, Miss Marguer-
tie Knaub, Rod and Fred Knaub, John
Grom, Hans Strack and Fritz Allwardt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Breggumann made
a trip to Gle Elum Sunday, returning
the same day
A son, Robert George, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Brain Thursday,
September 10. Mrs. Joe Feuty is car
ing for the Brain household at present.
Frank L. Conforth returned from
Everett Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Smith of Grand
view were dinner guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Brown Sunday.
The Vernita school is now in full
swing, with Mrs. Hattie Howard as
teacher. Thirteen pupils are in attend
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs Gabriel Jaddan ana
Mrs. Willard of Wahluke accompanied
Otto Jaeger to Yakima Monday, to at
tend the fair. They remained for the
evening rodeo, which they reported to
have been excellent.
The following guests were entertain
ed at Juniper Springs ranch last Sun
day: Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Sanford of
White Salmon; Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Proudfoot and little daughter, Bob
bie";; Mr. and Mrs. George Chambers
and daughters, Mrs. Barnett and sons,
and Mrs. Marble and daughter, of va
kima.
Miss Evelyn Richmond spent Sunday
and Monday In Yakima visiting rela-
tives, taking in the fair on the OPEN
ing day, and returning home Monday
evening.