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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05

justed compensation certificates
bonus.
4.-Immediate cash relief to
the impoverished farmers, and
legislation prohibiting the seizure
of farms or other property for
the collection of debts, rents or
taxes.
5.-Federal legislation prohi-
biting the eviction of unemployed
workers from their homes, and
provision of adequate housing
for the homeless.
6.-The administration of all
relief funds through represent
atives elected directly by the
workers and farmers through
their own organizations.
THE provision of all neces-
sary funds for relief and insur-
ance by direct taxes on wealth
and income, and the diversion
of all present appropriations for
war purposes. Abolition of all
taxes on articles of mass con-
sumption (saIes tax, etc..
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Charity, whether public or priv
ate, is not only entirely inadequate
but large amounts go to overhead,
salaries and office expenses. Re-
lief administration is honeycombed
with graft and corruption.
The unemployed and the starving
have no control over the funds
administered by the relief organ
izations. Relief is at times cut off
entirely on moments notice by
order of some employer on at the
whinn of the charity agents who
discriminate against Negroes,
against the foreign born and
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INSTALMENT 30

THE warden shook his head.
Hits the law, Preacher. If
they amt nobody to claim the
body fo' burial we gotter sen hit
to medical school or bury in a
paupcrs field, an dey amt no
niger pauper's field roun' here"
Dat boyd sho die a lot mo-
peaceful if he fig(sered he'd be
buried some place all whole"
We'll" the warden said medita-
lively, Il don't know what l kon
do"
Maybe you'd let me bury him,
suh-some plcae."
will yo' burial society take
hi1n?"
mo, sun. I reckn not. He aim
no member. But deys lot O Ian
ain bein used"
A PROMISE.
He motioned vaguely to the sun
bakes area rolling to the swamps
beyond the barbed wire,
III tell you what I'll do,
Preacher" Bill Irvine said abb
ruptly. you tell him I'll see to
hit he amt cut up none. Maybe
hit kin be arranged. That's the
bes' kin do"
''Thank you, suh," the preacher
murmured.
ain nothin' to worry 20 haid
about, boy" he assured Con gently.
''Dey ain gonter SEN you TO de
students if you die. Cap'n Irvine
jeS' promised me-"
Il was scairt," the boy whispered.
Awful scairt."
A HEAVY humidity hung over the
n Stockade.
Few could sleep in the heat, and
the stencil of their bodies and
night pots made it hard to breathe.
They were wet, sticky as though
hot, Shiny water had been poured
over them.
David was stripped to the waist.
The pants chung to his legs, ir-
ritating them, and the spikes were
monstrOus things that grew out
of him and were part of him
now. His ankles hurt from the
rubbing weight and he feared the
irritation would bring shackle
poison. Sam Gates had had
shackie poison and he remem-
bered how swollen the leg was.
sometimes, a converts leg has
to be cut off if the swelling gets
too bad.
HE'LL BE A LITTLE LATE"
Smallpox bent his massive form
over the edge of the bunk.
How you, CONF" he asked.
mot SO good"
DAT doctor manll fix you up
fine" the niger said cheerfully.
Hell be a iii late wen he do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Tax Rich to Provide for Starving Millions!

While the number of unemploy-
ed are increasing, the number of
those on the stagger system, share
the work plan, is continually
mounting. The policy of the federal
government is to free the sich
from the tax burdens through a
system of taxes upon articles of
consumption and by initiation meas
ures and monopoly prices which
raise the cost of living thus plac-
ing additional burdens of the crisis
upon the shoulders of the starving
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05

IN placing their demands before
Congress for immediate winter
relief and unemployment insur-
ance, the delegates of the Unem-
ployed councils and associated or
carnations finds it necessary even
in the fourth winter of the crisis,
With sixteen million unemployed,
to answer again the question which
has been raised by the most prom
inent political leaders and their
press whether there actually ex-
lists. any widespread misery, hun
ger and starvation sufficient to re-
ouire congressional action for re-
lief. This is all the more neces-
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masses.
The deficit of the federal govern
ment is mainly created by the huge
expenditures on ornaments and by
the refusal to tax the rich. We
propose that the fund expended for
ornaments be turned into the fund
for unemployment insurance. We
propose that the poor be relieved
from taos and that the rich with
their high incomes be taxed to
create the additional funds for I'M
employment insurance.
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sary since among those who deny
the serious nature of this problem
are included President Hoover and
President-elect Roosevelt. Presi-
dent Hoover has many times re-
peated his claim that measures
already taken are adequate to Sc
cure every person in America from
cold and hunger in the coming
winter. President-elect Roosevelt,
when visited few days ago by
delegates of the Hunger March,
challenging them to bring to his
attention a single case of hunger
in New York state and boosted
that relief funds already in hand
we're entirely adequate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Farmers Ruined, Starving; Swell Ranks of
Unemployed

Conditions of the workers in the
cities are being furCher WorSened
by the farm crisis. The bankruptcy
of the agricultural system is driv-
ing large numbers Of farmers into
the cities to swell the ranks of
the unemployed. Especially are
the farmers children leaving the
country districts where conditions
of life have become intolerable. The
disastrously low prices being paid
to the farmers are in no way re-
Elected in the cost of living in the
cities, which is maintained by the
marketing monopolies at the fig
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05

1t has become common sight
in every city of the United States
to see workers standing over the
garbage pals on the street, brush
ing off pieces Of food and putting
them in old paper bags, TO take
home TO their families. At South
Water Market, in Chicago, at
at about 2 pm, every day, hun
dreds of hungry workers wait for
the garbage refuse from the mar
ket. They fill bags with decaying
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Hunger Ma1CerS Call for Mass SUPPORT Demands of the Jobss
for Immediate Relief and Unemployment Insurance!

are intimidated and terrorized sys-
tematically by the agents of the
Department of Labor and ImIni-
grafton authorities. Secretary Of
Labor Doak boasts of some 10000
deportations. This threat is held
over the head of every foreign born
worker active in the struggles Of
the unemployed and in strikes.
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ure only a small fraction below
pre-crisis levels. Relief for the
farmers and securing them the
possession of their farms become
vital demands therefore for the
unemployed workers also. The IN
employed Councils join with the
farmers in their demand for i'm
mediate federal relief, stopping all
evictions and forcible collection of
debts and taxes and for joint
struggle against the marketing
monopoIes to force up the prices of
the farmers and force down the
retail prices in the cities.
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become a commonplace. Police,
troops are called out on the slight
est excuse or without excuse. They
and the gangsters have murdered
both Negro and white workers, I'M
employed and ex-seryicemen de-
manding their bonus.
Foreign born workers are singled
out for special persecution. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Red Cross and Community Funds Victimize,
Blacklist Workers

it instead i'll the place OF wages
to keep the miners at work in the
mines owned and operated by the
same man who administered the
Red Cross relief. The present Com
munity Chest form of relief or
ganization headed by Newton D.
Baker places the control of collec-
tions and distribution of relief in
the hands Of the Chamber of Com
merce, the bankers and employers.
1t is used to blackjack contribu-
tons from workers employed part
time at starvation wages and to
blacklist workers active in unions,
strikes and unemployed struggles.
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come"
There was something terrifying
in the quiet, resigned answer. A
Negro cursed. Others raised them
selves on their elbows, shadowy
forms staring sympathetically.
"IM ALRIGHT. Only I git scairt
L sometimes" the boy said APP
ologetically.
Hell, dey ain nothin' to be
scairt of Cain nobody git in here
to hut you! Lawd, you sho per-
tected in dis cage!"
No, I'm scairt ev'rybodyH go
to sleep an leave me alone.
The huge Negro dropped from
his bunk, his chain rafting on the
floor. (
I'll set up wild you. Hell, I
cain sleep nohow"
He crouched at the foot of Cons
bunk.
WAN a song, jes' to kline O.
cheer you up?" he asked.
"Dat'd be fine" the boy said.
SMALLPOX SINGS.
Smallpox began:
If you wanter sneeze,
Tell you whut ter do
Sing Star in de East, will you
Smallpox" Con interrupted.
The huge Negro heSitated.
"Sho, if OATS whut you wan,r
he agreed.
20 lawd," he sang: /
Q lawd! Ain dey no rest TO de
weary one? 6
One star in de east,
One star III de west,
An between de two dey ain never
no rest.
Let us cross over de river,
Let us cross over de river,
Let us cross over de river,
An rest.
o lawd! Ain dey no rest TO de
weary one?
EBENEzER BASSETT was the
first to join in the singing.
One by one the others added their
voices and those who did not know
the words hummed the tune. The
whites in their cage listened. The
guard came out of his shack and
listened.
They sang for an hour, and
silence again descended over the
cage.
The lanterns on the cross smaked.
Con was asleep, one hand hang
ing Imply over the edge of his
bunk.
Smallpox crawled stealthily back
to his.
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These local Red Cross commit
tees have used the flour distribu-
ton as an instrument for destroy
ing all organizations Of the I'M
employed and trade unions and
have forced down wages and liv-
ing standards of all workers. The
list for flour distribution almost
everywhere become a blacklist sys-
tenn in the hands of the most Vi
cious enemies of the workers. This
has been carried to such an extent
that in the mining region of Ken
lucky the Red Cross has refused to
give flour in any amount to the
starving unemployed and has used
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05

Representatives of their class en-.
emies, whose main purpose is to
preserve the property and profits of
the capitalists and to put the en-
tire burden of the crisis upon the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Only Mass Action Can Win These Demands!

In making these demands upon
Congress, the Unemployed Coun-
ellis and their delegation warn the
masses of workers and farmers
that this Congress is composed of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
Growth of Terror; Attack Foreign-Born

eviction struggles, hunger marches
and strikes against wage cuts.
Courts, clubbing and gassing OF
workers ON q wholesale scale has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
A CRY OF TERROR

4 LOUD cry of terror shattered
the silence of Buzzard's Roost.
The convicts awake with starts. A
half-naked Negro stood trembling
in the passageway, his teeth chat
tering audibly.
lob, lawd!" he cried. "He'l
daid!"
A convict swore. A white cried
out irritably. TRUSTEES in tattered
underwear appeared at their shack
door. The guard ran to the cage
shouting.
Hush! God damn you'll What
the hells the matter in therep
Hes daid!" tn Negro cried
again.
A CONVICT cursed angrily. A
"A voice added a rebellious cry
and then another 1t seemed that
they had been waiting for some-
thing like that frightened Shrek
in the darkness to loosen the floods
of their emotions. The cages filled
with cries and shouts and bitter
oaths. The guard beloved for them
to quiet, but his voice was lost in
the rising bedlam. White and
black, the convicts went mad In a
delirium OF expression. Cat-caAS
mingled with screams and cursl /
Some found their shoes and banb Il
on the iron doors or hamInsl n
on the bars. The noise could be
heard half mile away.
Bill Irvine, pistol in hand, came
running in his underwear, swear
ing luridly. His paunch wabblcd
furiously and his jowls shook.
Cit i'm out O herel' a voice
cried from the Negro cage.
stop that noise!" the warden
roared. Stop it, or I'll stretch
eye~ damn one O. you'll"
s<Hnttxsa& zarsa<raEt
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05

Denial OF elementary political
rights and outright political per-
secutdon are the order OF the day
In unemployment demonstrations,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
MAKE the Bosses and Their
Government Pay" Say JobIeSs

Statement prepared by National Committee of I'm
employed Councils for presentation to Congress, to be
finally acted upon at National Conference of Hunger
Marchers tOday.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-05
NEGRO SLAvERyToD
JOHN L. Stiuak's Stirring Novel
GEORGIA Niger"

the Al
the white ruling class term "ngs" the s9
mott
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FRANCE DISPLAYING REMARKABLE INTEREST
 AMERICAN ELECTION

PARIS, Oct. 27, American cleo tions this year are creating more than ordinary interest in France because of the debt balance France owes the United States.
 The parliamentary debate on the general economic situation and debt payments is expected to con- tinue for four days.
 Premier Eduard Herriot, as well as numerous other high officials, are taking an unprecedented in terest in the American elections of next month and the larger news papers have dispatched special correspondents to the United States in order to obtain a French view point. Already column after col umn Of expensive news reports anu special articles are being publish ed.
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JIM HILLS STONE MANSION IN SEATTLE
 PUT UP FOR SALE

SEATTLE, Oct. 27, For years Seattle's $50,00O stone mansion built by Samuel Hill, late railroad executive, has stood vacant but now it is up for sale and may have permanent tenants.
 The mansion, located at 814 East Highland Drive, was built by Mr. Hill especially for the visit of Queen Marie of Rumania; later Marshall Foch of France was a guest under it's roof.
 For many years past only a care taker has dWelt within the ivy cov- cred home and it's shuttered win doWs and general air of mystery, has furnished neighbors with am- pie gossiping.
 Friends of the eccentric railway magnate recall many incidents occurring in the mansion, one of which expressed the loyalty he felt tor the State of Washington: ser wants were given strict orders nev- CT to serve California oranges. but m thelr stead, Washington apples.
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DEMOCRATS |NSINCERE, TRICKY AND EVAS!vE,
 CHARGES ARTHUR HYDE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, -Secre- tary of Agriculture Arthur Hyde, in an address here yesterday, charged the Democratic party with unfair tactics in the present pre- sident;al campaign that they are tricky, evaSive and insincere and that Governor Franklin D. Roose- welt has gathered around him the greatest gathering of mud-slingers, reds" and communist" ever seen or heard under "one tent"
 He practically admitted Pres ident Hoover's chances of carrying his home state of California, was impossible because he needs a maj ority Of 140,OOO.
 And the same time he said that public opinion has definitely turn ed toward the President.
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ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
 DEALT \ SEVERE RLO

LONDON, Oct. 27, The forth coming world economic conference which is scheduled to be held next February or March, was dealt a se- were blow in the solar-plexus We'd nesday with the announcement of the resignation of Sir Waiter Ley man, noted British member.
 Britain tied it's hands at the Ot- iowa conference, Sir Leyman said, and there is now no use going to the proposed conference
 It was also said that the United States representatives feel much the same way about it.
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.LOs ANGELES GIRL
 STOLEN FROM HOME

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, Nine year old Mary I. Buchanan, daugh- ter of Mrs. G. Buchanan, divorcee, was kidnapped Wednesday from her home. Mrs. Buchanan was not at home at the time.
 The maid put the little girl to bed in her exclusive residence early in the evening; returning to the room an hour later the maid found the child gone.
 Mrs. Buchanan, who recently in herited a large sum of money, is near a stage of collapse.
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ROOSEVELT
 ATTA|Ns HEARTS DESIRE:

PARIS, Oct. 27, - Ooh la Ia! How these French journalists use their imagination!
 A Paris newspaper yesterday published political story in which much space was devoted to Cover nor and Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- welt. It ran something like this.
 If Roosevelt wins the presidential election Mrs. Roosevelt, who is des- cribed as princess, will attain a lifelong ambition; that of being the White House princess.
 That she has been his constant companion since childhood and, during recent illness, nursed Fearless Frank" for six months.
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DRAG-NET SPREAD
 HUSBAND DEAD WOMAN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, Police spread net throughout this part of California Wednesday for Gus Cerney, husband of the murdered woman whose unclad body was found by a prospector on the high way 16 miles from this city.
 It was revealed yesterday that the red-headed girl recently inner tied $12,0OO and the belief is ex- pressed that the husband either murdered her for the money or that both were killed in a hoIdup.
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WAT GILMAN MAKES
 MONEY WITH PAN

SPOKANE, Wn., Oct. 27.-A sam- pie poke from the Crawford Strike mine, in the Pierce City district of Idaho, received by F. w. Galloway, mining engineer, contained 300 to 400 small particles of gold by es- timate. An assay valued it as $1. 1.64. It was derived from a pan of ore that the watchman, Blomquist, had mortared and banned. MT. Calla- way said the watchman derived $50 month from banning mortar ed rock when not employed other wise.
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SOCKED SISTER WHO
 DYED HER HAIR RED

CHICAGO, Oct, 27, - Edward Eckmann was arrested here Tues day for smacking his sister down.
 Hello kid, how do yuh like muh red hair?" his sister is alleged to have accosted him on the street a few minutes after leaving a beauty parlor where, with. a few magic waves of the hand, she had had her former dark locks dyed red.
 "Great!' replied Ed. How do you like this?" as he bounced one off the ''button."
 Five years on probation," was the verdict of the judge.
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UNEMPLOYED MARCH
 INTO LONDON TODAY

LONDON, Oct. 27, - England's hunger-marchers, numbering about 5000, reached the outskirts of the city Wednesday night and prepar- ed to march into the cty today.
 An extra guard has been placed about Buckingham Palace and, in general throughout the city, the authorities are in readiness to ham, dle any serious disorders which may occur.
 The hunger-marchers are dem onstrating in protest of refusal of the government to increase the dole.
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DEPRESSION PASSING,
 GAY EASTERN BANKERS

NEW YORK, Oct. 27, - T h e American Bankers Association an nounced Wednesday that the sum- mer of 1892 actually witnessed the passing of the depression. This statement is corroberated by fig ures and statistics revealing a slow but steady advance in practically every branch of industry.
 The Federal Reserve Bank, at the same time, issued a statement that business stability on the Pacific Coast is improving; especially in lumber which is picking up faster than other industries.
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p0RAH LAuDS ALFRED
 f. SMITH AND DEMOCRATS

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 27, Senator Borah of Idaho praised the speech made by Alfred E. Smith at Newark Tuesday night.
 MT. Smith, he said, is a great leader of a great party and it ap- pears that the Democratic party will be victorious at the national polls next month.
 Referring to Smiths remarks on the liquor question, Senator Borah said there is always room for hon. est differences of opinion on that or any other subject.
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DEMO NATIONAL CHAIRMAN DESCRIBES
 REPUBLICAN FAILURE

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Chairman J. Shouse of the Democratic Ma tional Committee addressed a large gathering here last night in the course of which he described the failure of the present Republic administration in leadership hewing straight down the P rose path so rosily portrayed years ago when Hoover mad first prosperity speech.
 Respecting prohibition Chail ShOuSn said the Republican was abOrtive, one which atten to hold both wet and dry whereas the Democratic plan clear-cut, for repeal of the Eli teenth amendment and modif tion of the Volstead act.
 In summing up, MT. ShouSe phasized that if the people of erica desire repeal and much-ne ed added revenue, they should Democratic.
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VETERAN 0F FOREIGN
 WARS VISIT HOOVER

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27, - Headed by Rear Admiral Kuntz, re- tired, a committee representing Veterans of Foreign wars called on President Hoover Wednesday ask ing his support toward immediate payment of the soldiers bonus and pensions for widows and children of veterans.
 President Hoover said he would consider their suggestions but did not feel any headway could be made at this time with respect to payment of the bonus.
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CHINESE OUTLAWS AND
 COMMUNISTS BAT TING

FOOCHOW, Oct. 27, American and British missionaries as we'll as thousands of Chinese, are arriving here for protection from the now entrenched outlaws and commun- istS north of the city.
 American destroyers may be dis patched to this city to protect for eigners.
 The outlaws and communists are reported to be battling one another and have made wholesale killing of the populace as we'll as burning and sacking all villages.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-27
EDITORIAL
SECONDHAND
 REPRESENTATION

Somehow the people of Alaska have been led to believe that their elected Delegate to Congress was the representative of the Terrl- tory in the halls of Congress and thru him the needs and desires of the people are presented.
 However, it remains for a recent incident to confirm the oft-repeat- ed assertion that Washington is determined to allow of no Sugges- tion or importunities from Alas kans, but on the other hand ad- ministers thru advice of it's bureaus.
 This incident is the calling ot NJ. Charles H. FIory, commission CT of the Department of Agricul- ture. to Washington for the pur- pose of advising that department On legislation affecting Alaska.
 Of those to be chosen it is quite possible none are more popular in the Territory than MT. Flory, des- bite the distastefulness of his po- Sition. So personality does not en- ter into the matter.
 But it is a sad commentary upon the very fundamentals of demo- cratic government when Washing ton turns from the chosen repre- sentative of the people, one of their number and fitted by environment and experience to voice their needs, to a system which stands condemn ed and convicted as the most pernicious that blights free and representative government.
 Thus the Secretary of Agricul- ture, who told the people of the nation that there were few of the 180.000000 acres of free land in the nation suited to agriculture-for- getting Alaska's 15000,O00 acres snubS the Delegate to Congress and asks the chief of all the Alaskan bureaus for information and to say what the Territory should and should not have.