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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
US. abor Department Joins Labor FakerS of Sheet
Metal Workers Local % Against Jobless Insurance

THE revolt in the Sheet Metal Workers Local
% of the International Association is becom-
ing bigger and deeper. 1t has grown out of the
fight for unemployed relief. For years and years
the present gang has ruled this local union with
an iron fist. Any one who ever dared to accuse
the officials was either fined, beaten, or he got
all of those things, to start from the last-beaten
and fined. Anyone who was only suspected of
being against them was and is even now not
sure OF his job.
The main object of this bureaucratic gang was
to make as much money from their jobs as
possible. And they did make money! Were it
possible to investigate their bank books, the
members would find out how their s110-$125
per week they could save so much money.
The officials have been carrying on their
racket as long as the men of the local could
get job But building workers were among the
first to be hit by the crisis The bosses, with
the union officials in their pocket began to
slash the wages to a point where men are to-
day working for five-six dollars day instead of
for the scale of 1920 a day. There are today
over so per cent unemployed out Of the $500
members.
These bureaucratS of the union saw the rising
revolt on the part of the men, and they insti-
tuted system of relief whereby those who
worked three days paid 50 a week and those
who made four or five days paid 81.
But how did the officials distribute the re-
lief funds? 1t is enough to say that the men on
the relief committee received 50 for every meet
ing they attended. while on the average the
unmpIoyed received $3.50 a week!
This v-es not ALL
Those who were pro-administration received
more-sone received over $500 and some only
SIS. That wouldn't have been bad either. The
worst Of it was that they introduced the same
system as the charity institutions-to investi-
gate everyone in his home, thus trying to make
beggars out of the unemployed This shameless
tactic enraged the unemployed and at every
meeting Of the local, they became holder in
their attack on the administration
When the bureaucrats saw that the spirit of
revolt gripped the whole local. they offered
new proposal. They decided to appoint a new
committee of ten, to work out an unemployed
plan. They thought they would appoint five
Jewish members and five gentiles out of the
disorganized opposition, expecting that tho Jew
ish and gentle workers would never agree
But they miscalculated. The committee began
to function like clock. They brought in
plan to assess 10 per cent on all those who work
and 80 per cent on the officials salaries Thus
creating a fund to be able to pay SO week to
every unemployed
When the officials heard of this plan they
came out point blank against it. 1t meant $35
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
War Profits in Textiles

fought in 1925. averaged net profits
of So per cent year for 16 years.
During the war years 1867, they
rose to los per cent.
Net profits on stockholders in
vested capital (including capital
stock and undistributed surplus) in
a group of combed cotton yarn spin
ming mills, North and South, in
creased from 80 per cent in 1914
to 43.4 per cent in 1919. For eight
similar companies studied by the
Federal Trade Commission the net
profit rate averaged about 80 per
cent a year during the same six-year
period.
The total net profits OF 625 textile
firms in Philadelphia, chiefly en-
gagged in some banch of cotton and
wool manufacturing, amounted in
1913 to lit pre- cent of their COM
bined invested capital. In 1919 it
was IS per cent. The potts of these
mills nearly quadrupled their nor.
NAL amounts during the boom Pc
Rod, lsl5-1s1s. In the cotton goods
t56 concerns) profits increased over
sevenfold.
Thirty representative cotton ma
nufacturing concerns made 32.5 per
cent net income after all interest
charges has been paid in 1916, Will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
COURT TURNS
OUT EVICTIONS
LIKE FACTORY
Given Ten Days to All
Cases; Cold to
Any Appeals

NEW YORK, N. UT reminded
me of a slaughter house" said a work.
er who just been ordered evicted by
the court at 1853 Madison Avenue.
Quite an apt ay of describing it,
if anyone had seen the machine like
way of smuggling livestock over the
head and killing them at the Chicago
stockyard. There was at least so
cases of workers with eviction notices
in court today. Old women, young
housewives, mothers with children,
tired and worried looking men, all of
the working-class with notices to
leave the shelter and go where
they did not know. There only hope
now was to appeal to the mercy on
the court. The court sat up on
high bench distant and forbidding.
Each worker had his tale of suf-
fering. OF long unemployment, of
bare existence of starvation of sick
children at home, of old mother at
home and no relief from the city and
government, All had the stories ready
to tell the judge to be saved from
eviction. Perhaps for hours they had
formulated the accounts of their con-
dition to tell judge to make clear to
him that they should not be evicted
"Alfred Sacks" called the court
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

clerk. A young worker stepped up.
ready to tell the judge that he was
unemployed for a long time, had no
money, had no place to go etc. Not
one word was he allowed to say 10
days" said the judge, it was stamped
on paper.
A workers wife with child in her
arms. She too with her story, more
heart rending than the young man
preceding her. 40 days announced"
the judge. The women stood mo-
ment wanting to plead, beg if need be-
Move along, move along COM
manded the clerk.
Next, and next and next and so
on to the end of all the cases with
the indifferent precision of printing
press, the stamp marked down the ten
days. The slight noise of the stan1pv
was the only answer the workers got
to the vain hope of appealing to the
courts owned, controlled and dictated
by the landlord.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Gun Bars Workers
Demanding Relief

A committee of unemployed workers
were met by gun and the threat
Of being murdered when they tried to
enter the Home Relief Bureau at
Washington and Claremont Avenue
to demand relief.
The bureau announced a few days
ago that it would dispense no further
relief and was closing. On Tuesday
a meeting called by the Mid Bronx
Unemployed Council was broken UP
by the police and a committee elected
from the Buro The workers said
I'VE will be back until we get relief"
Today'S meeting at which over hun
dred workers were present, was the
fulfillment Of this promise"
The committee today found cops
barring the door and as they tried to
push through a plain clothes man
pulled a gun and waving it at the
hungry workers shouted: III plug
anyone that tries to go in there"
SGanolng besides MN was the Demo-
cratic leader of the district.
Last week a committee from the
Downtown Council was threatened
with gun at a Home Buro. This is
the answer of Tammany Hall and the
bankers, guns, bullets, clubs, terror
against the workers cry for bread.
The workers are undaunted. Their
stomacks are empty, their rent is
unpaid, their children go to school
without properly clothed. To sit at
home means death, and they are
ready to fight it out. Today the Mid
Bronx Council will once more lead the
workers to the Buro, strongly deter
mined to place their demands inside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
General Electric
Delegate to Get
Mass Send-0ff
Workers Show Great
Interest in Soviet;
Police Interfere.

SCHENECTADY, N. "a final
mass meeting for the send-off of
Alexander Trainor, the elected work
ers' delegate from the General Elec-
trio plant to go to the Soviet Union
in answer to an invitation of the
Metal Workers Union of the Electro
zavod in Moscow will be held Friday
April 8, at 269 State st.
Trainor is a machinist from the
tool room in shop II and was elected
by 200 workers, 80 per cent of whom
were General Electric workers, at a
mass meeting on March 10, when the
invitation of the Soviet workers was
accepted. Many more workers anM-
GUS to attend were prevented by po-
lice intimidation and the fear of be-
ing blacklisted.
The police are doing everything
possible to prevent the workers from
rallying to the campaign. Workers
are being continually arrested for
distributing leaflets. A reign of in
timidation was Instituted with active
workers arrested and framed on va
grsncy charges. The fear of the boss
es of the intense interest shown by
the workers in the Soviet Union was
further evidenced by the SANDER
against Trainor in the capitalist
press.
They have tried to make him ap-
pear in the light of a. sinister red
agitator".
The General Electric workers are
interested in the Electrozavod be-
cause while there are mass layoffs
and drastic wage cuts in the General
Electric, there is no unemployment
in the Soviet Union where wages are
rising.
Why are the city and police so
interested in keeping us away from
the meetings while the General
Electric can send their engineers and
products to the Soviet Union without
question:" the workers are asking.
A campaign is now going on in
volving an departments to secure
financial support for Trainor's trip.
Leaflets are being broadcast through
out the plant explaining the pur-
pose of the delegation and exposing
the actions of the press, also invit-
ing all workers to send in questions
for the delegate to secure first hand
answers from the Russian workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Based on Labor and Textiles, by
Dunn and Hardy

Based on Labor and Textiles, by
Dunn and Hardy
The imperialist war of 1914-18
brought textile mills to the highest
peaks OF prosperity. Profits were
enormous during the war and the
immediate postwar boom. Large
regular cash and extra cash divi-
dents were declared by practically
all companies and many paid amaz-
ing stock dividents and heaped up
great surpluses. Fortunes we're made
over night by textiles investors
Stock values were inflated in ex-
pectation of higher profits. In
wooden and worsted mills, beginning
with 1916, profits were little short
Of fabulous. . AS profits continued
or expanded, big dividents were paid
and prices of mill shares scared to
unprecedented heights.
Enormous profits werem ade by
cotton and wool companies in 1915
and 1917. Thirty cotton manufac-
turers examined, showed a precen-
tage OF net income to capital stock
ranging from "a to 212. Profits of
"A companies making unfinished
print cloth ranged from IS to 1855
per cent, and similar profits we're
shown in other cotton lines. Out
OF Is wooden and worsted manufact-
uring, dyeing and finishing compa-
MES, Is made over 100 per cent on
their capital stock. Some of the
high rates were 205 per cent, 213 per
cent, Ash per cent, 265 per cent, 2s7
per cent, 1913 per cent, All per cent,
45l per cent, and 400 per cent, while
the peak profit was made by COM
any that recorded Ito per cent for
1917, the year the United States
entered the war. American Wooden
Co. was shown to have made a net
income of $28,56o,342 (4s per cent
on its inflated capitalization or
nearly $15,Ooo,o0o more than it ex-
hibited in its annual report for that
year. In other words it concealed
more than half of its profits from
the public. New Jersey Worsted
Spinning Co., one of the firms
against which the Passaic strikers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
UNIV Local Demands Release
of Frank BOrich, Mine Leader

The arrest of Borich significantly
came at a moment when the mine
operators are fastening new and
huge wage slashes upon the backs
of the already starving miners.
Miners all over see in this act the
hands of the coal operators and
their tools to snatch BOrich from
the ranks of the miners and to de-
prive them of one of their leaders
in the fight against the bosses at
tacks. There is very strong evidence
that the U. NJ. w. A. were the mi
tiators in the attempt to depOrt
BOrich.
Only the N. NJ. u. is exposing the
conditions of the miners and is or
gaming them to repulse the attacks,
irrespective of their union affilia-
ton. 1t is because of this that the
local and federal government make
the most brutal attacks against the
N. NJ. U. and their leaders.
Dozens have been arrested and
Jailed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Meeting of Readers
Soviet Russia Today
to Be Held on Sunday

The readers and friends of the
magazine Soviet Russia Today" have
been Invited to an open "selfcriticism"
meet ting to be held in Irving Plaza,
18th Street and Irving Plaza, Sunday,
April 10, at 2 p. m.
You know how valuable self
criticism has been in the Soviet Union
in achieving the success of the Five
Year Plan" states the editorial COM
mittee. 1T should be a valuable means
of correcting the error and short
conlings of our journal" In order TO
make the magazine an effective
weapon for the defense of the Soviet
Union. I'VE want to aid our readers
in improving Soviet Russia Today"
they stated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
LEON JANNEY IN PERSON AT
HIPPODROME

leon Janney, noted boy actor of the
screen heads the stage show of
the Hippodrome beginning Saturday
Young Janney is presenting carica-
lures of well known stars. Other acts
include: Bart Walton; pals of the
Past" youths from IS to 30 years of
age including Danny Simmons, jose
phine Sabel Annie Hart, Blonde
Newcombe and Lombard brothers;
Bobby Gillette with Shirley Richards:
Van Horn and Inez; Dean and Joyce
and their rhythm dancers; Parker
.AE:niUleK- dmqyy ? j.? ? d? -
Weinberg; and the Demnati harle-
quins; Girl Crazy featuring Bert
Wheeler, Mitzi Green, Eddie Quillan
and Ketty Kelly is the film attrac-
ton.
Zane Grey is planning another ex-
petition in quest of big fish This
time it will be the Indian Ocean,
in serch Of new specimens. His pic
ture Second Sea Adventures" now
being shown at the Cameo Theatre
will be held over second week.
Sergei M. Eisenstein, noted Soviet
motion picture director, arrived in
New York during the week and will
remain here until April IA to attend
the American premiere showing of
the latest Soviet talkie, white Noun
tains," at the Cameo Theatre. Essen
stein is anxious to extend this cour-
tesy to Yudekevitch, director OF
Golden Mountains" as he and Yude-
kevitch started their theatrical
careers together. Another member Of
this group was Nikolai Elk, director
Of Road To Life" The trio received
their first opportunity when they
Joined the Meyerhold Theatre in 1920.
Yudekevitch and Elk remained In the
theatre until two weeks ago, but
Eisenstein broke with Meyerhold In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

SPRINGFIELD, liz, April S.
Following speech by Arthur
Hereby of the Rank and File Com
mittee, U. M. w, local 913 of the
Peabody Mine No. SO passed a re-
solution demanding the immediate
release of Frank Borich, national
secretary Of the National Miners
Union. Borch, who was arrested
after a raid on the national head
quarters of the N. NJ. U. in Pitts
burgh by federal immigration au-
thorities, is being held for deporta-
ton.
The resolution adopted by local
91S was sent to Secretary of Labor
Doak, who is directly responsible for
the raid and BOrich's arrest and to
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania.
The miners Cheered Herchy's call
ing for fight to defeat the wage
cuts in the Illinois fields and for a
strike against the policy of Walker
and Lewis of the U. NJ. w. A,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
DELEGATES
ELECTED FOR
MAY lST TRIP
Secretary of A. F. L.
Building Trades in
MINI. Elected

The campaign to elect May I
delegation to bring the greetings of
the. American Workers to the Soviet
workers has won the support of wide
masses throughout the country in
Guiding many AFL. unions. Already
20 delegates have been elected and
election of the remaining 80 is to be
reported from Kentucky, Western
Pennsylvania, and other industrial
Centers.
Walter Frank, secretary Of the
Building Trades Council of Mime
apolis. has been elected by the build
ing trades workers in that city as
their representative. He was en-
dorsed by o. T. POLAND, president of
the council, who said in part;
Brother Frank has been a constant
fighter for the workers cause. He has
q following among the ALL. union
not superseded by any individual in
this section. no one will give us a
clearer picture of conditions as they
are in the Soviet Union" THE en-
dorsement of Frank" POLAND con-
tinued. represents conservatively
5000 workers"
An anthracite miner was elected by
miners of Locust Mountain in She
nandoah, Pa. A meeting of the
UMWA VIM. Penn mine local will be
held tonight to endorse him.
Workers of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company in Elizabeth. N. j.,
Will meet at 408 Court St. Thurs
day, at 8 pm. to elect their dele
gate. Marcel Scherer, national Sec
rotary of the Friends of the Soviet
Union, will speak A special factory
gate meeting at noon has been ar
ranged to mobilize the workers.
Workers of the Anaconda Wire
Works in Yonkers, N. Y, will hold a
mass meeting Friday night to choose
their representative on the delega-
ton.
Wire workers in Sacramento, CAL,
have elected a delegate already. He
has received the endorsement of his
union of wire workers and awaits
the endorsement by the Building
Trades Council Of that city.
Funds are urgently needed to en-
sure that the delegation will sail on
April 10. The FS.U. asks that Or
Qanization who's that have elected
delegates to rush in their money to
the national office, 80 E. 18th st.
All workers are asked to collect for
the American Worker Delegation and
send with donations, greetings and
resolutions in support of the Soviet
workers and pledge to fight against
the war provocations of the impe-
riaist countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Show Soviet Family
Life at Burnside

The lecture and slides, "24 Hours
with the Soviet Family Fillipoy",
banned in White Plains because it
reveals the lies of the capitalist press
about the Soviet Union, will be
shown on Thursday evening, April
7, at Burnside Manor, 71-85 w.
Burnside Ave, at pm. Frank Sic
gel, district organizer of the F.S,U.,
who was arrested in White Plains,
will give the lecture.
The picture shows the life of an
average worker and his family in
Moscow, from the time he wakes up
in the morning until he goes to bed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Protest A g a i n s t
r O b b er w ar

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April g.
Over 1900 took part in a prelim-
mary anti-war and unemployment
demonstrations this morning at the
Ford plant here. Many of the
workers pledged to take part in the
larger demonstration against war
this afternoon.
The workers militantly defended
the speakers from attack by the
police. Paul Cline, district organ
Ter of the Communist Party, Phil
lips Of the Young Communist
League and KahIert of the Unem-
ployed Council spoke. Consider
able literature was sold during the
demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07
Benjamin to Speak
at Prospect Club

Herbert Benjamin, national score
tary of the Unemployed Councils,
will speak on unemployment insur-
ance and expose the Block Aid drive
at the Prospect Workers Club, 115T
So. Blvd, April z, at pm. The
meeting was arranged by the Blvd.
Unemployed Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

in 1917 they made AIS per cent
From 1914 to 1918 inclusive, eight
of the chief cotton companies aver
aged about 80 per cent on their al
ready heavily inflated capital.
In 1919 some 81 cotton mills in
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
having total capital stock of So
100000, paid stock dividents amount
ing to $6,058,000 in addition to cash
dividents amounting to $2,099, $50, or
a total payment of nearly 100 per
cent in cash or stock to their share
holders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

In order to defend the Soviet
Union you must defend it also
against the propaganda attacks of
the capitalists. For ammunition"
read "Anti- Soviet Lies" by Max
Bedacht, ten cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

Smash the Illusions Of the pa
cifists in the struggle against war.
Learn to struggle in the revolution
airy way against war. Read 'cRevo-
'lutionary Struggle Against War
Versus Pacifsn." by A. Bittelman,
five cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-07

1924 and Joined the newly formed
motion picture trust, .sss-sssss,s
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-25
TRUCKS, BOOZE
AND TUG WORTH
S25O,OOO HELD
New England Cops Surprise
Rum Runners Making
a Landing.
BgnnnedPress


STANFORD, Conn, March Is
A seagoing tug, many trucks and
assorted liquors valued at more than
S2500o0, we're seized today when
police surprised a rum runners
landing party. Fifty men we're ar
rested.
Informed a suspicious landing
operation was in progress. police
squads rushed to the Stamford
Mason Supply Company dock in
the east branch of the harbor.
Stevedores were marching in a
steady procession from the hold of
the tug William H. Moody of
Rockport, Maine, to trucks. Seven
trucks loaded with champagne.
whisky and assorted fine liquors
stood on shore. Other empty trucks
were ready to be filled.
With a swift encircling movement.
police rushed upon the scene. re-
volvers in hand. Most of the rum
runners surrendered at once, drop
ping their sacks of liquor. Some
escaped.
On information furnished by
Stamford authorities, Greenwich
police arrested Louis Pope, 46, of
White Plains.
stanford police said they suspected
Pope had been in charge of the
landing at Stamford.
The tugboat had steamed down
the New England coast under the
guise Of a stone carrier. Its cargo
OF contraband had been concealed
under q LAYER of houlders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-25

flying, but around that more
dangerous game. stunt flying for
the movies.
That gave 1t the modern touch he
wanted. Modern aviation contains
thrills the old aviators couldn't
supply.
In writing the story for 1.-THE Lost
Squadron" Grace dealt with a car
istic movie directors filming of a
World war epic. He injected the
romance of the war, yet retained
the punch of the modern stuff, the
greater thrills of movie stunt flying,
and at the same time gave a good
glimpse of modern, talking motion
picture production-real inside dope
on famous stars and directore,
doubles" stunt men, and so on.
Carrying the story thread of this
film are cast Of well-known talkie
stars including Richard Dix, Mary
Aston, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Jordan,
Erich Won Stroheim, Robert Arm
strong, Hugh Herbert, and Ralph
Ince.
A variety short subject program
and an organ solo will surround the
feature picture.
Other theaters today offer: John
and Lionel Barrymore in "Arsene
Lupin" at the Palace, Ted Lewis
and his band at the Indiana, I'M
patient Maiden" at the Apollo, 1.-THE
Unexpected Father" at the Lyric,
burlesque at the Mutual and Colo
NAL.
II
Neighborhood theaters tonight of
Ter: Two Kinds of Women" at the
Daisy, THE Big Parade" at the
Rivoli, "The Guilty Generation" at
the Mecca, Good Sport" at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-25
: THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

brates Army day. The entire pro-
gram will be open to the public.
The program, announced by
Brigadier- General George H.
Jameson, post commander, will
begin at 1870 with a machine gun
firing demonstration at the rifle
range, followed at 2:15 by air.
ground communication and air
corps formation flying at Schoen
field, and a demonstration of tank
driving.
At 3, Batteries A and B, Third field
artillery, will hold a mounted drill,
and the Eleventh infantry will hold a
dismounted drill. At 4:l0, demon