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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
SCOTTSBORO CASE BROUGHT IN TO d
RAILROAD 16 TAMPA WORKERS

police and deputies on the workers
meeting Of Nov I. at the Labor
Temple
Today woman Worker told Of
how the police beat Aarreno on the
head when he protested their bru-
tally against a little boy who was
selling the Daily Worker outside the
hall,
In spite OF the bullying by the
bosses prosecutor, the worker wit
nesses unhesitatinay. are giving a
splendid picture Of the attack on
the meeting.
The venomOus "Pinma," a Cuban
provocatew detective, has been
brought into the testimony. When
ever MS name is mentioned in the
court room there is a stir among the
workers crowding the trial and thugs
parading the court jump into &C
ton.
The collection Of the local workers
Defense Committee have doubled
during the past week and each night
increasing hundreds Of workers are
attending the report OF the workers
Jury at the Labor Temple Rush
your support Of the sixteen workers
in funds to the International Labor
Defense or the Cigar Workers In
dustrial Union in Tampal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
JOBLESS ARMY TO GROW,
SAYS SECRET REPORT

insurance
Negro Workers in st. Paul for Feb. 4
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 0.-On last
Friday, a United Front Conference
to prepare for the February 4th DEM
onstration was held. Beside the three
branches of the Unemployed Council
a number of other organizations in
Guiding few locals of the A. F. Of
L. were represented. Preparations
were made to raise funds, issue leaf
lets and TO mobilize the workers for
the demonstration.
The best result Of the conference
was the presence of number of
Negro delegates, representing organ
izations, One after another took the
floor and pointed out how the city
administra tion is discriminating
against the Negroes in giving relief,
and pledged support for the Feb
Tunry 4th demonstration.
The Unemployed Council Of st.
Paul found good response amongst
the workers, especially on the West
Side where Negroes. and Mexicans,
the most oppressed groups amongst
the workers live. They plan a march
from the West side to the Court
House, the center of the February
4th demonstration.
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7. U. U. L, LEADING.
NEEDLE TRADES.
STRIKE IN CHICAGO
Yellow International
Union Openly Trying
to Break Strike

CHICAGO, Ill.-On Thursday the
14th of January the workers of the
Flashy Maid Dress Shop, at S27 West
Adams st., under the leadership of
the Needle Trade Workers Industrial
Union went out on a militant strike
against the discharge of several of the
workers against the rotten conditions
existing in the shop and against the
starvation wage scale.
The Flashy Maid Dress Shop is a
typical needle trades shop in this city.
The average wage scale is from $40
to SO week. The operators receive
Is and one quater cents per dress.
The pressers receive cents per pres
singn. The finishers get only 2ls per
finish.
The Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union has formed militant picket
lines marching up and down in front
of the dress shop. Every day more
and more workers are joining them.
The International Union. the reac-
tionary company union of the bosses,
has come out openly against the strike
sending scahs in an effort 10 break
the strike.
On Monday, the 18th, as the picket
line was parading down the sidewalks,
the boss came out threatening the
workers that if they did not leave
off picketing there would be fighting
and bloodshed. The workers refused
to halt or stop their picketing. A few
moments later the gangsters hired by
the joint efforts of the boss and his
best friend the International Union,
attacked the workers.
There was a fierce fight in which
many of the unlocking unemployed
workers joined. The workers fought
back militantIy and bravely. Several
of the gangsters we're badly hurt and
a few Of the workers injured. The
police stood by, but seeing the gang
sters getting the worst of the battle,
stepped in broke up the fight and ar
rested six of the strikers. Later the
police visited the office of the Needle
Trades Industrial Union but left after
moments leaving the place unmo-
Tested.
At the time Of this writing the
workers arrested have been booked.
Members of the Needle Trades Work
ers Industrial Union have called the
station time and time again only to
be answered that the workers have
not been booked. The strike is still
on and picketing will continue.
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talist newspapers.
Under the heading OF "unemploy-
ment" the latest copy OF this letter
says:
"UNEMPLOYMENT-bad, grow
ing worse, but a local problem,
and there are still plenty of local,
s!retchings of resources to be done.
One reason thai administration is
so strong against federal funds
for direct relief is that unemploy-
ment situation NEXT winter is ex-
pected to be bad; states and cities
must perfect their systems and
they will not do so if they think
the burden can be shifted to the
federal government"
The reference to the local stretch
ing refers to the fact that all the
cities will still further cut their al
ready meagre relief alotmentsl. So
far as the Federal government is
concerned, the Hoover policy is to
grant no relief at any time, unless
forced to do so by the growing pow
erfM struggles OF the workers. Febru-
airy 4th will be an important step in
the direction Of forcing immediate
unemployment relief, and pressing
on the struggle for unemployment
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RANK AND FILE
MOVEMENT GAINS
IN ANTHRACITE
Prepare Big February
4 Demonstration in
Kulpmont, Pa.

KULPMONT, PA miners mass
meeting with about $50 attending
was held here Saturday afternoon.
The meeting, was advertised by signs
carried through the streets by miners
children. The signs read: Hoover
eats, we starve." I'VE want unem-
ployment insurance" In spite of the
fact that the burgess and chief of
police Of this city snatched the signs
from the children before they had d
chance to go through the city, the
hall was packed.
A speaker from the Rank and File
Opposition was secured for this meet
ing, The program of the Rank and
File was enthusiastically adopted by
the miners. Rank and file programs
were distributed and the miners
to go to the next local meetings and
fight for the election of Rank and
File Committees.
1t was also decided to have a street
parade for unemployment Insurance
on February 4th and it is expected
that this will be the biggest parade
ever held in this city.
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shek is reported to be returning TO
Marking with greater power than
ever" The notorious 'left" leader,
Wang Ching-wei Of the Canton
group has made an alliance with
Chang The alliance was no doubt
arranged by their imperialist mas
tiers. N new and bloodier terror is
being prepared against the Chinese
masses and their Soviet Republic.
Japanese start Riot In Shanghai.
japanese national chauvinists re-
siding in the Chinese city of Shang-
hal yesterday attack Chinese workers.
stoned tram-cars and burned two
Chinese factories. The attacks were
carried out under the protection of
japanese Warship lying off the Bmd.
An extremely tense situation has
been created. The mob action fol-
lowed mass meeting of 1000 Jap
'aneSe business men and other agents
of japanese imperialism, who de-
manded the ealing OF of the boycott
against Japanese goods, cessation of
the anti-Japanese demonstration Of
Chinese workers and students and
respect for the japanese flag and
the Emperor"
Japanese marines were later landed
to protect the japanese patriots from
the wrath Of the Chinese workers.
Chinese gendarmes aided the Japa-
nese marines in the intimidation and
terror against the workers.
Two months after the Japanese
seized Manchuria and launched a
mrderous terror against its popula-
ton the Kuomintang traitors are
considering" the breaking off of
diplomatic relations with Japan.
The severing of diplomatic relations
is designed to usher in the return of
Chang Kai-shek and is an attempt
to deceive the Chinese masses as to
the real purpose for the recall by
the imperiahsts and their Kuomin-
tang lackeys fthis murderer Of hun
dredS of thousands of militant Chi
nese workers and peasants. 1t is
also an indication of an important
victory for United States Imperialism
over its rivals in China. Chang is
an agent of Wall Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
POISONED WITH
CHARITY Stops
Bemidji, MINI.

Bemidji, MINI.
Dear Comrade:
Here in Bemidji three of the work.
ers have landed in the hospital from
the rotten food they get from the
Salvation Army. The workers are
forced to eat and sleep in the same
room with no ventilation and only
one door in the building, so in case
of fire the workers have no chance
to get out. The bosses of Bemidji are
using all kinds Of tricks and schemes
on the workers in order to keep them
from fighting against the system Of
starvation. The Unemployed Council
of Bemidji must work all the harder
and expose the Salvation Army, the
Welfare Board and the rest of the
takers in Bemidji.
The City has also cut the wages
from $3.50 to S15o per day for SHOW
cling snow, which shows how they
are putting over the forced labor on
the workers. But we do not hear a
word from Mr.. Kaplan. the friend
of the workers against this. Kaplan,
who is the alderman here. has big
store here in Henidji where the
Welfare Board sends the workers
what little relief they get, which goes
to show that Kaplan is working hand
in hand with the rest of the takers.
He also said that he was opposed to
the Salvation Army or other chart
table organizations handling relief.
but at the same time we do not hear
a word from this Socialist faker when
the Salvation Army is putting work.
ers In the hospital from the rotten
slop they are feeding them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
CUTTERS STRIKE
IN B. B. SHOE CO.
Socialist Mayor and
Sheriff Protect Scabs

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 90
Fifteen cutters in the B, B. Shoe Co.,
14th and Fond du Lac Ave, were
locked out last week because they
asked for a raise of cent pair
on the shoes. Their wages averaged
about eleven dollars week for the
year around. Twenty dollars is the
most they could make. Even while
working, most of the B. B. Shoe
workers have to go to the County
outdoor Relief in order to live.
Brindis, the owner of the factory,
pretends to be a philanthropist. He
donates a few dollars to the Jewish
Orphan Home, in order to make it
appear that he is generous. Recently
he hired two orphans out of this
home for Sc week. He hires Wild
ows also, out of the goodness Of his
heart and pays them five to ten
dollars week, working the women
overtime.
Mayor Hoan, and Sheriff Benson,
both socialists, have repeatedly said
workers should strike against such
starvation conditions, and the police
and deputies would keep strike
breakers out Of the factory. But on
Tuesday morning, when the picket
line kept the scabs out, four cops
came, and under their protection the
scabs walked into the shop. Many
more cops were held in readiness to
protect the scabs.
The strikers are demanding raise
Of one cent pair on all shoes cut,
taking back of locked out workers,
and no blacklisting, the recognition
by the company of department COM
mittees, elected by the workers, with
which the company must consult be-
fore any rates are set.
The main task now Is to bring out
other departments. The strikers raise
the demands OF $40 minimum wage
for all workers, equal pay for equal
work for women and youth, payment
Of wages to piece workers while
waiting for work, better sanitary
conditions, and no overtime for wo-
men, with time and half for over
time for others.
The strikers exc yc-y militant. and
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swear to god by q notary public who
puts his stamp on the QUESTIONABLE.
If you are not a voter, you don't get
any food.
The workers have to stand In line
for hours at a time after walking
from one to two miles before they
got bag which contains at most
garbage and canned milk, the amount
of which costs about SITS for fam
lily of three to five to live on for a
week.
The demands of the Unemployed
Councils, handed to the mayor, we're
as follows:
1. Appropriate the necessary
funds to provide adequate relief
for the unemployed of TOltdO.
Cash relief sufficient to provide
food, clothing and shelter from all
unemployed workers. Families &C
cording to thenr needs, determined
by number in family, and for all
single men, women and youth.
2. No discrimination In giving
this relief. Equal relief regardless
Of color, race, nationality or polit-
icaI opinion.
3. That the practice Of making
workers swear to a lot of humiliat-
ing questions in order TO get relief
be Immediately stopped.
4. The immediate abolishing of
all vagrancy and eviction laws.
S. Exemption of taxes and mort
gage payments for unemployed
workers. Loan companies ana
credit houses be forbidden to fore
close mortgage on furniture, prop
erty and other belongings of the
unemployed.
6. Companies supplying gas and
electricity be forbidden to shut off
these necessities.
Z. Water not to be shut off for
non-payment OF water bills.
8. Free dental and medical ser
vice. Hospital care for all work
ers In need of such service.
8. Union wages for all public
work. Mayor Thacher's forced Ia
Dor policy be stopped.
10. Free street car and bus SER
vice for school children. Hot
breakfasts and lunches be served
in school.
IL. Buck-passing policy Of city
administration be stopped at once.
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Expose Socialists at Sheboygan Mass Meet

these signs on the main street or the
place where workers were found the
most. Also three thousand leaflets
came out. We didn't have enough
chairs to seat the workers, many
standing. The weather was bad, but
the workers came nevertheless to
hear our program. We have estab-
lished an Unemployed Council and
one unit of the Party.
This city, as the rest of the cities
in Wisconsin, has these yellow $50
cialists." We intend toexpose these
betrayers to the workers.
A short time ago the Socialists"
had a meeting. They talk about
everything but don't do anything. SO
the floor was open for discussion.
The writer asked the speakers why
workers we're arrested on March 6
in socialist" Milwaukee, why Al
Benson eWcted workers, why Mac
Donald IN England sent soldiers to
shoot down the Indian workers and
farmers, etc.?
This the socialist" speaker couldn't
answer, but one said that worker
who interrupted mass meetings" was
a betrayer to the working class. And
soon the meeting ended. The workers
applauded When the writer was
through asking these questions.
The workers see the role OF the
socialist" party and are willing to
join the Communist Party.
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and Fight inscribed on a banner
that tn epolice took from the Labor
Temple and which Skinner is using
to stir the race hatred of the white
jury.
The dozens OF workers waiting to
testify for the defendants were openly
threatened with being blacklisted on
their jobs by Judge Pettiway yester-
day. When Armando Lopez, a young
local cigarmaker, was asked to state
where he is working, he answered:
81 know where am working,
but if I stated it here, you will
have me fired"
Judge Pettaway threatened him
with contempt of court is he refused
to tell what factory he worked in
and said: 81 do not guarantee any
thing as to you about not losing your
job"
Manuel Mercendez. another to-
bacco worker, when asked by Skin
ner why he was not working, said:
THE manufacturers give us this kind
of vacation"
One after the other tobacco work
ers are risking their jobs by testify
ing in the court of the cigar manu-
facturers about the attack of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
Protest Attack
Against JObleSS
! Negro Worker

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 20. -
Yesterday several hundred workers
demonstrated at 154 Ashmuno Street
before the home of, D. Brisbane, an
unemployed Negro worker, and his
family. Due to long unemployment
he was at last forced to appeal to
local charity. After brief inyeStiga-
ton the state of Connecticut is now
trying to extradite this worker and
his family to North Carolina. Already
the state has viciously broken up this
family by falling some of the mem
bers in the poorhouse.
H. Kaplan, organizer of the IN
employed Council, was arrested when
he exposed the action of the state
to unemployed workers and their
race discrimination program. His
bail has been set at $500. W. Taylor,
International Labor Defense repre-
sentative, was also held by the police.
He was released later when the po-
lice could secure no witness to tes-
tify against him.
Truchnen hired to remove the be-
longings from Brisbane's house re-
fused to carry out their tasks when
approached by a workers committee.
Their response was splendid ex-
ample of workers solidarity.
The block committee in the Dix
well Avenue section decided that they
would hold mass protest meeting
on Friday, Jan. 27 at Masonic Hall,
rs Webster Street, together with the
LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
Manager of London
Daily Worker Gets
3 Year Jail Sentence
Gable BY Inprecorr.)

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-Frank Priestly,
business manager of the Daily Work
er, was sentenced to three years
penal servitude today on the charge
of Indictment to mutiny in connec-
ton with the Invergordon articles
which appeared in the Daily Worker.
Priestly declared that the charge
was political persecution and was IN
supported by any evidence establish
ing his personal responsibility,
The essence of the charge was
that the Daily Worker supported the
sailors Priestly declared that the
Daily Worker, the Communist Party
and Communists would continue to
support all such movements whole
heartedly. After the sentence, Priest
ly appealed to the workers present
in the court room to redouble their
activities.
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Hillman that in time of depression
either we accept wage cuts or we
take the gas pipe" is only advanced
to get us workers to accept wage
cuts.
Why is it that Mr.. Monatt forced
the workers of tina vest shop to take
reduction of Is per cent prior to
the general reduction (on the 1000
vests) without calling a shop meet
ing or taking it up at q l1cal meet
ing? 1t is because Monatt, Jackson,
Blulnberg and Co., are today openly
representing the interests of the bos-
ses and want to employ Mussolini's
methods Of subjugating the workers
under a fascist iron rule in the shop.
Must Build Rank and File
Movement.
The Rank and File Committee
which is the only organized move
ment among the workers of the
Amalgamated has many times
warned us workers, to organize al
fight against wage cuts. 1t has many
times pointed out the necessity Of
building a shop group which is to be
the leading nucleus within the fac
tory, the committee of action in the
struggle against wage cuts and re-
organization.
We have remained too passive.
We have allowed the bosses and the
oIAcials of our union to do what ever
they damned pleased with us and our
conditions. 1t is about time we wake
up, Let us organize a rank and file
movement in our shop. Let us build
shop group of sincere, and militant
workers, do not fear, we have moth
ing to lose. We have lost everything
already. Let us organize and under
militant rank and file united front
movement which will include every
element, rights and lefts, Commun-
lists and socialists, republicans and
democrats, catholic and religious
Jews, we will be able to tell the boss
and the officials of the union who
are the representatives of the bosses
to go plumb to hell, and we will
strike to better our conditions.
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10000 NANKING TROOPS GO
OVER TO CHINESE RED ARMY
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ted within the past week and joined
the Chinese Red Army. 1t is the
tremendous successes of the Chinese
Red Army which explain the recall
of Chang Kai-shek by the Kuomin-
tang and their imperialist masters,
and the new policy of the imperial
lists in moving for direct armed in
tervention against the Chinese mas
ses.
The possibilities Of throwing the
toiling masses of the world into an
other world slaughter are cold
bloodedly weighed in a confidential
letter sent out by the Whaiey Eaton
Service, financial agency The
letter is marked For Clients Only"
and is dated Jan. IL, 1892 That the
capitalists consider a new world war
as the only road out of the world
economic and financial crisis of de-
caying capitalism is openly and bru-
tally stated in thte letter, which
follows
CONDITIONS: II is difficult
TO find optimism in Europe. The
principle of determination
written into the Versailles Treaty,
has created economic barriers all
over the map. The French are
probably right in their contention
that settlement of PREPARATIONS
would merely mean an immediate
and equally vigorous attempt to
overthrow the Versailles Treaty.
Many diplomats bIuntly say that
the situation can be cleared up
only by another war, and that it
would be under way now were not
the population war-weary and the
French armament towering"
Further threatening the imperial
ist system of looting and depressing
the "home" and colonial masses is
the tremendous sweep of the revo-
lutionary movement in China, lead
by the Chinese Communist Party It
is admitted the fear Of Communism
that is behind the frantic efforts of
the imperialists to stabilize counter
revolutionary Marking government.
The Wall Street butcher Chang Kai-
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Asks Indians to Live On $3.50 A Year

pected to live on this until nexe
November.
The Indians are also forced to pay
a certain sum out of the Indian fund
in order to send their children to
school.
recently received a letter from
faker in Washington named Harold
Knutsen. He stated that there was
bill introduced In Congress calling
for $50 per capita payment to the
Indians. He stated that the in
terests of the Indians will get care
and consideration.
We know that this faker as well as
all the rest OF the robbers in the
Indian Department will consider
more than ever how to continue to
rob and starve the Indians.
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SNe w NANC AZ w VAC fNAAAs - AAOlAAAA&AA
too" OF course Mr.. Blumberg in his
sincere effort to force the workers to
accept the 7 IL per cent wage cut
in wages for the coat shop, Is per
cent for the Model Coat shop, Is per
cent for the Vest and Pants max
ers and so per cent for the Canvas
makers shop WORKER s1ted, Those
sons Of b........ (meaning the bos-
ses. Howyers, he was Kidding us
along). Last week settled with j..
Freedman, and this week he came
back for more reductions. I gave
Is per cent reduction TO the Sirota
Shop and yet they are not satisfied"
MIR. Blumberg wanted, the workers to
know that, which is the only answer
workers get from every An1algamated
official.
ut is depression, bad time and we
are compelled to cut your wages"
says the boss-"it's depression now
and we are compelled, to accept wage
cuts" says Mr., Bluniberg and Hill
man. And we the workers of the
VIM. P. Goldman keep getting one
wage cut after another.
Can Win BY Striking.
Jackson, Monatt, Blumberg, Sala
and Co., are trying to make us work
ers believe that in time OF depression
all we workers are to do is to accept
wage cuts or take the gas pipe. Why
is it then that the furrierS in the
strike they declared in more than
500 shops this last summer forced the
bosses to increase their wages from
$500 up to $500 for each worker per
week? This Mr.. Blumberg won't tell
us, but 1t is because the furriers
formed rank and file movement
and made a united front with the
Industrial union and did not listen
% Kaufman, the Hillman of the Fur
tiers International. Its because the
furriers under militant rank and
file leadership fought against the
bosses, against the gangsters, against
thte police and against all elements
and agents of the bosses who got in
their way to win better conditions.
The theory of Mr.. Blumberg and