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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
The City
in Brief

Eleventh and Twelfth districts
American Legion. will hold joint
stag rally Nov. 10 at the Yanti:
Castle barn, State Road 81, at the
Post road, under sponsorship Of
Irvington post No. 80.
Lecture on "The Origin Of Evil
and Why We Came Here will be
given by the Rev. Daniel Garrick
at 3 Sunday afternoon in the D.
A. r. chapter house, 824 North
Pennsylvania street, under auspices
of the Believers Science church.
Joseph Abel, 8, of 1923 River ave-
nue., is the first casualty of the
coasting season. While playing with
a sled in the rear of his home to-
day, he collided with fence. cut
ting his mouth on a tin whistle. He
was taken to city hospital.
DIR. E. B. Alexander of Duncan,
Okla, national director of the OPP
tometric extension program, will
speak at l Sunday in the SEVERN
before optometrists of Indianapolis
and surrounding districts.
Resolution to forget their con-
flicting political faiths and support
new officials elected in county, state
and national elections Tuesday,
was adopted Friday by the Indian
apolis Optimist Club. Fred Cause
was the speaker.
Officers of the One hundred fifty
second infantry, Indiana national
guard, will hold stag dinner to-
night in the Washington. Colonel
Clyde F. Dreisbach of Fl. Wayne,
regimental commander, will preside
Captain j. E. Mcintosh will show
movies of the summer maneuvers
at FIT. Knox, KY.
VandalS who started a fire in a
bucket in rear Of a vacant storeroom
at 1902 East Tenth street, early to-
day, causing small loss when the
flames spread to the floor, are
sought by police. Firemen extin-
guished the blaze before it gained
progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
500 Sinu EHinkv Dinky'

The war with "K-K-Katy" and
"Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous" was
tossed back in memory waves with
the community songs at the Haw-
thorne Community house, 2440 West
Ohio street, in another Friday night
program.
Approximately 500 persons heard
the program, which featured talk
on stars and planets by Walter c..
Gingery, principal of Washington
high school, and music by the high
school band.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
More PROGRAMS Due

y Dwight S. Ritter, director of the
clubs of the city, with headquarters
at Oil Majestic building, announced
that other programs scheduled for
the week will be announced Mon
day and Tuesday.
Three additional clubs, Rhodius
park, Lauter Memorial Boys Club
and the Ben Davis unit, are ex-
pected to hold programs during the
week. The dates will be announced
next week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
Hawaiians Do Stuff

Three clubs, with an attendance
totaling nearly one thousand per-
sons, held programs Friday night.
The FIT. Wayne and Walnut Club
went plumb daffy over Hilo Hawa-
ian studios trio with its lazy music
of swaying hulas and sunny beaches.
And Robert Rothman, the accor-
dion man, drew plaudits along with
dances by pupils from School g.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
Superintendants' Club Elects

BIZ United Press
..CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Nov. H.
H. B. Altman. Bloomington, was
elected president of the Southern
Indiana Superintendent Club at
conclusion Of the annual conven-
ton here late Friday. E. o. Mum
Gle, Madison, was named secretary
and treasurer and Bloomington was
selected for the 1888 convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12

The above pictured fleet of
Stewart trucks owed by F. HiIge-
meier g. Brother always attracts
favorable attention, due to their
neat and well-kept appearance.
This concern, one of the largest
exclusive pork packers in this 10
cality, long has been noted for
the superior quality of its prod
ucts. The same painstaking ex-
actness used in the preparation Of
its goods for the market is carried
out in maintenance of its truck
fleet.
After exhaustive tests, the COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
SnirituaIs GET Cheers

Spirituals, dancing by the Flor
ence McShane School of Dancing,
and a skit were highlights of the
program of School "a at 141o Wade
street.
The Golden Four quartet shook
songs of the Golden Slipper" va
riety like Cinderella did her pumps.
But they found applause instead CT
riches-but it was a rich applause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
MOVING FIRMS READY
TO 'EVACUATE' G. O. P.

Start CanvasSing Hoover Aids for
Long Distance Hauling Jobs.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Long
distance moving companies already
have started seeking business from
members of President Herbert Hoo
ver'S official family" who will be
departing from the capital after
March 4.
A telephone rang in the Office of
the secretary to the civil service
commission Friday and a voice at
the other end of the line said:
This is the - delivery COM
pany, long distance movers. Please
give us a list of the government
officials who will be leaving Wash
ington on March f."
Sorry" was the reply. you'll
have to ask Governor Roosevelt"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-12
LEISURE HOUR
FETES DRAW
GREAT CROWDS
Eight More Programs Are
Scheduled for Week
by Units.
LEISURE HOUR CALENDAR

LEISURE HOUR CALENDAR
Brookside park community house, 8
p. m.
Garfield park community house
d 7. V. HILL community center, 1906
Columbia avenue.
Nov. Is
Ft. Wayne and Walnut club. in Cen
trsl Christian church gymnasium.
avenue.
School 20 at 1880 English avenue.
Crispus Attacks high school
School 26 at 1901 East Sixteenth street.
Nov. 25
Municipal Gardens.
School 12
(All program begin at 7:3o D. m. and
END at except the Brookside fete.)
Nom and Dad have got some
nights off from amusing the young
sters this week, and they've got
eight places where they can go and
amuse themselves as well as their
Samuels and Susans.
Here's a tip. Just jot down the
Leisure Hour club that's closest to
your home and take yourselves and
your 3-year-olds or older to the
amusement program.
Where the programs are held in
schools, primary teachers, or some
one who likes children, will be in
charge of a room where you literally
can park the little question asker
to be amused by some one while
you are having a good time.
The calendar of the clubs sched-
uled for programs is above. So get
the pencil out and make a date for
yourself and Nom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

would far rather lead normal life
and be with my family, friends and
comrades, like every normal human
being. But you have turned your
back on justice; you have shown your
class spite and venom against the
workers; you have decreed that die
in prison because you and your class
fear the effects of my release.
"You have continued in the role
of your predecessors in making of
me symbol of the cause of labor.
/ accept this high honor you have
conferred upon me with the greatest
of humility. This service l will I'M
grudgingly render to my class, with
the greatest of devotion, loyalty and
fidelity. / give-gladly and willing
ly-my very lige to the cause of the
toiIers all over the world, regardless
of race, color, creed or nationality.
1 will never cease In this holy
strugglt until every last instrument
used In this dastardly frame-up is
completely Iiquidated and a class
less society will replace what now
passes for civilization.
(Signed) tom MOONEY"
The letter was sent through tht
Tom Mooney Molder's Defense Com
nlittee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
Tom Mooney, in Open Letter to Governor Rolbh,
Scores Infamous Decision Denying Pardon

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-Tom
Mooney yesterday sent the following
open letter to Governor James Rolph,
Jr., of California, expressing his opin-
ion of the Governors decision in
turning down his pardon application:
California State Prison,
San Quentin, Cal.
April %, 1882.
(Via San Francisco.)
Governor James Rolph, Jr..
Governors Convention,
Richmond, Va.
81 am taking the liberty of address
ing these remarks to you and your
class, that you so faithfully represent.
"By your decision in turning down
my pardon application, when the
whole world knows that am inno-
cent, you have conclusively estab-
lished the fact that you are not only
CALIFORNIA; governor, but also chair
man of the Executive Committee of
California's Dictatorship of the Cap
italist Glass.
1.-THE mighty roar Of protest which
followed Immediately on the heels
Of your decision should have by
this time given you some idea Of
the scorn and contempt that will
be hesped upon you and your class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

The Communist election campaign
will get into full swing with the city
nominating conference on May 22nd
at the Manhattan Lyceunl, 66 East
4th Street. At this conference, dele
gates will be elected to the National
Nominating Convention Of the Com
munist Party in Chicago.
An urgent call to shops, trade
unions, unemployed councils and all
workers mass organizations to send
delegates to the conference has been
sent out by the Election Campaign
Committee Of New York. Besides
electing delegates, to what Is certain
to be the historic national nominating
convention, the city conference will
take steps to set up the broadest
uited front OF all workers in the cleo
ton struggle for the basic life and
death demands OF the working class.
A broad united 'front.' election cam
paig11 committee, repre1ranS and in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

boys, Tom Mooney, Edith Berkman
and other class war prisoners. Satur-
day is International Scottsboro day,
and workers throughout the world
will demonstrate for the release Of
the boys.
In its statement the Trade Union
Unity League calls upon every trade
unionist to support the Scottsboro
victims Of class persecution and race
hatred by coming to the demonstrs-
ton May 7, at 145th ST. and Lenox
Ave, In Harlem"
The International Workers Order
points out in a statement that the
Scottsboro case has developed great
interest among the members of this
organization and that the attempt Of
the Southern bosses to legally lynch
the Scottsboro boys is an attack upon
the whole working class Of this coun-
Try. The TWO. calls for mass sup
port Of the demonstrations on Satur-
day.
The Industrial Needle Trades
Workers Union calls upon all needle
trades workers members Of the
union as well as members Of the A. F.
Of L. and unorganized workers" to
support the mass fight to free the
boys. A series Of open air meetings
has been organized in all the gar
ment centers, fur, dress, cloak, uilli-
merry and mems clothing, to bring to
the workers the significance Of this
case and to mobilize the largest pos
sible number of needle trades work.
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

legal Staff OF the National Association
for the Advancement of Colered
People-are the idols of the hour of
the naval and military colony of
Yankee imperialism in the islands
Headlines in the reptile press, from
the austere New York Times to the
gutter sheets like the Daily Mirror,
hail with glee this liberation of the
murderers, whom they describe as
Honor slayrs."
In spite of all the vicious siandrs
about protection of white woman
hood" against the Hawaiian rabble,"
the capitalist press makes no attempt
to conceal the real purpose of the
savage drive to establish lynch law in
Hawaii. The Washington Times of
May 2 reminds" its readers that
Hawaii is not an insland paradise
created for tourists, surf riders, pine
apple growers and hula dancers, "but
a fort for the protection of this coun-
try" The Washington sheet con.
tinueS:
"The recent naval manouvers
showed the importance Of this great
fort In guarding our west coast from
aggression. without 1t the states of
California, Oregon and Washington
would Lie naked and exposed to
raids Of invasion by sea and air.
A fort should be controlled by the
Army or Navy. At present she fort
is controlled by grouu of feeble or
corrupt politicians. The Massie case
has shown the kind of control they
exert among the mixed races of
Hawaii. And they have since had
the nerve to demand the recall of
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
TAKERS OUT
TO help PUT
OVER PAYCUT

Local 49 Painters last night at its
membership meeting voted unani-
mously against the action of the
District Council giving full power of
strike settlement to Kelly, vice presi-
dent Of the Brotherhood. When
Council Delegate Frey was asked by
Brother Weinstock whether it was
true or not, when vote of confidence
was given to Kelly last Saturday,
that Kelly took his hat and left with
the following words, Gentlemen,
from now on whenever negotiations
are to be made with the employers,
I will select my own committee of
three, maybe business agents or others
and do all negotiating for the or
ganization."
Frey replied that this is a Com
munist Lie" Then a motion was
shall be recorded in the minutes.
made that both question and answer
shall be recorded in the minutes.
CONTINUED ON PAGE Twol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
ALL OUT TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL SCOTTSBOR0 DAY
Green ExpelS Is Unions for
Backing JobleSS Insurance
Especial to the Daily Worker

MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, May 5.-WiUam Green has
sent letter to the Building Trades Council representing
sirteen unions and three thousand eight hundred OOrer
h states that its charter has been revoked for endorsing
the American Federation of Labor Rank and File Unempo
ent Insurance Committee and for participating IN other
united front dctiUities The Building Trades Council has
unanimously voed to refuse to give up the charter and calls
the rank and file to continue the struggle for unepo
ent and against the 0agecuttng of the A. F.
of L. leadership.
Several local unions hare adopted protest resolutions
against GREEN'S splitting policy Rank and File Commit
tee of Action of militant groups ten locals has been formed
to carry on the struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
Foster to Speak
at Marine Forum
To Lecture On Role of
Red Unions, Sun.

NEW YORK.-Wm. z. Foster, gen.
eral secretary of the Trade Union
Unity League, will speak at the open
forum of the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union, 14O Broad Street, Sunday,
May 8, at 8 pm, on "The Role Of the
Red Trade Unions"
This will be one Of the most i'm
portant lectures held at the Marine
Workers Forum this year. Comrade
Foster will deal with the role of the
Red Unions and its relation to the
struggles of the marine workers and
the coming world marine workers
congress in Hamburg.
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lion unemployed workers and ruined
farmers and their families in this
country. The bankers and their gov
eminent callously sentence these
workers and poor farmers to starva-
ton, deny them unemployment re-
lief and social insurance, but the
bankers and their government are
now embarking on a campaign to
collect funds to finance the White
Guards in their openly announced
plans to join the Japanese impe-
rialists in armed intervention against
the Soviet Union.
Using the pretext of "relief" for
war wounded Russian officers" as
a cloak for this financing of the
White Guards, Cooper writes:
II recently received letter from
the American Ambassador in Paris
stating that there are twenty
eight war-wounded Russian Off
GERS, without country, friends, fam
lily for relatives, now living in the
direst poverty at IL Rue DIES Trois
Champtiers These officers were
our allies during the World War,
and they should not be allowed to
live and die like common dogs"
Millions Of workers in the United
States, including tens of thousands
Of ex-servicemen, are forced by CAPT.
talism to live like common dogs.
Tens of thousands are forced to
crawl "ike common dogs" for a mea-
ger hand-out in the breadlines. In
many cities they are forced to give
their labor without pay in Tex
change" for these miserable hand
outs Thousands are dying like
common dogs" of starvation and
malnutrition and its diseases. Hun
dreds are misguidedly committing
suicide in an attempt to escape this
existence like common dogs. And
when the starving, destitute workers
protest against these conditions they
are dubbed and shot down like
common dogs.
Cooper, rich banker, opposes the
payment Of the cash bonus to Amer
lean war veterans who are now
forced to Tive and die like common
dogs" as their reward for fighting for
Wall Streets profits in the imperial
ist war, but is ready to finance the
anti-Soviet activities Of the Tsarist
White Guards, our former allies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

mittee.
!. In the event that the firm can
employ anIy part Of the crewmfw
employ only part of the crew at
certain intervals, workers shall be
called in to work, according to their
next, with the advice and approval
of the shop committee.
800 Workers Out
The strike went into effect yester-
day morning with over 300 workers
answering Immediately the strike call
The strike is under the leadership Of
the Shoe and Leather Workers In
dustrial Union, affiliated with the
T. U. q. G.
A general strike meeting took place
yesterday noon. I. Rosenberg, Or
ganizer of the union, and J. Magli-
cano, the italian organizer, spoke at
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
Miller Shoe Workers Strike;
to Mass Picket Shop Today

NEW YORK.-At meeting of the
striking orkers of the I. Miller held
Wednesday night at Astoria Hall, the
workers unanimously voted to strike
for the following demands:
1. No. layoffs and nj discharges.
2. All work to be divided equally
among the employees during the
slack season.
3. Recognition of the elected de-
partment committees, chairmen and
the general shop chairman. The
work ers to have the full right to
meet outside the firms premises.
4. Prices on new styles to be
timed and adjusted by the COM
mittee.
5. The committee shall have the
right to pass Judgment on damaged
shoes.
6. 44-hour week-overtime with
the permission of the shop COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

How Wall Street Hunger Government,
through its diplomatic agents in European
countries, is organizing financial aid for the
vicious White Guard enemies of the Soviet
Union is clearly shown in letter published in
yesterdays New York Times. The letter is from
Wade H. Cooper, president of the Commercial
National Bank of Washington D. c., and is an
appeal to American business men to finance
the White Guards.
In his letter. Cooper admits receiving appeal from the
American Ambassador in Paris to carry the collection of
funds for the Tarst White Guards He attempts to cover up
the anSovet nature of this financing of the White Guards by
pretending that the funds to be used the ree of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

On account of the lay-offs the
production of these orders is carried
on with the most terrific speed-up.
There has been all kinds of auto
matte machinery installed which has
eliminated a large number of work.
ers.
An automatic lathe has recently
been installed which replaced 800
men. On this machine, work is pro-
duced for three cents piece. This
work previously cost the company
SLIP a piece to produce. The auto
matte grinding machines have been
turned around facing each other so
that one man can operate two ma
chimes.
The company Is trying to stall off
the laid-off workers demands for
relief by telling them to start gard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
Says Rolph Failed Mserably With His Smoke
Screen of Words to Befog the Real Issue of
the Innocence of Tom Mooney

case.
Sixteen years ago mighty giant,
staggering American capitalism,
naughty, overpowering and brusque,
swept aside all in its path--includ-
ing Mooney. Tom Mooney, then an
obscure. unknown worker - rela
lively speaking, an acorn-has to-
day grown to be mighty oak, ad-
mittedly too dangerous to be at lib
erty during this desperate economic
crisis, because he symbolizes the
onward march of the revolutionary
workers toward a better civiliza-
ton
THE greatest asset of the working
class in that struggle is the Grass
and ignorance Of your class
in dealing with the simplest problems
OF the day.
Don't think that am particular
ly grateful to you for leaving me to
rot IN prison after sixteen years Cd
msutal and plSybaAl al1essng
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
Communist Election Campaign
in n. Y. Opens With A Bang

volving all sections of the New York
working class, will be set up.
The city conference will be fol-
lowed by the State Nominating Con-
vention at Schenectady, N. Y, on
June 18th. Organizations are asked
to elect delegates to both conventions
at the same time Arrangements are
being made by the election campaign
committee to provide the cheapest
and most comfortable transportation
both to Schenectady and Chicago.
Organizations are obliged to provide
between So and SO for each dele
gates expenses to the state conven-
ton. The sum necessary to be raised
per delegate to the national conven-
ton will be announced shortly In the
press, since negotiations are now
going on for the cheapest rates pos
Sible. Don't delay. Elect your dele
gates to the city and state conven-
tious. Begin raising funds ss ONCE .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
by countless millions all over the
world for this class decision.

by countless millions all over the
world for this class decision.
I'm your own statements, you gave
not single valid reason for keeping
me in Jail. You and your advisers
tried to befog the real issue of my
guilt or Innocence behind smoke
screen of words; you tried to hide
your bias and prejudice as repre-
sentative of capital IN dealing with a
representative of labor by veritable
deluge Of iEelevant statements.
"You failed miserably in this task.
Any Intelligent child can see clearly
through this second frame-up, BY
which you seek to bolster up the first
one. Calling Tom Mooney names
doesn't establish his guilt. The at
torneys who we're your advisers know
very we'll that from legal standpoint
there has never in history been case
so completely riddled with overwhelrn-
ingly convincing refutation Of the
guilt OF the accused ~ haA hasm ny
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
FREES THE HAWAIIAN
LYNCHERS
By HARRY WICKS

The degenerate naval quartette that
lynched Joseph Kahahawai is today scott free
by decree of the Hawaiian governor, Lawrence
M Judd, lackey of Wall Street imperialism. The
verdict OF the jury, which defied the lynch
Darrow, set aside The Washington society leader Mrs
Granville Fortescue her soninaw Lieut. Thomas H. Massie
and two navy enlisted men, Albert O. Jones and E. j. Lord
comprise dthe murder band and Darrowa member of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS
CALL FOR GIANT SCOTTSBORO
DEMONSTRATIONS SAT.
White and Negro Toiling Masses Urged to
Pour Into the Streets In Indignant Protest
Against Murderous Lynch Verdicts

In statements issued by number of organizations
yesterday the workers of greater New York urged to pour
into the streets this Saturday May T. in tremendous mill
tant demonstration against the Scottsboro lynch verc
for the unconditional release of the nine innocent Scottsboro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06

WdT-Wounueu RUSSIAN Officers I.
Cooper is an opponent of the pay
n1ent of the cash bonus to American
World War veterans. Neither Mr..
Wade, the American Ambassador at
Paris, nor the American government
is concerned with the increasing
starvation and misery of twelve mil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-06
$4,000 Shells Shipped
from Bethlehem Plant
Lay-Offs Mount, Wages Go Down AS New War
Orders Come In
(By a Worker Correspondent

BETHLEHEM, Pa-Shels, aeroplane parts and other
munitions being produced in great quantity in the Beth
ehem Steel Plant here An order of $4,000 five, three and
eight inch shells just completed here Three and five inch
shells are being turned out regularly.