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The daily worker., 1932-05-02
Starving Mother of Attempts Suicide
Detroit, Mich,

Detroit, Mich.
Dear Comrades:
This morning my attention was
called TO q crowd of working class
women on the sidewalk of one of De-
troit's streets. + Immediately ap-
preached that crowd and found a
woman weeping. And the reason for
her weeping was the open robbery
that is being conducted by Murray
Body Co. against their employees.
II am widow, have three kids to
take care of, my hubsand is dead
three years now, have slaved that
long myself in different shops, but
7 am giving my hopes up by this
time," she said.
when one goes to work at the
Murrays' one works from z o'clock
in the morning, they let one work
till almost eight o'clock and then
the power is shut off. the straw boss
boilers; Everybody goes home, come
ln tomorrow: and when the next
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
TO HONOR FOUR
KILLED in THE
FORD MASSACRE

DETROIT Mich.--The Monument
Committee that will erect memorial
IN honor Of the four dead comrades,
killed in the Ford massacre on bloody
Monday, March 7th, 1882, announces
a contest for all proletarian artists
and sculptors to participate in. This
monument is to be symbol that will
forever portray the heroisn of the
four murdered comrades, and the
vicious and cowardly attack made
upon them. 1t should symbolic the
solidarity of the workers against cap
itslist exploitation and American i'm
perialism. Proletsrian artists should
use their finest powers 10 design this
social-heroic monument. go
AL sketches and designs submitted
will be Judged by Workers jury.
The artist who has handed IN the
winng sketch will be asked 70 come
TO Detroit to complete the task. Tshs
artist may use any nediunastons.
bronze, marble. ETC.. for the erection
Of this monument.
The Workers Jury will also con-
duct exhibitions OF the designs ano
sketches submitted. These will be
shown in workers halls and organi-
cations throughout the country.
All artists are urgently asked to
forward their entries as soon as pos
sible. as the work Of the Monument
Committee is already in full swing.
Furthermore. the Monument Com
mittee is in need of funds as no
expense viii be spared in this signi-
ficant task. The committee is SOL
letting all workers organizations OF
the world for financial help and COLI
lsboration in this regard
Designs and sketches, as well a.
money contributions should be sent to
the Monument Committee. 51f5 Bar
lun Tower, Detroit, Michigan.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

"Comradely greetings on the if
teenth anniversary Of the demon
stration of Petrograd workers who
called worlds attention to my
frame-up and saved my life.
"Gov. ROIph's recent denial of
my application for a pardon chal-
Ienges the workers Of the entire
world. Workers must accept this
challenge and renew their demand
for my immediate and unc0ndi-
tional release"
On April %, Mooney sent to the
revolutionary trade unions of Ger
Willie Munzenberg,
Berlin, SW 4s
Wilhelmstrasse 1872
Germany.
Gov. Kolph's decision denying
my pardon application is chaI-
lenge TO the workers Of the entire
world. Workers must accept this
challenge. You must mobilize q
united front Of the militant and
revolutionary workers demanding
my immediate and unconditional
pardon"
Yesterday Mooney received. the
following cable in reply:
"Cable received We are
Strengthening fight Of the united
front with all workers demanding
your freedom"
All over the world the working
class is mobilizing its forces for the
mass fight which alone can free
Mooney and stop the bloody hand OF
the Alabama ruling class from car
rying out the murderous lynch ver-
diets against the Scottsboro boys. On
Sunday, May Day, and again on May
Z, millions Of workers will pour into
the streets to give their thunderous
answer to Gov Rolph and the Ala
bama lynch courts.
The workers will answer the in
famous decision OF Gov Rolph and
his capitalist masters, viii answe
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

morning we come in. We find that
time is not allowed us at all for the
previous morning. We find zero in
the space where we expected at least
As minutes Of time on our time cards.
Then we work one hour and fifty
minutes the next morning, the same
thing is being repeated they give us
one hour for it," She was desperate.
Il am going to take the kids and
jump off the bridge (meaning the
Belle Isle Bridge. What's the use of
tryingp They want you to do your
best for yourself and the kids and
then they turn around and rob YOU"
All the women around her we're
anxious to comfort her, but she stood
her ground that change of things
must come and come quick, otherwise
we'll all perish, she said, And I
know what / am talking about. can
see it on my kids. they are losing
weight every day, ,"-F, S.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
How Capitalism Destroys the Home

Clifford revealed he would give
up his brand new penknife-his most
cherished possession-if he could
only go back to Sioux Falls.
"'And I'd give up my skipping
rope said Margaret.
But we're going to play marbles
on the boat the little girl bright
ened and added, we've got them in
cur suitcase
well, your mother will soon join
you in Norway" they were COM
forted.
Eyes, I guess so,' Margaret replied.
In two or three years, she told U.s. 3"
The headline on this article was:
Poverty Shanghais Brood From
Mother to Norway.
Comrades! Keep this clipping and
the next time you hear an enemy of
workers Russia yelping about the
reds destroying the home show it to
the enemy and ask: How about
this?" "It happened in the United
States" Does not capitalism de-
stroy the home?"
This is not the only case where
homes have been destroyed in the
United States, it happens by the
thousands every day.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE,


nue. c, then south to Houston Street,
to Ridge street, to Montgomery
Street, to East Broadway and Rut-
gers Square. where the parade dis
banded.
In point Of numbers, of revolution
ary spirit, proletarian discipline and
eloquently effective slogans, it was
one of the greatest, one of the best
organized and most inspiring demon
stration of New York workers. Occa-
sional floats, effigies and huge car
toons, that punctuated the line OF
march, served to add much color and
pointedness to the parade. Among
the outstanding effigies In the parade
was one of Capitalism In the shape Of
huge crocodile about 100 feet long.
The effigies of Norman Thomas,
Matthew Woll and "block-aid" Nor
gan were also quite effective and
we're in turn booed and laughed at
by the tens OF thousands along the
route of march. The huge figure OF
worker carrying banner that call
ed for the defense Of the Soviet
Union, was one of the high-points OF
the parade. This bit of effective re-
volutionary artistry was supplied by
the Artef (Jewish Workers Revolu-
tionary Theatre), the other effigles
and cartoons being the collective
work of the Artists Section Of the
John Reed Club.
The most striking and original dis
play in the parade was supplied by
the Food Workers Section, who in
troduced into the demonstration a
unique spectacle. 1t was kind Of
mass funeral" Of the bosses injunc-
tions used so frequently and so vici-
ously in an attempt to break the
fighting spirit of the food workers.
Strung along four long pole we're
about 100 Injunction papers, copies Of
the genuine documents. The hon
orary pall-bearers" were food workers
who had been sentenced to terms OF
prison for defying these injunctions.
Throughout the line of march the
workers displayed much revolutionary
enthusiasm. There was not a Sec
ton in the line of parade but filled
the air with rousing cheers, mass
chanting of slogans and inspiring, mi
litant songs. About a dozen bands
heightened the effect of the mass
singing and reused the workers along
the sidewalks to join in the cheering
and singing. Beside the "Interna-
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

of member of the Workers Ex-Ser-
vicemens League to unite struggle
for the bonus with the struggle of
the unemployed millions, for unem-
ployment insurance and united work.
ing class protest against the ap-
preaching war.
The Legion chairman, addressing
1,5O0 ex-servicemen, asked that pol
itics be kept out of this vets or
ganization, but by their very policy
of disassociating the fight of the ex-
soldiers from the struggles of the
working class at large, this mislead-
ership is delivering the ex-service-
men of Detroit in the camps Of all
the capitalist parties.
Must Win the Vets
Had the work of the WESL among
the ex-servicemen been given more
attention, and had those members
of the WESL who we're present at
the above mentioned meeting forced
the issue more strongly, a Though
exposure could have been effected
and a considerable number Of ex-
servicenen won over to the united
front. AS it is we know from mil
liant response given to proposals OF
the WESL to work increasing in
exposing the character of the mis-
leaders of the bosses vets organiza-
ton and to educate them to the pol
lily of the Workers Ex-Servicemen's
League.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

The following resolution is one of
hundreds being adopted by indig-
nant workers throughout the Soviet
Union in furious protest against the
murderous Scottsboro lynch verdicts.
A tremendous mass defense move
ment Is being built UP in the Soviet
Union and in Europe in support of
the mass fight in this country of
Negro and white workers for the un-
conditional release OF the innocent
Scottsboro boys. The resolution fol-
laws:
The Plenum of the Regional Com
mittee Of the All Union Communist
Party (Bolsheviks), having learned
Of the decision of the Alabama Su-
preme Court, which has confirmed
the death sentences against seven of
the nine Scottsboro Negro youths and
decreed their execution on May "a
in the electric chair, the Plenurn OF
the Chanevsk Regional Committee Of
the All Union Communist Party
tBolsheviks) takes note with the
deepest indignation of the brazen-
ness of the insolent American bour-
geoisie, which is attempting by the
bloody legal lynching Of the guilt
less Negro youths, to terrorize the
masses Of the blacy proletarians ris-
ing for struggle, in order, thus, to
prevent the growing united reyolu-
tionary red front Of the white and
black proletarians.
We join our voice of indignant
protest to the voices of the broad
masses of the proletarians and toiling
peasantry and toiling inteligentsia
of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re
publics and appeal to the prole-
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
Correction In Last
Saturdays Article
By ]. w. Ford

A typographical error occurred in
Comrade Fords third article on
Communism and the Negro" in Sat-
urday's Daily Worker. These articles
provide theoretical base for the de-
velopment of our work on the Negro
field. They are therefore Of extreme
Importance and not only should be
read by every worker but should be
clipped and saved by every Party
and trade union activist. We present
herewith the correction for the tech
nical mistakes in Saturdays article:
Correct paragraph IL to the open
ing of paragraph IL as follows;
Why does MIR. Kelley think this
can be done in Soviet Russia and not
in the United States? Because he ac-
cepts the ideas of the white ruling
class in this country-that the Ne
grOes are naturally an inferior peo-
pie.
MIR. Kelley admits that "Commu-
nism in Russia has brought about
revolutionary reforms affecting the
welfare of the nations hitherto SUBJ
jugated Masses" But, says MIR. KeI-
ley, "these masses are for the most
part white.
Here MIR. Kelley displays his COM
pIete ignorance of facts. The huge
population Of the Soviet Union in
cludes 20 different nationalities,
millions of whom are Of non white
races.
IL Is not a matter Of a certain
treatment" handed out to Negroes.
The Negroes will, etc.,.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
Coverdale, Pa.

CoVerdaIe, Pa.
Daily Worker
am the wife of a miner who is
blacklisted. I have two children of
chool age they have been going to a
soup kitchen for their meals, but the
treatment they get there is terrible
This is what they feed them
some slop with a couple grains of
rice in it, some salted cocoa and a
dry slice of bread. Whey they get
out of school and go there for their
meal they have to wait half an
hour before they get their food.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

BUFFALO, NJ Y, May l.--At a
banquet and concert held last Sun
day to celebrate the opening of the
new Workers Center at 476 William
ST., resolution was unanimously
adopted protesting against the in
famous decision of Governor Rolph
of California denying Tom Mooney
a pardon. A telegram of protest was
ordered sent to Rolph condemning
his action in the face of Moneys
clearly established innocence.
A motion wa salso adopted to send
a letter of greeting to Comrade
Sgovio. Parkhill and Grantzback,
serving sentences in Monroe County
penitentiary for participating in an
unemployed demonstration in Ton
nawanda, N. Y
Fourteen organizations we're repre-
sented, with total attendance Of
27s.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

on 10 the working class OF DetrolC
in general, has played the same role
with the vets.
Rank and File Aroused
Since the decision of the National
Committee of the American Legion
last September, to support Hoover's
stand in not paying the rest of the
bonus. great number of the rank
and file forced the leadership of their
respective posts to officially come out
ior the bonus This sentiment on
the part of the rank and file for the
bonus, has caused the state command
of the Legion, which, includes such
open enemies of the working class
as Legionnaire Gov. Brucker, to
threaten, the Wayne Co. Detroit)
division of the Legion with le re-
moval of their charter
The local leadership of A. L. and
VIZ w. and bankers i'll order to re-
tain control of the starving vets, and
further mislead them have formed
what is called vets rank and file
organization
That this is not rank and file
organization has been proven by the
manner in which the self-appointed
leaders, Legionnaires and bosses
agents, conducted their first few
meetings, discussion from the floor
not being allowed unless strictly con-
corning the bonus, and utterly dis
regarding the favorable sentiment of
the $4,000 veterans to the proposal
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
American Bridge Co. to Close Doors

TRENTON, N. 1.-THE American
Bridge Company of Trenton has
made an announcement that by the
first Of June it will close its doors to
the remaining workers who have been
on a part time schedule for the past
six months. This mill when operat-
ing at full capacity had about 600
employees. At present it still has
about 200 men working part time.
The work of this factory is the
making of steel girders. angles, and
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

The explosion inflicted serious ifis
juries on seven of the leading Japa-
nese militarists who directed ths
aerial and artillery bombardment Of
the densely populated proletarian
Chapel district of Shanghai, in which
tens of thousands of Chinese work.
ers we're slaughtered and manned,
Y KaWabata, president Of the Shang-
hal Japanese Residents Association,
an organization of merchants and
bankers, died yesterday of his wounds.
Admiral Nomura, who directed the
Warship bombardlnent of Shanghai,
may lose both eyes, Mamoru 5hi-
gemitsu, Japanese Minister TO China,
is reported in a critical condition
with 81 pieces Of the bomb in his
body, The bomb was thrown during
a Japanese military display in Hong
kew Park directed al intimidatina
the Shanghai workers,
The Japanese have arrested q
number of Korean, Chinese and
Chinese workers, together with an
American employee of the Shanghai
Department of Public Works. The
French police in the French Con-
cession are making wholesale arrests
of Korean workers and turning them
over TO the japanese. A Shanghai
dispatch TO the New York Times re-
ports:
although reticent, French au-
thorities indicated that the Japa-
neSe were undertaking a cleanup
Of Korean revoIutionaries who had
been opposing japanese operatiofis
in Korea and Manchuria as well
as in Shanghai
The dispatch admits that Japa-
nese workers in Shanghai are active
in the fight against their own GRIM
inal imperialists. 1t reports that
japanese workers participated in the
bombing attack on the Japanese
militarists. The Japanese author
ties, it says, are attempting to cover
up this fact in their efforts to pre-
sent the japanese people as united
in support Of the military adventures
in Shanghai and Manchuria. The
dispatch says
"A report was circulated that the
thrower of the bomb was a Japa-
nese and not a Korean. According
TO this story, the japanese military
officials decided to say nothing
about this development. Military
authorities and consular officers
refused to discuss the report, say
ing a statement would be issued
after an investigation had been
completed"
The European and American i'm
perialist governments who supported
and condoned the brutal butchery OF
Chinese workers by the Japanese
army and navy at Shanghai have all
expressed the greatest sympathy for
the injured Japanese militarists and
the bloody japanese imperialism they
represent. The Chinese Koumintang
party, betrayers of the Chinese
masses, also rushed forward to ex-
press its regrets and sympathy with
the Japanese invaders of China.
Several Kuornintang officials, to-
gether with foreign diplomatic and
military officials. have visited the
wounded japanese mihtarists. The
Kuomintang has shown no concern
for the thousands Of wounded Chi
nese still in hospitals, many Of them
manned for life, as result of the
Japanese bon1bardment Of Chapel
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
New England Natl
Guard Intensifies
War Preparations

WORCESTER, Mass.-It Is
plain to be seen that the Ma
tionaI Guard is preparing for war.
The weekly drill periods at the
Armory have been increased,
Since Japan's invasion of China
and Manchuria the time for drill
for the National Guardsmen here
has been doubled.
II is reported that the usual
two weeks summer training period
at Camp Devens will be extended
this year for another week.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
MUST RALLY VETS IN
FIGHT FOR BONUS AND
AGAINST BOSS WAR
Mayor Murphy, Who Was Officer in the World
War, Helps Sidetrack BOuns Issue
Legion Leaders Adopt New Demagogy to Mis-
lead the Veterans
(By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mch.-While there thousands of vets of
the World War in Detroit many in destitute condition
small cent of them has been to the organizations
of struggle This is due to the fact that the bourgeois veterans
organizations the Legion the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
bosses political organizations of exsoders have been greatly
influenced in keeping the defenders of democracy in II
the face of starvation in 1930932 The social DEM
agogue Murphy major during the and used effect
lively by the bosses enforcing the bosses starvation
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
Exposes Fake Relief in Coverdale, Pa.

The only time the children get a
decent meal is when they get visitors
then they fix up real nice meal
such as meat, potatoes and fruit. And
they tell the children to be sure and
come that day. Then in the capi-
talist press they print how they take
such wonderful care of the poor little
children and how many they have to
feed.
But actually only about ten chill
dren eat there day. They only want
to advertize their so-called charity.
"A Miners Wife.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

so forth. During the world war they
had been building steel hulls for
ships and barges. This company
which has a plant at Carnegie, Pa.
and is a subsidiary of the U. S Steel
Corp. gives its workers wages which
are far below the average workers
pay. The majority of its workers are
foreign born and are driven as slaves
with the piece work system that the
company uses.
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

Plans for the next series of Free
Tom Mooney Street Runs" it was
announced, are already being drawn
up in all OF the larger cities through
out the country
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
Mooney Greets Soviet Trade
Union Congress on Anniversary
of Petrograd Demon stration
Says Russian Workers Saved His Life By Ex-
posing Murderous Frame-up by
California Bosses

From the California dungeon where for fifteen years
he has been held because of his militant fight for the interests
of the workers. Tom Mooney yesterday sent the following tel
egram of greeting to the Central Committee of the Soviet
Trade Unions Palace of Labor. Moscow. U. S. S R.:
The daily worker., 1932-05-02
japanese Launch NetV
Terror Against Shanghai
Workers; Scores Arrested
Use Bomb Explosion as Pretext For NewAttack
Japanese, Korean and Chinese Workers
Among Prisoners

Using the bomb explosion in Shanghai last Friday as =
pretex for increased terror against the revolutionary work.
Of the South China CITY, the Japanese mperasts
ryng out wholesale of revolutionary Japanese Chinese
nd Korean
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

.
the cynical answer Of Rolph, reported
in the New York World Telegram, to
the question "Why did he refuse an
innocent man a pardonP" The
World Telegram quotes Rolph as
answering:
"The Mooney decision? That
was yesterday"
The working class will let Rolph
and his capitalist masters know that
we will never give up the fight for
MONEYS release until Mooney is
free Workers! Answer Rolph on
May 7th with a tremendous out
pouring into the streets Demand
the immediate release of Tom Mooney
and the Scotsboro boys! Smash the
terror of the ruling cIassl
The daily worker., 1932-05-02

Build a workers correspondence
group in your factory. shop or
neighborhood. Send regular letters
10 the Daily Worker.
Evening star., 1932-11-29
DIR. Goodwin Feted Before
Lecture on Williamsburg Tonight.

The Colonial Danes Of America.
Chapter 3, will entertain at dinner at
the Shoreham this evening in honor OF
the Rev. DR.. w. A. r. Goodwin. before
his lecture en- An Evening in Colonial
Williamsburg. to be given at the hotel
Covers will be laid for "a.
Maj. Oliver Newman, former Commits
sioner Of the District of Columbia, was
the guest Of honor and speaker at the
weekly forum luncheon given yesterday
by the Womans National Democratic
Club. Mrs. Robert w. Woolley intro
duced the speaker. Others at the
speakers table were Mrs. Newman. Miss
Woolley, Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham,
who recently returned to Washington
after year or more in Europe, and
Mrs. Charles Warren, who had as her
guests, Miss Bell Gurnee, Mrs. Robert
Lansing. Mrs. Samuel Hsrrick, the
Misses Lansing and Mrs. A. G. Nc
Clintock. Others at the luncheon were
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings Price,
Mrs. F. J. McGovern, MrS H E. C.
Bryant, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Alb ans,
Miss Mary Connery. Mrs George M.
Eckels, Mrs. 0. M. Spencer, Mrs Thomas
w. Page, Mrs. James T. Newton, Mrs.
Claude r. Porter. Mrs. Winifred Ar
taud, Mrs. Clarence I. Hendrickson,
Mrs. Charles Matthews, Mrs. Herbert