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The daily worker., 1932-01-07
NEEDLE TRADES
UNITED FRONT
IN STRIKE CALL
Calls All Shops to Or
ganize and Spread
Dress Strike

NEW YORK; joint meeting was
held yesterday of the shop strike
committees from the striking dress
shops that have responded to the
call of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union and the United
Front Committee in the organization
drive which began Monday, JAN T..
The workers present discussed the
Importance of the present drive in
preparation for the coming strike.
Many of the workers also rointed out
the strike breaking role of the COM
pany union and the need Of mob
ilizing the dressmakerS to fight the
present miserable conditions in the
dress trade. 1t was decided that
while picketing their own shops, the
strikers should approach the work.
ers Of the other open shops in their
building, calling on them to unite
in the shops and go down on strike.
It was also decided to call on the
workers in the union shops to sup
port the striking shops on the picket
line.
At three o'clock in the afternoon
a meeting of the strikers was held,
addressed by leading members of the
Industrial Union. The strikers ap-
proved the decisions of tn estrike
committee which hereafter will meet
daily and pladged to help carry out
the decisions.
The United Front Committee of
the Dresomakers calls on all work
ers of the open shops to help spread
the shop strikes.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Active Laundry Co.
Strike Called Off

NEW YOEK.-The strike which
tee Laundry WORKER Industrial
Union conducted at tNa I y, : Laun-
dry Co. for five weeks was oN..e;ally
called of last Saturday. The union
did not succeed in calling out suf-
ficient number Of the workers.
The. union was forced to answer
;he firing Of members of the Active,
but when only few workers re-
sponded it was no longer question
OF gaining any demands, but the re-
if1state!nent Of the fired workers.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
MEMORIAL FOR
MELLA SUNDAY
Meeting To Be Held
Sunday, January 10

On Sunday, Jan. 10, at pm. at
the New Harlem Casino, ll6th St.
and Lenox Ave, the Anti ti-Imperialist
League will hold memorial meeting
for Antonio Julio Mella, leader Of the
revolutionary struggle in Cuba, who
was murdered Jan. 10, 1929, in Mex
leo by tool of Machado. Machado,
bloody dictator in Cuba, thought that
by numbering Mella he would deal
death blow to the revolutionary
struggle and therefore aid American
Imperialism in its efforts TO further
subjugate the colonial peoples. But
the workers and peasants in the
colonies and in imperialist United
States are rallying more and more
to the fight to overthrow American
imperialism.
The Memorial Meeting this Sun
day will be a mass demonstration OF
the American and Latin-American
workers in protest against American
imperialism in the colonies and its
lackeys, especially Machado, In CUBA.
All workers are urged to participate
in this demonstration and show
their readiness to struggle against
the oppression by Yankee imperial
ism of Latin America and the Philip
pines.
Speakers will be william Simons
of the -Imperialist League, Chas.
Alexander of the L,S.N.R., Dieppa of
the Porto Rican Anti-Imperialist
League, Frank Ibanez Of the New
Revolutionary Enigrants Of Cuba.
The -Imperialist League is or
ganizing the workers and farmers in
the United States and in the colo
MES to fight for complete indepen-
dence of the colonies from the yoke
of American world imperialism.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Marine Union Calls Solidarity
Meet evith German Sea Strike
American Seamen to Pledge Support at Meet
ing Monday, January IL, at p. m.

The demands of the present strike
committee as presented to the Ger
man Council are as follows:
1. That all negot;S siOns be ear-
ried on through the strike commit
tee, and all negotiations Of the
strike committee and the council
be carried on In presence Of re-
presentant Of the international ok
Seamen and Harbor workers, and
an attorney Of the international
Labor Defense.
2. Crew returns 10 work pro"
vidins that the old wage scale be
restored, and that CAPTAIN and
Council make written statement
to that effect.
This written statement TO include
that no prosecution will take place
at arrival in homeport or at any
tinne later or any logging by the
captain be done.
;. Full wages according TO old
wage scale, full subsistence money,
and free passage to GERMANY. re-
fore leaving the U.S.A, written
statement by the Council certify
ing that there will be no prosecu~
ticn at arrival or any other time.
4. Unless these demands are ap-
piled to all ether crews Of other
German ships In foreign ports on
strike, the crew Of the Bockenheins
will stay on strike.
5. All negotiations must be car
ried on at a place and at time
decided by the strike committee.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07

NEW YORK.-Assisting the Ger
man seamen now on strike in New
York. the Marine Workers Industrial
Union is calling for Mass Solidarity
Meeting at the Manhattan Lycem,
Monday, January II, at pm.
The German seamen are now on
strike against the government wage
cut of 10 per cent which became ef-
fective on January 2. The first ship
to be affected was the S. S. Bocken-
helm followed by the S. S. Schuer-
buck. The crew of the former ship,
recently arrested by the United States
Naval Cutter Tightening, were later
released.
1t is expected that additional ships
will be tied up as members Of the
IS.H., are aboard and are keeping
in close touch with the German Sea-
men Strike Committee.
German Delegates Here
There we're delegations from three
of the largest German ships in port
at the first solidarity meeting, held
in the Marine Workers Industrial
Union Hall at 14O Broad st.
1t is also expected that additional
ships will be struck in other ports
not only in the United States, but in
European ports also, as the call of
the I.S.H., is for world wide strike
In the recent strike of German
seamen last November, five German
ships were tied up in United States
ports. The crews of two got their
demands.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Emergency Home Relief Closes
Its Offices, MOcking JobleSS
Tame4aany Gesture for "Relief" A Miserable
FiseaEo AS Jebless Families In Greater Need

TINS IA~seseney Home Relief Bu-
zaa 4, oSSassA6n1y organized for the dis
.tT1aSssSoa or Eosd and clothing to the
hness n UnS4spgoged families closed
it's ss9sss yesterday throughout the
&t9, wStlscat lsotlee. The reason given
for this is the lack of funds, Tam
may saying s1a6 it couldn't raise
SS,tSe, go in hCHdS. Applicants who
laaSS xepAed fo. help have been turn
cd GRas Gsed nc nosaos of the reop-
eninS Of The Bureau has been given
p&aneeez hu1sdEed %ntade" investi-
gsbcrs kg~e &eet been told about the
CloEEAg Of tbs Bureau offices but are
still Kept at tAeir work to keep up
tf4e prstslese Of relief. The investiga-
tors however Rave been ordered not
to lssus reMef
Whil pleading that lack Of funds
necegzteted shutting the offices,
thols&nds Of dollars of expensive Of
fies furniture was shipped to the
NOS closed offices.
RkGS4ng with Johkess MlSeItes
The Emergency Home Relief Bu-
reau was q gesture made by Tam
many when the made" jobs scheme
was gutted when tens Of thousands
Of Applicants flooded the registration
ofaces. The Bureau was presumably
organised to give home relief within
% hours after investigation, but the
extest Of relief has been cards tell
ing the unemployed to call again.
With the official closing of the Of
fices Tie Mayors Official Committee
is turning over many of the appic-
atoms for relief to the police depart
mtnt that dolcs out miserable pit
taHces Of FOOD and coal.
During the brief existence of the
Emergency Home Relief Bureau it
has shown itself to be a scab agency
Of the employers when Bureau off,
Gals co-operated with the Coal Mer-
The daily worker., 1932-01-07

THURSDAY
workers Ex-servieemeH's League,
Branch
VIII hold q membership meeting
tonight at 70 e. Tenth st. at pm.
ALI eN-serviccmen are invited to at
tend.
Middle BrOnA Unemployed Council
ers Of change of address from 1922
Thatford Ave. to 1887 Brook Ave.
The council meets on Thursday
nights.
AItersttoA Painters. Attention!
The Brownsville Group will meet
tonight at 1873 Pitkin Ave. at 8 pm.
DruEstore Worke-x' Sec. M.WIL.
Calls all drug workers TO a mem
bership meeting to be held Jan. at
pm. at los f.. l4th st.
workers Ex-servfcemep's League,
Branch No. .
VIII hold a membership meeting at
q W 126th st. at $50 pm, All mem
bers urged to attend.
"soviet FJIm vs., Hollywood"
Harry Alan Potsiukin, noted ciu
ema critic. will lecture on the above
topic at the Irving Plaza, 18TH ST.
and lrTing RI. New York.
Furniture worAc.s Industrial Lc,suc
VIII hold IL membership meeting
at l0S e. l4th ST. III 1870 pm. Eoc-
tions, etc. Members requested TO at
tend.
See nm prnnch, LID.
MeE-berrhip meeting to be held at
i03 Lex. Ave at z PIN. Discussion
on Scottsboro.
D. Eugiish Speaking Br., 80. 500
II hold ar open forum and dis
on on rs American Capitalism
!in2y' at the Workers Center,
18th ST.. at $3.50 pm.
West Brons. F.S.U.
VI show the Soviet film. storm
Asia" st lGllsmere Hall. 284 E
10Th st. tnear Norris hvc), at sp.m.
i.w.O. Youth
VIII hold n series of interesting
meetings all over the city tonight at
S pm, as follows; Branch 403. Middle
village, I Fulton Ave. Branch 4ot
ST.; Branch i09, COOS t0th ST., Brook
lyn. rnd the Williamsburgh Branch.
22G T'bruop Ave, Brooklyn. Young
workers and students duyited
FRInAy
Huge Anti-N nr ysatS syn, "oSiuw
VIA be held at 1856 T.. eth st. at
: pm. the Hudson Guild settlement
1Go"gse. Speakers from the Y.MC.A
Yvuarls, the Federal Council of
On geses, the Young Communist
Leasde and the -rmperisiist |
Lo glie. Admission nce. "@ 4
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Food Workers Union
to Hold Forums on
Sundays at Office

AZ part Of the educational pro-
gram Of the Food Workers Indus
rial Union. open forums will be held
semi-ronthly to discuss the impor-
ant questions confronting the red
.rade union movement.
The open forums will be held on
sunday afternoons at tho Union
headquarters, 5 E. 18th St., at
pm. The first of teh series of TALKS
will be given by Sidney Bloomfield,
secretary Of the Union, on Sunday
afternoon. Jan. TO- The subject will
be the Role Of the Trade Unions in
the Unemployed Movement.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
STRIKE AT PAPER
MILL IN JERSEY
Hackensack Company
Completely Shut

HACKENSACK, N. ]. - A struck
at the Federal Paper Mill of this city
closed the plant completely. The
strike is against a ten per cent wage
cut. There are $50 men employed
in the place.
At meeting on Wednesday, which
was addressed by John Steuben and
Reich of the Trade Union Unity
League the workers decided to orga-
nize picketing and relief activities
Immediately. They approved the out
line of how the strike is to be led.
The Paper Workers League is lead
ing the strike.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
To March ON Public Service
Commission on Rates Monday
Workers to Demand Abolition of 81 Minimum
Rate for Small Users of Electricity

To march to the Public Service
Commission and protest against the
minimum $1.00 electric light bills for
small users, the Unemployed Coun-
ellis of Greater New York have pre-
pared a demonstration at Union So.
Monday, January II, at $50 a. m. The
march on the Public Service Commits
sion will start at 100 a. m. at Union
Square, march past the Unemployed
Council headquarters at 7th st. and
Second Ave. and then through the
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
HARRY LANGDON ON HIPPO
DROME STAGE SATURDAY

The stage show at the Hippodrome,
this week beginning Saturday, Janu-
ary 9, will include Harry Langdon,
the noted comedian of the talkies
making a personal appearance in a
sketch skit with Lillian White; Fedor
Maybaum. Mile. Mignon, Mile, Elanor
Grace. Sasha-Masse and the Russian
Balalaika Orchestra in a song and
dance act, "The Follies of 1919;
Dainty Marie, aerialist; Howe, Leon
ard and Koeppe; Cha-lie Hill; Dixon
and his Pal and the Kurt Bonhair
Troupe.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Section ! is the first Sec
tion i'm New York City to put

Section / is the first sec
tion in New York City to put
into concrete action the
pledges made at the Sth An
uiversary celebration of the
Daily Worker, where over
5000 workers placed them
selves on record to spread
the Daily Worker, increase
its circulation, and give it
their full support.
Delegates from workers
organizations South Of 14th
Street., arc being elected -
attend a Daily Worker Con-
ference, which will be held
Thursday evening, January
7, 1882, at 8 O'Clock at the
Workers Center, 1d2 E. 3rd
Street.
The Conference will out
line plan of work for
spreading the Daily Worker
and obtaining new readers in
the subscription drive.
All organizations who
have not yet elected their
delegates are requested TO
do so Immediately.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
METAL WORKERS TO MEET.

A special membership meeting of
the Metal Workers Industrial League
will be held Friday, January 9Th at
p. m. at Irving Plaza (E. 18th st.
and Irving Place.
Meeting will be addressed by strik-
ing miners from Kentucky coal fields.
At this meeting the election Of the
New Executive will take place. Every
member should be present.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Amter Speaks Today
In Needle Union

NEW YORK. - Israel Amter will
speak on THE Present Situation in
Germany at the educational open
forum at the headquarters of the IN
dustrial Union, l3l W. 2sth ST., on
Thursday, Jan. 7th at p. m.
All needle trades workers are in
yited to come.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Rutgers Square district.

Rutgers Square district.
The chief demand of the demon
stration will be the abolition Of the
$l.o0 minimum rates for electric bills
an increase for the ma jority of work
ingclass families using electricity. Cit
ing that the New York Edison Co
earned $4,000, 900. in 1880 and the
Consolidated $es 200, 900 in 1880, the
Unemployed Council charges the cleo
tric and gas trust is making huge
profits by raising the basic rates OF
electricity for small users.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
Rem BANQUET FRIDAY
IN UPPER BRONX

On Friday, an. 8, at 8 pm. Red
Banquet will take place at 27o0 Brox
Park East Auditorium. arranged by
Section Is to initiate the more than
so new members recruited to the
Party during the past three weeks
and to raise finances for the new
Section, so that the work shall be
carried on uninterrupted.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07

chants Association in promising Scabs
should the coal drivers strike against
a 10 per cent wage cut. Those on
the relief" list refusing to scsb are
Immediately stricken off
Unemployed Council branches are
urging demonstrations before public
schools where the Bureau offices
were formerly housed.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07
NEEDLE WORKERS CLASS THURS.

NEW YORK. - The class in the
"History and Struggles in the Needle
Trades" viii meet on Thursday. at 8
O'Clock at the union, 131 W. 2Sth St.
All students are called upon to re-
port promptly.
The daily worker., 1932-01-07

ANY S1.50 OR 81 INTERNATIONAL
PUBLISHERS BOOZE WITH ONE
12-MONTH SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
THE DAILY WORKER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09
swell, Jared Pigeon" Exclaimed His
Wife, "Where Have You Been?"

could ask to share dinner with Billy.
swell. Jared Pigeon!" exclaimed his
wife, coming to the back door as he
came in with his delayed packages.
where have you been-leaving me with
this news about Caroline"
Don't get excited. Phoebe" pro-
tested her husband dumping the pack.
ages on the floor and closing the
kitchen door. II know it's terrible
that Caroline can't come home this
Christmas. but you know what young
folks are these days. I've asked Billy
Wakeman to dinner. If you can think
of any girl can ask so there1l be
four of us, mother"
Mrs. Pigeon smiled sedately. Land
no. Jared, Caroline's the only girl can
think of" she said. land now, with
company, we've got to get busy.
Mother Pigeon, running up and
down stairs. was very busy-setting
the table with all their best china,
There was delicious warmth up there
in Caroline's room.
ready. when Mrs. Pigeon in her best
black silk, and a new cap with a tiny
violet bow on her lovely white hair,
was entertaining Billy Wakeman. just
as mother cares for her own beloved
son, just before it was time to sit
down to that delicious dinner, mysteri-
ously set for four people-though Mr..
Pigeon knew mother always set place
for Caroline. anyway-just then they
heard the horn of the village stage.
'It's stopping here" yelled Mr..
Pigeon. rushing to the side door. and
In a moment lovely. laughing girl
was throwing off her furs among them,
not seeing Billy Wakeman at first,
where he stood white and tense. Then
she saw him. and wonderful look
came into her face-"Billy!' she whis-
pered. "You here7 Oh. this makes 1t
perfect~
Billy Wakeman held out his arms
and Caroline went into them like
homing bird
Mrs. Pigeon drew her husband into
the kitchen and closed the door.
"Jared." she said. 'lyou took ii for
granted this morning that Caroline
wasn't coming home-but she is here!
She said she was tired of the city. and
that she would find something to do In
town. knew her heart was breaking
for Billy-you did a wonderful thing
to ask HIM"
"a by Mcclure Newspa ner svndIcataA
lWNU Service)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09
Contract Bridge Grows
Into Leading Industry

tract bridge is fast taking it's place
along with the leading industries in
the United States.
Conservative estimates place the
Number of active contract bridge play
ers. experts and partners who still
pass after two-demand bids included,
at no less than 15OO0,O0O.
Baseball. so-called national pastime
never had this number in all its his
tory.
These 100000 hardy souls. who
struggle with contradictory systems
and survive night after night, buy
each year a total of some 100000
decks. The United States treasury
receives 10 cents tax on every deck,
or some $5,O00,OO0 annually.
There are now some 5000 bridge
teachers in the country. Their earn
ings aggregate between S5,OOo,0OO and
$10,000,00O a year at least. &
The sale of tables, chairs, score
pads, party favors, duplicate bridge
boards and the like reaches a truly
staggering total. One book alone. ex-
pounding popular system Of con-
tract bridge. has sold 100000 copies.
Bridge has broken into the movies
and into radio broadcasting. Tourna-
ments staged throughout the country
for profit or charity realize tremen-
dous turnover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09
FOUR BIG PROJECTS
TO COST TWO BILLION

to provide them by taking them from
the air through process requiring
the use of electricity.
The result was the Wilson dam, a
majestic structure 1890 feet wide, i42
feet high, and equipped with 90 great
food gates. To date it has cost the
government in the neighborhood of
$15O,OOO,OOO.
The dam and the plant were not
completed until 1925. Since 1925 the
dam has been producing power, though,
because of an inadequate distributing
system, not to it's full capacity. At
times the Tennessee sends down
enough water to produce 100000
horse power, and 1t has been esti-
mated that If the river were improved
along its whole length 100000 horse
power could be developed.
Hoover dam, originally known as
Boulder dam, is the only one of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09

four major projects that is now under
way. 1t Is located in the Black can.
yon, in Arizona.
The Hoover Dam.
Although Hoover dam will be ex-
ceeded in power production by the st.
Lawrence and the Columbia river pow
er developments, it has certain the
atrical qualities, arising from the
rugged nature Of the region and the
river, such as no other power project
in the world possesses. The dam will
be able to hold two years of normal
flow of the Colorado river. 1t will de-
velop about 100000 constant horse
power, with a maximum capacity of
about twice that much.
The total cost to the government of
Hoover dam has been put at not more
than 100000 by act of congress.
The development of the st. Law
renee river is part of a far flung plan
to improve ON nature by opening the
Great Lakes to deep draft vessels.
The plans for the development Of
the Columbia river are still on paper.
The possibilities Of the Columbia, as
shown in army engineers report, are
nothing short Of astounding. In the
river and its tributaries. it has been
estimated, is potential horse power
of about 100000. In ten dams,
which have been proposed, there
would be about 100000 horse power.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09

of letters on the kitchen table. He
was regarding his wife from watch
full eye, for he had noted letter from
Caroline. their daughter.
Jared went out to his car to bring
in the Christmas packages. He saw
his wife's pretty, wrinkled face bent
over long letter in CaroIine's hand
writing, as he closed the door. or
course 1t was natural for their only
child to desire other friends-and 1t
would be pokey indeed to come home
to eat Christmas dinner with two old
people! And there was Billy Wake
man, too. She used to go around with
Billy. Now they had quarreled and
Billy was very grave and grown-up
in the conduct of his public garage He
had good mind to go down and ask
Billy to come and eat Christmas dim
ner with them-Billy had no folks of
his own.
Forgetting all about the Christmas
packages in the back of his sleigh
Mr.. Pigeon jumped in and. turning
around in the hard way he had dug
out of the snow, went tingling out Of
the yard and down the road toward
the large garage and oil and gas sta
ton that Billy Wakeman had built on
the main road.
Hello, Mr.. Pigeon" said Billy,
MERRY Christmas!''
Same to you," returned Jared
Pigeon, 81 came over after you, Billy
Wakeman."
what can do for your" asked
Billy.
"Come and eat dinner with ma and
mel kinder expect Caroline amt
coming down."
'"Thank you," said Billy getting very
red, and then pale.
"Come when you like. SOS you get
there before one O'clock" grinned
Jared, wishing he knew some girl he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09
Dams Will Provide Millions
of Horse Power.

Washington.-Out all other
single constructive enterprises of
mankind except the building of roads
and railroads, four gigantic water pow
err projects now under way in America
will make economic history when
brought to completion. The total cost
of the four projects is more than ST.
O00,000,OOO
The four projects are the Muscle
Shoals project on the Tennessee river,
Hoover dam on the Colorado. the pro-
posed St. Lawrence dam or dams. and
the proposed Columbia river dams.
The Muscle Shoals project, built
after the beginning of the World war,
was primarily to provide dependable
supply of nitrogen for making explo-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-09

sives. Hoover dam. now under con-
struction, is part of a vast plan for
providing power, conserving water for
irrigation and domestic uses, and pre-
venting foods. The ST. Lawrence
project is intended to provide power
and to open the Great Lakes to deep
water navigation. The Columbia river
project, also, still an engineers dream,
will permit ocean vessels to go farther
up the river for irrigation.
To Cost s2,ooo,ooo,ooo.
Estimates at present indicate that
at least $2,000,000000 will be needed
to cover the expenses of dams. power
plants, and work directly connected
with them. The power produced when
the plants are operating in full capac-
ity will be between 100000 and 7,00O,-
600 horse power-or nearly half the
capacity of all the existing water pow.
er plants in the United States.
Installations which army engineers
last autumn recommended for the Co.
lumbia river alone would yield the
equivalent of more than 40 per cent of
the total production of electric power
in the United States in 1890 and only
a little less than the total amount pro-
duced in 1920.
Proposals for Improvement of the
Tennessee river. which drops 500 feet
in flowing 652 miles, were brought to
a head by the crisis of the World war.
The United States needed nitrates.
The Muscle Shoals plants were built