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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
TRAIN WOMEN
PHO T S FOR
WAR ACTION
Betsy Ross Corps" Is Fancy Name for New
Outfit Recently Organized
Workers Urged to Organize Anti-War Groups
In Factories to Defeat Imperialists

"Welnen have succeeded men at
golf and tennis and other ventures.
In future wars, superior pilots will
be developed. Women pilots will
actually be in combat some day."
Here we have the most outspoken
statement as to the Betsy Ross
Corps, which is, as women have
succeeded men and participated in
the same activities as in peace
time SO also, will women do what
men will do in war time.
Women in War.
In the last war, women we're en-
listed not only as nurses in the
fields of battle but also as ambu-
lance drivers and in the factories
making ammunition. Women bat
talions we're organized, towards the
close Of the last war which is proof
that in the next war, women as
welloas children will be drafted to
kill and be killed.
The hight aaglnst lmperialist war
must enlist every woman and child
who will be the victims as we'll as
the men workers. This must be
brought forcefully to the attention
Of the mothers, wives, daughters
and sweethearts of the workers.
The struggle against for capitalist
profits must We carried on in every
Gay activities OF the working class,
the danger is growing every minute.
The war hysteria is rising and can
be seen in every action taken by
the bosses against the workers.
Any moment may bring a new
world slaughter. Organize anti
war committees in the factories.
Defeat the capitalist war plans!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
BOOK REVIEW

"NIollie Maguires": by Anthony
Bimba, New York; international
Publishers, LA PIP. S10O.
Reviewed by WALTER WILSON
A FORGOTTEN chapter in the labor
"A movement of the Seventies that
should be read by every worker-es-
pecially those who still believe that
the workers of this country have no
traditions of reyolt-and which is of
particular interest to the coal min
ers of Kentucky and elsewhere is the
story of the Molly Maguires by An
thony Binba. This book is a good
example of exposure of American
historical literature as ruling class
propaganda. In the past we have been
told that the Mollies were cruel ter
rorists and assassins who killed for
the fun of it. But who wrote the his
tory of this struggle? One of the best
known books was written by Allan
Pinkerton, head of the infamous Ia
Dor spy and detective agency of that
name, who was paid 100000 to
wreck the union out of which grew
the Mollies. Another writer on the
subject was F. P. Devices, a coal
company attorney bitterly hostile to
the miners.
Who Were These Men?
who were these men whom the
coal ring Labelled Molly Maguires
and whom bourgeois and labor his
torians alike have branded murder
ers and assassins?" Bimba after 60
ing over the documentary evidence
finds the answer to his question. He
finds that they we're militant an
thracite miners in Schuylkill Cou-<y,
Pennsylvania-chiefly Irish - who
were also members of natronal Irish
fraternal organization, the Ancient
Order of Hibernians. After a long
struggle the ruthless coal operators
and railroad companies crushed the
union which was known as the
Workingmens Benevolent Associa-
ton (W.B.A) The undaunted miners
then converted their secret fraternal
organization Qocally) into an under
ground union and continued the fight
which was against long list of in
tolerable grievances which are we'll
described in a special section of the
book dealing with the background of
the struggle.
Desperate over their failure to
crush the union and the fighting
spirit of the miners the coal operat-
ors turned loose a still more vicious
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gestions given at the conference.
Many good suggestions were given at
the conference, recessitating prolong-
ing the meeting till after midnight
A stenographic report of the discus
sion is now being gone over by the
editorial committee.
The following letter is an interest
ing comment on the meeting:
Dear Comrades
In spite of the self-criticism and
constructive remedies which comrade
Weinstone so ably expressed in his
opening address, at the first meeting
Friday evening, July Is called for the
purpose of improving the circulation
of the Daily Worker, those assembled
could not refrain from criticism.
The Real Issues.
The outstanding problems, however,
are how to drive home the important
role the Daily Worker is playing in
educating the masses, and above all
work, good honest consistent Bolshe-
vik work. This is the most important
factor if we are to increase the cir
culation of our Daily.
What is our task? Our task is to
recruit, to mobilize around our Daily
all the forces of the labor movement
who appreciate the significance and
Importance of spreading the Daily
Worker among the masses, and above
all who are willing to work regard
less of the taks assigned to them.
Mass Organizations.
The results of the untiring efforts
of our membership who are so busy
in mass organizations, that they have
no time to spare for unit work was
cleary evident through the absence
of representatives of these mass or
CARNATIONS.
In conclusion few words regarding
the contents: it seems to me, we must
feature articles which would appeal
to the woman worker, the farmer, the
white collar slave and to the de-
classed, which are joining the ranks
of the workers in tens of thousands.
With revolutionary greetings,
CHARLES sEIGEL.
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The Labor Olymbics
and a Big Railroad
The Story of Stella Walsh, Daughter of Steel
Worker of Cleveland, Ohio
Fired from New York Central When She Re-
fuses to Join Fascist Polish Olympics

wavered between her allegiances for
a couple of days. In the meantime
neither the press nor the American
Olympics Committee (wha want to
capture the Olympic Games, by fair
means or fouD were letting the grass
grow under their feet. The wires
were set to hunrning and suddenly,
on July 18th, Stella was offered a
job by Mayor Ray Miller of Cleve-
land in the city hall of Cleveland IF
she would take out naturalization
papers at special naturalization
hearing the following day and then
go out and die for the dear old
American Olympic team.
To top it all she was warned by
American officials that if she accepted
job in the Polish physical educa-
tional department she would be in
eligible to run. But the Polish
managers are not SO dumb, and they
countered with proposition that
Stella work in the Polish consulate
in this country! Stella accepted, let
ting it be known that "she placed her
running future secondary to matter
OF earning her bread and butter"
which is at least frank and does not
pretend to the amateur hypocricies
of the Olympics Committee.
Shows Olympics Fakery.
This is a clear example of the
matter in which the Olympics are
organized. Brides in the form of
jobs, pressure on the worker who
happens to be star, shameless bar
tering and corruption-these are the
principles of amateur sport as
practiced by the Olympics Commit
tee and the Amateur Athletics Union.
Workers interested in sports should
learn a good lesson from this: Gen
uine amateur sports for workers,
where there is no interest in creating
stars" at the expense of the inter-
ests OF the masses, can be found only
in the Labor Sports Union, the only
workers sports movement in the
United States Workers should give
their staunchest support to the L..
S. U. and to its Fifth National Con-
vention, August End, Bird and 4th, at
Chicago.
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terror, especially during the Long
Strike of 1875, and many miners were
murdered-Bimba says that more
workers were killed than hirelings of
the operators The operators also paid
100000 to the Pinkerton agency
which sent in labor spies into the
Ancient Order of Hibernians to plot.
burn and murder Binba shows con-
clusively that many of the acts of
terrorism charged to the Mollies were
actually perpetrated by these labor
spies. He does not deny however that
the miners, exercising their right of
self-defense-which is generally rec
ognized today by the revolutionary
movement as witness Gastonia and
Harlan-also killed many thugs in the
employ of the coal companies.
Origin of Name.
Bimba says that the name Molly
Maguires was invented by the oper-
ators to provide a fatal label to pin
on the union leaders to send them to
the gallows-there> was terroristic
organization in Ireland known as the
Molly Maguires which fought the ra-
pacious English landlords and myth
was built up that the Pennsylvania
miners were members of that organ
ization. The criminal acts of the la
Dor spies were utilized in building up
hatred of the name Molly Mcguire.
Thus it came about that eventually
all that was necessary to hang
union leader was to charge that he
was q Molly Mcguire. The same
met ID has been used many times
zee. For example the Chicago Hay
market martyrs were murdered for
their labor activities, especially their
struggle for the eight-hour day. But
Of course the ruling class could not
openly admit this. A myth had to be
built up that they we're inhuman
assassins
Bimba's analysis of the trials of
the Molly Maguires and the testimony
which sent at least 10 of the union
leaders to the gallows bears out this
contention. On the testimony Of
James McParlan, labor spy and
confessed murderer, 10 were hanged
some for crimes committed IA years
before and some for alleged crimes
that they had already been tried for
and acquitted. Franklin B. Gowen,
head of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad which also owned most
of the coal land in the district, was
the state prosecutor at the trials He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
By SAMUEL BRODY.

NEFINITE information concerning
u the United States Governments
plans to harness the moribund mo-
ton picture industry to the chariot
of war preparations is continuing
to leak through despite the flood of
ballyhoo in the capitalist press
about increased schedules of So
called entertainment" films.
The July number of the Ameri-
can Cinematographer, a magazine
published in Hollywood by the
American Society of Cinemato-
graphers, Gin a recent issue this
publication proposed that all studio
employees donate a good part of
their services to the companies
free of charge" as a means of re-
yiying the industryD prints the
following item:
The United States Government,
through the War Department, is
keeping abreast of all technical
Developments in motion picture
production procedure. Through a
cooperative program worked out
by the Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences, selected
Army officers are sent to Holly
wood where they spend time in
the various departments of the
different studios learning current
processes and technique.
Captain M E. Gillette, now
stationed in the War Department
offices at Washington, D. c.. has
been ordered to his duty and will
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did not dwell on trying to prove that
the accused men had themselves
committed any crimes but empha-
sized that they we're members of the
Molly Maguires. Thus we get one of
the earliest and most fragrant frame
ups in American labor history.
Rich Labor Tradition.
After analyzing all the evidence
Bimba says Sweeping aside the
mist of mine owners calunlnies and
lies there stands revealed the militant
working class fighter. Molly Ma
guire, If you wish, but minus the
sensational cutthroat prototype of the
devil popularized by the workers en-
emies." This book has done much
toward restoring rich, militant labor
tradition of the American workers
who are today themselves adding
their struggles, in the same revolu-
tionary tradition, to the heritage OF
the militant labor movelS ut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
Anti-War Congress
Banned by Geneva
Meet Will Be Held In
Paris Instead

GENEVA - The Geneva author
tiles who welcome the sham
disarmament conferences of the i'm
perialist warmongers have placed a
ban against the holding in this city
of the World Congress Against War,
called by Roman ROLAND and en-
dorsed by leading European and Am
erican intellectuals.
The Congress will be held in Paris
on August 81 and % instead. The
French writer, Henry Bsrbusse, was
in this city yesterday and registered
a vigorous protest against the ban
ming of the Congress by the Geneva
authorities. Henri Barbusse is one of
the organizers, with Maxim Cork
and others, of an International In
itiative Committee formed to develop
the movement against war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FIND GOLD-FOR OWNER
BY a Worker Correspondentl

TRUCKEE, ,,Cal--Prospectors on a
six-toot red quartz that assayed for
$50 a ton in, gold and So in silver,
on resort property, owned" by Dave
Chambers. AS soon as Chambers
heard about the workers making a
rich strike, he hired a, bunch of pri-
vate gun thugs to drive the pros
pectors from the place. Chambers
stated that he had no plans for de-
veloping the property but would not
allow the poor miners to dig any of
the gold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
BY SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD.

THE next war will not be fought
by men alone. This applies to
every form and method of slaugh-
ter. The spreading of poison gas,
disease germs, destruction of cities
by bombs thrown from airplanes
will be the hellisn work of women
as well as men.
Betsy Ross Corps"
A beginning to mobilize the Wo-
men for the next world slaughter
was made with the organization of
the Betsy Ross Corps. This is a
noble" and patriotic sounding
name. The first corps consists of
rs licensed women airplane pilots
and is named after the maker of
the first American flag in order to
"enoble" and "glorify" the devil
ish work of destruction that these
women aviators will carry out in
the next war. In every part of the
country similar groups of women
are geing organized.
These groups have already been
equipped with ambulances, bomb
ing planes, military uniforms, and
have taken the oath of allegiance,
pledging themselves to carry out
their murderous mission.
General Stephen Fechet, in COM
mending these patriotic women for
their initiative and exemplar &C
ton, said in part:
Il have the highest admiration
for this work. The next war will
develop great burden which will
fall upon the airrnen. You will
relieve them of a great work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
USE MOVIES TO
AID WAR PLANS
OF THE BOSSES
Hollywood Magazine Tells How Selected
Army Officers Are Sent to Studios
Aim Is to Form Nucleus In Signal Corps as
Part of War Preparations

arrive in Hollywood later this
summer for a comprehensive
course in the making of send
motion pictures.
The officers resolving this in
struction will form the nucleus of
a unit in the Signal Corps
charged with the production of
educational sound motion pic
lures to be used for the instruc-
ton of both the Regular Army
and the officers Reserve Corps.
Captain Fred w. Hoorn, who
received this instruction through
the Academy last year is now To-
Gated in Washington, D. c., where
he is engaged in the preliminary
organization of this new Signal
Corps Unit.
This is an enlightening link in
long chain of events which clearl
indicates the policy of American cap
italism in turning the movies into a,
efficient war industry War agains
whom? The gathering wave of re
cent anti-Soviet films can leave n
room for doubt.
If the War Department believes fc
a moment that the workers will tol
crate open war provocations agains
the Soviet Union of the "Forgotte
Commandments" sort, let them loo
to the example set by group of mil
liant workers from the Workers Fill
and Photo League of New York VIII
exposed that film by distributing leaf
lets and protesting its showing o
Broadway some weeks ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FORCED LABOR IN MOLINE
by a Worker Correspondent

MOLINE. Ill.-We have organized
he nucleus of an Unemployed Coun-
Gil in Moline and have had three
successful meetings. There are over
1000 unemployed in Moline, and
those that'are working have had their
wages cut terribly.
Our mayor, who is a member OF the
A. F. of L., is the one who forces
workers to work for two or three dol
lars worth Of groceries 2 week
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
OVER 500 AT MONROE MEET
by a Worker Correspondent

MONROE, Mich-A crowd OF 500
TO 600 attended a meeting here at
which Comrade Geitz, from Detroit.
general secretary Of the Unemployed
Council of this state, spoke. A COM
nlittee was formed, and over 100
voted to join an Unemployed Council
here.
Most of us here are out of jobs.
The few that are working have been
cut four times already. The wage
scale is about 81 cents an hour, with
work for two to three days per week
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
URGES WORKERS
GROUPS SUPPORT
DAILY WORKER
Consistent, Bolshevik
Work Needed to
Build Paper

The sharp interest taken in the
Daily Worker. as was evidenced in
the large number of workers who at
tended the recent conference held
to discuss building up a mass Daily
Worker, is further evidenced in the
letters received adding to the sug-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
The Spirit of the ST. Louis UNEMPLOYED

Part of the crowd of
$4,000 st. Louis work.
crs during the recent
demonstration just be-
fore police began their
gun and tear-gas at
tack. Four workers
were injured, one of
them, Ben Powell, a
Negro worker is dying,
and scores Jailed. The
workers forced thru a
100000 appropriation
for relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FURLOUGH THIEYERY
by a Worker Correspondent


Observation-Disclosures by the
Federal Farm Board at Washington,
D. c., is a young girl earning her
living and trying to educate herself
in George Washington University,
which, by the way, raised tuition last
year. This young worker, along with
others, was given payless furlough
for a week. Nevertheless she is
forced to work during this supposed
furlough. She has been told that her
job will be safer if she works. So
she is working and taking the pay
cut.
Washington government workers!
Don't let the politician grafters lower
your standard of living. Organize to
fight this underhanded manner of
taking away your rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
WHY WE JOINED
by a Worker Correspondent

CINCINNATI, o. - When I was
driving from California, I passed
through st. Louis and saw a crow at
an eviction case. Police tried TO break
up the meeting but the workers put
up a fight. The police sent for the
state militia. Workers prevented the
cops from using machine guns. I
had not heard of the Unemployed
Council before, but after having seen
a case, I joined the Council when
visited Cincinnati.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
Conference August 5th

NEW YORK. - A committee of
American intellectuals, headed by
Theodore Dresser, famous American
novelist, has been formed in response
to Roman hollands call for the
Congress Against Var. The Amer
lean Committee is holding a confer
ence on August 8 at Labor Temple,
18th and Second Ave, to elect the
American delegates to the Congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
REoRGANIZE MEXICAN ARMY

MEXICO CITY, Mex. = Complete
reorganization and enlargement Of
the Mexican Navy awaits only the
Official sanction of General Plutarco
Gales, Secretary of War and Marine.
And, pray, who does Mexico intend
to fight?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
WORKERS DEFEND SELVES IN
SD VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER-J. Cunningham and
A. Kinlock, who were arrested at a
demonstration for cash unemployment
relief on June 18th conducted their
own defense when they came UP in
court and wer ereleased on suspended
sentence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
Correspondence Briefs
main speaker

HIdIII opCdhCI
Police called by banker broke up
the meeting and arrested Ford, but
the workers, by their militant pro-
test, compelled the police to release
the speaker
Much literature was sold, and IA
signatures for the election petition
were obtained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FORCE SPEAKERS RELEASE
(By a Worker Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-On 125th st.
and st. Clair Ave, Unit "a held
a fine election meeting. I. Q. Ford,
candidate for U. S Senate. was the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23

Defend the Soviet Union with the
Daily Worker-Help the drive for
mass circulation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
International Notes

dered Macedonian Andrianov was
kidnapped by the same gang in the
same car few months ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FRENCH COMMUNIST DEPUTIES
FIGHT TAX INCREASES

PARIS.-Comnunist deputies at
tackled the proposed tax increases
when the d.bate on the governments
finance bill was opened in the French
Parliament yesterday.
The bill includes also a wage-cut-
ting measure affecting civil employ
ees who, led by the Communist Party,
demonstrated their determination to
fight against it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
FASCIST MURDEREKs RELEASED
IN BULGARIA

SOFIA.--Four men arrested in con-
nection with the kidnapping of the
Macedonian Communist leader Kav-
rakirov were released by the police,
indicating that fascists have nothing
to fear
There is not even the shadow OF a
doubt that these four men wele menu
bers of the fascist gang which carried
out the kidnapping and the subse-
quent murder of our corlrade.
During. the examination of the &C.
cused it was revealed that the muir
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
STRIKERS IN BRUEx JAILED

PRAGUE. = Over ESQ miners are
held for trial in Bruex in connection
with disturbances which took place
during the recent miners strike
here.
Many workers were sentenced to
heavy Jail terms. Many strikers shot
by the police during their fight are
still in tn hospital.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
International Red Aid Congress sin
Moscow


Moscow
BERLIN.-An appeal to all affil-
lated organizations calling upon them
to prepare for a world congress was
issued by the Executive COMMITTEES
of the International Red Aid.
The Congress will take place in
Moscow in November. The affiliated
organizations of the International Red
Aid were urged to mobilize the work
ers against white terror and fascism
in preparation for this congress
Norwegian Unemployed March on
Oslo
OSLO, Norway.--A hunger march
of unemployed workers from Trond-
helm to Oslo caused tremendous
amount of police attention. Over ten
thousand workers welcomed t h e
march in. a giant demonstration.
The march was organized and car
ried out in defiance and against the
fierce opposition of the social-demo-
cratic leaders. These leaders were
particularly indignant at the defini-
ton of the march as hunger march.
With the spreading of mass uneln-
ploynnent and mass misery, the work
ers of Norway, whose wages are being
cut down, participate in
ever greater number to the struggle
against starvation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
RED TRADE UNION VICTORY

BERLIN.-The pit committee cleo
ton at the Sofia Jakoba mine in the
Wurins area gave the revolutionary
trade union opposition list, 1882
votes. the Christian Trade Union list
1893 votes. the reformist trade union
list 259 votes and fascist trade
union list 2o2 votes,
This represents a gain of almost
800 votes for the revolutionary list,
as compared with the results of the
last election in 1881 The Red Trade
Union opposition has now nine menu
bers on the pit committee, an abso-
Lutte majority.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
IMPERIALISM FIGHTERS SEIZED

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico.--For cir
culating among sailors of the U. S.
IS. Wyoming a handful attacking
American imperialism, three nation
alists we're arrested The district
attorney declared the handbills to b
defamatory. -- =