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Evening star., 1932-10-02
Idle Are Victims of Racketeers.
Who Demand Cash Advance for Jobs
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tins. One such racketeer in Akron.
Ohio, recently asserted that he repre-
sented the New York Central Railroad.
and entered into contracts with several
truckmen to haul freight over the road
from Cleveland to New York City. He
took 5000 cash bonds ito indemnify the
company against possible loss'-anl
actually got them.
Another such racketeer advertised in
the help wanted column of an Indian
apolis newspaper as follows: Wanted,
three men with cars: good salary and
bonus. apply $50 Tuesday am. Mr..
Morris, Room SIT, Blank Building
Mr.. Morris explained to about so appli-
cants for work that he represented the
World Products Co of Syracuse which.
he said. was manufacturer of electri-
cal household supplies. He asked for
. $40 cash bond" from each applicant.
explaining that in their position they
would have to handle samples of the
oompany's product and some of the
company's money.
Ends in Jail Sentence.
Investigation disclosed that this par
ticular World Products Co. existed only
in the imagination Of Mr.. Morris, whose
real name was something quite differ
ent, and that he was under suspended
sentence on a Federal charge. His
present address is the Federal peniten-
tiary in Chiilicothe. Ohio, merely be-
cause one of the applicants for a job
was suspicious
The gyp dealer in territorial rights.
which are now being sold to men who
have saved a little money and who
have the courage to embark on a busl-
ness of their own in hard times. usually
requires a little more scenery than the
cash bond" racketeer. He may even
be backed by former legitimate COM
pany which has been led into sharp
pra actice by inability to move its mer-
chandise. In the desperate night LOT
survival, business men of average falr-
ness have cut some sharp corners.
Seemingly the territorial rights
racketeer presents his dupe with con-
tract giving him years exclusive sales
rights for the merchandise to be sold.
Actually the racketeer's contract binds
the agent to purchase an eXorbitant
amount of merchandise which the
racketeer knows very we'll he cannot
sell, and to continue the purchase
throughout the IL months. If there is
default, the contract is automatically
voided. Sometimes the practice is
slightly varied, SO that the agent pays
for percentage Of his years pur-
chases-l0 per cent, perhaps
recent complaint of this practice
occurred in New York City, where a
business executive thrown out of a Job
by the crash alleged that he was in
duced to take flyer in wine grape
Juice. Obtaining the exclusive territorial
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Rome Chooses Its Food
According to the Day

ROME Italy.-Like the good German
mothers in the song about Monday S
roast beef. Tuesdays hasenpfefer," the
people of Rome have their special dishes
for each day Of the week.
Among the common people ribbon
style macaroni (fettucine) is the ia
vorite meal for Sunday Monday Is
broth day. Tuesdays special dish is
minestra vegetable soup dominated by
potatoes and macaronD. Rice is served
on Wednesday and all kinds Of maca-
roni on Thursday Friday has two IA
vorite dishes, Mexican beans with naca-
roni. and Goldfish. Saturdays special
meal Is trippa (tripe with tomato sauce
and cheese or eggs).
(Copyright, 1897
Evening star., 1932-10-02

surprise. Old types of vessels are being
eliminated progressively, although offi-
ciaI circles make it clear such elirnina-
tlon cannot be complete so long as
other powers retain such types. and re-
nance placed almost entirely on
small, very speedy vessels. The air
service is imbued with the same prin-
ciples, which are not forgotten by the
army. although more difficult OF appli-
cation in its case.
Anti-aircraft defense is not being
overlooked. BY order OF the minister
OF war plans for proposed subways for
Rome must take into consideration the
utilization Of the tunnels as places of
refuge for the whole civilian popula-
tion IN case Of a general attack on the
city by enemy planes.
tCopyright, ie32)
Evening star., 1932-10-02
BY HENRY C. LINK.

Y OCATIONAL guidance, widely
recognized as a theory, Is still
" family understood as practice.
This is only natural to the prog
Evening star., 1932-10-02
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

IN EYOND question the assembly
* this year marks one of the low
est points In the still brief his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Chats with Our
WOrcOrrS

The continuous wage cutting, speed
up, machinery installations, terror
lay-offs, and also the attempt of
many food companies to force work
ers to use their spare time to solicit
customers for them, are bringing
food workers in many big and small
food factories to the realization that
only through solid organization in the
factories, by organizing groups in
every department, on the basis of the
immediate grievances, will they be
able to put a stop to these growing
evils.
In order to make these department
groups living force, it is necessary
that the activities of these groups he
made known to the workers of the
factory as a whole. BY means of
leaflets and shop papers, it should
be made known to the rest of the
workers, who are not yet members
of the shop organization, that there
is an organizational basis in the fac
tory to react against any attempt on
the part of the management to worsen
the conditions of the workers.
The groups should also establish
special workers press committees, to
report to the Daily Worker, and TO
the Food Worker, which is the Organ
of the Food Workers Industrial Union.
These reports should describe the
conditions of the workers, give warn
ing to the workers on coming wage
cuts, and tell Of the sentiment of the
workers in the shop for organization
and for action against their condi-
lions.
On the day the story is to appear,
a distribution of the Daily Worker
or of the Food Worker should be ar
ranged. Then there should also be
worked out systematic plan to visit
the homes of the workers, and dis
cuss the story with them, to see
whether they liked it or not, and get
their suggestions for improving the
story the next time. 1t should be
explained to them that these two
papers are the only ones in English
which are devoted to the interests of
the food workers. The role of the
Daily Worker, as the champion of the
workers of all industries, should be
carefully explained.
All these activities will help a great
deal to broaden the organizational
base of the Department Groups, and
make them better able to rally the
workers of the factory around them
and win their support.
We invite all workers to write to
us about their conditions of life and
work, and any suggestions they may
have for helping to fight against
them.
The Food Worker also invites cor
respondence particularly from food
workers. Write to them at the head
quarters of the Food Workers Indus
trial Union, w. 18th ST., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
A and P PUTS ON
SALES PRESSURE
Workers Must &c t
Costumers or Get Out

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Every en-
ployee of the A. and P. in this area
was invited" to attend meeting
in Soldier and Sailors Hall on Nov.
IA where big shots told us some things
we had to do. IF you didn't attend
you would get fired or furIoughed
(without pay for at least a week.
Each worker must get at least 5
new customers year or get a wage
cut. Each customer must spend $500
or more and as there are 10000 en-
ployeeS in the central district that
means $4,000 per week. Very good
craftsmanship, only it forces some of
the warehouse employees to bother
his friends at 10 and IL O'Clock at
night after Shaving ten hours day.
One fellow that works in the East
Liberty Warehouse told me that his
foreman told him: "I'll just give you
until 5 o'clock tomorrow and you'll
get the gate" when he asked him if
he got his five customers and was
Told that he couldn't get them. /
haven't seen him since, so / don't
know If he got fired or not.
The daily report sheet is made o,,t
Tor . hours a day, but an assistant
foreman told me that he had to get
lha hours overtime out Of the men
and this with " an hour for lunch
makes two hours we are robbed of
In some departments they don't allow
any talking and several girls have
been canned for it, They always give
some other excuse for it, however.
A, g. p. Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
J0BLESS BAKER
CALLS FOR ACTION
N. Y. Bakers Asked to
Consider Program

NEW YORK CITY.-ThouSand of
bakers are walking the streets of this
city looking for a job in bakeries and
employment "gyp" agencies. These
bakers who once baked bread for
everybody cannot supply their starry
ing families with bread.
Only five percent Of the bakers in
New York City are organized in diff
ferent unions under The corrupt lead
ership Of the A. F.. of L. and A.F.W.
who compete with conditions one
against the other
Tt has been proven many times
that the leaders Of both unions are
paid agents Of the bosses and are
selling-out bakers everyday. AS a
result of these sell-outs the bakers
are Shaving ID and Is hours a day.
They work at starvation wages and
in many cases z days a week. These
unions never attempted to organize
the large masses Of bakers in the
large bakeries or the unemployed
among them.
The only solution for these bakers
is:
l. Organizs into an Unemployed
Council of bakers of N. Y. with a
program of struggle for work and
bread.
2. Force the officials of your union
to enforce the eight-hour day and
supply work to all unemployed men,
bers without discrimination.
3. Organize into one big militant
union of the entire industry to fight
for better conditions.
L. S., A Hungry Baker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Hunger Strike Wins.

The proletarian political prisoners
In Bielefeld, Germany, have broken
of their hunger strike now that the
prison administration has granted a
number of their demands. In the
future they will be allowed two hours
of exercise daily on a sports field near
the prison. They will also be allowed
to be together in common room
during the hours that they are con
fined. within the prison. Lastly, they
will be allowed visitors one hour a
day instead of two hours per week,
as before.
Only resolute pressure and struggle
will ever win any concessions from
prison authorities or free our pro-
letarian comrades in jail. The work
of the International Labor Defense
must be redoubled, with the support
OF all workers, to free our class-War
prisoners in America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

ments for housing and food, due to
lack of finances.
WE ASK THE WORKERS OF
THIS COUNTRY:
WIN you permit the weary and
hungry to go without food and
lodging?
We place this question before the
workers and we are convinced that
there will be no worker in this conn
try, who reads this appeal, who
will not Immediately send funds to
the Hunger March Arrangements
Committee at 1911 G St., N. W.,
Washington, ID. G,
Show your solidarity with the
Hunger Marchers!
Respond Immediately! Tomorrow
may be too late!
Wire all funds available immedi-
ately. Take tonight to collect ad-
ditiOnaI funds!
Get money from every possible
source, and, above all, SEND YOUR
OWN DONATION!
NATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
COMMITTEE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

outskirts of town. Workers lined the
streets in Ellwood Cxy and VAN
pun.
Police Prevent Gas Purchase.
County police forced the gas sta
tons in New Castle to refuse gas for
the cars, and even compelled private
homes to do the same. But this did
not stop the march.
On Dec. 5, there will be a County
March on Greenburg, the county seat
of Westmoreland County, on Dec. s.,
while the National Marchers are in
Washington, to make local demands,
and to support the right of the
marchers to go in body and pre-
sent their demands to congress.
Columns 1886 will be in Parkers-
burg, W. Va, tonight. Column 7 will
be in Reading tonight. Column 8
will be in Wilmington, Del Column
9 will be in Norfolk, Va.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Fight to Release
3 in Birmingham
COLUMN 6
FROM THE SOUTH

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. l.
City officials here launched an at
tack on the National Hunger March
ers Of Column Tuesday, and on 300
workers Of the city who tried to as
semble to greet them. The march,
ers were fresh from their clash with
the police in Birmingham, Sunday.
where the mass protests from work
ers both Negro and white forced the
release of the girl marcher arrested
trying to speak to them.
They we're prepared to call on the
workers of Chattanooga for protest
against the continued holding OF
three Negro workers arrested in the
crowd at Birmingham when several
thousand welcomed the marchers
there. Those still held in Bririns-
ham are Leroy Guyton, Frances VIII
son and RosaIie Wilson.
But the Chattanooga police created
a case for struggle right here. They
arrested over 100 workers, including
three of the marchers: McQuiston.
Dinehard and Diaz.
The tremendous resentment thru
out the city finally forced the re-
lease OF all the arrested workers.
They had been charged with vag-
rancy.
The attack was planned, in agree
ment with the most vicious anti
working class forces. The Ku Kla1
Khan paraded the streets.
Mayor Bass closed the city lodgins
house in fear that the marchers
would rouse the inmates existing on
charity soup there.
Huge forces Of police and special
deputies were assembled by the CITY
administration.
The workers showed splendid spirit.
Column 8 was TO stop over last
night in Charlotte, N. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Imperial Hotel Change
Bosses and w Ors ems
Conditions of Workers

NEW YORK, N. VA few weeks
ago Hoover spoke and said that half
a million are going back to work
every month. So let's prove it and
see how it is done at the Hotel In
perial in New York City at 3lst and
B'way. On the 18th of this month
the place changed hands and the new
parasites did the following to improve
the conditions of the workers.
They fired two thirds of the help
and cut wages of those remaining by
45fo. The work tripled and no day
off for anybody and IL hour day.
Only cooks and walters get food; we
all used to get it before.
We are organizing a group to build
the Food Workers Industrial Union
but many of the workers are scared.
Why get fired without fighting? It
is better to fight and we can win. If
we do not fight we can see what
prosperity" we will get, beer OF no
beer.
Waiter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
More Strikes Won in Germany.


The workers of the famous Rosen-
thai porcelain works in Selb. Bav-
aria decided to go on strike last
week against a proposed wage-cut
The strike threat had an immediate
effect, the management agreeing to
withdraw the cut. A strike threat
won a similar victory for the leather
Fvorkers of the Woehler plant in
EVupperthal.
1 After a strike lasting several hours
she printers in the Wupperthal
"Staatsanzeiger" won the withdrawal
of posted wage-cuts, the repayment
of wages already deducted and the
rehiring of a number of workers who
had. been fired for strike propaganda.
These strikes, occurring after the
recent elections, confirm our predic-
ton that the Reichstag elections did
not mark the elimination of the huge
strike wave sweeping Germany, and
that the German workers are de-
tern1ined to fight Hindenburgs and
Papens efforts to starve them into
submission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
International
Notes
BY PETER HENRY.
Hunger Marches in Bohemia and
Germany.

Hunger Marches in Bohemia and
Germany.
PILSEN, Nov. IA (By MaiD On
Saturday, November 18th, over 1000
unemployed workers demonstrated
under Communist leadership in front
of the City Hall A deputation was
elected which presented their de-
mands for relief to the City Council
s of this city, famous for it's beer.
ERFURT, Nov. Is CBy maiD The
town of F'rankenheim is unable to
pay out the relief for unemployed.
Negotiations with the Mayor were
fruitlesS; the assembled workers then
began a hunger march through the
town, Selling food in various butcher
chops and bakeries. Nothing was
taken but food, which was eaten on
the spot, so that the police reserves
couldn't arrest anybody when they ar
rived. This hunger march alarmed
the District Governor SO much that
he Immediately ordered the distribu-
ton of 10000 lbs. of potatoes to the
unemployed. Negotiations with the
Governor were resumed under the
pressure of this demonstration, at
which it was disclosed that only 500
marks of the sum of $500 marks al
loted to Frankenheim by the Federal
Government for relief had been paid,
the remaining 5000 marks being re-
fained to meet the towns indebted
ness. This revelation enraged the
nasses, and the Governor was COM
PEELED to order the payment of adj
vance relief for November, together
with the immediate distribution Of
two carloads Of potatoes as winter
relief.
These dispatches show us that only
resolute battle and the cooperation
Of the employed workers with those
unemployed will make the authorities
listen and yield to the masses's de-
mands for winter relief and food for
the unemployed. Hunger marches
are taking place ell over the worldl
The March of the American unem-
ployed's delegates to Washington
must become the biggest and most
impressive Of them all!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
,fOrmist Labor Leaders Ignore The
Berlin Traffic Strike.


The November 10th issue OF the
"Press Reports of the international
Federation of Trade Unions" pub
lished in Berlin, does not print a
single line concerning the great Ber-
lin traffic strike which had tied up
all transportation for the entire pre-
ceding week. This news service of the
reformist. labor faker Federation,
which claims to print all the i'm
portant union news of the whole
world, deliberately says not word
about the biggest strike of the month
Just because the reformist and
Socialist union officials of Berlin for
bads the strike and did all they could
to break it. This attitude OF the
"Press Reports is another indication
of how trade union bureaucrats
sabotage all rank-and-file efforts at
united action for defense OF the work
ers' standard of living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Nazis PIay Hindenburg's Game.

Despite Hitler's fiery threats at
lacking Hindenburg and Won Papen,
the Nazi President of the Reichstag,
Goering, has turned down the Com
nunist motion for immediate ses-
sion of the new Reichstag; instead
he set the opening day for the latest
possible constitutional date, Dec. 9th.
fUhis is nothing but playing Won
,apen's game, giving him as much
ime as possible, to negotiate for the
establishment of an all-lncluslve
capitalist cabinet, including Adolf
Hitler. How different the Nazls'
words are from their deeds!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
800 Send Off Hunger
Marchers at Rockford

ROCKFORD, Ill. - About 300 at
tended the send-of of the delegates
to the National Hunger March. The
meeting was held in front Of the
County Court House.
Before leaving the city there was
breakfast given by the Women's
Branch of the Unemployed Councils
at am. where all the delegates we're
we'll fed. The delegates carried with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Workers University Founded in Paris.

An INSTITUTION Oh prOleIdrldIl euuCd-
ton has just been founded in Paris,
-sallsd the Workers University. Pro-
ninent Communist intellectuals such
IS Valiant Couturier, Rappoport, Ber-
~.iioz, Prenant, and others will give
the various courses. The University
catalogue comprises five major divi-
sions Of study: social sciences, natural
sci noes, arts and literature, technical
courses.
This university is destined to be-
come a powerful weapon in training
the Paris proletariat for the class
sGuggle. First the Workers School in
New York, then the Marxist Workers
Schools in most of the big cities of
Germany, and now the new addition
the Workers University of Paris. To
the bourgeois poisoning Of workers
minds we oppose with MarMst- Len
mist science, fitting workers as ADLER
fighters for the revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Spokane Workers Pay
Tribute to Engdahl

NEW YORK.-The following reso-
luton Of the Ella May branch on the
death Of j. Louis Engdahl, national
chairman Of the LID, has been re-
ceived by the national office:
1.-The Ella May branch of the Inter
national Labor Defense, Spokane,
Washington, sends its deepest SYM
pathy to the national Office, on the
loss Of its former secretary, j. Louis
Engdahl. Comrade Engdahl died at
his post, fighting for the lives and
freedom Of the ScottSboro boys. The
Ella May Branch pledges itself to in
tenSify its activity for the release of
the Scottsboro boys, and to mobilize
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02

them sufficient food for three day
stay in Washington.
The delegates represented seven
Unemployed Councils, the Blake
School Flop House, and the Scandi-
flavian Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
NOTICE TO WORKER COR
RESPONDENTS.

1t is Of the utmost Importance
to get reports from all workers.
particularly those working in
plants which are adopted to manu-
featuring war materials, to report
to the Daily Worker on all war
orders, shipments of war materials,
and war preparations of any kind.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Unemployed Meeting.

WILKES BARRE, Dec. ]. On
Monday, an unemployed mass meet
ing took place in Wilkes Barre at the
Workers Center, 325 E. Market st.
at which four delegates 20 Washing
ton were elected. Over 300 workers
packed the hall.
The meeting was enthusiastic for
the unemployed program as present.
ed by the speakers and the demands
for which the National Hunger
Marchers are going to Washington.
The enthusiasm was at It's highest
when two young miners from the
Stanton Colliery volunteered as
delegates. This colliery has been
shut down for months, and the
breaker was burned, thus shutting off
any possible hope for the Stanton
miners Of getting their jobs back.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
FURNITURE WORKERS SPREAD
DAILY" AMONG UNION MEN

The Furniture Workers Industrial
Union of New York City has or
deresa fifty ira copies of the
Daily Worker, to be spread at
meetings Of the upholsterers' Sec
ton of the union. This follows the
publication of news story on a
successful furniture strike In Flush
ing. Long Island, during which the
Daily Worker continually took up
the battle of the strikers.
What are ether unions through
out the country doing 10 poularize
the Daily. both among their own
membership and among outsidcrsc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Thousands Greet
March in Jersey
COLUMN s
NORTHEAST

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. Column
8 Of the National Hunger March,
nearly 700 delegates, stopped over
here in Hungarian Workers Hall last
night and is now on its way to Phil
adelphia
1t left New York City yesterday
with thousands marching in process
sion behind 1t to the tunnels under
the river TO New Jersey. 1t was met
by demonstrations in Jersey City,
Newark, and held q meeting and
had lunch in Lithuanian Hall, Eliz-
abeth. In New Brunswick it ap-
preached along two seperate roads,
and held another meeting, taking on
IA more marchers, and making a
total of 40 trucks and 80 automobiles.
A score Of recruits to the march
missed it at Newark, but overlook
the column before it reached Eliz-
abeth. Two big mass meetings
were held in Newark, about noon.
All along the way great crowds
turned out to cheer the marchers, in
their trucks decorated with enormous
cartoons, slogans: $50 Winter Relief"
Unemployment Insurance" and "On
to Washington"
In Trenton, Governor Moore once
more rejected the demands of the
local unemployed and a committee
of the marchers, for the use of the
armory for stop over place.
The commander of the column
since leaving Boston is Carl Reeve,
working with q leading committee OF
Ben Gold, leader Of needle trades
strikes in New York; Carl Winters,
of the New York Unemployed Coun-
Gil, and all the district division cap
tains.