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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-04-01
IF A WET SPOKE FRANKLY
S. F.. MCCARTNEY

What right has any set of men to tell us what
shall eat or drink, when?
Many statesmen and other prominent persons have
done yeonan service for the good by esfyng be-
fore the committee of congress- This very good far
as it goes, but it does not go far enough.
The witnesses before the committee did testify that
they wanted the saloon back they could patronize
themselves. This the wrong attitude must quit apol
ogizing and ntmatng that dry. Being dry is not
virtue is grave to say the least We should
boldly declare that liquor most excellent thing and that
it sold openly legally and without any restrictions
whatever
Then must the indulgence of Our friends while
make another complaint Why only light wines and beer?
What about the good old standby whisky? The various
writer's the subject of repeal of prohibition have much
to about personal liberty and then beg for Eight wines
and beer only But what about my personal liberty?
want whisky say frankly that it is good thing for
and my neighbour that it and convenient place
to purchase it.
We must not be fooled into allowing the government to
sell us liquor, in other countries Imagine
strong personal liberty sneakng up petty of
fetal to get license to buy little liquor week. He
might as well be dog and collar And then think
of freeborn American being told that he must not drink
the premises, but must sneak away like criminal No.
we want no ACKNOWLEDGEMENT saloons.
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-04-01

working least well any other If any country
demonstrate that it has better plan than ours-a plan
which reduces drunkenness the misery which grows Of
drunkenness deaths from alcoholism, automobile acct
- dens-below what show, may then consider
changing from experiment to theirs Until that dem
onsration is given would seem better to keep on with
our
at can't be enforcedp the chief argument of the
vets during the first few years of experiment 1t is
being stressed quite much 1t IS difficult to base
- constructive argument the word can't. ut can't be
done does sound like progressive slogan Besides,
the tacul patient and wise administration of Col Wood
cock getting results and is easy convince the
people that it can't be done it The
to be dreadfuy afraid that it will be enforced That is
probably another why they frantcaly work
ing create discomfort with prohibition before the depres
g sion is
For a time they tried to make capital out of the law
lessness and corruption of great cities with their
gomeate populations and their lack of unified public
opinon. No nonpartisan unprejudiced investigation
has supported the claim of the that
the result of prohibition. The Wickersham commission
distinguished, able and dsnterested any
mission which could possibly have been chosen It disposed
pretty effectualy of that argument.
Now the argument is that might end the depression
by legalizing beer They do not point to England Ger
many Austria, any other beerusing country illus
traon of the prosperity which beer supposed to bring
They do show how people buy beer without
buying fewer other things, how will help other indus
tries have the peoples spending money diverted the
drink trade.
EXtravagant claims made to the revenue which
the government might get from beer twere only
legalzed The figure is put at billion dollars, which
sounds like good round The vets are, however,
modesy recen about explaining who is to pay this STU
pendous tax. Would be borne by those able by
those least able pay? Would it relieve those who pay
heavy income taxes by throwing the burden upon the poor
would relieve the poor by throwing the burden the
rich? Why don't the take into their confidence and
explain these points to us?
The reports of the commissioner of internal
show that the receipts from the excise all fermened q
uors for the five years before entered the that
from 1913 to 1917 inclusive, averaged little than
sevenyeight millions To raise billion dollars from this
the people would have to fourteen times
much beer then the would have be fourteen
times high the quantity Even these modest
would be paid by the poor and not by the rich Why
will those who have nothing to gain from the return of the
liquor trade allow themselves to be deceived by such
travagant figures as the vets are giving out?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Negro and White
Workers Stand Side
by Side Against Cops

NEW YORK. = Negro workers at
q nesting called by the League OF
Struggle for Negro Rights, at 134th
st. and Seventh Ave, June l, pro-
tscted white worker who had been
speaking from attack by Negro po-
lice. They said that. when it came
to police and workers, there was no
difference between Negro and white
The meeting was addressed by Negro
and white speakers on Scottsboro,
and a large crowd collected, After
adjournment, at 1880, Negro work
ers came up and a general discus
sion resulted on the Garvey move
ment, whether Negroes could go back
to Africa, whether the Communist
Party would be able to organize white
workers to fight against lynching OF
Negro workers, etc.
The crowd grew larger than dur
ing the speaking While white police
stood on the corner as reinforce
menss, two Negro police were sent
in to break up the crowd These po-
lice picked on one white worker who
had been speaking,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
SOLIDARITY DAY DEMONSTRATION
IN STARLIGHT PARK, JUNE Il

NEW YORK. -Thousands of work
ers will demonstrate in Starlight
Park on June II, International Soil
dafity Day, for bread and against
the bosses hunger, terror and war
offensive.
Throughout the world, at the call
of the Workers International Relief,
millions of workers will join in Soil
darity demonstrations on this day.
Employed and unemployed will
join together for their class inter-
ests. Solidarity Day this year is most
important with the crisis bringing
more suffering to the workers and
more need for united fight for their
class interests.
The unemployed and part-time
workers of New York are facing more
hardships. The bosses and Tammany
Hall are continuously cutting down
the meager relief even on the bread
lines. City relief workers are being
laid off more and more.
Mayor Walker and his Tammany
politicians are grating hundreds OF
thousands of dollars on luxury trips
to Europe, etc, getting $4,000 year
salary besides big graft, while the
unemployed get their last bit Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
u. S. Delegation
to Attend Anti War
Congress in Geneva

In response to an appear issued
by Roman ROLAND, Chairman of
an international Committee, for
delegates from the United states
TO World Congress Against War
to be held in Geneva, on June %,
an American Committee has been
formed with Offices at 1o4 Fifth
Avenue, New York, for the pur-
pose of cooperating in the hold
ing of such a Congress. Theodore
Dresser is Chairman Of the Amer
lean Committee, and Malcolm
Cowley, Secretary.
Labor as we'll as peace organi-
cations abroad and in the United
states will be represented at the
World Congress Against War. At
its sessions in Geneva, this Con-
gress will discuss and devise de-
finite means for combating ON a
world wide scale war in the Orient
as we'll as in the Occident.
The quota for delegates from
the United States to the World
Congress Age inst War has been
put at fifty by the International
Committee, which includes Ro-
main ROLAND, also Albert Elm
stein, Bernard Shaw. Heinrich
Mann, Maxim Gorky Henri Bar
(busse and Madame Sun Yet-sen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Sentence 4 Jobless
Leaders to Welfare
Island for Speaking

NEW YORK.-Facing an openly
hostile judge, four members of the
Unemployed Council we're sentenced
to five days On Welfore Island for
holding an opan-air meeting at 18th
ST. and Sixth Ave.
Ray Feinblatt, woman worker.
testified that despite the fact that
she was granted permission from the
local police precinct to hold the
melting, the arresting officer jostled,
showed and abused her. The other
three workers appeared with marks
and bruises on their faces indicating
rough treatment at the hands of the
police.
The judge clearly showed his hatred
for the workers. On several occa-
sions he denounced the workers for
trying to discuss mass misery, unam-
ployment and other matters of in
terest to workers, but apparently dis
tasteful to the judge.
A representative from the Saliva
ton Army testified that ii was he
who complained to the police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06

MONDAY
workers Esperanto Group No. will
meet at the Hungarian Workers Home,
Room 5, $50 e. slst St, at $50 pm
An Important meeting of the Film g. Photo
Section of the Workers Film and Photo
League will be held at 10 w. 2ist st. at
pm.
Thc Harlsn, Progressive Youth Club will
have meeting at 1889 Madison Ave. st
. pm
A rehearsal of the wLR. Band will be
held at Starlight Pars On June z,
Alteration Painters viii meet at 1880
southern Boulevard Bronx, at pm. AL
members are urged to be present
Alteration Painters, Yorksine Section,
will meet at $50 E. raist st al pm,
special emergency mass meeting of the
Bronx Park East: at $50 pm
An important meeting Of the Hunger
Fighter Drive Committee q4 tne O-....-
moved Council of Greater New YORK will
be held al q. 18Th st., top floor, at r pm
Through an error notice was sent to
the uniss Tor a Food workers Fraction
fneesipg for Monday Tns meedns IS
called of.
Comrads Choncs Michel, famous Mexican
Anger of revolutionary songs, will give a
Aeeture-recital at the Musicians Club, John
Need Club Building, e3 W. 18th st. at $50
pm.
Volunteer typers are needed by the LID.
District Office, Recon- 40. 19s 5rsaawss,
View York
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
GEORGIA BOSSES
in new MOVE TO
LYNCH ATLANTA6
Trial Set for June 10;
Workers Must Rush
Protest

ATLANTA, Ga, June 5. - June 10
has been set as the date for a new
attempt by the Georgia lynch courts
to railroad six white and Negro or
ganizers to the electric chair for the
crime" of organizing Negro and
white workers together into the revo-
lutionary trade unions.
The six working class organizers
are Henry Storey and Herbert New
ton, Negro workers, May Dalton, Ann
Burlak, Powers and Carr. white
workers.
The : Prosecuting Attorney of
Georgia is demanding death sen
fences for the six workers as the
only means OF combating the growth
of Communism in Georgia" At the
last trial, two months ago, the orig
inal Indictment was shot to pieces
by the international Labor Defense
attorneys. The state then drew up
a new indictment against the six
workers in its determination to cleo
trocute them for their working class
activities.
Only mass pressure can stop this
hideous crime planned by the Georgia
ruling class and force the lynch
courts to drop the charges against
these six working class organizers.
Get your organizations to rush pro-
test kilograms tonce to Governor R.
B. Russell, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Court Is Forced to Free Ten
Fined IN ScOttsbOnO Protest
Tenn. Bosses Attack
Mass Fight Against
Lynch Verdicts

CHATTANOOGA, June 5. - Ten
Negro and white workers who were
arrested here for holding a meeting
about two months ago to protest the
Scottsboro lynch verdicts were dis
missed yesterday on appeal. In the
first hearing they had been fined
$50. The International Labor De-
Tense appealed against the decisioon
and mobilized the masses to fight
against it. The workers are Charlie
Holt, Ben Morrison, Tom Mont
gomery, j. w. Thurston, Fred Star,
James Williams, w. H. Duncan,
Kentucky miner, John Montgomery
and Jane Dillon, southern organizer
of the I. l.. D.
Two cops who we're in the party
that made the arrest we're the only
witnesses against the workers. Their
own testimony so obviously showed
that there was no Blocking the
street" that the judge could not
carry through the frame-up. One OF
the cops, on being questioned by the
defense lawyer, George w. Chamlee,
as to whether the police department
interferes with religious and political
meetings, said that those meetings
are Legitimate" and therefore the
police don't interfere.
Judge Lusk, in disniSsing the case,
made a vicious attack against the
Communist Party. His flag-waVing
d-baiting speech lasted for about
fifteen minutes. 1t was typical OF
Lusk's role of preserving a dema-
gogic front of fairness" while at
the same time fighting against the
struggles of the workers, and es-
peially the doubly oppressed Negroes
OF the south, against their eXploiters
and oppressors. Lusk is being
boosted as a candidate for congress
by the Republican machine of the
Third Congressional District, and his
attack on the revolutionary workers
was an obvious attempt to show that
he will make a god job of op-
pressing the workers and poor farm
ers of this district if he is elected to
congress.
The State Nominating Conven-
ton of the Communist Party of
Tennessee, which is to be held in
Chattanooga on June 26th, will
give the answer of the workers and
poor farmers of this district 10
Judge Lusk by putting the can
didates of the working -class for all
local offices as well as for Con-
gresham from this district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
RUIN SCHEME OF
MILLER FOREMAN
Shoe Strikers Parade,
II O'clock Tomorrow

NEW YORK.-In a vain effort TO
break the ranks of the militant shoe
strikers, Che Miller shoe bosses and
foremen tried a new scheme-which
was discovered by the watchful strik-
ers and defeated.
On Saturday, when the italian LAST
ers came home from the picket line,
they found post cards written in Ital-
ian asking them to come to 2e35
Erickson ST. in Elmhurst, Long
Island, on Sunday morning at 1890.
These cards were signed "Tu AMIGO
(your friend). The Strike Commit
tee Immediately took action and sue
ceeded in mobilizing some SO to 60
strikers and shoe workers,
The result WIS that on Sunday
morning the workers gathered around
this house at about o'clock in the
morning. 1t turned out that the
foreman lived there and had hoped
to get some of the lasters to break
ranks and go back to work. Not one
entered the house.
View of Activity.
This week is one of intense activ-
ity for the Shoe and Leather Work
ers' Industrial Union Tonight is a
mobilization meeting of all the lead
ing forces of the union in the union
headquarters, 5 E, 10th st.
Tomorrow at II am. starts the
parade of the Geller strikers from
735 Lorimer ST., Brooklyn. All strik-
ers of the Miller and Paris shoe
shops and all other shoe workers will
join the parade. The march will be
a demonstration of solidarity with the
striking shoe workers. 1t will be a
demonstration against the police bru-
tally at the Paris strike zone.
On Thursday all shoe workers are
called to a mass meeting for the in
classification of the relief drive for
the striking shoe workers and for the
mobilization of all forces for the COM
ing shop conference,
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
June 10, IL and u, will be Tag Days
for relief for the striking shoe work
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Commodore Laundry
Bosses Framing 3
Leading Strikers

NEW YoRK,-Friday, the conln1o-
dore Laundry bosses, Kaplan ano
Reiner with several detectives, cams
up to the strike headquarters, arr
rested Sam thurman, one of the most
militant strikers who had worked
for the Commodore bosses for tbs
last twelve years, and had him
framed on larceny charge, specifi.
cally for the large sum of Sl.sS.
Saturday they arrested two n1ora
strikers, and with the assistance OF
q professional strike breaker, haa
them framed on fake charge Of
felonious assault.
The Laundry Workers Industrial
Union calls upon all workers to CONS
to 1928 Southern Boulevard and help
these strikers in their activities on
the picket line and at street meets
ings
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Force Release of
Negro Youth Leader
Burton, on Bail

NEW YORK.-Ted Burton, young
Negro worker and a member of the
National Executive Committee of the
Young Communist League, was re-
leased on bail. pending hearing.
Comrade Burton was arrested a
week ago by a Negro detective in a
vicious frame-up because his activi-
ties in the Scottsporo campaign. He
was held incommunicado and was
only located last Saturday by the
International Labor Defense, At
first charged with picking the pocket
Of detective. the charge was later
changed to an attempt at house
breaking and larceny" The Negro
detective had instructions to get"
Comrade Burton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
New Rules Make Taxi
Drivers Buy Uniforms

NEW YORK. - The New York
City Taxicab Board of Control has
revived Commissioner Whalens idea
of a monkey uniform for the taxi
drivers, which they will have to buy
out of their already meager income.
June is set as date for hearing
of the new rules. Besides forcing
drivers to wear such uniforms as the
board shall prescribe, including
cap mot less than four inches high
in 'front.', the drivers will be forbid
den to smoke while driving.
At the time of Whalens proposal,
drivers under the leadership of the
Transportation Workers Department
of the Trade Union Unity League
made such protest the uniform
proposal was abandoned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
STRUGGLE ON.
SAYS WEISSBERG


NEW Although we eX-
posed the frame-up and won the
case on the basis of facts, they found
me guilty Of being left winger,"
writes T.. Weissberg, leading needle
trades workers brought up before
Judge Kurt Friday for sentence. The
judge sent Weissberg to prison for an
indeterminate sentence. He had been
convicted of assault in the Needleman
g. Bremmer strike, and convicted
largely through the treachery of the
officials and of the Loyestoneite-
Zimmerman faction, which sabotaged
his defense on every possible occa-
sion.
The courtroom was full of needle
workers to greet Weissberg. Weiss
berg's conviction follows closely the
conviction on similar charges, and
with similar treacheries, Of Turner,
Adalcri and Miller, also a Needleman
g. Bremmer case.
Il will join the active militant
ranks when I am released. Organ
ize the needle trades workers for
struggle and defense against the
bosses and their agents, the Koch
mans, zimmermans and the rest of
the bunch" wrote Weissberg.
The N. T. w. I. u calls for a mass
movement among the workers of
New York, particularly among the
drossmakeIs, to demand the uncondi-
ticnal release of our militant active
fighters, Weissber, Turner, Miller and
Adalchi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE
ON WEDNESDAY

The Daily Worker will publish
IN its Wednesday issue an iinpor-
tant leading article from Izyestia,
organ of the Soviet Government,
printed in IFS issue Of May 23rd,
entitled "Why Are Murderers Of
President Bcumer Not Arrested"
The article is important not only
because of the exposure Of the
rrcvncation which was to unleash
the hou~ds Of war a~ainst The
Soviet Ilninn. but also because 1t
reveals the connections between
q rriov, TIE white guardist, and
the French police.
The readers will learn from this
article the need for vigilance and
action against the white guardists
In the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Collect a Million
p Mes for the Voice
of a Million J0bless.

NEW YORK, All working class
organizations are being called into
a campaign to finance and extend
the circulation of the Hunger
Fighter, offioial paper OF the Un-
employed Council in New York
"a million pennies for the voice OF
million jobless" is the slogan OF the
campaign. Contribution lists have
been distributed to workers organi-
cations but anybody who needs one
can get it from 5 East 10th ST
July to July II viii be a success
sion of tag days for the Hunger
Fighter,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
NO DATE SET In
WALKER CASE
Charge N. Y. Relief"
Grated on Food |

NEW YORK. - Governor Roose-
velt, Mayor Walker and Seabury OF
the Hofstadter legislative commits
sion are haggling over the time OF
presentation Of charges against
Walker. Walker demands that the
trial before the governor come after
the democratic national convention.
June 81 in Chicago. Seabury plan
ned first to lay the findings charging
that Mayor Walker took hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in graft, be-
fore Roosevelt without reconmen-
dalton as to what should be dcne
with them. Roosevelt's friends de-
clare this an attempt to cripple the
Roosevelt candidacy for president,
and force him to lose either Tam
many support or the support OF the
anti Tammany faction. No pubic
decision has been made. Probably
nothing much will happen to Walker,
in spite 70 the evidence OF graft
Tammany, the Catholic Church,
and the italian fsscists stand back
of Walker. At dinner given Judge
John j. Freschi of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions, at Hotel Biltmofe,
during the week end, the italian fas-
cist consul general, Monseigneur "a
Catholic church title of nobility La
velle, and District Attorney Grain ap-
plauded when Generose Pope praised
Walker and declared he could be
mayor as long as he wants TO-.
Meanwhile another section of the
Seabury staff made public evidence
that graft went on in the New York
City relief work Inspectors OF the
eity's relief bureau gave out food
tickets on stores that were ready to
split the profits with the inspectors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
'TROIEUS AND CRESSIDA AT THE
BROADWAY THEATRE TONIGHT


The Players have chosen "Troilus
and Cressida,' Shakespeare play of
the Trojan war, as their production
for revival this year and will present
the play at the Broadway Theatre
this evening, The large cast includes
Otis Skinner. Blanche Yurka, George
Gaul Mr.. and Mrs. Chsles Coburn,
Eugene Powers and Edith Barrett.
Another play listed for this eve
ming is Hey, Noony Nonny," an inti-
mate revue by Max and Nathaniel
Lief and Michael Clssry. Frank
Morgan is the star Other players
include Ann Seymour Dorothy Nc
Nulty, Jean Carter addell and
jerry Norris,
THE Boy Friend" a melodramatic
comedy by John Montague. is sched-
uled for Tuesday night at the Mo-
rosco Theatre. Emily Graham, Char
lotte Walker, George Probert and
Walter Glass head the cast.
Symphony of Six Million Fanny
Hurst's first screen story, is now
showing at the Jefferson and Frank
lin Theatres Ricardo Cortez Irene
Dunno. Anna Appel an Gregory
Ratof play the leading roles Begin
ming Wednesday and continuing until
Friday inclusive, both theatres will
present Man Wanted" with Kay
Francis and David Manners The
Jefferson will show an added feature,
Steady Company" with Norman
Foster and June Clyde
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
SIOUX KNITTING
STRIKE SETTLED

NEW YORK. The workers of the
Sioux Knitting Mills, 500 Seventh
Ave, are going back to work this
morning after a one week strike.
The strike was declared against the
lockout made by the boss as result
of a Is per cent wage-cut. The set
Element was made on the following
conditions: Reinstatement of all the
workers, recognition of shop and
price committee. a hours a week in
stead of 48, no wage-cut for the
lower paid workers, q. 10 per cent
cut instead of Is per cent for the
higher paid workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-06
Tonight Is Last for
Signature Drive
In 18th District

NEW YOEK.-Monday night
tonight, is the last chance to col
Iect signatures in the Twelfth As
sembly District to put the Com
munist candidates on the ballot.
Only 200 more names are needed.
All are urged to turn out for can
wasting at $50 pm. Even an
hours work will help. Italian
speaking collectors are especially
needed. Headquarters of the
Twelfth District are at los Lex
ington Ave.
Wednesday night work will be
concentrated ON the Third Assem-
bly, District, with headquarters at
3o1 w. 29th st.