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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
JOBLESS BUILD.
BIG COUNCIL IN
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.
Recruit Over 1000
Members in Month;
IA Join Party
Bloorningtn, III.

Bloomingtn, III.
Daily Worker:
The Bloomington Unemployed
councils have just been start
ed about a month and already
we see the council with a member
ship of over 1000 members, who are
signed up. The hall is packed every
meeting night and some have to be
turned away.
We workers Of Bloomington think
that this is an exception and per-
haps some of the other towns in the
United States could take from this
experience the methods that were
used to build this council.
In the first place we had the pro-
gram of the Communist Party OF
carrying on struggles for better relief
and no evictiors, to fight for un-
employment insurance. We had g
method of activising the workers in
the Unemployed Councils and to give
them something to do and to prove
at all times that the Unemployed
Councils were not merely to come to
meetings and to hear speeches but to
get action and thereby proving that
we mean what we say.
The February 4th meeting was a
great success with 465 in the parade
and more than 1900 at the court
house. At night at q large hall $50
workers assembled and heard some
more talks. The program Of the
Communist Party was explained here
and a nucleus of IA members was
recruited. Now we are planning to
build the International Labor De-
tense and to hold a meeting on the
twenty-ninth Of this month for the
release Of Tom Mooney.
We already have some Daily
Workers coming here but we are
going to start to get more and to get
them out on the street and build
healthy circulation.
Bloomington is a manufacturing
town and we are also going to work
in the factories to build the r. u. U.
L. and also the Party.
"A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

number Of the non-union workers
would be laid off. He did not forget
to throw the whole burden on the
backs Of the workers, however. All
the workers who have jobs are to be
taxed to Support" those who have
been thrown out.
The workers in the Amalgamated
must smash all these attempts Of the
bosses and their lackeys to throw the
burden Of the crisis on our backs.
Don't stand for such treacherous
attacks on your living standards.
Organize grievance committees in the
shops and expose the takers. Organ
ize into the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union which fights against
wage cuts, speed up, and lay offs. |:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

capitalist system I know from the
stories Of my older comrades and
from information we get from the
capitalist countries. This is enough
to create in us a feeling of hatred
toward capitalism and to inspire us
with burning desire to fight with all
our power for the triumph of social
ism all over the world.
When finished school I worked in
the dye industry and afterwards in
textile factory. Then I went to a
trade school to learn to be mechanic.
While at school I received wages.
I work in the factory First of May
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

threat II Is the same Judge VINO,
1t was reported, is part owner in a
house OF prostitution on the corner,
Pine and Kearney Streets. According
to the newspaper reports, the Judge
(Steiger) admitted being half owner
and that his sister manages the
property and collects the rent of the
madame who operates the place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
TRAINED NURSE CALLS
WORKERS TO ORGANIZE
TO SMASH CAPITALISM
After Three Years Training Nurses Are Forced
to Do House Work for Board
Many Suffer Indignities in Charity Line AS
Mass Misery Grows
(By MATTE MERKA)

KANSAS CITY, Mo-Nine years ago went in training at
one OF our leading hospitals with fourteen others the class
We were furnished uniforms Our salary was six dollars
per month We to have half day off during the week
and one half day Sunday but did always get We had
to get up at be at the breakfast table at $780, on duty
at am Our first work cleaning and scrubbng the diet
Kitchens nurses dressing voom and work room
This all must be done by 1870 Some of us then went to
lunch while others carried trays patients We were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

since 1881 and make $50 roubles a.
month. This is sufficient for all my
needs. continue my studies to broad
en- my technical knowledge. The
working class is much in need of such
knowledge in order to complete the
building Of Socialism in our country.
From the examples of these few
members of our brigade you can judge
about the rest Of the members of the
brigade and the whole factory col
lective. We all came to Moscow from
various parts of the U. s., all with a
different level of development and
knowledge. Now we work and struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Amalgamated Officials Help
to Fire TailOrs In Indiana
Thy a Worker Correspondent

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The Kahn
Tailoring Co. Of Indianapolis called
up the Amalgamated officials recent
ly and asked them to assist them in
increasing their profits. The COM
pany demanded Is per cent cut in
wages. or that a certain per cent Of
the work be made cheaper.
The well known Frank Rosenblum
did not accept this, however, because
only recently, amid considerable cat
calls from the workers he put over
a cut Of 10 per cent
Instead he came forward with a
different scheme to help the compa-
ny. With the assistance Of the local
cliques, he put over THE proposition
that some Of the union and an equal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
But They Cannot Arrest
The Strike

By BORIS ISRAEL
Small whispers start
And echo in empty cupboards
Echo in barren kitchens
Echo in pitch black tunnels
Whisper company shafts
("The dogs gTOwliDg
Throw the bitches bone
"Give them the Salvation Army
Out from behind loaded cars
Words dropped like topped coal
Sentences Shortclipped like shortweght tons
Saying to hell with starvation!
("The slaves restless
Buy them organized union.
Give them United Mine Workers.
Now on huddIed street corners
In groups next the common pump
Worker TO worker in elevators
Wife to husband and all children listen
In sleepess Voices
That must be heard
STRIKE! WORKERS
OUT AGAINST STARVATION!
WORKERS UNITE AGAINST HUNGER.
1.-THE underdogs massing!
"The dogs barking.
Call the police! Enlist
The thugS!")
Out. Down tools!
The miners marching!
The profits halted while
Are fighting starvation. Producers
Demand their productions. On
For the right Of the workers!
CCharge the noisy rebels
Break the unholy strike.
ARREST and jail the leaders.
xiii and club the workers")
But they cannot arrest the strike!
hundred thousand pairs OF feet
Thunder the to terror
Ragged feet Bleeding feet)
A hundred thousand throats
Take the slogan and
SPREAD. THE STRIKE echos
Loud and long the housetops
Down the mine shafts
Rafting the far away windows
OF boss homes murderer homes
And WIN THE STRIKE comes crashing from the
The factories the farms, the shops:
UNITE:
and workers Of the world in solidarity
Must march and viii march to power!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Letter from Miners Wife
Exposes Hunger in West
(By . Worker Correspondent
Enfle Vale. Kansas. For the two wee

For the two weeks work he received
$37.44. The following are the ex-
penses: mining supplies, 1885, store
account, s13.47; owed to the COM
pany, 1913.
The Red Cross has set up fake
relief station here. They give out
one 24-pound sack of flour for two
families and call it relief. They only
distributed this flour once here this
winter.
We have an Unemployed Branch
at Arna, Kansas, which has made a
good start. We have a number OF
members and are working hard 10
get more. The workers in the branch
have all pledged to carry on
strong fight FOR better conditions.
--E. s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

for one common cause,-to hasten the
building of Socialism in our country.
We are all still young and We know
that our future depends upon our
selves. We will try TO make the most
these opportunities. We will study
hard to improve the quality of our
work and help the workers Of the
whole world to overthrow the cursed
capitalist system. The enclosed photo
graphs will help you get a clearer
idea of our life and work.
Hearty revolutionary greetings to
all proletarians, to all toilers of the
city and village.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Young Negroes Join
Vel. in Terre Haute
iBy a Worker Correspondent

VBy WOfkef C0rfespOndentJ
TERRE HAUTE, 1nd-Eviction
are few If any in the Negro section
Of hits city. The bosses fear the idea
Of Negro workers organizing with the
white.
The work in the Negro section is
steadily going forward. The Daily
Worker is being read by an increasing
number OF workers. Quite a few of
the young Negro workers have joined
the Young Communist League. Many
Of them marched in the Feb. 4th
demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

Daily WORKER
Just line about the conditions
here. There are lots of coal mines
working cooperative here. They are
paying all the way from 10 to so per
cent on the dollar. Coal is 80 cents
ton solid shooting. Powder Is $40
a box. On can imagine how much
powder is needed for solid shooting.
A box lasts about two days on the
average.
What a miner makes at these
mines he has to take out In gro
ceries and he is lucky to get that.
My husband works at one Of these
mines. He was supposed to get 80
cents q ton, but when pay day came
acound he got 10 cents on the dollar,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Judge, Vice House
Owner, Jails Three
in Frisco Flag Case
CBy a Worker Correspondens.)

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.-The cap
italists and their well-paid lackeys
are getting holder every day. Here is
a case where police judge sentenced
three workingmen to Jail for refusing
to salute the American flag under
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

park Q hours every day and they
would give me some food, just like
the sample above mentioned. The
bosses have discovered a fine scheme,
don't pay workers any more, Just
let them work for nothing and then
poison them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Decatur Unemployed
Halt All Evictions
(By a Worker Crrespondent)

DECTAUR, Ill.-Our Unemployed
Councils here are organized so strong
that there are no evictions and they
do not dare to cut off the water here.
Workers of Illinois join our ranks and
put up fight against the rotten
conditions all over the state. We
workers Of Decatur have proven that
we can do something when we are
organzed.--L. b.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27

Get your shopmates to
contribute to save the
workers paper. G e t
Daily Worker donation
books at SO E. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-27
Members of Shock Brigade in May L Plant

Here are three members of the
shock brigade ''ROte Fahne" at
work in the "May First" factory.
They are, left to right: COmrade
Supin, mill wright; young wo-
man tool maker, and COmrade
OchkaSOv, a machinist.
These workers wish to correspond
with American workers. Write to
them in care of the Shock Brigade,
''May First" Factory, Moscow, U. S.
S. r. They will answer you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01

think of this vast organization as a new arm of the federal govern ment."
 Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam, he says, are special cases and should not determine the national policy.
 In his speeches, Governor Ritchie has charged Hoover with many mistakes in attempting to cope with the depression. He fiays the president for delaying efforts to- ward governmental economy or in- creased taxes until the treasury de- felt had reached a tremendous fig ure, whereas the approach of this crisis might have been foreseen. Then followed the sudden cry for increased taxes and balanced budget.
 Instead of eternally seeking new sources of revenue" says Ritchie, "the federal government should give more thought to spending not more, not the, same, but less of the savings and earn ings of the American people,"
 In his Jefferson Day address at Washington, Ritchie reveiwed the record of the republican adminis- tratiOns in these words:
 Looking back over 12 years we see disarmament conferences which failed to disarm; foreign policies if. indeed, they can be called poli- cies-weak, ineffective and incom- petent; tariffs which have destroy ed our foreign trade and encourag- ed American industry to go abroad and there employ foreign labor al the very moment American labor is out of job; treaties to outlaw war which have failed to outlaw attacks by one nation upon an.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01

this may prove unavoidable If
 they do not guard against 1t by
 adopting some form of unem-
 ployment insurance of their own. The TariH-He believes lower tar
 ifs would assist materially in
 ending the depression, explain
 ing that retaliatory tariffs a.
 broad have been inevitable as the
 result of our high tariff policy. Farm Relicf-He is against federal
 subsidies of any kind, holding
 that permanent relief must come
 through q reopening of the ex-
 port market.
 TaxatiOn-He is for scientific
 rather than political tax plan
 ming"
 War Dcbts-He is opposed to
 cancellation, asserting that they
 are just obligations, and if Eur
 ope doesn't pay them, American
 taxpayers must.
 
 Foremost foe of the growing cen tralization of government at Wash ingtonr Ritchie says this:
 ouI dIIily VI lCutAdl NP is rapidly approaching the million mark, with cost of government that has grown 15 times as fast as our population and Is now run ming into astronomical figures, im- posing burden of taxation that is ihtolerable.
 "One hundred and fifty bureaus and endless commissions prey up- on you and feed off you. Twenty five different grades of federal of- fees scattered throughout the va rious departments can hector you, arrest you and ruin you. There is not a phase in your life from the cradle to the grave, from the cellar of your home to the wallet In your pocket, into which they cannot pry."
 'Ritchie calls prohibition "the high water mark in the evils of centralized power"
 "Our greatest progress toward temperance" he says, twas made before we mixed morals, politics and legislation all up together and tried to do by centralized force and constitutional fiat what can only be done by education and popu- lar sanction and consent. l think the whole problem should be turned back to the states so that each state may settle it in accord ance with the needs and conditions of it's own people"
 Frequently, Ritchie has been at tackled as being friendly to the power trust" because of his oppo- sition to state and government ownership of utilities, but he stands his ground. He says it is not a function of government to compete with private business, de- clares $200,000, ,000 year in taxes would be lost if the power indus try were taken over.
 Government ownership of the power industry would make us po- ltical slaves to the federal govern ment," he says. Tt would result in the building up of political machine staggering in it's magni- tude. In 1880, 275,000 people were employed in the electric light and power business. It staggers one to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01
New Haven Cuts
 Four Met. Trains
New York-Boston Traffic Shrinks- ks-Busses Replace
 Runs in Other Points of Service

a. m. and have correspondingly later schedule at line stations, due Springfield 11:25 a. m., due White River Junction 3:10 p. m.
 Hell Gate Bridge Route
 Train 175, leaving Boston at 7:30 a. m. daily for New York. Penn sylvania Station and Washington, will make additional Sunday only stop at South Norwalk.
 Train 177, the Senator" leaving Boston at 11:0O a. m. daily for Washington, will make additional flag stops every day at Kingston and Saybrook.
 Train 174, the Colonial, leaving Washington at 800 a. m. and New York, Pennsylvania Station daily at 200 p. m., will have present schedule until Saturday, June II inclusive and effective Sunday. June ~12, will leave Washington about 9:0O a. m.. leave New York Pennsylvania Station 2:00 D. m. and be scheduled correspondingiy later at line stations, due Boston 7:25 D. m.
 Connecticut River Line
 Train 68 A leaving New York, Grand Central Terminal at 7:30 a.. m. daily for Springfield and White River Junction, will leave at 800 a. m., be scheduled correspondingly later at line stations, due Spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01

| Some curtailment of passenger train schedules will be put in ef- feet on the New Haven railroad next Sunday, made necessary be- cause of the continued shrinkage in passenger traffic, the changes in- cluding re-vamping of the through New York Boston service, some minor changes in the New York Hartford Springfield service and l the substitution of highway motor coaches for trains on several lightly patronized branch lines. | Two trains will be taken off in each direction between New York and Boston, and the Merchants Limited, heretofore operated seven days week. will not be run on Saturdays. Of the two pairs of through trains taken off. one has duplicate service to and from Pennsylvania station instead of Grand Central.
 The principal changes in the New Springfield service are the discontinuance of the 7:30 a. m. train from New York, coupled with the changing of the 8:15 to 500. with Springfield arrival only 20 minutes later than the present 7:30 train; and discontinuance of two Sunday trains.
 Lines on which bus service is to be substituted for trains are the Hartford -HaZardville, one round trip: Hartford, one train: Middletown-B Berlin. four round trips; and Springfleld-H Hart ford, one train.
 Changes of local interest are as follows:
 New York Bridgeport and Water
 bury -Winstcd
 Train .443 leaving Waterbury at '5:55 a.. m. except Sunday for Bridgeport, will omit stop at Bea- con Falls.
 Train 467 leaving Winsted at 7:15 p. m. Sundays only for Bridgeport, will omit stop at Bea- con Falls:
 Boston, Hartford and Waterbury
 Train 425 leaving Willimantic at 5.55 a. m, except Sunday for Hart ford will be discontinued and in lieu thereof alternative service pro- vided by the New England Trans portation company.
 Train 137 leaving Boston at 4:15 D. m. Sundays only for Hartford and Waterbury will leave at 4:20 D. m. and be scheduled corre- spondlngly later at line stations. due Hartford 7:2O D. m., due Wa terbury S25 D. m.
 Train 137 leaving Boston at 4:15 D. m except Sunday for Hartford and Waterbury. will leave at 4:20 D. m.. make additional stops at Walpole and Norfolk and be sched- uled correspondingly later at line stations, due Hartford at 7:20 p. m.. due Waterbury 8:25 p. m.
 Train 923 leaving Boston 4:21 D. m. except Saturday and Sunday for Franklin, will be discontinued.
 Train 925 leaving Boston at 5:06 D. m. except Sunday for Black stone. will make additional stops at Winslows. Plimptonville. Highland Lake. City Mills and be due Black stone 6;13 D. m.
 Train 458 leaving Bristol at 9:40 a. m. except Sunday for Hartford. will leave at 10:05 q. m. and be scheduled correspondingly later at line stations, due Hartford 10:40 a. m. Washington New York and Mon- trcal, Ottawa, Quebec and Murray Bay Train 68 leaving New York, Grand Central Terminal at 7:30 a. m. daily for Springfield and White ] River, Junction. will leave at 8:00
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01
World War Veteran
 Booklets Out Soon
Thirty.two Page Resume of Legal Status for Every
 Registered Legionnaire By July 10

yond the July 10th date. because the booklet will not be furnished outside the Monthly mailing list. Each post, therefore, should in- clude this activity by June 30.
 The boklet will be periodically revised and pages issued for in- serts. It should in no way be con fused with the government codifi- cation of federal laws of interest to veterans of all wars. and which the legion sponsored in congress. The codifIcation Is being compiled by the veterans bureau. That will be a voIuminous technical docu- ment, and no doubt will be sold to individuals about six months from now at comparatively con- siderable price.
 The legion booklet has been pro- duced by the highest class of wri- ters in the country, staff men and editors of The American Legion Monthly, who have followed each law as 1t was proposed, introduced in congress. passed, and then put into operation.
 These men know the needs of veterans. not only as those needs are met in provisions of the law. but they also know the, trials and problems of the veterans, who try to get benefits from the law.
 The legion booklet has been written especially to meet the re- quirements of every World war veteran. and to answer the thous- ands of requests for information that come into the editorial offices and the national headquarters, as we'll as into the national rehabifi- tation offices in Washington. which Is the national head of the legion's service work, and which has care- fully passed judgment on every thing written in the booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-01
VAIL MEDALSFOR TELEPHONE MEN
Two Awards Made for Noteworthy Service
 During Year 1881
AN ANNUAL EVENT

The award of two silver medals. each accompanied by s250, to tele- phone employees for noteworthy public service during 1881 has been announced by the National Vail medal committee of the Bell Tele- phone system.
 The recipients of this honor are James J. Geagan, conduit worker of the New England Telephone and Telegraph company, Boston, and Richard c. Olson. porter with the New York Telephone company at Buffalo. <f.
 Ceagan has been awarded the medal for diving three times into 30 feet of water at the risk of his own life to save that of diver trapped on the bottom of chan nel and, after bringing the uncon- scious man to safety, helping to resuscitate him. An unusual chain of circumstances made Geagan's display of heaoism particularly no- table and citation accompanying the medal commends him for his resourcefulness, persistent courage and effective action in an emer- gency." Prior to his receiving this national award, he had been cited for a bronze Vail medal by the New England Telephone and Tele- graph company. He has also been awarded the presidents medal of the National Safety council and a silver medal by the Massachusetts Humane siciety.
 Olson, answering cali from the cashier in the front office found her threatened by a man with apis toi aimed from his pocekt. AL though ordered to throw up his hands, Olson seized an. opportunity when the robbers attention was di- yerted, jumped upon. the robbers back, threm him to the floor and held him until help came. In the belief that the police were in the crowd that had collected. Olson let the robber get up, wehereupon the robber made his way through the crowd and ran. Olson pursued him until the police took up the chase and finally. apprehended the robber.
 Vail medal awards are made an nually and are provided for by the Vail memorial fund established as memorial to. Theodore N. Vail. late president of the American Tel ephone and Telegraph company who at the time of his death in 1920 had long been recognized as one of the worlds graet business leaders, and to whose conspicuous service in the telephone field were largely due the expansion of the Bell system and the development of the art of telephony.
 Under the terms of the esta blish- ment, bronze, silver and gold med als are awerded to members of the Bell organization throughout the United States, for acts or services which conspicuously illustrate MT Vail's ideals in public service.
 Bronze medals are awarded by regional committees, appointed from each associated company in the Bell system. Each of these committees designates the mem bers of the telephone organization in it's own territory to receive the madals. Awards of gold and silver medals are determined each year by national committee of award which reviews the case in which