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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
Replying to ProVocation
of Police, Spies, Press

The New York Sunday News, during the of
the National Hunger March, and part of the nation
wide campaign Of lying and povocation designed to bull
wark the police attacks the Hunger March delegates of
the Unemployed Councils reported Herbert Benjamin, Ma
tiona Secretary of the Unemployed Councils stating
in his speech to the delegates:
"The cops can't put out. There aren't enough
Of them wen break into the capital by brute force
They will listen to demands we'll stage riot right
the spot If Hoover brings in the troops Pennsy
vania Avenue will run red with blood"
AS the article by Conrade Bill Dunno, published
Page of the Daily Worker Dec. stated This report
Is made up out of the whole coth Benjamin made
any such speech statements We therefore publish as
further REPUTATION of this piece of department of justice
inspired lying the senographc report of the speech Ben
Jan did make to the National Conference held on the
wndswept highway, where they penned for three
days by the Washington police and department of justice
agents fully equipped at the least for armed on
slaught upon the elected delegates of the Unemployed
Councils representing the interests of the millions of I'M
employed American workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17

Fellow delegates:
Fellow Hunger Fighters of the
United States, we have come here
after a long and difficult journey
for the purpose of carrying forward,
making new advances in the struggle
against hunger which involves a.
100000 of the population Of the
United States.
We have gone through countless
difficulties, steeled by our determin-
alton to carry through that trust,
that task, which was given to us by
the tens Of thousands of workers
who elected us. Conscious Of the
seriousness of the mission we have
undertaken. We have not flinched
before all of the organized forces
OF violence that have been every
where directed against US.
Today, we hold our conference I'M
der conditions which, like the whole
character of our march, is represen-
tative of the conditions that the
masses Of the toiling population of
this, the richest country In the world,
are subject to.
Cross Section of ToiIers
Our conference represents In It's
composition, those workers, those ele-
mants Of the population, who are
suffering hunger, misery and want.
We have in our ranks men and wom-
en-, workers of industry and workers
on land, the poor farmers. We have
in our ranks, native workers, Negro
workers, foreign-born men and wom-
en- workers. And in these, and in the
representation from all of the indus
tries of this country, our conference,
our Hunger March, has presented the
cross section of the population of
this country which is the most USE
full, which is the most productive,
that section of the population which
has enriched this country by It's toll
And in the condition under which
we find ourselves, we present a pic
ture which represents q cross sec
ton of the conditions as they are.
Here we are out on an open high
way. That is the best that the United
States government, the best that the
nulti-millionaire ruling class Of this
country, can provide for those who
have built all its homes and high
buildings, all of the factories, and
labored to take out Of the soil all
of the natural resources of this coun-
try. A highway, wind swept, with
out even the most elementary of the
necessities provided for us.
NJ sery for Millions
This is not condition confined
to those of us here. This is the con-
dition under which millions of us are
suffering at the present time. If
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
Chinese Fascists Get
Protest on Br u t al
Treatment of Rueggs

NEW YORK, Dec. f6.--A protest
against the treatment accorded by
the Chinese Government to Walter
and Gertrud Ruegg, Swiss citizens,
serving prison sentences in China for
membership in the Communist Party
was sent to the Chinese Minister at
Washington by the International
Committee for Political Prisoners fol-
lowing adyices received by cable from
the Committees Shanghai represent
tatiye. The letter was signed by
Charles Edward Russell, Clarence
barrow and Roger N. Baldwin,
Chairman Of the Committee.
The Chinese Minister Is asked by
the signers to transmit to his gov
ernment request that Mr.. and Mrs.
Ruegg be transferred from 'fntoler-
able conditions Of confinement" to
Soochcw prison where they may also
be nearer their son, and with the
right TO see each other oftener than
The once o month now permitted.
The trial Of the Rueggs took place
In July, after they had been held IN
prison year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
International
Notes
PROGRESS OF FACTORY

PROGHESS OR EACIORx
RESTAURANTS
MOSCOW.-The question of the
factory restaurants and the food pro-
vided by them to the industrial
workers was discussed at the recent
plenary session of the Central Coun-
Gil Of the Soviet Labor Unions in
Moscow.
Representatives OF the two big fac
tory catering organizations, known as
'Soyusnarpit" and "Vsekopit" re-
spectively reported to the session on
the progress being made. Together
these two organizations provide 14.3
million industrial workers daily with
warm meals. These organizations
have over 10000 restaurants at
tached to various factories through
out the Soviet Union, including new
gigantic factory htchen-res. aurantS
in large-scale undertakings like the
tractor works in Tcheliabinsk, the
engineering works in the Urals and
the big factories in Leningrad. Many
of these factory restaurants provide
$4,000 meals a day to the workers.
LA S1ooSOW ~ pei CSAlI Va VIC WoAASRo
are fed by these associations. The
percentages for other industrial dis
tricts are: Leningrad 81, the Doneyz
Basin rs, and the Ural industrial
centers n per cent.
The representatives of these organ
1zations also reported that steady
progress was being made in the work
for the improvement Of the quality
of the food poyided. During the first
six months $500 tons OF meat daily
had been used. This had now in
creased to 5000 tons daily. All these
factory kitchens were under the close
control Of the trade unions and fac
tory committees appointed by the
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17

we have no shelter, then we are not
alone. There are millions who have
no shelter. II we have no prospect
of food, then we are not alone, for
there are millions who face the
fourth winter of the hunger crisis
without knowledge of where they will
get bread for themselves and their
children. If we have been able to
carry through in the face Of such
hardships as these, it is because we
have been all too much accustomed
to such conditions in the period of
the last four years.
Our ranks are not confined to any
one section of the population. Within
our ranks are workers who only a
short time ago worked and took pride
in the maintenance of their homes.
They listened to the capitalist real
estate men who told them to buy
their own homes. They worked and
put their savings into these homes.
Today, they are homeless and all that
they have saved has gone to the real
estate sharks.
Conditions Brought Them
Within our ranks are men and
women who have taken a pride in
their family life, who have tried to
maintain their families and yet to-
day there are many among you whose
families have been broken up and
scattered. Many amongst your no
doubt, whose children have already
expired of starvation. Many who, be-
cause you were thrown out Of your
homes, had to park, with your fam
lilies, in such camps as this. And
this too, is not confined only to the
5000 or more delegates here, but is
representative of a condition which
prevails throughout the length and
breadth of this country. These are
the conditions that have brought us
here.
1t Is not due to some genial orator,
some agitatorS- that we have come
here. It is not because of some genial
organizers that we are here. It is
because conditions of life for us, and
for the workers who have sent us
here, are such that we have been
driven to determined action in order
to once more come to the seat of
government of the United States and
to say to the Congress Of the United
States: We refuse to starve any
longer. tshouts Of Appla.useD
Shouts Of Applause
We do not want any tnore empty
promises, we have CONT to Wash
ington, we have marched ovsr the
highways Of this country, In order to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
ILLEGAL CONGRESS OF TRADE
UNAukS

SOFIA.-The second congress of
the independent trace unions OF Bull
garia wincn was 70 nave taken pace
on the llrn OF september ana was
then prohlpitea, wIlcn was again ar
ranged tor the ~ November and
again sulered prohibition, has now
taken place Illegally. Many Of the
delegates wee arrested by the police,
but seventy delegates representing
important industrial districts includ-
ing Sofia, Russo, Haskoyo, BurgaS,
Sliven, Plovdiv and other districts,
succeeded in coming together in
Plovdiv and evading the attentions
of the police. It is true that the po-
lice finally succeeded in finding the
congress and arres.ing all the dele
gates, but only after the main BUSH
ness OF the congress was ended. The
General ouncil was reelected and q
new secretary elected in place of
Boyadiev who is in prison and unable
to fulfill his functions. The organ
Irrational report showed that the
unions have 10000 members organ
lied in 600 factory groups and are
thus the stongest unions in Bulgaria.
The report showed that $50 of the
recent $50 labor struggles were led
by the independent unions. Eighty
per cent Of these independent union
strikes ended successfully or with
gains, whilst twenty per cent were
defeated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
PHILADELPHIA
SKIPS PAY DAY
Crisis to Deepen in
1888, Says Big Banker

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 10
Yesterday was the second pay day
without pay for city workers. There
are $4,000 employees Of the city who
didn't get q cent for the work they
had done. In the old days before
the depression, Philadelphia used to
pay double on the pay day before
Christmas, as gesture Of Broth
erly Love" and as an indirect SUBJ
sidy to the department stores, selling
Christmas gifts.
New York Wage Cut.
NEW YORK.LThe board of alder
men and board Of estimates, the saine
men meeting in two different capac-
tiles, are holding informal meetings
ready to put over a stunning wage
cut on city employees, made possible
by removal of state mandatory power
over wages at the special session
OF the legislature, about midnight.
wednesday. The legislature itself
cut the wages Of teachers, from six
per cent to 40 per cent. y,
Ballyhoo Busted.
The Prosperity Baliyhoo" Of last
summer has already collapsed. Pros
perity Comes Riding Back On A
Hog" screamed the headlines in mid
die western capitalist papers, during
the summer, when pork prices rose
suddenly. But those prices were ar
tiflcially, spiked up for Republican
election campaign purposes, and
cheap too, because they rose during
the breeding season when there were
no hogs on the market.
Now when there are hogs, prices
are down to the lowest point In SIS
years. Prices and production gener-
ally are shattering as the year comes
to an end, new lows in both being
quite freely admitted by the govern
mept and by business and financial
journals
Says Col Leonard P. Ayres, ace
predictor among the bank econo-
mists, 1888 win probably prove TO
be another year OF depression :. -. :.
industrial wege rates win be lower
-. the number OF Commercial fail
ures will be greater our exports
will be less"
This Ayres was one OF those who
at the beginning Of the crisis, could
see nothing but rosy clouds ahead.
He thought prosperity Just around
the corner" was waiting next month,
and he kept on thinking SO year after
year-or at least, he kept on saying
so. But now his tune has changed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
Demands Freedom for
ID at Meerut, India

NEW YORK, N. Y. The inn
mediate release Of the IL Meerut pris-
oners was demanded yesterday in
cablegram by the Anti Imperialist
League OF the United States TO the
Secretary OF India at LONDON. The
Leagues message followed similar
one by the I. L. D. on Dec. 10.
The Meerut prisoners are working
class leaders imprisoned for the last
three y>>ars
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
demand cuts for Disabled.

NEW YORK.-The Junior Cham
Der Of Commerce, in a letter to the
Joint Congressional Veterans COM
nittee, joins the chorus of Wall SITS
birds Of prey with the demand that
100000 disabled veterans be cut off
rom all present compensation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
MASS MEETING TO CELEBRATE
OPENING OF TWO. PLENUM

A mass meeting Of the Interna~
Monal Workers Order, Philadelphia
District, coupled with a program of
entertainment, will be held on Sat-
urday, December II, 8 p. m. at BOG
Girard Ave. This affair has been ar
thnged to celebrate the opening OF
the TWO. Plenuni, which will be
held from 10 q. m. to 6 p. m. on
Sunday, Dec. IS, at the same hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
BUILDING PROGRESS IN
PILSUDSKI POLAND

WARSAW.--Conslderabie buIlQ4ng
progress Is being maze In PiIsudsKl
Poland, but it is not housing but Jne
bnIalng OF new prisons. WnlisC the
expenditure OF tue konSh SGaUe Tor
al culGural and social purposes is
being cut down to me bone, TWO it,
emf IN the STATE Budget SHOWS con-
tinaually increasing neureS-LIle eX-
penaltures tor armamentS and the
eXpenolCure Tor PRISON administration.
In 1880 15.5 mlLlon HIoCy Il HIoGy
equals about IL cenGs) were expenoeu
for prison administration. In 1851 the
figures nad increased 70 1913 mIll4on
ZIoGy ana IN 1852 rhe Ilgures WIN pe
26.2 million HloGy. New prisons are
beng punt ana new waruellS en-
gagged to zeal with the eYer-lncreas-
Ing RANKS Oh The pohClcal prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
Alteration Painters Union
Sets Example of Unity of
JObless and Employed Men
Wins Strikes and Grows While A. F. L. Union
Officials Suspend Tens of Thousands
for Non-Payment of Dues
ty Department of the Alteration Painter

By the Publicity
and Paper Hangers Union)
Never in the history of building construction
geral decline of work being witnessed the
AS result there already exists building
restitution reduction
messed before The F. Building
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-17
Share Work Scheme

We go to Congress, knowing that
the further genial proposal that
comes from Mr.. Hoover and the fed
eral government is . proposal that
we shall share jobs, We shall share
share jobs! Way back in April Of
this year, the United States Depart
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01
SOCIETY NEWS
Homemakers' Classes Fill Need for Special
instruction, First Weeks Enrolment Shows
Dickinson Teachers
College Orchestra to
Give Sacred Concert

The College Concert orchestra of
the Dickinson state teachers college
will present sacred concert at 1880
o'clock Sunday evening at the Nc
Cabe Methodist Episcopal church, it
was announced by the Rev. Walter
E. Water, pastor.
Under the direction of Miss Cath
crime Burns a program featuring
vocal and violin solos and numbers
by a string trio and a brass ensemble,
will be offered in addition to the
selections by the entire orchestra.
Numbers to be given are unfold
Ye Portals" Gounod. orchestra; vio-
lin solo, "Reve Angelique," Ruben
stein, Rolfe Lee; suite from the
Requiem" Verdi. orchestra: vocal
solos, ANGELS Serenade," Bragden,
and "One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
Donizetti, Stella Thompson; sweet
Spirit Hear My Prayer" Wallace,
brass ensemble; Overture to the
Messiah" Handel and "Chorale and
Chorale Prelude" Bach, string or
|chestra; instrumental trio, LIE
Cygne," st. Saens, Mr.. Mars, Miss
Burns and Mr.. Houghton; "Cujus
Amman from Stabat Mater" Ros-
SIM, orchestra.
The concert here by the Dickinson
college orchestra is an annual Gus
tom OF many years standing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01

Members of st. Jude's mission group
were entertained Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Emil Bobb.
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blue tulle bows and decorations in the
two colors graced the tables.
4 4 Y
Members Of the Liberal Arts club
will be entertained at q Z o'clock
dinner at the home Of the president
Mrs. r. H. Waldo, at their next
meeting April 80. The invitation was
extended at the March meeting Of
the club, held following a dinner
Thursday evening in the Cavern room
at the Hotel Prince. Miss Maude
Tollefson had the program on Law
Enforcement" and her talk was fol-
lowed by round table discussion of
the topic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle G. Peck, 1912
Eighth street, were hosts to the
members Of their bridge club at a
o'clock dinner Thursday evening. APP
pointmentS in pink and white and
pink taperS were used on the tables
and covers were marked for IL guests.
Mrs. Giles Personals and r. G. Nor
ton were awarded the bridge prizes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl E. Knudtson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton were guests of
the club for the evening. This was
the last meeting Of the club for this
season.
X X X
A yellow and green color scheme
was carried out in the table appoint
ments for a bridge party given
Thursday afternoon in the Auxiliary
room at the World War Memorial
building by Mrs. Thomas Hethering-
ton for the benefit of st. Georges
Guild. There were guests for six
tables of bridge. Mrs. c. G. Larson
and Mrs. S. A. Floren received the
score prizes. The hostess was as
sisted in serving by Mrs. H. H. Pill
moor.
Members of st. Jude's mission group
were entertained Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Emil Bobb.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01
Music Festival Plans
Nearing Completion

Preparations are being made for the
music festival to be conducted at
Jamestown by the North Dakota Fed
Grafton Of Music clubs May q to Is.
Professor j. S. Black, festival di-
rector, is preparing for the presenta-
ton of the opera, Carmen" to be
given by the chorus and soloists Of
Jamestown college.
Dean Knute Froysaa Of the Valley
City State Teachers college is to pre-
sent a state orchestra of 60 players.
| Mrs. G. o. Plath, state extension
chairman of the Federation of Music
clubs, has contacted district chairmen
in an effort to federate one senior
club in each district prior to the fes-
tival. She said newly organized clubs
may send delegates to the festival.
Arrangements have been made for
meeting places of the various sessions
of the three day festival by Mrs. Paul
Lutz, Jamestown, chairman. Mrs. Ell
mer j. Getaway, national president, is
expected to attend the festival.
Mrs. l.. H. Fredricks. 8l2 Sixth
street, entertained a company OF IL
women at an informal party Thurs
day afternoon. Sewing was the
paStime.
Mrs. w. l.. Gordon, Washburn, left
Friday for Lexington KY, where she
will spend several weeks with her
daughter, Miss Mary Agnes Gordon,
an instructor at the University OF
Kentucky.
Mrs. James O'Day Brown left Fri
day for her home in Glendive, Mont,
after weeks visit here at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George ]. Brown.
DR.. Brown, who accompanied his wife
here for Easter, returned to Glen
dive the first of the week.
X X X
Miss Ann Schlinkert, Seattle,
Wash, left Friday for her home after
a short visit with her brother -in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Doyle,
314 Hennafin street. Miss Schlin-
kert came here from st. Paul where
she has been visiting with relatives
for several weeks.
| Mrs. Clarion E. Larson, Mrs. w.
H. Van Orsdel, Bismarck, and Mrs.
! H. A. Streeter of Mandan entertain
ed jointly at a bridge party Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Larson, GA Raymond street, in honor
of Mrs. G. o. Burnett. Two tables
were arranged for bridge and the
score prize went to Mrs william
Holm. Pink tapers ornamented with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01

307 Tenth st. Twelve members were
present. The time was spent In play
ing bridge, with Mrs. 9. A. Snyder
and Mrs. H. Kenyon receiving the
prizes.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Meyer. 0l2
Fourth st., have left on a business
trip to Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Derrig, Linton,
former Bismarck residents, returned
to their home Thursday after spend
ing several days In Bismarck. as the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Kleppe,
800 Griffin st. Another guest at the
Kleppe home during the last few
days was Miss Martha Kleppe, New
folden, Mimi, sister of Mr.. Kleppe.
Miss Kleppe left Thursday for Botti-
neau, where she will visit friends.
Mrs. James Guthrie, Mrs. A. A.
Doerner and Mrs. Louis Garske were
hostesses at bridge party Thursday
evening when they entertained the
members of st. Anthony's missionary
group, their husbands and friends at
st. Mary's school auditorium. There
were guests for II tables of bridge.
Score awards in the bridge games
went to Mrs. T. E. Flaherty, Mrs.
Grant Marsh, F. H. Geiermann and
Dan Mcdonald. A supper was served
after the games
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01
About LAG Women Enrolled in
Six-Weeks' Course Under
Miss Ella johnson

With 146 women enrolled in seven
classes in adult homemaking, the an
nual six-weeks course for Bismarck
homemakers got an enthusiastic start
this week, according to Miss Ella
johnson, itinerant instructor in home
economics. Interest shown in the
first few days indicates there Is real
demand for this type of service, Miss
johnson believes.
Sponsored by the Bismarck public
schools through an arrangement with
the home economics division of the
state department Of vocational educa-
ton, the classes are open to all wom-
en- of the city. Instruction is offered
in sewing, cooking, home furnishing,
home nursing, child training and re-
lated subjects.
& The class in Low Cost Meals, which
meets Mondays from 1880 to p. m,
at the high school, with an enroll
ment Of 81, heads the list in size.
Next week this class will study rela-
tive economy of foods and compare
classes of foods as to values. Men,
bers also will learn to make low cost
salads, Miss johnson said.
The Home Improvement class, with
% women listed, has proved popular
and will be increasingly so as the
study Of methods of cleaning furni-
ture and renovating fabrics is pursued
next week. Removal of spots in ia
brics, care of floors and eradication
Of insect pests will be discussed. This
class meets Mondays from 2:30 to
4:3O p. m. at the high school.
Color and color combinations and
arrangements Of furniture will be
studied by the Home Furnishings
class, which now has q women en-
rolled. It meets Thursday evenings
at 7:30 at the high school and Wed
nesdays at the Roosevelt school.
Two sewing classes, one at the high
school on Wednesdays at 1880 p. m.
and the other at the Wachter school
Thursdays at 2:30 p. m, have a total
enrolment of Is, but large group
of women is expected to join for the
meetings next week. Foundation pat
terms will be the first project this
coming week. Methods of putting
garments together will be taken up.
A supper class in meal preparation
planned for Wednesdays at $3.50 TO
1880 D. M, at the high school proved
so popular that an additional class,
meeting Tuesdays at $50 p. m, had to
be formed. This class will success
siyely learn to cook and serve six
meals of different types and study
the table service used with each. The
plate dinner, the buffet, English. Rus
sian. compromise and tray dinners
are among those on the list.
In the child study class, meeting
at the high school Thursdays at $3.50
D. M, discipline and obedience are
the topics for the coming weeks
study.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-01
City-County News

J. l.. Kelley, sheriff, returned to
Bismarck Friday noon from Sidney,
Mont, where he has been transact
ing business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sheldon,
Washburn, accompanied by their son,
Harry, who has been a patient at the
Bismarck hospital for the last three
weeks while recovering from q mas
told operation, left Thursday for
their home.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Gross, Burnstad, at ST..
Alexius hospital Friday morning.