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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
PLAYS FOOTBALL
WITH VET BONUS
Patman Stalls Vets
Must Force Action

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Represen-
tative Patman, democrat, of Texas
is continuing his tactic of making a
political football out of the veterans
bonus. Forced by TIL demand OF
tens Of thousands Of vets for imme-
date payment to make some pre-
tence of action, Patman announced
that he is trying to make up his
mind whether to bring up his bonus
bill at the present session of Con-
gress or to wait till the next Con-
gresS meets While Patman is try
ing to make up his mind, thousands
Of jobless bonus certificate holders
are starving.
Patman was the sponsor of the
bonus bill that was passed by the
House, but defeated by the Senate
last year. Incidentally, he did moth
ing to get it passed by the Senate
and Steadfastly opposed mass action
of the ex-servicemen, which is the
only force that can win immediate
payment. During the first bonus
march he was thick with the notori-
Gus betrayer, Waters, and with Po-
lice Superintendent Glassford, who
led the armed attack on the bonus
marchers. Though he dared not come
out openly, he was also opposed to
the second bonus march recently
held
The rank and file bonus marchers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
MARINE HOSPITAL
HELPS ANCHORAGE
Wiring Last Cent from
Sick Seamen

BALTIMORE, Md.-The Y.MCA
with the aid of the Marine Hospital
officials are trying to wiring the last
cent from the sick and dying sea-
men. A cumming letter with heart
rending appeals has been distributed
to all the patients and hospital STAG
The letter is long and pathetic and
anyone reading it would dig down
and shell out. Here is an excerpt
from the letter:
"It should be of particular salts
faction to the station personnel that
all funds collected this year will be
turned over direct to the Anchorage.
None OF the contributors will go to
the Community Fund. The Anchor
age provides lodging and food for
sailors for reasonable sum to those
able to pay and free to those that
are destitute. 1t is philanthropy that
should deeply appeal to our people.
1t performs a work that fills neces-
sity at all times important, but dur
ing the period of unemployment the
maintenance and support of the
Anchorage is particularly urgent. The
Anchorage is financed by voluntary
contributions. 1t operates with a
low overhead and accomplishes its
purposes economically. Everyone
contributing to this fund can feel
assured that the money will be well
spent and for a worthy cause.
avs,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05

ferent docks, in Portsmouth and
Norfolk and then goes to Newport
News and back to Norfolk. These
Negroes get no pay for the time that
the boat is going from dock to dock.
Therefore while it takes hours to
unload the boat, they are on duty
7 a. m. after the ship reaches port
to say nothing about the time they
spend waiting for the ship to come
in, which is from one to four hours
every morning. Therefore we spend
8 to IL hours per day on the water
front and sometimes only make a
$l.10 or so for the days work.
After the days work is done and
they come to the window for their
pay which is every night, not Ne
gro in that bunch knows what he is
going to draw, and never actually
draws what he has earned. If he
has worked hours and should draw
a $1.60, he will be handed a 81 20 or
$1.30. We can't say that Mr.. Burton
the paymaster is taking anything
from us, nor can we say that the
stevedores are in on the cuts-but
we can say that If one leaves his
money in the Office and gets it the
next day he will get 80 or 40 cents
more than those that got theirs the
night before. We can say if one of
them says anything about his money
being short or desires to leave it in
the office so the clerk can put it in
an envelope for the next morning,
the stevedores wont work him any
more.
These Negroes for the last
months have been making 3 days a
week at less than $3.50 day, making
a total weekly wage of $3.50. Long
shoremen in Philadelphia who loads
the same cargo that we unload get
$3.50 per day, making a total for
them at 3 days a week of $11.40 a
week. We don't think that the head
quarters in Phila. know about condi-
tons here, but they will soon learn
about it.
/ want to explain some conditions
that no man would force his dog to
81 0AhOoBA' AAlC pay WAilOOW 10 al
one corner of the steel pier, the pay
master is on the inside and the Ne
groes are. on the outside with no
shelter of any kind to protect them
from rain, hail or snow. These Ne
groes are compelled to stand in the
line from is to rs minutes soaking
in the rain, or freezing in the snow
and cold. I saw on the night OF
November 10th, the coolest and worst
storm this winter. We came from
the ship and got in line to get our
pay and Mr. Burton had not yet ar
rived After 10 or Is minutes Burton
drives up in grand car, gets out,
spreads a. rope over the radiator and
goes into the pay Office, starts up the
fire, sits down and goes over the time
sheet, while we stood outside flashing
in the bitter wind and rain. If one
went home and left his money until
the next day, he would be fired from
the next ship. Is this all? NO, NO!
Watch for the next article in the
Daily Worker from q Negro who
worked for this company over four
years and is very sick now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
RELIEF DEMANDS
FOR N. ]. CAPITAL
Mass Delegation Is in
Trenton Jan. 10th

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. Anew
Jersey workers will send mass del
egation to Trenton, the state capitol
to present the demands of the I'M
employed to the state legislature
when it opens on January 10th. The
decision to conduct the march was
made by the Newark delegation of
the National Hunger March who
upon their return from Washington,
took the initiative in making organ
Rational preparations for a state
wide drive against hunger on the
basis of local struggles then to
mobilize for mass pressure on the
state legislature when its sessions
begin.
Conference in Trenton.
The state marchers will arrive In
Trenton on the afternoon of January
9, and will hold conference at the
local headquarters of the Unem-
ployed Council. lin the evening a
mass meeting will take place and
the following morning the delegation
will go to the state capital where
demonstration will be held at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
The following are the demands as
worked out thus far: ID Abolition of
forced labor on city, county and
state jobs; (2) Cash wages for all
work done. CD Winter relief of $25
for each unemployed workers with
IS additional for each dependent;
"a immediate appropriation for a
broad system of state public works,
including the building of schools,
hospitals, roads, ETC.; co No discri-
mination against Negroes or single
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
HUNGRY FINNISH
SEAMEN REFUSED
HELP BY CONSUL
Called 'Foreigers' by
Relief Buro; Will
Rally Jan. 18th

NEW YORK-A short time ago Just
before the Hunger March the Finnish
Consul stated to a committee of Fin
nish and American Seamen, Finnish
seamen have no business going to
Washington; we have our own gov
eminent" After the hunger march
another delegation called upon him
demanding that he turn over to the
Finnish Unemployed Council the
funds he had collected for their relief
and the reply of the consul this time
was:
81 can't do anything for you, the
Finnish government only recognizes
seamen who have been in this couln-
try less than three months, you will
have to go to the regular relief agen-
cies.'
The Finnish consul has collected
hundreds of dollars for relief of des-
titute Finnish seamen; the municipal
lodging houses, the Seamen's Insti-
tute, the YMCA and the other fake
relief agencies refuse the Finnish sea-
men relief because they are 'for-
eigners".
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union, Waterfront Unemployed Coun-
Gil and the Finnish Federation are
planning another demonstration in
front of the Finnish Consulate Janu-
airy II at IL noon Both American and
Finnish workers will demand that the
Finnish Consul Immediately give aid
to the destitute Finnish seamen and
turn all money collected for their re-
lief over to the committee elected by
the Finnish Unemployed Council
All out January II. Demonstrate at
the Finnish Consulate, IL State ST.
Support the demands of the unem-
ployed Finnish Seamen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
Workers of Fairmont
w. Va. Join Protest
Drive on Ala. Terror

FAIRMONT, w. Va, Jan. 4.-The
Fairmont Workers Club today Joined
the nation wide protest against the
landlord police terror against the
Negro troopers and exploited farm
ers of Tallapoosa County, Ala. The
members unanimously adopted a re-
solution to be sent to Gov. B. M.
Miller, Montgomery, Ala, vigorously
protesting the attacks by armed
sheriff posses on the Negroes, and
the attempts to break up the Share
troopers Union which is leading
their struggles against starvation
and landlord robbery of their crops,
and appropriation of their mules and
COWS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05

labor, we are driven at break-neck
speed by the stevedores-w are
Negroes and quite as cruel straw bos-
ses as you will find among whites
and compelled to unload it in 5 or 6
hours.
When a ship comes in with plenty
of cargo foreman Beck sends word to
the Shanty by his pet Negro Moody
to tell the others if they are not
feeling fit or think they can't "roll",
that they shall not check on. Next
if a man Stacks he least bit or &C
cidentally dumps a load he is
checked off at once to frighten the
others.
On one occasion the gang board
was steep and we were loading cot
ton seed. A Negro was going up the
board with sacks, each weighing a
100 pounds, which is 500 pounds
without the truck, making a total
weight of 610 pounds. The Negro
was pulling with all the strength he
had. The Negro straw boss hollered
at him and the Negro pulled until
he fell to his knees-that showed he
was doing all he could. For that
Beck checked him out and told him
for all to hear that he wasn't worth
a dime.
After this ship was unloaded the
men we're so tired. counted IS of
them lying stretched out on the cold
iron floor of the shelter deck fast
asleep within IS minutes after they
had finished.
The ship discharges cargo at q diff
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
Then Turn Them Back
to Owner; Build
Organization

not to bid, only the three who were
the committee to do so and to give
q 99-year lease to Hanselle. The
sheriff and lawyer and two hench-
men came. They sized up the stu
alton and dickered to postpone the
sale. We farmers insisted 1t go on
as per schedule. Then the lawyer
thought he'd bid. In minute loud
cries of protest arose on all sides,
and a sharp movement among the
massed farmers threw him and the
sheriff outside the building. But the
sale was continued, the lawyer alb
staining from bidding.
The mans property was bought in
for $1.18. This sets record for all
"Sears-Roebuck sales" as there were
three horses, seven cows, several pigs,
SO chickens and all kinds of ma
chinery and household goods, The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
(By a Farmer Correspondent

=
ERWINNA, Pa, Jan. 4.--The farm
ers of western New Jersey and east
ern Pennsylvania, organized in the
United Farmers Protective Associa-
ton, yesterday put stop to the
plans of the sheriffs and lawyers to
take away the tools and possessions
of Farmer Hanselle for a judgment
the lawyer had for $1,000.
About 400 farmers gathered before
10 am. at Farmer Hanselles place,
where the sale of his possessions was
to take place. The farmers held a
meeting in the barnyard, a manure
pile serving as the platform, speak
ers explaining why Hanselle should
be protected, as well as his four Or
phaned children. Placards on the
buildings and on the children read.
Are You Human Why Help to Rob
This Poor Family and Take Their
Few Possessions?" and "Save Our
Homel We Are Innocent, Why
Should We Starve?"
Agree Not 10 Bid.
The farmers unanimously agreed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
new DRIVE SEEN
IN MICHIGAN CASE
Decision Is Attack On
All Toiling Masses
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
local and federal authorities coop
Grated.
Jacob Spolansky, former spy in the
I.WW., and at that time depart
ment Of Justice agent, who was a
member of Fords police force at the
time of the Dearborn massacre, was
one of the raiders. Foster was ar
rested in a raid on a meeting of the
Trade Union Educational League in
Chicago.
Far Reaching Consequences.
In a decision endorsing the re-
fusal of the Berrien County prosecu-
tor to dismiss the case, the Supreme
Court exhibited typical example OF
the ability Of American courts to in
dulge in the necessary word juggling
to sustain a decision demanded by
the antiworking class interests Of
the employers and bankers.
The Supreme Court states that
the defendants, by failing to demand
a trial, had forfeited their constitu-
tional rights "for a speedy trial.
Such a ruling places the responsible
ity for securing "a speedy trial" upon
the accused, nullifies completely the
corresponding constitutional provi-
sionS and lays the blame for the
nine years delay upon the defend
ants.
New Weapon for Persecution.
Such a ruling has far-reachlns
consequences. 1t makes it possible
for county and state authorities to
arrest working class organizers and
leaders upon trumped up but SER
ious charges; to release them on bail
when the arrest has served its pur-
pose Gin strikes, unemployed strug-
giles, etc.; to keep them under bail
until there is aothenr serious "emer-
gency' and then bring them to trial
at a time-as at present--when the
needs of the workers struggles
against wage cuts. for unemployment
relief and insurance, at the expense
of the employers and the government
absorb the energy of every force
available.
Two Previous Trials.
William z. Foster was tried IN
Bridgeman and released on bail after
the jury had disagreed.
Charles Ruthenberg was tried and
convicted Of criminal syndicalism in
1923, He was sentenced from three
to ten years. He was imprisoned for
a time and then released on appeal
to the Supreme Court which upheld
the constitutionality of the law. He
died while the appeal was pending.
The International Labor Defense ia
in charge of the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05

conference, held here in connection
with the second march, put its faith
not in the Patmans and Glassfords,
but in the vets themselves. 1t called
for the organization of broad united
front movement in the various locali-
ties to secure winter relief for the
starving unemployed vets and to
force the federal government to pay
the bonus at once without taking a
cent off disability allowances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
Irish REBELS TO
| RUN in ELECTION
peValera Maneuvers
4 for Boss Program

+ DUBLIN, Jan. 4.-Following the
tissolution of the Dali which took
The Cosgrove party, the Trade Un-
&Sbn group Gabor) and the Farmers
Weague by surprise, events have
Eoved at great speed in political cir
lies.
The executive committee of FL
4hSna Fail ode Valera have met anC
deNded TO run SO candidates. This
means that out of 1853 seats in the
Dali SIS will not be contested by
{ Fianna Fail This will leave con-
Asiderable room for maneuvering
and conferences are already taking
place
"a Workers Groups Preparing.
The number of seats that will be
contested by the Irish workers Rev
dictionary Groups (ConmuniSD is
not yet known but they will have
several candidates headed by Jim
Larkin, Junior.
Cosgrave has opened his campaign
on an open pro-British platform
with a meeting here. He demands
that the boycott in reprisal against
the British imperialist discrimina
ton against Irish goods be ended at
once and the closest unity with Great
Britain established.
Rapid Moves.
De Valera has been compelled to
move rapidly because of the fierce
opposition among workers aroused by
his wage cuts of government en-
ployees, by the increasingly shaky
nature of the support he has been
getting from the Trade Union group
IN the Dali, and by the attempt OF
I Cosgrave, Vincent and Lord Mayor
/ Byrife to unite all pro- British forces
on constitutional platform.
Masses Bear Burden of Boycott.
J. De Valera has chosen to fish in
these troubled political waters for
a stable majority in the Dali rather
than wait for further crystallization
on background of an economic cri-
sis the difficulties of which are inten-
sified by the fact that the over
whelnning burden of both the conduct
of the boycott and the crisis rests on
the workers and poor farmers, max
ing them ever more sympathetic to
the revolutionary program OF the
Irish Workers Groups for immedi-
ate separation from the British En-
pire and for a Workers Republic.
De yalera's Repressiye Measures.
In spite of the persecution and re-
preston by the de Valera govern
ment, and its intimidation of all
printers in the country to the point
where they dare not publish the Ir-
ish Workers Voice Git is now pub
lished in Glasgow, the Irish Work
ers Groups are growing and extend
ing their influence and will form a
Communist Party in February.
Another Powerful Motive.
The evidence of the swing to the
left of the Irish workers and poor
! farmers is not the least of the mo-
tives prompting de Valera to try
for a solid majority in the Dali at
this time.
He wants to be in position to en-
gage in cleft" maneuvers for his pro-
gram of national capitalism, for the
deception of the masses, or to re-
treat further to the right as the in
creasing poverty and actual starva-
ton among the toiling population
produce such danger spots for his
government as the threatened rail-
way workers strike--which has not
been called off but merely postponed.
No accurate prediction of the out
come of the election is possible yet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
EUROPE'S BIGGEST LOCOMO-
TIVE FOR SOVIET UNION

Boyer, Peacock and Co., of Man
chester, England, have just COM
pleted a giant Mallet locomotive
weighing 260 tons for fast freight
traffic on the Soviet railroads. The
tender carries IS tons of coal, and
the boiler is automatically fed by a
mechanical stoker. The locomotive
is the most powerful ever constructed
YIN Europe.
Y One of the weak links in the Five
IYear-Plan is rapidly being streng-
| thened-the Soviet Union is build
| ing and buying the equipment ne
cessary to rival the United States in
Srail transportation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05

Get greetings from your friends
and sympathetic organizations fx
the special Ninth Anniversary
Lenin Memorial edition or The
Daily Worker yanuary IA. An
greetings must be IN ~ ;yxSss.
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Send greetings to the special
Ninth Anniversary Lenin Memorial
edition of the Daily Worker Janu-
airy IA. All greetings must be in
by January 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
LIMOS COAL BARONS RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO MORE DEATHS
International
Notes
Bg ROBERT HAMILTON
HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION
FILMED IN SOVIET UNION

My film is the first one dealing
with the Hungarian Revolution, and
1t is being made in the Soviet Union, .
Bella Balasz, the Hungarian film crit
ic and director, stated in Moscow
upon his return from two months of
work on the film in Odessa and
the Ukraine.
Balasz is the Scenarist and director
of the new film, which aims to give
a complete picture of the Hungarian
Revolution from the bourgeois reyo-
luton at the end of 1918 through the
proletarian revolution to the final
fall of the Bella Kun regime and the
subsequent White Terror.
AS all the shots are being made in
the Soviet Union, hundreds of pic
lures OF Hungarian scenes, photos of
leading political figures, and docu-
mentary material had to be procured
from Hungary before the actual film
Ming could be begun.
III Balasz found that the Ukrainian
Y landscape greatly resembled that of
4 Hungary, SO that the outdoor scenes
were filmed there. When we needed
mass scenes I made speeches to the
factory workers on the Importance of
the film," he said, land they were
only too glad to work with us on
their free day
What is wholly impossible under
the terroA t regime of Hungary-the
filming or the heroic Hungarian
Revolutionary being accomplished
in the Soviet Union, the proletariat's
only fatherland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
WORKER CORRESPONDENCE
LETTERS FROM SHIPS AND rHE wArERFRoNT
Negro Waterfront Workers
DriVen Long Hours forLoevPay
Fired Ii Unable to Carry InhumanIy Heavy
Loads, or Slacken Up Speed

Va-As
months and
and Norfolk Line First of all supposed
rate OF 40 cents hourhen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
Hoover, After Fishing
Trip, Is Sore That the
Democrats Won't Bite

WASHINGTON, Jan. AFTER
being more or less successful in
catching fish in Florida, President
Hoover returned and issued a state
ment yesterday, expressing himself
as being terribly sore that the demo-
Gratis in Cogress have refused to bite
at the bait he dangled before their
noses in his message Of Dec. 6 in the
form of plans for governmental re-
organization"
Hoover had proposed the reorgan-
ization and consolation of q number
of governmental boards, commits
sions and bureaus. More workers
would be thrown out of jobs. but 1t
was all supposed to be in the interest
of economy and efficiency. The
democrats, in their opposition to
these proposals, have made it clear
that they were simply engaging in q
political maneuver. They want
Roosevelt to do the recognizing to
make sure that the chief democratic
party faithfuls will be taken care of.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
Glove Cutters Rebuild
Union in Gl0VerSVilIe;
Many Oppose Graft Form
Industrial Union Would Stop Sweat Shop
Practices
Report Bosses Want Is Per Cent Cut Which
Must Be Defeated

GLOVERSVILLE N. Y-Snce
the cutters through the president
OF the Glove Workers Union
recruit workable strength
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-05
PLAN TRANSATLANTIC ROCKET

PARIS, Jan. A rocket which
would span the Atlantic in less than
half an hour and would be practic-
able for passenger and mail service,
is being experimental on by Pro-
fessor Picard, it was announced yes
terday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-15
NEW WESTERN
AT THE ALAMO

The Alamo will present today for
three-day engagement Buck Jones
in his newest f1rst-run picture, I'm
known Valley" This time Buck is
on the search for his father, pros
pector, and the trail takes him to
the Skeleton mountains, which are
accessible only by crossing the des-
ert, which usually takes its toll in
death.
He finds himself in the hands of
a gang of thieves who have cut
themselves off from the civilized
world.
They resent Bucks appearance,
and imprison him in a giant cave,
where he finds his father also
prisoner. How Buck and his father
escape from the seventy-foot con-
fining walls will thrill the average
western fan.
Not until Jones has displayed
his fist and gun ability does he
manage to escape the gangmen. A
large western cast support the star.
Slim Summerville will be seen in
a comedy farce entitled Kisses"
also cartoon and newsreel.