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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
HEARINGS OPEN
ON BLACK 3O-HR.
STAGGER BILL

WASHINGTON, pril 25-Hearings
started today before the House Labor
Committee on the amended Black 30
hour Stagger plan bill. Frances Per-
kns appeared before the Committee
to urge the passage of the bill and
declared it a "rclief" measure for the
unemployed. The bill as amended
contains the original plan to force
the employed to share their Jobs and
wages with the unemployed through
the introduction of a five Gay week
and six hour day with no safeguards
against pay cuts.
The new features of the bill con-
tain the provision for the establish
ment of minimum wage boards In
each industry This is designed to
deceive the masses that living wage
will thereby be established in each
industry and the danger of pay
slaShes will be obyiated. The boards,
however, will determine wages on the
basis of the lowest pay in each local
ity and on what the industry will bear
after the boss has squeezed out the
maximum profit.
The A. F. of L. is among the chief
sponsors of the stsgger bill. As q
result of rank and file pressure,
Green, president of the A. F.. Of L.
has reversed himself several times on
the question of minimum wage
boards, but he and his agents may
be counted on as the chief bulwark
of the Roosevelt administration in
putting through the nation wide
wage-cutting drive implicit the
bill. Green's latest announcement is
to the effect that he favors these
boards for women and children but
not for men.
Sidney Hillman. President Of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers has
declared his support of the govern
ment bill in the following demagogic
manner: In the interests of the pub
lie in a vast emergency we must act
with courageous caution. We must
accept our responsibilities as an OPP
portunity for public service. not as
vehicle for untried Theories Hillman
was not SO cautious in putting through
a 20 per cent wage cut for the cloth
ing workers in the interests of the
manufacturers in Rochester and Chi
cago recently.
Militant workers must not permit
this fake bill to divert them from the
main struggle for jobless insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26

due them, Chicago's school teachers
are rallying their forces for another
and still more militant denonstra-
ton in the financial district tomorrow
to continue the fight. Many of the
teachers are reported as destitute,
having lost their savings; some are
said to have resorted to panhsndling
in order to obtain funds for food.
In the meanwhile the banks are
Withholding payments on the excuse
that there is no assurance Of returns
through tax payments. Although the
city administration claims to be
bankrupt it is well known that large
numbers on the city pay roll are re-
ceivng enormous salaries regularly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Crop of Accidents
AT Chemical Works
FOretOld by Worker
BY Worker Correspondent

BUTLER, N. il wrote you in my
last letter of the rotten conditions
in Wecoline Products, Inc, which
could produce accidents. Well, we've
had a crop of them.
After Tomany went to the hospital.
when a tube blew out on the boiler,
they worked us at full speed to get
a new set of tubes and a firebox in.
We would put in about 20 hours at
straight time-from z am. to 3 am.
Then they would decide that we
couldn't finish that night and tell
us to come in at IL noon the next
day.
While cleaning out the tubes with
steam under the speed-up, Frenchy
got scalded and had to stay home
for couple of weeks at half COM
pensation pay. Paul Morris got some
caustic soda in his eye from one Of
the leaking tanks and had to visit
the doctor regularly and wear black
glasses.
Johnny RoSebery was working near
hot-water trap. He slipped and
fell in with one foot. There was no
guard about the trap as required by
law "Rosey' has been getting the
magnificent sum of sl6 (49 hours at
&c, plus some overtime at straight
pay, laborers wages for pipefitter's
work. On this he had to support a
wife and two children While at
horne in bed he gets half pay, s7,68.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Minneapolis Welfare
Committee Forced to
Concede to Demands

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, April 81
The demonstration on April 10 of
thousands Of Minneapolis unemployed
workers forced the city council well
fare committee to meet with an I'M
employed delegation Monday morn
ing. and to agree to recommend ia
vorably to the City Council the fol-
lowing. demands of the Unemployed
Council: Decentralizing the relief
system, ano establishing neighbor-
hood felief stations; Meal tickets for
single men to be good in any restau-
rant Of their own choosing: If UNI
employed committees bring griev-
anees before their aldermen and do
not get satisfactory 1attlement, to
have 1.-THE right TO appeal before the
welfare committee and present their
demands.
The council welfare committee re-
fused to agree. however, to the de-
nand against forced labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
VETS DISTRESS
ACUTE; THROW |
ON RED CR01
Johnson Custer Asked
by Rhode Island
State Legion

WASHINGTON, April 25.--Frank T
Hines head of the Veterans Bureau.
yesterday admitted at a meeting Of
the American Red Cross that distress
viii unquestionably ensue through the
denial or reduction of pensions hith-
erto received, regardless Of form or
amount Most of this distress Will
affect the 425, 900 veterans who have
been getting disability allowances for
disease or injuries, which the Govern
ment now claims we're not the result
Of war service.
Louis johnson, national commander
OF the American Legion, endorsed
Rooseyelt's economy program" at the
same meeting, but admitted that in
the next few months thousands OF
veterans will face suffering in It's
direst form" He appealed to the Red
Cross to take over the burden OF
charity relief" for the veterans whose
pensions are cut off
Hundreds of thousands of veterans
are being thrown on charity: eyictions
and starvation will inevitably follow.
The coming veterans march to Wash
ington on May IL will squarely place
before Congress and the Administra-
ton their fullest responsibility for
the suffering Of millions OF America
veterans and unemployed.
PROVIDENCE, April 25.-According
to the Providence Journal, the exeeu-
tive committee OF the Rhode Island
department Of the American Legion
has passed a resolution demanding
the custer Of Louis johnson, national
commander, for his support of Roose-
velt's economy program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Boy Sick from Food
at Labor Camp in
Mitchell Field, L. /.

NEW YORK. April 25.-A young
worker at Mitchell Field. L. /. writes
to his mother about conditions in the
camps. He says, Arrived here Tues
day, what you said about food is right
its bad. I might get used to it."
Two days later the boy was home.
Il couldn't stand it any more" he
told his mother. On returning home
the boy had a severe attack Of cramps
as result OF the food. Il would not
return for all the money in the
world was his advice to his friends.
But starving at home is not the
way out for the workers. Organizing
the unemployed. Building the I'm
employed Council and fighting to-
gether, the demands for the unem-
ployed can be won. Not only some
food and piece to sleep. What the
unemployed must have is federal I'M
employment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Relief Cut for Not
Enlisting on Forced
Labor in Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 25.-The
relief agency here is forcing young
men to join the forest camps under
threat of taking away relief from
their parents. Alvin Flutz, a sixty
year old worker, who has son 81
years old, had the relief taken away
from him. Brown, trustee of Perry
township said, that Flutz will not get
relief until his son enlists for the
camp.
The quota for the labor camps in
this city is barely filled one third.
This is due to the exposure by the
Unemployed Councils. which has car
ried on struggle against the forced
labor camps.
Attorney Condit is in charge of en-
listments for the camps. He assisted
in the prosecution last February Of
workers who were arrested when ask
ing for relief. The Unemployed
Councils will take up this issue. The
workers here will struggle to defeat
this new plan of taking them off
the relief and forcing their children
into labor camps.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
20 AL ToileFs OF the u. S.
BrothsrS:

~ cleA 1OhtNAo VI btS " -
BxothsrS:
With one strike the Roosevelt gov
srnment has slashed the living
staEidards of every workingman and
workdngwoman. Through the infla-
ton policy which reduces the value
of the dollar and raises the prices of
all. commodities in order to increase
profits, the wages of the workers and
the-relief given to the unemployed
have undergone d great Shrinkage.
Already the official figures show
that in the first day after the an
nouncefnent of this policy prices have
goEle Up ten per cent and the COM
nssdities most vital for the every
Gay needs of the masses by even
more. This brings new era of ex-
ploitation Of the masses of workers
through a reduction of real wages, as
nominal wages continue tagging be-
hind the rising cost Of commodities.
This will be followed by even bigger
illcReaSes- in prices as the initiation
policy is developed
Qsalgsae handful Of the very rich will
sa&eL through these measures. The
masses will be the losers. Wages and
relief can buy less. Small deposits
and insurance policies are worth less.
The farmers are made to believe that
they viii profit by high prices. But
this isss-Ja' fraud. The big SPECTATORS
andsffnanciers will profit. The small
FARMER whose dollar is today worth
4s cents, according to March price
indexes, will have 10 pay higher
prices for the goods he needs. The
Roosevelt initiation program is a uni
yersM attack on the living standards
of the masses.
In Line With Other Measures against
~s.r Masses
The Initiation program of President
Roosevelt. which was endorsed by j.
p. Morgan is in line with all the
other measures carried through by
his administration These measures
consisted of cutting the veterans al
lowances by 500 millions and the
wageSs Of government workers by Is
per cent: Now the small allowances
are again cut through initiation
priceSs-.Now these low wages are
again reduced through initiation.
Roosevelt also introduced forced
labor camps at a 81 day wage. All
other measures enacted or now pend
ing are directed against the masses.
The Black bill reducing hours Of
labor to 80 per week is in reality the
staggering of work, through which
the employed workers will have their
wages reduced and the burden placed
upon them for supporting the unem-
ployed.
The minimum wage proposal is
intefided to depresS wages downward
for all workers. The minimum wage
proposal, in order to be of benefit to
the 1laSses must also carry with it
guarantee of no reduction in the
weekly and monthly earnings through
the reduction of hours.
Such an amendment made by the
TUUL before the Senate Committee
was not embodied in the bill The
MINIMUM wage proposal side by side
with the initiation policy means the
pauperization of the entire working
class
Similarly the Roosevelt public
works program aside from being in
mality war construction program
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Military Discipline
and Jim-Cr0w Rules
at Fort Hancock, n. J.
BY Labor Camp Correspondent

BY a Labor Camp Correspondent
FORT HANCOCK, N. i'm this
fort there are 800 young workers;
500 are from Neutrality-suspicious. who
arc on parole, deInquents of all types,
mostly homeless youths. The rest Of
the boys are from relief and work
bureau cases from families. It was
very difficult to Ill the quota.
Fairy Tales
Before leaving, the boys we're told
all sorts of fancy things about six
hour day, very easy work, cigarettes
free, good food, very little military
discipline
Military Discipline
When the boys got there, they got
everything but no cigarettes, mill
tary discipline, hard work, K. P. duty
tkitchen police) The men are kept
doing certain duties all day, such as
cleaning, drilling, etc.
The 1900 youth are divided up into
platoons 200 EACH, sections and
squads, Military officers are the ones
who rule them.
Rotten Food
The food is rotten. The boys throw
most of it away. Some throw their
mess kits with it.
Parents Relief Cut on
Those hundreds Of boys whose
parents are getting relief are learning
that this relief is being cut off. The
men have leaders from the Citizens
Conservation Corp, who were picked
as loyal overseers to spy, bulldoze, and
check any radicalisln
Negroes jim Crowed
The Negro young workers are jim
Crowed into other camps. They are
more terTorized than the white youth.
A Negro youth was beaten up at the
army base for cracking q joke which
the ofdcer didn't fancy Cthis happened
at Whitehall Street.
Youth Deserving
Many youth are returning or de-
sorting because their expectations fall
short.
The officers say that military disci-
BA41iG Will IlJb Dt COiltllltu III GAlC
forests; but the mihtarism is getting
tighter than ever each day-which
means harder work and longer hours,
and terrorism
Don't Yet Know Way Out
Many Of the youth-all prole-
tarians-have no faith in the capital
ist system-have all sorts of utopian
and bourgeois ways out Of their con-
ditions.
Must Fight for Demands
1t is not only necessary to conduct
work within these forced labor camps,
but the working class outside must
assist and fight against this scheme,
and to better the conditions Of those
inside for:
l. Adequate pay according TO trade
union standards.
2, No military tactics Or teachings
3. Direct relief to youth.
4. No cutting of relief Of families.
5. No discrimination of Negroes.
All these can be linked up with the
struggles Of the workers as a whole
against Hunger War and Starvation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
ROOSEVELT INITIATION RAISES PRICE
OF CLOTHING AND SHOES
New York Real Estate President Announces
Rent Raise; Organize Against Roosevelts
High Cost of Living

NEW YORK, April 25.-On top Of
the rise in prices f GAL food. there is
proceeding a drastic rise in clothing
prices and a move on the part of the
Real Estate Board to boost rents.
Effects Of imitation, which has
raised prices of flour, meat, butter,
eggs, canned goods and fruit, are being
felt in the clothing market.
Shoe Prices Steadily Rising
With steady advances in hide and
leather, the leading shoe manufac-
turers have boosted the price of shoes
from 70 so cents in the cheaper
gra,es to T. and $1.50 in the higher
price ranges. This, in spite of the
fact that demand for shoes decreases
at this time of year, which proves
that the price rise is not due TO the
operation of supply and demand, but
is purely iniiationary.
New Lists for Cotton Goods
Cotton goods markets are preparing
to issue new price lists boosting every
thing they handle - bed spreads,
sheets, pillow cases, clothing. New
lists will also be issued for wool and
cotton blankets at the end Of the
week Meanwhile no orders are being
taken until the price rise is agreed
upon.
Withdraw Knit Goods From Sale
All lines of gnit goods have been
removed from sale. They will again
be sold when price rises are adj
justed to suit the initiation robbery
imposed upon the masses in the pro-
cess of imposing drastic indirect wage
cuts and beating down to lower levels
the standards of life of workers and
farmers and other Impoverished sec
tions of the population
In no lines Of commodities are
orders being taken in advance be-
cause of the uncertainty as to the
degree to which initiation will cause
rises in prices.
Plans On To Boost Rents
Anton L. Trunk, president of the
Real Estate Board of New York.
in an announcement yesterday dec
Jared that ordinary business eau
ton calls for hesitancy in making
new and renewed leases at present
depression rentals
Fight Must Reach Higher Stages
The very viciousnes Of the attack
all along the line on all the toiling
masses must result in Widespread,
general, unified action against the
hunger program of the capitalists
and their government, which is tax
ing k&a lead in smashing down
standards of life
Everywhere, in the neighborhoods.
in the industries, before relief stations
action must be developed to chal-
lenge this worst of all hunger drives.
The slogans around which the
struggle is being organized are:
l, For increased relief and wages
to meet initiation prices!
2. Fight for immediate relief and
unemployment insurance.
3. Against relief cutsl Against
wage cuts!
4. Against forced laborl
5. Lower ents! no eyictions of
unemployed
6. a public works program TO tear
down the slums. 10 build sanitary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26

ing the last three and half years
when the living standards were re-
duced by 81 per cent? Is there any
reason to believe that the A F. of L.
leaders will now fight? They will
have to prove it by more than mere
empty words. Workers of the A. F.
of L., members of the Socialist Party
you can not approve the position of
your leaders. You must fight against
the Roosevelt initiation, starvation,
forced labor, compulsory arbitration
program.
Roosevelt Program Win Not Solve
Crisis
The supporters of the Roosevelt
administration argue that these
measures no matter how displeasing
they may be to some for while will
in the long run pulls us out of the
crisis. The Socialists and the A. F.
OF L. leaders who support the various
Roosevelt measures make the same
But this is entirely false. How will
the initiation program which means
reducing the standard of living of the
masses solve the problem of unem-
ployment? BY lowering the living
standard of the masses it will only
increase unemployment.
explanation.
How will the stagger plan in the
form of the 80 hour week with a
corresponding reduction in earnings
solve unemployment? 1t will not. All
that it will do is to make the en-
ployed workers bear the burden of
maintaining a portion of the unem-
ployed instead of taxing the rich to
give relief and unemployment in
surance to the unemployed. In addi-
ton through the 80 hour week and
speed up the capitalists can reduce
their cost of production by throwing
more workers ON the streets All the
early measures of the Roosevelt gov
eminent have not solved single
problem for capitalism. On the con-
trary the situation has grown more
acute. The fall in production in the
month of March, the fall in the value
OF the dollar are definite signs Of the
growth of the crisis.
Unite Organize Resist Attacks
We are being attacked. Capitalism
Is llghting desperately TO save itself
at our expense. We have no choice
but fight back The Roosevelt gov
eminent is not the government of
all the people. 1t is the government
serving the interests of the powerful
capitalists. AS proof of this, we can
see that every measure of the govern
ment is directed against the masses.
We must oppose the Roosevelt at
tack with our united strength. Never
before was the unity of all workers
so necessary. All workers no matter
in what union they belong, no mat
ter what is their political utilization.
no matter what their race. creed or
color must unite and can unite on
a program of struggle in defense of
their immediate interests. We are
all interested in defending ourselves.
This is no time for words. This is
time for action.
Program of Struggle
We must fight in every factory. in
every industry, for higher wages to
meet the higher prices. We must
resist all attempts to cut wages. We
must support the railroad workers.
the anthracite miners, the building
trades workers and all others in their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
LAMB, CENTRALIA
PRISONER, FREED

CENTRALIA, Wash, April Is
John Lamb, Centralia prisoner franz
ed in 1919 when the American Legion
attacked the I.W.W. hall here, has
been released on parole. Three of the
Centralia prisoners, Britt Smith, Ray
Becker, and Bert Bland, are still in
Walla Walla penitentiary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26

houses and hospitals for workers.
Unemployed workers employed on
public works to be paid regular trade
union wages.
z The use Of all war funds for
relief ana unemployment insurance.
8. Housewives organize and fight
prices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Demonstrate May Against Forced Labor and For obeSs Insurance
BOARD ANSWERS CHICAGO STARVING
TEACHERS; WILL CLOSE SCHOOLS
Propose to Let Them Just Go on Starving;
Still More Militant Demonstration Soon

CHICAGO, 5000
Chicago school teachers yesterday Oe Taylor president
Education
schools solution providing
attempt being pay
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Labor Dept Tries to Hide Conditions
In Forest Camps; Recruits Expose 1t

WASHINGTON, April 25,-The Labor Department has
made public in bulletin its policy towards the forced labor
camps 1t is printed in the form Of questions and answers
To the question of who will be in charge of the the
is while they actually the job they will work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26

Hitch hike, drive, walk TO the Chi
cago Mooney Congress, April 80 to
May 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26

Elect delegates to the Chicago
Mooney Congress, April 80 to May 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-26
Program of Struggle

We must fight in every factory, in
every industry, for higher wages to
meet the higher prices. We must
resist all attempts to cut wages. We
must support the railroad workers.
the anthracite miners. the building
trades workers and all others in their
Evening star., 1933-05-27
IMPROVED RATING
IN EFFICIENCY ASKED
Federal Employees Federation
Called Upon by Educational
Forum, Local No. 2.

The National Federation of Federal
Employees was called upon to work for
an improvement in the efficiency rat
ing system used in Government estab-
lishments, in recommendation COM
ing last night from the Educational
Forum of Local No. of the federation.
A study of the system, employing ex-
pert assistance is necessary, and CO.
operation with the Federal authorities
charged with its administration was
urged.
The forum also discussed the pro-
posal. recently revived by Representa-
tive Sirovich, Democrat, of New York,
for establishment of an appeals agency
where Government workers could take
complaints arising out Of the workings
of the economy program. 1t was said
the United States is the only govern
ment of consequence that does not
have such tribunal. the powers of the
Civil Service Commission in this re-
spect being limited.
The forum also went on record in
favor of preference in Unemployment
for workers with civil service status
losing out under reorganization.
Evening star., 1933-05-27
Rheem Offers Rare
Book Collection to
Pay Off Creditors
Tells Court His Library.
Now Stored, Is Worth
$4,000.

Edmund D. Rheem. former head OF
the bankrupt Swart2ell, Rheem & Hen
eey Co.. told a group of his creditors
in District Supreme Court today that
he had a library of rare books, worth
s2O,OO0 which could be used in pay
ment of their claims against him.
Rheem who is serving seven-year
sentence in the District Reformatory
in connection with the failure OF his
firm. was brought to the court house
to testify at the instance of counsel for
George c. Shinn. trustee Of Rheem's
personal estate.
Under questioning by Attorney Will
liam E. Richardson. representing the
trustee, Rheem said he thought the
books were stored. but that he did not
know their exact location. Richard
son indicated search would be insti-
tuted for the library. Rheem also was
asked several other questions on mat
ters involving his personal estate, but
no information of value was elected.
Mr.. Shinn said he thought several
other creditors meetings for the pur.
pose of further examining Rheem would
be held before the referee in bank
ruptcy, Fred ]. Eden.