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The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Tom Mooney Halls
LID Victory in
Patterson Trial

NEW YORK. his San Quen-
tin prison cell, in which he has been
held for seventeen years on framed
murder charge, Tom Mooney, vet
eran class-war prisoner, halls the
victory of the International Labor
Defense in winning new trial for
Haywood Patterson, and calls for a
renewed wave of mass support de-
veloped on huge scale, to force their
release.
Tom Moneys letter, addressed to
the National Scottsboro Action Com
mi 2, follows:
" -le great victory secured in the
case of Haywood Patterson is indeed
an inspiration to all of us. That
victory was made possible only by the
splendid support of hundreds of
thousands of people to the campaign
which was led by the international
Labor Defense and the Communist
Party.
at is not only victory for the
working class, but for all humanity;
because it demonstrates the increas-
lllS VI OiiC lOISSD OiAoO 1l Z
fighting against race and class VIC
limitation. Only if there is a tire
mendous mobilization of forces on a
similar and even greater scale in all
cases of political prisoners can we
hope to win our freedom. The VIC
tories won in the Patterson case
should convince all workers, farmers
and progressive professional people of
the value of this movement and that
it deserves support.
''Now we must demand a complete
dismissal of the charges and the n-
conditional release of the boys. Fair
trials are not possible for workers in
any capitalist court. In Alabama
courts it would be most fantastic of
all to expect fairness, especially for
Negro workers. But a renewed wave
of mass support developed on huge
scale can force their release. And if
we win their release we must insist
that adequate measures are taken to
insure the safety of the Scottsboro
boys so that the boss class does not
succeed in organizing any lynch par
ties.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
BY FRANK ROGERS

The Ohio Peoples Relief March
for adequate relief and unemploy-
ment insurance is an outstanding
achievement Of the unemployed
movement. This action was carried
to q successful conclusion despite all
obstacles put in the way by the
authorities under the military lead
srship of the Adjutant Generals Of
flee in Columbus In splendid dis
cipline the marchers smashed thru
organized provocation and police
terror on the highways and in the
towns to reach the capitol on Sch
eduled time to place the demands
Of Ohio's million and half iobless
before the Legislature.
To really appreciate the difacul-
ties of the marchers and the sue
cessful carrying thru of this state
wide action one must understand
the strategy employed by the State
to- discourage, disorganize, and de-
uoralize the ranks of the marchers.
Governors Letters
The Governor sent out a circular
letter of policy to all authorities on
how to deal with the relief march,
ers. Altho the letter promised the
nnarchers 1.-The right to use the high
ways" yet an attack was ordered on
the peaceful marcherS on the state
highway when the authorities saw
the support the marchers were win
ming from the workers in all towns
along the route Of march.
The second letter sent out by the
Governor was to the Chamber of
Commerce. 1t called for the starv-
ing of the marchers to discourage
them from coming to Columbus. De-
spite this, small store keepers, con-
tributed food and other supplies.
Gas station owners contributed gas
and oil Many farmers, altho ter
rorized by the authorities not to
give water. food, or resting places,
came to the aid Of the marcherS
Put in a good word for the starv-
ing farmers" was the general COM
ment of the impoverished farmers
to the marchers.
When the authorities saw the sup
port the marchers were winning
along the route of march they de-
cided to rush them through to Col
umbus with all possible speed. This
dramatized the whole event and
placed the responsibility of housing
and feeding the marchers on the
State in Columbus Thus during
tie entire stay in the Capitol the
900 marchers were housed, fed, and
received medical attention at the
States expense. However, this was
SO meager that it was necessary for
the Workers International Relief to
supply about half of the food to
keep the marchers healthy and from
suffering hunger and want.
Censor March
Another letter was sent by the
Governor to the editors of all Ohio's
newspapers. 1t ordered censorship
on all news Of the march and the
demands of the marcherS. This
caused the marchers to be more de-
terrnined to bring the message of
the relief march to the workers and
farmers of Ohio. A systematic leaf
let distribution was carried through.
Literature was sold. Mass meetings
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Urge Nation Wide
Protest Against the
Nazi Brutalities
LID. Backs Drive to
Aid Fascist Victims

NEW YORK. - Endorsement of
the call of the National Committee
to Aid Victims of German Fascism
for a Defense and Relief Week, Au-
gust 7 to IA, and concrete steps to
support the campaign were an
nounced today by William L. Patter-
son, national secretary of the Inter
national Labor Defense.
The 1. L. D. all over the country
will be modified to collect furids for
defense and relief of the victims of
the brown terror, it was announced,
and protest demonstrations before
German consulates will be organized
by the LID. in the period leading
up to and during the week of August
Z to Ia.
I'VE must more than match the
heroic campaign the German workers
developed for the freedom Of the
Scottsboro boys and Of Tom Moo
ney", the LID. call to its members
and sympathizers said. eve must
remember that hundreds of thou
sands of German workers gathered
in meetings and demonstrations de-
manding their release, and voiced
their protest in thousands of reso-
lutions and cablegrams addressed to
the United States government and
its agents
1.-THE defense and relief are most
urgently needed; they must be rem
dered to all the victims of fascist
terror, without discrimination as to
party, nationality or origin.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Call Mass Meeting
on Shipyard Demands

NEW YORK.-Drydock and ship
yard workers are called to a mass
meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) night at
Central Hall, 1876 State ST., Brooklyn
CORNER Court st. and Boro HalD, to
discuss a workers code to be pre-
sented at the hearings in Washing
ton.
The Brooklyn section of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union,
which is calling this meeting, an
nounces it has received a telegram
from the government administrator
setting the Washington hearing for
Wednesday at 10 am.
The shipbuilding bosses have pro-
posed code setting SIS week for
skilled mechanics, and still lower
wages for over so per cent of the
yard and dock workers.
Yard and dock workers, in addition
to attending Tuesday nights meet
ing, should set up their own COM
mittees in every yard and dock, and
draw up their own demands, and
prepare struggle to enforce them
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

the Roosevelt regime is Fastening its
war preparations. 1t is for this rea-
son that the $1,000, 100000 public
works fund is going mainly into pro-
duction of war materials.
Lowering the standard of living of
the workers at time when new
deepening of the crisis is evident to
the capitalists themselves, the bosses
are rushing to head off struggles of
the workers for higher wages by in
PRODUCING the slave codes in the basic
industries.
Only the active, day to day, and
immediate resistance of the workers
can head off greater misery and suf-
fering than the entire working class
has yet felt in the four-year crisis
of American capitalism.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
g Bed Shops Settle

NEW YORK.-Three shops, the
Modern, the Maderite and Webster,
settled last week with the metal bed
strikers who are out under the lead
srship of the Metal Bed Section of
he Furniture Workers Industrial
Union. Twelve shops are still hold
ing out.
The strikers demands are "A
hour week, week work for all but the
stripers, time and a half for over
ine and legal holidays, and a 80 per
,ent increase on week work basis.
Funds are needed for the strike.
send all funds to the Metal Bed
section OF the FWIU., 8ls Broad
vay, N. Y. G.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Vet Discharged,
Force Camp Probe
Rank and File Com
mittee Gives Aid

WASHINGTON, D. c., July H.
Investigation has begun concerning
the charges brought by Robert C.
Wilson, World War veteran, dis
charged from Company 1896, Roxbury,
Virginia, Civilian Conservation Corps
camp as an agitator. Wilson'S
charges include spoiled, improperly
prepared and inadequate food, leak
ing, rotted tents and lack of bathing
facilities. He states that many OF
the men have become i'll from the
food and that there is lack of med
ical facilities and attention at the
camp, seriously endangering the lives
of the men should dySentery, which
now exists there, or poisoning be-
come severe.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

er unemployment along with the in
PRODUCTION of the slave codes.
Discussing the prospects of sharper
crisis, Ralph West Robey, financial
editor of the New York Evening Post
in the July is, issue of his paper says
Anything approximating thor
ough analysis (of the crisis, how
ever, reveals air pockets of danger
GUS proportions. 1t is the presence
Of these which quite properly is
keeping grave misgivings in the
minds Of many persons.
ITO very great, although i'm
peasurable, extent the extraordi-
nary upturn since the last of March
has been forced. Roosevelt, through
his policies, has driven business men
to increase their activity and in
dividuals to increase their specula-
tive commitments"
IN short speculation, gambling, infla-
tion caused the upturn in produc-
ton and it is reaching the point Of
decline. The same writer adds: "In
other words, Roosevelt has forced the
piling mp Of inventories all along the
line"
More Unemployment
Now with the slave codes going into
effect, the poverty Of the masses will
be increased through lower wages
through stagger plans. The capital
lists will not be able to get rid Of
the surpluses and new wave of un-
employment will follow to swell the
ranks Of the 100000 unemployed
It is because they know the new
dangers which face capitalism, that
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

again, why should a swine of this
bullying and moral poisoning type be
at liberty to force his blackguard
ideas upon any poor worker who trys
to read something that will be really
beneficial to him, especially when
this paper is printed by his fellow
workers at their own expense to let
him know that he is in danger of
becoming slave to the Bosses" and
Capital.
Will we let this condition 60 on?
No, thrice no. Fight" Boys" Fight
till hell freezes over" and show Mr..
"Slop" MacGinty that he nor all of
his boss friends can't get by with this
stuff always. It's up to every worker
in the world to keep this fight up.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

However, in releasing the de-
PENDANTS from bond on their
own recognizance, the prosecu-
tion continued to WELD a club
over their heads by announc-
ing that it reserved the right to re-
open the cases at any time in the
future, with further prosecution
subject to 80 days notice.
The defendants, John Hester, Ezra
F. Chase, Fred Daniels, Bill Cooper
and Bob Myers, we're arrested when
rs unemployed workers were at
tackled by the red squad in the Of
fees of the County Welfare Bureau,
where they had gone to demand suf-
ficient relief, and to protest against
discrimination. The workers offered
stiff resistance to this brutal attack
and the battle that followed reduced
the Offices to blood -spattered
shambles. Tear gas finally drove the
fighters out and five workers, club
bed down in the battle, were placed
unoer arrest WIN total OF n1Ceen
counts filed against them, of assault,
battery and riot.
The first trial, which lasted two
and a half weeks, resulted mostly
in acquittal and hung jury which
left four of the defendants with
charges of rioting remaining. Bob
Myers won complete acquittal.
Hester and Chase are now serving
sentences for turning on gas and
water which had been shut of for
non-payment of bills.
The case of Louis Shapiro, who
was attacked and beaten up by the
red squad in the Scottsboro demon
stration on 42nd and Central, and
charged with assault and battery, was
also dismissed.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Demand Kitchen Doors
an d Lower Rent In
Harlem Tenant Strike

NEW YORK-A rent strike for
the installation of kitchen doors,
sanitary conditions and rent reduc-
tions is in progress at 128-130 East
111th Street in Harlem, with IL Of
the is tenants following the leader
ship OF the House Committee and
the Unemployed Council Of % West
Hath Street.
The. landlord has informed the
tenants that he will go to the ex-
pense of a Thousand dollars to evict
them rather than make the de-
manded improvements. The strikers,
though. report that they will mill
family picket and call upon all other
workers to assist them in changing
the landlords mind
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
PHARMACIST UNION
WINS STRIKE

A strike at the drug store of Elmer
Calm at 1889 Walton Avenue, when
Calm dismissed his clerk for refusing
to work 81 hours a week for 81, was
won after week, when Calm asked
to arbitrate with the union. The
union secured three weeks salary in
advance for the worker. The owner
recognized the union, and his regis
tered man was unionized.
The Pharmacists Union is now
concentrating all it's efforts in the
preparation of code of ethics, which
is to be presented to the Industrial
Recovery Board at Washington.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
NEWS BRIEFS
Vote Repeal in South.

Three Southern states are to bal
lot on repeal of the prohibition
amendment to the constitution this
week. Arkansas and Alabama vote
today and Tennessee votes on Thurs
day The prohibitionists are putting
up their last stand in these states.
If they vote for repeal it definitely
means the END of prohibition be-
cause they are counted upon as three
of the thirteen states the drys hope
tc carry in their efforts to retain the
bootlegging and speakeasy racket.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Spend Day on Ship Afire.

CHARLESTON, S. c., July II. -
Thirty-six survivors of the crew of
an Oil tanker of the Cities Service
company landed here today after
twenty-six hours on the ship while
it was on fire. After fighting the
fire all day the ship was abandoned
and the crew took to life boats. The
captain, F. L. Sears, of Dennis, Mass,
went down with the ship, refusing
to leave. George r. Binninger of
Indianapolis, wiper, perished as the
ship went down. Several OF the
survivors are suffering from burns
and shock
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
EMERGENCY WORK BUREAU
WORKERS MEET TOMORROW

NEW YORK. Organizing to fight
back the wage cut from s45 monthly
to $40.50, the workers on the Emer-
gency Work Bureau jobs are called
to meeting tomorrow, Wednesday,
night at $50, at 140O Boston Road.
Sanitation park workers are urged
TO come to the meeting.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Cash in on kidnappings.

NEW YORK, July fisherman
Burns, son of the late chief stool
pigeon and strike breaker, William
j. Burns, and head of the Burns De-
tective Agency is raking in money by
furnishing guards for people who
fear they may be kidnap victims.
Adopts at provocation it is probable
that these agencies fake kidnap
scares in order to induce people to
employ their thugs as guards.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Commemorate Cars Death.

NEW YORK, July 17.--Some 200
white guardist Russians commence
rated the 18th anniversary of the
death of the last czar of Russia at
the Russian Orthodox Church, Madi-
son Avenue and 122nd Street, and
listened to priest harrangue them
on the virtues of Nicholas the
PloOdy
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Perfect New Steel.

PITTSBURGH, July 1.-THE Mel
Ion Institute announced yesterday a
new marble-surfaced steel. The stone
effect is imitation, made by laminated
resin surface woven in with the
steel. 1t can be used for walls for
buildings and can be their paper
covered or cloth-covered. The ad-
hesive is an alloy such as tin or zinc,
which fuses with both the steel and
the covering.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

CHICAGO, July 17.-Martin Leary
and Carl Fontana, ex-convicts, were
arrested in one of Al Capone's hang
cuts in Cicero yesterday charged
with completely in the kidnapping of
John (Jake the Barber) Factor, in
ternational swindler. who was held
captive twelve days and released
after payment OF $4,000 ransom.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Hear Browder Today
Engine Workers and
On Recovery" Act

Earl Browder, secretary OF the
Communist Party, will speak at an
open forum of the pocketbook strik-
ers today at 2 pm. at Irving Plaza
Hail. Irving Pl. and 18th st. Browder
will speak on the Recovery Slavery
Act.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST
4 IN LA. RED SQUAD ATTACK
AFTER 6 MONTH STRUGGLE
But Court Threat Reserves Right to Renew
Prosecution Upon 30 Days Notice"

LOS ANGELES, July 17-On motion of A. L. Wirin, In
ternaona Labor Defense attorney the of the four
naming defendants arrested at the Welfare Bureau slaughter
the Red Squad January 18 taken off the trial caen
dar. This the virtual dropping of the
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
Lehman Tells City Heads
to Put Over Sales Tax
Will Call Special Session; Threaten to Raise
Fare; Jobless Councils Call for Delegation
to Albany, N Y.

mobilize the
indus the city and state officials to
ae unemployed secretary of
the buck
on the New York;
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

Get your unit, union local, or mass
organization TO challenge another
group In raising subs for the Daily
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
LICENSE NOTICES

NOTICE is hereby given that license num-
Der NYB 1880 has been issued to the un-
dersigned to sell beer and Light wine at
retail under Section rs Of tho Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law, ut rs Clinton St..
New York, N. Y. to be consumed upon tho
said premises. Clinton Kosher Delicates-
sen Corp, rs Clinton Street, New York,
N. Y.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
sCOTTsBoRo TRIAL MOVIE

NEW YORK-Movies of the De-
catur trial of Haywood Patterson will
be shown, under the auspices of the
National Scottsboro Action Commit
tee, tonight, at st. Johns A. M. E.
Church in Harlem, 72 East 128th
The daily worker., 1933-07-18

NOTICE Is hereby given that license mum.
Der NYB 5601 has been Issued to tho nm
dersigned to sell beer and light vtna at
retail, under Section 76 of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law, at lee University
Place, New York. N. Y. to be consumed
upon the said premises. University Eats
Inc, 1e2 University Place, New York, NY.
The daily worker., 1933-07-18
CLASSIFIED

FURNISHED kooMs-Modern, sinries,
deublss. Gefman family. - ~. ~ n.
1isth St, Ligots,
The Washington times., 1933-02-22
HOLDS UP
WOMAN CLERK
:|NLAUNDRY
Girl Motioned to Rear Room
BY Robber Who Takes $50
From Cash Drawer

Six women were victims of rob-
berries yesterday and last night,
according to police reports today.
A holdup man entered the
Frazee Potomac Laundry Branch
in the 800 block Thirteenth st.
N. w. and robbed Miss Kay Cow
main, the manager, of $40.
Miss Cawmain said the man
robber held his right hand in his
coat pocket as if carrying a re-
volver. He motioned her to a
rear room and looted the cash
register.
A colored boy last night
jumped on the running board of
an automobile driven by Miss
JeSsica Harvey, Veterans Admin
istration employee, of the 1000
block New Hampshire Ave. N. w.,
and snatched her purse, contain
ing $40.
Clothing valued at $165 was
stolen from lockers of teachers
and students at the Wilson
Teachers College. Those robbed
were Mrs. Genne Gottwals, Wood
side, Md; Ruth Mayfair, 629
Twelfth st. N. E.; Elizabeth
MalSter, 1900 block Lawrence st.
N. E. and Grace Paynter, 1900
block Franklin st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1933-02-22
PAINTERS STILL
OFF j. s. JOBS

Fifty painters remained off the
job today while representatives of
the local union and contractors
engaged in overnment work con-
tinued a conference started yes
terday. The controversy has to
do with the wage Scale-the
painters holding out for $11 a
day.
Because the Master Painters
Association has been disbanded,
all agreements signed under the
turned-in charter have been re-
voked. They called for $11 a day
for paint work up to September
of this year. The painters now
hope to enter into separate agree
ment with individual contractors.
David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol and Federal contracting
officer for the job on the new
House Office Building, where most
Of the men were employed. will
be called into the cast today, it
is said.
R. F. Whalen, business agent
OF the Painters Union. refuses to
permit the men to return to work
until satisfactory arrangements
are made guaranteeing the wage
scale established by the Davis
Bacon law.
The Washington times., 1933-02-22
D. c. OFFICIALS
FIGHT SLASH
IN '34FUNDS
House Provision Unfair to
$500 District Workers,
They Will Tell Senate

House reductions in the 1884
District appropriation bill will be
vigorously opposed by the Com
missioners and other city officials
today when they appear before a
subcommittee of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee.
Senator Hiram Bingham (R)
of Connecticut, subcommittee
chairman, has summoned the
Commissioners, Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan, Superintendent of
Schools Frank w. Ballou, and
others.
Seek $4,000 Jail Fund
The Commissioners will oppose
the House provision which would
refuse to appropriate funds for
pay increases to employees who
have been promoted to higher
salary grades through realloca-
tion. 1t is contended that that
provision would discriminate
against $500 District workers.
Officials will also seek restora-
ton by the Senate of the fund
Of $4,000 which maintains prison
Industries at the District work
house at Lorton, Va.
Hope for Thorough Study
George S. Wilson, director of
Public Welfare, insists that this
reduction would interfere with
necessary prison activities and
force hundreds of prisoners to
remain idle.
In view of the criticism of the
curSory method by which the
House subcommittee drafted the
District bill it was felt that the
Senate group would take particu-
lar pains to make a thorough
study Of the items in order to
secure equitable adjustments.
Representative Clarence Cannon
CD of Missouri, House subcom-
mittee chairman, was said to have
drafted the bill without the ad-
vice of other members.
The Washington times., 1933-02-22
c. v. To AWARD
100 DEGREES

DR.. Henry Seidel Candy, emf
nent literary critic, will deliver
the commencement address to-
night at the one hundred and
twelfth winter convocation of
George Washington University,
which is being dedicated to the
memory of John Galsworthy. ia
nous British author. DR.. Canpy
will speak on The Message of
John Galsworthy."
Approximately $50 degrees will
be conferred on graduates of the
various schools of the university,
including Edith Alma Brookhart,
daughter of the Senator from
Iowa, and Paul Linebarger, son of
the former legal adviser to the
Chinese nationalist government.
The English Speaking Union,
the District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs and vari-
GUS literary clubs of the city will
participate in the ceremony.