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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
Hall Johnson Singers at
Stadium Tonight-Whiten,dn
To Conduct on Friddy

There will be four conductors at
the Stadium this week, Hans Kind
Ter, Hans Lange, Paul Whiteman and
Willem van Hoogstraten. Kindler's
last concert will be given Wednesday
night.
The Hall johnson Negro Choir will
appear tonight and Tuesday night,
presenting a program Of old favor
ties and many new arrangements.
This evening Lange will conduct the
following orchestral numbers: the
Brahms Academic Festival" Over
ture, the Beethoven Second Sym
phony, the Tristan and Isolde" Pre-
lude and Liebestod, the" Afternoon of
a Faun" and Chabrier's Rhapsody
Espana. On Tuesday LANCE directs
the "Mignon" Overture of Thomas,
the Mendelssohn italian" SYM
phony,, Barnett's Divertmento, Jo-
ham Strauss Roses from the
South" waltz, and Two Slavonic
Dances Of Dvorak.
Kindler's final program on Wednes-
day includes the Wagner "Meister-
singer" Prelude, Tchaikovsky's PA
thetic" Symphony, Mossolow's Iron
Foundry" Johann Strauss waltz,
Artists Life" and Liszt's Les Pre-
ludes."
The Thursday and Saturday pro-
grams are under the direction of
Willem van Hoogstraten, returning
as reguluar conductor for the remain
der of the season. Thursday the
program will include Schubert's C
major Symphony; Overture to Russ
Ian and Ludmilla," Glinka; Scherzo
from Symphony No. 4, Glazounow;
Eight Russian Folg Songs, Liadoff,
and Poloytzian Dances from Prince
Igor" Borodin.
Saturdays program will have Bee
thoven'S Overture to "Fidelio,"
Brahms Symphony No. 8, the Bach
Prelude and Fugue in e minor. the
Gluck-Mottl Ballet Suite, the Johann
Strauss waltz, wine, Woman, and
Song" and Relationships Italian
Caprice.
Paul Whiteman, guest conductor of
the Philharmonic Symphony rches-
ira, augmented by his own men, viii
be heard on Friday night. In case of
rain this program will be postponed
until Friday night, August IL.
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FRAME 6 CHICAGO
JOBLESS LEADERS
FOR CONSPIRACY

CHICAGO, Ill.-An Indictment Of
conspiracy and assault with intent
to kill has been drawn up against
Della Page, Poindexter, May Wer-
nicKi, Jessie Smith. Charles Hamp-
ton and Harry Coe, Negro and
white workers active In the unem-
ployed movement. BAH for the group
totals $4,000. The trial will be
held in Judge Prystalski's court,
August 9.
The International Labor Defense
has issued a statement which says
In part, This attack on the work
ing class is primarily directed against
the Negro workers. These workers
were viciously beaten at hunger
demonstrations and Poindexter was
beaten at an election campaign
meeting at the orders OF Oscar
DePriest. Poindexter Is a leader Of
the workers on the Southside, one Of
those active In the Sopkin's strike
Of the dress workers, which was sue
cessful; in the rnobilizine OF Negro
and white workers on the South
side; the builder OF the Unemployed
OOoAAOAli OtiC LuVCtAbtiOlldl Id
Dor Defense; and the leader of the
Washington Park open Forum,
which more than anything else has
brought the Chicago workers into
the movement for defense Of the
Scottsboro boys.
''The Recovery Act which calls
for brutal suppression OF the work.
ing class Is responsible for these
which followed inlme-
diately upon the passage of that
Bill"
Workers are. urged to list prop
erty with the I. L. D.. which can
be used for bail for these framed
workers. The /. L. D. also urges
that protests be sent to States At
torney Courtney, Mayor Kelley and
Oscar Derriest, Negro Congressman,
who is supporting this attack on
the workers.
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Toll at Feverlsh Pace for Three Hours Daily:
Mine Owners Afraid to Drive Them Off

| The constable gets out, the three COPS
remain in the car.
Workers begin gathering around
the place. The constable has an
eviction notice. Yankoski slams
the door in his face, locks it, and
starts off at dead run for the hall
of the Unemployed Council, 1926 East
Market Street. In q few minutes
he's back with William Scott, of the
Council. The constable has been
idiotic enough to appeal to some of
the unemployed workers who sur
round him for help in evicting Yam
koski, his wife and children, to carry
their few belongings out on the street.
They are telling him to go to hell.
The three cops sit in their car, grin
ming, and assuring such of the work
ers as will listen that nothing will
happen.
do you see that door2" Scott asks
the constable. "It's locked. Well. if
you want to start something, break
it down.
Who are you?" the constable de-
niands, and Scott, who is the Young
Communist League representative on
the council, tells him. The constable
insists he's got an order to evict
Yankoski, also to sell his furniture
for back rent.
mo eviction, no sale" Scott saws.
The constable takes quick look
around at the crowd Of Yankoski's
neighbors, who are growing more
menacing -- and at the COPS, who
know the crowds temper and sit mo-
tionless. The constable offers a COM
promise. Will the Unemployed
Council agree if the county finds
the Yankoski's another home, moves
them in there and everything. Scott
says yes--if the home is decent, and
Yankoski gets receipt for years
rent paid in advance. The constable
says he'll have to talk to his superior.
Scott invites himself along to the
conference, but the constable is now
In a hurry to get away.
The Yankoski's are still In their
house, and the constable, who needs
the sheriff there personally TO break
down the door, knows he'll have to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
The Open Letter exposed our
weaknesses in unemployed work
and outlined our tasks to overcome
them. Good. The Open Letter
did likewise for our work in gem
eral. Fine. They are both timely.
But one problem they have not
touched upon Inner Party life.
Now experience has shown that it
reeks with very little activity, ir-
responsibility. little political de-
velopment, due to few discussions
and lack of theoretical training,
and, especially poor handling Of
new comrades. Resolutions were
Of no avail.
How can we expect improvement
in mass work when such situa-
ton exists within the Party? /
was surprised that the Party Con-
vention, the udarniks of the move
ment-dfd not see fit to mention,
not to say thoroughly discuss, this
problem in its Open Letter. Or
is it too significant yet?
Would it not be foolish to clean
and polish a car and then take it
apart to see that 1t functions well?
If so, then let the Party make a
determined effort to clean the in
side of its house; only then will 1t
I. -. II
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that of 1928.
Ninety per cent of children ex-
amined in the coal-mining regions
of two states as early in the crisis
as 1881 were all under weight by
10 per cent or more.
The children of Maryland mill
towns are reported as having "con-
siderable malnutrition, as evidenced
by loss Of weight, loss Of color and
loss of general muscular tone and
simultaneous (underskin fat" There
are no percentages mentioned.
The only reference to Negro child
rem is made by a physician in At
lanta, Ga, who reports that there
has been decrease of a quarter of
pound in the average birth weight of
Negro babies since 1927.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
Thugs Guard Scabs In
New York Scow Strike

NEW YORK.-Scabs, hired at So a
day for 10 to 16 hours work are be-
ing engaged by the Asper Detective
Agency, at 10 w. 61st Street to break
the strike of the scow trimmers in
Brooklyn.
The strike is aimed against the
starvation wages paid by the George
A. Carizzo Paper Stock Corporation,
which has subcontract from the
Brooklyn Ash Removal Company.
The Detective Agency is paid $3.50
a day for the men, keeping the so
cents for itself. Agents of the com
pany, carrying revolvers under special
permit supervise the work. These
thugs receive Sc a day.
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cars at ridiculous prices. A strong
belief exists among the workers that
the taking away of license plates is
part OF az arrangement mutually
profitable to certain used car deak
ers and relief officials.
Nothing to do, no place to go, no
carfare to go with if they had the UNI
employed drag through the days
standing on street corners, waiting
for something to happen. There is
tiny municipal swimming pool in
town. Workers children swim in the
river, which is polluted with the sew
age of other towns and the refuse of
three hospitals.
The Unemployed League is meet
ing In Kingston. Marvin Mccarthy
Socialist Party luminary, paid in
vestigator of the Luzerne County
Poor Board, and very close indeed to
the respectable element, is running
his little show. A worker comes in
with a grievance. He had got a job
clearing up the debris Of a store
where there had been a fire. He
exhibits his "pay"--a basket of food
damaged by fire and water-unsat-
able.
Mccarthy jumps at him: ibid
you steal that?'
The worker is scared out of the
hall. Outside, he puts on one-man
demonstration; plants the basket Of
food down in an open lot where
passersby can see it, and improvises
a sign: This represents wages for
hours work" He and others picket
the place, and anyone who wants to
know can find out from them what
the Socialist party is doing to lead
and help the unemployed
Mccarthy, Of course, refuses to act
with the Unemployed Council, won't
make any united front demonstra-
ton, turned down invitations to join
the Hunger March a week ago or to
protest the cutting of relief by 40
per cent.
II don't want to see the streets Of
Wilkes-B running With blood"
he says.
Several coal company officials are
with his league, lawyers and BUSH
ness leaders" support him.
Signs on. every hand point to a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
FORM COMMITTEE
ON KINGS COUNTY.
HOSPITAL WORK
(By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK; am one Of the
workers employed on the relief jobs
at the Kings County Hospital in
Brooklyn.
would like, through the Daily
Worker to call upon ali the workers
employed on relief work at the above
place to unite more solidly and carry
on what we have initiated until now.
On July II, when we were told
that there would be no pay, a group
of twelve workers refused to go to
work, unless we were paid for the
previous week. Whereupon one of
the officials, a Mr.. Mckenzie, told
us we would get paid the next day.
The next day, when we were gath
cred at lunch discussing the situa-
ton, we decided not to start work
until we were paid. One hundred
and fifty workers gathered in pro-
test and refused to go back to work
Two committees were elected to
pull out the workers who had not
as yet responded. Then the officials
of Kings County were forced to call
Of Kings County were forced to
phone the paymaster of relief
progress if the men wouln not i'm
mediately receive their pay. He
promised the money would be paid
by Wednesday at the latest if we re-
turn to work.
Since We are not an organized body
we took their promise for granted
after a strike of two hours and re-
turned to work.
Kindly print this in the Daily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
BY HERMAN NICHOLSON

WILKES-BARRE, July 3o.--At six
o'clock in the morning the night cor
goes off duty at the D 81 H strip
mine. The day man doesn't come
until 9. During these three hours
the unemployed miners arrive and
take over the place.
They come with wheelbarrovs and
bags, picks and shovels, and set to
work, at killing pace. Even watch
ing them through the mist from far
away across the huge culm piles, the
black refuse mountains which grow
up around each mine, they can be
seen to move with terrific speed, back
and forth, up and down. They're
working for themselves.
1t is a good half -mile to the end
OF the operation itself; many of them
have miles more to go. A man Fore
ing himself at top speed may get
out in the three hours with two
wheelbarrow loads, each load being
two 80 OF 30 pound bags. The barrow
has to be pushed through soft
ground, over railroad tracks, I'D
iSni WI SnhiliS Biduco, blOSe VINO
haven't barrows stagger out with a
single bag on their backs.
When it rains, it's impossible to
work. The company has been forced
to tolerate" the picking of its coal;
but only after its cops found the
Job of driving out the miners some-
thing they didn't care to tackle. They
tried police dogs, and the miners
sank their picks into the vicious
animals heads. A couple of hum
bred hunger driven miners, each with
pick In his hands and knowing how
to use it, determined to hold on to
his chance to make 50 cents or so
by crowding a full shift of work in
TO three man-killing hours-the D.
& H. isn't bothering them yet awhile.
That's the way the day starts. in
the Wyoming Valley. for MANY hun
dreds Of unemployed miners.
A car containing a constable and
three uniformed policemen rolls IN
70 ia North Fulton Street home n
Peter Yankoski, unemployed miner.
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leather. We vi>1ld like to have
some personal investigation.
AOne of the guards who did the
shooting was seine time ago fired
frcm Atmore (Atmore is another
Alabama state PRISON. but sonne-
how he was again hired by the
state. 1t seems she guards here
think a prisoner has no feelings
whatever.
Inmates from Speigner Prison.
Spaigner, Alabama"
Prison Is Fire Trap
Speigner is a fire trap. 1t was
burned down a few weeks after the
But when it was rebuilt,
it was built in exactly the same way
as before. The whole building is Of
wood. Floors and all. A spark from
a cigarette butt can any time start
a sheet of flame roaring over the
whole structure.
There's a cotton mill in Speigner.
Also cotton plantation. The prison.
srs work from sun up to sun down.
Last year the Alabama government
made one million dollars in clear
profits out OF the labor OF its con-
picts.
Fire-abuse by guards-killing Ia
1or-poisonous food-leather-mas-
iacre. That's what our heroic CROP
GERS, leaders of their people in the
Slack Belt, are up against in Speig-
Ter. ask any prisoner who's been there
He'll tell you what I've told you
hat Speigner's he'll OF place.
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Speigner's about twenty miles north
Of Montgomery, the state capital and
the hang-out of the Black Belt alis-
tocracy. A lot of the big landlords
who we're anxious to see the members
of the troopers union put behind
bars, have swell homes in Mont
gornery.
There was a riot in Speigner, mid
die of last October Here's what hap
pened: guard discovered a group
Of prisoners gathered about one of
the prison walls. He said later thai
they were battering a hole in the
wall. Without warning or hesitation,
he fired into the group. Carl Single
ton, one Of the prisoners doing two
years, was shot and mortally wound
ed.
Wounded % Inmates
The prisoners we're in the open air
enclosure at the time. Singleton was
carried through there on q stretcl1er.
Anyone could see he was dying Years
Of abuse by guards and wardens,
topped by this murder! The men
went wild with anger.
The guards fired into the mass of
helpless prisoners with shotguns.
Twenty-Five fell wounded.
For several days Warden A. B.
Smith refused to give out the names
Of the wounded men, while miserable
friends and relatives waited before
the jail gates or bought up one news
paper after another.
Prisoners Protest
The affair started such an uproar
that even the Alabama officials were
forced to pretend an investigation"
OF course nothing came out of it.
the following letter ap-
peared in the Birmingham Post, on
October 20:
Editor. the Post:
I'VE, the inmates of Speigner
Prison, wish to inform you that
massacre happened here Sunday
night in which one inmate was kill
ed and 81 wounded. Also one free
man, who was on the office porch,
was slightly wounded. We have had
no investigation, only the poIlywogs
who were here during the last adj
ministration. The men are lying
in the dormitories with wounds that
have not been treated yet. 1t seems
we have no warden here, as one or
two Of the guards run the prison.
1--WE men appeal to the public for
some aid, as we are helpless here,
being shot down like dogs. You can
investigate the prison and sec where
the bullets went into the dormi-
tories. being shot from outside the
front gate.
IF they don't work us to death.
they starve us. All they have not
done Is poison our well. There are
lots Of men here who are unable
10 do manual labor on the food we
ret and thew are DuuiShed with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
VOICE OF BORO PARK
CONFERENCE TONIGHT

BROOKLYN N. Y-The section.
wide conference called by the Voice
Of Boro Park" will be held at the
11o9-45th st. Center, tonight, at
pm Delegates and worker CORE
spondents have been elected by many
workers organizations in the terri
tory, which includes, besides Boro
Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Bath
Beach, Coney Island, Brighton Beach,
and Flatbush.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
10000 At Picnic
For Daily Worker

NEW YORK.-Ten thousand read
ers and sympathizers of the Daily
Worker attended the DAILY" Picnic
yesterday in Pleasant Bay Park, par
ticipating in the festivities and pledg-
ing their support to the working
class paper soon to come out in six
pages daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31

assistance and of checking up on
the work of the lower organizations
by the higher organs must be a
method Of personal guidance in &C
cordance with the special conditions
of the given field Of work. of the
given enterprise and not simply the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
Is in Newark Court
Plead Not Guilty i'm
Youth Day Frame-Up

NEWARK, N. j., July 30-Sixteen
young and adult workers who were
arrested for participating in the Ma
tional Youth Day demonstration in
Perth Arnboy On May 80 pleaded not
guilty to frame up charges of I'M
lawful assembly and assault and
battery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
LABOR UNION MEETINGS

NEEDLE UNION FORUM Moissaye ]
Oigin speaks Monday at 2 pm. at BRYANT
Hall, 4ist Street and 9Th Avenue, on Recoy-
cry Act and War.
FURRIERS' FORUM Charles Alexander
speaks Monday, pm, at union ONCE, 131
West 2sth Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-31
Admit cope. of Children
in i. s. Are Starving
Labor Department Report Says 80 Per Cent of
Miners Children Are Underweight

WASHNGTONAt children the United
suffering definite injury their health through starvation
partial su include 1888
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SPEICNER PRISON, WHERE 5
DADEVILLE CHOPPERS ARE.
CALLED BRUTAL HEL L-HOLE
One Inmate Was Killed, q Wounded When
Guards Fired on Peaceful Group Last October
BY JIM MALLORY

Speigner Prison, down in Alabama hell a
That's another punch
they had the CUTS organize into Cobb
Simpson, and Clinton Mohsve
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Worker and give instructions how to
proceed with our work.
A Class Conscious Worker.
We suggest you get in touch with
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the Bronx Action Committee OF the
Emergency Relief Workers at 1400
Boston Road. These workers are in
itiating a city-wide organization of
workers on relief jobs.-Editor.
Nogales international., 1933-01-21
APACHES MEET
BADGERS TONITE

The Apaches will meet the Tue
son Badgers in an important con-
ference clash at the local gyn1nas-
ium this evening. The winner of
the clash will step into a tie with
the Bisbee Pumas for first place i'll
conference standing. Both quinte$s
have exceptionally strong aggrega-
tions and real battle can be pro-
missed to the basketball fans, with
chances of vicory reigning slightly
in favor of the Apaches.
The Badgers will take to the
floor somewhat handicapped by the
loss of the main scoring cog, Cor
nell, who was forctd to quit the
game by doctors orders. The Bad.
gers will have the advantage Of
the Apaches in the number OF GAM
es played but their wins have been
few and far between-probably not
exceeding the three (which the
Apaches have made out of four
starts. The Tucson boys will put up
very hard battle in all probability
as they will not only have con-
ference game at stake but the in
spiration of two of their stars last
game. Jackson and Weinzapfel will
play their last contest for the visit
ors in this game.
The Apacfes have been practicing
hard all week and Coach Bill Kerr
announces that they are in excel
lent shape and both he and the
team are confident of victory. Con-
siderable work has been given to
brushing up on connecting with the
hoop from both the field and foul
| line this week with the result that
the team looks one hundred percent
better in this department of the
game.
Nogales international., 1933-01-21
FREE HAIRCUTS
FOR 'RATEROS' AT
POLICE STATION

A new method of identifying
small "rateros", (petty thieves,
was placed in effect by the police
yesterday and as result, the police
station for awhile resembled bar
ber shop.
Said identification is that of clip
ping the hair of rateros and leaving
patch on top.
With a pair of four-bit Kress clip
pers, Policeman Clyde Balwin yes
terday. afternoon started to work
on one boy who had head of
heavy bushy hair. The job was too
much for Clyde so he called in Al
Camerlin and Al, knowing how to
work pair of clippers in true bar
ber fashion, quickly finished the
job.
Rateros desiring free haircut
should call at. the police station.
Nogales international., 1933-01-21
HIGHWAY MEET
IS POSTPONED

PHOENIX, Jan. 20.-The meeting
of the state highway commission
scheduled for January 20, has been
postponed to January 81, it was
announced today.
At that time the commission will.
reorganize by selecting a chairman
and secretary, provided, it was ex-
planned, Governor Moeur names a
member to fill the vacancy created
by the expiration of the term of
John B. Hart, Douglas.
1t has been stated unofficialIy
that Sheldon G.. Dowell of Douglas
has been selected and that his
name will be sent to the senate
within a day or two for confirna-
tion. Should he be confirmed by the.
senate before January 81, the reor-
ganization will be effected, it is
Ray Vyne of Prescott, named to
A. A. Johns, former chair
man, will take his seat January 81
as new member.
Nogales international., 1933-01-21

advantage of the rules of the Sem
ate, has prevented that public op-
inion from finding its long desired
expression.
Finally, we should continue and
multiply our contracts and our CO.
operation with the League of Ma
tons itself. We are not members,
of that body, but the work which it
is doing is work which vitality affects
our interests and which accords with
our ideals. In so new and so diff
cult field, success can not be,
achieved in a day nor perfection
reached in a twelvemonth. Steps
toward our goal must oftentimes
be slow, unsteady and even wander
ing, but the high and fine goal is
there, the appeal to us each and all
is insistent, cintinuous and unan-.
swerable.
Call To Action
MY fellow Americans, this is our
job We may not wait for President.
Continued on Page Four)