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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-11
FOLTIS-FISCHER
STRIKERS JAILED
Judge Hears Contempt
Order March 18th

NEW YORK-Nick Paras, arrested
for picketing in the Foltis Fischer
strike on March LIST was dismissed
yesterday by Judge Goldstein in the
first magistrates court, after serving
two days in jail. Harry Reich and
George Allen active in the strike
were sentenced to five days in the
workhouse and Anton Krist, found
guilty Of distributing leaflets, will be
sentenced tomorrow.
The hearing on the contempt Of
Court order applied for by the Gre
ditors Of the Foltis Fischer Co. will
be held in Judge VIM. Bondy's court
room in the Woolworth Building on
the 18th floor, at 4:30 p. m. on We'd
pesday March 18th.
Pedro Martinez, arrested in con-
nection with the strike at the Adele
Cafeteria at End Avenue and 18th
Street, was held under 81 900 ball for
special sessions yesterday. His case
will be heard on March IS. A num-
Der Of workers are already serving
80 day sentences for activity In this
strike.
The third Anniversary Of the Food
Workers Industrial Union will be Gel
ebrated by monster concert and
dance on April II at the Palm Car
den at 306 West SIND Street. Tickets
are available at the union headquart-
ers, West 18th Street. Eugene Nigob
celebrated pianist, Andre Cibulski,
opera singer, and The Workers La
boratory Theatre will furnish the
entertainment. An excellent jazz or
chestra will provide music for dane
ing.
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COP BRUTALITY
SHOWN AT TRIAL
Women and Children
dubbed in Capital

WASHINGTON, D. c., March To-
Following merciless clubbing of the
parade Of the jobless here on March
9Th by Roosevelts police, IS Of the
workers were arrested and brought to
court on the following day.
Club Mother and Baby
Testifying in court, police inspector,
Headley, who led the attack on Mrs.
Leslie Ferguson, was confronted with
the picture showing him grabbing her
while she was carrying the baby.
Headley examined the picture, and
then said, II sec no baby there" The
picture Was handed to Judge Schuldt,
who, after glancing at the picture
was forced to admit, 1T looks like a
baby to me.
Admit Brutal Attack
THE police launched al attack
upon the nsrc,ler5 that has not been
surpassed in recent local history for
brutality" admitted the Washington
Daily News, whose reporter was
bruis E and battered as u result Of
the lice attack.
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DUTCH PLAN WAR
BLOC WITH JAPAN
Japan Matches u. S. in
Collecting Arms

Communist deputies in the
Dutch Parliament yesterday
attacked the plans of the
Dutch government for a mill
tary alliance with Japan
against the colonial masses Of the
Dutch East Indies, marching for
ward in struggle against Dutch i'm
perialism. The proposed alliance is
along the lines Of the secret military
alliance between Japan and France,
and is similarly aimed against the
colonial masses and the Soviet Union.
Foreign Minister Baelarrs van Biloxi
land pretended that the negotiations
with Japan were strictly concerned
with an arbitration treaty.
Threat North China:
The spokesman Of the Japanese
Foreign Office intimated yesterday
that the japanese forces in Jehol
Province would proceed beyond the
Great Wall into the Peiping- Tientsin
area in defiance of the Wall Street
Government which has made yelled
threats Of the Use Of force to protect
its spheres Of investments in North
China against its japanese rivals.
Huge War Orders,
Reports Of huge Japanese pur-
chases Of war material in Europe in
dictate that Japan is matching the
U. S. Government in its frantic war
preparations. The Renault factory
in France is said to be handling a
rush order for tanks The Potec
and Bregnet plants are turning out
large order for bombing planes.
The Hotchkiss factory is filling heavy
orders for machine guns.
Visit MUnition Plants.
1t is also reported that, following
the dramatic withdrawal Of the Jap
anese delegates from the League OF
Nations conference, Yosuke Matsuo-
ka, head of the delegation, visited the
big munition plants in Germany and
France, and placed a large order with
the Royal Dutch Shell and Standard
Oil Company for a supply of oil for
the japanese navy. Both the U. S.
and Japanese battle fleets are at pre-
sent modified in the Pacific.
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Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union.
Steinman was approached by the
Daily News photographer and re-
porter at the place reported, the
question asked and the photograph
snapped. (The photograph pub
lished was obviously that of Stein
man, as he appeared in the Daily
Oflce.)
But Steinman was not given an
opportunity to answer. The Daily
News reporter simply declared he
was in a hurry, said, I'll make it
all right for you!" and rushed
away. The entire answer was
faxed.
Steinmau states that he is not
in favor Of Roosevelts dictatorship,
nor Of any capitalist dictatorship,
nor does he believe that before
Roosevelt there was & democracy.
Steinman states that he is in
favor Of workers government, and
with this fresh example OF the
trickery Of the capitalist class and
its press before him, is more than
ever willing to fight on against
capitalism.
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10y W. =
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 49, Roadside
Hoovervilles and the daily sight of
evicted farmers trudging along high
ways, tell the story Of the capitalist
process of eXpropriating the small
farmer and tenant in Arkansas, as
the economic crisis deepens.
Unemployed workers, dispossessed
farmers, evicted choppers and tenants,
have packed their few belongings and
camped along highways in the straw
berry region, Of which White County
is the center.
Since New Years the Influx OF
berry pickcrs has increased. Near
McRac dozens of families have taken
refuge In a vacant tract, sheltered
from the wind by standing timber.
Makeshift Homes
With makeshift homes of burlap
tents, lean-to shacks of boxes and
cardboard, live these families on
starvation rations, vaguely hoping for
a Job when the berry season opens
in May.
But farmers themselves are scarce
ly better off, since the cash return
from berries was so far below cost OF
production that 1t did not even sus-
tain a decent standard Of living.
They, too, are demanding relief.
Under these conditions a local
Committee Of Action was formed to
present demands for adequate relief.
AS result of this united action, an
emergency appropriation Of forty
sacks Of Red Gross flour was granted.
This relief will go to all needy fam
lilies, not only aged people, A demand
for more r. T. G. relief was partially
conceded.
Find Destitution
AS result Of survey the McRae
local Committee of Action found
more than 100 families requiring i'm
mediate relief in cash, flour and
clothing. Again the Committee Of
Action presented demands for all
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in acreage 30 per cent, is four cents
less than cost of production. and is
designed for plantation and corpora
ton farms, at the same time making
the consumer pay higher price,
Try to Cut Out Small Farmer.
The live ct home program. back-to-
the farm movement, return 10 horses
slogan. all indicate the hand OF Wall
Street to eliminate the small farmer
from commercial production for
nlerket, while the capitalist backed
large scale farm with labor saving
machinery and fertilizer, who can
produce at less than half the average
cost Of production, further entrenches
itself in agriculture.
By organizing committees Of actions
the farmers in Polk county, Arkan-
sas, have stalled of several eviction
cases. The solidarity of the farm
ers caused bankers of Mena, Ark, to
indefinitely extend farm mortgages.
When the Chamber Of Commerce
hogged the r. F. c. relief, farmers
Of Old Potter, sent a committee to
demand a share of the relief work,
and they got it. Over 40 men we're
Immediately put on the job.
Organize for Relief.
In White county farmers have
seized upon the idea OF direct action,
and have won several demands for
more relief in McRae township de-
spite opposition Of two by Tour bank
ers and local bosses. Farmers Of
Garner township organized a COM
unittee Of action and adopted g per-
manent program under the Arkansas
United Farmers Protective Associ-
alton The movement is spreading.
When adopting q program for or
ganization they endorsed the Farm
ers' National Relief Conference and
declared their affihation with the Ma
tional Committee for Action, and will
support call for state conference.
Inquiries may be directed to O. Fred
erickson, MoE2es Ark,
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granted Roosevelt, will wipe out
the small banks. But more the
deposits of the workers, toiling farm
ers and small depositors will not be
guaranteed which means the loss
of the last life savings of millions of
people.
A Blow at forgotten Man"
1.-THE message is a gleam of hope
to the bankers-but to the forgotten
man it is a blow in the face. Not
one word about the promises! Not
one word about the situation which
Is worSeningi Not one proposal OF
relief and unemployment insurance!
Wall Street demands action in pro-
lection OF the interests of the bank
erS--let the workers rot.
Roosevelt calls upon the people to
unite in support Of his message.
William Green appeals TO and pledges
the support of labor TO Roosevelt'S
program. Speaker Henry Rainey of
the House asks for support for this
monstrous Wall Street message.
Workers win Not Be Silent
The workers will not be silent.
We, the forgotten men, recognize
what the program OF Wall Street has
in store for the workers. More mis-
cry, more starvation, wage-cuts, the
loss of our homes, higher cost of
living! This is the NEW DEAL in
action.
ward to the new administration--to
the new deal: The time has come
to unite our forces in the most mill
tant struggle. The new deal. is the
Old deaP-Sta-vat:on and brutal po-
lice attacks, as shown in Washing
ton by Roosevelts cossack attack on
the Washington workers. Roosevelt
has long forgotten about unemploy-
ment insurance. But VIC cannot for
get.
Adopt Resolutions
Adopt resolutions in all orgaIliza-
tions-unions, fraternaI lodges, clubs,
shops, churches, etc. Send these
resolutions to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
White House, Washington, D. C. De-
nand that Roosevelt and the u. s.
Congress act NOW on the demands
presented by the Unemployed Coun-
ellis on March z. -. -.~
Build up the Unemployed Coun-
ellis! Rally the workers in the locali-
ties on the basis of the united front
in struggle for local demands and
relief, but for the central demand of
the whole working class-UNEM-
PLOYMENT INSURANCE NOW!
National Committee,
Unemployed Councils,
81. AMTER,
National Secretary"
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DOLLAR IS HIT
IN EUROPE
Britain, U. S. Rival,
Grabbing Gold

The American dollar is no longer
the basis Of calculation on foreign
exchanges Even Canada has sbsn-
doned reckoning Its currency OH the
basis OF the United States dollar and
now uses the French frame as basis
Of calculation.
England Gaining In Gold.
With the temporary" abandon
ment Of the gold standard by the
United States and the danger Of the
dollar going Off the gold standard
for considerable length OF time, it's
great imperialist rival, England, that
had been off the gold standard for
a year and a half, is accommodating
gold at rapid rate. On Thursday.
the Bank Of England acquired anoth-
er two billion pounds in gold Cat par
$lo,000,0oo) which brings the gold
supply Of England close to the point
where it can easily return to the
gold standard. 1t is probable that
it will take this step II the United
States is forced to prolong its "tem-
porary" abandonment Of the gold
standard.
The United States dollar In France
has sunk so that 1t now requires
about 5 cents to buy s. franc, instead
Of four cents. In Berlin the dollar
Is quoted at 4.lo marks instead OF
422 last week.
Soviet Discounts Dollars.
The Soviet Union discounts the
dollar ten per cent of its former
value. The dollar is being exchanged
in the Soviet Union for rubles a.
the rate of ia, a fall from the FOR
mer prices of i.o4
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atlonS conducted through the State
Board OF Arbitration and Concillia-
ton which would reach decision on
wage" adjustments" by April goth
when the season is practically over.
Board Favors the Bosses
The State Board dea.ded in favor
Of the Brokton Shoe Manufacturers
last year when they recommended
wage cut for the shoe workers. The
officials of the National, who have
put over the sell-out in agreement
with the bosses are trying to convince
the workers that the strike Is "vic-
tory" in the substitution Of bosses ar
bitration for the yellow dog contract
which the bosses claim to be giving
up. In the meantime the workers are
being hustled back on the job to
complete the bosses spring orders at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-11
AUSTRIA HUNGER
MARCH ATTACKED
Socialist Heads Are
Silent on Fascism

VIENNA, March 10.-One Of the
first acts of the military dictatorship
set up by the Austrian Premier Doll
fuss was to send troops and gem
darmes against unemployed workers
modifying in Neunkircl,fn, near the
industrial center Of Wiener Neustadt
for Hunger March to demand IN
employed relief from the employers
and their government. Machine
guns and barbed wire we're placed
across the highways. A column Of
1900 Hunger Msrchers was savage1y
attacked by the military, and the
workers dispersed after q sharp
struggle.
Cops Occupy Socialist Quarters
The police yesterday occupied ali
Socialist headquarters and meeting
places The Socialist leaders who the
day before we're indulging in decap-
tive promises Of resistance to the
fascist deVelopments have failed, Of
course, to issue their promised call
10 the WORKERS to resist the fascist
attacks. The only call for resistance
has been issued by the Austrian
Communist Party, long illegalizsd BY
the bourgeoisie with the aid of the
Socialist leaders. The Austrian Ma
tionel Socialists Official fasclsts) are
silently supporting the government,
confident that they will be invited
to join q new concentration govern
ment along the lines Of the present
German government.
Troops Move In
Two regiments of fully equipped
troops we're moved into the capital
last night in an attempt to intlnnidste
the anti-fascist working class.
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measures for the starving unen-
ployed would be adopted in the state.
this proposal is merely a demagoglc
gesture.
To Legaiize Hunger Wages.
Lehman's plan does not specify
what the minimum wage OF the work
ers shall be, but calls for the aSsur-
ance of a bottom level Of wages"
1t calls for minimum wage for each
industry, to be based not on the re-
quirementS Of the living standards of
the workers, but on the minimum
value of the service rendered This
means wages pared down to the low
est possible level. In other words,
the plan aims to legali2e and make
permanent the present low standard
of wages forced upon the workers by
the bosses since the crisis.
Following the governors announce
nlent, the Donovan-Steingut bill was
introduced in the legislature embody-
ing his suggestions and providing for
a so-called "fair-wage" board. which
will investigate and report conditions
in the industries, but will have no
power TO enforce its recommends
tons.
MisIeaders Support Move.
MIR. Dubinsky, misleader Of the IN
ternational Ladies Garment Workers;
the State Federation of Labor, the
Women's Trade Union League, as
well as several textile and clothing
manufoct u"ers, are enthusiastically
supporting this fake legislation. Du-
binsky calls for minimum wage for
dressmakers which will be half the
amount OF the union scale of wages
won by the workers after years OF
bitter struggle.
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LABOR UNION MEETINGS

PAINTERS
Members Of the Brotherhood OF Painters
i've a concert and ball evening Of March
Il at Irving Plaza Hall. John Reed CLUB
chalk talk, Artet, FFeiheit Gesrngs verein,
Mandolin Orchestra, etc. AFFAIR arranged
by interlocal Defense Committee to aid
struggle to Teinsstate ~ expelled psiHseFs.
CARPENTERS
Carpenters Mass Meeting pm, March
II at st. Nicholas Arena, seth st. and
Columbus Ave. Organization against COM
IS per cent Of union members unemployed,
Called by. q. B. OF G. and ). A. Locals
2osO. 1854 and 27iL (
OFFICE WORKERS UNION
hike viii be held by the office Work
ers Union this Sunday to Tjbbets Bycok
Park. Members living uptown meet at
Mozhuiu Parkway, $3.50 ana, downtown
comrades meet at so e. 18th st. at $3.50
am.
CLoAKMAKERs COMMITTEE or ioa
A meeting Of the Cloekmskers Committee
Of 100 will take place today, March iItn
at pm, at Irving Plaza. Very important
problems and a report on the drive will
Dc discussed. All committee members and
active eloakmaks.s are requested to attend.
MILLINERY WORKERS
Millinery Workers Open Forum, Sunday,
II = N. at Prospect Workers Center, ii15
Southern Blvd. Bronx.
Millinery Workers Macs Meeting ut $50
p.rl., March l4th at Brysnt aall.
OFFICE WORKERS
All Emergency Work Bureau workers are
called to a mass meeting pm. March 18th
at Labor Temple 242 2. 18th St., room
20 by the Office Workers Union. Plans
for protest against wholesale firing now GOV
ing on. .
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the n1lserably low wage rate paid
prior to the strike. With the cost Of
living rising higher as a result of the
initiation, the workers are in q worse
position than previously.
Call Shop Meetings.
Thousands Of shoe workers express
sed bitter resentment over the be-
trayal of their struggle and are turn
ing to the Shoe and Leather Workers
Industrial Union for leadership. The
Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial
Union is urging the shoe workers to
call meetings in their shops, elect
committees to negotiate directly with
the manufacturers for their demands
based upon the conditions in each
shop and to refuse to accept the ar
bitration sell-out but demand in
creases in prices right now.
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New ProIetarian
Journal Appears

NEW YORK.--A new proletarian
literary magazine, Signal" has just
appeared. 1t is the organ Of the Or
ganization OF Yiddish proietarian
writers, Proletpen, and sells for
cents. The first number contains a
wide selection of prose and poetry,
covering 80 large pages.
The editorial board of Signal
consists OF William Abrams, 3. Fen
ster and Aron Kurtz, with M. I. Suhl
as editorial secretary, and Sam Lip
TIN as manager. The editorial office
is at 108 East l4th St., New York and
writer's In English are. invited to con-
tribute
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Street Performances
To Aid Daily Worker

NEW YORK. "A shock brigade
dramatic troupe of the Workers La
boratory Theatre, together with Sec
ton Of the Communist Party, will
hold a mass meeting on 7th st. and
Ave A. tomorrow at 3 p. m. to COL
lect funds for the Daily Worker. The
section will provide speakers who will
explain the role and importance Of
the Daily Worker, and the troupe
will perform mass recitation, Sup
port the Daily Worker"
On the following Saturday evening,
March ls, the Agit-Prop and Theatre
Collective, both sections of the Work
ers Laboratory Theatre, will hold a
Theatre Night, the entire proceeds
to go to the Daily Worker.
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report has the gall to say that meas
ured in things which make for gen.
eral livelihood, it Is generally felt
that the farmers have made "rela-
tive gain.
Despite these admissions, the state
In an attempt to make this lie
seem true, the report gives as a proof,
the fact that there is q shift in popu-
lstion from city to country. There
have been about a million people
gone back to the country when they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-03-11
DRESS WORKER DONATES
sc TO DAILY WORKER

NEW YORK-Ida Rosen, worker
employed by the Trolman and Mas
ket Dress Co., 14o0 Broadway, yes
terday donated S., which she was
paid for private job done at the
shop, to the Daily Worker financial
drive. Other workers in all industries
are urged to follow this splendid ex-
ample.
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and wear in the richest country in
the world.
Back to Primitive Conditions.
1t is retreat from former stand
ard of living. 1t means going back
to primitive conditions of existence.
The report shows prices on COM
modities the farmer has to buy de-
clined but u per cent, but his pur-
chasing power dropped 81 per cent.
On the eve Of putting In another
crop, Arkansas farmers along with
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RETAIL CLEANERS MEET

NEW YORK-AlI retail cleaners
and tsilors who belong to the Inter-
national Workers Order are called to
y meeting on Monday. March -, at
0 p. m, at Irving Plaza, 18th Street
nd Irving place. and are urged to
bring other cleaners along to take
part In the very important business OF
the meeting.
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emergency appropriation OF Reoor-
struction Finance Corporation and
Red Cross relief, to be administered
without restrictions by the farmers
own committee.
Long accustomed to holding the
whip over workers and farmers, the
political ring. so predominant an in
stitutiop in the South, Is now crack
Ing 1t vigorously to break up the
farmers organization spreading false
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lost their jobs in the city, who are
living in deserted farm houses, build
ing cardboard shscks and log cabins
In the woods where they might make
q scarce living by hurting and FISH
ing, and growing gardens, instead OF
picking over garbage cans.
But it is not relative gain. that
the farmers have been forced TO de-
mand relief. while at the same time
there Is plenty of every thing to eat
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LYNN SHOE STRIKE SOLD OUT BY
OFFICIALS THROUGH ARBITRATION
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN
Havehi shoe strike which standing spreading
the Mchn Shoe closing
About
0-Th worker
strikers
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millions OF others, find themselves
unable to get adequate production
credit. Federal loans require COM
pulsory acreage reduction of 80 per
cent.
Pending legislation In the guise Of
farm relief provides refinancing rich
farmers with collateral (the Frazier
Bid. The Jones Bill for control of
production with a small bounty on
10 per cent Of the cotton II reduced
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 10
Thirty-two municipal railway work
ers we're reported arrested today on
charge of membership in a Com
munist organization,
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LEHMAN FOR LOW
WAGE STANDARD
Calls 1t Minimum
Wage Law

NEW YORK.-In a recent special
message to the New York State
Legislature, Governor Lehman. who
has been closely associated with the
big dress manufacturers for many
years as Public arbitrator, urges
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minimum wage
legislation t o r
t h C exploited
masses Of wo-
men and chill
dren toilers
Following irnme
oiately upon hi
declaration thai
n o unemploy-
ment insurance
Gov Lehman
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stories, nnisrepresenting It's aims and
viliiying ITS organizer, attempting to
ii,cite mob violence sgainst the or
ganizcr.
Threaten Orsasixsr.
A party Of night riders came 10
the home Of G. l.. Order. friendly to
the organizer and an active member,
warning him to leave. He was not
harmed, so 1t wac apparent they were
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ROOSEVELT ASKS SLASHES
FOR VETS, GOVT WORKERS
Second Message Carries Bankers Attack or
Toiling Masses Still Further

WASHINGTON, March 10.-In his second message to
Congress President Roosevelt today demanded immediate
dictaoa to slash veterans benefits and the wages
all governmental employees including the in the armed
forces.