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The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Propose Federal
Police Against
Radical Workers
Mulrooney Proposes S
Plan Similar to
Mussolini's

NEW YORK. Aug 1T-Under the
guiSe Of combating criminals" and
kidnapers, group of leading police
commissioners and crime experts,
proposed that the United States gov
erysnent at Washington set up a
Fedsral Police agency, and system
of exile similar to the present pro-
cedre OF Mussolini.
Former Commissioner of Police,
Mulrooney, openly demanded the es-
tablishment of Devils Island" SINH
lar to the penal colony of France.
MedaIie Reveals Secrets
II is an open secret that all Of the
people present who pretended to be
30 alarmed at the spread OF crime,
have intimate connections with the
very criminal elements whom they
denounce.
George z. Medalie, United States
District Attorney, flatly stated that
TN every large city, racketeers and
gangsters are part of the machinery
of municipal control He states
further that many Tammany district
leaders are under the direct control
Of gangster elements. His conten-
lions were backed up by former
Judge Kernochan.
All the Same
But this Indictment of Medalie
f.gainst the criminal connections of
Tammany, is equally true of himself.
Only few months ago, Medalie sud-
denly and mysteriously quashed the
indictment against a rich Wall Street
broker who had been indicted on
charges Of fraud and larceny.
The plans for Federal police and
Devils Island" areas are not aimed
at criminals, but are aimed directly
at the activities of revolutionary
workers and the Communist Party.
This has been limited at by the spon-
sors Of the movement who speak
about preserving the laws OF the
land against attack"
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Received Loans from
Sources Close to
Capone Gang
BY FRED BAssETT BLAIR.

RACINE, Wis-In 1881 w. ]. Swo-
boda, American Legion member and
favorite Of the business mems asso-
Citations, was elected as the "boy
mayor" of Racine, on a socialist
ticket, through a deal between the
Socialist Party and the corrupt po-
litical machine of ''boss" Armstrong
The Socialist Party was jubilant. The
two largest cities in Wisconsin-Mil-
waukee and Racine-were dedicated
to socialism. A big local Of the So
cialist Party was formed in Racine.
Then the fight for jobs began. The
Milwaukee socialist organization,
controlling thousands Of jobs in the
city and county governments, began
to cast covetous eyes upon the plums
in Racine, hoping to put some of the
old pensioners in the well-paid Of
fees, and thereby open up new jobs
in Milwaukee. But the Racine So
cialist leaders had their own friends
to provide for. A fight developed
between the followers Of Swoboda and
the followers Of the Milwaukee "ring'
-Hoan, Benson & Co.
SquabbIe for Jobs.
When the question Of appointing
new chief of police came up, the
Milwaukee gang wanted to put an
old pensioner in; Swoboda wanted
someone else. Grover Lutter, a So
cialist sympathizer was appointed.
The state committee OF the s. P. was
enraged. Swoboda was expelled"
from the Party. He was not blamed
for his alliance with the bourgeoisie,
his connections with Armstrong and
the American Legion, his introduce
tion Of forced labor, his having the
workers demonstration brutally
broken up on the eve of the elections
in 1881; but he was expelled be-
cause Of the squabble over jobs.
In the factional dissension follow
ing the expulsion Of Swoboda, the
whole Racine branch of 400 members
was expelled. Then when the state
committee found the branch owed a
lot Of money, and the debt would go
to the state committee, the charter
was restored.
Lately, Swoboda has been keeping
in close touch with the s. p, and
there was rumor to the effect that
he would rejoin the Socialist Party.
The socialist aldermen of Racine
voted for Swoboda's measures in the
city council.
But now the scandal has broken
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Gov. Rolpll Tries
to Smash Fruit
Strike With NRA
Mooney Jailer Wants
Workers to Give
Up Pay Demands

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17-Gov-
ernor Rolph of California, jailer OF
Tom Mooney, is acting with the N
R. A. administration in an effort to
break the strike Of thousands Of fruit
and vegetable pickers in the fruit
fields of northern California.
Under the leadership Of the Can
merry and Agricultural Workers Indus
trial Union, the fruit pickers in peach
and pear orchards, and cannery work
ers,. are demanding increased wages
Governor Rolph has appointed
Timothy Reardon, industrial acci-
dent commissioner, as mediator in
the Tulare County peach area, while
George Creel, divisional director OF
the N R. A., proposed that the no
strike edict be used to smash the
strike.
AS a result OF the strike, the Cali
fornia Packing Corporation has an
nounced an increase in wages, and nc
discrimination for the strikers.
Patrick Chambers, one OF the strike
leaders, was arrested and later re-
leased on bail.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18

out again. The ex-socialist 'boy-
mayor" and champion of municipal
socialism" has been arrested on a
warrant charging him with accept
ing $4,000 on January 7, 1882, from
James Bittinius, resident of Cicero,
Ill, as bribe to allow gambling in
Racine. This charge had been
brought out before, but Swoboda had
repeatedly said that he got the
money 'in the nature of loan" and
it had nothing to do with the con-
troll of gambling in Racine. He
needed the money in his business
at that time, and took it for granted
that the money was the result of a
legitimate loan, and not for any such
purpose as charged in the warrant" I"
Capone Connections.
The strange part of this incident
is that it was a Socialist Party mem
ber who introduced the Tender" Of
the money to Swobodal This fact
was conveniently overlooked by the
Socialist Party, when it brought
charges against him of accepting a
bribe. 1t happens that both Racine
and Kenosha are in the circle Of ac-
tivities Of the Capone gang from Chi
cago; 1t is undoubtedly no accident
that Mr.. Bittinius comes from Ca
pone's home town, Cicero, III. The
socialist chief of police, Lutter, is
involved in the affair too.
The Communist Party has repeat
edly shown that this whole graft
and corruption in Racine politics
since Swoboda has been in office, is
all over the skirts of the Socialist
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Win Recognition OF
St. Paul Packing
Shop Committee
Talk Strike to Force
Boss to Sign
Agreement

ST. PAUL, MINI. - An important
victory for the Packinghouse Work
ers industrial Union was won in
South st. Paul Monday, when the
management Of the United Packing
Co. plant signed an agreement to re-
cognize the shop committee elected
by all the workers in the plant, Who
are almost 100 per cent organized in
to the Industrial Union.
The workers of the plant had pre-
viously voted to go on strike if the
employers did not sign the agree
ment, and had rejected an offer for
mere verbal agreement for recog-
milton.
Hundreds Of workers from the
other plants in South st. Paul are
being signed up in the Industrial Un-
ion, since the union office opened its
headquarters at 211 S. Concord St.
South St Paul, MINI.
Delegation to Washington
The union is preparing to send 9
delegation to Washington when To;
hearings on the Packers Code are
announced. Mass meetings and shor
meetings are being held weekly, tc
discuss the workers ccde that is be-
ing drawn up to present at the Wash
| ington hearings.
The efforts Of the A. p of L. union
to recruit members in South st. Pau
have failed miserably. McCcy, chic
betrayer of the 1921 strike, was fo-'
ced to admit that he hasn't enou7l
members to get local charter. H;
has also failed in his efforts to oT'
ganize the packinghouse workers il
Austin and Albert Lea, where an in
dependent union has been oTganizet
by the workers, all Of whom viyidl!
remember the A. F. OF L. betrayal o
the 1921 strike. Mccoy is new trans
ferring his efforts to Mason City
Iowa, and the packinghouge worker
there should be on their guart
against this Mccoy.
Cheer Speakers
At Austin, Minnesota, a mas
meeting of 5000 workers was helt
Monday, called by the indepeEden
union organized by the packinGhoua
| workers OF AuSGln IIlelilSelfSS, "iilCi
cheered and applauded speeches b,
VIM. Schneiderman, ]. Cogan, ant
an active packing worker from Soutl
st. Paul who spoke on behalf OF tn
Packinghouse Workers Industria
Union.
Favor Cleveland Meet
The workers enthusiastically ap
plauded the invitation to eject a dc
legate to the Cleveland Trade Unio'
Conference for United Action, an
the proposal to call a conference il
the near future of the packinghous
workers of the Midwest, including re
presentatives from Omaha, Chicago
Iowa. and Minnesota. They also ac
cepted the proposal to establish
working agreement and fighting al
lance between the Industrial Uniol
and the independent union.
Packinghouse workers Of Chicago
Omaha, and Iowa, should get in toucl
with the Packinghouse Workers In
dustrial Union, 2li S. Concord st
South st. Paul, MINI, to co-ordinat
their organizing efforts.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Expose Racket in
Electrical Union at
Senate Hearings
Rank and File Group
Present Charges

NEW YORK.-James McNaugh-
ton. representing the rank and file
group of Electrical Workers Local
s of the A. F. of L. appeared before
the sessions of the Senate Commit
tee on Racketeering on Wednesday
and declared that he could substan-
tiate all charges made by the rank
and file Of racketeering on the part
of officials of the local union. The
rank and file group filed a complete
statement of charges Of racketeerlng
against the locals officials with the
Senate Committee.
Harry Van Arsdaie, Jr., business
agent Of the local and recently in
dicted for the shooting Of Sorenson
and Donner, TWO members Of the
rank and file group denied the
charges on the stand, Royal S. Cope
land, chairman of the investigating
committee declared that +he commit
tee would "invrstigate" but took no
steps to arrest these racketeers.
The charges filed by The rank and
file group include a series of assaults
and murder instigated by the local
officials, misappropriation of assess
ments amounting to 100000 for a
strike which never materialized, de-
struction of books and records cover
ing the misuse of $1,500,000 of the
unions funds, the collapse of the
member insurance established by
Broach through the fake Union Co.
operative Insurance Co., the profit
of $2,900,000 which went into
Broach's pocket as a result, and the
police protection given the racket
eering officials.
The administration of Local 8 at 9
recent meeting of the local refused
to accept resolution calling for the
publication of a reward of $4,000
leading to the arrest of the murderer
of Henry Godel, rank and file leader
The leaflet to the membership ex
posing the officials failure to &C
declares that $4,000 would be al
enormous temptation which nigh
lead to a "big squeaP' and that 70,
the officials to offer a reward woult
mean the offer of reward to "cap
ture" themselves.
Rank and file members Of the loca
meet on Tuesday, August % at
pm. at Irving Plaza to take up tn
next steps in the fight.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18

York delegate arrived. he found an
organization Of over four hundred al
ready set up. The men were eager
for the meeting at which the delegate
would speak, and the hail, holding
200. was packed. The only reason
there weren't more present was that
they couldn't get in.
"Evarrone I've met" reports the
Il W. I. U. organizer. "was in good
sririt that scma one had come down
from headquarters They had been
talking about it for several weeks.
Most Of them are anxious to organ
ize. In fact they already have or
ganized, about four hundred and
more will be joining now that they
have applied for a charter"
The application for a charter in
the NJ. W. I. U. was endorsed by al
most two hundred Negro longShore-
men. The others present voted for
the charter application, but have not
been tau7ht BY their white ruling
class Of Georgia to write, so they
c-uldu't sign the application. The
charter has been issued.
"The Right to Organize"
TIE sham of the NRA is well ex-
pcsed in the work of organizing the
Ionqsr orsmen in Savannah. The
right to organize in a union of their
own choosing" doesn't extend to the
Negro longshorsmen. The Central
Railroad of Georgia, which controls
m~st Of the waterfront of Savannah,
refuses to allow any sort Of organiza-
ton among the longshoremen. The
other sllirownsrs and stevedore COM
panieS take the same attitude and
the city government lends a hand in
stopping organization.
Nanny Jackson, local Negro leader
CT the longshoremen, and the M. w.
/ ]. U. delegate from New York were
both arrested and threatened with
the same "sedition" law under which
Angelo Herrdon is now spending his
life on the chain gang.
However, they we're both turned
loose. with orders not to organize the
longshoremen, and the M. w I. U.
delegate was ordered out Of the city.
A. F. OF L. Takes Hand
The A. F. Of L. took a hand in the
effort to break up the organization
OF the longshoremen for the bosses.
The southern representative" Of the
A. F. Of L., Googe, who has been try
ing to drag the New Orleans long
sho-emen back into the I. L. A., Is
sued leaflet telling the longshore-
men that any other organization than
the a. F. OF L. was racket" The
Iong5horemen know from bitter ex-
r3rience that the I. L. A. is a racket,
and refuse to have anything to do
with it. They are now organizing
their union and preparing for a
struggle for the right to organize, and
for better wages and working condi-
tions. They demand the shipping
beard scale" of S5 cents an hour, the
3-hovr day and rotary hiring. The
,o-gcGcrcmcn in Savannah endorsed
the de'Iands for the longshoremen
PIT out by the MWI.U., and en-
dcrsed the sending of delegations to
Wachir yton to put those demands
before the MIRA. officials and the
Shipping Board.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18

a Chinese restaurant and he too had
to drop out.
"They are working on the code" !"
is the answer when we ask whether
the men have benefited as yet by
MIRA. We ask them who "they" is.
"They" is the company and the gov
ernment. No, the workers haven't
been asked for their opinion. The
companies work out the code and the
government will accept or reject.
Some of the men are hopeful. Con-
ditions can't be worse than they are.
Very few are enthusiastic. They'll
wait and see. Philips sc has ac-
cepted the blanket code but will do
nothing about it until it finds cut
how the other companies feel about
Mira. In Milwaukee one service sta
ton man said he put in about 100
hours a week. We asked how that
was possible in great socialist
city. He gave us the horse laugh.
Socialist, my eye 1t don't mean a
thing. No, sir, it don't mean a bless
ed thing"
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
BY BEN FIELD

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. - There are
tens of thousands of men working In
the service stations that stretch from
coast to coast. In many cases the
oil company owns and leases the
station. 1t reserves the right to jack
up its rent whenever business shows
the slightest signs Of improvement.
1t allows only a certain profit on gas
and oil to the small business man or
sometimes poor farmer or worker
who has managed to borrow enough
money to lease the station. Rent and
a minimum profit are the two mouths
that these horseleeches suck the blood
out. '"They treat us like nits," one
service station man said.
The best corners and sites are run
by the companies. Generally only
two men are employed. Often the
men have no offdays or holidays. No
unions are allowed. The men are
paid on a commission basis. In one
place the Standard Oil Co. allows
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Standard Oil Workers
Reject NRA; Put Up
Own Wage Demands

BAYONNE, N. j., Aug. II. - On
Tuesday, August IS, the workers of
Standard OIL Go. at mass meeting
discussed whether they should OF
should not accept the Roosevelt Code
for the oil industry. The admins
traitors Of the so-called "representa-
tives OF the workers" endeavored to
accept the company plan. But the
rank and file masses unanimously de-
cdded to demand 36-hour week and
receive pay for 40 hours. II the
Company win not accept the propo-
sails Of the workers it was decided
to call another mass meeting and
discuss the question. It surely smells
strike. because at the first meeting
the workers have shown a militant
spirit.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Roosevelt Moving
Army Units toLarge
Industrial CenterS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Un-
der the guise of reducing the ex-
penditures for the army, President
Roosevelt is taking active steps to
improve the efficiency of the army
by concentrating the camps in
large centers.
This will require the expenditure
OF additional money for new bar
racks. Secretary Of War Bern has
already put in his request for an
additional S145, 100000 to take care
OF new army construction.
Roosevelt is anxious to have the
army near the large industrial cen
ters to be able to suppress strikes Of
workers.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Signs All Point to Greatest
Clash in Coal, Steel History
'Lockouts, Starv tion
Wages Show Policy
of Trusts
By BILL DUNNE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. IT,
Shortly before the afternoon shift
came to work yesterday notices were
posted at the pit heads of the mines
at Ellsworth, Mariana and Cokeburg,
al Bethlehem mines, a corporation
headed by Schwab, announcing that
the mines would close indefinitely.
There had been a sharp fight for
checkweighing at these mines. The
miners believed that the company had
conceded on checkweighman and
we're going back to work.
The lockout follows demonstrative
action Of the steel heads in Wash
ington, the Frick Company putting
the miners on two-day a week opera
tions, maintaining starvation level
mine wages, and Lamont's statement
in defense of company unions dis
tributed Monday at all steel mills
Clearly the steel and coal subsi-
diaries are working in accord on a
national policy of no "outside unions" !"
All signs point to the greatest clash
of labor and capital in the history Of
America
The contempt shown by the steel
heads to William Green, president of
the A. F. of L., and other union lead
ers, is especially significant. They
realize there is a political war, and
that the Roosevelt regime, in an en-
deayor to placate the workers and
ruined middle class elements, puts too
much emphasis on the social side" of
the recovery program.
The workers see the loophole in
the program and have enlarged it
into breach and are beginning to
drive through it as in the coal fields
No one can say how soon this drive
will hit the steel mills. The steel
heads know this also, and they know
that Green and Lewis are pretty
slender reeds to lean on.
These steel and coal lads, as his
tory shows, have always been some
what skepticaI of social demagogJ
within the industries. They are will
ing to use it, but at the same time
recognize its dangers for them. They
always rely on organized armies anc
mercenaries and machine guns.
This is one main reason why class
battles with issues sharply joined il
dividing whole cities based on class
interests.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Unemployed Councils
Hold Convention i'm
Bismarck, N. d.

BISMARCK, N. D.-The state con-
vention Of Unemployed Councils met
in the Auditorium here. Delegates
came from Williston, Dickinson
Grand Forks, Mandan and Bismarck
The convention adopted program
containing among the demands: Ade-
quate relief, no evictions or fore
closures Of farmers and workers,
and adoption of unemployment in
surance.
The program calls for the organ
ization of the youth, the fight against
imperialist war and number of 9TH
er points. A state executive board
was elected with B. J. brennan as
president and William Meredith, sec
retary.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
BY RUTH WILLIAMS

YAM ETTEN, N. Y.-The Com
munist Party of District A opened
training school on August in this
small town. A couple of years ago
the Ku Klux Klan broke up Pio-
neer Camp that had been estab-
lished here. just before the school
opened the xxx burned a cross be-
fore the Finnish Cooperative Store,
which is supporting the School.
Our school, with 10 full-time stu
dents, consists of men and women
workers from all parts of the Dist
rict: Buffalo, Rochester, Jamestown,
Syracuse, Binghamton and from the
farming regions. Some of the
workers have had to bring small
babies with them rather than miss
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
5000 in Anthracite
Ready to stampede
for Aid, Pinchot Told

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. IT,
Governor Pinchot was asked today
by leaders of the UNIV. Of A. to
aid in getting relief for anthracite
miners in Schuykill and Carbon
counties. According to the officials
$1,000 men are ready to stampede"
them unless jobs or relief is gotten.
A number of the mines in the
two counties have been closed for
five years and as reported by the
heads of the unions the miners
cannot be controlled much longer
Pinchot in his usual suave lang
uaga promised to do everything
possible" but took no immediate
steps to give aid to the hungry men
and their families.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
K XIX Burns Cross AS c. p.
District Training School Opens

this opportunity of becoming trained
as better leaders of the working
class.
The problem Of finding mattresses,
blankets, and lights was very diff
ficult one to solve when opening the
school. But we succeeded. Most of
us eat much better than we did at
home thanks to the Finnish farm
ers and comrades here.
The handicap mind most is the
lack of necessary literature. This
especially held us back in today's
lesson on Trade Union problems, but
with the help of our instructor we
are overcoming this problem also
We discussed policy and tactics of
the Milk Strike with some of the
farmers who voted to go out on
strike.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
E. Nygard, Communist
Mayor, to Speak Aug.
20 at Milwaukee Picnic

MILWAUKEE.-Emil Nygard, Of
Crosby, Minnesota, Americas first
Communist Mayor, will speak at the
state picnic of the Communist Party
here on August 20.
The Picnic will be held at Covic
Park. Directions to get there: take
car 81 to end of line follow county
highway BIB to Grove. Trucks from
car to grove free.
The speech of Nygard will be es-
pecially interesting for the workers
Of Milwaukee who can compare the
policies of Socialist mayor with
the deeds of a Communist mayor.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
WHAT'S ON
(MGnh
FRIDAY

T. tou9
All workers Laboratory Theatre Members
psst and present be there toniSht 49, the
Kavkas Restaurant, $50 East i4th Street
at 9 pm. for the reunion and entertain
ment.
John Bonn, American representative 10
the International workers Theatre olym-
piad will speak on the Soviet Theatre
Friday, $50. at the East Side Workers CLUB,
1876 East Broadway. Adm. 10 cents.
Membership meeting Harlem Progressive
Youth Club. 1898 Madison Avenue to de-
eide on outing to Nitgedaiget on Labor Day.
Every comrade interested must be at the
meeting at pm. sharp.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Strike Threat Forces
Boss to Tear Up Code

NEW YORK. - Several hundred
workers in the North American Iron
Works succeeded in frustrating an
attempt by the boss to reduce their
wages while cutting the hours CT
work to 35 from Al under the N. r. A.
code, when they threatened strike.
The boss, instead, decided to tear
up the blue eagle. dispense with pat
triotism and continue the present
scale OF wages and hours of work.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
Racine>>Coby OF Socialist Milwaukee

Party as well as the other capitalist
political parties. In this Racine case,
the role of the S. P as the third party
of capitalism comes clearly to the
light.
On August Goth, at the Communist
Party State Picnic at Chovich's Grove
South of Milwaukee, the workers and
farmers of the state will gather to
hear Emil Nygard, the Communist
mayor of Crosby, Minnesota, and
will see the difference between soci-
alist mayors, and Communist mayors.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
MONTANA sCoTTsBoRo MEET

GREAT FALLS, Mopt.-Fifteen
hundred workers here attended an
open-air meeting in Gibson Park
to hear about the Scottsboro case.
The meeting was addressed by Mrs.
JAMIE Patterson, mother Of Haywood
Patterson, Lester Carter, and Rich
ard Moore. OF the International La
Dor Defense.
The daily worker., 1933-08-18
(BrOoklHn J

zetkin, Stokes and Gussev Memorial
Meeting, 1918 Pitkn Ave Auspices Unit 2,
Sect. G. p. womens Council 2l and 80.
Prominent speskers, program.