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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31

Cne strike. Inc strike was
largely started by the protest
of the workers against the
split shift, which gives the WORKER
no guarantee Of any definite work
ing time or daily earning. The United
Textile Workers agreement with the
employers makes no mention Of the
split shift, one Of the main grievances
Of the workers, and as result the
dye house bosses have already no
titled the workers that the split shift
Is to be re-introduced this week.
TIL e National Textile Workers
Union, whose militant leadership wa
able to win increases In wages in
the strike, was enabled TO send it
5000 members back into the mills
for effective fighting inside the shops.
Now the U.T.W. leaders and the boss
es are telling every worker that TREY
must join the U.T.W. or be fired.
In the Lodi plant Of the United Piece
Dye Works, Miss Cunningham, en-
ployment director, and Jack Ruben
stein, renegade leader Of the U.T.W.,
are threatening the workers with
discharge unless they join the U.T.W.
Similar tactics are to be carried out
In ell dye houses.
The N.T.W.U. Is conducting a
series Of shop meetings nand mass
meetings to take up the question
and to stiffen the resistance to this
newest move ON the U.TW. and the
employers. Blacklisting Of both U.T.W.
and N.T.W.U. members who were ac-
tive leaders Of the strike, is expected.
John j. BALKAN, national organizer
of the N.T.W.U., stated, only the
rapid development Of one united rank
and file union in the silk industry
will prevent the loss Of the gains
which have 50 far been won In the
strike. In the dye industry q new
strike is threatening against the split
Shift"
The United National Strike Com
nittee meets In Easton on Tuesday
to take up the newest DEVELOPMENTS,
which include the sending back to
work OF the Jacquard strikers in
Paterson by the U.T.W. leaders, and
the attempt of these leaders to sell
out the strike In further conferences
with Wagner'5 Labor Board, which
again meets tomorrow. Ten thou
sand silk workers are still on strike
in Paterson.
Relief for the striking silk workers
Of Paterson must continue. The relief
store, where families are given bun
dies OF food to take home, the milk
station where the children are re-
ceiving milk, the coffee station where
the pickets get their breakfast, are
being continued by the Silk and Dye
Strikers Relief Committee. At the
headquarters at 222 Peterson St., and
81 Hamilton Ave-, relief Is being con-
tinued to hundreds Of families, re-
CARELESS OF whether they belong to a
union or are unorganized. The de-
cisive question Is Are you a striker,
and are you active In the strike"
The U.T.W. leaders have done
everything possible to block and dis
rupt the relief work Of the above
committee. Workers everywhere are
asked to rush their funds to enable
the silk workers TO defeat the starva-
ton $13 code, to the Silk and Dye
Strikers Relief Committee, 222 Pater-
son St., Paterson, N. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
Demonstration to
Protest NRAActiOn
In TailorS' Strike
Called Today in 9Th
Ave. District Against
NRA Strikebreaking

NEW YORK-The entire member
ship of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union will come out in
full strength in support of the Gus
tom tailors' strike today at noon, at
a mass demonstration on Fifth Ave
called by the Industrial Union.
Climaxing a series OF strikebreak-
ing acts against the custom tailors
and other workers on strike, Grover
Whalen, last week, shielded the en-
ployers in their refusal to grant the
strikers demands and openly en-
couraged the continuation Of the
miserable sweatshop conditions in
the trade under the Blue Eagle, which
the employers have signed. Grover
Whalen had written to the Merchant
Tailors Society at the outset of the
strike instructing them against nego-
tiating with the strike committee of
the Industrial Union. 1t was only
after several demonstrations at NRA
headquarters by the striking custom
tailors that he was compelled to call
conferences of the strikers and the
bosses.
These conferences have thrown a
glaring searchlight on Whalen's pre-
tended interest in settling the strike.
His much touted concern with abol-
ishing the sweatshops was again
shown to be a mere fraud. WhaIen
has deliberately blocked negotiations,
prolonged the strike and is now OPEN
ly protecting the strikebreaking en-
ployers who refuse all the strikers
demands.
Red scare propaganda issued by the
notorious Constitutional Educational
League and the scabbing of the off,
Gals of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers have not been able to break
the back of the strike. In leaflet
answering the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers officials charge that it and
not the Industrial Union represents
the interests of the tailors, the Union
exposes the betrayal of the present
strike by the Amalgamated officials,
who sent scabs to do the work of the
shops on strike. Many Amalgamated
members however, are supporting the
strike and contributing funds for
relief of the strikers.
The huge mass demonstration to-
day at noon on Fifth Ave-, between
And and 46th Streets, will protest
against the strikebreaking efforts of
the bosses, the NRA and their agents
and their stubborn refusal to nego-
tiate a settlement of this strike.
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self explained that last winters relief
doles have been shrunk by "the
Tightening UP of the administration
of relief all over the United States"
AS one of the liberal-facade coterie
Of Roosevelt regimers, Hopkins made
some characteristically naive blum
ders. In fact he challenged recent
speech by none other than President
Roosevelt himself.
Hopkins referred to himself and
others Of the class who lost in the
market crash or received more salary
cuts, and asked feelingly: what are
our sufferings compared with those
Of the fifteen million people that
form the rank and file Of the nations
destitute unemployed?"
Roosevelt recently said that several
million Of the total unemployed
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letin, how the biggest part of our
time was wasted arguing over whether
we should sign our name or not. We
compromised on initials. How silly!
If anything is good enough to print
it is good enough to sign. 1t en-
courages the veteran and worker cor
respondent. And if there are any
serious mistakes the committee and
writer can be properly corrected.
Comrade Buckley has lively re-
view of the Big MIRA. parade. The
humor that is lacking in the National
Bulletin, is found here. Comrade
Walker discusses the Brain Trust and
how 1t takes care Of the American
family by sending the vets, women
and boys into forced labor camps.
Comrade Topper has short story
called whats wrong?" 1t ends on
a note of defeat, otherwise it Is okay.
Upper also contributes an MIRA.
song that ends on more hopeful
note. The scanty Negro material Is
deplorable and must be corrected.
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workers throughout the country.
These new unions in many cities have
already carried through successfully
movement for improved conditions
of work and for the recognition of
their union, the Packinghouse Work
ers Industrial Union.
In Pittsburgh, in the course Of only
eight weeks, we have been successful
in building an organization Of over
1900 packinghouse workers. 1t has
also served to stimulate organization
amongst the workers in many outly-
ing cities in Western Pennsylvania,
such as Washington, Pa, Beaver
Falls, and also in some cities of West
Virginia.
Many Of our most active union
members have been fired by the
bosses in order to weaken the base
of the union. In every case the
workers forced the reinstatement of
every worker fired for union activity.
In one of the independent shops the
president of the union was fired. The
next morning, the entire plant re-
fused to start until he was reirstated
and the shop committee recognized.
This was granted within five minutes.
Seeing this the bosses utilized an
other old and faithful maneuver.
They called in the A. F. Of L. team
sters union, to try and organize a
separate union for the truck drivers.
Our union Immediately responded to
this treachery, issued leaflet to the
I,-iu roI1iy1cr fhoVY m a n0phf-
ing to discuss their own demands.
This mass meeting unanimously de-
cided to repudiate the A. F. of L..
leadership. A delegation was sent to
the meeting called by the A. F. Of
l.. The delegation and the workers
there, after firing questions, definitely
forced the A. F. of L. leadership out
Of the picture, at least temporarily.
And now new and more oan-
gerous problem. began to face the
union. The code Of "so-called" fair
practice, for the meat packing in
dustry proposed by the institute of
Meat Packers controlled by the big
Four" Armours, Swifts, Cudahy, and
Wilson, outside the fact that 1t pro-
poses to establish starvation wage
scale of 81 and one-half cents per
hour for women and AZ and one-half
cents per hour for men, also pro-
poses for cities of less than 100000
population a scale of 30 cents an hour
for male workers and five cents less
for female The bosses Of Pittsburgh
Immediately took advantage of this
clause in the code. In one shop,
Dunlevy- Franklin, subsidiary Of the
Highgrade Provision corporation, an
entire department was eliminated, re-
sulting in the firing without warning
Of close to fifty workers.
These workers, still seeing ray OF
hope in the MIRA, Immediately
brought their complaint before the
local board, headed by ex-governor
Fisher, where at first they refused
even to listen to the complaints. But
when the workers threatened action,
they were referred to the representa-
tive of the Labor Department., Miss
Pitt. She expressed her sympathy
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EMERGENCY RELIEF HEAD ADMITS DEs UTE OBLESs


which the average Is only rs cents
day for four or five persons" that
fifteen million people in the United
States are on a standard Of living
based on little $15-a-month-a-fam-
ily."
Calling, Of course, for state, local
and private cooperation to meet relief
needs, Hopkins said, 1.-THE Federal
government is committed to paying a
fair share (sicD but 1t cannot pay the
whole BILL"
And so to the "transients" who viii
be persuaded into concentration
camps
"Those nomads. must be taken
care Of In more effective way and
we propose to do u IN transient
camp.r
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Pack House Workers
in Pittsburgh to Put
Demands to Bosses

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 30.-At a
special meeting of the Shops Dele
gates Council Of the Packing House
Workers Industrial Union here it
was decided to present demands to
the employers in the industry this
week.
Out Of the 1000 workers in the In
dustry in Pittsburgh already close to
1900 are members of the union with
functioning shop and department.
committees.
Shop meetings are being held and
the demands are being voted on by
the workers and strike preparations
are being made.
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an impressive case for his outfits
work. His speech was delivered in
Kansas City but was made public
here to obtain full benefit Of the
federal governments ballyhoo-pub-
licity machine. In this effort to "sell"
federal relief activities, Hopkins refer
red to the 15,00O,000 destitute unem-
ployed.
He also disclosed that Of the paltry
$500,0OO,0 900 appropriated by Congress
for federal relief, $216, 900, 900 has been
allotted. This leaves $284,000,000 to
be distributed among the 100000
Hopkins now enumerates-or . little
less than $40 apiece!
I'VE are going to start the winter
with a million more families than
were on relief year ago at this
time Hopkins said, though he him
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31

work occasionally or preferred not to
work at ALL" Hopkins said Of the
$4,000 900:
Who are these people2 =. Are
they unemployable? They are doc
tors, dentists. carpenters, plumbers,
artisans, clerks, architects, engineers,
stenographers, chauffeurs, ministers,
-. the finest people in America, the
workers, that Is who they are"
Hopkins then assured his audience
that "the needy unemployed are go
ing to be taken care Of this winter"
and volunteered that: There is
plenty Of food in this country. Ware
houses are full Of 1t. 1t is Cutting
the markets and rotting on the
ground"
Proceeding to Roosevelt's benefi-
Gent provision for handling over sur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
Alabama Board Uses
"Literacy Test" to
Bar Negro BARRIERS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 30-The
"literacy test" which, together with
terroristic methods, is used to dis
franchise the Negro masses, is being
utilized by the Jefferson County
BARRIERS Commission to deny licenses
to Negro BARRIERS to practice their
trade. The following questions were
put to Negro barber who applied
for license:
1. Who was president of the Con-
federacy?
2. What are adjectives?
8. Name the organs Of the human
body.
Although the questions had moth
ing to do with barbering and were
manifestly foolish and unfair, the
Negro was denied a license when he
was unable to answer the questions
to the satisfaction Of the commits
sion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
Knit Goods Workers
Elect Union Officers

NEW YORK.-Knitgoods workers
will elect an executive board of Is
members and four organizers, in place
of the one they had had prior to
the recent strike, at elections on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Polling
places are announced at 131 West
28th st. for New York members, at
103, Knickerbocker Ave. for Brooklyn
members and at 1918 Pitkin Ave. for
East New York members. Workers
may vote from l to Z on Tuesday and
from 10 to 7 on Wednesday.
The Trade Board of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
calls all knitgoods members to par
'icipate In the elections and select
he members best qualified to leader
! ship Of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
Washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON, Oct. o. The
frank concession that at least Is, 000,-
900 Americans form "the rank and file
OF the nations destitute unemploy-
ed" was uttered In public speech
today by Harry L. Hopkins, Federal
Emergency Relief Administrator.
1t was Hopkins who recently dis
closed that American-style Nail con-
centration camps are rapidly being
established to care for Cat forced
labor for bare subsistence) homeless
unemployed, including all who havnt
lived in one state year, who may
be sent to camps by police, railroads
and sheriffs."
Today Hopkins effort was to make
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pluses to the unemployed, Hopkins
made the error of being specific. He
said he is distributing a hundred
million pounds Of pork which. again
divided by the 100000, turns out to
be something over pounds apiece.
He said he is distributing 10000 COO
pounds of domestic beef" or one
pound apiece to the 100000 desti-
tute he acknowledges; and that he
will, sometime in the future, distri-
butte "6,3o0,5Oo bushels Of wheat and
butter and apples" which would mean
about half bushel apiece whether
Of each commodity or Of choice Of
one was not specified)
Hopkins reported that the 3A nil
lion families who make up the 15,000,-
900 receive so cents day for every
thing" that there are states IN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31

SO complete and irrefutable was
the 'Daily's" exposure Of the lynch
ers Of George Armwood, Negro
worker, that the conservative Balti-
more Post was forced to reprint
it, giving credit to the DAILY"
Above is the photostat Of the Daily
Workers story as reprinted by the
Post. The Post published the
story as a drop from q front page
eight column scream headline
'Ritchie Given Lynch Suspects
Names. The Post, however, deleted
the names of the State and S0mer-
set County officials designated by
Captain Spencer, ex-army officer,
as the leaders and meters Of the
mob which lynched ArmwoOd at
Princess Anne, Eastern Shore,
Maryland, two weeks ago as q pre-
lude to the legal lynching of Fuel
Lee in Maryland penitentiary last
Friday morning.
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National
Even is
LOCAL 2 PLANS CONCERT

CHICAGO, Ill. - Local 2 Of the
Painters, Paperhangers and Decora-
tors Union of Chicago urge all Paint
ers and Paperhangers, and also SYM
pathizers Of this new union, to at
tend the concert and dance that will
take place on Saturday, Nov. 4th, at
pm. at 1917 w. Roosevelt RI, to
celebrate the opening Of their new
headquarters and day room. Admis-
sion is only is cents; and good Jazz
Band and splendid entertainment
have been prepared
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
B0otblacks Protest
Police Terror Today;
To Organize Children

NEW YORK The Bootblack
Workers Union, affiliated with the
Trade Union Unity League, is calling
a meeting Of all bootblacks tonight
at 8, at 81 E. 18th St., to protest the
falling of 16 bootblacks for two days,
and to elect a delegation to see Mayor
OBrien and make him stop police
intimidation of bootblacks.
The union has also made plans to
hold meeting of all child bootblacks
this Friday at pm. at 812 Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
THE VETERANS SPEAK UP

THE VETERANS SPEAK UP
For the last month we have been
accommodating a great many Vet Bull
letins, newspapers and clippings. And
along with these the command, give
us write up, comrade" Here goes
W.E.S.L. National News Bulletin No.
1. Briefly we think this is valiant
attempt to supply the crying need for
National Post News. However, 1t is
a start in the right direction. De-
spite the poor mimeographing and
dull tone, the confidence and re-
spouse Of our members and outsiders
Is proof that they are willing and
anxious to support such bulletin.
The outstanding article, Conditions
Of Negro Vets" and Fifteen Years
Peace" show We have the ability,
if it is properly modified and d.
rected. The list of new posts answers
those critics who say we are standing
still. Here are few:
New OrleanS-Post 1873.
st. Paul, Minn.-Post 178. This Post
was represented at the Anti-War
Congress.
Dickinson, Texas; Middlesboro,
KY; Red Lamp, Mont; Rock Springs,
Wyo.; Clinton, Ind; Bray Lake, Ohio;
Hollywood, Calf.
Four New Posts In New York City
In the N. Y. area four new Posts
are being set up. Post Q in Harlem
is being reorganized. Another in
Spanish Harlem is being organized.
Brownsville being reorganized. Will
hamsburg has Post, the Needle
Trades has Post. The Shoe and
Leather Workers and the Food Work
ers have asked for organizers.
POST No. l MULLETIN
This is a good clean job. 1t brings
back old times. In the dark ages
OF Post No. /, we were on a bulletin
committee. We called our brain
child" the Veterans Voice." and were
we proud? We soon learned, how
ever, that we were neither, fish, flesh,
nor good red herring. I'VE We're too
literary" 1--WE were too critical" Yes,
we were both. But we started the
ball rolling in New York and were the
indirect means Of bringing out the
short-lived Fighting Vet.''
The Post No. bulletin does not
make our mistakes. It isn't high hat,
and 1t doesn't call itself a Voice.
Other small papers and bulletins can
take tip from this. There are too
many voices. Their cross-fire sounds
like Tower of Babel. Better to be
a competent bulletin, than to be
somebody's voice off key. There are
mistakes. Too much of the work is
done by one man. This must not be.
Committee cooperation is Just as
essential in paper as strike. We
are glad to see that the articles are
signed. For there is initiative in
this bulletin. We remember our bull
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
Los Angeles Militant
Beaten Up, Arrested

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3o.-Albert
Kaufman, militant worker, was beaten
up and arrested by two policemen
while walking on South Broadway
towards Ninth st. on Oct. 20. Threat
ened with German Hitler treatment"
for his activities in the fight for re-
lief, Kaufman is being held on a
trumped-up charge of attacking an
officer" He is being defended by
the International Labor Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-31
PATERSON Dye WORKERS
FORCED ON SPLIT SHIFT
Bosses Begin Attack on Working Conditions
and Threaten Blacklist

PATERSON, N. j. Oct 30-The dye house manufacturers
Of Paterson aided by the leaders of the United Textile Union
making efforts in every shop to smash the National Textile
Workers Union and at the time take away the dye
workers those slight gains made by the workers during
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You need the revolutionary move
ment. The revolutionary move
ment needs the Daily Worker. The
Daily" needs funds to continue,
HelD the Daily" with your i'm
mediate contribution.
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Union of Pittsburgh Packing
House Workers Growing Fast
BY FRANK KRACIK

30Once packnhouse workers will
A +.
industrial fighting
program rang thousands paoknhouse
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California

The great Soviet film "iso5" adapt
ed from NJ. qorkps famous novel
mother" will be shown In the fol-
lowing cities on the dates listed be-
low for the benefit OF the Daily
Worker. Comrade Ed. Royce IL
touring with this film.
Nov. 2--San Bernardino Work
ers Center, 7o4 Mt. Vernon
Ave. at 8 pm Adm. 10c.
Nov. 3-Hollywood-
Nov. 4--Lawndale.
Nov. 6-Santa Monica.
Nov. 7.--San Diego.
Nov. s.-Boyle Heights (Betve-
dere)
Nov. 9-Riverside.
Nov. 11--San Pedro
Nov. I2---Santa Barbara.
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The Fighting
Vets
By II. e. BRIGGS

Don't forget Nov. 7. On this date
the Committee to Aid the Victims of
German Fascism and the Workers
Ex-Servicemen's League are giving
the farewell meeting to Henri Bar
busse. 1t will be held at the st.
Nicholas Arena. Election returns will
be given. Also special entertainment.
Don'S delay, get your tickets NOW.
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AFFAIRS
DailUx 6yOrker
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Los Angeles

Los Angeles
NOV. 9Th:
Extraordinary Concert, Musfe, En-
tertainment and Drama to be held
at 2l4 Iona Drive ct 8 pm.
Detroit
A wen known Soviet film WIN be
shown at the following places on the
dates listed below for the berent OF
the Daily Worker:
OCT. 31st:
Assembly Hal. 18th 81. and oair-
MONT.
NOV. LIST:
yemsns Han. scN Yemsns. Fam
stranck.
NOV. End:
Finnish Han. ssos i4th g.. ~
Graw Ave.
NOV. Bird:
Martin Hall. 1858 Martin Ave-
Of the halls mentioned above -,
All showings begin at 7:3o sharp.
mission lSc. Tickets good for aIt
Of the halls listed above:
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Extraordinary Concert, MuEie, En-
tertainment and Drama to be held
at 2I4 Iona Drive ct pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
La,U And Motion
Day In Court

Law and motion calendar in su-
perior court this morning found
the following cases brought before
Judge Vaughn Thompson.
Ramon RobleS, charged with
burglary, being an accessory after
the fact and receiving stolen prop
erty, filed a demurrer which will
be heard tomorrow E. B. Patter-
son is representing him in court.
H. L. Bowles, charged with non
support. was ararigned on this
charge and pleaded not guilty. His
trial will be held on June 5. He
is represented by Ray D. johnson.
Joe Salcido received a sentence
to San Quentin penitentiary when
he was found guilty of being an es-
capped prisoner. The minimum term
was recommended by the court
with further recommendation
that at the expiration of this term
he be returned to his family in Ell
PaSo.
Nemcio Gamboa had his writ of
habeas corpus denied. He then
pleaded not guilty to charge of
lewd conduct and his trial was set
for June 5.