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The daily worker., 1933-01-03
PAY TRIBUTE TO
SLAIN NEGROES
Mass Funeral Friday
in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 2.
Over a thousand white and
Negro workers visited the
Welsh Brothers Funeral Home
during the past three days to
pay tribute to the murdered
Negro cropper leaders, Cliff
James and Milo Bentley, and
to pledge support to the militant
struggles of the Negro sharecroppers
and exploited farmers of allapoosa
County.
Silently and grinIy the workers
filed past the bodies in an almost
constant stream while a rotating
Guard of Honor composed of Negro
and white workers stood at attention.
The bodies will continue to lie In
state until Friday, when the mass
funeral will take place. The increas-
ing interest in the struggles of the
croppers, the rising mass resentment
against the murderous landlords-po-
ice terror presage tremendous mass
outpouring for the funeral.
Thousands of leaflets have been
issued by the Communist Party and
the International Labor Defense ex-
posing the landord-poice terror and
calling on the workers for vigorous
protests against the murder of James
and Bentley and other croppers and
for mass defense for the arrested
choppers still held in Jail. The leaf
let's place responsibility for the mur-
der of James and Bentley directly at
the doors of the Southern landlords
and their reformist lackeys at the
head of Tuskegge Institute.
At least seven croppers are still
held incommunicado in jail, denied
their civil rights to confer privately
with their attorneys. Hearing on
the petition by the International La
Dor Defense for writ of habeas cor
pus in these cases has been set for
Jan. S, before Judge Leon McCord.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03

1857 900 900 budget, the bankers will
take the first slice of about $210, ,00o,-
900 for themselves. This is to be put
down as interest to the National City
Bank, the Chase National Bank, and
other Morgan institutions on the
city'S Indebtedness. To raise the
budget, O'Brien will lay off more
laborers in various city departments
In accordance with the demands of
the bankers. This will result in
more suffering and starvation among
the workers in 1888.
The Republicans, as ever, are ready
to cooperate with 1ammany in mulct-
ing the workers on the assurance that
they will receive little patronage
for their own bund.
The Socialist Role
And the Socialists are already op-
Grating on all their three crippled
cylinders trying to becloud the true
situation Of UNEMPLOYMENT, evic-
tions wage-cuts and deaths Of work
erS from hunger. They are believing
about a new city party, about
fusion" about a removal Of an Of
ficial or two and other hokum to
betray the workers in their organi-
cation for class struggle under the
leadership Of the Communist Party,
The new Mayor has made it clear
that he will lead the forces of reac-
ton in new efforts to thwart the
Communist Party in its work of or
ganizing the Unemployed Councils
for immediate relief, in its fight
against evictions and wage-cuts and
for unemployment insurance.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
RACKETEER FAY
PREYED ON TAXI,
LAUNDRY MEN
Organized Two Fake
Unions ; Killed for
staggering"

NEW YORK. The adventurou,
career of Larry Fay, notorious rae.
feteer, who once foisted fake union.
on the taxi drivers and laundry work.
ers Of this city, came to an end Mon.
day night when he was shot deac
In his restaurant and night club
Casa Blanca. 80 w. 56th st.
Edward Maloney, a doorman EN-.
ployed by Fay, was believed to have
killed him. Irortcally enough, Fay
who had at various times professed
to be a friend" of labor, was killed
in connection with the introduction
Of the stagger system in his own
business. Maloney had had two
fifths of his pay cut and been COM
PEELED to share his job with another
man. The salaries of other employees
in the night club had been cut 90
percent.
Preyed On Workers.
Fay was a slick crook who work
ed hand in glove with the police In
preying on workers, both as busi-
nessman and as union" leader, and
became one of the pet darlings of the
parasites Of upper Broadway. Though
arrested 49 times in q years, he al
ways managed to get off easy.
In 1928 he first began to make "big
money when he became the owner
of fleet of taxicabs and hired pro-
fessional gunmen to beat competi-
ton. In 1929 Fay, then head of the
New York Milk Chain Association,
and a number OF his henchmen
were indicted on charges Of conspir-
ing to obtain monopoly Of the
city's milk trade. Fay's gangster
squads had forced small dealers TO
come across with 100000 year to
their boss, but the police themselves
were too much involved in this rae
ket and Tammany refused to con-
Wet.
Organized Fake Unions.
Fay made two inroads on the labor
movement. About two years ago he
tried to organize a fake taxi union,
with gangsters as the chief organi-
zers. He promised to establish In
surance and an expensive clubroon1
for the taxi men. Fay himself would
have made $4,000 a year out Of the
scheme. but the thing collapsed
About a year and half ago he
decided that the laundry industry
offered easy pickings and with the
aid of his wen-paid thugs, he Or
ganized the Greater New York
Laundry Workers Union. About 800
workers were terrorized into joining
the union and Fay proceeded TO sell
them out to the bosses for $1,000
But after existing for six months,
the widespread dissatisfaction Of the
members and the activity of a mill
tant rank and file group broke up
the union, and on its ruins was es-
tablished the Laundry Workers IN
dustrial Union which has carried on
real strikes and fought consistently
for the interests Of the workers.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
4 RENT STRIKES
IN BRONX; MASS
PICKETING NOW
Fight Evic I'll ions S at
1883 Charlotte This
Morning Il

NEW YORK-Four rent strikes
are now going on In the Bronx. All
workers are urged to take part in the
mass picketing this morning at 1853
Charlotte ST., the Bronx, in order to
prevent the eviction of eight tenants
scheduled to take place today.
Yesterday the tenants and neigh
bors, supported by the block commit
tee Of the Unemployed Council, held
large mass meeting and made plans
to prevent the evictions.
All I6 tenants in the building are
solid in the strike to force a 10 per
cent reduction in the rent, for the
reinstatement of an evicted tenant,
and for nuch-needed repairs on the
house, as well as for recognition Of
the house committee. Picketing will
start at 9 a. m. and go on all day.
Mass picketing also will be con-
tinued today in front of 1892 Frank
lin Ave and 1877 Franklin Ave, the
Bronx, where the tenants are on
strike under the leadership of the
Unemployed Councils. These tenants
anu GtlelT a1elSIlDOIS dlSO Lclu d. uldoS
meeting yesterday to prepare for any
attempts by the landlords to evict
them.
The tenants at 1e4e Bryant Ave,
the Bronx, have just declared
strike for a 10 per cent cut in their
rent. They acted when the landlord,
Mr.. Kreppel, issued disposseSs no
tice to three of their number. The
tenants declared their solidarity at
an open-air meeting before the house
and called for a large turnout on
mass picket line at 9 a. m. today.
Day after day the workers have
kept up their m s%s picket line in
front of 1888 Charlotte Street to
force the landlady to grant the de-
mands of the strikers there. Last
Tuesday the landlady and two hench-
men were chased for blocks, and one
of the henchmen were beaten, when
they were caught spying at a meeting
of the strikers and the neighbors.
At this meeting the tenants voted
unanimously to continue the strike
until their demands are granted.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
UNION DEMANDS
HEALTH PROGRAM
Pharmacists Call for
State Insurance

NEW YORK. - The Pharmacists
Union of Greater N. Y, 81 Chambers
Street, the only organized body Of
registered and junior pharmacists in
this state, had committee appoint
ed to make study of the Wilbut
Committee report on the Costs of
Medical Care.
The committee made it's report at
the regular meeting of the Union
held on Dec. %. Following on the
general discussion by the member
ship the following recommendations
of the committee were adopted.
l. Establishment of a National
Board of Medicine, Pharmacy and
allied professions which would work
towards more even distribution of
the members of the health profess
sions among the various trades.
2. A system of compulsory health
insurance, to be paid for by the
State and the employer, which would
not only make possible some degree
Of medical care for unemployed and
under-paid workers now unable to
pay for the most elementary medical
needs, but would at the same time
put the medical, pharmaceutical and
allied professions on a more organ
izsd basis that would tend to reduce
the unemployment and misery which
exists among members of these pro-
fessions today.
Oppose Economy" Cuts.
"We are opposed" declares this
point of the recommendation, "to the
present practice of reducing city and
state budgets for public medical
care"
3. Calling of state conference of
social. labor, and health organiza-
tions, as a preliminary step toward
a national conference for the pur-
pose Of formulating a detailed plan
for compulsory health insurance and
a practical program of action.
I'VE do not believe" declared the
committee, that this system can be
achieved without the c,vanized ef-
forts of the health professions and
the public.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
Party Units Called to
Rally to Aid of Center

The District Secretariat urges
all units to elect one delegate to
the New York Workers Center
Banquet which will take place on
Sunday, Jan. 8, 1888 at 700 pm.
sharp in the Workers Center, IS
East 18th ST.. second floor.
The Workers Center is in q very
bad financial state and 1t Is the
duty Of every unit tn zee to it
that they send, with the dele
gate, a contribution in order to
help maintain the Workers Cen
ter.
DISTRICT SECRETARIAT
COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
MASS PICKET in
HOBOKEN TODAY
F furniture u Strikers
Fight Exploitation

HOBOKEN, N. j., Jan. 2.-The
s~ike of 300 furniture workers in
Ferguson Bros, Novelty Furniture
Co, factory here is solid, and there
will be mass picketing tomorrow
CTuesday) morning. The workers
all walked out Dec 90 against a 10
per cent wage-cut, which is the
fourth for all Of them except those
for whom it is the fifth cut.
Wages last year were rs cents and
80 cents an hour. BY repeated wage
cuts these wages were reduced to 10
cents for unskilled workers and 35
cents for skilled, with a large num-
Der getting 10 cents and only a few
getting as high as 35 cents.
Among the 35 cent workers are the
sprayers, who have to use a deadly
chemical in their work.
Some of the workers toll in what
they call THE Monkey House"
room without windows or air, where
the furniture is sprayed.
At the mass meeting, Friday at
tended by nearly all the strikers,
Musteites were present, and the edi-
tor of the italian Socialist paper.
This editor spoke in both italian and
English, said not one word on how
to win the strike. hardly mentioned
the strike, and instead told the strik-
ers funny stories about New Years.
AT that meeting was also present
the organizer of the Furniture Work
ers' Industrial Union, who offered
the full cooperation and support of
the union. He advised the strikers
to elect a strike committee repre-
senting each of the eighteen depart
ments in the factory, and with sub
committees on organization, picket
ing, relief, defense and negotiations.
He recommended mass picketing. In
general, the union proposed to the
strikers a solid, united front of all
strikers, whatever their political
opinion, their nationality or their
membership in any union may be.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
Intellectuals Back
Conference Against
POgrOms in Poland

NEW YORK-A group of 80 Jew
ish professors, writer's, artists and
other intellectuals has issued state
ment urging support of the confer
ence called by the United Committee
for Struggle Against Pogroms in
Poland. to be held Sunday. Jan. g.
in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth
st. The statement charges that the
attacks on Jewish students are sup
ported by the Polish fascist govern
ment as part Of its oppression Of all
national minorities in Poland.
en- Among the signet-s of the state
{ scent are Waldo Frank, Michael Gold,
raI els Lozowick, Edwin Seaver, Moe
lvsaul.Na Melvin p. Levy, Felix Nor
.nita Brenner, Edward Dahl
Clifton p. Fadiman, Elliot e.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
Youth Protesting
Bezich Murder jailed
By Same JerseyJudge

HOBOKEN. N j., Jan. 2--Harry
Rabinow1tz, member Of Y.CL., who
was arrested for distributing leaf
lets at the Bezich memorial meeting
and funeral On December 28th, was
later given a 10 day sentence by
the same judge who sentenced
Bezich.
Bezich died as direct result of
undue exposure suffered because of
the jail sentence of 80 days for dis
tributing National Hunger March
leaflets. His wife died three days
before him, following a breakdown
due to his Imprisonment.
Robinowitz is confined in the same
damp cells in the Secaucus Peniten-
tiary which killed Bezich.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03


A committee will be elected at this
meeting to see Judge Collins and de-
mand the freeing of Schouten and
the stopping of the terror against
marine workers, of which this case is
a glaring example.
The frame-up of Covert Schouten
is direct attempt 70 stamp out the
militant marine workers unemployed
council and the Marine Workers In
duStrial Union.
Conditions for workers on the
water front are daily growing worse,
Despite a federal law (Seaman's Act
Of 1870 against it, the Seamen's
Church Institute at 25 South ST.,
holds the few belongings of Seamen
owing as little as 20 cents back board.
1t was for the right OF workers to
get a change of clothing from their
confiscated baggage that unemployed
workers demonstrated and resisted
the attack Of special police. Schouten
who was not at the demonstration,
was arrested nine days later and
charged with beating up a policeman
twice his size.
The following letter from Covert
Schouten to the International Labor
Defense lawyer, Fannie Horowitz.
who defended him, is a good index
to the militant spirit of the unem-
ployed seamen. The letter was writ
ten after his conviction on the trum-
ped up charge of third degree as
sault.
Dear Madam Fanny HOrowitz:
take the privilege and take the
honor to write you. am your de-
fendant Covert Schouten, thank
yeu madam for what you have done
for me. Also 1 thank your two
friend lawyers which stood by me
until the bitter end.
Dear Madam, a mother couldn't
do more for her son as what you
did for me during the trial. Yes
1 must congratulate your fine work
as lawyer and friend.
AS lady you have showed me
your kindness. As a lawyer must
respect you for your smartness
where for you are capable to handle
the job.
Yes dear lady this Judge he don't
know how to believe himself to a
lady in a criminal court but 1 call
this absolute disgrace to American
nation.
understand that because of poor
English 1 was easy bait and you
saved me many a times, but he
couldn't get away from you.
1t is pleasure for me and many
years to come that 1 didn't stand
alone In those dark hours and fully
aware that you was as much in
danger as was.
l will also send a letter to the
i. L. ID. and thank them too for
my wonderful defense which had
during my trial
Therefore / said good bye to you
and your friends and I will always
remember Fanny Horowitz.
AUF WEDERSCHEN
COVERT SCHOUTEN.
The day following the demonstra-
ton in front Of Judge Collins home
Schouten will be sentenced in Special
Sessions Court, Part l at Franklin
and Center Streets at a. m. The
workers of New York will demon
strate against the whole fralne-up
system both days, in front of Judge
Collins home and on Thursday in his
court.
On January 7th at a dance in the
International Seamen's Club, 140
Broad ST., the crews of several YES
sells will hear the report of the com
mittees which will visit Judge Col
Inns. Regardless of the outcome a
protest message will be sent to the
judge demanding the cessation of
terror against seamen.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
WHAT'S ON.

TUESDAY
Notice: Beginning Monday Jan 9th, there
will be a small charge Of one cent word
on all announcements in the what's on
column.
Management Committee,
Daily Worker.
yETCHERINKA at Ukrainlsn Hall. 100
Mercer ST., Jersey City, 8 p. m. Proceeds for
Communist Party.
SPECIAL committee meeting OF Tom
Mooney Branch l. L. D., 8i8 Broadway
730 p. m.
MASS meeting of Bronx Parents and
Teachers Committee at p. s. T. Fulton Ave.
near East 173rd ST., Bronx Educators and
parents etc, will speak on effect OF over
crowding in schools. All invited.
REGISTRATION for Winter Term of
Workers School is now going on at the
school office, 35 East 18th st. Ord floor
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
SAILORS, DANCE.

NEW YORK.-A benefit dance for
the Marine Workers Union will be
given Saturday, Jan. 7, at the In
ternational Seamen's Club, 14o Broad
street. The dance will start at 8
pm.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
Spain to Use Iron
Fist in Morocco

MADRID, Jan. 2.--The Spanish
democratic government is prepay
ing to crush the revolt reported to
be In the process Of preparation by
oppressed Moorish population. Com
missioner Of the Spanish protectorate
in Morocco has been instructed to
follow a firm" policy.
In the meantime, friction is said TO
be growing sharper between Italy on
the one hand and France and Spain
on the other. The controversy is
especially acute over the territories
of Tangier and Spanish Morocco.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03

Send In your bundle orders for
the special Ninth Anniversary
Lenin Memorial edition Of the
Daily Worker Jan. IL
The daily worker., 1933-01-03

Cohen, Lester Cohen, Babette
Deutsch, Samuel Ornitz, Herbert
Solow, Isidor Schneider DR.. Bern
hard j. Stern, Louis Berg, Lionel
Trilling, DR.. Avrahm Yarmolinsky
and william zorach.
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
Call Meeting Today to
Build Mass Defense for
Framed Marine Worker
l. L. d. Asks All Workers Organizations to
Send Representatives to Conference
Demonstration Tomorrow in Front Of Judges
Home Will Demand Schouten's Release
Nv DAN DAVIS

N preparing of
Cornelius Collins at 2O1 East 5h Street
Covert
Defense has issued call al workers
defense meeting
The daily worker., 1933-01-03
O'Brien Boosted Salaries
of Tammany Heads; Denied
Claims of Sick Teachers
Got $35O,0OO Reward for Long and Faithful
Service to Crookedest Political Gang
Stands for Wage Cuts and Relief Cuts, and
Takes Office AS Mayor of New York Today

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
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qualities garlic has. It has been re-
commended to me for asthma :.
(Alrs. L. McL.)
Answer-So far as I know II has
no medicinal qualities. Like onion 1t
tends to stimulate increased secre-
tion Of acid In the stomach.
Tularcmia
Can tularemia be caught from rab-
bits IL there Is no break in the skin
Of the person? Will ordinary disin-
fectantS such as kill the
germ? Is there any danger Of catch
ing the disease from hunting clothes
or from implements several days after
q hunt? What precautions are best?
(G. H. RI
Answer-Tularemia is usually con-
tracted by infection entering through
some cut, scratch or puncture Of the
skin Of the person Skinning, dressing
or preparing the rabbit for cooking.
Domestic rabbits are not infected,
only Wild rabbits. Any rabbit that
fails to try to get away may be re-
garded with suspicion. The liver Of
the infected animal shows many little
whitish spots. Handlers Of such game
should wear heavy rubber gloves.
Hot water and soap is best disinfec-
tant. Any abrasion or wound of skin
should be Immediately disinfected
with iodin. Thorough cooking kills
the germ Of the disease.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
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tent that he has removed more ton
sis by the diathermy. method than
any other physician in the state. Yet
he asserts that the method Il merely
q big advertising scheme and that the
victim is in constant danger Of
hemorrhage. No doubt he learned
these sad things by sad experience.
But being an assistant professor he
had to carry on with the worthless.
dangerous method until he could
boast he had employed it in many
cases.
Struggling young medical school
instructors and hangers-on at clinics
have to resort to every expedient to
get enough paying practice to live on.
In many cases the privation and want
such doctors are compelled to endure
for years and years are pathetic, and
even then they are never sure that
they will gain substantial practice
as eminent specialists" In the end.
Once more 1t Is necessary to state
that in qualified hands the diathermy
method of tonsil extirpation IS the
SAFEST method we have. The dan
ger of hemorrhage is infinitely great
er with the standard guillotine and
snare tonsillectomy than it is with
diathermy. In fact hemmorhage is
almost unknown when the diathermy
method is used by competent ply
sician.
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money since it is necessary to employ
experts to value the properties and
to hold extensive hearings. These
requests always have been rejected.
The latest proposal attacks the
problem from a different angle. It
provides for an initial appropriation
but requires the utility company In
vestigated to reimburse the commits
sion for the amount spent in in.
vestigating it. Since the law allows
such concerns a reasonable return"
on their legal investments and ex-
penditures, the cost of such inquir-
les would, presumably, be added to
the cost of doing business and COL
lected from the consumer. In this
respect the new proposal differs
from its predecessors in that the con-
sumer Of gas, electricity, or other
service, rather than the general tax
payer, would foot the bill.
The objection to the proposal is
obvious. 1t is always temptation to
be liberal when some one else is pay
ing the expenses.
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House Committee Is
Cutting Money Bill

The appropriations committee Of
the North Dakota house, continuing
It's study Of the genera! budget bill f6r
executive. judicial and legislative ex-
penses, Friday had slashed approxi-
mately $l3O,151 from the total budget
Of nearly q million and a quarter dol
lars and had yet to consider nearly
half Of the total departments.
Straight through the bill, the COM
mittee Is using sharp pairing knife,
following Governor William Langer,s
request for economy and in some in
stances cutting below figures he had
recommended.
The budget items already covered
total about $69O,00O, indicating close
to an average Of 20 per cent cut
through the items considered.
The committee reported there may
be slight changes one way or the 9TH
er in the figures agreed upon, but ma
terially they would remain the same.