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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-12
BY RAY TUCKER
Times stan Writer

WASHING TON, Jan. r.
STRENGTHENING of the nations
banking structure, in the hope OF
preventing a recurrence Of the bank
failures of the past decade, is the
central feature of the Glass bank
ing bill, before the senate.
Whereas some sections of the bill
seek to curb the banks, part in an
inhationary movement like that
which marked the boom days, thus
to stabilize general conditions, other
provisions are designed to give
greater solidity to financial in
stitutions.
The mortality among banks since
1921, especially the small ones, has
shown the need for reform. A total
of 10,484 banks failed from the end
of 1920 to November, 1882. They
had total deposits Of s4,882, 42l ,00O-
a sum much greater than Frances
debt to this country.
In explanation of Senator Garter
Glass attempt to draw as many
banks as possible under federal
regulation. it may be noted that
only 1871 national banks failed.
Discourage Group Banking
There were 1913 suspensions OF
state and private banks. Deposits
affected were, respectively, $l,l43,
857000 and $3,738000,000.
The personal suffering, the con-
traction of credit and the diminu-
ton of purchasing power resulting
from these financial fatalities en-
phasize the need for new deap in
banking.
The bill seeks to discourage group
and chain banking by furnishing
definite encouragement to extern
ton Of national banks. Changed
conditions have given rise to de-
velopment of chains and groups OF
banks, and to excited controversy
over their effect.
Roughly, a chain or group is g
system dominated by one large in
stitution, by a holding company OF
by one person or a group. Except
for the dominant personality or cor
poration, the members of chains OF
groups are mere appendages-theil
managers only employees.
Dangerous, Glass Thinks
Some banking experts contend
that they make for safety of depOs-
its, economy of operation and eff
cheney of management.
But another school, in which Sen.
ator Glass, treasury officials anC
reserve officials are found, maintain
they are dangerous, because the!
extend the range and repercusSior
of possible failure. They think eX-
perience has taught that such sys-
TENS are apt to endanger all the
banks involved and thus affect {
large expanse of people and terri
tory.
Led by Senator Peter Norbeck
(Rep., S. d., chairman of the bank
ing and currency committee, an
other faction opposes all forms Of
group, chain and branch banking.
They say that they make for cen
tralization of credit in places fal
from where the deposits are made
and loans needed.
They eliminate, in their belief
the old-fashioned, community feel
ing between banker and borrower
and the arrangement under which {
mans character and industry wer'
regarded as good collateral.
Bill Hits at Situation
But the chief difference is tina
group and chain banks are no
subject to complete federal regula
ton, even though they include ma
tional banks, whereas a system O
national branch banks can be con
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-12

who favors an adj
justed old age PEN
sion law.
William H. Rupert,
Brazil, was born
Feb. 10, 1867, near
Washington Court
house, o., and spent
the early years Of
life on a farm. He
came to Indiana in
1888 TO work on a
bridge gang on the
st. l.. 81 x. G. rail-
r 0 a d, commonly
k n o W n as the
Cl0froV oof at9S
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-12
Nervous Women

For WON a n S
trou BILE, WORKOUT
NERVES and a gen.
eral breakdown in
|health, nothing is
Iquite SO good as Dr..
iPierce's Fav crit e
Prescription" S a i d
Mrs. Mildred Yard
aman of 232 w. 4th
ST., Michigan City,
Ind "AhO11t four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-12
HEALTH POST Is FILLED

-AASS "AiA"ACA hCy hViuS Name Secre-
tary of County Board.
appointment of Miss Mildred Rev
nolds as secretary of the county
health board, was announced today
by county commissioners.
She succeeds Mrs. Bertha Bush
whose resignation becomes effective
Jan. 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Seven Dead
at Havana
Mella Rites
General Strike Ties
Up City as Workers
Battle Troops

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. %. -
While all Havana was tied up
by a g en- e r a ! strike in
honor of Julio Antonio Mella,
Cuban student Communist
leader, seven workers were killed and
scores wounded, when troops fired
into the Communist demonstration
for Mella at Fraternity Park.
Two little girls and messenger
boy were among the killed, when
troops fired upon the funeral DEM
onstration marching through Reina
Street. The soldiers opened fire after
the workers had refused to disperse,
congregating in the vicinity of Com
munist headquarters, where Mella's
ashes were deposited.
The military forces then seized the
, Partyls headquarters, and Mella S
ashes disappeared during the pitched
battle between soldiers and the work.
ers guarding the Communist center.
An army plane flew low over the
headquarters at 4 pm. Cavalry rode
through the streets, trampling the
frightened people, and wounding
many under the horses hoofs.
A company of infantry and troop
of cavalry, sent by the Grau govern
ment to break up the demonstration
in Fraternity Park, where Mella's
ashes were to be buried under an i'm
posing 12-foot obelisk, also started
firing into the massed workers.
Three bodies have already arrived
at Emergency Hospital while Is
wounded had been brought in for
treatment.
All Havana was tied up by a six
hour general strike lasting from noon
to pm, declared by the National
Confederation of Labor in honor of
Mella, who was shot in Mexico City
by Machado's gunner in 1929.
Only banks and railroads remained
open, but the rest Of the city was
tied up 100 per cent. Docks, steam
ship offices, and stores were closed,
while there was no street-car, taxi
cab or bus traffic in the streets.
The general strike at Hershey con-
tinues in the American-owned sugar
center. Pickets prevent anyone from
entering the company offices.
Dispatches from Camaguey say that
the workers there have seized the
American Sugar Refining Co.'S sugar
mill at Jaronu.
Striking workers seized the Yumuri
match and cigarette factory. with the
intention of operating it collectively.
Three Communist leaders were ar
rested in Colon on the trumped-up
charge of trying to burn Catholic
church.
A statement issued by the Com
munist Party attacked the Grau gov
eminent, saying it continues to be
a government of the bourgeoisie, con-
tinues arresting workers, paying Am
erican bankers and giving jobs to
former Machado adherents."
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pay checks to Sill workers who walked
out yesterday.
Meanwhile, strikers charged that
the local relief office was being used
to mobilize strikebreakers and that
Public Service buses were transport
ing them to the Ford plant here.
Auto Union Calls Meeting
While the police have been care
full not to show the mailed fist as
yet, the entire force is nevertheless
modified outside the plant prepared
for AL emergencies"
A meeting is being called for two
o'clock this afternoon, at which some
proposals of the Auto Workers Union
will be taken upon the floor. The
union, through groups organized
within the Edgewater plant, is call
ing for the organization Of regular
strike committee to lead the strike
and elect representatives of every de-
partment and at the same time ex-
posing the maneuvers of the A. F. Of
L. and the City Police Department,
as we'll as the MIRA. committee. The
Auto Workers Union Is urging the
workers to participate in the militant
mass picketing and Is organizing them
to do this
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strikers, OReilly continued In more
conciliatory tone:
Il don't know what your decision
will be-" he continued, "but I have
my opinion as to what you should do,
but 1 will not express it now. No
strike was ever won by beating up
any man who may have taken your
place or by the destruction of prop
erty.'
'Its Too Bad"
After telling the strikers that 1t
was too bad" that they didn't wait
until they had built up the organiza-
ton which he had been working on
for the past 10 weeks, O'Reilley con-
cluded by saying that "ny main pur-
pose in calling this meeting was to
separate you from the influences
which brought you into the streets
this morning. Frankly, did not like
to hear about IT,"
Virtually scolding the Chester strik-
ers who had come here to help tie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
STRIKE OF 10000 MINERS STIRRING STEEL WORKERS TO STRUGGLE
Empty Talk or Militant Action
AN DITTO RAID

plan of struggle against war which takes as its starting
point the immediate struggle against the MIRA and
against intervention in Cuba?
The sincere opponents of will adopt the latter
They will not be fooled by the empty peace talk
of the Roosevelt administration which serves only
to conceal its feverish preparations for Neither
will they be fooled by heated "antiwar speeches from
Norman Thomas other socialist pacifist leaders
who with breath talk for peace and with the other
glorify Roosevelt and the NRA
TIE Communist Party urges upon the Congress real
united front the basis of a fighting program
against war-a revolutionary working class program
The fight against cannot be postponed until the
starts; it must be carried now. It must be
program which the masses which leads them
into militant class action against war; into strikes and
demonstrations against every step which the Roosevelt
regime attempts to take in its preparations for war
AL working class organizations all organizations of
farmers all honest anti-war elements can unite on
such program, the only program which can cope
with the gigantic preparations of the imperalists
Serious systematic work must be undertaken in every
factory on every dock every ship, arousirg these
workers against war; exposing every detail OF the war
preparations to them setting up anti-war committees
hampering and working to prevent the manufacture
and shipment of war material and munitions.
This fight begun now and waged relentessly in an
effort to prevent war, must be continued in the
event of war with redoubled energy, always remem-
bering that real opponent of mperialst has the
duty in the first place of fighting against his own"
war lords for the defeat Of "his own" bourgeoise.
Any other policy leads inevitably to such shameful be-
trayals those committed by the socialist leaders in
the majority of the countries during the last when
they talked against war; but supported their own gov
ernents entered into cabinets voted credits,
and rallied the fer all under the pretense
of defending their own capitalist fatherland
Such empty talk against serves only the war
mongers during the period of war preparations, 1t
dsarms the at the moment of the outbreak Of
war, and during the war.
Phrase mongerng, empty peace tslk-this is not
the road Mass action behind revolutionary program
the road the congress should follow, starting
with the fight against the NR.A All honest elements
all persons and organizations ready to fight unite
behind such program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
BY SENDER GARLIN

EDGEWATER N. j., Sept. %. -
Ignoring the attempts of organizers
of the American Federation of Labor
to throw cold water on their strike
against Henry Ford, nearly 1900
workers of the auto nlagnate's Edge
water assembly plant are out and en-
gaging in aggressive picketing.
The strikers are demanding five
day week, seven-hour day and SIS
a day minimum pay.
Plan Strike Caravans.
With the Chester plant completely
shut down and the Edgewater plant
badly crippled, the next moves of the
strikers called for motor journeys
through New York State and Massa-
chusetts for mass picketing of other
Ford plants.
At mass meeting held yesterday
afternoon in Recreation Center, Cliff
side Park, Hugh v. Kelley, former
secretary Of the Jersey State FEEDER
alton of Labor, all but denounced the
mass delegation of 1900 strikers from
a similar Ford plant in Chester, Pa,
who had journeyed here in a solidar-
ity move TO tie up the local plant.
Having accomplished their purpose
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
5000 Mine Strikers
Picket Steel Mills;
Urge Men to Strike
Huge Array of Armed
Forces Fail to
TerroriZe Men

CHARLTON, Pa, Sept. 29.-Over
three thousand striking soft coal
miners swarmed into Clarion today,
surrounded the Carnegie Steel Com
panys plant, subsidiary of the
United States Steel Corporation, and
urged the 5000 steel workers to join
the strike.
The coal pickets marched from
Fayette County coal fields, coming
from the H. G. Prick Co. mines, an
other U. S. Steel subsidiary.
The miners mingled with the steel
workers, calling on them to join in
common strike against the Nor
gan-controlled steel and coal COM
panies.
A virtual army of city, state,
county and company thugs we're
modified to terrorize the men.
Armed with machine guns, rifles,
revolvers, tear gas bombs, the steel
trusts army are stationed at various
vantage points. Sand bags were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
TWO HUGE MASS MEETINGS
in new YORK OPEN UNITED
FRONT ANTI-WAR CONGRESS
Speakers Urge Unity
in Fight on Imperialist
War Plans

NEW YORK. - Overflow
crowds milled around outside
the entrances to Mecca Temple
and St. Nicholas Arena hours
before the opening time, seek
ing admission to the two halls where
the opening public sessions Of the
American Congress Against War were
held last night.
All seats in Mecca Temple we're
sold out days before and still the
Subways and elevated poured out
throngs of workers who were coming
to hear Henri Barbusse, noted French
author and anti-war advocate, and
other notable speakers address the
opening session in both halls.
The Congress, fruit of months Of
preparation, saw $500 delegates from
all over the country,
Earl Browder, speaking on behalf
of the Communist Party, U. S. A,
pointed out the need for distinguish
ing between those who oppose war
only in words and the really stead
fast anti-war fighters who are pre-
pared to combat all preparations for
war in any form. He said, THE
Communist Party calls for the broad
est possible united front of struggle
against inperialist war. It holds out
the hand of fellowship to every real
fighter against war, to everyone ready
to fight the war-nakers and their
agents, from the White House down
to the smallest trade union bureau
GRAFT"
A. j. Music, of the Conference for
Progressive Labor Action, attacked
the indifference of the great mass
of American workers to the peril OF
war, with Cuba threatened by Amer
lean warships and the failure of the
London Economic Conference show
ing the imminent threat Of imperial
ist war for more trade profits.
Other speakers were still to be
heard when the Daily Worker went
to press, including Devere Allen, editor
of the World Tomorrow" and Henri
Barbusse, representative of the AM
sterdam world movement against i'm
perialist war, who arrived in the Uni
ted States yesterday to attend the
Congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

THE United States Congress Against War which gets
down to work this morning at ST. Nicholas Arena
has tremendous responsibilities. It is meeting at
moment of gigantic struggles, of strikes and marches
of miners, steel workers. auto workers.
The Roosevelt administration, "our own govern
ment, has boldly embarked a program, with
the MIRA. the chief instrument in its war prep
arations.
Under the NFA. the military and naval strength
of the United States is being built up rapidly to previ-
ously unheard of proportions. The greatest naval race
in world history is being waged between United States
England and Japan. The nations basic industries
being brought firmly under centralizea-ccntro now
in preparation for war, the case under
the War Industries Board in 1918. An intense
tionasm is being aroused among the people with the
hypocrtical plea for support to so-called national
covery program which in reality is bringing only lower
living standards to the masses Efforts being made
throughout the country to destroy the democratic rights
OF the masses the right to organize to strike to picket
the right of free speech vicious attacks being made
on militant workers and workers organizations which
today lead the fight for higher living standards and
which are also in the forefront of the anti-War
struggle.
MEXICAN warships are concentrated in Cuban
IA waters; American marines are already on Cuban
SOIL the Roosevelt regime unable to rely further on
tools to crush the revolutionary uprising of the Cuban
masses, is preparing to drown the island in blood.
Rocsevelts policies in Cuba typify the increased
aggressveness of Wall Street in the present ar-mad
word--policies which stimulate all the imperialst
tagonisns and lead inevitably new world slaughter
The whole capitalist world turning to war and fas-
cism, to war against the working masses and the
Soviet Union in its efforts to find way out of the
crisis at the workers expense. The United States in
this situation is in the forefront OF the drive toward
war
The fight against war must in the first place be
waged against Wall Streets policies, against
terVPntiOn Cuha he uyar in
strllment. The fight must begin at home.
THIS is the real issue which the Congress must settle
Shall there be empty talk for two days against
in the abstract? Or shall there be serious discussion
of the present world situation of the forces driving
toward war and fascisn of Roosevelt's New Deal"
a DEAL and finally the working out of clear cut
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
1000 Die Makers
Pack Meeting; to
Continue Strike

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 29.--Seven
thousand of the striking tool and
die makers packed Arena Gardens
last night and expressed their de-
termination to continue the strike of
over $4,000 men in Flint, Detroit. and
Pontiac until victory.
DELEGATIONS from Flint and Pontiac
were enthusiastically received.
Leaders of the Mechanics Educa-
tional Society were forced to present
concrete demands of rs per cent in
creases, with 81 an hour minimum.
The men originally demanded $1.50,
= but the leaders scaled it down.
The leaders brought in Carmody,
SNRA agent sent to break the strike,
u as a speaker, also Congressman Weld
man, Democratic politician.
Smith, leader of the Flint strike
chairman of the handpicked commit
tee is dickering with the MIRA. He
praised the NRA in a demagogic
speech. The workers asked, What
about union recognition Smith re-
r:let IL the demands are won rec
ognition is not necessary"
II lllllJdIlJ iiOte WdS SUZUKI ny JUllIl
Anderson, rank and file leader of the
Te1ilstedt strikers. He urged the cleo
ton of rank and file strike commit
tees, and also the bringing out of the
production workers.
Anderson got big hand. Another
rank and file leader, John Mack, of
Flint, also asked for a united front
with production men. He exposed the
strikebreaking of the Flint A. F. of l..
leaders.
The Daily Worker reporter was
barred from the meeting at the orders
of Griffen, strike leader. The capital
list press was admitted.
Yesterday, strikers of the Fisher
Body Plant No. %, Ternstedt and Su-
perior Tool went over the heads Of
the top leaders and elected their own
strike committees. The rank and file
opposition " gaoY g.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Mckee Announces
Candidacy; Deal
Hints at Sales Tax

NEW YORK, Sept. a. The two
major developments in tho city's stu
alton yesterday we're the announce
ment that Mckee, protege Of the
Bronx Tammany boss, Flynn, would
run for Mayor in the coming cleo
tons.
The second development was the
announcement of the plan adopted
by the bankers in their deal with the
City government.
The deal between the bankers and
Untermyer revolves around the city's
promise to introduce at once drastic
wage slashes and new taxes. In
creased subway fare is also a near
possibility.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

by their visit to Edgewater, most of
the Chester workers who spent the
entire night lying in cramped posi-
tions in their flivvers along the River
Road, returned to Chester. They will
not remain there long, however, they
announce, for they are making plans
at once to move on Green Island,
near Troy, N. Y, and Buffalo, Somer-
vile and Cambridge, Mass, in an
effort to tie up every one of Ford's
assembly plants in the East.
Organizer Insults Chester Strikers
O'Reilley, of the A. F. of L., got
an extremely frigid reception when
he came to the strikers hall yester-
day to tell them what he thought Of
their action in walking out.
This is no time for snap judg-
ment, no time to let your impulses
control you,' the organizer began, as
the faces of the men became tense.
Sensing the impotence Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
eve Don't Need Anyone Come 10 Miles Tell Us What To Do
Is AFL Organizers Greeting Chester Contingent of 2OO

up all Of Fords assembly plants on
the Atlantic seaboard, the A. F. OF
l.. organizer said:
as it necessary for you to have
men come 10 miles to tell you
what to do? If SO, why didn't these
fellows go to Detroit?"
Such a storm of anger burst from
the strikers following O'Reilley's
speech, however, that he quickly
made round-about-face and gave
his sanction" to the strike.
Ford Threatens Shut Down
This afternoon as O'Reilley and
other A. F. of L. officials were con-
ferring with MIRA. chiefs in Newark,
Henry Ford announced from his
main Office in Detroit that he would
refuse to deal with the strikers, pre-
ferring "a complete shutdown" to me-
gotiations. AT the same time the
superintendent of the Edgewater
plant made a gesture intended to
brighten the strikers by mailing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
N. NJ. u. URGES
Miners STAY
ON STRIKE
Issues Plan to Rank
and File Conference
in UniontoWn

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 90
Fifty thousand miners are expected
to march into Uniontown for a
mass demonstration to herald the
opening of the Uniontown Confer
ence to be attended by representa-
tiyes of 100 UNI. WA. locals, open
on Saturday.
The National Miners Union is di.
rectly addressing an appeal to the
conference and also to the delega-
ton.
The Steel and Metal Workers In.
dustrial Union is sending delegates
Many steel mills are pledging their
support to the miners.
The Steel and Metal Workers
Union is sending a committee, in.
GLIDING Greensburg and Weirtor
steel strikers. Pat Cush and Joe
Dallett, leaders of the union, are
on the committee.
A leaflet issued to all striking
miners by the National Miner;
Union, entitled "The Only Way tc
VictoryI', urges the miners to pro.
pose and accept the following pro
gram on Glow to Win the Strike"
1. Remain on strike until all of
your demands are granted and
until all the companies, including
II. c. Frick, Vesta Coal and 9TH
ers sign agreements. No separate
asreements--one agreement for
all the strikers.
z. Spread the strike to West
Virginia, Ohio, Central Pennsyl-
vania, inorder to make the strike
more powerful and effective.
3. Call a special convention of
the U.M.W.A. in each district
and elect your own officers, com
posed of the best rank and file
members and kick out of your or
ganization Lewis, Pagan and all
other traitors appointed by Lewis.
4. Demand a conference be-
tween the officers elected by you
and the representatives of the
coal operators to negotiate new
agreement that will give you rec
osnition of the union, higher
wages, six-hour day, better work
ing and living conditions, etc.
S. Under all circumstances de-
mand the right to strike at any
time for the protection of your
interests.
6. No back to work under no
agreement without the referen-
dunn of all the miners.
This is the only possible way
you can win your strike. The Ma
tional Miners Union stands ready
to give any support it possibly
rAn.