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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
FUR MEET TONITE
IN COOPER UNION
d e fly Boss Attack;
Will Mobilize Support
for Shop Strikes

NEW YORK.-Tonight immediate
ly after work, fur workers of New
York will turn out by thousands to
the biggest demonstration ever staged
in order to mobilize their strength
to defeat the attacks of the fur boss
es and the A. F. Of L. The demon
stration will rally the fur workers in
support of the strike struggles which
are growing daily against forced reg
istration in. the A. F. of L., for in
creased wages and for a minimum
wage scale.
The strike committee extended an
invitation to William Green and M.
Vol to speak at the meeting and de-
fend their course of action in unit
ing with the bosses against the fur
riers. The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union is also issuing an open
letter to Messrs. William Green and
M. Vol to the same effect.
Speakers at the meeting include
Ben Gold, Louis Hyman, Irving Pot
ash, Joe Winogradsky, Apochinsky
vice-chairman of the Trade Board,
1AANA ObA4CA III HOAhC1Ss
Morning Demonstration
Today at 10 am. fur workers of
every shop on strike will meet at the
Union HI and will march to the mar
ket after their meeting, in another
tremendous demonstration against
the scab agents and the bosses.
Despite the holiday another mill
tant demonstration of furriers took
place yesterday when thousands of
workers gathered in the fur market.
The scabs failed to appear.
The mass demonstrations of the
furTiers occurring almost daily in
answer to the new attacks initiated
by the bosses together with the A. F.
of L. have proven beyond doubt that
the furriers are determined to fight
to the last for the protection of the
elementary right to organize and to
belong to q union of their own
choice.
The tremendous sentiment for
struggle among the furriers has al
ready caused CONSERVATION in the
enemy's ranks. They are receiving
blow after blow from places least
expected.
Strike Against ALL. Registration
The shops of Loringer and B. Gel
Ter, employing so workers each-were
counted upon to be the first to reg
lister the workers in the A. F, of L.
In one of the shops the boss made
out check covering the initiation
fee for all the workers. But in both
shops the workers answered the boss
CONTINUED ON PAGE 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
FIGHT FOR RENT.
FOOD, TODAY AT
RELIEF BUREAUS

NEW YORK-A forceful answer to
Tammany Halls economy" program
OF mo REMAND reduced relief tc
unemployed will be given today when
workers and their families in every
section Of the city will mass at the
Is Home Relief Bureaus in Manhat-
tan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens at
10 am, to demand an end to evic-
lions and an increase in relief and
immediate payment of rents.
The Unemployed Councils OF
Greater New York, who will be in
the forefront of the demonstrations
in a statement yesterday asked that
workers come with their dispossess
notices and complaints. These are to
be gathered together by a delegation
OF five to be elected at each bureau
The delegations from each bureau
will meet at the headquarters of the
Unemployed Council not later thar
1890 pm. from where the combined
delegation each with their list OF
cases will go to City Hall and present
the demands for rent and relief.
Stay at Bureaus
The workers at the bureaus viii
wait there refusing to leave unit
their delegation returns with a re-
port from City Hall.
The demonstrations were called by
the United Front Provisional Com
mittee Against Evictions and Relief
The committee will send delegation
Of its own to City Hall at the same
time with the delegates from the bu.
reaus It has notified Mayor O'Brier
that they will be there at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
2 YOUNGEST SCOTTSBORO BOYS
AT DECATUR HEARING TOMORROW

YORK 3oMass against the SCOTS
the Wright
brought Thursday, will
the violence William Patterson national
rotary Of the International Labor Defense said today.
time that meetings Of protest be held
their freeing all the
motion Patterson
by Judge Decatur %.
Fraenkel constitutional lawyer has
the Of the Scots
ut that they Illegally
since both Juveniles
Eaene will join W. Chamlee chief Scottsboro defense
counsel n the hearing Horton Thursday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
PAPERS HAIL END
OF STRIKE AS AN
INCREASE IN JOBS
BY a Mine Worker Correspondent

ny M1ne worker Correspondent
JEANETTE, Pa-With regard to
employment here. The paper car
ries an article that "One Thousand
Miners Going Back to Work Soon.
On April the mine of the Pen
obscot Coal Co. in Avella and the
Aurora Mine of the Duquesne Coal
Co. were shut down by a strike. AL
though these mines are now working,
it is because Of treachery and the
reign of terror let loose by the Sheriff
J. A. Seaman, and gangster elements
of the United Mine Workers and
American Legion. The article tries
to imply that the mines mentioned
we're closed by lack of orders, and
that the miners who are returning to
work have been unemployed for 4
months.
One of our local papers here car
ried an article about an increase in
wages of 10 per cent for the workers
in the rubber factory here. / spoke
to two workers who work there. One
said he did receive an increase, an
other said he didn't, nor did any,
body else he knew Of.
Only Picked Workers Get Raise
AS both these workers we're from
different departments, we can come
to the conclusion that one strategic
ally picked department, or some few
strategically picked workers in the
plant got an increase in wages.
Unemployment Increases-Relief
Ia
Also the Pittsburgh papers tried
to play up the decrease, in unem-
ployment. But the figures show that
while there were more persons on
the payrolls than months ago, this
was due to the stagger system. Ac-
tually there are $4,000 more on re-
lief. This means that more and more
the burdens of the crisis are being
unloaded on the shoulders Of the
workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Wage Increases Don't
Feel at Home in This
Wage-Cutting Town
By a Worker Correspondent

DENISON, Texas.-If all the CAPT
talist press lies of wage increases
and returning prosperity would only
fill empty bellies and put a few more
rags on naked backs, then their vel
vet phrases, of good times coming
would, maybe, fool a few of the starry
ing workers and impoverished farm
ers, but teSe are the facts of wage
increases" around Denison.
Cotton chopping (hoeing and thin
ning) has opened up at the same
price as last year-75c to 81 per day
and work IL to IL hours a day.
SIPS Day for a Family of Four
The pecan pickers received last fall
five cents a pound for picking out
pecan meats. This winter they we're
cut to four cents. The cut was
brought about in the usual capitalist
under-handed way: The company
closed the factory and told the work
ers that all that cared to do so, could
take pecans home to pick at four
cents pound. A family of four or
five could only make 81 Is q day.
The produce house, last fall paid
starvation price of &c for picking a
chicken. They cut the price this WIN
ter to just one cent per chicken The
place is filthy and wet all the time
A Mr. please put emphasis on the
Mr. Patterson of Kansas City has
bought the old overall factory and
opened it up. 1t was a union shop
and all workers belonged to the
union, but it surely hasn't opened up
at what one could call union wages.
Workers are only making about one
quarter Of what they did when it
closed over a year ago. For bundles
which they received $104 then, they
only receive 27c now. This is hell
of an increase in wages. Patterson
says that as soon as possible the plant
will be running at full capacity, US
ing about $50 workers. Az present
20 are working, and none but old ex-
perienced hands are wanted.
The mattress factory, which has
been closed almost two years, was
opened up few days ago. They have
a government order for 5000 mat
tresses to be delivered July LIST. My
opinion is, that they are for Rcose-
velt's one dollar per day forced labor
army.
Prices Go Up
Five Weeks Ago Now
Flour 35c for "a Id. 5o-55c
Dry Salt Meat Sc per 10. BLOC
ctry trrsrrer4nes pc per II. iso
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Stagge System Spread Out Poverty, Throev More Relief
Lists WageCuts Directly Contradict WageRaise Propaganda
So A Week i'm Norwalk
Tire Co., Includin g
Much-Heralded Raise
By a Worker Correspondent

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.-The
capitalist papers in Connecticut have
been spreading the Roosevelt prop
uganda about prosperity coming back
and wages going up.
One place they have been boosting
is the Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co.
They claim they have raised the
wages per cent. But they get this
five per cent only if they make under
SIS a week.
The workers in this vicinity know
that this place is one Of the cheapest
in this section, SO they were all sur
plised when they heard of this raise.
About two months ago this place cut
the wages about % per cent, SO now
they are giving back five per cent.
With this bonus one worker who
works piece work made So in four
days, All the shops around here just
gave their workers another cut
A Former Tire Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Times Prosperity Picture a Fraud;
Worker Exposed Shipyard Ballyhoo

picture the Sunday the
Manhattan tied the Robbins
the
working her Hundreds of workers line daily LOOKING
for work in the yard.
About similar
Did the story the issue about ship building being
sandst7 the the picture
velts think prosperity
Robbins dydock.-Robbins
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

JEtu5u III puIIIIe OUT JIle WeaYer2 OF
the Quaker Silk Co. Fearing strike
in the mill, the boss Immediately
granted the weavers 20 per cent
increase in wages.
The strike started on Friday night
when the third shift stopped work.
The workers then succeeded in pull
ling out the mill 100 per cent on the
following day.
The strikers have elected a strike
committee, have organized mill pick
citing and have accepted leadership
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Glass Co. Cuts Oldest
Employees the Deepest
By a Worker Co,respondent


VINELAND, N. J.-Conditions here
refute the claims of the brazen cap
italistic press. The Illinois Glass Co
has recently started to cut wages
The under bosses are their first VIC
tins. At the age of SO, they get 1915
per cent cut. At the age of 40 they
get 80 cut, and under that age they
get so cut; and they are not put
ting any more men to work. AND
they are going to make a general cut
on all hands soon.
I was formerly employed by this
Glass Company. My labor has beer
exploited by them for II years, but
having reached an age that-I-may-
not-be quite so profitable to them, ]
have been relegated to the street as
a forgotten man.
The Illinois Glass Company's fac
tories are full of improved machin-
cry, doing the work that formerly
was done by hands. And some of
aheir machines are doing the work
with or 3 to operate them, the
work 40 or SO men usually did. These
men and boys are now OH the street
starving!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
10 PRISONERS K1DNAp WARDEN

LANSING, Mich. - kidnapping
Warden Kirk Prather and two prison
guards and wounding another, ten
armed prisoners escaped over the
wall of the Kansas Penitentiary here
yesterday during a Decoration Day
baseball game.
The prisoners piled into an auto
mobile, using the guards as shields
against shots, and drove away.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

of united front rank and file action
committee.
Miserably low wages have been
revealed as a result Of the strike
Workers have been getting $40 for
two weeks work. One worker re-
ceived as little as a dollar fifty for
"A hours work on the night shift.
The action committee is planning
the extension of the strike to other
mills.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Arsenal Producing
Armored Cars to Use
Against the Workers

From Worker Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia.-At the Rock
Island Arsenal they are manufac-
turing armored cars. The cars
were demonstrated on the streets
of Davenport. These are to be used
against demonstrators of any kind,
or hunger marchers and strikers.
BOB NORRIS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

nopoly grip of the public utilities, was
formed in January, 1929. from sew
eral smaller utility companies.
The Morgan securities deposited
with the new company cost them
$50, 642,0 On the books of the
United Corporation, they were val
ued at $122,840,oO0, an overnight in
(Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
FIGHT FOR THESE DEMANDS
AT HOME RELIEF BUREAU
TODAY

1. stopping eyictions Of unem-
ployed or part time workers I'm
able to pay rent,
2. Payment OF rents for the
unemployed by the Home Relief
Bureau.
3. Increasing rekef to meet
rising cost of living.
4. Ceasing of police and court
attacks upon jObless who protest
the city's starvation and eviction
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

The Federal Trade Commits
sion has just made public that
the Morgans made millions of
dollars in their organization of one
of their utility holding companies
which controls more than half of the
electric power production in the
country.
The United Corporation, one of the
main Morgan instruments in it's mo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
USE GAS, GUNS, AGAINST
NATIONAL YOUTH DAY
MEET IN new JERSEY
in Hospital, Is Arrested in Perth Amboy
Center of War Industry
BULLETIN.

Five workers
the hospital They held
AMBOYTear
orcye running
to break of
1850 young workers yesterday
Many injured has not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Allentown Silk Workers
Strike for Higher Pay
Quaker Silk Mill Boss Raise Pay When Wea-
vers Walk Out on Call of Strikers

ALLENTOWN Pa May 30-Two
strike Saturday
and the installation of methods
to prevent robbery of their pay envelopes
Following Of sunag mill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

WASHINGTON, May 30.-On top of the revelations that
have to light in the few days of Senate investigation
the Morgans another investigation which getting very little
publicity has exposed further colossal Morgan profits from
stock merger operations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

LANSING, Kan, May 30.-Convicts
at the Kansas State Penitentiary
broke out in mutiny today. IN
confirmed reports estimate that eight
escaped taking the warden with them.
The causes for the mutiny are not
reported,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

CONNEAUT, O.---The rising wages
story does not hold good for this
town. Recently the Board of Educa-
ton has given the teachers 10 per
cent wage cut. Also they have cut
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

Roosevelt Expresses His Gratitude for Sec
rotary Woodin's Services AS His
Resignation Is Considered
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31
Price 3 Cents
MILLIONS MORE MORGAN
PROFITS DISCLOSED BY
FEDERAL TRADE PROBE

Adds to Large Profit Disclosures of
Senate Investigation Now Going On
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

tBy Worker Correspondent
MILWAUKEE, Wis.-The Atlanti,
and Pacific Tea Co. are cuttins
wages suddenly and drastioally, III
face of rising prices. Where Is this
10 end7
"A Frsend Of the @worksx"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-31

CONTINUED ON PAGE -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17
Collecting Taxes

Nobody, in all this welter of reconstruc- tive action, seems to have got around yet to one of the basic needs of the moment the refinancing of delinquent taxes on terms which would make them available for im- mediate use. States, cities. towns. counties, townships and school districts are broke = flat buster from failure to collect taxes. The taxpayers don't pay because they can't Their savings are in closed banks, or used up Millions are out of work. Business conditions are improving. but the effects will register slowly in tax collections. Mean while public employees are not paid. Schools close and teachers are in distress Money IS lacking for public services and direct relief.
 Most of the back taxes will be paid eventually. The problem is, while grant, ing needed moratoriums and easier terms, to get the money for present public needs. Would it not be possible to realize on the delinquent taxes by issuing public bonds against them, secured by the delinquent properties9 The state, county or city could then use the cash. give the delinquent tax payers credit and amortize the payments over reasonable term of years. This ought to be a 'self-liquidating project within the province of the R. F. C.. if other means failed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1883
The President Appeals

It is good appeal that President Roose- welt makes to the nations of the world. But is it one that will be needed? There seems to be steady trend towards war these days. Written high up on the wall in glar- Ing letters are its terms. Its inevitability can only be turned aside by the banding together of such strong nations as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and others in some such pact as the president suggests But with Uncle Sam preparing to strengthen his war dogs of the sea who are we to be the first to say cross no countrys frontiers!
 However, the presidents appeal cannot we'll be ignored by the rulers of Europe. We are living in tumultuous age. It well may be that it needs man of the Roosevelt , type to turn nations thoughts to plough shares rather than swords. There are more ways than one to do that. Certainly the topic of disarmament is a perplexing one. This is amply proved by the long drawn out discussions of the disarmament confer ence for more than a year now. If these spokes men for their nations can't arbitrate then who can? Perhaps 1t remains with the heads of the governments of the countries.
 Let us hope that President Roosevelt won't stop with mere manifesto. A year ago President Hoover called for world disarmament. It met with the fate of so many similar proposals, Beyond the mere suggestion. there must be more driving force to continue impetus. There is never suffi- eient momentum to insure the mere demand for disarmament being accomplished. But we are frankly sceptieal of this latest effort. Perhaps the world is more in the mood to- day for it than heretofore, but it is our opinion that seething Europe will still be scething one hundred years from now and many wars will have been fought and won. Our position, though, is clear. We are . world power. By example and by preach ing we can promote world peace that may minimize many of the events that have not yet transpired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17

New Haven is ssething with indignation these days. Any number of prominent monuments in parks have been defaeed by vandals. Memorials to soldiers seem to bear the brunt of the attack. Doubtless the dam age done to them will amount to large sum of money if any effort is made to re- pair them. It is too bad that there exists in every civilized community some uneiv- ilized residents. Every so often you read ac- counts of cemetery tombstones being over- turned or monuments scared by some in- dividual with hendish senss of humor. Fortunately most of us can't understand this type of humor. City parks always are picked out by people for damage. Shrub bery is ruined, plants stolen from beds and in general an immense amount of property damage inflicted. We presume the ones who do this are the ones who squawk loudest when taxes are mentioned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17
Our Daily Washington Letter
 Six-flour Day Not Only Can Work, It Does
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Of 249 women who had worked under both the long and the snort shifts, 77 per cent preferred the six-hour day.
 Reasons given for the preference included more time for home dut- ies, more leisure and less fatigue. Women who preferred the eight hour day preferred it because it had meant more pay or because they found 1t less fatiguing than the six-hour day, although 25 per cent had experienced less fatigue and IS per cent more fatigue while majority noticed no difference. Lunches Are Out.
 Elimination of the lunch hour annoyed a majority, who said they felt the ned of food during the working period. The company has installed a milk service, but per- mits no eating at work.
 Earnings of 77 per cent decreas- ed under the six-hour day, while those of 23 per cent increased. The decrease was less than 10 per cent for more than Q third of those af- fected and between 10 and 20 per cent for more than half of them. Part of the decreased earnings were reflected by the fact that after the six-hour day was effected employees were no longer paid at a somewhat higher rate for night shift work.
 The Department of Labor inves- tigators reported that little dis satisfaction" with the lower earn ings were expressed, inasmuch as wage cuts had been common in other industries and these em- ployes realized they were being given time off for their reduced pay and not required to work the same, hours for less money, as were many of their friends.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17

The death of Ernest Torrence removes from the screen one of its distinguished per- formers. As character actor Torrenee achieved considerable fame. However. Tor renee was famous even before he essayed screen roles. He was a concert artist in his own right. He could. play the piano beau tifplly and he possessed baritone voice that eventually won him leading parts in the Savoy Opera company of London. De- spite his evident ability along these two lines he drifted into movies after try at musical comedy in this country. As in his other en- deavors he again won success. He will al- ways be remembered for some of the roles he portrayed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-17
Don't Be Confident

Jouett Shouse came into wet Connecti- cut Monday to warn Its citizens who are s supporting the prohibition repeal drive against over-confdence. He was well-ad- vised in doing this. Connecticut is to vote next month on this subject of removing the 18th amendment from the Constitution. While we don't think that Connecticut will vote against this action, we do realize that the drys of the state are waging good fight for their cause. Perhaps they think that if in state, believed to be as wet as Connec- ticut, they make good showing. it will influence the vote in states that are now Wa vering.
 However, this state should be cheered by the fact that Wyoming now is definitely ranked with those states as committed to re- peal. At its preliminary voting this week. to elect delegates to county conventions- the vets ran up astonishing majorities. The states repeal convention is to be held May 25. It was believed that the dry voters had a chance to elect fair share of the dele gates, but when it came to the test Wyo- ming voters rebelled and as result the re- peal convention ultimately will undoubtedly De composed or an almost unanimous wet delegation.
 Regarding the vote here in Connecticut there should not be. under ordinary circun1- stances. any difficulty in eleeting wet dele gates. A poll of the thitry-hve senators now at Hartford would show good ma jority of them in favor of repeal. lnasmueh as they represent the sentiments of the'. constituents it can be claimed that these same districts will choose wet rather than dry delegate. The fifteen delegates-at- large will be voted upon by the entire state. As Connecticut in l932 voted overwhelm- ingly wet that should indicate similar vote on the delegates. But forewarned is fore armed. Victory can only be achieved by votes Don't forget it's your duty to reg ister an opinion one way or the other on the proposed amendment.