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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21

| that is, those least able to afford it,
and by discharging others, thus add
ing to the now overwhelming army
of unemployed. AS usual those least
able to withstand the loss of work
or cut in salary were hit the hardest.
Long And Short Term
1t was announced sometime in
January that after cutting the budget
twenty millions dollars long term
loan could be arranged. Now that
the budget has been cut twenty mil
lion the bankers announce in Wall
Street papers that the market can
only absorb a short term loan. This
policy of issuing short term loans
enables the bankers to constantly
control and dictate directly to the
city, through the form of negotia-
tons for new loans.
Now the bankers with the aid of
their Tammany flunkeys are prepar-
ing to float in the near future
a one-year loan for the city with
a four per cent coupon N order to
begin the refunding of the six per
cent loan now outstanding and COM
ing due. BY this means, that is,
short term loans granted the city,
the bankers can at all times dictate
the financial policy. A long term
loan would of course take the city
out of the investment market for a
long period of time and for that pc
Rod out of the direct dictation of the
bankers. Through the short term
loan method steady flow of COM
missions can be counted on by the
bankers in the underwriting of these
| loans.
Fare Raise Next
Since the bankers have been sue
cessful in debating the present cuts
in the city budget at the expense of
the workers there employed, there is
strong indication that they will
take step further. The next step
will undoubtedly be an increase in
the fare from the long fought stand
ard of five cents.
1t is well known that the present
municipal subways are not paying
their expenses. To this fact, per-
haps foreseen by those who built
them, is found the basis for rise
in the fare and the legal weapon
for putting it through.
OFFICIAL Blessing
In the Rapid Transit Act in the
section on Municipal Operation, Sec
ton 1876, the following is to be found
eff the board of transportation shall
undertake to engage in public or mu-
nicipaI operation of any road OF
roads pursuant to the authority OF
the rapid transit act the rate of fare
shall be five cents for an initial pc
Rod not to exceed three years from
the date of beginning such operation
If the aggregate revenues derived
from municipal operation of such
road or roads during the third year
| Of the initial period be insufficient
to pay (a) operating expenses ex-
elusive of maintenance, (e) contri-
buttons to the sinking fund to amor
the and retire the debt, the board OF
transportation shall within sixty days
adjust, fix and readjust the rate OF
fare on such road or roads, so as to
produce an annual income sufficient
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
JOBLESS COUNCIL
PLANS MARCH 9TH
Conference Takes Up
Preparations

NEW YORK. In answer to the
announcement of the state legislative
leaders that they will not recommend
unemployment insurance legislation,
Carl Winters, secretary. Unemployed
Councils of Greater New York, call
ed for intensified work and prepar-
ations for the March 4 parade and
demonstration here and the extern
sion of the united front to all work
ing class organizations for participa-
ton in the Workers Conference for
Labor Legislation, to be held in AL
bany, March 4, and 6.
Speaking at the city wide meeting
of unemployed councils, and house
and block committee functionaries
held yesterday afternoon in Irving
Plaza. Winters outlined the plans for
the parade from its formation in
the side streets to the concluding
mass meeting in Madison Square.
Widening the united front to en-
brace all aggregations OF workers 1r-
respective of political afflliation was
also stressed. Several suggested de-
man0s were introduced which in
cluded the enactment Of the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill as
we'll as local demands of cash re-
lief instead of check, and relief for
single men and women.
AS part of the publicity drive, a
special edition Of the Hunger Fight
er, organ of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis, will be issued. Pages will be in
creased from eight to twelve. A re-
solution was adopted to be sent TO
Albany protesting against the inten-
ton of the state legislators to ignore
the demands for labor legislation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
TO CUT AND FIRE
STATE employees
Business Men Put Up
Their Demands

NEW YORK.-F'urthe wage cuts
and firing of state employees was fore
Swallowed by conference between
both Democrat and Republican legis-
lators and representatives of big bust
ness last week, in Albany. 1t was at
q public hearing before the legisla-
tive finance committees.
Business men led by George II.
McCaffrey, research director OF the
Merchants Association of New York
City, and Marvin K. Hart, president
of the New York State Economic
Council, demanded further cut Of
$30,000,000 in the state budget, and
admitted that most Of it should come
through wage cuts and discharges.
1--WE believe there should be fur
Their reductions in salaries, particu-s
larry school teachers" said Mccall,
frey. He was asked whether he
would cut employees getting less than
$1,000 year, and answered: Eyes,
on a graduated scale. :. .."
I'm my city," boasted Secretary
Esser of the Rochester Chamber Of
Commerce, salaries Of industrial
workers have been reduced as much
as so per cent. and yet state employees
are yelling because they are asked to
take a 8, 10 or u per cent cut"
ut is time to be solicitous about
the taxpayer and not so solicitous
about the state employees" Esser con-
tinued frankly.
Back To Land"
Nearly 10000 New York City dwell
ers have gone out into the country in
the vain search for o plot of land
on which they can raise their own
food, according to the state depart
ment of agriculture figures released
last week
Meanwhile the state legislative
committee investigating "the causes
of the decline in the dairy industry
has reported that in New York this
industry is the main type Of farm
ing, with 40 per cent of the state
land in diaries, and that sthe prices
farmers receive for milk is less than
half the cost of producing it" The
committee sees widespread ruin n
dairy farmers now under way and
growing worse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21

TO make all such payments"
1t is quite obvious from this quot
alton from the Transit Act that a
fare rise is most imminent. Because
the bankers and city officials have
made a none paying investment the
working class in particular are going
to be called on to foot the bill.
While the IR.T has not paid since
it was successfully MIXED by j. P.
Morgan and August Belmont many
years ago, the reason that the IR.T
has never paid large profits is that
the company was supposed to sup
port a capitalization which to put it
conservatively was overburdened at
the beginning of its existence. This
capitalization included substantial
profit to the bankers.
Juggling The Dividend
The BM.T. is a well paying con-
Germ. Despite this fact the bankers
for the company refused to allow the
company TO pay its common divi-
dend because the B.MT. wished an
extension on short term loan held
ny VIC DdllhGlS. ObdIlQold obdJlSUlCS
said this regarding the common divi-
dent of BM.T. while more than
earned, Common Dividend ordinarily
payable July Is was omitted in Or
der to conserve cash. go"
We can thus see the bankers con-
troll of the city through the making
of short term loans and thereby pro-
viding an argument for Tammany
Hall to make the adjustments they
demand. Through the same method
the bankers control the traction
companies and dictate there policies
in every respect. Then with the new
subway not paying and the afore-
mentioned clause regarding the abil-
ity to raise the fare we see the bank
erS in command again.
If the new subway obtains an in
crease in fare the other lines will
be legally entitled to it. Such will
probably be the argument put forth
at the proper time. The bankers can
again demand an increase in the fare
so that the city can balance its
budget and again the worker will be
the one to foot the bill. 1t is all
so logical from the bankers view
point.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
THE GRANT COUNTY
POORHOUSE

MARION, Ind.-The writer of this
article has passed his 82nd year, and
is now chained to the poorhouse in
Grant County. What is this poor
house? 1t is a place where helpless
men and women die, eaten with
maggots, where feeble men and wo-
men are fed on slop till the hour
of their death, where they are chok-
ed and beaten by brutal superin-
tendent and his wife, the matron.
1t is the governors duty as head
of the state board of charities to order
thorough and searching investiga-
ton of the Grant County infirmary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Three JObless Councils
Meet to ReOrganize
and Plan Future Work

NEW YORK.-A special meeting is
being called for today at 2 p. m. at
233 East 10th St., to lay the basis for
important organizational changes in
the Down Town territory of the IN
employed Council. All active workers
and registered supporters are urged
to attend. A joint meeting of the
Upper West Side and Lower West
Side Unemployed Councils is being
called for tomorrow at 8 pm. at the
Greek Workers Club. The question
of melting the two councils into one
will be discussed and similar to the
Downtown Council, new plans of
work will be drawn up. Delegates of
Block Committees, affiliated organ
izations and registered members are
urged to be present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
JAKE THE BUM"
MADE ZANGARA-
RED PLOT CHARGE
Only Italian There
2 e ports to Daily;
Zangara Sentenced


NEW YORK.-Completely explod-
ing the lie introduced by the three
union leaders of the building trades
Of Brooklyn that they identified the
picture Of Giuseppe Zangara, who at
tempted to shoot President-eIect
Roosevelt, as one of the pickets active
in the Schumer's Baths, Coney Is
land, strike last January, the Daily
Worker upon investigation learned
that the only italian participating in
the strike was John Tonga. j. Tonga
is five feet, ten inches tall and weighs
about 1856 pounds, whereas Zangara
is diminutiye man Of about five
feet, two inches and weighs about
10 pounds.
One Of the three union leaders"
who made the charge against the
pickets in the Hearst Tsmmany En-
quirer", is none other than Jake
the Bum Wolner, notorious gangster
and Brotherhood of Painters official
who tried to break up the picket line
before the baths when the painters
went out on strike. The Alteration
Painters Union called the bathhouse
out on strike and Wolner did not like
looSing his influence over the paint
ers who he has betrayed and mulcted
out of their dues.
MIAMI, Ala, Feb. 2O.-Guiseppe
zangara, a worker crazed by his suf-
ferings under capitalist rule, who
tried to kill President Roosevelt,
was today given the sentence of so
years in jail, getting 20 on each of
four counts of assault. Zangara has
pleaded guilty. No representative OF
the ruling class would ever be given
such sentence in a so-called U. S.
Court of Justice.
Despite the fact that the would-be
assassin was a registered republican,
efforts were made by the capitalist
press Of the country to convert his
act into Red plot" The New York
Enquirer, a yellow Hearst weekly,
went so far as to try to link zangara
with the militant Alteration Painters
Union.
The attempted assassination is also
being used as the occasion for the
revival of efforts in Congress, led by
the fascist Hamilton Fish, to rush
through the vicious Dies and Eslick
bills in the present session, the first
directed against foreign-born militant
workers and the second against all
workers holding revolutionary opin-
ions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
JObIess Council Saves
Home of Negro Worker

CINCINNATI, o. Joe King, an
unemployed Negro worker living at
Ala Wade ST., had his relief cut off
because there we're only two in the
family. Both King and his wife were
sick. The Assistant City Manager
said that they would have to sell
their furniture and go to the Old
Folks Home.
how the city was trying to break
up the home OF these two workers,
and presented this case to the city.
Nothing was done. Then the Un-
employed Council took this case to
the neighborhood relief agency, the
Shoemaker Center, jim-crow outfit.
The result was that the family the
next morning received relief.
Unemployed Council Member.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21

Cheir plans necessary.
Reason for Postponement.
A committee of a number of Ia
Dor and athletic organizations has
been formed, known as the American
Athletic Delegation to the Soviet
Union. Carl Brodsky. chairman OF
the committee, stated at his Office
at 799 Broadway the following yes
terday:
Press dispatches coming from
Moscow report the postponement Of
the World Spartakiade to August
1884. This information has been in
the hands Of the committee for the
last two weeks. Because of the num-
Der of inquiries that have come to
us about the World Spartakiade and
the growing interest in it, we feel
that a postponement would enable us
to carry on a series of larger trial
meets in all sections OF the country
than would have been possible if
the delegation left this year. The
poStponement is actually a response
to the requests from a number of
organizations.
We plan a series of local and dis
trict meets and, possibly, national
preparatory meet. We are also is
suing an invitation to a Soviet Soc
Ger football team to come here this
Spring"
Brodsky stated further that many
physical educators in the United
States have heard of the Spartakiade
and are interested in sports in the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Block Committees to
Pick Albany Delegate

NEW York; joint block COM
rilittee meeting tomorrow at pm.
at 3204 Wallace Ave. Bronx, will be
held by the striking tenants of Hol-
land and Wallace Avenues
They will take up the electing of
delegates to the Albany Conference.
Three block committees have already
endorsed it.
Refreshments will be served at the
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
LABOR UNION
MEETINGS

DREssMAKEas
All dressmakers working for the jcbber
Arthur Cohen called by Dresemakers Unity
Committee to meet tonight right after
work at i40 West 36 St.
BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKERS
Building Maintenance Workers Union reg
ular membership meeting. Feb. 20 st 9
pm. at Finnish Workers Hall, Is West i2sth
st. Unorganized invited also.
Independent Carpenters Union will
hold ameeting tomorrow at 8. pm. at
9l8 Broadway
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21

"rhe struggle against militarism
must not be postponed until the
moment when war breaks ont
Then II will be too late. The
struggle against war must be car.
ried on now, daily. hourly"
LENfN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Report New Cut
for IRT Employees

NEW YORK.--On top of a 10
per cent wage cut imposed upon
L.R.T. employees last January, Of
fee workers, engineers and shop
men were informed that an order
is about to be issued reducing the
number of working days to five
week, with corresponding
wase-cut. This order will effect
all these working on weekly ba-
SIS and viii mean a further cut
of about 10 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Bankers and Tammany DriVe
Straight Toward Fare Rise

the city budget has implica
Of Behind the
transit accompanied
oourse with banke dctatiOn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
WHAT'S on

IMPORTANT NOTE: In
UieW of the critical financial
situation in the Daily Worker,
organizations are urgently
asked to enclose money, at the
rate of one cent q UOrd per in
serti0n, NTH announcements.
Tuesday
BUSINESS MEETING Of Pierre Dsgeyter
Club, SIS W. 18th st. at 5l5 pm. sharp
Important that all comrades attend. Mat
tiers Of vital Importance TO club and Left
Wing Music movement to be discussed.
CLASS in Social Forces in American His
tory led by Felix Morrow tonight at pm.
American Youth Federation, 1872 Second Ave.
CONCORDANCE given by the Workers
Music School Of Cooperative Colony to-
night at PM sharp at Cooperative Au-
ditorium, 27o0 Bronx Park East. Admis-
sion is cents
PACKAGE PARTY for Bazaar given by
Alfred Levy Br. LID tonight at 574 Vermont
St, Brooklyn.
SECOND LECTURE tonight at chaffard's S,
232 Seventh Ave, auspices, League Of Pro-
fessional Groups. Main Speaker: Michael
Gold on the Novel, with John Dos Passos
and Robert Cantwell simplifying. Adnis-
sion so cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
AMERICAN ATHLETES TO TAKE PART
IN MOSCOW SPARTIKIADE IN 1884

a o athletes will take part
August 1888,
initiated
the athletic delegation The had planned to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21

Bnild workers correspondence
greup in your factory. shop or
neighborhood. Send regular letters
to the Daily Worker. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Thursday

REHEARSAL. Thursday. Feb. 80 az B:l6
PIN. sharp at Pierre Degeyter Club, IS West
18th st. Following instruments needed to
increase size Of orchestra: vioiins, cellos
violas. string BASES, woodwind and brass.
All musicians interested in building reyofu-
tionary orchestra Of high standard please
come with instruments and stands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
"sOuTHERN JUSTICE

SOUTHERN JUSTICE 49, Sen
tence of Negro worker to living
death for leading fight for bread
American Workers must save Hern-
don and other Atlanta defendants
from clutches of vicious chain gang.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-21
Wednesday

LECTURE by John L. Splvak. author Of
Georgia Niger wednesday night, at 9
pm at Brownsville Youth Center, los That
Ford Ave, Brooklyn. Subject: THE Chain
Gang"
DAILY WORKER CHORUS Downtown
Section rehearsal wednesday, 8 pm. sharp
at Manhattan Lyceum. GO e. Fourth st.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

many eggs. That was before the days
of N. r. A. or the hens might have had
a code. It was later dedied however,
that the professor had played any such
trick on the hens.
Distrust Reflected,
Mr. Morgenthau has clamped a
censorship on the Treasury Depart
ment, and no one can give out infor-
nation except Herbert E. CASTOR. Mr..
CASTOR has a career which qualities
him for the Treasury When fist I
heard Of him he was associated with
Townley of the now defunct Nom Parti-
san League. highly socialistic organiza-
ton in North Dakota. Later he was
managing editor Of the Minneapolis
Star, started with funds of the Nom
Partisan League. With Townley's
downfall the paper went into bank
ruptcy and was sold by the receiver.
As one moves along West the rumors
become uglier, and for that reason do
not bear repeating. Nearly all reflect
distrust. In Washington one important
official expressed himself as hopeless
about the great experimentation In the
American currency and pointed out its
dangers. He has not resigned, but is
Evening star., 1933-12-01

feel the dollar will go almost as far
now, but they are fearful of the future.
Popularity Waning.
Beyond a doubt Roosevelt is losing
his popularity. and for some reason,
more with women than with men. He
is not the idol he was. The N. r. A.
Is not understood and is usually regard
cd as failure. For example. Balti-
more taxi driver complained bitterly to
me because he worked as long hours
as ever. and because the drivers have
no code. However, he seemed pleased
to be scraping out a living.
There is no doubt the President Is
| running into great deal more re-
SlStanCe. There seems TO be a swing
back from the more radical parts of
his program. The recent Spanish
election would indicate that the same
attitude exists elsewhere in the world.
People seek encouraging signs, and in
this country they hope repeal and Rus
Sian recognition will help.
Going to Washington. j. P. Morgan
sat next to me in the diner, on his way
10 see the President. Al the White
House he was gently ide-tracked into
Emily Post conversation by the device
Evening star., 1933-12-01

on the fringe Of It. hanging on and
hoping. He is in complete disagree
ment with the President.
Apparently what business wants to
start it going again is some assurance
on the value of the dollar and some
explanation of the administration
policy. In the Eastern part of the
country there Is no revolutionary talk,
and there is general impression busi-
ness is better. The dollar buys almost
as much now, but its staying powers
are doubted. Up to a month ago peo-
pie seemed happier and relieved. All
are following economic developments
more closely than ever.
There is great resentment all over
the country against Albert Wiggin. and
that feeling Is translated into an an
tagonism against bankers in general,
and against Wall Street. Most of the
city dwellers were stung by stock sales
men in the palmy days. but they do not
beef about y az the farmers do. al.
though privately they hold it against
men like Wiggin. Poor Calvin Coolidge.
the great prosperity President, Is also
coming In for some of the blame.
Business men not in foreign trade
Evening star., 1933-12-01

all sorts of runors. some fantastic. seem
to reflect the attitude Of business men
toward the monetary policy Of the new
deal They are puzzled by the whole
process and a good, clear-cut statement
from some one in authority would do
great deal to clear the atmosphere.
Business is now trying to go ahead by
dead reckoning in fog.
There are encouraging signs If 1t were
not for the uncertainty about the dol
lar. VisiSts to Providence, r. l.; New
ark, N j.; Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington (and there's place Of sad
rumors), Altoona. Pa: Cincinnati and
Dayton. Ohio. within the last two weeks
found no apparent doubt that business
is better. and it is generally agreed
that the fundamental factors in the
economic situation are working toward
recovery. Some think they have been
retarded by Government remedies.
But the confused state of mind about
the gold policy, Or imitation, Or what
of confidence in the present Roosevelt
team seem to be holding things back
It is the same story everywhere I've
been SO far business was better, but
now it is slowing uD.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

OF having Mrs. Roosevelt to tea, a stop
sign to serious discussion. under
stand he arranged the appointment
through Myron Taylor of United States
Steel and hoped to discuss with Mr.
Roosevelt the weakness of Government
bonds. No opportunity presented itself
for me to talk with him in the diner.
although / might have had better luck
If had been midget.
The NJ r. A. seemed to have meant
more to Altoona than any other town
visited. According to the newspaper
publishers there it had resulted in get
ting the coal operators together on a
basis which should ultimately prove
profitable, although it has not been re-
flected In improved business yet. Al
toona depends on coal mines and rail-
road shops, and there is slight i'm
provement in each.
To get back to the foot ball meta
phor, the President still has a big
cheering section in this country If he
would let them know what plays he is
trying to use and put in his first team
He can get plenty of "echoes" in the
CatSkill Mountains.
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