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Evening star., 1933-12-29
Restoring the Pay Cut.

Speaker Rainey's reiteration of his
advocacy of restoring the full pay of
Federal employees comes at time when
many other influential members of
Congress In both houses have an
nounced their belief that this should
be done The inconsistency of con-
tinuing the pay cut has been en-
phasized by the recovery program.
There are indications that real fight
may be found on the issue Of pay
restoration-provided that pay restora-
ton becomes an issue.
At this time the question is compli-
Gated by two distinct elements.
First. the President is awaiting the
statistics on the cost of living upon
which he will base his proclamation
Of salaries for the six months begin
ming January l. If the cost of living
has risen sufficiently in the past six
months, there will be a restoration of
fraction Of the pay cut beginning
with the new year. Speculation on
this point is confused by reports of
a new group of figures to be considered
in estimating the statistical cost of
living.
Second, the Budget Bureau recently
returned estimates Of 1885 appropria-
tions to the departments, asking that
they be revised to show restoration
Of five per cent of the pay cut, instead
Of the full fifteen per cent. beginning
next July. Previously the estimates had
been made up on the basis of restoring
the full fifteen per cent cut. The ques-
tion now is whether this revision on
the basis Of five per cent restoration
Is q part OF administration policy, or
whether it has been ordered by Chair
man Buchanan of the House Appro-
priations Committee and Director Doug
las Of the Bureau Of the Budget as
an alternative proposition, which Con-
gress may study against the back
ground Of the budget needs as a whole.
The initial test Of sentiment will come
in reporting out the first appropriation
measre-the independent Offices ap-
preparation bill,
The general question Of restoring SAL
aries, however, has been placed upon q
broader base than statistical symbols
denoting cost of living" or upon GER
tain budgetary economies. AS Speaker
Rainey and other members of Congress
have said, the issue has come to be
whether the National Government, as
the country's leading employer, will
practice what 1t breaches. When the
Government directly links budget bal
ancing with the payment of full sal
aries in a manner indicating that both
are impossible at the same time, and
that payment of full salaries precludes
the balancing of the budget, it repudi-
ates in q sense the doctrine of the
NJ r. A. The budget should be based
on full salaries to begin with. 1t should
not be considered as q balanced budget
until 1t assumes the payment Of fair
wages. The cut should be in the sur
plus now contemplated In revenues over
ordinary running expenses Of the Gov
ernment and not in salaries.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
Real Cost of Columbus
Voyage of Discovery
20 the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Mr.. Frederic j. Haskin in The Star
of yesterday prints the question, What
was the cost Of Columbus first voyage,
and answers 1t, saying the cost was
1,167,542 maravedis, or about S4580."
This erroneous statement, widely read,
ought not to stand uncorrected.
It Is agreed that the unit Of finan-
cial measurement in Spain in 1892 was
the maravedi. Historians differ widely
on the value Of the maravedi expressed
in modern money. Taking the state
ment Of Historian John FiSke-and I
know Of no better authority-that
276k maravedis nominally equaled a
dollar Of United States coinage, but
that an ounce of silver then was worth
four ounces In the United States at
the end of the nineteenth century, we
can assume that the maravedi was
worth a little more than one cent in
United States money Of today, or 90
in a dollar. On this basis the follow
ing table includes the total Of con-
tributions from all sources to the ex-
penses Of the Columbus expedition:
Queen Isabella, from CASTLE
treasury Q,140,000 mara
VedlS) $lZ,SSu
queen lSaDella, iOan lIo1n
Santangel, the treasurer
1,000, 900 maravedis) .$10,870
Columbus, through his friends
100000 maravedis) ......... $5,435
Other sources, including the
contribution levied In the
town of Palos Q,340,000
maravedis) ................. $13,47s
. . Q . . . .
PHILIP r. DILLON.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Paraguay and Bolivia show prudence
In seeking peace. What war may be-
come in the near future Is pictured to
the imagination as something in which
no small nation could hope to survive
even for a little while
Evening star., 1933-12-29

In preparing to eradicate so-called
unfitness, Hitler should read the story
of the French revolution, as we'll as the
Bible, and be reminded that he who digs
pit shall fall into it.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
Salaries and Taxes.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Acting Secretary Morgenthau makes
the sensible suggestion that Federal
taxes be 50 graded as to permit the
salaried man to work for his family
as well as for the government.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Japan's new royal heir Is to be ad-
mired, but not envied. His responsible
ity when he grows up will need the
superhuman qualities with which the
traditions of his land credit him.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Madrid declares that Spain will not
intervene in Cuba's affairs. There may
be a touch of superstition conveying the
reminder that Spain was never very
lucky for Cuba
Evening star., 1933-12-29

1t depends on the manufacturers to
decide whether every family can afford
10 have IN airplane in every umbrella
etand.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Banker Charles Dawes not only said
Lets get together and get somewhere,
but he showed some of the r. F. c.
money where to get.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
Tape.

From the Boston Transcript.
The New York Chamber Of Com
merce is trying to abolish the custom
of throwing ticker tape at arriving
celebrities, but what else could they
plan to do with it?
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Was Horatio a Bachelor.
Prom the Atlanta Constitution.
HorstIo was the first to make q gal.
liant stand at bridge. but he didn't have
his wife for q partner.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
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Evening star., 1933-12-29
Costly Victory.

From the Kansas City Star.
The Toledo Blade says Uncle Sam
could not afford, at this time, another
war This la. Is certain-it couldn't
afford to win another one,
Evening star., 1933-12-29
$12,3so
s1o,87o
$5,435
PHILIP r. DILL
Leftover Business.

Leftover Business.
Fonn the Yakima Daily Republic.
No matter how much the Legislature
fixes the booze business, plenty will be
left for the next c-i5'ature to do about
the matte.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

Peace Requested.
I'm sure that war will vanish soon.
I'm hoping every night
Ny radio won't begin to Groom
And make me want to fight.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

BuSlneSS UuCt.
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East 42nd Ct
Chicaso Once. Lake Michigan Building.
European once: IA Regent ST.. London.
ENGLAND
Evening star., 1933-12-29
''Hsppiness." said Uncle Eben won't

90 far II you stop vishin' it to folks on
New Year day"
Evening star., 1933-12-29
Swift Game.

els politics game in which friend
ship ceases?"
1T used to be that way in my home
town." answered Senator Sorghum,
"but 1t has become a. game in which
there wasn't any friendship in the first
place"
Jud Tunkins says it's q mistake to
grab the center OF the stage just at a
moment when q restless audience Is
beginning to throw things.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
New Year Eve.

New Year Eve.
A New Year eve is now at hand.
The cabaret enlarges
On pleasures that are at command,
And also cover charges.
But joybells, sounding forth so proud,
Please heed this gentle warning
And do not cause, by ringing loud,
A headache in the morning.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
Blend.

What is a blend?" asked Grandpa
Mintlcker.
"A blend" answered the dispensary
keeper, "is q mixture Of old and fresh
liquor"
Then I suppose I can't complain.
What got was q mixture Of old bour-
bon and fresh water"
do not blame others for your mis-
fortunes" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, but admit that they are Of
your own making, 30 that you may
study them more carefully and perhaps
repair them"
Evening star., 1933-12-29

@. Since II became possible TO obtain
patents on plants how many varieties
of roses have been patented?-N. t
A. Up to the present time thirty-One
have been patented. The first plant
patent went to q rose.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

@. What are indirect taxes?-K. F.
A. Indirect taxes are excise and Gus
toms taxes where the tax is levied and
included in the price asked. but the pur-
chaser does not realize generally that
he is paying any tax nor the amount
Of the tax.
Evening star., 1933-12-29
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE W. MOVES. ). Editor
Evening star., 1933-12-29

O. When was the Academy Of Nat
ural Sciences of Philadelphia estab-
llshed?-E. M
A. It was founded in 1872
Evening star., 1933-12-29

@. When were the Cherokee Indian
Rolls closed?-J. H. B.
A. In 1907.
Evening star., 1933-12-29

anxiety over the danger Of CURRENCY
Gcba -cnnent and the uncertainty about
Evening star., 1933-12-29

An oxL. cX.x~. .ul ro~ada
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
Budenz, MuSteite Leader,
Sabotages Mass Picket
Lines in HobOken Strike

HOBOKEN, N. 1.-THE recent Fer
guson Furniture Co. strike here ex-
posed clearly the strike breaking tao
tics Of the Musteites, the left wing
OF the American Federation Of Labor.
I was present at one Of the meet
ings Of the Strike Committee, and
saw the subtle maneuvering Of the
Musteite, Louis Budenz, who was
trying to gain leadership Of the
strike after the sudden disappearance
Of certain Professor Peck, who left
when scabS threatened him.
The meeting was behind closed
doors. Budenz was demanding that
he be considered the logical leader
Of the strike because Of his experience
and ability in strategy. He further
demanded that every worker be in
structed 10 follow his leadership on
the picket line next day, and that all
those who disrupted" the line by
singing and shouting or by not OBJ
serving the legal requirements Of
marching six feet apart. be iinmedi-
ately thrown out OF the picket lines.
He concluded with the mention Of the
fact that the picket line had been a
success, although only about a score
Of workers participated out Of 800
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
BUFFALO STEEL
STRIKE VICTORY
Workers Win Monthly
Bonus Payment

BUFFALO, Feb. 6.--After a strike
lasting only two days, the 100 work
ers in the three plants Of the Lacka
wanna Steel Construction Co. have
gone back to work, having won the
payment of monthly bonus equal
to rs per cent Of their wages.
The Buffalo steel strike marked the
first revolt against the nationwide
wage-cut drive Of the steel compan-
les. The quick victory of the strikers
is expected to spur on the steel
workers in Pittsburgh, youngstown,
South Chicago and other cities who
are organizing for struggle.
Wages at the Lackawanna Steel had
been cut four times and skilled me-
chanics we're receiving only is to 10
cents an hour. After the last cut,
the company promised bonus, but
this bonus had not been paid for two
months. The strikers have now
forced the company to promise to
pay this bonus every month.
The Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union helped guide the
strikers and is now energetically
building organization inside the
plants The Unemployed Council
also played an important role, help
ing the strikers to organize their
picketing and keeping unemployed
workers from scabbing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
5000 Auto Strikers
Vote to Strike On
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,


approval Of the reception OF the at
tacks against the Communists and
the call for the complete united front
Of all auto workers under the leader
ship Of the Auto Workers Union.
Hundreds Join A. W. u.
Many hundreds of strikers in the
audience who had not yet joined the
Auto Workers Union raised their
hands to signify their desire to join
Immediately and signed up applica-
ton cards at the close of the meet
ing.
The meeting resolved to concen-
trate all energies on the strengthen
ing of the picket line at the Mack
Avenue Briggs plant and force the
Briggs corporation to negotiate a
more satisfactory settlement than has
been proposed.
Auto workers from all plants, in
GLIDING Fords. which Is still shut
down in a lockout of all workers, de-
clared that ~ end had come to the
period of v ,-cuttinF and that now
the auto -. i.ers must begin to force
wages back up again and So, the
ferocious speed-up in the shops.
Great enthusiasm was aroused by
the demand Of the Ford workers that
they be paid full wages for the per-
iod of the lockout.
Paris Auto Piant Disaster.
PARIS, Feb. 6.--Eight workers
were killed and about 100 injured,
when a boiler exploded today In
the power house Of the Renault
Automobile Works ut Billancourt,
on the outskirts of Paris. Some
Of those injured are In q critical
condition and may die, while II
Is believed that other victims wero
trapped in the ruins Of the power
house.
The boiler Is believed 70 hsvs
been defective, but the company
paid no attention TO It.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
FARMERS ACT AS
LEADERS TALK
In Colo, Bring Back
Seized Machinery

DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 6.--Con-
scious Of the growing militancy OF
the farmers, as shown in their action
in stopping foreclosure sales in vari-
GUS parts of the country, the Farm
ers' Holiday Association, through Its
president, Milo Reno, has announced
that national farm strike would
take place unless relief for the farm
ers was forthcoming immediately
upon the inauguration of Roosevelt
as President on March 4.
That the response TO the strike
would be immediate and militant Is
clear from the activities of the farm
ers during the past few months-ac-
ton which, among other things, haS
forced the big insurance companies
to announce a moratorium on farm
mortgage foreclosures. Just what
leadership Reno and his type would
provide, however. is seen from his
action during the Iowa farm strike
last summer, when he betrayed the
struggle at the moment when the
farmers we're on their way TO VIM
ming substantial victories over the
trusts. The farmers continued the
strike, however.
Continue Militant Action.
In Julesburg, Colo, 500 farmers
marched to town, military fashion
and confiscated 5000 forth of farm
machinery which had been repos-
sessed, and returned it to George A
Jones, Julesburg farmer. from
whose place 1t had been seized by
the sheriff.
Near Sioux City farmers continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
U.M.W.A. ORGANIZERS
MISUSLNG FUNDS

ARRAY, Ky.-There are at present
a bunch Of grafters running at large
through the Northern States with
papers signed by the United Mine
Workers OF America organizers here,
whose names are Robert Childers
and Ben williams Of Pineville, KY.
These men are out begging food, and
clothing for the blacklisted men and
for the miners families, who are in
Jail. There is only one little local OF
UNIV. of A. in this county and there
are only about IS members. 1t is 10
Gated at Wallesend, KY, Bell County
and all of these men are working.
All labor organizations ought to be on
the watch for these fellows who are
out doing this. Their names are
young v. G. Hampton and Charles
Nick declared member Of the IWW
They are keeping what is being given
them.
The only help we are getting is
working for the Bell County capital
lists on the roads These men have
out ever since some time in Septem-
Der begging.
To our own personal knowledge
Robert Childers is Judas to labor
Please have this letter printed in
the Daily Worker.
Signed by miners from Array,
Kentucky.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
SOCIALIST PARTY
LOCAL DISBANDS
Disguised with S. P.
Leaders Tl.eachery

LAWNDALE, Cal, Feb. 6.-At its
last regular meeting the South Bay
Socialist Party local, including the
towns Of Redondo, Manhattan, Her
mosa and Lawndale, voted unaniir
ously to disband because the mem
bers had become disguised with the
treachery Of the Socialist Party lead
ers.
A motion TO endorse the Comnun-
ist Party and to recommend similar
action to all class conscious members
of the Socialist Party failed to carry
by only one vote.
The action of the South Bay local
is an indication Of the growing re-
sentiment Of the Socialist Party rank
and file throughout the country al
the betrayal policies Of Hillquit, Tho
mas and the other socialist" mis-
leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
who we're on strike


asked him pointblank what he
was going TO do to increase the picket
line, and what did he mean by men
tioning successful picket lines which
had only score Of workers. He was
abashed and meekly stammered out
that he hopes to increase the line.
demanded concrete plans for ac-
comprising this by general mobil-
ization Of all strikers and sympathiz-
ers for the following morning. He
was very contemptuous and finally
said: But after all, comrades, what
can We do with a mass picket line
We should rather exert pressure on
the city authorities and bosses BY
mobiiizing the business heads and
professionals Of Hoboken in support
Of the strike"
Before I could reply, the Music
clique disrupted the meeting and de-
manded that Justify my presence.
The workers of Hoboken well know
these social-fascists and n1isleaders
Of the working class and 1t is very
important that the workers every
where take careful note and draw
the inevitable conclusions. &C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
HERNDON new
APPEAL FROM
DEATH CELL
MANY Ways to Aid |.
L. D. Drive, Says
Young Negro

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 6.---From the
Fulton County prison where he is
confined in the death cell, Angelo
Herndon, Negro organizer Of the I'M
employed, yesterday answered Judge
D. Thomas denial Of bail to him, with
a new appeal to the toiling masses to
rally to the campaign lead by the
International Labor Defense for his
release and for the smashing of the
mWderous chain gang system.
On Saturday, Judge Thomas arbi-
trarily rejected the demand of the
I. L. D. attorneys that bail be set for
Herndon, and threatened with a
death sentence with the statement
that the appeal against the chain
gang verdict OF 18 to 20 years might
result in the defendants being given
a capital sentence" Herndons APP
peal is directed to the entire working
class and especially to the white and
Negro toilers Of Georgia:
Fight Just Begun.
Fellow workers, appeal TO you to
support the International Labor De-
Tense in its fight to force the bosses
of Georgia to release me Immediately.
The bosses of Georgia and their
courts think by railroading me TO the
chain gang they will be able to crush
the struggles Of white and Negro
workers. But they are miStaken
1.-THE struggles OF white and Negro
workers against starvation and OPP
preston have just begun!
THE bosses think by their poison
OF race hatred and discrimination TO
split the ranks of the working class
and prevent us from organizing to-
gether for our common interests. Par
ticularly is this SO in Georgia and
throughout the South, where the
Negro toilers are subjected to the
most brutal and inhuman oppression
by the white ruling class. The bosses
hope to be able, without resistance
from the working class to carry on
their policy of brutal rule, of terror
ism, lynching, persecution and star
walton of both Negro and white work.
ers.
Defend All Glass War Prisoners.
Il appeal to you, white and Negro
toilers, to organize and carry for
ward our struggles against starvation,
for unemployment relief and social
insurance. I appeal to you to support
the militant class policy of the LID.
for the defense of Angelo Herndon
and other victims of capitalist JUS
tice, for the defense of all class war
prisoners, who are being daily framed
up as Tom Mooney was framed, as
the Scottsboro boys and the Atlanta
Six are being framed
There are many ways in which
you can help the LID, by joining
the LID. or actively supporting its
mass defense campaigns, by contrib
uting to its defense funds, by helping
to raise money, by raising the ques-
ton of the class war prisoners in your
organizations, in your shops, etc, by
exposing the frame-up nature of the
charges against the class-war prison
erS, by showing the masses that An
gelo Herndon has been sentenced to
the chain gang for the crime" of or
ganizing white and Negro workers
together for joint struggle for bread,
against starvation, against the ma
tional oppression of the Negro mas
ses, against imperialist war.
Comradely yours,
(Signed) Angelo Herndon.
DEATH Cell, Bird South"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07

ers unite their ranks on the follow
ing basis:
1. For immediate relief in every
neighborhcod, city and state. Let
us unitedly battle against evictions,
for lower rents, against child starva-
ton, etc. Into this unity must be
drawn all workers, regardless of ma
tionality, color, sex, age, political or
religious affiliation.
2. One united struggle on March 4
in demand for immediate federal re-
lief and Unemployment Insurance.
3. On March 5th, the Unemployed
Councils are calling national con-
ference In WASHINGTON, ID. c., to
which we invited elected representa-
tives OF the rank and file of all I'M
employed organizations. The purpose
Of this conference is to work out
Joint demands and to elect a deIega-
ton to present the demands to Roo
sevelt on March 9Th.
Workers: Make March 9TH the in
auguration of the broadcast campaign
to force Roosevelt and the United
states congress to grant federal re-
lief and Unemployment Insurance at
the expense Of the employers and
the government! Mass struggles,
mass emoustrations---this alone will
bring relief and insurance, will force
the government to act. All out on
March 4th.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE UNEM-
PLOYED COUNCILS,
I. Amter, National Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07

The wave of strikes sweeping the
United States constantly grows
more widespread and more threat
ening to the security of the big
bosses. The boss press keeps silent
about them, but the DAILY" leads
and supports these strikes, and
makes known to workers through
out the country the struggles in
which the workers are engaged.
The Daily Worker dealt with the
bitter battle of the Briggs workers
in Detroit fully two weeks before
the continued militancy of the
workers forced the boss press to
discover that a strike was in
progress. Workers, support your
own paper!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
LitvinOff Defines
"AggressOr SatiOn;"
Bosses Won't Accept

Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet delegate to
the disarmament conference of the
League of Nations at Geneva is re-
ported to have thrown bombshell
into the camp of the imperialist rob-
bers yesterday by presenting that
body with clear-out definition OF
an aggressor nation.
The Associated Press reports that
Litvinoff's definition so close par
alleled many features of Japan's rob-
Der policy in Manchuria that the
conference was startled"
Lityinoff's definition of an aggres-
sor nation is reported to be any
nation that invades another state
with or without declaration of war
bombards the territory of another
state or establishes q naval blockade
of another state.