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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03

worker. OF all the social work courses
1 took, never came across a simple
statement by Karl Marx. This state
ment covers the whole field of social
work under capitalism:
Capitalism will do everything for
the worker but get off his neck"
Hence charity, in the form of hos
pitals, foundations, recreation centerS,
settlement houses. Now with the
New Deal Home Relief, Reforesta-
ton, Fascism.
I wish to relate here some OF my
experiences in Home Relief: One
of the first cases visited as an in
vestigator was a man living alone.
Neither then nor now were we feed
ing men living alone. The policies
of Home Relief change and vacillate
with the day like the policies Of all
the muddled politicians who control
administration. Nevertheless, I was
advised by the supervisor to contact
the mantle idea being that some
day we might feed him. The whole
idea of Home Relief is to drug the
people with false promises, keep them
quiet, even if investigators have to
be run ragged-after all, investigators
are only workers. I readily under
stood her instructions. agreed.
I found the man in despair, sur
roundings bare-no food in the house.
With the usual instructions from
headquarters, I said, you will have
to show proof of two years residence
in New York State and City if you
wish me to help you." He was hun
CRY and irritated by my crispness.
Don't be in a hurry" he said, 1--WE
been starving for long time, lady"
Child Driven Crazy
I felt little ashamed, took a seat
and listened patiently. I, too, had
long been unemployed. He had had
a daughter-an only child, his wife
was dead. He had lavished all his
affection upon her, but since he was
an unskilled needle worker, had been
unable to provide for her adequately.
She had to go to work at an early
age in a paper box factory, little
dump that drove her insane, and her
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mania took this form:
She would travel from one room
to another and ferret out every scrap
of paper in the place, tear it to
shreds, and throw it down the tene-
ment air shaft. In this way she
destroyed every paper the man had
Her father despaired. He could dc
nothing for her. She was taken to
an institution for the insane. Nov
you see, have no papers to prove
my residence in New York State or
City" he said.
returned 10 my supervisor, re-
lated this tale. "Good," she said,
NOW we have a good excuse. We
do not need to feed him. Now put
on his history sheet: CEASE NOT
AC c e PIED. MAN HAS NO
PROOF OF RESIDENCE" Signed
by the supervisor, O'ked in red
ink by the investigator. A COM
pIete record for the files for state
and city. We must preserve these
records!
ibid You Bring Food?"
1 came to Tlre Schneider's house.
She is seven years old. Her eyes
are much older. They have that
questioning look: did you bring
me some food?" / am tired and ir-
ritable. I have been climbing stairs
all day-tenement stairs, hard and
cold. I speak in q loud voice, Where
IL x,o,.y. fofharoV r r,,,,et con tba r,oor
of the household-he may be work.
ing-a source of income Is a most
serious offense, TO the Home Relief
Bureau. To the unemployed, a
source of income Is fantasy, but Home
Relief really believes we have lots of
money. Tillie motions with finger
to her lips that must be quiet. She
says softly: Pop is sleeping in the
other room. He must not know I
am hungry-it makes him nervous,
and yesterday when I asked for food
he cried Just like me-"
Mr.. and Mrs. Donatelli greet me
at the door. Mrs. Donatelli is too
eager to tell me her troubles my
husband he no work, what are you
going to do?" She goes on with the
now familiar, oft-repeated tale of
woe-but Tony, age 4, brings new
realization to me: Nom, can I have
a piece of tomato? Nom, I want a
piece of tomato" In my fatigue, I
see quick visions Of vegetables
dumped in rivers for the profits of
the few. In California tournament
was staged where men and women
had a lot of fun throwing eggs at
each other. A good time was had
by all
Electrification of our country-the
cheapest commodity for which we
pay the highest rates. Too poor to
pay, electricity at Ostermans is shut
off. There are four children. The
baby, nine months old, creeping in
the darkness, severely burns his side
against the pot-bellied kitchen stove
for J. P. Morgan and for Mr.. Mellon.
Eternal light for Mr.. Edison.
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Continued from Page y
deny the evidence Of these photo
static copies?

static copies?
THE second charge of the Daily
i Worker is that Solomon used the
injunction against striking workers.
It was in December, 1929, in the
strike Of the Food Workers Industrial
Union against the open shop Miller
Food Market, 866 Union Ave, Bronx,
that Solomon used the injunction
against the workers. 1t was in this
strike that Steve Katovis was muir
dered on the picket line by one Of
Whalens detectives, who later re-
ceived an honorary decoration from
Whalen for his work.
The official records Of the city
show (they are reproduced in ad-
joining columns) that Solomon's firm
and associates took out an injunction
against the striking food workers.
On Jan. Is, 1890, Solomon plead
ed before the Bronx County Bu-
preme Court for an injunction
against the strikers and the Food
Workers Industrial Union.
AT the same time, m onpIoye u
oOtOAlOAl, o0hH 0CA 1tOSAs WIN - nOW
mAnafier Of Solomon's law firm,
sought an Injunction for the boss
In the same strike.
In this action, the A. =. a L.
union leaders changed the contract
that the employer signed with the
workers to provide for . minimum
Of 10 hours = wcek, instead Of 81.
Aud h. va1wsvuwv~-
duced from 81 to $35.
In his fight against the striking
food workers, Solomon also had the
employer, Miller, swear to an affi-
davit pleading for an injunction on
the grounds that "there was Q sub
stantial decrease in my business"
That is how Solomon and his asso-
ciates tried to break the strike OF the
food workers in 1929-30.
Transformation is part Of the Of
ficial court records.
The Daily Worker Is prepared 10
show all workers the originals of
these documents.
The Communist Party believes that
the workers of New York are entitled
to an explanation from Solomon.
They want to know how Solomon can
deny what Is already official record.
They want to know how Solomon
can really fight against injunctions
when he himself makes use Of them
to break strikes.
The Daily Worker invites com.
parison between Solomon's record
on injunctions and that Of the
Communist candidate, Robert
Minor.
Every worker knows how Minor
was beaten by Tammany thugs
while leading protest demonstra-
lion at City Hall against the ,nur-
der Ct Steve Katovis while a. the
same moment Solomon was In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
AntOnOff Calls for
Protest for BOrich
.Deported Worker Says
All Must Support LID

NEW YORK .-Todor Antonoff who
has been ordered deported on Nov.
8, when the Department of Labor re-
fused to reopen the case despite the
protests Of thousands Of workers
throughout the country, yesterday is
sued an appeal to the workers, and
particularly to all members of the
trade unions, to support the Inter
national Labor Defense in its fight
to save Borich from deportation.
"Borich belongs to the miners"
Antonoff declared in an interview
with Daily Worker reporter.
Especially now when the miners are
in desperate struggle against the
N. r. A. and the bosses, fighting for
living conditions, must every effort
be made to prevent the deportation
OF this militant leader. 1t is the task
of every class-conscious worker, and
every intelligent person, particularly
the native born workers, to raise their
voices In protest against the strike
breaking activities of the Department
of Labor.
eff am being deported, 1t, is not
because the Department of Labor
has any evidence against me, but
because the workers and particularly
the trade union members did not
protest strongly enough. Therefore,
I again appeal to the American work
ing-class to do everything in its
power to save Borich, Bob Void,
Edith Berkman, Sam Paul and others
for the American revolutionary move
ment. No matter where go 1 shall
still carry on my activities for the
working class"
Antonoff declared that "the So
called liberal lady, Frances Perkins
has become a real ike-breaker and
is actively aiding the bosses in de-
porting militant foreign born workers
and leaders of the trade unions in
an attempt to smash the revolution
airy unions.
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Wife Ill, Worker to
Give Up Children in
Face of Eviction

NEW YORK.-With his wife in
the hospital, and his three little chill
dren without food and depending
upon his care, Comrade Conception,
a very active worker in the Unem-
ployed Council of Red Hook, was
served an eviction notice by the
marshal.
Unemployed for many months,
Comrade Conception, like many other
Spanish speaking workers, founr it
hard to obtain aid from the Home
Relief Bureau. His wife is expected
to remain in the hospital for a num-
Der of months
He is so badly off that he asked
for sympathetic family to volunteer
to take care of his children during
his wife's illness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
Leaders of Detroit
Tool Strike Break
Workers Ranks
Auto Union Calls for
Organized Retreat to
Build Union
By A. B. MAGIL

DETROIT. Smith and
Jay J. Griffen, leaders of the Me-
chanicS Educational Society, whose
reactionary policies have broken the
ranks Of 1900 striking tool and die
makers and have provoked many Of,
them to desperate acts of terrorism,
are now playing the role of open
stoolpigeons by publicly putting the
blame for these acts on the militant
rank and file workers.
Smith declared to officials of Cen
eral Motors that he had nothing TO
do with these acts, that the radi-
cals' had gotten control Of the strike
and they we're responsible.
At the same time Smith and his
clique are preparing to go once more
to Washington to take part in the
hearings on the code submitted by
the National Tool and Die Machine
Institute.
Monday night more than 5000
strikers carried through a peaceful
picketing demonstration at the
Fisher Body T 1T. This is the key
plant in the strike. 1t is the only
one where the strike Is still solid,
and, significantly enough, it is the
plant where the militant rank and
file opposition succeeded in gaining
control in the early days Of the
strike.
The militant Auto Workers Union.
whose influence among the strikers
has steadily grown, is calling for an
organized retreat that will make
possible the building up of organiza-
ton in preparation for new strike
struggles Of all auto workers.
The A. w. U. also urges the mem
bers of the M. E. S. to demand the
election Of rank and file delegates
to go Washington for the hearings
on the employers code.
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| Thousand. Inc enthusiastic response
to the Conference Call shows that
the impoverished farmers see in this
Conference rallying ground of rank
and-file delegates where the i'm
Mediate problems of the farming
9pulation will be discussed and
here plans will be drawn up to
ring real relief in place of the double
Deal administration.
From 40 States
At least forty states will have
delegates at this conference. This
is fourteen more states than were
represented at the First Farmers
Conference held in December, 1892,
indicating that the desire for and
organization of United Front Action
has spread throughout practically
the entire country.
From Iowa, which had no delegates
at the last conference, fifty delegates
are promised. Organizers are already
at work in Kansas, which was like
wise not represented at the last con-
ference.
Thirty delegates, Negro and
white, will soon be on their way
from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia,
and Louisiana, to bring the prob
lens and experiences of the busted
farmers and Negro sharecroppers
of the South to the conference and
to cement their solidarity with
farmers throughout the rest of the
country. OF these four states only
Alabama was represented at the
last conference.
Nebraska already has fifty dele
gates elected. Under the auspices of
the Nebraska Holiday Association,
work is under way to increase the
number to one hundred. Roberts
county, South Dakota, one of the
banner counties in the entire United
Farmers League organization, has
elected 10 delegates while Brown and
Perkins counties have elected six
delegates each. Eleven other South
Dakota counties, at least, will send
delegates Sheridan county, Montana,
has set its goal at rs delegates, over
twice the number sent to the last
conference, and is rapidly approach
ing its goal. Two trucks and one
car are already lined up to bring
delegates from the four northeastern
Montana counties.
The work Of organizing The con-
ference is going on step by step with
the organization Of local struggles by
the farmers in many parts Of the
country. In Moose Lake, MINI, one
hundred and fifty farmers forced the
return of livestock and machinery to
C. farmer who was to be sold out
and they did it without any sale.
The struggle was conducted under
the leadership of the United Farm
ers League, which had sent Reno
Tantialla, Minnesota U. F. l.. or
ganizer, into the territory to organize
q delegation to the Chicago con-
ference. The United Front Of busted
farmers which took part in this ac-
ton unanimously elected the farmer
who was to be sold out, and whom
they helped, to represent them at
Chicago.
In Mcpherson county, South Da-
kota farmers massed recently to pre-
vent the eviction of one of their
number by an insurance company
from the land on which he had been
living "a years. This is one Of the
counties from which \ delegation is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
800 Brooklyn Dockes Smash Gangster Attack on Meeting
Boss Pays $500 to Cops
For Anti-Strike Action

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. I'm
appreciation OF the strikebreaking
service of the local police, Peter A.
Blatz, superintendent of the Anal
gamated Leather Co. yesterday sent a
check Of $500 to the Director Of Pub
lie Safety.
For thirteen weeks the police har-
ried strikers who were demanding
higher wages. The police acknowl
edged the bride with thanks and
turned it over to their pension fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
Locals Reject Pact
Signed by Bosses
and Union Officials
Rank and File Group
Get Endorsement

NEW YORK.-Local S08 of
Che international Longshore-
mems Association in Red
Hook, Brooklyn, went on rec
ord at the membership meeting
last Monday night, repudiating the
4 lew agreement of the leadership
md the bosses.
u The local called upon the other
l. L. A. locals to support them and
10 arrange for central mass meet
ing of Brooklyn longshoremen to
discuss steps for forcing the bosses
to meet the requirements of the
the local in accord with the pro-
gram put forward by the National
Rank and File Action Committee
of the l. L. A.
Three more locals have voted to
support the stand of Local sos.
NEW YORK. - Eight hundred
Red Hook longshoremen repulsed
an attack on a mass meeting
Wednesday night, called by the
Rank and File Action Committee
to discuss the new agreement of
the bosses and the international
Longshoremen's Association, of
gangsters led by the delegates
Patsy and Carmardo. Patsy was
knocked down and the gangsters
driven off.
The police arrived at President
and Columbia Streets after the
gangsters had been driven of, and
attempted to arrest one of the
militant longshoremen. The work
ers stopped them and made the po-
lice march with them to the LILA.
hall and arrest the, gang, who were
later freed by the night court mag
istrate, who told the men they could
swear out warrants. The first de-
taehment of police told the workers
that they were afraid to bring out
the gangsters and barricaded them
selves inside the hall until rein
forcements arrived. Efforts of the
gang leaders to dispense the crowd
by telling them that the LILA. had
"won you 10c an hour increase"
were met by the booing of the men.
Il The meeting had been called to
/. discuss the new agreement which
The LILA. leaders were forced to
make this week by the pressure of
the membership, led by the rank
and file groups in the various To-
Gals. The agreement doesn't provide
for improved working conditions and
the rank and file groups called the
meeting to outline steps to force
these into the local agreements.
Continue Meeting
, After the attack had been re
pulsed the men marched back and
continued the meeting. They en-
Enthusiastically voted to send rank
and file delegation to the code hear
ings in Washington on Nov. 9 and
voted to call central mass meeting
of all Brooklyn longshoremen to
elect the delegation and to discuss
the demands. A delegation was
I elected to go to the Board of Edu-
1acation and demand that the board
give them use of a school auditor
ium for the meeting. A previous
meeting in a school was cancelled
at the last minute by school Off
Gals, acting on the orders of Joseph
P. RYAN, president of the LILA. The
Rank and File Action Committee
were endorsed as the leaders of the
men in the fight against the leader
ship and the bosses. A motion to
fight for the 1929 agreement, in
Guiding working conditions and over
time pay of that period, was passed.
All the proposals were voted I'M
animously. A collection of $500
was taken. -
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ginning Sunday.
That evening H.
NJ. Wicks will lee
ture in the same
hall on THE His
torical Role OF
Marxism."
On Monday eve
ming there is to
be a lecture on
another subject
in the same hall,
a n d Tue S d a y
night is reserved
as Party Night, Z"
with the unit
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CITY AFFAIRS
BEING HELD FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE
Frjdau, NOU. B.:

entertainment and Dance given BY
the Harlem Needle Trades workers
Club at the Finnish Han, Is W. 120th
ST. Adm. 500. Tickets ~ Workers
school or workers Bookshop, 30 e.
18th ST. ~
Michael Gold Will lecture on ~TAe
Trend in Modern American Ltera-
ture" at the Brownsville Youth Gem
ter. 1o6 Thatford Ave-, Brooklyn, at
$50 pm.
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Just what strings
10 pull to make
Tammany notice
me as a potential
vote. That made
me another white
collar York e r
saved from de-
spair, and I was
glad to have the
job-$20 a week.
I had spent two
thousand dollars
in capitalist in
situations to equip
myself as q social
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Chicago, I'LL.
NOV. 4th :

NOV. 4th:
Arabian Night" colorful evening
OF entertainment and music at 1910
Lastlake Terrace, given by unit 4oi.
Adm. 15c.
City Central Committee Of the wo-
mems Councils will hold Concert
at NJ. Winchevsky Club, 4oo4 ".
Roosevelt Road. Adm. i5c.
Musical Entertainment, Ukrainian
Mandolin Orchestra, John Reed Club
Chalk Talk at s345 N Clark st. Aus
pices Lakeview Daily Worker Comm.
NOV. 9Th:
Film showing OF NJ. dorki's famous
noval Mother" will be shown at
33l7 W. Roosevelt Rd., at pm.
and pm. Auspices Of West Side
Womens' Councils.
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Lincoln, Neb.

NOV. 7th:
18th Anniversary Of the Russian
Revolution at Hotel Nebraska. Pro-
minent speakers. Special musical
program. Starts at pm.
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meetings called for 2 o'clock to
take up the most pressing questions
and then the entire membership of
the units will go to the lecture on
THE Basic Principles OF Marxism-
Leninism."
First Showing In U. S.
The array of documents, photo
graphs and other material that
makes up the exhibition was gathered
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plalns1ff, ~ ooIDsas SOLOMON
sxzpla1nias sf the dsfsndants a11sssss
yns3s nat the plaintiff Hsta

The election approaches. The
workers must know the truth about
Solomon.
The Daily Worker will be happy
TO discuss the whole matter with
any Socialist worker who wants TO
eet the fae
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0 y T O F T O w N
AFFAIRS
FOR THE
Dailus Worker
,cantrol orsl5 sxsrss Pat, usA i,
Boston

NOV. 3rd:
what Sow In Soviet Russia" will
be the lecture by DR.. s. Pavlo at
Curry Hall, IL Huntington Ave. near
CoPley Square, under the auspices Of
the American Workers Chorus. Ad-
mission zoe.
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Ex>1nvestigator Reveals
Cruelties of Home Relief
Tammany Agencies Dope Jobless Workers
With Empty Promises
Tan1nnany

following the series Of articles Elizabeth Poam
City.
brutality
toward the simultaneously the Daily
Worker ungr Fighter official Of the New York
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Racine, Wis.

NOV. 9Th:
Gala Affair at Fosters Hall, at wis
consin st. Starts at 7.3o pm. Good
time assured
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Farmers from 20 States Get
Ready Tor Nou. IS Conference
60O-750 Delegates Prepare Fighting Program
for Chicago Gathering
BY ERIK BERT

the National
total
Conference opens Chicago on Nov.
in from opening conference
bring of to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
Marx~Lenin Exhibit Opens in
Boston With Lecture BY Wicks

BOSTON, Oct. 31.--An exhibit of
Marx-Lenin writings and works is to
be held for three days at the John
Reed Club Hall, 825 Boylston St. be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03

BY ELIZABETH PoTAMKIN
I WAS one of the unemployed. With
the creation Of Emergency Home
Relief and outdoor welfare, was
given a Job, but not until discovered
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-03
WEAyERs THREATEN STRIKE

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. 2-Pater-
son ribbon weavers have announced
that unless they receive a 10 per
cent wage increase within a week
they would consider strike action.
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STUDENTS AGAINST WAR

NEW YORK.-Two hundred Uni
vsrsity students adopted resolution
that they would not cooperate with
the United States War Department
In the event of war, at a meeting
Wednesday night.
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Los Angeles
NOV. 9Th:

Extraordinary Concert, Music. En-
tertainment and Drama 10 be held
at ala Iona Drive at 8 pm.
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from many parts Of the world and
has been shown in number of Eu-
ropean countries including the U. S.
S. R. 1t was brought to the United
States and mounted so that it can
be exhibited and easily transported.
ADVERTISEMENTS
CHICAGO
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philadelphia
NOV. Bird

ANO OI U n
Halloween Party and Dance given by
Italian Labor Sports Club and the
Womsn's League at 1908 Tasker st.
Good music and prizes for best cos
tune. Adm. Csc
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Detroit

A well known Soviet film win be
shown at the following places on the
dates listed below for the benefft OF
the Daily Worker:
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California

The great Soviet film 1905" adapt
ed from NJ. Gorkis famous novel
Mother will be shown In the fol-
lowing cities on the dates listed be-
low for the benefit OF the Daily
Worker. Comrade Ed. Royce Is
touring with this film.
Nov. 6--Santa Monica.
Nov. 7.-San Diego.
Nov. 8.-Boyie Heights (Belve-
dere)
Nov. 9-Riverside.
Nov. 11--San Pedro.
Nov. 12-Santa Barbara.
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TAX APPEALS DENIED

UNION CITY, Nov. 2. - Because
they came q day late, the State
Board of Tax appeals turned down
the applications of 1853 appellants
yesterday.
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court demanding the injunction be
granted.
Every worker knows how Minor
was arrested for fighting on the
picket line against the recent in
junction against the furniture
workerx