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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Experienced Worker at
Swifts Unable to Keep
Up the Terrific Pace
(Rv q Food Worter Correspondentl

(By a Food Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, ILL., was employed
by Swift 81 Co. five years. was
laid off last January ard have not
worked since. The other day 7 went
down to the company, hoping that L
would get a job. This is what hap
pened. The first thing the employ
ment agent asked was whether I am
getting relief. I said yes. Then he
asked what place I was getting 1t. I
told him. Then he wanted to know
how long, and, when I told him, his
remark was that it was too long. ~
Well. I was signed out to the Job
AS soon as I got on the Job the
white coat man shouted: step on
it," and kept that up. was work
ing with all my vim, but 1t did not
suit him. At the end Of the day
was laid off, The Job was to load
trucks, lifting 50o-pound barrels, and
only two men to lift these heavy
things
At 5 pm. the foreman told me to
90 to the office and get the couple
of dollars. I was too tired to go to
the office-I went home. I think
that I shall go back to the place to
tell the workers how I was treated.
And the rest are not being treated
any better. At the end Of the day
the superintendent came down and
asked the foreman how many trucks
were loaded that day. The little
slave-driver told him. A broad smile
came over the face of the guy. He
slapped the foreman approvingly on
the back.
want to tell the workers thers
to join the Packinghouse Workers
Union and fight against such slave
driving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
IT'S FORCED LABOR IN BELGIUM,
BUT IT'S A JOB HERE
BY a Vet Correspondent

NEW YORK CITY--Since the
men from the Home Relief Bureau
were put 10 work in the parks, etc,
for 10 days a month, always was
and am under the impression that
it is forced labor.
My friends call it a Job" I said
that it isn't Job because you don't
get living wage.
In the New York Times Of June 2,
1898, page IA, I read headline
Forces Jobless to Work"
Belgian Government will enroll all
who seek relief. Brussels, June l."
Is the ten days a month job or
forced labor?
Ex-Servicc Man.
Editors Note: These workers are
not working for wages. They are on
the relief list, and would be cut off
If they insisted on getting regular
wages for their work. This is fore
ing them to work, and therefore all
relief work is forced labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Strikers
R eject DePriest
Terms; Stand Firm
Refornists Urge Arbitration; Strikers Remain
by Union; Ovation for Ford of T.U.U.L,;
Police Terror Continues

CHICAGO Ill., 2-Request trial by Professor Robert
Chicago Thomas McKnna the
of disorder conduct
granted today arrested when they protested
against police against strikers pkeng the SOpkn
shop on So. Michigan
27Oar De Priest Negro Congressman min
with SCpkin actively at
work to break Negro fighting
Sopkn Shop plants
peeIy the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
WORSE THAN SLAVERY"
By a Worker Correspondent

DENVER, Col. - The situation in
Denver is deplorable Men, women
and children are starving to death.
Every day there is lots of work here,
but no pay. Men are forced to work
for groceries, it is worse than slavery
here. People evicted every day.
Things will get better when the work
ers take things in their own hands
and run thing to suit thepas~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
50 DAYS FOR L. A. WORKER

LOS ANGELES, john E. Hester,
militant worker of Lowndale who
was brutally beaten and arrested
when a delegation of workers were
attacked at the Los Angeles Welfare
Bureau by the red squad was
found guilty by jury in Judge
Crum's court on two counts of
Stealing electricity" with intent to
defraud the public utility companies.
He was sentenced to serve SO days
in jail for contempt of court" when
he insisted that the real evidence
involved in this case be put on the
record.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
SOCIALIST LIBRARY CUTS
WORKERS

MILWAUKEE,. Wis.-The Milwap
kee Public Library is giving me a
months vacation without pay and
since haven't been paid for two and
a half months. I'm sort of in a qusn-
Diary. We've had an 18 per cent cut
here, with the Socialists proposing,
a Is per cent cut and o so-hour
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

the independent and open shops
The workers are demanding a re-
newal of the agreement without re-
adjustment, without reorganization
q 4o-hour and 5-day week.
All pocketbook workers are called
to picket duty today at 7;30 am
at their respective shops. A meeting
of the pocketbook workers employed
in the open shops is called for Wed
nesday at 6 pm. at the Rand School
by the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
[. A. HAT STRIKE
ENDS in VICTORY
w in Shorter w e e k
Without Pay Cut

LOS ANGELES, June 26.-A three
day strike of the millinery workers
Of the Lube Hat Works, under the
leadership of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, ended in
4 complete victory for the workers.
ALI demands were won by the work
srs. The demands we're: restoration
of the 44-hour week without any re-
auction in pay; abolition of all dis
elimination and abuses against work
srs in the shop; equal division of
work during dull seasons and the
recognition Of a shop committee and
The Millinery branch Of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
Almost all the workers on strike
Joined the union and formed strong
shop committee Workers in other
shops are joining the union, inspired
oy the results Of the Lube strike,
The newly-formed Millinery branch
Of the Needle Trades Workers In
iustrial Union is launching an in
ensive drive to bring all the workers
in the millinery industry into the
militant union.
Strike of Nearly 100 Millinery
Workers
LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 26.-
Millinery workers on strike here
against Goldman Brothers and led
BY the Needle Trades Workers In
iustrial Union have signed up with
the union Although the police are
tntimidating the strikers on the
picket line, the line remains un-
broken. The workers are demanding
equal division of work, abolition of
piece-work, speed-up and lay-offs,
and that their union be recognized.
Nearly 100 workers are involved in
the strike.
The bosses have thus far refused
to meet strikers committee, al
though he has suggested hand
picked committee with which he will
negotiate. But the workers pro-
tested against this trick of trying to
split the workers ranks, and refused.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
YOUNG ROCKEFELLER GETS
JOR

BAYONNE, N. -J-Winthrop Rock
efeller, son of John D. Rockefeller
Jr, has job in his fathers business
the Standard Oil Company. He
will start at the bottom with job
in the personnel department better
known as the stool pigeon depart
nr,nt by the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

is to be confined only to Association
shops.
Officials Postpone General Strike
A. F. of L. officials in control of
the strike refused yesterday to call
a general strike, declaring that it
should be postponed for later date.
The official clique is bent on repeat
ing the treachery of 1881, and has
assumed full control of the strike
and settlement committee, keeping,
out the rank and file.
The Rand School meeting was the
occasion Of demagogic speech by
the officials, in which the Recovery
Act was brought in TO stifle any
militant struggle.
Rank, File Calls for Real Strike.
The rank and fife committee calls
upon the pocketbook workers to turn
the strike into genuine, militant
struggle and to force the officials to
declare general strike to include
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

And how does the bourgeoisie get
over these crises? On the one hand
by. enforced destruction Of mass
of productive forces; on the other,
by the conquest of new markets,
and by the more thorough exploita-
ton of the old ones. That is to say,
by paving the way for more extern
sive and more destructive crises,
and by diminishing the means
whereby crises are prevented.-Com-
munist Manifesto.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
PROTEST JIM-CROWISM IN
BUt'EALU

BUFFALO, N. VA campaign
against the vicious jin-crow and
discriminatory practices Of relief
authorities was begun at a combined
meeting of the international Labor
Defense and the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
POCKETBOOK WORKERS STRIKE
AGAINST ASSOCIATION SHOPS
A. F. of L. Leaders, However Refuse to Spread
Strike to Rest of Industry

YORKA strike against
bosses association yesterday meeting pocketbook
the
The Strike which A. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
r tank and File
Coal Miners Meet
to Plan Struggle
Formulate Program; Wire Lewis Demanding
Right of Workers to Draw Up Code
Under Recovery Slavery Act

SHENANDOAH delegates 16
unions the United Mine the Anthracite fields present
held formulated action
stopping
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
1000 DEMONSTRATE AGAINST
DUBINSKY'S PIECE WORK PLOT
ClOakmakers Demand /. L. G. w. u. Officials
Call Open Meeting on Question

NEW YORKA protest demonstration clOakmak against
David Dubinsk
Workers Union help the
participated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

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Evening star., 1933-10-15
No Highgvays Can Enter Feudal Kennedy
County,. Last Stronghold Of the Cattle
Barons, So There Is a 100-MiAe Jog on
the Main Route TO the Rio G,unde
Valky

Richard King. founder OF the 200 000-acre
King ranch, the biggest ranch in the United
States.
Parr is the good friend of the Klebergs, de-
scendants and heirs Of Richard King. Part OF
the King estate is in Kennedy County. One OF
the Klebergs Richard Kleberg, is the Represent
ative from Corpus Christi. His brother. Robert
Kleberg. is the administrator Of the King estate.
According to legend. Richard King, the
founder Of the estate who made his fortune
running cotton past the Federal blockade at the
mouth Of the Rio Grandc during the Civil War,
and the other ancestors of the present owners
of Kennedy County. swore to preserve the county
like the Garden of Eden and to allow no high
way to pass through It.
1885 square miles OF mesquite pastures and
vineyards Of wild grapes, penetrated only by
IL miles Of poor dirt road leading to the castle
Of John Kennedy. 1t is one Of the two Texas
counties with no State highways.
While the other 253 Texas counties clamor
for State highways Kennedy County. by ofhcial
action Of the County Commissioners Court. has
told the State Highway Department and the
Legislature that it does not want one
Il can't understand why they insist on giving
us q State highway when we don't want any"
said j. S. Thornham, county judge and secre-
tary of the Kennedy Pasture Co. Give this road
to some of these other counties which are
begging for roads.
Highways bring undesirable people and il
we had one it would cost us thousands Of dol
lars In police protection.
"Kenedy County owes no debts. It paid cash
for its court house. It has no unemployed. We
have asked for no unemployment relief. We
have had only two criminal cases in % years.
one for horse theft and one for fence-cutting.
"How many counties with State highways
can claim q record like that? Not one in
Texas"
KENEDY COUNTY at present has . popu-
n lation Of 701, one person to every two square
miles. All these are employed on the ranches.
Evening star., 1933-10-15

The cattle roaming the county's pastures are
worth more than its land. according to county
records. The land is valued at 81 1886 $50 and
the cattle at $3.251 ,202. The county tax rate
is 36 cents about one-fifth of that of surround
ing counties
Brush-covered plains sweep from the western
boundary of the county 80 miles down to the
Laguna Madre, a long narrow bay between the
mainland and Padre Island. In the middle OF
the county is a desert Of shifting sand. When
the railroad running through the county first
was built the trains were often delayed for
hours by sand covering the trucks. All aboard
would pile out and help clear the way. Now
the sand has been covered by a plantation Of
brush along the railway.
The county is . paradise for sportsmen. The
gobble of the wild turkey can be heard all
through the brush and great herds Of wild deer
run at large over the county. The LagnA
Madre is full Of fish.
Because Of the great length Of Padre Island,
which for 120 miles along the coast serves as
a bre.kwater the waters Of the bay con-
stantly being sweetened by streams emptying
into it. This damages the saltwater fish and
a canal is being dug across Padre Island to
supply the fsh with salt water.
Everywhere in Texas. public roads carry
tourists through the pastures of the cattler,en
and the cows are accustomed to the toot Of the
autos In the Big Bend country bumper gates
which can be opened by the banging Of car
bumper against them and which close auto
matically, are set n the fences for the con-
venience Of travellers and also for the p9otec-
ton Of live stock.
DUT in walled Kennedy County the cattle
u ranges cover $50 900 acres Of land where
the sound Of the auto horn is never heard .
little world fenced In for the ranchmen only.
There are chains and padlocks on all gates and
the Mexican herders carry guns and are not
friendly to strangers
The fight Of the cattle barons against the
goat herders is legend. For years the cattle
Evening star., 1933-10-15

The traveller will not pass through it. for
through it there are no roads. but he will notice
Kennedy County Gas it is called on the map,
because he will have to travel 100 miles around
It in order to get so miles closer to the border.
Behind the strand barbed wire fences
which wall in the county, he will see the
scrubby mesquite, the Towering huisache and
the stunted post oak, with hump backed
brahma and beefy africander cattle grazing over
1885 square miles Of prairie.
That fimsy wire fence for years has guarded
this last stand of the ranchero in Texas against
the autos of 165,00O residents Of the citrus
growing Rio Grande Valley who want to cut
across Kennedy County to get to the port OF
Corpus Christi.
Kenedy County is only so miles long from
north to south as the crow hies, but 1t IS 1oo
miles around it by road.
Travelling from one end to the other by the
present road is like going all the way around
the block to get from ones front door TO the
back.
THE thin wire fence around the county,
] which is called the Great Wall Of China by
certain citizens of Southwest Texas, recently
withstood an attack in the State legislature
Representatives tried to pass bill driving
highway down the middle Of the cattle range
to cut off so miles of the distance by road from
the rest OF the State to the fruit farms OF the
Rio Grande
The bill passed the House, but in the Senate
It was defeated by character as colorful as
any Of the cattle barons, Senator Archie Parr
Of Duval County, popularly known as the Duke
Of Duval and for 16 years the political dictator
Of Southwest Texas.
For four hours in the Senate, proponents OF
q road through Kenedy County shouted their
arguments, grew red in the face and pounded
their desks while Parr, calm and placid, said
not a word but came out on the long end of a
1S-to-7 vote against the road.
So today Kennedy County has fewer roads
than it had so years ago. for they have closed
the old stage coach route formerly run by
Evening star., 1933-10-15

the ranges with their goats, which eat the grass
so close that it is ruined for long time as
COW fodder. Many a bullet has been fired be-
tween the cattle and goat men, but that Is over
now and today the cattle barons are making
their last stand against the auto.
ternanonal airway. one sees fruit farms for
mile after mile Of the rich and populous river
valley, which produces more grapefruit than
any other locality in the United States.
About so miles north of the Rio Grande the
fruit farms end suddenly and long line of
brush and grass can be seen-the beginning Of
the Walled Kingdom Of Kennedy. Thereafter
wild Garden Of Eden, full Of fine cattle, herds Of
deer and all sorts Of game, can be seen for so
miles. and then the ranges end At the cotton
farms of Kleberg Coz 1ty.
Across the brush Of he northern end Of the
county can be seen the g'istening white towers
of the castle of John Klet rg. grandson Of the
man who gave the county is name. The Ken
edy Pasture Co.. of which he is president, owns
about third of the county. Kennedy himself
is one Of the four county commissioners. His
secretary is county judge.
Here, deep in the ranges surrounded only BY
fine cattle game and Mexican herd tenders,
the Kenedy family has gathered one Of the best
art collections In the United States. Famous
paintings hang on the walls of the ranch house.
The house contains one of the finest collec-
tions Of antique firearms in the world
. OBERT KLEBERG administrator Of the
~ King estate, has been asked why he re-
fuses to let the road be built.
Auto drivers throw out cigaret stubs and burn
of the grass, he answers. They climb the
fences and shoot the game. They would run
over some of the cattle which would have to
be driven across the highway to be loaded ON
railroad cars. Travellers might settle on the
few acres Of land open for sale and. getting q
majority of voting strength (there are $50
voters in the county now), might vote bonds.
for which the big ranches would have to pay.
So@there is no road. concrete road runs
to the southern boundary of the county-and Is
stopped by barbed wire fence. And the rest
Of Texas can't do single thing about it.
Evening star., 1933-10-15

TRAVELLER from the United States
to the Mexican border at the south
west corner Of Texas encounters
toward the end Of his journey the
Walled Kingdom Of Kenedy-the
last domain Of the cattle barons.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-12
MOTHERS DAY
WILL Be KEPT
Mothers of Nation Will Be
Honored in Observance
Sunday

Mothers Day, the second Sun
day in May, will be observed
Sunday by numerous individuals
and church organizations. Many
Of the churches are planning spe-
cial music with appropriate mes
sages by pastors.
Mothers of the country will be
honored especially on this day.
White carnations for mothers who
are dead and red for those who
are living will be worn by many
in honor of their mothers on that
day. Children who are out Of
town remember their mothers
with kilograms, candy, cards,
flowers or other favors.
The thought of a special Moth
er's day in Sunday schools and
churches originated with Miss
Anne Jarvis, of Philadelphia. The
idea came to Miss Jarvis when
she was asked by the superintend'
ent of the Sunday school in the
Virginia town in which her de-
ceased mother had been an out
standing woman, to arrange a
memorial service.
, The second Sunday in May was
designated as Mothers day on
May 8, 1914, by proclamation
of President Woodrow Wilson. 1T
read to this effect-"Whereas by
a joint resolution, May s, 1914,
designating the second Sunday in
May as Mothers day and for 9TH
er purposes the president is au-
thorized and requested to issue a
proclamation asking government
officials to display the United
States flag on all government
buildings and the people of the
United States to display the flag
at their homes or other suitable
places on the second Sunday in
May as a public expression of
our love and reverence for the
mothers of our country"
Schools. churches and business
organizations throughout the en-
tire country on the second Sun
dav in May pay respect to Chris
tan motherhood. 1t is said that
/ the wearing of the white carna-
ton was begun by President Nc
Kinley who always wore that
flower in honor of his mother.
Hendersonville merchants an
nually arrange special displays
with reminders of Mother
Day." Numerous orders for flow
ers are filled, many boxes OF
candy are sold, Mothers day
cards are mailed by the hundreds
kilograms are delivered in the
city, and other types of gifts are
presented to mothers on that day
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-12
MITCHELL SUIT
CALLED in N. Y.
CONTINUED from page one

Continued from page one)
of an income tax payment of
S675, 152.4O for 1929. Three days
later he was indicted and pleaded
not guilty.
Continued investigation by the
federal grand jury resulted in an
other indictment on April 10,
charging evasion of $156, 791.O9
income tax payment in 1880. He
pleaded not guilty to this charge,
too.
PICKED sHREWD ATTORNEY
1t is upon the shrewd, eloquent
little lawyer, Max D. Steuer, that
Mitchell has placed the burden of
saving him from a possible 10
year prison sentence and $40, 900
fine. The governments case is IN
the hands of United States Attor-
ney George 2. Medalie and his
assistant. Dewey, both sticklers
for straight, unadorned facts.
Medalie gained prominence as the
prosecutor of Mrs. Florence S.
Knapp, former New York secre-
tary of state, on graft charges.
Mitchelrs career, despite its
humble beginning, embraces the
short and simple annals of the
rich: Colonial Massachusetts, an
cestry, Amherst College, a clerk
ship with the Western Electric
company, a New York bank con-
nection, and then a trip on the
upbound escalator of success.
BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS
He was born at Chelsea, Mass,
Oct. 6, 1877, the son of George
E. Mitchell, a Boston merchant
and the former Annie Knowlton.
Immediately after his gradua-
ton in 1899 he went to work as
a SO a week clerk in the credit
department of the Western Elec-
trio at Chicago. In six years time
he rose to the office of assistant
general credit manager. 1t was
while aiding in the reorganiza-
ton of the company that he at
tracted the attention of Oakleigh
Thorne, president of the Trust
Company of America. Thorne in
duced him to join the bank as the
formers assistant.
ORGANIZED OWN FIRM
He proved in a short time he
was an able financier and after
five years service with the trust
company organized the invest
ment banking corporation of c. d.
Mitchell & Co. His independent
venture was so successful that in
1915 when the National City Bank
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-12
HAPPY DAYS.
CONTEST is
ANNOUNCED
Coleman Stove Free to
Writer of Best 49,
Word. Letter

Happy Days" are in store for
the winner of prize contest
which is now being conducted by
the Railroad Salvage company.
The prize offered is fine Cole
man Instant-Gas stove. 1t will be
given to the person in this COM
munity who writes the best letter
of not more than $50 words on
the subject "Why the New Cole
man Instant-Gas Stoves Bring
Happy Days to Housewives Every
where"
"The contest is open to every
body and it costs nothing to en-
ter" Dan Michalove, manager of
the store, said today. You do not
have to buy anything; just write
letter. The prize Coleman
stove lights instantly-just like
gas-and cooks like gas. 1t gen
crates and burns its own gas at
surprisingly low cost"
The contest lasts only until
May 27. The stove is on display
in the window at the Railroad
Salvage company and will be
demonstrated to anyone interest
ed. Descriptive literature and
rules of the contest also are avail
able.