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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-09

dry seasons.
7. Recreation. This has only
to be mentioned. The lakes and
forests would be Immediately
linked up with the highway sys.
TENS already provided as well as
with the Pennsylvania branch of
the Southern railway.
8. Proximity to the lower
South. The section from which
persons go to the mountains in
the summer is just across the
Blue Ridge-less than Is miles
from some of the lakes in ques-
ton.
In a broad way it may be said
that here is an opportunity to
give a relatively small-scale dem
onstration of the basic idea of
the Tennessee plan such as is not
afforded elsewhere in complete
detail in the whole watershed Of
the great river. Moreover. the
BOSNIAN dams could be linked
with the tributary streams of the
Savannah Immediately contiguous
in a way to constitute one of the
great high-head power PROPOSE
tions of Eastern America. As the
national government already has
heavy interests in this section in
the national forests, the steps
here outlined would not be as
much promotive Of sectional pri-
vate interests as some contcm-
plated elsewhere or others al
ready developed in other parts Of
the country. For the relief of un-
employment, the proximity Of this
section to The thicklv populated
Piedmont of South Carolina and
Georgia as well as of North Car
Dina, is an additional motive for
the carrying out Of the plan.
The above is a mere outline Of
the main reasons, given now with
an aim to supply details as soon
as possible. although engineers
and others interested can supply
L
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-09

Q 1888. Iieesrr 4 MYERS TOBACCO Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Relief Officials
Plot With Bosses
to Keep Pay Down
BY a Worker Correspondent

ELKHART, Ind. - Sears Roebuck
and Montgomery Ward g. Co, mail
order dealers, placed orders with the
Montieth Bros. factory, manufactur-
ers of autometive parts, but could
not pay for the finished articles. AS
result, the concern has been pay
ing the workers only a part of their
wages each week.
The rate of pay for skilled workers
is 25 cents an hour. Some OF these
workers received from 50 to So per
week of their total weekly wages,
leaving the balance stand. The COM
pany now owes many of these work
ers from 500 to $50, which they
stand good chance Of never getting
When these greatly underpaid en-
ployed workers in industry found that
the unemployed had won their forced
labor strike and had been promised
40 cents per hour, they threatened to
quit unless their rate was raised.
The manufacturers and relief officials
Immediately got their heads together
and framed some new rules. The
employed workers were warned that
If they quit their jobs the relief
agencies would not give them any
aid. The local situation is develop
ing into very interesting situation,
in which the local reds" will play
an important part.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
A. F. of L. Official
Helps Install a Scab
Plant in a Union Shop

BY a Needle Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK, N. YIN Brown &
Co., a white goods shop of liz Mad
ison Ave, the boss, with the help of
the International Union official, Mr.
Schneider, succeeded in installing a
scab plant, which operates directly
opposite the machines where the
union girls are working. The scab
plant girls put the same labor into
the garments as the union girls, and
are getting less. 1t is direct move
to have the union girls work for less.
This same Mr.. Schneider, always
willing to cooperate with the boss,
whenever he wants wage-cut, al
ways threatens the girls that the
boss will move out of town if the
girls don't let down. When at a shop
meeting, discussing the scab plant in
the shop, girl wanted to ask a
question, she no sooner opened her
mouth to speak, than he Immediately
stopped her. When she asked:
why did you stop me? Have
stopped her, When she asked: Have
you a guilty conscience?" she was i'm
mediately called to the Grievance
Board of the union. Mr.. Schneider
made false charges against her, en-
tirely forgetting to mention that he
helped to install a scab plant in the
union shop.
l hope that the girls will fight fur
Their wage cuts and the betrayals of
the corrupt union officials.
e,
Editors Note For organizational
work to force officials of the union
to carry out the union agreements,
the workers should get in touch
with the Left Wing Opposition
Group at lao w. seth St, New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
MATTERN BACK:
TELLS OF CRASH

NEW YORK, July 31.-James J..
Mattern, whose attempted solo flight
around the world ended in a crash in
Siberia on June IA, returned to Floyd
Bennett, field in a borrowed plane
yesterday. He had been gone 81
days.
He had to spend most of his time
for an hour after landing in an
argument with his financial hackers.
They got into a quarrel over the
microphone and camera rights. After
that was Strengthened up he granted
an interview, but was careful to try
to please American imperialism by
refraining from praise of the Soviet
airmen and the Soviet government
for making it possible for him to be
alive today.
He said he had to land because 1t
was so cold that the reserve supply
of oil would not flow forward and
he had to try to land in spite of the
fog. Poor visibility caused the crash
that ended his attempt far short of
the goal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Win Demands in Large
Bklyn. KnitgOods Shop

NEW YORK-Demands for an
increase of rs per cent in wages and
for shorter hours were won by the
workers of Jay Brothers, which is
one of the largest knitgood shops in
Brooklyn, recently organized by the
Needle Workers Industrial Union. A
committee elected by the workers of
this shop worked out the demands
which won for the workers a 40 hour
week, increase in wages from So to
S. week and from So to ST in some
crafts.
News of their victory was enthu-
siastically greeted by hundreds of
knitgoods workers at a mass meeting
in Flushing Mansion, Brooklyn, where
a report was given of the Knitgoods
Conference held on July "a. Workers
expressed their readiness for struggle
and Immediately elected committees
which remained after the meeting to
Work out plans for the further or
ganization of the knitgoods shops
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
JOHNSON OK'S 4S
HOUR WEEK FOR
100000 CLERKS
Talk of 40-Hour Week
Drops; All Exceptions
Are Allowed

WASHINGTON, July 31.-General
Johnson who in his first radio speech
said that a 40-hour week would be
the maximum, has now consented to
a 48-hour week for retail stores COW
ering 100000 workers.
The talk about 80 and 40 hour
weeks is rapidly disappearing in the
actual writing and inauguration of
codes The auto industry also has a
48 hour week.
Thereby much of the propaganda
about putting more workers into Jobs
without reducing pay is being swept
away by the provision of longer
hours at actually reduced pay for
those who receive above the $1,000
minimum of the blanket code.
Retailers who flocked to Washing
ton were easily able to get General
johnson to agree to the 48-hour week.
In fact, any type of revision is
permissible. According to official
statements made here at the indus
trial recovery administration office,
any boss who wants an exception,
either in longer hours or lower wages
merely has to make declaration to
that effect and file it with the local
chamber of commerce. If this orga-
nization of the bosses approves, the
employer can operate under the ex-
ceptions and be in full accord with
the act
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Pick Communist
Sec'y of UNIV.
Mine Committee

SHENANDOAH, Pa, July 81
Pete Onisick, section organizer of the
Communist Party, is the new sec
retary-treasurer OF the General Mine
Committee of the United Mine
Workers of America, sub-district 8,
District g. Onisick was elected unan-
imously at the last meeting of the
Mine Board last Friday night for
one year, Ant. zemitis, also a mem
Der OF the Communist Party, is one
OF the three trustees for the year.
The fight initiated and led by the
Unemployed Council to compel the
turning on of water in the homes of
the unemployed miners has been
won. The demonstration, organized
jointly by the Unemployed Council
and the Mine Board last Thursday,
brought out hundreds of workers.
They had a march through the
streets of Shenandoah in spite of
the refusal of authorities to issue a
permit. Governor Pinehot had been
advertised to appear, but failed to do
SO. State troopers brought in by the
mayor to overawe the workers
thought it best not to interfere.
The demonstration and the re-
sultant victory of getting water
turned on again has produced even
closer cooperation between the Un-
employed Council and the local or
ganization of the U. M. w. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Striking Bakers of
Williamsburgh Hold
Mass Demonstration

NEW YORK.-The striking bakers
of Local No. sos staged an impress
sive demonstration at two o'clock Fri
day afternoon in the Williamsburg
section of Brooklyn The procession,
which started from the Williamsburg
Educational Alliance. rs Throop Ave-
nue., was two blocks long, and con-
sisted of the bakers living In that
neighborhood, their wives and chill
Eiren. The Bakers Women's Coun-
Stil No. participated with its ban
her The International Union Band
provided music.
The march eliminated in front of
the Levy Baking Co., where an open
air meeting was held. Placards and
speakers appealed to the workers of
the Meighborhood to buy bread with
the International Union Label.
ESTHER SCHWAGER
Bakers Women's Council No. 1
Note: One worker writes in the
information to the Daily Worker that
the Levy Baking Co. manufactures
matzos as an important part Of its
business, and that those who buy
such matzos are unconsciously buy
ing goods made by scah labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Worker at Picnic Wins
Free Trip to U. S. S. r.

NEW YORK-The following were
the winners of the various prizes
given out in the grand drawing at
the Daily Worker Picnic at Pleasant
Bay Park on July 80:
First Prize-A free trip to the So
Wet Union, No. 45299, S. Silverman,
ISL E. 160th St., Bronx, New York
Second Prize-Two weeks vacation
in a workers camp, No. 1925, Jo-
seph Kushinsky, 100 Mott Ave, New
York City.
Third Prize-Two weeks vacation
in workers camp, No. 34703, l..
Kushner, 1891 Macombs Rd., Bronx,
New York.
Fourth Prize-Two weeks vacation
in a workers camp, No. 10000, J..
Pujols, 1901 Broadway, New York
City.
Fifth Prize--A six-volume set of
selected works by Lenin, No. 938,
Harry Esser, 1877 E. 9th ST., Brook
lyn, New York.
Sixth Prize--A set, Seizure of
rover, by Lenin, No. 3470l, Mrs.
Prooslin, 1886 Virginia Ave, Bronx,
New York.
Seventh Prize First Volume, "Das
Kapital," by Marx, No. A2003. M.
Gran, 1774-50th st., Brooklyn, N Y.
Eighth Prize-"Leninism," by Sta
lin, No. 34460, Kantor, address I'M
certain-illegible)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Hull Aims to Push U.s.
British Trade War for
Latin America, Canada

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Wire-
less dispatches reaching here from
the steamship President Harding on
which Secretary of State Hull is
returning show that plans are be-
ing made to intensity the economic
war, especially against Great Britain
by striving to win away the Cam
adian and Latin American markets
through pacts with the United
States.
Mr.. Hull stated that plans are
being made to press discussions with
Canada for a special trade pact with
the United States, aiming to cut
out England. The Canadians
through the Ottawa pact now have
an Empire agreement" with Eng
land.
At the same time special pacts
will be drawn up to win away Latin
American trade, offering loan and
other concessions to undermine Bril-
fish trade in such countries as Ar
gentine, Brazil and Chile.
Hulls return from the debacle Of
the London Economic Conference
will be the signal for speeding up
of the trade war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
OVER 400 SHOE
WORKERS STRIKE
Demand Wage Raises
of 20 to 80 Per Cent

NEW YORK. - More than 400
shoe workers are now on strike,
under the leadership of the Shoe &
Leather Workers Industrial Union,
for wage increases of 20 to 80 per
cent, 30-hour week. and union
recognition,
At the Beckerman Shoe Co., 323
Berry St., the entire factory, COM
prising more than 100 workers, of
whom half are young workers,
went out on strike last week against
miserable conditions that compelled
them to labor from 7 in the morn
ing until 9 at night. The boss at
that shop has already offered 10
per cent increase, but the workers
have rejected this. Every woman
in the factory is an enthusiastic par
ticlpant in The walkoltt.
Other Shops On Strik,
Other shops included i'll the strike
are the Chatham, formerly the
Paris, at 18th st. and 9Th Ave;
the Artistic Shoe, SOS Seventh Ave;
and Weissman & Sass. 80 Main St.,
Brooklyn.
A meeting has been called for
tonight (Tuesday) at $3.50 of all
shop committees Of organized shoe
factories. This committee will meet
at Irving Plaza Hall, 18th st. and
Irving Plaza to hear the report of
the Industrial Unions executive
committee, and to discuss plans for
unified action to get wage raises and
urion recognition.
Mass Meet;ag Thursday
In addition mass meeting Of
ali shoe workers has been called
for Thursday night at 6:30, at Web
ster Hall, 119 East 11,h ST., to dis
epss means Of Strengthening the
present strike.
The action committee of the
slipper workers vii. meet today,
Tuesday at 1870 pm. at the union
headquarters to reach final daci-
sipn on preparations for a mass
,leeting in the campaign for wage
increases and Union recognition.
The industrial Union reports
nsny shops are lining up. and solid
progress is being made in the CAM
paign against the bosses' attempts
10 keep wages down in tn face Of
rising prices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01

and no milk in their stomach to give
their babies proper nourishment.
Now, when they were in actual
need of this money to hold their bo-
dies together, and when they came
before the state and county officials
to demand something to hold their
bodies together, they were denied it.
The policy of the Unemployed Coun-
Gil is to organize these workers and
demand those things, whether they
get them or not. OF course, the
workers will get them if you ever
organize them.
MY lawyer put in demand, de-
handing trial, and every time the
state would postpone the case. They
knew those workers in the city of
Atlanta were starving and they ar
rested Angelo Herndon and put
charge of attempting to incite in
surrection-which carries the death
penalty-because of the fact that he
did organize Negroes and white work
ers into demonstration which forced
the county commissioners to kick in
with $4,000"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01

during the trial, was found to have
been omitted from the official YER
sion.
This, the LID. pointed out, raises
the question of the accuracy of the
transcription of the entire record, on
which an appeal now being made to
the Supreme Court of the State Of
Georgia, must be based.
The record, according to Benjamin
j. Davis, Jr., and John H. Geer,
young Negro attorneys, retained by
the I. L. D. to defend Herndon, was
spotted with reversible errors.
Whether the clerk of court, to Grip
pie the defense, omitted part of the
record in his transcription, or even
falsified parts, will require the minut-
est examination to ascertain.
The appeal is from sentence of
from Is to 20 years on the chain
gang-virtually a death sentence
for 'inciting to insurrection" by or
ganizing hungry white and Negro
workers together and helping them
to get relief. y
The passage omitted from the
record of the speech was its high
dramatic point, in which Herndon
challenged the white ruling class in
these words.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
PLEA FOR FUNDS
TO PUSH PLANS OF
CLEVELAND MEET
Expect Big Delegations
of Workers from Basic
Industries Aug. 26

NEW YORK.-The arrangements
committee of the Trade Union Con-
ference for United Action to be held
in Cleveland August 26 with head
quarters at 10 Fifth Ave, Room 412,
New York, reports that the call to
the conference has met with great
response from the workers throughout
the country
Great responsibilities are being
placed on the arrangements commit
tee, however, in getting the call be-
fore the workers. Close to one thou
sand dollars have been spent in es-
tablishing the office, sending out the
calls and letters and organizing the
various committees and the work
which is under way.
Now that the Roosevelt codes are
going into effect and the workers are
looking for leadership and united &C.
zion, the task which develops upon
the committee for reaching wide Sec
tons Of workers become tremendously
important, the committee points out
Necessary meeting places, organi-
rational and publicity work, city &C
tivity and technical assistance to
carry through the conference will re-
quire more funds. Above all money
is needed to communicate with or
CARNATIONS, secure delegates and pre-
pare the conference. The minimum
amount necessary is $4,000.
The arrangements committee for
the Cleveland Conference consisting
of Edmond Ryan, James w. Ford,
Louis Budenz and Louis Weinstock,
Secretary calls all workers organiza-
tons to send in Immediately their
donations to carry on the work.
Trade unions, workmens circles,
sick and benefit organizations and
other workers organizations are
urged to send in substantial dona-
tons. All funds should go to the
Arrangements Committed for the
Trade Union Conference for United
Action, 10 Fifth Ave, Room Az, New
York
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
N. Y. Fruit Growers
Using Forced Labor

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Wages
paid by local berry growers for
workers 10 pick the crop have 5sa.i
so low that no workers would take
the Jobs, so the relief" agency has
been supplying the owners with
forced labor from workers on the
rcliaf lists Under threat 70 remove
anyone from the lists who refuses to
work.
Board, lodging and 7 month
was offered in one case to workers
and in no case does the price paid
exceed a cent or a cent and a half
a quart for pickers. In some cases
workers employed on the farms
have to walk as much as five miles
to and from employment.
The Highland Fruit exchange and
the Hudson River Fruit exchange
are the companies using this forced
labor at starvation rates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Gangsters Attack 4
Millinery United
Front Committee

NEW YORK. - Gangsters of the
A. F. of L. leaders of the Cloth Hat,
Cap and Millinery Union on Thurs
day night set upon members of the
United Front Committee at a meet
ing of the workers of Local "a, and
beat them up so severely that one
of the members of the committee,
Aranowitz, is in danger of losing his
right eye. ~
The meeting of Local "a was held
at Bryant Hall, 41st and 9Th Ave,
to elect new administration as wen
as delegates to the millinery workers
convention.
After zaritzky made long speech
praising the Recovery Act and tho
possibilities for his racket, motion
was made to proceed with the cleo
the United Front Committee de-.
manded a discussion on the issues
confronting the convention, and par
ticularly or the Recovery Act.
The chairman, Mendelowitz, o.
henchman of zaritzky and Spector,
thereupon gave the signal to the
gangsters, who Immediately pounced
upon the leaders of the United Front
Committee The meeting was broken
up. Most of the members left In
disgust even prior to the fight, but
the administration, determined TO put
across their program, gathered
about so of their own henchmen and
elected among themselves 80 del.
egates to the convention.
Among those of the United Front
Committee who were severely in-
jured are Ntzer, Aranowits and
Weissman. 10
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01

partment of the Bethlehem Steel
Company who called a hastily ar
ranged meeting Of those men work
ing on the II TO shift, in front Of
the tin mill to protest the extra work
involved in carrying scrap off the
pack ends. The scrap was formerly
forced upon the pair heaters who
have plenty of work to do also.
Superintendents and foremen as
well as Sparrows Point cops and
employers representatives" rushed
to the spot where the meeting was
being held you can't hold a meet
ing here" the company officials told
the men, before 8 o'clock" well.
we're holding it, aren't we,'' was the
answer as the men continued their
discussion of their grievances.
The doublers then told the COM
pany representatives, "You are sup
posed to represent us. Now take care
OF this matter and let's see whether
you really do represent u.s. Tin mill
workers have learned that in the
last four years the "enploye repre-
sentation" system has represented the
interests of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
The company, recognizing that the
men are aroused and anxious TO pre-
vent them from taking any act, in
order to be able 10 put over the steel
code agreed to correct the workers
grievances. 1t was not the represent
tative system that was responsible
for the concession but the workers
determination to stand together to
put pressure on the reps and the
company. g
The victory of the doublers ought
TO convince the Bethlehem Steel
workers that they should build real
rank and file organization in every
and elect honest workers
who have proven themselves sincere
as their own representatives.
The Steel and Metal Workers IN
dustrial Union urges the pair heaters
to follow the example Of the doublers
and force the company to grant their
demands.
Workers are welcomed at the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
office, 37S7 Eastern Ave.
Another successful meeting was
held in the Dunkalk and Highland
town sections. The steel workers
code was endorsed and delegates were
elected to go to Washington to join
the steel workers delegations at the
hearings before the Recovery ad-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-01
Commodore Workers
Demand Right To
Choose Own Union

NEW YORK. - Workers of the
Hotel Commodore, And Street and
Lexington Avenue, on strike as a
result OF the violation by the hotel
OF pact with the workers repre-
sentatives and because employees
were discharged for membership in
the Food Workers Industrial Union,
demand, in letter sent to the hotel
management, the right to collective
bargaining and to belong to a union
Of the workers choosing, which is
supposed to be guaranteed under the
Recovery Act.
In connection with this, the letter
has invited the management to
conference on the workers demands.