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Evening star., 1933-01-22

to Mr.. -, and he will please take
down his foot And he never put it up
a second time. There was grandeur
about legislation then
The Houstonian survey of peace and
calm obviously did not cover the regime
of Speaker Jonathan Dayton, third man
to preside over the House.
Mr.. Dayton, according to his own adj
mission, Frequently left the chair for
exercise during the counting of ballots
and the reading of lengthy communica-
tions." He took his exercise at the wrong
time one afternoon, however, dropping
the reins Of Office just before Matthew
Lyon, a Representative from Vermont,
took exception to something Roger Girls
void of Connecticut said about his Army
career. Mr.. Lyon walked over to Mr..
Griswold and proceeded to do more than
take exception, such commotion being
raised as to bring the Speaker to the
scene in hurry. :
A resolution to expell Mr.. Lyon fol-
lowed, with the Congressman raising tho
defense that the House was not in ses-
sion while the Speaker was away from
his post of duty and that in conse-
quence there had been no violation of
official rules.
Mr.. Lyon was not expelled, but penalty
came upon him in another form IS days
later when Mr.. Griswold, Speaker or no
Speaker, assaulted Lyon with a stout
cane. the latter being seated writing
while the House was in session" There
followed an affray which was stopped
with difficulty and the House became %
excited It adjourned presently without
taking Official notice of the affair. Hnt
Evening star., 1933-01-22

walking above the House chamber had
produced the shower of glass. To pre-
vent recurrence, it was decreed that the
key to the door commanding entry to the
space above the hall should be placed
in custody of the Speaker at the opening
of each days session. During many
years the terms of that dictate were
faithfully followed. Eventually, how
ever, the key was shunted into the
keeping of the Capitols engineer, where
it now remains.
A GREAT deal less than the clatter
of glass was sufficient to provoke
men who were Speakers during the
earlier days into onslaughts against
"disorder"
Witness. in this connection, words
spoken by Sam Houston when he told
the Senate on February II, 1857, about
the quiet and decorum he had met while
a member of the Lower Branch of Con-
gress.
IF there voice was heard in the
galleries." Houston said in retrospection,
Instantly the eye Of the Speaker rested
upon the sergeant at arms, and mes
senger or the sergeant at arms in person
Immediately repaired to the individual
in the gallery and touched him, and
there was silence.
"If a member sat in an indecorous
position, or laid his foot upon his desk,
the Speaker sent his page with this mes
sage: The compliments Of the Speaker
Evening star., 1933-01-22

- WARTHY hands, active in loading
ship at an Italian dock 80 years
s,,s ago. gripped d. blocks locks OF white mite
Atlantic to notable destiny.
Carved and fitted, those pieces of stone
became the rostrum in the chamber of
the House of Representatives, around
which national affairs have swirled dur
ing more than seven decades. Atop this
pedestal is the seat occupied by long
succession of men who have come into
the title of Speaker of the House. So
invested, these men participated in
events forming history filled with rare,
important, and humor-tickling incidents.
The coming month of March will
mirror a situation which only once be-
fore our day has entered annals of the
late Cos. This reflection of the past will
appear when the present Speaker de-
scendS from the marble rostrum to as
sumo the vice presidency
Soon after 10 o'clock on the morning
of March 3, 1869, Schuyler Colfax, then
Speaker and Vice President-elect, rose
Gin the midst of profound silence" and
delivered his farewell address to the
House.
"The opening of the legislative day,
at the close of which I must enter upon
another sphere of duty" he told his col
leagues, requires me to tender you this
resignation of the Office which by your
kindness and confidence have held, to
take effect on the election of Speaker
for the brief remainder of the session."
The long established order of affairs
controlling Inauguration of Vice
Evening star., 1933-01-22

WARTHY hands, active in loading
a ship at an Italian dock 80 years
ago, gripped blocks of white
marble and sent them across the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21

consulting the German consulate and
influencing the English press in
favor of the murderous Hitler
regime, instead of attending the in
ternational inquiry OF jurists where
witnesses were giving testimony of
the most vital Importance to his
Clients"
Torgler and his associates, inciden-
tally, have consistently refused to
recognize DR.. Sack as their counsel,
while the Nazi government, on the
other hand has barred all foreign
attorneys from aiding in the defense
of the frame-up victims.
Protest At Consulate Today at Noon
NEW YORK. - Workers and OPP
ponents of the bloody Nazi regime
are called upon to join in a demon
stration before the German Consul
ate at II Battery Place, New York,
at IL o'clock noon today in protest
against the frame-up trial Of Ernst
Torgler, German Communist leader,
and the three Bulgarian Communists
which opens today in Leipzig. The
demonstration is called by the Ma
tional Committee to Aid the Vic
tins Of German Fascism, the Inter-
national Labor Defense. and the
German Anti-Fascist United Front.
Plans include the sending in of a
delegation to the German consul.
This delegation will be elected by the
workers at the demonstration.
The downtown section Of the In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
General Walk-Out
of Jewelry Workers
Voted at Meeting

NEW YORK.--A general walkout
of all jewelry workers Is expected this
week, If the demands Of the workers
drawn up at meeting Of Local 1
of the international Jewelry Work.
ers' Union at Bryant Hall last Mon
day night, are not met. The strike
vote was taken secretly and later by
reclamation when it was unanimous.
A general strike committee was
formed to work out all details Of
strike activity and to negotiate the
demands with the bosses.
In contrast to the bosses code call
ing for 80 cents an hour and a 40
to 48-hour week, the jewelry workers
will demand a 30-hour week to en-
able the masses Of unemployed work.
ers to get work. Weekly minimum
scales have been set by the strikers
as follows: $50 for platinum jewelers.,
$42 for gold jewellers, $42 for engrav-
ers, s35 for press hands, and $45 for
pOliSherS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Gen'l Metal Strike
Ended; 2 Pickets in
Wire Strike Arrested

NEW YORK.-With the successful
settlement of the Empire Silver Co.
strike, Tuesday, by the Metal Work
ers' Industrial Union, all the work
ers participating in the general
metal strike are back at work un-
der greatly improved conditions. The
Empire workers won most of their
demands, establishing 40-hour week,
increasing wages by 30 per cent and
affecting many other gains. The
workers are solidly backing the Metal
Workers Industrial Union, which
guided their struggles.
The Union is still leading a num-
Der of strikes, however. A mass
picket line at the Artistic Wire Form
ing Co. at "a Hubert st. was attacked
by police when the workers demon
strated their anger against the use
of scabs. Two workers were arrested
in the clash that followed. Michael
Rodriguez and Alfonso Ariviera are
charged with felonious assault and
are held on $500 bail each.
A committee of strikers of the Ar
tistic Wiring Co. called at MIRA head
quarters where they submitted proof
that the boss is violating the MIRA
code.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
MAKE Wages Go
Up" Demand White
Goods Strikers
By del

NEW YORK, N. .Y.-More than 25O
workers, delegates from various locals
of the I.L.GW.U., and of the White
Goods Workers Industrial Union, met
yesterday in the Labor Temple to dis
cuss plans and work for united
strike.
This meeting is result of a sue
cessful mass meeting of strikers from
Local 81 of the IL.G.W.U. in Man
haitian Lyceum on Monday, when
workers answered the call of the
White Goods Workers Industrial IN
ion for a united call.
The keen eyes of the young strik-
ers showed approval Of the words OF
Jean Hurliz, organizer for the In
dustrial Union, when she spoke on
the situation in the strike, why the
bosses would not recognize the in
dustrial union and do recognize the
IL.G.W.U. and steps for broadening
the strike.
A worker pointed out that the IL
GNU. allows their union truckmen
to ship work to scab shops, and does
nothing to stop them.
"Our boss doesn't want the In
dustrial Union. He wants the girls
to belong to Local g.. I asked him
a union is no good for a boss, that's
why you don't want us to belong to
the Industrial Union, but Local 81
must be a union that's good for you
if you want us to belong there. That's
why 1 won't belongp" spoke spirited
17-year-old from the Creme shop.
Leaders of the A. F. of L. union
are trying to force the workers back
ITO work with the $22 dollar wage
and the 38-hour week, making "hours
go up, and wages go down." as the
workers put it. The workers are fight
ing for 35-hour week, and a SIG
wage, making wages go up and hours
down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Standardization
Organizers to Six
Months Jail in N. J.
% Arrested in Shoe
Picketing

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Sept. TO-
Four organizers of the Shoe and
Leather Workers Industrial Union
were given the severe sentence of six
months IN jail on a charge of walk
ing in Jersey City and being unable
to give proper account of them
selves" The sentence follows de-
Aliberately planned frame-up executed
by the paid thugs of the I. Miller
Co. shoe manufacturers.
Alexander Ivanoff, Martin Duchan,
John Medoxian and Joe Maglicano,
active in the I. Miller strike, stepped
into a trap laid for them by the I.
Miller bosses last week when they
went to Jersey City to speak to sew
eral strikers who had been invited
to attend banquet" given by the
I. Miller Co. The union organizers
were informed by telephone of the
banquet" and hoped to dissuade the
workers from going back to the shop
as scabs. They were attacked and
beaten by gangsters as they passed
the house where the banquet" was
held, and then arrested by police on
the basis of a recent ordinance per-
hitting Jersey City police to arrest
anyone who appears suspicious and
is unable to give satisfactory &C
count of his actions.
The workers were sentenced by
Judge McGovern on the testimony
of two police sergeants The I. Miller
Co. was represented by counsel in
court and attempted to introduce as
evidence affidavlts for an injunction
which the company has prepared.
The workers were represented by At
torney Isserman of the International
Labor Defense.
Ivanoff testified to a severe beat
ing given him by the police. He re-
ported that while in the washroom
in the station police put his head in
the toilet and administered the beat
ing. He is also charged with felon-
ious assault with intent to kill. This
case is to be heard Oct. 4.
The I. L. D. will apply for writ
of habeas corpus and appeal the case
to higher court.
Despite frame-ups and injunctions
the shoe strike continues strong as
was evidenced by the well attended
and enthusiastic strike meeting Of
slipper workers held today at Man
haitian Lyceum.
Twenty eight strikers were arrested
yesterday in mass picketing dem
onstration in defiance of the injunc-
ton at the Vincent Howard shop on
Sixth Ave and 23rd st. The strik-
ers were herded into police wagons
and taken to the court where they
were held for the night sessions. 1--WE
know it's just to demoralize us" said
one of the strikers. The strikers
realize that the only way to enforce
their right to picket and to strike is
ito ignore the strikebreaking injunc-
ton by continued mass picketing. All
but one of the strikers were released
One was held on bail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Dismiss Charges
Against Seller
of Literature
Sarvass, Arrested At
Open-Air Debate,
Released

NEW YORK.-Yesterday afternoon
the charge against Henry Sarvas of
selling literature without a license"
was dismissed by Magistrate Katz of
the West Side Magistrates Court
Katz first called Sarvas into his
chambers to give the decision, but
when it was observed that several
workers accompanied Sarvas into the
judges private Office to hear the case,
Katz went out to the court room
and rendered decision publicly. He
stated that the ordinance prohibit
ing selling without a license itself
specifies that it does not apply to the
selling of periodicals or newspapers,
and the police officer was so in
structed.
Sarvas had been arrested by police
officer Thomas j. Evans for selling
the Daily Worker and pamphlets
dealing with the NRA-among them
being Browder's what Is The New
Deal?"-and given a summons. This
took place at the regular Monday
night meeting held by Unit Ala at
95th Street and Broadway, during an
gopen-air debate on the question,
Resolved, That the NRA is an anti
working class instrument. ATTORNEY
Joseph I. Wallace defended the NRA,
and Oakley johnson attacked it from
the Communist point of view. The
crowd Of $50 people was wholly SYM
pathetic to the Communist argument.
The police, in an unsuccessful eff
fort to break up the meeting, for
babe the selling of literature, and
SarVaS, who was chairman of the
debate, defied the order and sold
pamphlets and Daily Workers from
the platform. At the trial the fol-
lowing Thursday, Sarvas defended
himself, and the Magistrate reserved
decision until yesterday, when the
case was thrown out of court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21

ternational Labor DEFENSE, Section
of the Communist Party and the
Young Communist League will mobil-
ize at Seventh Street and Avenue A
at 10 o'clock and march to the Ger
man consulate. All downtown work
ers' organizations are urged to bring
their banners and placards.
Speakers at the demonstration will
include:
William Patterson, International
Labor Defense; Max Bedacht, In
ternational Workers Order; Robert
Minor, Communist Party; Edward
Dahlberg, National Committee for
Defense of Political Prisoners; Fred
Biedenkapp, Shoe Workers Industrial
Union; Donald Henderson, American
Committee for Struggle Against War;
M. Sattler, German United Front;
Carl Geiser, Youth Committee Against
War and Fascism; Signund Solomon,
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League;
Pauline Rogers, New York Committee
to Aid Victims of German Fascism;
A. Wagenknecht, National Committee
to Aid the Victims of German Fas-
cism; H. Rae, Marine Workers In
dustrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Court DiSmiSSes
Murder Charges;
Frees Policeman
LID to Continue Fight
to Punish Slayer of
Blind Negro

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 20 =
Charges of murder laid against
Policeman o. w. Allen by Ollie
Davis, Negro worker whose brother
Glover was shot down in cold
blood by the officer, were dismissed
in court Monday.
The court held that Allen shot
the blind man Gin self-defense."
This was the first time in the
South that a police officer had been
formally charged with murder for
the killing of Negro.
A United Front Prosecution
Committee, formed to push the
prosecution with application of the
death penalty of Allen, announced
that it would continue its work
in spite of the court decision, and
seek every means to reopen the
case.
Benjamin j. Davis, Jr., and John
H. Geer, young Negro attorneys
who are earring on the defense OF
Angelo Herndon for the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, have been
retained by the committee to push
the prosecution of Policeman Allen.
Demanding the death penalty
for all lynchers, the international
Labor Defense is supporting the
prosecution, and calling on all dis
tricts, sections and branches and
all sympathetic organizations and
individuals in all parts of the coun-
try to give mass support to the
demand for arrest and prosecution
with the death penalty for Po-
liceman Allen.
Funds to assist in the expense
of the prosecution, which officials
are attempting in every way to
block by costly moves, should be
sent to Geer and Davis, 250 Au-
burn Ave, n, Atlanta, Georgia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
| Alfred in Jefferson
Market Court Today;
Fill the Courtroom!

NEW YORK.-An attorney for
the New York district Of the In
!ernational Labor Defense will be
In Jefferson Market Court at 10
o'clock this morning when the case
Of Alvin Alfred, 25-year-old Ne
gro, comes up for trial. Workers are
urged to fill the courtroom as a
demonstration Of protest against
the lynch frenzy against New York
Negroes being whipped up by the
capitalist press.
Alfred was arrested and charged
with being the human gorilla"
who allegedly attacked several
women in Central Park. Despite
the fact that nine witnesses failed
to identify him as the assailant, he
was nevertheless held on a charge
that he assaulted" a woman In
the 23d st. subway station last
week. Alfred barely escaped lynch
ing at the time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
$4,000 Painters
Called on Strike

NEW YORK.-The strike called by
the Painters District Council of the
A. F. of L. yesterday involves nearly
$4,000 painters. No organized pick
citing has been established and the
rank and file of the painters are in
the dark as to the plans for the
strike, as no strike meetings are be-
ing called. The members have not
been informed about the demands,
although it is publicly announced by
the officials that they are waging the
strike for 6-hour day, a 5-day
week, and $165 an hour.
The left wing opposition movement
in the union condemns the bureau
cratic conduct of the strike and is
mobilizing the rank and file to put
stop to the secret conferences now
taking place between the officials of
the A. F. of L. and the bosses, and
to demand strike meetings to for
mulate demands and turn the strike
into real struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Silk Strikers
Mobilize to
Smash Sell-Out
Continued from Page ~

fit, who is U. S. Government Labor
Conciliator with a big strike break
ing record behind him, having sold
out the South River Needle Trades
strike last year, ist,led a statement
today after meeting Nth the manu-
facturers, declaring that he is now
proposing truce" for the dye strik-
ers. So far Mofitt has not stated
the terms of this truce"
Arthur Whiteside, Deputy Commits
sioner of the N. R. A., stated today
that he wants to speak to labor.
1t is rumored that Whiteside is al
ready in Paterson, comforting with
the manufacturers on how best to
sell out the strike.
Side by side with this activity of
the manufacturers, "red scare" is
in full swing. Joseph P. Camp, Of
the Constitution Educational Club,
speaking at the Kiwanis Club against
the National Textile Workers Union,
issued extravaganza statements that
the N. t. w. U. is led by traitors
He brought in Moscow, the reds and
Communism IN his speech. The
leaders of the U.T.W. are irculat-
ing similar talk among the strikers
to get the workers to leave the N. T..
w. U. on the grounds that it is not
recognized by the U. s. Government.
The silk manufacturers and dye
bosses have announced that they
will open up the mills on Monday
morning with the use of strikebreak-
ers and heavy police protection.
In Allentown last night delegates
present at the strike meeting came
from the Paterson National Textile
Workers Union, the dye and silk
strikers, the loom fixers, the United
Twisters' Club, all of Paterson. The
United Wrappers League of Paterson
sent unofficial delegates. Delegates
from Easton representing the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union and
also one delegate from the UNITED
Textile Workers local of twisters of
Easton. From Stroudsburg, delegates
come from the U. T. w. locals. From
Allentown there were delegates of the
Silk Workers Union and the Allen
town Labor Union; also delegates
from independent unions in Quak-
erstown, Catasaqua, Kutztown, Full
lerton and Phillipsburg.
The N.R.A and the U.T.W. officials
announced they are off to Wash
ington to try to settle the Allentown
strike locally, disregarding the rest
Of the strikes Of the National Silk
strike. The National Strike Com
mittee sent wire to Wagner de-
claring that the U. It. w. officials
did. not represent the National Silk
strike or the Allentown strike; that
the only ones authorized to represent
the strikers are the National Strike
Committee. An attempt is also be-
ing made in Easton to settle the
strike in the same way. Thompson,
the U. T. w. organizer in Easton,
has spoken several times on the
same platform with the N. R. A.
officials. The Strike Committee in
Allentown last night warned all
workers that 1t is a national strike
and warned against the N. R. A.
officials splitting up the strike into
local sections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21

the Communist Party leads workers
in the fight for every local demand,
the meeting will also be an election
ratification rally for the New York
City platform and candidates Of the
Communist Party.
The Communist Party is today
the only party of the working class
that organizes and leads the fight
for unemployment insurance and
immediate relief, for wage increases
to meet the rising cost of living,
for the unrestricted right to organ
ize, strike and picket against the
N. r. A., for equal rights for Ne
groes, and for self determination in
the Black Belt.
The Communist Party demands
the immediate withdrawal of all
warships and armed forces from
Cuban waters. 1t leads the struggle
against imperialist war and for the
defense of the Soviet Union and the
Chinese people.
Earl Browder, secretary of the
Communist Party, U. s. A.; Robert
Minor, the Party's candidate toI
Mayor: Williana Burroughs, Negro
teacher ousted from the citys school
gstem because of her activities in
behalf of the working class, and Com
nunist candidate for Comptroller;
Ben Gold, leader of the militant fur
workers and candidate for President
bf the Board of Aldermen, will speak
1t the anniversary. The New York
organizer of the Communist Party
Charles Krumbein, will act as chair
nan.
A special anniversary program
which includes John Reed Clut
Artists, a mass chorus and a reYolu-
Honary play by the League Of Work
ers' Theatres will be presented at tht
selebration Admission is IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Corset Workers Strike
to End Low Pay

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. TO-
Girl workers of the Newman Corset
shop on Oak Street called strike
against the low wages of So and "a
week and the intolerable speed-up
Schulz, local official of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers I'm
ion, has taken charge of the strike
but as yet no demands have been
formulated for the strike.
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union is urging the girls to
elect a rank and file strike CON-
mittee and to take the strike into
their own hands. 1t is warning the
strikers to be on guard against any
secret sell-out deals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
1900 More Workers
Join Knitgoods Strike,
Swelling Ranks to $500

NEW YORK.-The ranks Of the
knitgocds strikers were increased yes
terday as 1900 workers Joined the
general walk-out. Many shops were
struck as result Of a militant pick
citing demonstration held yesterday
morning. 1t is estimated that more
than 4,500 workers are now on strike
under the leadership Of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
Applications are being received
from big shops for settlements on the
basis of the unions demands.
Strike meetings were enthusiastic-
ally attended at all strike halls yes
terday by the strikers, the majority
Of whom have never been In a strike
before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-21
Cigar Clerks Abolish
12-Hour Day in Short
Strike; Form Union

NEW YORK.-A strike lasting a
few hours on Sunday succeeded in
abolishing a 12-hour work day and
instituting instead an 8-hour day in
the four cigar stores of Weiss and
Eden. Two workers were fired when
a committee came to present de-
mands to the bosses, but after few
hours of picketing the owners yield
ed, agreeing to reinstate the dis
charged workers and to recognize the
Soda Dispensers and Cigar Clerks
Union. The union is a section of
the Office Workers Union.