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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
FARM MEET
WANTS DEBTS
CANCELLED
Fa rm ers' Conference
Cheers Demand for
End of Debt Yoke
BY SENDER GARLIN.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-The
-omplete cancellation of all Sc
cured farm debts mortgages,
crop loans, taxes and rents
was put forward as the only solution
to the immediate burning problems
Of the farmers by Lem Harris before
he Farmers Conference here, in his
report as Secretary of the National
Committee for Action.
Support for this militant demand
.yas fun forward from the floor by
scores of farm delegates who inter-
rupted Harris official report to re-
late their own experiences to show
he necessity for immediate cancella-
lion.
Chief among these rank and file
delegates were a number of farmers
who had been arrested for their strike
activity during recent months, includ-
John Rose, 6G-year old farmer from
Brooks Township, Michigan, who is
now out on $4,000 bond on franed-up
charges of carrying concealed weap-
ons. Joe Tennen of Bucks County,
Pa, told of the struggle around the
$f.18 HanSel sale and hammered
home the point that nothing but
Searr-Roebuck sales-at S1.18-should
ever be held in the future"
These delegates include Negro
9harecroppers from North Carolina,
Arkansas and Alabama: Yankee
stone farmers from New England;
wheat farmers from Nebra cka, Mon
tana, and the Dakotas; dairy and
corn farmers from Iowa; truck farm
ers from New Jersey; fruit farmers
from Cal3for" a; potato growers from
Idaho; and poultry farmers from
Connecticut.
Especially large delegations are
hcre from Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan, and Nebraska.
Harris, National Secretary, re-
viewed the fight against evictions and
foreclosures and showed that the vici-
GUS drive to spike the farmers fight
by terrorizing and falling them has
lied miserably.
"The moratorium laws passed in
states like Iowa and Nebraska be-
2use of mass pressure excrted by
the farmers" Hassi said, shave
large loopholes to give to creditors
,portunities to foreclose anyway.
can initiation and re-financing
scheme5-the Frazier Bills and
their stripc-do not help the farm
ers, but instead, turn over huge
funds to the bankers and i-c-e-se
the tax burdens not only of the
farmers, but Of the city workers
as well.
At the last conference held in
Washington, Harris asserted the
farmers did not take up sufficiently
the question of strike. STRIKES are
the trumpet calls for mass action of
farmers, not only for the immediate
demands, but also to cement a unity
which cannot be broken"
Expose Hidden Enemies
Harris pointed out that the farmers
have two kinds Of enemies; the hid
den and the open ones. The latter
are those which the farmers can
easily recognize; the bankers, the
railroad, the sheriffs and their vigil
fCOntin3le1 m, P1ne AZ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Cops Make Brutal
Assault on Meat
Strike Picket Line
Plan Provocation to
Get a General
Injunction

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 16.-
The strike committee of the pack
ing house workers has just re-
ceived authentic information that
the meat packers are planning to
see that girl is wounded or Sc
vereiy beaten on the picket line.
This is to be blamed on the Silk
ers. BY this means they hope to
provoke the issue Of a general
injunction.
They are also planning, accord
ing to this information, to mobil-
ize all police to distribute stink
bombs and tear gas bombs among
the police for an attack upon the
picket line.
The strike committee has also
received other valuable informa-
ton, showing the link between the
Police Department, the employers
and the city in an attempt to break
this militant strike.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 49,
The police today made a brutal at
tack on the O5ws;i-Hess packing
House picket line finjuring many
The workers fought back and were
able to reform their ranks and hold
strong picket lines.
This attack was made followine
the demagogic promises Of mem
bers of the City Council yesterday
that "the police would remain i'm
partial" This was the promise made
to delegation OF 200 strikers which
yesterday packed the City Council
Chambers, addressed by Harry Rich
Frank Kracik, Edward Stohl, Albert
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without the Daily Worker the Amer
lean workers will be easier victims
of their greedy and murderous plans.
THE Daily Worker is in danger.
l Without funds it cannot hope to
continue publication. These funds
can come only from its readers, from
its sympathizers, from its supporters.
ARE YOU ITS SUPPORTER If
every reader of the Daily Worker
sent dollar, the $4,000 Drive will
go over the top. This will give life
to your Daily" 1t will give it
strength to continue modifying, or
ganizing, and leading the American
working class towards freedom from
capitalist robbery.
Can you spend your dollar in a
more worthy way than in giving life
to the "Daily?" Ask yourself thisl
ANSWER THIS BY SENDING
YOUR DOLLAR TODAY TO THE,
DAILY WORKER, so E. 18th St.,
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Nash Auto Pickets
Get Daily Worker;
Read and Discuss 1t

KENCSHA, Wis, Nov. 16.-Copies
of the Daily Worker distributed
on the picket line here of the $500
Nash auto workers on strike were
avidiy read. The workers discussed
the Daily Worker articles and re-
ports on the strike, and plans are
being made for greater distribution
of the paper among the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
FIGHT ON RELIEF CUTS,
FORCED LABOR, IS CALL
OF JOBLESS COUNCILS
Amter Calls on Workers to Demand Enact
ment of Unemployment Insurance Bill;
Against Roosevelt Forced Labor Plan

WASHINGTON d. c., Nov. 16-Following the meeting of
800 state and city officials with President Roose
Vet here the project of cutting million unemployed workers
OF the relief lists and putting unemployed forced labor
being rapidly organized The plan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Governor Refuses to
Protect Scottsb0r0
BOYS and Attorneys
LID Calls on Workers Organizations to Rush
Protests to Miller Against State
Sponsored Lynch Conspiracy

MONTGOMERY Ala, Nov 16.-No protection from lynch
MODS will be given the Scoboro boys by the State of Alabama
This definitely announced today by JUDGE W. W. Cal
ahan Of Decatur and Governor B. NJ Miller of Alabama.
There will be danger judge Callahan has announced
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17
Expose Hidden Enemies

Harris pointed out that the farmers
have two kinds Of enemies; the hid
den and the open ones. The latter
are those which the farmers can
easily recognize; the bankers, the
railroad, the sheriffs and their vigil
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WEATHER: Fair somewhat warmer.
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RALLY FORCES!
For Daily Worker Tag Days
Nov. Gath, 18th and 26th!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
CHAPTER THIRTY

TINE ballroom was completely
l. filled. Barney told Joan. 1t was
the biggest turnout for such an
affair that he had ever seen. Barney
was giving short, emphatic direc
lions to the property man, telling
the electrician just how much time
should intervene between the COL
ored lights in order to give the
illusion of mermaid rising from
the rainbow mist
He stepped to Joan's side, draw
ing the curtain aside a little
There's your audience, JOAN he
said.
Everything seemed to be whirling
before her eyes, the faces beyond
merging into a blur. She chung
weakly to the heavy curtain, fight
ing for control. And then, her gaze
steadying, she saw Bob.
His face looked thinner, sterner
There was a reStlessness in his gray
eyes. Joan's heart was beating Wild
". She wanted to cry out to him.
They were all seated in the box on
the left-Bob, his father, and Bar
bara Courtney.
The lights died in the ballroom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01

After several of his singing strokes, the men
jumped up and picked their bundles up. Walking
along the line and glazing at the men, Holt de-
manded, sternly: Anybody else tred?" The men
rolled their eyes at him and stood at attention Holt
tossed the whip back to Riano
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
Blosser
JOCK SUTHERLAND
BY Williams
EAMI1IS I'm NOACY

He shf-am, when properly used, IS valI-
L able weapon for bal cauier-but when
illegally used, IS the cause Of a lot Of broken
noses on the g1dHon
Rules state that bal Garner may use his
hands OF arms to ward off tackIers But when
runner deliberately doubles up hls fist and uses
on the end Of his stuff arm, he IS guilty of illegal
use OF the hands
It's hard for referee to discern this action N
long nlns when bal Garner IN the open IS away
down the held. stl6-armIne the secondary de-
Tense The referee has to be night on the heels
Of the runner to see his fist IS used
This impossible, sometimes, and the only
remedy for this unsportsmanIike conduct is for
the runner himself to play clean football
Sketch shows the illegal stif-arm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01

Several of them threw their bundles down and
squatted on the ground refusing to go further
Although, half-heartedly, Riano dashed them with
his whip they did not get up. The whole safari
halted and Holt came striding back angrily.
What's the matter here?" he asked Riano.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
VOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER TWENTY-NI Con

Joan followed a maid up the broad
stairs and down a corridor. The
room they entered was paneled IN
ivory and the furnishings were gray
and blue. There we're lavender
draperies at the windows over soft
cream curtains.
Joan opened her makeup box
and added a little more rouge to
her lips. Her black mask lay be-
fore her on the dressing table.
VoiceS-gay. laughing voices
foated up from the entrance hall
downstairs. Guests were arriving
Joan could hear music, which meant
that the orchestra was beginning
the overture.
The door opened and closed. Joan
turned, her hand unconsciousIy
Clutching at the mask.
Barbara Courtneys amazed eyes
met Joan's. What are you doing
here?' came Barbara's harsh query.
And then, as her glance fell upon
the mask in Joan's hand, she said.
SO you are the Jigsaw's Masked
Singer"
yes"
Barbara was laughing. It was a
hysterical laugh without mirth in
It. After a moment she recovered
her composure.
VOULL have to excuse me, Joan.
a but you took me by surprise.
You see I never dreamed you were
singing in a cabaret. It's quite taken
my breath away And imagine
meeting you here in Bob Weston's
home!"
The blood surged to Joan's face.
, Whose homer" she asked
Don't tell me you didn't know!''
The establishment in Joan's eyes
was more convincing than any
words. Barbara saw that the othe:-
! girl had come here by chance. Bob
didn't know Joan was here. There
was no reason for him to know.
Barbara opened the door carefully.
saying, Glad I saw you, Joan. .
Then she closed the door behind
her.
outside, Barbara lit a cigaret with
nervous fingers. The mask was a
saving factor something to thank
lucky stars for Barbara had heard
Joan sing at the Jigsaw and never
suspected that she had seen her be-
fore.
There was no reason to feel
alarmed now Bob would never
dream that the spectacular singer
was Joan, the girl he had known in
Memphis.
Barbaras lips set angrily. After
all these months of combating the
memory of Joan - which Barbara
had long ago realized was the one
thing between her and happiness
to find the girl in Bob's home was
almost too much! She would have
liked to humble Joan if she had
dared. But the girl had spirit. Bar
bara was glad she had not revealed
her feelings.
1t was just at that moment that
the maid brought word to Joan
that Mr.. Blake was waiting for
her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01

Men tired, Bwana," replied Riano sulkily. Holt
snatched up Rianos whip, exclaiming: Tired, eh?"
squatted beside their packs Furiously, he dashed
them he cried Tired now? Still tired?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01
BTGIN HTRF TODAY

JOAN wARING pretty Memphis girl
and BOB WESTON. son Of 2 million
ARE. meet Ia Memphis and fall IN love
They become esfranged through the
scheming Of BARBARA COURTNEY. who
is trying 20 win Bob FOR herself.
PAT NARINC. Joans younger sister,
Is 10 an automobile accident in which
JERRY FORESTER her escort is
killed HcartSick. Pat runs away 70
New York. Joan follows and begins a
search Tor her sister and a search for
Job Joan is engaged as masked
HingeT ar q night club Handsome BAR
MY BLAKE. owner Of the club. proTes
7teadfast friend.
Joan finds Pat very 81 During Pats
corFalescence Joan and Barney are drawn
closer together. Joan. believing Bob is
lost 20 her. promises 70 marry barney.
Pat becomes Barnevs secretary and
soon ne realizes he loves her instead OF
Joan. Joan sings a. society enter
talument fcr charity and discovers she
3 in BOb's home. Barbara, a visitor in
New York. sees Joan and recognizes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-01

After jeans mysterious disappearance, the sa-
fari moved through the jungle, vainly seeking
to find her. All but Holt were close to exhaustion
by their rapid pace The native bearers began
complaining. Riano shouted at them Increasingly
surly and rebellious, they shouted back
Evening star., 1933-08-16

Not by dictation, but by cooperation
Evening star., 1933-08-16

uncontrolled and unplanned exploita-
ton of natural resources for private
profit Coal and forests which would
have supported local industry for long
periods have been shipped away as raw
materials and the reserves exhausted.
/ The working population is then left
unemployed. poverty stricken, and help
less in dead towns.
Farming communities are largely un-
organized, ana in many cases have not
developed modern methods. On thou
sands of farms the net cash income,
after paying inevitable expenses such as
for fertilizer and taxes, is less than 500
a year.
As in most parts of America there is
little social control or planning in the
production and distribution of merchan-
disc. There is a great oversupply of
retail merchants and, in the smaller
communities, a great underSupply OF
competent dentists and physicians.
Though water power is abundant, its
distribution in the rural regions is far
less advanced than, for instance, in
Switzerland
On the whole, the per capita eco
nomic wealth Of this region probably is
not more than a tenth of that which
could be developed by the virile popu-
lation and the great natural resources,
if these could but be developed in ac-
cord with long-range social and eco
nomic planning. With these great nat
ural resources in timber. minerals. coal
/ and water power, and with a large
population of hardy intelligent people
of British descent, poverty ana unem-
! ployment were common even before the
depression in 1929.
/ During prosperous times hundreds Of
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thousands Of young men from this
region went to industrial Northern cities
to work. Unaccustomed to urban life
they lacked economic Judgment and
were easily persuaded by high-pressure
statesmen to make unwarranted pur
chases by installment payments. When
the depression of 1929 came they re-
manned in the cities hoping for re-
employment until savings were exhaust
ed and all personal property lost In
many cases 1t was necessary for parents
or relatives to use the meager savings
from the poverty stricken mountain
farms to meet the expense Of the return
, of these young families from the cities
| Hundreds of thousands Of them are
now living in enforced idleness in the
hills, and the poor hillside farms of the
| Appalachian region are carrying much
of the unemployment burden of the rich
| industrial cities.
Occasionally great factories are built
in the mountain valleys in order to Sc
cure cheap labor. Sometimes the own
| ers have gone far to provide decent
working and living conditions for their
| employees Sometimes the native cul-
ture has been destroyed by congestion
in factory towns, by long hours. child
labor and bad housing.
Orderly Development Aim.
With this medley Of conditions, good
and bad the Tennessee Valley Authority
Is established in an effort to bring
about an orderly wholesome develop
ment of social and economical life.
| 1t will undertake to secure balance
between agriculture and industry by
promoting the small scale endeavor to
balance foreign" trade by developing
! industries peculiar to the region. Some
of these will be large-scale mass pro-
duction projects based on the presence
of mineral resources and cheap power.
! Others should be in the nature Of fine
production, as a fine textiles, fine fur
niture or scientific instruments. which
can be produced in small communities
/ by intelligent craftsmanship and organ
/ iZation.
Losses incurred In the management Of
! local industries may be reduced by a
/ centralized supply Of technical service,
such as accounting and advice on pro-
duction and distribution.
The encouragement of co-operatives
also may reduce the waste of present
methods
Local Government units in the area
of development are those of the eight
eenth century. The size of counties
was determined by the time necessary
to travel on horseback over mountain
trails to the county seat. With the de-
velopment Of good automobile roads.
the consolidation of counties into a
fifth of the present number and the
elimination of the other governmental
obsolescences. the cost OF local rural
government might be reduced by half.
Lack Of adequate vocational training
leaves a large part of the population in
equipped for profitable callings. Voca-
tional advice and counsel may bring in
creased hope and effectiveness to young
men. Education in health and hygiene
may reduce the death rate and raise
the standard of physical health.
There will be an effort to check de-
structive soil erosion by forestation and
by better farming methods. Legislation
may be sought TO change the basis of
land tenure so that destructive abuse
of soils will not be tolerated. Other
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the most effective. The Tennessee VAL
ley Authority law authorizes research in
fertilizers and their manufacture IN
quantity. including the modernization
Of these plants.
But while the provisions for produc-
ing power and fertilizer are prominent
in the public attention, they are but
incident in the whole plan for the
Tennessee Valley Authority. That plan
aims at nothing less than the displace-
ment of haphazard and chance develop
ment by q far-reachicg program Of
social and economic planning.
TIE region with which the Tennessee
Valley Authority is concerned is the
drainage area OF the Tennessee River
and adjoining lands that are necessarily
associated. The area is about $4,000
square miles, in parts of seven States.
and is approximately equal in area to
the State Of Ohio. or to three-quarters
the size Of England. The aim Is to
make this a case or an example of a
planned Development, with the hope
that principles and methods evolved
here can be applied on larger scale.
The problems of the region include
MANY OF those of the East, the North
and the South Of the United States. In
the rolling lands of the Southeastern
States the loss of fertility through the
washing away of humus has been ex-
treme. In the single century during
which the region as been generally
farmed a large part Of the fertile soil
has disappeared.
Millions of acres are so washed and
quilted that they have been abandoned
bv agriculture While the Northern
States have increased agricultural pro-
rSrrl NJ in
wears. the Southeastern States have
barely escaped a decline in total pro-
duction.
Unless present tendencies are brought
under control the agriculture of this
region will be but a transient episode,
followed by conditions as barren of fer
tility as those of Greece or Western
China The control of soil erosion and
the development of permanent fertility
are a vital emergency.
After agriculture one Of the great re-
sources Of the South is water power.
Yet, water power in this region depends
on storage during the rainy Winter
season. for use during the dry Summers.
The same soil washing which destroys
agricultural values also fills up storage
reservoirs. Good reservoir sites are very
limited and cannot be replaced and
therefore unless soil erosion is checked,
water power on large scale also will be
but a temporary resource. The organ
lied and integrated control Of all the
water resources of the region. to bring
about tha greatest total benefit in water
power, food control, navigation and
water supply, is one of the purposes of
the Authority.
AS is the case in most new countries,
development has been by a process of
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HOG TAX MAY BE
LEVIED OCTOBER |
Wallace Considers Plan to Raise
Not More Than $50,OOO,0OO
for Program.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Secretary Wallace said yesterday a
nominal processing tax may be levied
on hogs on or after October l to provide
funds for financing the emergency hog
reduction program now being worked
out by his aides. The program will be
announced at Chicago Friday.
Under no consideration. he said will
processing tax on swine be levied
before the beginning Of the hog mar
keting year which he added is gener-
ally recognized as being october /.
A tax Of about one-half cent per
pound Of live hog would provide suffi-
cient funds for the emergency pro-
gram, he said. reckoning the maximum
gross cost Of the program at about
$50 600 900. However, he added, this
may not be the rate of the initial levy
He said it had been left for later de-
termination.
Several details remained to be worked
out before the program presented by
organized corn and hog farmers can be
put into effect, Wallace said
This program contemplateS the pay
ment of bonus of about "a to far
merS for marketing l 900 900 soWS soon
to farrow and 100000 pigs under 100
pounds by october l.