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bloodshot eyes peered anXiously into
mine as though questioning whether
l understood why he was drinking
himself into insensibility. But wheth-
er l understood or not did not mat
ter. He was so grateful for the
chance to talk to anyone who was
not of the waterfront,
Il been here three years he said
despondently. He leaned against a
sharp corner of his cabin to scratch
his back. And got to leave
He was a florid German, middle
aged
Il am a ships engineer he said
proudly, and now 1 work on sand
scow!"
He waved hand contemptuously
at the tons of sand on his barge.
Il go to school in Germany.
pass my examinations. I am good
engineer but there is no work. No
work here. No work in Germany.
I got to eat, NIGHT wahr?"
He peered into my eyes seeking
approval Of this step taken because
he had to eat.
"Yahl' ne exclaimed with q note
of disgust. Il got to eat!'
He became quiet and stared out
on the river with brooding eyes.
Three years on this scow. For a
dollar day. And a bed from the
dump. And a table from the dump.
Because a man got to cat
80 drink. Every two weeks /
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get my pay and buy alchohol and
mix it with water l get more that
way 1 can stay drunk longer. And
it is not such poison as you get in
the dock gin mills But sometimes
when I am drunk I want to joost
stumble a leetle bit over the rail.
You understand
He held me by the lapel of my
coat. When he became excited his
accent became more pronounced.
But, no. Dot is foolish. Dere is
enough sewage in this river, amt it?"
He laughed until his belly shook.
Il think. If Only did not think
Then it would not be so bad. I would
not care. Then I would be like these
Others" He waved a hand in the
direction OF the other barges and
scows tied at the pier. 81 think all
the time. oh, you do not know what
hours you got to think when you
lay tied up for days, maybe weeks
and nothing to do but think.
You think why your three broth
ers got, killed in Chermany in the
war Why! To make room for a
son-of bitch like Hitler eh? I am
the only one what's left alife in my
family. My father, he died in 1922.
He never forgives me for running
away to America when the war broke
out. He loose three sons in the war
and he do not know why but he list
patriot. Und now Hitler got the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24

Comrade Mcclure viii long be re-
Numbered as one Of the most active
and extremely devoted comrades in
the Harlem section of the Party With
clear understanding of the Party'S
position on the Negro question, she
displayed untiring zeal and the cor
rect Bolshevik approach 10 Negro
workers very few comrades in the
Harlem section can compare with her
record of work among the Negro
toilers
From the very beginning of the
Scottsboro case, despite her failing
health, she plunged herself into the
work for the liberation of the nine in
ncc2nt Negro boys. Even while in the
hospital up to the last days Of her life,
she inquired constantly about the
progress Of the campaign to save the
nine boys.
The body OF Comrade Mcclure will
lie in state at the Finnish Hall at 8
am. today. where comrades and SYM
pathizers will pay her their last revo-
lutio1sry tribute, until the funeral at
2 pm.
Speakers at the mass funeral will
include William Patterson, national
secretary Of the International Labor
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Leaders, Treachery Breaks Heroic
Strike of Wisconsin Farmers

MILWAUKEE, May 23-The Wis
consin milk strike, a history of six
days OF heroic fighting by the farm
ers, was sold out by a corrupt and
yellow leadership, The Arbitration
Committee CT the Milk Pool signed a
settlement with Governor Schmede-
man which is unparalleled for its
subservience, and which calls off the
strike without getting any kind OF
return for the farmers other than the
appointment Of a group by the Gov
ernor to study" the abolition of the
present system of base and surplus in
the pricing of milk, butter and cheese,
reorganization of the bureau Of agri-
culture and markets, divorce of chain
store organizations from manufactur-
ing and processing of food products
and the establishment of a fair
price" for dairy goods.
For these empty and pitiful prom
Uses, Singler and the Pool leaders have
betrayed the struggle of thousands
upon thousands Of farmers.
Strike Breaking by Leaders
The statement issued by the Milk
Pool and the Governor says in part:
1--WE deplore the fact that undesir-
able and outside elements have en-
tered upon unlawful activities of in
timidation and violence, and the said
Wisconsin Milk Pool emphatically re-
pudiateS such elements as undesirable
and unlimited allies, and as good citi-
Gems Of the state Of Wisconsin join
with the Governor in condemnation
Of such unlawful activities and offer
their assistance to terminate such ac-
tivities."
The activities referred to are the
measures taken by the farmers to
defend themselves from the attacks
of the military forces sent against
them armed with bayonets, machine
guns and tear gas by the very gov
ernor with whom these double-de
ing leaders are signing an agreement
Farmers March to Madison
On the morning the settlement was
made, and before it was signed, five
thousand farmers marched in to Mad
ison.
These five thousand farmers-rep-
resenting tens of thousands more who
at that very moment we're battling
the agents of the milk trust on the
highways of the state-came to Mad
ison to prove that, not a handful Of
"agltators,' but mass movement Of
desperate and determined farmers
were there to fight for their rights
Their demonstration was so affec-
tive that their treacherous leaders
either stricken or bought, Of
both, hurried to call off the strike.
The farmers swarned all over Mad
ison and the Capitol. They filled tht
rotunda, and the wings holding the
executive offices and the Houses OIL
the Legislature. They filled the Sen
| ate and the Assembly chambers, sur
rounded the legislators arriving fol
the morning session. They protested
the use of National Guardsmen, bay
onets and gas against the farmers
Guardsmen had been stationed al
over Madison and in all parts of the
Capitol building, but the farmers
brushed them aside like chaff.
With the announcement that the
strike had been called off, roar Of
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FINAL YOUTH DAY
CONFERENCE 5 Pm.
Young Workers March
In Harlem May 80

NEW YORK. - A final National
Youth Day Conference will be held
tonight, p m. at Stuyvesant Casino,
9th Street and Second Avenue.
Delegates present at the last con-
ference are asked to be present. Or
ference are asked to b present Or
CARNATIONS who have not yet taken
part are invited to join tonight.
-Four branches of the Young Circle
League of the Workman's Circle are
participating in the conference.
Young workers here will march in a
mass parade through the streets Of
Harlem, here on May 80, National
Youth Day. They will assemble first
at 126th Street and Lenox Avenue
and carrying their own banners begin
the parade,
An indoor rally with many in
teresting features will be held May 90,
8 p. m. National Youth Day eve, at
the Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place
and 18th Street. Donald Henderson
will speak for the American Commit
tee Against War.
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indignation filled the halls of the
building. The farmers were first
stunned and then, as they realized
what had happened, they broke the
silence with shouts and imprecations.
This was reported in the capitalist
newspapers with the phrase-"a jul
bilant air seized the crowd"
Schmedeman Tries to Speak
An announcement that Governor
Schmedeman was going to speak,
emptied the Capitol, and the farmers,
joining thousands of others outside,
formed rough ranks and marched to
accuse their accuser. Nearly all of
them were in overalls and presented
an unforgettable picture-rebutting
the lie that genuine farmers" we're
not supporting the strike.
Schmedeman's speech in the gym
nasium was not a success. He was
accompanied by General Immell, the
gasser and Eayoneter in chief. Sur
rounding these two was large arm
ed guard. The farmers packed out
the hall. Booing and kissing prevent
Gu OCIE1IGuSIiel 4IOIIl Sp6dh4Ilgs I'LL
till two Of the farmers leaders"
(Bergelin and Weiss jumped up on
the platform and called for quiet.
Schmedeman managed to say: 81
don't think there is a farmer amongst
you who will say that I have not been
trying as hard as any human being
could to help you" The farmers
greeted this preposterous piece of
humbug with laughter. Schmedeman
cut short his speech and left, pro-
tected by his bodyguard.
The farmers have now disbanded to
their homes throughout the state-to
face what? To face the same vicious
oppression and economic misery as
before But these six days will have
left their mark
Singler Chief Betrayer
Walter Singler, president OF the
Wisconsin Cooperative Milk Pool
who called the strike, and who had
been in hiding since the second day
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after threats by Immel to hold
him responsible for any acts of VIC
lence that should take place, appeared
IN public for the first time since his
desertion. one whole day afte- the
strike had been called off by his lieu
tenants.
He appeared at a meeting Of pool
leaders at Beaverdam with plans for
launching cooperative marketing
organization as a means for enforc-
ing farmers price demands for dairy
products. Then it won't be neces-
sary to strike again"
Singler in his speech said: we
dent want to strike again, and we
are perfecting cur organization SO
that it will never be necessary for US
to strike again" This great strike
leader is going to see to it--that there
won't be another farm strike in Wis
conSin.
Singleris explanation Of his coward
ice during the strike is that he was
ordered to go fishing by the execu-
tive committee Of the pool, who fear
ed that (his) arrest would break the
morale of the strike" So Singler
went fishing while the farmers were
being dubbed, jailed gassed, bayo-
neted and even killed.
Role of Communist Party
The Communist Party, indirectly
classed by the milk strike leaders
in their agreement with the governor
ending the Stike as outside, unde-
sirable and unlimited allies" and
blamed for violence and intimida-
tion," answered the charges Friday,
the day the strike ended, through
Morris Childs, district organizer. This
statement was carried by the Mil
waukee Journal, the largest news
paper in the state, and so had reach
ed, and been read by, thousands Of
farmers-they should read it very
carefully:
Eyes, we were on the picket lines
because we shall always help the
farmers win better conditions. But
the Communist Party, and any other
organization we know to contain
Communist Party members, did not
send pickets to the lines except when
tilS lOCdi ldi III SGIlke ltduBIS dSkSQ
their aid and sent trucks to transport
them.
1.-The farmers were demanding mil
liant leadership which the pool lead
ers failed to give. We thought it
our duty to help furnish such mill
tant leadership. The pool leaders did
see their hold on the strike slipping
so they signed the agreement with
the governor. This is the most cyni-
cal betrayal of farm strike ever wit
messed, comparable only to Milo Re-
nos action in refusing to participate.
The leaders who signed the agreement
with the governors did not consult
the farmers. The farmers troubles
have not been solved. The near flu
ture will witness more battles"
The farmers will learn from this
struggle, and from its betrayal, that
only by following the militant and
determined leadership of the United
Farmers League will they be able to
free themselves from the octopus hold
Of the farm product trusts. and win
decent living conditions for them
selves and their families
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BY Al ROBBINS.

On Decoration Day, May 80, Of
every year. strutting generals, politi-
clans, and bloated munitions bosses,
grow fearful over the dear departed"
war dead and over the peaceful flu
ture Of cur great Nation" So peace
full future indeed that it must be
guaranteed by the strongest navy, the
strongest army in the world I'VE
must be ready to lay down our lives
for peace, for democracy, for our ma
tion.' And then our noble generals
and their high hated brothers return
to their daily task of preparing the
looming world imperialist slaughter
In 1881, the militant young workers
of America, feeling their strength,
decided to rip apart this iingoistic
farce Of the bosses that goes on all
year from Decoration Day to Decora-
ton Day. Under the leadership of
the Young Communist League, the
young workers MADE May 30th the
youth day Of struggle against imper-
ialist war-National Youth Day!
Born in struggle. National Youth
Day has anchored itself in the grow
ing tide of struggle against the war
end hunger program OF the capitalist
class. At times the bosses have tried
to drown it in blood and terror.
Throughout the year every agency
at the command Of the bosses is util-
lied to crush the growing front of
the youth against war.
Generals, admirals and munitions
makers call for bigger armies and
navieS, for preparedness" and for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24
BIG SCOTTSBORO
MEET IN HARLEM
Show First Movie of
Trial Tonight

NEW YORK.-In addition to show
ing movies of the Scottsboro trial
prominent speakers will address the
huge mass meeting for the nine boys
tomorrow night, p. m at the Park
Palace, 8 West 10th Street, Harlem.
Joseph Brodsky, leading lawyer for
the International Labor Defense and
chief attorney for the Scottsboro boys;
William Patterson, national secre-
tary of the I. L. D.; A. j. Music of
the Conference for Progressive Labor
Action, and Rev. Clayton A. Powell
will be some of the speakers.
The meeting is being held under
the auspices of the International
Workers Order and a workers social
insurance organization.
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ing Workers. De1nonsaby Thousands Natl Youth Day. May SO
See O'Brien Thurs.
to Demand Police
Stop Terror on So.

NEW YORK. - A delegation Of
workers from Union Square elected
at a meeting called by the Tom Moo
ney branch Of the International La
Dor Defense will see Mayor O'Brien,
Park Commissioner Sheey and Po-
lice Commissioner Bolan tomorrow
afternoon to protest against the GUST
ing of workers from the square by
police. The police drew guns one
night and constantly use clubs on
group of workers carrying on dis
CussionS.
Demands will be made that work.
ers are allowed free access to Union
Square and the right to hold discus
sion without police interference.
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WANT TO DISPLACE
CITY EMPLOYEES BY
USING UNEMPLOYED

NEW YORK A move to displace
regular city employees by using I'M
employed at lower wages is being
made by the Tammany government.
Unemployed working ten days a
month at $45 through tie Emergency
Work Bureau have been approached
during the last few days and offered
a full months work at $50. The
nature of the work was not disclosed
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into him by mistake in the dark He
was startled. A bullet pouch fell to
the ground with rattling noise. The
officer, raging with fury, suppressed a
curse. In the dark gap on the left
side Of the street the lights suddenly
went out. Cursed fool! There, see
what you have done" The Office tore
out his revolver. His highly pitched,
sharp voice cut into the silence.
Fire"
Crash-a carbine fusillade whipped
into the gap.
Attack Forward Forward"
Shouting they ran with wide open
mouths straight into the black wall.
"Ho-Ho-o-o! Close the windows! ~
Schlopsnies tore at the string-his
helmet Knocked against someone-he
stumbled roaring with fear - the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24
Wedne8ddV

MOVIE & SOCIAL. Refreshments. REQ
snd White Soviet film-Labor Temple. 243
East 9eth 81. Admission lOc. Auspices FSU
Yorlville branch.
LATEST SOVIET MOVIE - Ivan - Also
pewsreel of October Revolution Celebration
IN Moscow. Continuous performance l to
II D. m. New Singer Theatre, Stone and
Pitldn, Brooklyn Auspices, C. p. Section g..
PROSPECT WORKERS CENTER, 1857 So.
Blvd membership meeting report of week
activities.
JOHN L. SPTVAK. Backstage of the Cap
italist Press, German Workers Club, 1856
Third Ave. (86th) Admission free.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF U. S, DE-
POSITORS, 1913 Fifth Ave cor f16th 81.
UNITED FRONT OPEN air meeting. e..
l4th and Kings Highway Auspices. United
Front Committee Of Flstbush, Brooklyn
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BOOK NOTES
COMPLETE REPORT OF VICKERS
WRECKERS TRIAL

The details and the full extent of
the espionage and sabotage work
carried out by the officers and en-
gineers of the British Metropolitan
Vickers Co. in the Soviet Union is
revealed in the official verbatim re-
port Of the Moscow trial.
This report, translated into English
and published in three volumes, by
the Soviet Law Publishing House, is
being distributed by International
Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave, New
York.
Volume I contains a photostat of
Thorntons statement, in his own
handwriting, exposing the whole es-
pionage and wrecking plot.
Each volume, 292 pages, sells at 80
cents, and the set of three volumes
at S270 You may obtain these at
bookshops Or direct from Information
al Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave, New
York.
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TO ALL READERS OF THE DAILY WORKER"
TO ALL MASS ORGANIZATIONS
HAVING WEEKLY ORDERS

We find that few of the organizations cutting
out their orders because of the approaching summer
months and because many of the workers leaving
the city for that period We urge every of these
workers to get three-months' two-months', one
month subscription for the Daily Worker in their
absence, to keep in constant touch with the
doings and activities of the working class. Do not
forget to send in your subscriptions when you leave
town.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24
BY JOHN L. SPIVAK

IN the twenty-foW hours out of
each day that barge captain
spends on his boat there is much
time to think for those who DO; and
when these long days stretch into
weeks and months and years on the
oily, sewer-polluted water, something
snaps in the brain They sink into
an animal-like existence, forget the
passage of time and remember only
that there is cold and warmth, hun
ger and women. When they can for
get the world from which they arc
cut off they make perfect barge
captains. But when they cannot then
whiskey is the only solution they
see to keep from going mad. That
is why so many barge captains are
always drunk.
There have been captains driven
to taking the job because there was
no other work who could not forget
in whiskey and waterfront women
the passing of their years. These men
have been removed from their cabins
and taken to hospitals and sometimes
TO asylums. Melancholia, the doctors
said.
4 Ships Engineer
On q sand scow moored to a Har-
lem pier l met one Of those trying
TO escape scow captains life. His
breath Smelled Of whiskey and his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24
SILK WORKERS STRIKE.

UTICA, May 21-The workers at
the Luxury Silk Mills, Inc, are out
on strike and are standing firm for
a 20 per cent increase in wages to
meet the rising cost of living.
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WHAT'S ON


al organizat ons who wish to in
cert notice in the DAILY WORKER
ere to bring them into the pjsiness
office Of the Daily Worker, or address
TO Whats On Column" together
with the charge of lie per word.
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Thursddy-

DANCE-Domestic Workers Section of
FWIU for benefit CT the Foltis-Fischer
strike at Estonian Hall, 20 West 115th St.
Admission Csc. Support US by comiuel
INFLATION-Milton Howard. Education
meeting Office Workers Union - Labor
Temple, $40 E. 18th St p. m.
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DEFENSE CAMPAIGN IN BRONX

NEW YORK.-The first mass meet
ing initiating a defense and protest
movement in the Bronx by the Middle
Bronx Unemployed Council against
police brutality and the falling of IS
workers last Saturday for demanding
shelter and food will be held tonight
in the Middle Bronx Unemployed
Council, 400 Boston Rd. House and
block committees and mass organiza-
tons are cooperating in the cam
paign.
a mass reception for the arrested
workers whose terms expired yester-
day will also be held tonight at the
Union Workers Center, 8o1 Prospect
Ave. Bronx. Samuel Goldberg, LID.
lawyer who defended the workers,
will speak.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-24
IN B Rim
by KLAUS NEusGRAkTz
ILLUSTRATED BT WALTER oUlRT

THE STORY THUS FAR: The district
Day despite
the Socialist Chief
tackled by the police
carricade erected, which attacked
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Defense, George Sisskind of the Com
munist Party, New York District;
Steve Kingston, Harlem organizer OF
the Communist Party, and Sol Har-
per, Negro worker who was arrested
with Bride MCGUIRE in the struggle
for Negro rights.
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Shock Troop G

1AAVNh AAOVP ~
From the darkened passage Of Po-
lice Station 50, steel helmets emerged.
Twenty, thirty The low iron rim
almost hid the young face beneath it.
A glowing cigarette end was flung
to the ground, the wind blew sparks
into the impenetrable darkness which
swallowed the men. Carbines and
bayonetS ratified softly. A straight
line of shadows only broken by the
shining buttons on the uniforms,
moved almost inaudibly, close along
the houses till it reached the bridge
Behind the obtuse angle of the street
corner was the Wiesenstrasse. Here
they waited. A small, broadly built
figure in a tight-f1tting uniform
moved away from the wall and noise
lessly stepped forward few PAGES.
In front of the officer the broad
Wiesen Strasse lay dark and empty.
On the left-hand side, about half
way down, was dark gap-the alleyl
Only toward its lower end were tiny
lights shining; their miserable glow
was absorbed by the darkness at arms
length. From time to time the wind
brought muffled noise. From be-
meath the steel helmet pair Of night
glasses searched roofs and houses.
But in vain. Houses and sky were one
smooth, irnpenetrable wall
Behind him was deadly silence. The
men stood far back in the shadow of
the porches. The silent darkness was
uncanny. These empty streets, the
black holes Of the windows (you could
not tell if they were open or cloSed)
the yards and the alley tenements
which lay deep in the shadow behind
the bridge.
For the first time d-gTenades
were hanging from their belts With
every movement they felt the wooden
handles touch their bellies.
Tho officer returned. A few short,
whispered commands. The carbines
we're cooked with a soft clink of
metal.
extend the linei'
The first five had hung their car
bines round their necks. The fifth
to tn left was Sergeant Schlopsnies.
The hands Of the young policeman
otherwise so steady-Were trembling
when he screwed the safety pin from
the lland-grenade. The little china
ball on the end of string, through
which the explosion is caused, fell
out and swung between his nervous
fingers He was trembling so yio-
lently that he feared to touch it. His
whole body shook. Someone bumped