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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Struggled Letter Tells How
Hunger Caused Jail Revolt
Raymond st. Prison Fed Rotten Stew; Many
Labor Prisoners Held There

NEW YORK.-A "sub-rosa" letter
anuggled out by prisoner in the
Raymond Street Jail telling of the
rotten conditions there which caused
serious riot in that Jail recently
resulting in the clubbing of prisoners
was received today by the N. Y. Dis
trict, International Labor Defense,
which is concealing the name Of the
writer so as to prevent prison autho-
rites from taking action against him
In writing about the riot, the ca
pitalist press tried to make it appear
as the work of hardened criminals
The letter fatty contradicts this.
The letter is as follows:
February 13, 1888.
"The conditions in Raymond St.
jail are going from bad to worse.
-Four times week they gave us a
bowl of black stew until finally we
could not stand 1t any more so we
threw the stew off the tiers.
Then the warden came out and
we asked for better food. So he
told us to go to hell.
$50 we retaliated by breaking
the benches, and flooding the place
by stuffing the sinks and letting
the water ru-i.
Finally when we went to sleep
they opened up the single cells
and sIugged the ringleaders, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
NY. Workers
Mass Against
Hitler Terror

NEW YORK-"The events that are
now taking place in Germany have
the greatest significance. These
events are not only significant for
the future of Germany, these events
can well determine the whole course
of the development of the world
revolution and the tempo of that de-
velopment.'
These were the opening words of
Clarence Hathaway, District Organ
izer of the Communist Party in New
York, before hundreds of enthusi-
astic workers who came to the mass
meeting at the Central Opera House
Sunday to protest against the bloody
Hitler regime in Germany and to
support the fight of the German
workers against Fascism.
The meeting at Central Opera
House was one of five held in Great
err New York yesterday. A tremend-
Gus ovation greeted Hathaway as he
rose to speak, and for over an hour
workers listened with the closest at
tention as he pictured the present
situation in Germany
Hathaway was preceded by Ben
Gold and 8 Negro worker, both of
whom called to rally for united strug-
gle for the interests Of the workers
and the overthrow of the capitalist
system.
The hall was decorated with num-
erous slogans proclaiming solidarity
of the American workers with the
workers of Germany. At the con-
clusion Of Hathaway's speech, a
resolution pledging full support to
the German workers.
One of the central questions, Hath
away declared, is whether Fascism
in Germany will be able to CONSOLE
date itself. In answering this ques-
ton he drew a comparison between
the situation existing in Italy at the
time Fascism came into power there,
and the circumstances under which
Hitler came into power.
At that time capitalism vas stabi-
lizing itself. At the present time
capitalist sterilization is at an end,
and the forces Of working class revo-
luton are on the upgrade. In Ger
many there exists powerful revolu-
tianary organization, the Communist
Party supported by millions OF work.
ers.
Whereas, in Italy, fascism had
crushed the working class long be-
fore it actually took state power, in
Germany the Communist Party is
developing growing resistance against
the Fascist rule.
wit bout Understanding the
danger of Fascism, Hathaway en-
phatically rejected the defeatist and
counter-revolutionary position of the
Trotzkyite and expressed confidence
in the ability of the German work.
ing class, under the leadership of the
Communist Party to smash the con-
solidation of Fascism and establish
Soviet Government.
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of them. Jimmy Cahill is in critical
condition in the hospital next to
the Jail.
"Now we get up at a. m, and
they don't put the lights on till
a. m. They stop our mail for one
day, no newspapers were allowed
in
There are a number of class war
prisoners in this Jail, among them
Edward Griffin, II year old Negro
boy, framed on a murder charge.
The N. Y District, International
Labor Defense, which will hold a
bazaar on Feb. 22nd to 26th, In
elusive, to raise funds for defending
all class-war prisoners has carried
on an independent investigation OF
conditions in the Raymond Street
jail, which even before the riot &C.
cured proved that conditions in that
Jail are intolerable.
A campaign consisting of open air
demonstrations and mass meetings
in protest against the miserable con-
diticns prevailing in this jail, against
the brutal treatment of the prisoners
after the riot, and demanding that
all class war prisoners be accorded
the full rights of political prisoners
will be initiated by the NJ Y. District,
International Labor Defense on a
large scale
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
HEARSTS new
"RED PLOT"
IS EXPOSED
Lie That Zangara Was
Agent of Left Wing
Painters
PRESENT NO FACTS
Enquirer Got Tale
from ALL. Heads

NEW YORK. - Belching
forth another lie in the attempt
of the capitalist press to make
use of the attempted assassi-
nation Of Roosevelt to rush
through new repressive meas
ures against the workers and
farmers, New York Enquirer
a Hearst Tammany yellow Sunday
weekly in streaming headlines tries
to link the arrested Zangara with the
militant Alteration Painters Union.
The lie is presented in the most fla
grant manner without even using
concocted facts" and names.
Three union leaders of the build
4 Ing trades of Brooklyn have identified
( the picture of Giuseppe zangara, the
man who attempted to shoot Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt at Miami as be-
ing one of the Communist union
picketS active in the labor troubles at
Schulman's Baths, Coney Island, be-
tween Jan Is and 20 this year" lies
the Enquirer zangara has never had
any connection with the Alteration
Painters Union.
The New York Times last Friday,
Feb. II, states in writing about Fan
CARA from police records that:
He told of having made trip 10
California two years ago end SEEM
i,,oJx, hoe I,od funds IND INC THE
THREE MONTHS HE HAS BEEN
IN MIAMI" (Our emphasis. Ed This
means that on Jan Is and 20 Fan
CARA was in Miami and could not
have been at the same time in Coney
Island.
The secret agents Of Williaal
Green in the Painters Union who are
alleged to have supplied the Enquirer
with this outrageous tale are well
aware of the above statement in New
York Times. But they are now en-
y gagged in a frantic expulsion drive of
Louis Weinstock and his fellow ALL,
members who oppose the bureaucrats
J and no frame-up is too low for them.
They join Hearst and Tammany in
trying to connect zangara with the
radical movement though they know
that even the reactionary New York
Times states in the Saturday Feb. 18
issue that:
ut became increasingly apparent
to Secret Service and Department
Of Justice agents who are continu-
ing the investigation of the shoot
ing that Zangara was operating
alone and was not connected with
any radical organization. :"
Assassination Boss Method
The Daily Worker, official organ OF
the Communist Party repeats that
the method of assassination is a
method of the reactionary ruling
class, and not of the revolutionary
workers and farmers movement. In
insisting upon this, the Communist
Party is insisting upon keeping the
skirts of the revolutionary movement
clear Of IL = mud and filth of the
capitalist class nd the capitalist ide-
ology-capitalist methods which are
entirely futile and self-defeating if
undertaken by the revolutionary
movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
TENANTS RESPOND
TO STRIKE CALL
Is Houses Ready for
Organization

NEW YORK.-ReSponding to the
display of working class solidarity
ard rent strike militancy and sue
cesses in the spread the rent strike"
parade in demonstration in Bronx,
about Is houses have announced
their willingness to strike and have
requested organizers. Several calls
are from Longfellow, Hoe and Vyse
Avenues, Crotona Park E. and E.
10th st. In all cases leadership has
been furnished by the Unemployed
Councils.
The breaking Of the promise made
by the Loyestonite renegade, j.
Kudrenetzky, at 1890 Vyse Ave-, that
the landlord would not evict any
tenants, has exposed the Loveston-
tiles treacherous intentions from the
very beginning. The Lovestonites is
sued the promise on their own ini-
tiative to prevent organization. Three
tenants were evicted Friday with
few more scheduled. When the
tenants began to organize against
evictions and for lower rents, Kud-
renetZky started counter organiza-
ton of tenants opposed to striking
by misleading them with the promise
which has been broken. Kudrenetzky
also collected rent for the landlord.
An enlarged meeting of the Strike
Committee of so will be held Monday
night at the headquarters, 1400 Bos-
ton Rd. together with the represent
tatives of those houses that were
registered on Feb. Is. The meeting will
discuss the spreading of the -;
strikes and consolidation OF the
houses involved. Support will be
pledged to the elected delegation OF
Is that will go to Albany to present
the petition to Gov. Lehman de-
handing that he enact legislation re-
pealing the eviction law,
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dorsed the action Of thel, conference
committee.
35 Dress Strikes
In spite of the fact that last week
production slackened in the dress
trade, the Dressmakers Unity COM
mittee was successful in stopping of
35 additional open shops involving
$50 workers, OF these IS shops 20
have settled. The Industrial Union
has also declared stoppages in about
20 union shops for the purpose Of
re-settling the prices and improving
the conditions.
In the shop of Maimen and Sanger,
81 West oath Street, in which there
are $50 workers on strike, the firm
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
ALBANY GROUP
SEND-OFF AT
3 MASS MEETS
Unemployed LIE ad er S
Meet Today to Plan
March 4 Action

NEW YORK.-Important special
meeting of all functiOnarieS, and full
bureau of each local unemployed
council, together with active members
of House and Block Committees, will
be held today at 1880 PM. at Irving
Plaza Hall. This conference will work
out plans for March demonstration
and tasks of house and block COM
mittees, etc, in preparing the AL
bany Conference.
NEW YORK-Three mass meet
ings, one in Brooklyn, one in the
Bronx and one in Manhattan, were
arranged as send offs for the dele
gates going to the New York State
Conference for Labor Legislation in
Albany March 5, 6, and 7, when the
Provisional Committee of the confer
ence met yesterday morning at Irving
Plaza Hall.
The committee also issued a call
urging all organizations to immedi-
ately send in the credentials of their
delegates together with the $40 fee
covering the transportation, lodging
and food for each delegate during
the three days. A flat rate of IS to
provide lodging and food for upstate
delegates and those who expect to
make the trip to Albany independent
ly was also announced as was a So
rate including transportation for all
youth delegates.
The Brooklyn send-off meeting will
be held Wednesday evening, March l,
at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum, 949
Willoughby Ave, in the Bronx at
Ambassador Hall, 1875 Third Ave,
Friday, March 3, and in Manhattan
at the Manhattan Lyceum, &c E. 4th
ST., on March 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Fight Rent Increase:
B'klyn Tenants Strike

NEW YORK-After three weeks
fight. the tenants of ITO Bay 81 ST.,
Brooklyn, declared rent strike Sat-
urday at II pm. because it seemed
to be the only method for taking
down a rent increase of IS per cent.
Strike signs have been placed in all
the windows.
The landlord, Brill, refuses to re-
cognize the house committee Of five
and said, II am determined to evict
the committee even If 1t costs me
$4,000" The workers Of the house,
under the leadership Of the unem-
ployed Councils, are not to be fright
ened by the threats Of this landlord.
They ask the support of all workers
living in the neighborhood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
1000 JOBLESS WIN MANY DEMANDS IN CLEVELAND
SEATTLE JOBLESS
DEFY MAYOR BAN
ON MEETS TODAY
Active United Front
for March Fourth
Demonstrations )

CLEVELAND, Feb. 10
Seven thousand workers par
ticipated in ten neighbOrhood
demonstrations held against
the neighborhoOd branches of
the Associated Charities. Two
of these demonstrations we're
in places where no previous
demonstrations were held. Plac-
ards we're carried stating I'VE want
butter, bed sheets, brooms, scrub
brushes and fruit Many young
workers participated in the mass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20


manufacturers.
The conference found that in spite
of the slack season in some Of the
trades, many concrete gains have
been made.
The shop delegates council formal
ly resolved to greet the developments
and support fully the struggle led by
the Cloakmakers Committee Of 100,
the Dressmakers Unity Committee
and the Industrial Union, on real
united front basis.
The council pledged TO mobilize all
its forces to extend the united front
and prepare the strike for week work
in the cloak trade, and mass strike
for union standards in the dress
trade. 1t also reaffirmed the de-
nands Of the fur workers, and en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Student League Scores
Suppression of Paper

NEW YORK--The National Stu
dent League has issued a call for all
students and organizations to protest
the action of the Student Senate of
New York University. The Senate Is
suspending publication Of the Daily
News, the University publication.
The Student League is protesting
against the autocratic method Of the
Student Senate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Torture Herndon in
A Tiny Georgia Cell
Framed by Lynn 6
Brutal Guards

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 10. - Fearful
that the growing mass fight for the
freedom of Angelo Herndon will rob
them of their prey, the Georgia lynch
bosses are deliberately attempting to
wreck the health and mind Of Hern-
don by transferring him to a tiny
padlocked cell, such as lunatics are
confined in.
The transfer was ordered follow
ing lying charge by guards at the
Fulton Tower Jail, Fulton County,
Ga. that Herndon had attempted to
effect an escape.
Expose Frame-Up.
The I. L. D. attorneys ]. Davis, Jr.,
and John H. Geer, took steps yester-
day to force Herndons removal from
the padded cell They forced the
Fulton County Council to hold q
hearing on their protests. Herndon
at the hearing categorically denied
having made any attempt to escape
and branded as lie the statements
of the guards. Three armed guards
were present in the room during the
nearing, but this effort to tntimidate
Herndon, like other similar efforts,
failed completely.
Protests Urged.
The Southern District of the I. L.
D. urges that all workers organiza-
tions and sympathizers throughout
the country vigorously protest this
vicious attempt TO wreck the health
and mind Of Herndon and to murder
him in jail.
Rush protests to Gov. Eugene Tai
madge, Atlanta, Ga. and to Judge
D. Thomas, Fulton County Supreme
Court, Atlanta, Ga.
Demand the immediate release OF
this young organizer sentenced to 10
to 20 years on a Georgia chain
gang. Demand the release of the
Scottsboro boysl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
NAVY YARD WAGE CUT

NEW YORK.-There lie rumor
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that a
wage cut is coming next March for
the entire naval force. This viii
make the second cut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
20 Victories Last Week in
Dress Dripe; Broaden Out
Meeting of All Shop Delegates Approves Re-
port on Fur Contract Negotiations

the
of camen delegates of all held
Needle
Workers Industrial Union the Of cloak fur strike
activities settlements
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
1. CENTS AN HOUR FOR WOMEN

PONTIAC, Mich, Feb. 1.-THE Bald
win Rubber factory is hiring women
to work for IL to Is cents an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Indignation of Seattle Toilers

SEATTLE, Feb. 19.-The entire
working class of Seattle and through
out most of the state is seething with
indignation at the vicious attack Of
sheriff's deputies, cops and firemen.
who with clubs, black-jacks and
streams from high-power hose, drove
the 5000 unemployed workers from
the city-county building.
After driving the workers out the
cops tried to Yictimize some of the
most active and arrested four work
ers, but were forced to release them.
Fill Seattle Streets
Following the eviction from the
county building the unemployed
Joined by part-time and employed
workers, staged parade through the
streets which ended at the Unem-
ployed Citizens League headquar-
tiers. There more than 10000 demon
str2Ced, pledged to support prepare
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F. ID. ROOSEVELT
viii get Jobless De
mandS March 4

Young WORKER and THE Dailt
Worker"
Six hundred single men were lock-
ed in a wood pile barracks to prevent
their demonstrating. Three hundred
marched to where they were anc
held a meeting.
On Friday a demonstration in front
of the Jewish charities forced them
to abandon a 10 per cent relief cut
which was to be forerunner to city
wide cut. The Cleveland workers are
being modified for the nationwide
demonstrations for ioEoless relief and
insurance on March 4.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
Why the Crisis in the Daily?
Emergency Committee Calls
for Widest Possible Aid

THE suspension
clearly possible workers and friends of the working
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m andS we're
won for sheets.
scrub brushes
and brooms
One evic tion
was stopped
and payment
of rent wa S
guara n t e e d
with promise
of food in
crease and one
quart Of milk
a Gay. Over $50
hunger fight
ers sold many
comics of "The
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ARRANGE ONE!

If you look through these pages, you
lciU see many announcements of small
house parties and intimate gatherings
Lchich indiUidudI readers and friends of
the "DdiIy' hare arranged to help keep
the paper from suSpending. Haze YOU
held a house party as yet? If not, ar
range one NOW!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20
ANSWERING A CHALLENGE

Answering the challenge of Unity 10,
Section Is Communist Pdrty). New
York, Which donated S42.92 to the Daily
Worker several days ago, Unit Is, in The
same section, has sent in S45! At the
same time it extends the challenge to all
other units in Section I5 WHAT'S your
answer, units in Section IS?
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FINANCIAL SECRETARIES
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collected be either broug
orse by mIor to
organization yinrece credit for i ESQ
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-12-21

the Christmas demand soon. The
Wiedle ranch was the scene Of
the great butchery Monday. The
Dickersons helped prepare them
for market.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tuttle
were dinner guests at the SUPPLE
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney visited at
the Dickerson home Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Martin and
Hazel Chalcraft from Kennewick
were dinner guests at the Dicker-
sons Thursday evening.
Mrs. o. M. Lewis from Pasco
visited with her mother, Mrs. Fan
ME Lewis all day Monday.
Francis Wetherell went to Lind
to visit his brother, Ralph, who is
pastor Of the Methodist church
there, over Sunday.
A few Of little Jean Mosher's
friends gathered at his home Mon
day afternoon to help him cele-
brate his seventh birthday.
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Richland News Items
Residents Of invited give the district greater
publicity informing the correspondent of the happenings OF
the community.

Stinson was away at the time as
was the rest of the family and up
on his return was surprised to see
his wood gone-but was grateful
when he saw it returned - and
much relieved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hartung
were pleasantly surprised Sunday
afternoon when Mrs. Miller OF
Newberg, Oregon, w. Mawer of
Rocklyn and w. F. Altroggee of
Kennewick called at their home to
say hello.
Mr.. Meredith, who has been
spending some time visiting in
California, returned on Tuesday to
late to enjoy our fine dust storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hackney and Mr..
and Mrs. Cheyne and daughter
were dinner guests in the F. Cur
tiss home Sunday.
Seventy-five Al turkeys will be
on their way to Tacoma to satisfy
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Saturday night. The evening was
spent in playing games. While the
games were in full swing Mr.. Nc
Clendon sprung a surprise upon
them by making a batch of real
old-fashioned taffy, the kind you
pull, and invited them all to help
pull and eat it. After this they adj
journed to the river bank, where
they roasted wieners by a bright
bonfire and all reported that they
had a swell time. About AZ were
present at the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. White Were
charivaried Saturday night by a
group of friends. They were mar
ried in Prosser last week.
Miss Alice Wood returned from
near Yakima, where she has been
working.
The stork stopped on its flight
at two places in our community
last week. At Mr.. and Mrs. C. j.
Barnett's home he left fine baby
boy and at the j. w. Rice home a
baby girl.
The Methodist Christmas pro-
gram and treat for the kiddies will
be Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
All are welcome. The Lutheran
old-fashioned Christmas eve, will
be on Sunday evening at the
church.
The Coop met at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hanson Tues
day evening. Mr.. Darling of Yaki-
ma and Ted Kelly of Sunnyside
Were outside visitors of the eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kerr and
family had dinner Sunday at Col
leys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard and daugh-
ter were dinner guests at John
Dams home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scherniskie, Mr..
and Mrs. Satter and Lois, Harry
Sandberg and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Erickson were dinner guests at the
Anton Norling home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jones and
Mrs. Williams of Pasco went to
Walla Walla Friday on business
and do little shopping.