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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
for his life if he uttered another
word"
Torgler Is Wounded War
Veteran.

word.
Torgler Is Wounded War
Veteran.
Court room spectators as well as
'oreign journalists were today still
under the spell of Ernst Torgler's
impressive and imprisoned speech
made yesterday to the Nazi judges in
which he reiterated his innocence
and denounced the attempt to link
up the Reichstag fire with the Com
munist Party. Torgler was the par
liamentary leader in the Reichstag
of the Communist deputies.
Torgler, in relating the story of
his life, told of the influence upon
him of his mother with her fifty
years experience in the revolution
airy movement of Germany, of his
being drafted for service during the
imperialist war and of his being
wounded twice
The Communist leader pointed out
that inasmuch as the Nazi lawyer
appointed to defend him had asserted
that he would defend Torgler "as a
person." but would not defend the
Communist Party of Germany-that
he, Torgler, would take upon him
self the task of defending his Party
Continue van der Lubbe Quiz
Interrogation of Marinus van der
Lubbe, Dutch provocateurt was re-
sumed this morning when the state
began developing its evidence that
he was actually involved in the burn
ing of the Reichstag building.
The prosecution having brought
its case against him up to two days
before the Reichstag blaze, it today
sought to prove that on February 25,
two days before the fire, van der
Lubbe set a fire in the attic of a
Berlin Palace.
(Torgler, testifying yesterday, had
vigorously denied that van der Lubbe
had any connection with the Com
nunist Party of Germany and char
acterized the Nazi tool and his friends
as irresponsible syndicalists and an
archists.")
Van der Lubbe today admitted set
ting fires to welfare office, the
Berlin City Hall and the former I'M
perial Palace few days prior to
the Reichstag blaze.
Foreign journalists laughed up
roariously when Van der Lubbe ex-
planned, in his alleged confession, that
the fire at the City Hall was a fall
ure because it had been set on the
roof and was extinguished by the
wind-eontrary to its usual practice.
The 24-year-old Hollander Dutch
man continued to be a battling wit
ness today, showing himself to be
either an out-and-out imbecile or a
superb actor, playing role for the
benefit of the Nazis. HIS testimony
was as contradictory and incoherent
as during the previous four days OF
the trial.
Questioning his motives for the
fires, the presiding Judge asked Van
der Lubbe whether he had said that
something must be done" and that
he was staying in Berlin until
March" Continuing, the judge in
! quired:
you said, didn't you, that the
workers must bring about revolu-
ton to create their own laws? Die
that describe your motives?'
To these questions, the witness re-
! piled mo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Establish Joint
Picket Lines in
Painters Strike
Strikers of Both Unions
Unite to Spread Strike

NEW YORK.-On the second day
of the general strike called by the Al
teration Painters Union, unity of the
INDEPENDENT union was established
on the picket line. Joint picket lines
were formed where the unions we're
picketing in close proximity.
The downtown strike committee is
concentrating its major efforts on the
West Side. A. F. of L. strikers came
to the assistance Of the Alteration
Painters in a number of cases yes
terday where the union was calling
the workers out on strike. A. F. of L.
piclets helped the organizational
committee Of the Alteration Painters
Union repulse the attacks Of Is gang
sters hired by a boss at 24l Central
Park.
The strike developed greater
strength yesterday as IS shops joined
the strike. Two thousand workers re-
ported for active strike duty yester-
day morning in Brooklyn. During the
day organizat!onal and picketing
committees doubled in size.
Favorable reports from Harlem and
the Bronx indicate that many new
shops are registering with the union.
Many Negro workers are joining the
walkout.
Today the following strike meetings
are called: 1850 Boston Rd., at pm.
Manhattan Lyceum, sc E. 4th St.,
and Is to Is Manhattan Ave, Brook
lyn, at pm.
All painters, regardless Of union af-
filiations, are urged to attend these
mass strike meetings to hear re-
port on the general strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27

date, was on legal point, which
illustrated the entire weakness Of the
case presented by the Progressive
Table Co.
Minor holding copy of the in
junction aloft, asked patrolman James
Dowd, who was on the witness stand,
whether he was sure he had allowed
Minor time to read the injunction be-
fore the arrest.
eyes" said Dowd.
"How long did we see it," asked
Minor, referring to himself and
Rosenberg.
give minutes" answered the po-
hceman.
Minor then waved the injunction
before him and asked whether it was
possible for anybody, including the
Judge, to read the eight closely typed
pages Of the injunction in five mi
nutes.
Every worker in the room then APP
plauded and cheered Minor. In the
afternoon session, which opened at
2 o'clock after Joseph Tauber, Inter
national Labor Defense Attorney de-
Tending Rosenberg, had forced the
admission of the expelled workers,
Minor laid bare the NRA and its IA
vorite weapon, the injunction.
"The manner in which these in
functions are being rsed to break
strikes, starve workers back to facto-
~ RI tnaI. dnyxyY7
their standard of living has led to the
absolute necessity Of mass violation
of every injunction" said Minor. The
growing wave of strikes in the United
States today will bring with them
the next page in American history,
mass violation Of the injunctions."
AS the session opened, Judge
Rudich warned the workers to be
have" and threatened them with ar
rest for any further disturbance"
of the dignity Of the court.
A pharmacist who laughed approx
ingly when Minor and Tauber scored
point after point against the COM
pany's attorney, was Immediately ar
rested. He was later found guilty Of
contempt of court and given sus-
pended sentence.
Three workers, arrested under the
order of the Progressive Table Co.
boss, who looked for all the world
Ike one of Jake Burck's cartoons of
fat capitalists with elongated ears,
had their case dismissed when it was
tried Immediately after Minors. They
were charged with lettering within
three blocks of the furniture plant.
Minor had branded this territory
earlier in the day as "the Progress
sive bosses czardom under the in
junction"
Attendants in the court again tried
to GUST the workers when it was
found that some one had scratched
Read the Daily Worker" together
with hammer and sickle on the
back of one of the benches.
But the workers charged that one
Of the court attendants may have
done it during the noon recess. And
anyhow" yelled worker, "supposing
somebody wrote Vote Democrat,
would you kick us out them" The
workers remained in the court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27

Antt-War Congress.
A megaphone speaker shouted to
the workers dashing after the flying
leaflets to support the Anti-War
Congress, to protest United States
intervention in Cuba, demand the
release of Communist leaders in Ger
many, Torgler, Thaelmann, and to
attend the conference to be held
October l to 3 at the st. Nicholas
Arena.
Managers of the two hotels i'm
mediately called Police Headquar-
tiers as leaflets floated into the Great
White Way from the various suites
in the two hotels facing Times
Square.
Colonel Fargoe, publicity man for
the Hotel Astor, one of the swankiest
hotels in New York, where officers
Of the Army and Navy stop over,
was particularly angry.
Colonel Fargoe promptly called the
Custodian Of immigration to make
a thorough search of the premises,
in their vain efforts to track down
the leaflet throwers and megaphone
speakers.
Special street cleaners were called
from the Sanitation Department to
sweep up the fluttering leaflets.
Mr.. A. E. Williamson, president and
General Manager of the Hotel Cadil-
lac, Gin the heart of Times Square, y
stated that he nearly caught one of
the workers who hired the suite fac
ing Times Square, Room 1886, as he
made dash down the hall and
through the servants quarters into
the crowded streets below. ooh, how
I would like to have caught that
rascal" were Mr.. Williamsons sor-
rowful words.
Interested workers continued to
pick up the leaflets, as thousands
passed the busy intersection. The
cops were ready with riot squads ano
tear gas, to pounce upon any attempt
at a meeting. The surprise attack
from the two leading hotels left them
thwarted and chagrined.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27

showing the reels, across the street
from S. Kleins department store, the
Acme Theatre runs short of Mos
COW Athletes on Parade" This is
the annual celebration and show of
strength of the city's worker athletes.
Shock brigaders from every Mos
COW factory form in the solid pha-
lanXes which we have come to as
sociate with the Red Square. Mo-
Kelinin, Kaganovitch and Stain as
cend smiling. Watch the parade and
you'll know why these smiles are
different from Whalen's.
Here is a detachment of wrestlers.
The front lines are evidently COM
posed of heavyweights, tremendous
high chested pieces of men, some of
them elderly. These fought in IT
and 90 with Voroshiloy, who saluteS
from the Lenin monument, smiling
too. younger men follow. Beautiful
bronze bodies, heads cropped close,
Russian style, right dressing for the
stand. Oarsmen come, carrying their
shells. Boxers in ring regalia, girls
with basketballs, girls with tennis
racquets.
Something electric passes between
these tanned bodies and the happy
leaders. Stain gestures animatedly
with his smoking pipe, the upturned
faces beam. These aren't the slen-
der, overturned athletes of the Ben
Eastman type, these people are built
for endurance as well. Not cross
country race endurance exclusively.
but the endurance that knits steel
Orders and fires locomotives.
DICTURE the girls at Wanamaker's
1 or Klei1rs forming an eight-oar
crew to compete with Vassar O.
Wellesley and you have the contrast
In the Moscow parade you couldn't
tell the difference between university
girls and department. store employees.
Together they went through the
formations and mass calisthenics,
side by side they carried their equip
ment without prospects of drudgery
in the morning, without the deadly
terror of being fired at the will of
the grinning grandstand manager.
For this mighty, disciplined OUT
pouring of over 100000 athletes, the
purpose and significance of the day
is no vague concept. When their
brass bands play the International
and the Red Army song, it means
something beyond catchy tune, be-
yond an incentive to exhibitionism.
1t means true cooperative enter
prise, an inalienable right to work
and to enjoy their leisure any waY
they please.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
I Cent Fare Looms
as Tammany Kills
Wall Street Taxes
Traction Stocks Rush
Upward; City Bonds
Also Rise

NEW YORK, Sept. 2e.-With the
repeal Of all the so-called wall
Street Taxes" a practical certainty
on the recommendation Of Samuel
Untermyer, Tammany financial ad-
wiser, and faced with the necessity of
raising at least $30,O00,000 in new
revenue before December II, the sub
ject Of increased subway fare came
into increasing prominence today.
Wall Street SPECTATORS responded
eagerly to the rumors of a 7-cent fare
by rushing in to buy traction stocks,
which leaped upward rapidly. City
bonds also rose swiftly as 1t became
clear to Wall Street that the city
administration is going to levy new
taxes, and wage cuts.
The $25,000,000 October I payrolls
are In danger, but 1t is conjectured
that they will not be defaulted until
after election, when drastic wage
slashes in the lower civil service
brackets are predicted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27

William HOQSOn, chairman Oh VIle'
Welfare Council, in an interview yes
terday stated that the Home Relief
Bureaus have $4,000 cases on file
that have not yet been investigated.
These cases are further increased by
the 10000 families who have been
dropped when the Red Cross and the
Gibson Committee closed its doors.
Reports from the Bronx are that 55
per cent of the workers getting re-
lief have been dropped from the
Relief Bureau.
In the face of these Iacts, Miss
Mary Gibbons, Tammany head of
the Home Relief Bureaus, calmly
made the blanket statement yester-
day in her office, that she could take
care of most of the 10000 cases.
Asked why these 10000 destitute
cases were not Immediately trans
ferred to the Home Relief Bureau
list instead of being left without food,
she answered they first had to go
through the process of investigation,
and a good many would not be ELI
gible. She added that most of those
who received baskets had also been
getting help from the Relief Bureaus.
She insisted that this was true in
most cases even after it was pointed
out that the multiple check-up sys-
tenn of the Red Cross made it almost
impossible for worker to obtain
relief from any other additional
source,
William HoQSon, chairman of the
Welfare Council, gave direct con-
tradiction to Miss Gibbons words. In
his opinion, most of the 10000 fam
lilies would be found applicable to
Home Relief. When asked the direct
question, Whats going to happen to
the 10000 families cut off from their
relief baskets" he answered empha-
tically, They'll starve if they don't
get any relief"
"You See," continued Mr.. Hodson,
this NRA business is deceptive and
illusory" Then after pause he
added, in order to keep in line with
the NRA ballyhoo, only as far as
the Home Relief Bureau is con-
cerned" He pointed out that the
benefits from Roosevelt's public works
program would not be felt until nine
months from now and stressed the
fact that a starving worker could not
be told to wait for his food until
that time. Even then, only an insult
ficiant number will find jobs on pub
lie works projects.
you see," he said, ''we must con-
slider the immediate dollar and cents
needs of the unemployed" Asked if
it was not true that Unemployment
Insurance would Immediately put
dollars and cents into the pockets of
jobless workers, he thought that il
would in a way undermine self re-
spect," and if the bosses were tc
shoulder the burden they would then
lower wages. Miss Gibbons made the
brazen statement that now is not
the time to demand Unemployment
Insurance, 1--WE can, of course, legis-
late it." she added with little
smile, land apply it later on"
The Unemployed Councils in the
city are going ahead steadily to pop
ularize the Workers Relief Ordin-
ance among the broad masses of the
workers as the only form of aic
which can give them temporary re-
lief against the existing starvation
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Roosevelt Offers
$2S,OOO,OOO to the
Large Railroads
To Come from Public
Works Fund; Protects
Dividends

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. - About
S28,000,000 of the Public Works Fund
is now available to the large railroads
of the country for the purchase of
steel rails, President Roosevelt an
nounced today.
This is in addition to the $500, 000,-
900 which the Government has al
ready granted the railroads through
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton.
Roosevelt is trying to disguise this
new grant to the rich railroads under
the claim that this will start business
upward. AS matter of fact the
amount of steel rails that can be
purchased for this amount, about
100000 tons, will have only slight
effect on business, since normal steel
rail production is over one million
tons a year.
The actual effect of Roosevelt's
proposal is to make it easy for the
roads to buy steel rails without any
drain on their dividends and bond in
terest payments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
MIRA Seeks to Break
N. Y. Coal Delivery
Strike of 5000 Men

NEW YORK, N. Y.-NRA officials
Stepped into the coal delivery strike
here in an effort to smash the walk
out of 5000 men who are demanding
minimum wage of s41.21 for a AZ
hour week.
Over 200 cops are already protect
ing scabs, but the strike is spreading.
The strike is led by the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Transfers and
Chauffeurs, affiliated to the A. F.
Of L.
Henry F. Wolff, chairman of the
MIRA mediation board is negotiating
with the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
.X!R!'@!!R NJ
~ 6aW1z4d Hau7z0zlde 80
A Couple of Parades

IN the day of New Yors great NR.A parade the Daily
office received this letter from worker correspondents
81 work in KIeins Department Store on Union Square
We had to take part in the NRA parade If you didn't you
lost your Job So with the lowest minimum will be
represented The minimum in Kleins is S12 We have
to wear certain kind of cothesa black blue dress
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
No Provisions Made
for Families Cut off
ByGibs0n Committee
City Appropriates $2,5OOOOO for Sept: Relief;
Is Percent of Minimum Need; Mary GIBBONS
Boasts That Families will Be Cared for''

NEW YORK-ih almost the city yes
appropriated million dollars for September relief This
the Welfare Council
the monthly spread minimum of relief the
a million in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
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CLASSIFIED

WANTED Comrsde 10 t.he care NJ chill
dren during DAY. g. Kalar. 1868 Park
Avenue. Apt. ~.
WANTED unfurnishsd room. Private. Re-
ply, SC. co Daily Worker.
GIRL wishes room with comrades. Down
town prsfssrsd. Reply. AL ole Daily
Worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Anti>War Leaflets Fly
Over Great White Way
Hotel Astor Calls immigration Authorities to
Arrest Workers But Are Unsuccessful

N Times
flooding
leading hotels the Aston and the
calling the United States
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Bank of U. S. Depositors.

The United Depositors Committee
Of rs, Bank of U. s., announce a Sc
ries of symposiums and invite rep
resentatives Of the various political
parties to present their stands on the
depositors situation. The symposiums
will take place as follows:
Wed, Sept. AZ, Herzl and Pitkin
Ave-, Brooklyn. Thurs, Sept. 20, In
tervale and wilkins Ave, Bronx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
DIR. LUTTINGER TO SPEAK

DR.. Paul Luttinger, who conducts
the medical column in the Daily
Worker, will lecture at regular
meeting of the Brooklyn College
Chapter of the National Students
League, at 583 Sixth Ave-, on "a
Sane Sex Life" tonight at $50
o'clock. Admission to visitors will be
10 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
City Events

Notice, Members of Sec. 1, C.P.
The meeting place for tonight's
meeting of all members of Sec.
has been changed from Manhat-
tan Lyceum to Workers Center,
so E. 18th st., End floor, at 500
p. m. sharp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Inning by Inning Scores
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R.H. f.
Boston .......... 1903 900 0O0-5 q
New York ...... 200 100 0Oo--3 10 0
Cantwell and Hogan; Parmelee and
Richards.
Brooklyn ..A.... 900 100 0O1--2 81
Philadelphia .....100 900 002-3 9 /
Shaute, Mungo and Outen, Lopez;
Elliott and Todod.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Judge Threatens
To Expel Dimitroff

Continued from Page II
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Attention, Veteran Delegates.

All delegates to the U. s. Congress
Against War elected by the N. Y.
Posts of the W.ES.L. are instructed
to be at SO E. 3rd st., tonight at 800
D. m. sharp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-27
Minor in Court Makes Fight for Mass Violation of Inctions
Cops Fight Workers
in Court as Minor
Exposes Injunction

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-31
PARADE WILL OFFICIALLY
OPEN LABOR DAY PICNIC
Fourteenth Annual Celebration
to be Held Monday, September a

The Labor Day parade at 10 o'clock
Monday morning will officially open
the fourteenth annual X. of P. picnic,
which will be held in Helbig's grove,
at the north edge of town.
A. R. Martin and Guy o. Yutzy will
be marshals of the parade which will
form on Alder street, then march
down Fourth to Oak street, thence to
Third, to Alder, to Second, and from
Second to the grove.
In the parade will be the Crellin
Band, the Oakland Boys band, the
American Legion, junior drum and
bugle corps, fire companies, Boy
Scouts and other organizations. Dele
cations from the C. C. C. camps at
Swallow Falls, New Germany, Savage
river and Poto.ac Manor will also
march in the parade. Floats, trades
display, and clowns will be included,
and lodge officers will participate.
Reno S. Harp, Frederick, supreme
vice-chancellor; o. d. Sanders, grand
prelate of West Virginia; and grand
lodge officers of Maryland will attend.
Mr.. Harp will be the principal speak
er during the afternoon program.
Mayor Grover C. Stemple will deliver
the address of welcome and Mr..
Harp will be introduced by Walter w.
Dawson. Lawrence M. Fraley will in
troduce grand lodge officers.
Dinner will be available on the
grounds. The program will consist of
band concerts, addresses by Pythian
orators, amusements, merry go-round,
Ferris wheel, round and square dane
ing with music furnished by old time
fiddlers. An automobile will be award
ed and a mammoth displsy of fire
works at 10 o'clock will conclude the
days festivities.
A souvenir program is now in the
hands of the press and will be dis
tributed to those attending. Free
parking space will be provided and
will be in charge Of the local boy
scout II oop.
Arthur Lawton is general manager
of the picnic this year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-31
WHEAT ORGANIZATION TO
BE FORMED AT MEETINGS
Will Administer Wheat Control
Program For Garrett County

Organization meetings for the con-
troll of the county's wheat production
will be held next week, John H. Car
ter, county agent, has announced. The
organization will be known as the
County Wheat Control Association,
and this body will administer the
wheat program entirely, including the
distribution of the money to farmers
entering into the reduction agreement,
the control of production, etc.
The first meeting will be held at
Grantsville, in the school building, on
Wednesday, September 6, at 500 p.
m. A similar meeting will be held in
the Accident school building on Thurs
day, September Z, and the Oakland
district meeting will be held at Sun
nyside Grange Hall on Friday even
ing, September 8, both beginning at
800 o'clock.
1t is important that those interested
in the wheat control program in any
way attend one of these meetings, Mr..
Carter stated, as this will be the only
opportunity afforded to vote or have
a voice in setting up the organization.
The county is being divided into three
districts. There will be a Is percent
reduction in wheat production, it was
stated.
The meetings which were held last
week and Tuesday of this week for
explaining the control program were
well attended, Mr.. Carter said. Many
applications were given out and those
who were not able to obtain them
may still secure them and learn of
the program by getting in touch with
the county agent. H. w. Beggs, Acct
dent, and Charley Miller, Friendsville,
will assist the farmers in making out
applications or in any other way they
may be required.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-31
ParOled by Governor

Enoch Plunkett and Bernard Pres
ton were parolled by Governor Ritchie
on Monday, their release to become
effective on September 5.
Preston was sentenced to six years
in the Penitentiary for common as
sault by the Circuit court of Allegany
county. Plunkett's case was removed
to Garrett county where he was con-
victed of rape and sentenced to six
teen years in the Penitentiary. There
remains about nine and one-half
years more of Plunkett's sentence and
about year and half more of Pres
tons sentence. ..-
John Coddington, sentenced by the
Garrett County Circuit Court to
twenty-one years in the Penitentiary
for carnal knowledge, was also given
his parole. -, +,