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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27

heated ranges without ventilation.
A notice has been posted on the
blackboard of Bing and Bing, stating
that all mail addressed to employees
will be opened and read by the man.
agement. Need more be said?
Has serfdom been banished for
centuries only to come back in a
new form at the Taft, and what has
become of that great paper-docu-
ment, the American constitution?
We all grumble, but talk will not
defeat the ghost of our misery, and
will not stem the insecurity of our
jobs. Once for all let us leave be-
hind the influence of the fake prom
ises of cooperation. The hour has
struck when a worker must see the
clear-cut line that divides us and
our interests from the bosses. The
line marks the fighting front of the
proletarian against his oppressor.
Join hands with your fellow worker
in the struggle for bread and secur-
ity. Join the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers Section of the Food Work
ers' Industrial Union, w. 18th St.,
which viii help lis struggle against
these slavery conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27

NEW YORK CITY. - When the
banquet department of the new
Waldorf Astoria Hotel was to be
opened, the 800 walters employed
had to bring perfect dress-suits,
which Paul the Crook Eve cali him
this because he gyps us out of our
tips) put under rigid examination.
Those who passed deposited our
food-handlers cards, paid $3.50 Tor
six buttons, and then orders began
to be sneered at US In real old Prus-
sian military fashion. The dress re-
hearsaI a few days later resembled
a military maneuver of the German
imperial army under the command
of Paul the Crook.
He made Us a speech, telling lis
how honored we were to be members
of the staff of the great Waldorf
Astoria. After recounting TO us the
vast opportunities awaiting US (Which
turned out to be two extras from
Oct. to Jan. $50, the big door
opened and slowly In walked His
Majesty Great" Oscar (the barber,
as the walters call him). Against our
will we had to give thunderous ap-
plause to this old hotel man-though
some Of us wanted to give him apple
sauce. AS Gar Oscar entered, Paul
the Crook sank to his knees to greet
his master. Then he rose and gave
us the signal to sit down.
Another lecture to respect and
fear the executive Of the great house.
Collections, we are told, are unbe-
corning, and we will be taken care
Of by Paul (who gyps us out OF our
tips). Then we had to get up and
give three cheers for Oscar, vino was
retiring backwards with broad
smile on his mug.
There was rush for OUR uniforms
which almost resulted in q riot. The
locker room is a long, dark corridor
without any windows or ventilation,
with paper and dirt covering the
floor and cement dust on everything.
Two men have to use one locker,
just big enough for a pair Of shoes
and a hat. This must hold suits and
overcoats OF two men besides. We
have to pay ten cents for the locker
and ten cents for hanger and rack.
Then came the rehearsal. We
stood inspection by Paul who found
thousand and one faults. We were
driven to the banquet kitchen, form
ed three lines Ut each service table,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
CONSTANT WAGE-CUTS IN
GOV. LEHMAN'S HOTEL

NEW YORK CITY.-Although the
wages Of the workers in New York
Hotels are at starvation levels. there
are some, especially the larger no.
tells, that always keep slashing at
the coolie wages of their employees.
Particularly the Waldorf Astoria,
Aston, Plaza, Savoy Plaza, etc, are
the leaders in this wage cutting.
A remarkable fact is that Gov
ernor Lehman is part owner Of one
of those that sets pace to all the
rest of them in reducing systematic
cally the salaries of its slaves. This
is The Barbizon Plaza.
At this time of the year the hotel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
.GOERING FOR HIS
MURDER DECREE
Fascists Ban Election
Work of Opponents

NEW YORK-"We made mistake
in 1918" remarked an Italian speak
er at the Socialist Party meeting on
the German situation in Town Hall
yesterday. He admitted that it was
wrong TO shoot down the workers
and place the Socialist Party in a
position of defending capitalism.
Other speakers talked of saving
democracy in Germany" while adj
hitting that there is no democracy
under capitalism. Fifteen Hitlerites
sat in The meeting.
Captain Hermann Goerin9, fas-
cist Minister of Interior for Prussia
yesterday defended his police dec
rec ordering the police to ruthless
ly shoot down Communist workers,
declaring II carry the responsibility
alone. am soldier and have learn
ed that a mistake in choice OF means
is not so bad as omission to take any
means. The blame which my officials
incurr Is mine; when they shoot that
is my bullet" He further declared
that his decree recognizes two kinds
of Justice: one for the working class
and the other for the fascist and the
indust-ialists: II recognize two classes
of men---those who stand up for their
country (meaning the bourgeois state
Editor, Daily Worker and those
who want to destroy their country
On this question have no objectiv-
ity and, the word Justice is simply
lost on me-
The police yesterday confiscated
28o, 900 election campaign leaflets OF
the Communist Party and issued a
decree forbidding the collection Of
funds by workers for the Communist
Party, thus attempting to cut off the
party's only source Of revenue. Po-
lice also seized Socialist handbillS
and banned a parade by the Reichs-
banner called for Sunday, on the
grounds that the fascists have ar
! rapred a Se,a~.- -l-r-'-4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
ALA. GOVERNOR
GETS DEMANDS
But Won't Act for Job
less, Poor Farmers

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 25.-A
committee of Negro and white work
ers, elected by the first No-Discrimi-
nation Conference in Montgomery
in the heart of the feudal reaction
visited Gov. Miller and the speaker
of the House to present the demands
OF the poor farmers and unemployed
workers. These demands include ID
cash relief, (2) a moratorium on all
debts and taxes, 90 no attachments
of farms and work animals of poor
farmers, % free food, housing and
clothing for unemployed workers and
homeless youth, 90 free electricity
and gas, 60 free seed for the farm
ers and troopers, Cd immediate re-
opening of all schools, I'D full pay
for the teachers and free lunches and
transportation for the children, 80
no discrimination against Negro
workers, farmers, troopers and theh
children.
Pass the Buck
The committee was cordially" re-
ceived by the governor who, however
remained non-committal OH the de-
mands, and suggested that the work
ers and poor farmers should turn to
the charity" relief doled out by the
Red Cross, under conditions of the
most brutal exploitation Of the toll
ers through forced labor and other
vicious schemes. Paxton, spokesman
for the delegation, denounced the
anti working class schemes and rec
tape of the Red Cross and the Re
construction Finance Corp. The gov
ernor then tried to Shunt the dele
CATION to the State Assembly. Paxton
denounced this as maneuVer to gel
rid of the delegation without doing
anything for the starving unem-
ployed workers and troopers and the
impoverished small farmers,
The delegation then visited this
State Assembly, and saw the Speaker
Of the House, Representative Tun-
stall, who admitted we are all in q
devil OF a fix but gave the delega-
ton no promise of relief, merely
agreeing to place demands before the
legislative committees.
Communist Makes Address
At the Thursday night session OF
the conference, Nat Ross, organizer
of the Southern District of the Com
munist Party, was invited to address
the delegates. He spoke on the role
of the Communist International anc
its sections of organizing and leading
the struggles of the starving toilers
for adequate unemployment relief
and social insurance at the expense
of the bosses and their government
Six of the delegates joined the Com
munist Party, while all welcomed the
support of the Party in their Strug.
giles against the starvation and boss
terror.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
MISERY AND STARVATION ARE SPREADING
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

While
en been degraded Miss Frances Perkins industrial commissioner Of
New and appoiutee Secretary
rapidly worsenng condition with the totally
the 1927
26 below 1881.
country promises Wagner
bill United
the the state
commission appointed insurance
follows policy the election legislation
unemployment together the
1.-THE promises-hey
ACTION REDEMPTION DEEDS pledges
1.-THE National 6t the
demands of the of
archers, white
EMPLOYED COUNCILS of u to take action would
the millions
part-time workers Of country
immediate
to remind you of promises and to demand ACTION
NATIONAL COMMITTEE UNEMPLOYED
following meeting
ton D. c. March
of twenty-five Monday March 9Th the grievances and
demands the working population this situation
rapidly
According to viii be holding
governors March 6h Among the items be
TOTALLY INSUFFICIENT with pledges
and the Democratic the
the forgotten" man in the election campaign.
We believe therefore, that it is that hearing
state executives the
the working the necessity
ployment
the employers conformity
the plank the democratic national platform.
Trusting to hear from return
Monday March sh delegation visit Washington
Yours,
NATIONAL COMMITTEE UNEMPLOYED COUNCILS
Amter National Secretary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
Communist Candidate
for Mayor Gets Is PC.
of Vote in MINI. Town

BEMIDJI, Mimi, Feb. 26--In the
municipal elections held here last
Tuesday, E. w. Hannah, candidate
for Mayor on Workers Ticket en-
dorsed by the Communist Party, got
294 votes, or 10 per cent, Of the en-
tire vote cast, which registers big
increase over the Communist vote
last November.
Hannah came in second, if list
Of three candidates running for
ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
GUARDS JAIL
BREAK STORY
is A F A {
Negro Prisoners Help
to Expose Vicious
Frame-up Of Lad
PROTEST TORTURE
Prison Authorities In
Plot; Held Up Letter

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 20
A letter describing the fran
ing of Angelo Herndon in the
Fulton Tower prison on charg-
es of attempting to escape, as
an excuse for torturing him in
solitary confinement, and a de-
NAL signed by him and his
three cellmates, has been received BY
the international Labor Defense
here,
The letter Of Angelo Herndon. Ne
gro organizer of the unemployed
whom the Georgia lynch bosses re
Gently sentenced to 20 years on the
murderous chain gangs, is an appeal
to all white and Negro workers TO
defend him from these tortures. Al
though sent out by Herndon on Feb.
Is, the appeal did not reach the
LID. for five days, showing that
the authorities held it up to prevent
mass protests from Immediately
forcing them to stop their torture
Herndon writes, In part;
In Solitary Confinement
"These dirty rats have me locked
up in solitary confinement They
came up to my cell last night about
eight or ten times, and I thought
sure they we're going to take me out
for a lynching party. When they first
came in my cell they pretended they
were looking for hack-Saws. But they
couldn't find any. Then they took all
my personal correspondence and
went through it. I am not certain
whether or not they stole any Of it.
"They found some little pieces of
iron that probably came off some Of
the rotten ventilator pipes, and then
said We were trying to make an es-
cape.
They first put me in an old cell
where water was running from an
old rotten toilet pipeline, and when
I reminded them of the stink in the
cell, they replied We don't give 8
god-damn if you drown they also
threatened to put double Shackles on
all Of us, and beat up one of the
boys and told him, Niger, if you
ever talk to a white man like that
again I will go home and get my
winchester and blow your god-damn
brains OUT
II can't even get any water or
anything else in this Solitary con-
finement.'
They finally moved me out Of the
first cell about l O'Clock last night
and put me in another one, where
there are no plumbing fixtures or
anything at all, and I don't know
how long they are going to keep me
in here"
Only the most vigorous mass pro-
test can stop this hideous torture
of Angelo Herudon. Workers and
their organizations are urged to
Immediately rush protest kilograms
to Gov. Eugene Talmudge at At
lanta, Ca, and 10 the warden at
the Fulton Tower, demanding a
stop to the torture and solitary
confinement of this working-class
leader.
Deny Attempt to Escape
The statement denying all at
temptS at escape, signed by Hern-
don and three other Negro prisoners,
Nose White, Richard Morris and
Richard Sims, held under death SEN
fences in the Fulton Tower death
house, exposes the lengths to which
the guards went TO frame an "at-
tempted escape" charge. 1t states, in
part:
I'VE emphatically deny all charges,
recently spread through the press
and other sources, by the officials OF
Fulton Tower, that We attempted to
escape Thursday night, Feb. 16,'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
.SCOTTSBORO CASE
TOO HOT in MONT.

KALISPEIL, Mont, Feb. 90
Mark Boyd, Daily Worker agent here,
was arrested for distributing copies
of the Daily Worker of Feb. 10, con-
tanning the letter Of Ruby Bates,
states star witness against tbs
Scottsboro boys, in which she repu-
dates her testimony on which the
nine innocent boys were originally
condemned to burn in the electric
chair.
The arrested workers are charged
with distributing indecent" litera-
ture" because Ruby Bates in her let
ter declares the boys did mot touch
me-" thus Shattering the last legal
istic pretense that the nine innocent
boys had raped her.
Plan to Delay Trial.
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 26.-The Ala.
bama lynch bosses are forcing post
ponement of the new trials for the
Scottsboro boys to March 90, In order
to develop their lynch-incitemept
campaign against the boys and to
put every possible legal obstacle In
the way OF the defense. Attorney
General knight has reversed his
position that he would not oppose q
change of venue for the new trials.
He now intends to fight against such
change. Hearing on the 7. L. d.
motion for a change Of venue has
been set for March 6, before Judge
Hawkins. who directed the original
lynch hearings at scottsboro in April
1881. At the same time, the lynch
bosses are using pressure on Ruby
Bates to discredit her letter in which
she repudiates her original testimony
sxTs e. Ao@ %. '....se-sa bar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
Strike for Jobs Back
at Durable Slipper

NEW YORK.-Determi1e to win
their jobs back, workers of the Dur
able Slipper Co., formerly the Fen
ster-Alnold Shop, which went into
bankruptcy and reopened under the
former name. are on strike demand
ing their jobs back. The boss is
threatening the strikers with an In
junction.
All slipper workers are called upon
to assist the workers in picketing.
Address is 119 Wooster ST., N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27

business is at it's peak. yet in that
particular hotel, where his Excel
lency the Governor is one OF the
exploiters, the wages have been cut
twice in the past six months, another
cut to take place this month, and
another is to be expected in May,
when business gets slack.
AS it is, mechanic gets i00-iis
dollars month, minus the ten per
cent cut this month. A waiter gets
IL dollars a month, plus tips(O A
chambermaid getting SO dollars a
month now will get As dollars In
the future. The tips are nil, perhaps
enough for carfare.
This is the situation in an industry
employing thousands Of workers,
where there is not the least SEM
blance OF organization. No wonder
they are at the mercy of the ex-
ploiters.
But let me state in the end that
although most hotel employees are
foreign born, those that react most
militantly are the American born
workers.
H
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
FIND ARSON PLOT
IN SOVIET UNION
BY N. BUCHWALD
European Correspondent Of the
Daily Workerl

MOSCOW, Feb. 26.-Fire broke out
several days ago in the building OF
the Civil Air Fleet at Ustbolsheretzk,
Kamchatka. Investigation estab-
lished that the fire was due TO ar
son committed by the nlilitiaman
Trofimoy, who guarded the building,
with assistance of another militia
man, Prygunov. The arson was COM
mitted by Trofimov and Prygunoy at
the instieation Of Seliavanov, ware
house man who proved to be former
priest,
When examined all three confessed
they committed the crime upon the
order of a certain Japanese agent,
KaiseWa, living at Ustbolsileretzk.
When arrested, Kaisaws admitted
the truth of the statements by Sail
vanov and the arrested militiamen,
confessing he was ordered by a GER
tain japanese to destroy both the
base of the civilian air fleet at Ust-
bolsheretzk and number Of other
important state buildings. The exam
nation is continuing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27

Hotel and Restaurant Workers Relate Their
Conditions of Work
Taft Hotel Shows the
Shdre>the Plan
Creating Unemployment

NEW YORK CITY.-Hmdreds of
Bg and B told that cooperation with the
salvation smaller conditions
few months the fe-day week imposed the majority
of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27

COMMODORE HOTEL
WORKERS.
Readers will find statement by
a group of workers in the Comrno-
dore Hotel on page 4.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-27
DEMAND ROOSEVELT GRANT HEARING
ON AID TO JOBLESS FOR MARCH 18th
Masses Of forgotten Men" Join In Nation
wide Demonstrations
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

growing hungerng
homeless youth the undergoing
the yiles
operating the
INDUSTRY at 10 percent the building construction industry almost at
sndst mining
December 1882 industrial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-20
Similar Ideas

Massachusetts is faced by somewhat sim- liar conditions to those prevailing in Con- nectieut with regard to the jail situation. For some years now it has been apparen; that ultimately Connecticut will have to spend millions of dollars on it's county jails in order to modernize them and to replace some of the present antiquated structures. In fact, efforts have been made to do this very thing. but the cost has been so high that usually it baked the attempt. ,Iha nearest approach to success occurred two years ago when the Litebheld county com missioheS were authorized to seek new site for a jail other than the present one at the corner of West and North streets ia Litch6eld.
 We never learned fully why the plan was dropped with little or no information given the general public. But it is safe to as' sumo that the cost of the project doubtless entered into the matter considerably Hart ford county would like new structure If we are to retain the county jail system. Fairfield county also is seeking something more modern for the present building al Bridgeport. And SO 1t goes. Institutional changes, such as these, would entail probr ably an expenditure well over S2,00O,OOO. Up in the Bay State prison development program is now being offered It totals $3,550.000.
 This program is a most complete one. In it are such items as elimination of the present state prison at Charlestown and sale of property: establishment of state farm at Norfolk for 1.500 inmates; farm dormitory at Concord; receiving station at Boston: elimination of the prison camp and hospital at Rutland. To date Con- necticut has not thought Of ridding itself entirely of state prison. although 1t now amplifies the institution at Wethersheld with its farm at Enfield. But serious con sideration is being given to elimination oi our county jas, both as an economy measure and as a social move. In another year interstate commerce in prison made goods will be prohibited. What will we do. with our county jais then!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-20
Repeal In 1853?

Jouett Shousc, energetic head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amend ment and former executive chairman of the national democratic party, believes the above, namely. that prohibition will be repealed by the end of this year He bases his conten- ton on figures that he has recently compiled which tend to prove that the necessary i. tiree-fourths of the states will have taken direct action on the repeal amendment m the months left in 1o33. That remains to be seen. We hope that speedy action will be taken on the proposed repealer. It IS quite apparent that beer legislation s nevsr going to be satisfactory. What we need is complete repeal and chance to provide for or against the manufacture. sale, and trans portation of intoxicating beverages in our midst.
 Six state conventions come within d short period in the carly part of the summer On their decisions doubtless will rest the fate of prohibition. And if Michigan and Wisconsin are examples, then these six states
 
 are going to join the procession falling away from the water wagon. When Michigan became the first state to repudate the Eth amendment t established somewhat of record. Michigan has maintained reputa- tion ss dry state for too many years to try to remember. It surely is an indication that the southern states may do just az Michigan has done.
 The six conventions referred to above gre in West Virginia. Alabama. Oklahoma. Arkansas Tennessee. and Oregon. The earliest is June l II; the latest July 2l. But wet organizations maintain that statistics over a recent period of years will show that the trend in even these dry centers is to- wards repeal rather than towards retention of the present dry laws. If these six states gre sntagonistie to the dry. cause, then the fate of prohibition is sealed and Mr Shouses s claim of repeal by the end of l933 is proved. To lose 90 much as three or four of these states. though. would spell defeat for the wet cause. in 1933 at lease.
 So far ss is known now there will be no more than 40 state conventions this year. Some writers say thirty-eigbt conventions