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American Legion deputized 80 to
accompany the trucks.
THE Borden diaries began to be
l hit very heavily. The strike and
pickets began moving upon Mil
waukee county, and the first shots
were fired in the strike in this
county when truck failed to stop
after being hailed by the pickets.
Masses of farmers began storming
the condensories of the Borden firm
and others, dumping the milk that
had eyaded the highway pickets.
Talk OF injunctionS began and
rival farmers groups began prepar-
ing them to presen. . some crooked
judge SO they could ge6 court Or
der to prevent picketing. etc. There
is an anti-injunction law in Wis
consin but the Injunction will un-
doubleday be granted since the bog-
ses are becoming, Desperate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
ESCAPE from the
GALLON S.
BY FELIX KoHN.

CAV, shut upl Wen see about
that later. Take him to the Secret
Police Department under convoy.
THE only thing the gendarme col
j onel succeeded in finding out
was, that the van belonged to the
house Of detention, SO that the
clues would have to be picked up
there. u NJ &
He went to report to Mayer, the
Chief of Police.
He was Immediately usl1ered into
Mayors office.
The driver, who took convicts
from the prison to other POINTS
would usually return as SOON as he
completed hi run. This time he
had been late, and the prison off
Gals were becoming alarmed. AS
time passed and no driver re
turned, the alarm grew into pa
mic. The Warden summoned all
his courage and decided to ring up
the official on duty at Mayors
office early in the morning.
He called just while the police
officer was making his report.
The chief of police was only
waiting for the report of the col
oEle1 of the gendarnles.
He was stark mad with rage.
"Ill go over to the prison my
self"
When he got there. he began
to question the Warden.
AT whose orders did YOU deliver
the prisoners?" he snapped.
"At your Exccllency's.
''At mine?"
you telephoned.'
Man alive, you must be crazy
Here is the paper got to con-
firm the call" trenblingly inter
jected the poor Warden.
The Warden was also put under
arrest. His osS-eXamination eli
cited the details OF Won Bud
berg's' visit, of the telephone call.
The driver told how he had been
handled
THE nnpudent rascalsl" shouted
the Chief of Police, bursting with
rage.
T1free hours later our manifesto
was posted all over the city Of
Warsaw, bearing the headline in
large capital letters:
OUR AMNESTY
In it we stated that we don't ex-
pect anyone to give us amnesty
but take it ourselves, and then fol-
lowed the names of the persons we
had rescued.
THE END.
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AL
A crowd soon gathered, q police
a man was summoned and the
whole throng pushed its way thru
the gate into the garden, stephan"
was one of the crowd.
Don't touch anything" shouted
the frightened policeman, blowing
his whistle every now and then.
Other policemen arrived on the
scene.
When the officer OF that beat ar
rived, he took charge.
''WowI What battle this must
have beenl"
He ordered the policeman to
clear the garden, stationed several
policemen in front of the gate, and
went TO telephone the district
captain Of police. The latter ar
rived half an hour later.
Nothing is to be touched until
the examining magistrate arrives"
he instructed the policeman of the
beat, re-entered his carriage and
drove to the police station to COM
municate with the chief Of police
by phone. stephan" brought us
the news and Immediately returned.
Meanwhile the rescued men were
all fast approaching the frontier
on the different trains they had
taken.
THE gendarmes finally arrived
at the vegetable garden at about
nine o'clock. After carefully scru-
tinizing every bit of evidence found
lying about in the yard, the gen.
darme colonel, who was in charge
of the investigation, approached
the prison van. He 1erked at the
handle of the door, but it resisted.
Get a locksmith"
A lockSnith was brought. He
prised the door open and dragged
out the driver, more dead than
alive, his hands tied behind his
back. They did not take off the
ropes, but only took the gag out
of his mouth.
He reeled as he went to face his
puzzled interrogation,
who are your
THE driver"
THE what?"
1.-The driver from the prison, you
know"
who put you in that fix?"
"a bunch of police officers"
Some policemen, I'll say. Did
you have anything to do with this
plot?"
What plot?'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
THOMAS SAYS CHANGE
MUST COME GRADUALLY

YOUNGSTOWN, O.-ReV. (Dema-
gog) Thomas, Socialist Party leader,
made his first appearance in Youngs-
town recently. His debut carried all
the appearance of an opening OF a
grand opera show. Preachers, law
yers, businessmen, and steel trust
bosses made up the audience. Sew
eral hundred workers, fooled thru
the publicity in the local press, were
left out in the cold because of a last
minute decision that only those who
could buy season ticket for six lee
lures at one dollar each would be ad-
mitted. The lectures are sponsored
by the League for Industrial DEM
ocracy. When workers protested
against this high price to Rev. Thorn
as he replied: my heart is with
you but the price is ONE DOLLAR ?
He was demagog par excellence
He flirted with the steel trust bosses;
made friends with the petty bour-
geoiSie intellectuals; and spoke kind
words of the steel workers. But he
offered no solution to the crisis eX-
cept that all should swallow his pro-
gram in full. In fact he spoke against
any real solution or a revolutionary
way out Of the crisis. 1.-THE change
must be made gradually and peace
fully" I'VE do not believe In a
dictatorship" There must be DEM
ocracy and civil liberty" These words
speak for themselvesl
For the occasion the Communist
Party issued leaflet which asked
Thomas many embarrassing ques-
lions. Outside a meeting was held
with large group of workers at
which the treacherous role of the
Socialist Party was exposed.
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Jersey Taxpayers in
Strike for Reduction
of Heavy Tax Burden

NORTH BERGEN, N. j., Feb. a.
Stirred TO action by the failure Of the
City Commission to lift the crushing
burden of taxation, between 5000
and 5000 taxpayers are lining up be-
hind a taxpayers strike initiated by
the North Bergen Taxpayers Civic
Association.
At the same time, more than 1000
taxpayers attended meeting of The
City Commission demanding tax re-
duction.
The North Bergen caty Commits
sion, it Is pointed out, adopted a
budget of 5000, 1879 which will mean
a basic tag rate of $3.50 per 300
valuation =
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THE FARMERS MEET
STORY OF NfIIITANCY OF TolLERS ON THE LAND
BY MOE BRAGIN

need the light and moisture Of
solidarity" He was present at
Hardings Agricultural Conference
in January, 1922. It was a farce
compared to this Conference, he
informs the farmers. Smith is
elected member of the Resolutions
Committee and the National Execu-
tive Committee. He is good
farmer and a thorough student Of
agriculture. Tireless, fearless, pa
tent and dependable.
"Redf1ag" (Charley) Taylor OF
Montana is one Of the kcenest
brains and best tongues OF the
Conference. A huge sack Of q
body, q face like an udder with
small sad eyes. Taylor came
originally from Minnesota where he
served as state senator two terms.
Later he became editor OF Producer
News, militant farm paper, and
mighty influence i'll the North
west. Taylor fills a number OF
functions at the Conference. He
is an excellent reader, analy2er,
and interpreter. He does a swell
job with the Resolutions. No one
can beat him exposing farm meas
ures like the Frazier Bill and the
Domestic Allotment Bill. The man
delights to talk, to pick to pieces,
to bring to light hidden motives.
He looks affectionately at copy
of the Resolutions before him,
raises his plump damp hands as
if he were holding a newborn baby
like its father, and hands 1t over
TO the two hundred fifty farmers
with intense happiness. He is the
chief authority on parliamentary
procedure.
When it is imperative to rush
through the Resolutions and a
motion is made to steamroll the
opposition, he stands in the way
and forces the Conference to listen
patiently TO the minority. His
move saves the meeting from
possible split. When Hugh Core,
one of the young firebrands, calls
for Farmers Ku Klux Khan to
fight terror with terror down In
the South, it is he who shows how
terror would defeat its own pur-
pose, drive the movement under
ground longer. and nullify the
careful work Of the Conference.
Organization must prepare It's
ground wherever possible In the
open. At the meeting Of the re-
gional group Of Northwest grain
and stock farmers, another young
firebrand attacked German
farmers suggestion of negotia-
tions with the bankers as COM
promises and weakness. Here Tay-
lor gives one Of the best pieces Of
practical reason . heard at the
Conference. He SHOWS how small
and weak our organizations still
are. To get the masses Of farm
ers over with you, you've got to
educate them. You've got to show
them that we aren't mob that
refuses to listen, a mob Of dead
beats and brawlers. Negotiations
helps you in that education and
organization. 1t may get you GER
tain minimum demands. 1t tells
the farmers what we want, it
shows them the bankers role, and
exposes him. Negotiation does not
mean compromises. 1t means help
ing build up your movement so
that you get the full weight Of
your arm and brain backing you
When you are ready for mass
action.
40 Be Continued.)
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In New London, the strike center.
Mayor Wendlandt threatened to cut
off local poor relief from the farm
ers who were in the mass attack
upon the Borden plant there, and
the police chief, who had been beat
en- up the day before, had the fire
department ready to prevent rush
on the plant. Many residents of
the city joined the farmers in this
demonstration.
Police began appearing through
out the state, armed with rifles and
shot-guns. Adjt. Gen Ralph Immell
appeared in the center of the strike
area, making preparations undoubt-
edly for the calling out of the mill
tia, but giving out the alibi that he
was "just visiting friends" Col. N.
M. Schantz was seen going about
the southern parts of the state.
The picketS were now picketing "a
hours a day, burning huge bon-fires
along the roads at night and push
ing burning logs across the roads to
stop trucks and cars.
TEAR GAS USED
BY DEPUTIES
On Feb. 20 all highways leading
into the city we're heavily picketed.
Deputies used tear gas and five
farmers were arrested for unlawful
assembly"
Farmers Immediately gathered
outside of the Jail, demanding the
release of their comrades. Railroads
are being carefully watched and
when a freight is discovered carry
ing milk, the farmers threaten the
train crew and succeed in getting
the car detached and left in the sta
ton. Many cars and trucks have
been wrecked that have tried to
evade the pickets, windshields
smashed and sides wrecked, the
farmers meeting force with force.
cINGLER is very shrewd and
Dclever man and the farmers and
workers must watch him with vigil
ance so that he doesn't betray them.
He has accepted the aid of the
Communist Party in organizing the
! strike but does not want this known
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25

Seryicemen's League,
To all Veterans:
WE who have served III the last
" war have, during our tight for
the bonus and disability allowance,
either been refused expression in
the boss press, or, when We did
break through, it was only to have
the facts distorted.
During the Bonus March the bos-
ses' newspapers carried on sys-
tematic campaign of SANDER
against us. We who were heroes
in 1917 were branded as "crimi-
mails in 1882" because we dared to
break away from the fake leaders
of the American Legion and the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars and de-
mand through our own rank and
file organization the immediate
cash payment Of the bonus,
TODAY, when a vicious attack is
1 being made on our disability al
lowances by the bosses, through
the National Economy League and
ether organizations. this same press
aids our enemies by presenting So
called 'facts" about how I'VE
swindle the government out Of
large sums of money to which we
are not entitled" Entire pages Of
advertisements, costing thousands
of dollars and paid for by former
officers, try to prove" to those
who read them that we do not need
nor want our back pay.
During this period there has
been one paper that has. with
out fail, carried on the fght in
our support. Tbs naper is the
Daily Worker. In the prepare
tions for the Bonus March the
Daily Worker threw its full force
into the work. While we were i'll
Washington, only the Daily
Worker modified the rest of the
workers and farmers in our sun
port. Its editorials were guide
to the proper methods of the
building of a rank and file Orga-
nization, which will organize all
veterans regardless of affiliation.
Its news items gave a true ac-
count of the historical events of
the march, exposing our enemies,
pointing the way TO victory.
OUR enemies fight US through
" support of their press. The
Daily Worker must be supported BY
us because it is our press. Prep
arations are under way to organize
another march Of veterans to
Washington. We need the guild
ance of the Daily Worker. Only
through the Daily Worker can We
reach the rest of the masses and
gain their support. We veterans
must, NOW, throw all our efforts
into the campaign Of the Daily
Worker to raise $35,000 We must
make the building OF a stronger
Daily Worker the opening gun in
the attack on the National Eco
nony League and all other enc
mics OF the veterans.
All veterans are urged TO send in
funds, no matter how small. to the
Daily Worker, Immediately!
All Posts of the WESL. should
at their next membership or execu-
tive committee meetings raise
money and send it to the Daily
Worker.
All Posts of the W.E.SL. should
get in touch with the local Daily
Worker Committee in their local.
ties and work out plans for the
raising of funds for the Daily.
Worker.
National Executive Committee,
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League.
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The most seasoned agitator and
organizer at the Conference is
gray-haired Ella Reeve Bloor, or
Mother Bloor as most people call
her. Veteran fighter in behalf Of
the oppressed farmer OF the North
west. Painting for the Conference
a strong picture of the Iowa strike,
which laid the natural basis for
the Conference. Describir g how
she stood for hours on s. table
talking to the Iowa farmers. Elk
posing the Governors Conference,
then meeting in Sioux City with
Milo Reno, one of the farm mis-
leaders. 1.-The Governors came
here to tell US what they want, but
well tellthem what we want" She
was responsible for getting out the
extra which was peddled under
the windows of the room where
the Governors we're meeting:
Farmers Have Governors on Spot"
On highway picket line 20, where
not 81 single kulak truck broke
through. There the farmers took
the badges, guns and even some of
the clothes away from sheriffs and
deputies.
The Conference turned to her
repeatedly for advice. Always
ready, haInnering home her points
with short sharp clips. Remind
ing the farmers one moment it is
about time they stop being like cells
who are skinned alive and act as
if they don't mind it; another mo-
ment greeting all old farmer
warmly; a third, sitting in at the
Regional Conference in corner
of the hall. Bubbling over with
enthusiasm, declaring that at the
dinner her delegation had with the
Progressive bloc, the Congressman
we're all scared skinny. Always on
the go, severe winters, sitting sum-
mers, from town to town, from
farm to farm, agitating, organiz-
ing, holding innumerable meetings.
Poor food, little sleep, few COM
forts. Minot, N. D., her headquar-
ters. Her spirit plays all over the
broad needy Northwest like foun-
tain, like flame throwing steady
light IN all It's dark places.
HARRY LUX is the whip and
IL flagrnan at the Conference. He
is the gusty hook that cuts away
the distractions when the Con-
ference seems to be on the
verge OF getting pushed. Salty,
buffalo-breasted Harry with the big
paws and the voice that blares like
q brass. Fought in the world war.
When Harry takes the floor, the
farmers stir. He pumps roaring
new life into them. He pounds
his hammer fist as if an anvil and
twists our hot anger to the right
shape. He throws the wild OK of
capitalism and how the smoke
pours up as he slaps on his brand
ing irons. He calls Washington
rats nest full of lickspittles and
rattlesnakes; he rubs salt into the
tails of the poodle bankers and
their wives; he skins the mort
gage sharks and the insurance
hogs.
There is no greater contrast to
big beefy Harry than Philip Smith,
the Quaker. Smith is short and
then, wears a black four-in hand.
He Is a little Iongwirded and
pedantic. I'm nature you need
light, heat and moisture for life.
We've had enough heat. Now we
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Social Workers Send So
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activity all concerned the class
struggle
GROUP SOCIAL WORKERS.
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DEFY ORDER
FOR PEACEFUL PICkETING,"

Singler gave orders that the first
five days of the strike there should
be peaceful picketing, but the farm
ers on the first day of the strike
took matters in their own hands In
their efforts to prevent trucks going
through.
The Borden company OF New York,
which owns extensive interests in
Wise, was one of the points Of con-
centration by the farmers. This
combine dictates from New York the
price Of more than 80 per cent Of
the milk sold in Wisconsin. Other
points of attack we're the Gridley
and Luck diaries of Milwaukee,
Gehl's, Cedarburg and other diaries
upstate.
FORCE NINE CHEESE
FACTORIES TO CLOSE.
The first day of the strike thous-
ands of farmers dumped their own
milk and began making their own
butter and cheese. They forced nine
cheese factories to close in the town
Of Freedom. Outagamie county;
eight factories near Rubicon, and
seven factories in Barron county.
Seventy per cent of the farmers in
Dodge county withheld milk the first
day and thousands of more farmers
joined the strike.
The second day OF the strike. dairy
heads began calling Gov, Schnede-
man, demanding action TO guarantee
theiE continued lrotits sheriff
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% and said he tried dpOs who owed S5O and
The
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SOCIALIST MAYOR
TRIES TO BREAK STRIKE.

-@N~A~-a
The Socialist Mayor Hoan Of
Milwaukee then entered the strike
by sending a letter to Harry Bra
garnick, a notorious strike breaker,
to enter the strike as arbitrator.
Bragarnick first conferred with
the dairy owners and then with
Singler but failed in reaching any
agreement with Singler as far as
is known, and as is borne out by
subsequent events.
IN the second day 20 more cheese
" factories were forced TO close,
and diaries upstate were receiving
no more than so per cent of their
uSu2l supply of milk--some closed
down entirely because only a truck
or Two succeeded in getting through
to them. County boards began Sec
reilly to appropriate 'in case an
emergency arises"
Farmers began using rail ties, logs
etc. across the highways, and Peter
Stark, president of the Outagamie
Milk and Produce Co. was roughly
handled by some pickets when he
attempted to rescue a truck.
Some diaries were secretly making
efforts to break the strike by paying
as high as SITS hundred for milk
The strike front broadened and pi-
ckets began appearing in many
other counties. Diaries that had beer
receiving $4,000 pounds of milk q
day were getting but 1900 pounds
through, and practically all the
cheese factories were closed down ir
the central part of the state.
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FARMERS BEAT UP
BOSSES THUGS.

On the third day several scab
truck drivers were beaten up as well
as sheriffs and the Chief of Police,
Harry Macklin, of New London. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
Wisconsin Farmers Come
to Grips evith Milk Trusts

SINNERS of Milwaukee county warn
ed mo violence would be tolerated"
and instructed squad cars to patrol
the highways and make immediate
arrests if trouble threatened" De-
puties and under-sheriffs were sworn
in in every county.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
By E. G. CLARKE.

MILWAUKEE, Wis.-The Wisconsin
u milk strike is rapidly develop
ing into one of the greatest farm
strike in the history of the United
States. The strike is led by the Wis
consin Cooperative Milk Pool Asso-
extraordinarily small farmers
group that has grown with great
rapidity during the course of the
strike. This group is led by Walter
Singler, Shiocton farm leader and
president of the pool
The mediate demand of the strik-
ing farmers is $1.40 for 100 pounds
Of milk-les5 than cents a quart.
At the present time they receive so
cents hundred lbS.-a little more
than cent a quart. Other demands
are 40 cents a pound for butter fat,
cheese 1872 cents a pound against
the present 812 cents; butter 80 cents
against 1872 cents as at present.
The retail price until recently was
cents a quart; the state board Of
markets and agriculture then issued
an order raising the retail price to
cents quart and grocerS, etc.
We're arrested for selling for less
meanwhile the farmers received not
a penny more for milk-the diaries
taking an additional 2 cents or z
cents ON the quart
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-25
11,000 PICKET
ON FIRST DAY.

Wisconsin is ranked as the second
largest dairy state in the U. S. A.
the picketing farmers claim it is
the largest at present The strike
began on Feb. IS when eleven thou
sand farmers began picketing in
Outagamie, Washington, Price, Ash
land and Rusk counties where the
pool had the greatest strength at
the time of the first strike call.
TWO of the largest farm organi-
4 cations in the state are boy
cotting the strike, though the rank
and file of these two groups, The
Wisconsin Pure Milk Producers CO.
operative, and the Milwaukee Co.
operative Milk Producers ASsocia-
ton, are rapidly deserving the ranks
of these organizations and coming
over to Wisconsin Cooperative Milk
Pool Association. The Wisconsin
| Farm Holiday Association which
claims 100000 members has refused
to call a strike as yet.
Flying squads Of farmers ant
farmers wives, went from farm tc
farm urging farmers to join tht
| strike. Mass meetings, attended by
thousands of farmers, are held daily
at schoolhouses, county churches
| etc
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Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Bnghamton N Y.
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Say Veterans

To all Posts OF the Workers Ex-
Servicemen's League,
To all Veterans: