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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
Demand Same
AS u. S. Law
Petitions Being Circulated In City
And County
Hundreds Affx Their Signatures
To Petitions
VIII Be Presented In Person To
Romans Delegation

Petitions are being circulated il
Salisbury and Rowan county ask
ing the state legislature to pass (
beer bill to have the state law con-
form with the national law recent
ly passed by congress.
Hundreds of citizens have sign
ed the petitions, it is stated.
I'VE want beer" was the usual
remark and demand made by sign
ers of the petitions, according to
those circulating them.
A majority of the states have
passed laws or have bills pending
permitting the sale of beer, it was
pointed out.
Sale of beer would bring in ad-
ditional revenue it was declared,
and would help the present tax
situation. Many also felt the sale
of beer legally would reduce the
sale of bootleg liquor.
The petitions will be presented
to the Rowan county solons in the
next few days, it was stated.
The preface of the petitions read
as follows:
North Carolina,
Rowan County.
We, the undersigned Citizens OF
Rowan County, realizing that the
United States Congress has made
certain changes in the National
Volstead Act, whereby Beer is per
mitted to be manufactured and
sold in said Country thereby rails
ing additional Revenue for said
Country; and further realizing
that many States Of the unior
have amended their respective law:
to conform with this Act, so that
they can realize additional Revenue
for their State treasures, and be-
lieving that this additional reven-
lie would aid materially in balanc-
Continued ON page fve
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

may begin now to bottle the large
quantity of beer already brewed So
that it will be ready for sale in the
immediate localities on April 7. 1t
cannot be shipped from breweries
until the effective date.
Shortly before signing the bill,
the Chief Executive set in motion
an inquiry which may free humid
reds now in Jail for beer violations.
Without indicating his possible
course, he asked Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings to investigate
the possibility of such wholesale
pardons.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

rection of existing abuses was dis
cussed."
Senator Norris, Republican of
Nebraska, a Roosevelt sr>oorter
and long a champion of govern
ment operation Of Muscle Shoals,
said the power and Muscle Shoals
issue had not been brought up
directly in the conference.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
News
BRIEFS
HELD FOR MURDER

Bill Sawyer, of Winston Salem,
is said to have named Clyde Terrell
and A.. G. Ferguson, of Durham,
as two who were with him in the
holdup of the Clover filling sta
ton near Durham on March 2.
Thaddeus Tilley was killed at the
time. James Terry, 10, in the
station at the time, has identified
Terrell and Ferguson, Durham Of
fers say.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

CHAIR FACTORY BURNS
An $4,000 loss was sustained in
the burning of the finishing plant
of the Hoover Chair company at
Lexington. Much of the loss was
in furniture.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

IS KILLED BY HIS MULE
Unhitching his team to get it
out of a bog, Charles M. Thorn
burg, farmer of near Newton, be-
came entangled in the harness Of a
mule. The animal bolted, ran half
a mile and dragged Thornburg to
his death.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
GOOD
MORNING
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT:

that:
Only the ignorant are super
stitious.
splitting salt is bad luck.
feather pillows are lightning
insurance.
only poisonous mushrooms
will tarnish a silver coin placed IN
the vessel in which they are cook
ed.
crossing the fingers will avert
evil.
fish is a better brain food
than bacon.
putting on a piece Of wear
ing apparel backward is a good
handling toads produces
warts.
stepping on an ant will bring
rain.
Customer: I'd like a loaf of
bread.
Baker: White or graham?
Customer: 1t doesn't matter. It's
for a blind man.
II want a nice present for my
husband. What do you adviser
MAY | ask how long you have
been married, MADAME"
oh, about fifteen years."
Bargain counter in the base
ment, Ma'am."
Driver: what will it cost to
have my car fxed?"
Garage Man: 'What's the matter
with it,"
Driver: II don't know"
Garage Man: "Fifty-two dollars
and sixty cents
Son (who caught his father kiss
ing the -maid): "Whatcha dom,
Pop, kissin' the maid?"
Pop (thinking quickly): Bring
me my glasses, son: l thought it
was your mother"
$50 you desire to become my SON.
in-law?"
"No, l don't. But if l marry
your daughter, sir, l don't see how
I can get out of it."
First Nanny feet are burning
like the deuce. Do you think a
mustard bath would help them?
Second Man-Sure. There's moth
ing like mustard for hot dogs!
Doctor-Now, young man, what
have you got to say for yourself?
His Son Tin for a licking)-How
about a little local anesthetic?
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

HANCOCK'S SECRETARY
KILLED
Miss Heathie Under, II, of Ok
ford, a secretary to Congressman
Frank Hancock, was killed and
two companions hurt in an auto
mobile-truck crash near Emporia,
Va.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

VICTIM OF LIGHTNING
BOLT
Alb Church, "a, of Wilkes coun-
ty, was instantly killed when he
was hit by a lightning bolt while
working at the ear of his home.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR
DR.. Hans Luther, former head
Of the German Reischbank, has
been named ambassador to the
United States to succeed Friedrich
w. Won Prittwitz.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
". c.. DIARIES PROFITABLE

State reports show North Caro-
lima dairymen sold $12,576,94o
worth of milk and butterfat to
creameries and mifk-processing
plants in 1882. There were $4,000
pounds of cheese made, 100000
pounds of ice cream.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
KILLS SELF AND THREE

CHILDREN
Leading his three children to
his second wife's grave in a Phila-
delphia cemetery, Gilbert Friend
shot each of them through the
heart and then killed himself.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

Doctor-Now, young man, what
nave you got to say for yourself?
His Son Tin for a licking)-How
a little local anesphetic?
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

First Nanny feet are burning
like the deuce. Do you think a
mustard bath would help them?
Second Man-Sure. There's moth
ing like mustard for hot dogs!
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

$50 you desire to become my SON.
in-law?"
"No, I don't. But if l marry
your daughter, sir, l don't see how
I can get out of it."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19

In the Black Plate department of
the tin mill, under the leadership
of militant Negro worker, both
white and colored followed his lead
and forced the company to agree on
the 8-hour day and 5-day week. They
asked for an increase in wages from
IS cents per hour to As cents per
hour. The company answered that
they cannot increase the wages be-
cause it would be violation OF the
N. r. A. the Black Plate workers
are preparing to win wage increase.
The SheaImen and openers in the
tin mill held meetings in the mill
and presented their demands. They
have won the 8-hour day, and the
openers won the fight against the
extra work of ''fanfolding the tin
for the normalizers.
Just couple of days ago about
so stick pullers threw their tongs
down at the END of eight hours and
refused to work any longer. This
action has resulted in victory, for
today the openers are back TO work
on that basis.
The backbone of many of these
actions are the militant members Of
the Steel and Metal Workers Indus
trial Union.
The main driving force as vet is
the "call for action" that was issued
by the SMWIU at the correct time
on the day after Labor Day. The
workers are especially inspired by the
Steel Code that was issued by the
SMW1U, as it appears on close ex-
animation that the workers are fol-
lowing out the rank and file action
methods, etc.
The A. F. of l. leaders have gone
to the ridiculous extreme Of putting
a policemans picture on their head
quarters saying they are policemen
for the NRA, the very same MIRA
that is being used by the company
to put over the miserable conditions.
The next few weeks will determine
whether the workers can see that
the NRA is an instrument OF the
company to rob the workers and
that the A. F. Of l.. is helping the
Bethlehem Steel Co. 10 tighten the
MIRA around the workers necks. The
workers, next fight is for increased
wages and against spced-up. They
will be able to win only by follow
ing the program of the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
Steel Workers Honor
Two Victims of the
Bethlehem Speedup
By a Steel Worker Correspondent

BY Steel Worker Correspondent
SPARROWS POINT. Pa. - One
night last week in Sparrows Point, on
company land, 800 Negro and white
steel workers attended a memorial
meeting for Joe Black, Negro labor
er on the c. B. gang, and Ben Kozi-
kowski, a white heater Ill Jne TIN
mill, two recent victims of speed-up,
heat, and intense overwork in the
Bethlehem Steel Company plant.
Called by the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union, the meet
ing was dedicated to struggle against
the Speed-up and inhuman conditions
killed and injured many Others The
speakers succeeded in exposing the
N. r. A, which is trying to combine
increased speed-up with reductions in
hours and pay, and they outlined
concrete steps for forming shop COM
mittees to resist the bosses attack.
In spite of the presence of Chief of
Police Miles and some twenty uni
formed policemen, grouped under the
arc-lights or skulking IN Jne snaoows,
the workers refused to be frightened
by this show of the company's armed
power and displayed good fighting
spirit Loud applause greeted the
reading of telegram from Green's
burg, Pa, which announced the strike
of LOO workers at the Wallworth
Foundry, and it was unanimously
voted to send telegram expressing
sympathy for the strike. At the close
OF the meeting collection was taken
TO aid the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
PEACEFUL ROOSEVELT
Brooklyn, N. Y.

brooklyn, N. 7.
Comrade Editor:
Several months ago our President
sent cablegrams to IS Tor some such
number) countries including the
USSR. This message called on all
countries TO keep their armies within
their own countries. America the
Peaceful Roosevelt, the little father.
PEACE!
Today the U. S. A. is sending down
battleship and marines to Cuba But
Roosevelt still strokes his chin hest
tatingly. I'VE shall try to keep out.
No intervention If the Cuban masses
rise to overthrow the Imperialist
plunderers the marines will land TO
restore order
We shall say America was Obliged"
to create an orderly government. Let
us remind Roosevelt and the masses
of his demagogic message of several
months ago. Let us raise the cry
Hands off Cubal"
The Cuban workers and peasants
will win! BERGENS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19

sands of steel workers are entering
into struggles, thes struggles for eco
nomic demands are not yet being
connected in most steel town with the
election campaign.
The parties of the steel trust, tbs
Republican and Democratic parties,
are not challenged by the workers by
support for the Communist Party, les
candidates and its minimum election
program. In a number of steel towns,
the election campaign, instead OF
being strengthened, has been Equi-
dated. Such an attitude expresses q
capitulation before the red scare by
the Party comrades, which Is not at
all shared by the steel workers In
general.
Party Moving Ahead
However, in spite Of these weak
nesses, our Party is moving ahead in
steel. The steel factories have been
penetrated for the first time since
1919, and while the union has entered
this Wall Street fortress in its small
er sections, mills of 1000 and less,
substantial groups have been organ
lied in a number of the larger mills,
like the Jones and Laughlin in Ali
Quipa, in Homestead, etc.
The weak spot in the organizing Of
the campaign is, however, Pittsburgh.
and it is exactly at the point selected
for concentration, the j. 81 L.
The splendid advance of the union
and the wide publicity given to the
S. M. w. I. U. by the press has not
been utilized for concentration in the
J. g. L. The Unemployed Council
played quite major role in helping
the struggles and in building the
Steel and Metal workers Industrial
Union, but on the South Side, the
Party, the union and the Unemployed
Councils have gone almost out Of
existence.
When a Serbian priest tells his
Jones & Laughlin steel workers con-
gregation to join the S. M. w. I. u.
he is expressing the discomfort of the
steel workers. He is not on the pay
of the mill and probably also feels
the pinch of a shrinking collection
plate. He evidently is closer to these
workers than we are. Once the Party
is able to convince itself Of the neces-
Psity of such concentration, the j. d
Il. will be organized, but not until
then.
yia u II, IL I'll of the weaknesses
mentioned, we are applying the line
of the Open Letter. We can and we
will overcome these weaknesses. We
are only learning how to put into
effect a coordinating plan OF work.
We are not yet very good at it, but
1 am of the opinion that we are i'm
proving right along. The thing most
needed is to increase the tempo Of
this improvement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
Work Two Days
To Make Up for
Labor Day Rest
BY an Auto Worker Correspondent

BY an Auto Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-The workers of A. w.
Rosen g. Co., manufacturers of auto
mobile supplies, where I have been
working for some time, are morgan
lied.
For a month the bosses were pro-
missing the workers that soon they
would sign up with the NRA, would
install the 40-hour week and would
increase their wages. Many workers,
believing everything the bosses say,
refused to join the Union, hoping
they would get better conditions with
out any union.
On Friday, Sept LIST, the boss finally
brought the Blue Eagle into the shop.
He told us to come back on Saturday,
because by working half day on
Saturday, we'd get paid for Labor
Day. On the same Saturday, Sept.
End, he laid off about 40 per cent
of the entire working force Of the
shop. On Saturday, Sept. 9th, the
boss told the workers to work all day,
saying that we had to do it for Labor
Day Many of the older workers pro-
tested for having to work two Satur-
days for one Labor Day, and went
home at noon. The boss promised to
deduct hours from this weeks pay
of all those that didn't work Sat
urday afteroon.
The wages of all workers, except a
few boys, who used to get less than
SIS, the minimum wage, remained the
same. Workers on power presses with
several years of experience work for
SIS a week. Now with the cost OF
living rising every day this is actually
a wage cut Besides, the bosses are
expecting the remaining workers to
produce as much as before the layof
The conditions in A. w. Rosen shop
prove that the bosses are not going to
improve the conditions Of the workers
voluntarily, with or without the MIRA.
Only by organization into the militant
Metal Workers Industrial Union, and
the formation of a strong, well-knit
shop-committee will we be able to
fight for and gain higher wages and
better conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
n Cents an Hour
Top Pay At Mill
OF Pa. Steel Co.
Ry a Worker CORRESPONDENT

CHESTER, Pa.-The Pennsylvania
Steel Co. plant here pays the starva-
ton wage Of zoe per hour to the So
called unskilled workers and to the
others 27c per hour for the rottenest
speed-up system that man could in
vent, for example:
Six or seven men we're sent to chip
a turbine about Is feet high and
about IL feet in width. They worked
eight hours and when they reported
for work the next day they got a
bawling out from the sucker boss and
we're told they had to finish the tur-
bine before they could get any more
pay for their work.
Two of the men went home and the
rest finished the Job for 10 cents per
hour, and it took them over eight
hours to finish.
Steps are being taken to organize
the plant in the Steel & Metal Work
ers Industrial Union.
This plant works night crews IL
hours. They have been working five
days a week, but now under the
MIRA. Code the workers are work
ing but and days week and the
wages remain the same. zoe and 27c
per hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
KHAKI SHIRTS REBUFFED

Comrade Editor:
The American road TO Fascism is
beinq hammered out in a typical
American Fascist manner. Using
every method of deceit from the Con-
stitution to them dam furriners" Art
Smiths Khaki Shirts are recruiting
FOR their army
Two young boys Of about eighteen
years of age have been going around
Central Park trying to enlist the
homeless American boys to their
cause. by talk of "furriners and damn
scabs" They are bit taken aback,
however, by the boys resistance to
their method Most Of 5nese boys are
in their present condition because OF
those vino talk about jefferson, Rooss-
welt, etc.
The constitution OF the Khaki
Shirts is very Hitlerian in chal acter.
They talk about driving out chain
stores, ETC., but underneath 1t all, in
very scummy manner, its anti
working class character Is revealed.
A YOUNG IRISH WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
Letters from
Our Readers
IN MEMORY OF T. E. BARLOW

IN MEMORY OF T. Il. BARLOW
Houston, Tex.
Comrade Editor:
1t has been suggested by a COM
rade here that we start immediately
to raise funds for memorial to our
late comrade T. E. Barlow. Because
of the Unlawful assembly" minded
ness of the city bosses there is no
possibility of free movement here in
Houston. Some judge always says
500 when workers are brought be-
fore him for assembling in the public
parks.
A small hall. erected in his mem
ory would provide a place for workers
to gather. Do you have any sug-
gestions to offer? w. HI. C.
CThere can be no opposition to such
an idea if the money is raised locally.
The comrades in Texas, especially in
Houston, should consider that the
Texas District is new, that we have
only a few Party members there, and
that we have to enlarge our basis in
Houston, Dallas and in some other
concentration points in order to
create the basis for spreading our &C
tivities.
The assassination of Comrade Bar
low should spur the Texas comrades
to intensity their activities in building
the Party. A strong Party in Texas
not only will be the best memorial to
Barlow, who gave his life for the
movement, but will create also the
possibilities for raising a real memo
rial in the form of hall, as suggested
in this letter.-Editor)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
Difference Between
AFL Robbers, Union
Controlled byToilers
BY Metal Worker Correspondent

BY Metal Worker Correspondent
EVANSVILLE. Ind.-Workers were
held up and $4,000 to $4,000 taken by
A. F. of L. thugs. Here is how it
happened.
Mr.. Roosevelt with his demagogy
says, organize. Correct, if you have
rank and file control.
Well, the A. F. of L., labor takers
who are working for the Morgans
and Melons, etc, get busy and send
~ Nir'l csid bar. with lot of ra-
dical phrases, and soon get your
uous--, tnen IaIe oIt Of the p.c.ure,
leaving you with charter and your
same old grievances, with reduction
in pay, thanks to imitation, and open
shop too
How many are left on the job in
the Servel plant. About 40 per cent,
maybe so per cent, and what is the
A. F. of L. doing about this whole
sale firing? Exactly nothing. They
cont believe in strikes, in forcing the
boss to do anything for the workers
The Steel and Metal Workers IN
dustrial Union, however, works to es-
tablish shop committees of the ranl.
and file, to carrying on union work
directly in the shops where you work.
These committees consists of you, fell
low-workers, not of someone sitting
in a swivel chair, smoking SOC cigar
off OF your meagre wages. In thi'
way, you know what they are doing
if they are really fighting for you or
the boss.
The new unions establish real
democracy among the workers. They
wipe out the corrupting high salaries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
Can You Make 'em
Yourself ?

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19

the big shots do all the talking, SO
nothing is done to improve our
working condition. Up to the first
half of August we were working five
days weekly, but since then we have
been dropping to four and three,
and finally to two days only.
Since the first of September there
has been mass of engineers laid
off. Now there are 10 engines left
on the job with II switchmen extra
on each turn. And the biggest per-
centage are Negro workers, and they
get only two to four days at the most
on the pay.
Then, the engineers are doing their
own firing, on engines of from go to
rs tons in weight. They have de-
manded their own firemen, but they
gain nothing, not any sort of help,
and the real reason is that we are
not organized. The reason for this