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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05

some promising places had what
amounted to little villages"
THAT was in 1882. At least
l. twice as many city argonauts
f1ocked into the gold country this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
LOOTERS ROAM
Havana after
FIERCE STORM
Death Ordered for Thieves
as Aftermath of Hur-
riCane.
BIZ THffcd Press

BIZ United Press
HAVANA, Oct. Looters
roamed Havana today as hurricane
winds diminished, and citizens,
nerves frayed by storm and battle,
awaited the next development in
Cuoas political crisis.
Moving promptly to prevent dis
order, the government ordered SOL
diers to kill any one caught steal
ing in the post turmoil.
Two Negro hooters we're reported
shot to death last night, and third
was wounded.
Shippers killed in a downtown
street member of the ABC radical
organization which supports the
government.
Province Damage Heavy
A few persons were injured here
by the winds that whipped through
the capital. Telephones and cleo
trio lights were damaged There
was heavy damage in the provinces
where the storm hit harder Floods
were reported at some points, ana
telephone and telegraph lines were
disrupted.
Increasingly confident after the
rout of rebel officers in the National
hotel battle, President Ramon Grau
San Martin continued to consolidate
his position, and let it be known
through aids that he had not Or
dered the arrest of Mario Menocal,
former president. and Carlos Men
dieta, Cubas two chief political fig
ures who went into hiding while
the National hotel fight was on.
Await U. s. Recognition
Grau San Martin appointed Cesar
Rodriguez Morini as secretary of
agriculture.
Government supporters openly
charged opposition leaders with
provoking disorders in order to dis
credit Grau San Martin.
Ruben Leon, a student leader and
one of the presidents chief aids,
reflected today the government con-
fidence that its power will be main
tanned until it is recognized by the
United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05

summer. Most were rank amateurs
at finding and panning gold. They
deluged authorities in Denver and
San Francisco.
Where's the best place to go for
gold?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05

The first worldwide gold rush in
history is on today in every land and
cline This is the third Of a series Of
articles describing the rapid progress Of
events and their economic implications
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
M VCOLD BRINGS ACTIVITY TO GHOST MINING TOWNS
Army of Needy Tumps Hills Searching Fortunes Fifty Gents Day

bit thicker, however, and always
the lure of making a real strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Open Letter Not Studied Sufficiently

Secondly while the workers responding with enhusi-
to the improved Daily Worker yet most Of the District
and Section eadershps of the Party have shown caous in
difference to it, especially in regard to circulation that
only be characterized scandalous
Because of these weaknesses the rising of working
class struggles is threatening to sweep heads instead
of placing at the head of movement of which
the conscious guides and organizers Most serious political
weaknesses showing themselves The right danger is
acute Local leading cadres in many attempt not to
face and solve difficult problems but to slide around them to
evade them by Clever tricks. For example have
such things comrades surrender to the illusions
of the workers about MIRA trying to organize them into
unions the basis of supporting Roosevelt and keeping
out the reds thinking to ouw the reformist misleaders
by looking much like them possible This tendency shows
itself not often in such fragrant examples but the d-
recon taken in such "ttle things keeping away the
Daily Worker from strike meetings and headquarters and
host of similar actions such hiding the face of the evo
tonary unions, and especially of the Party.
These danger signals They show that the Party
whole has yet not sufficiently studied understood and
begun to apply the Open Letter
The condition of the whole Party is not improved much
by the progress of the four main industrial concentration dis
rcts. Pittsburgh has movedbu not yet with decisive
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Weaknesses in Carrying Out the Open Letter

strengthening of the foundations of the Party of sinking its
firmly among the workers who moving into struggle
This mining than in STEEL where at least
already have contacts Especially the lower organs
the Party units and sections have not consolidated them
selves
Chicago yet does not in STEEL its growing trade
unions yet almost entirely in the smallest shops and in
light industry the miners have not been fundamentally in
fluenced by the unemployed movement is tagging.
In Detroit where the auto industry predoinates and
Auto Workers Union had led the with
full strikes long ago last February this good start has
not been followed That the condition in Detroit results
from inner political and organzationa weaknesses,
demonstrated by the fact that little real work gets
results Look a. the successful strike in Grand Rapids almost
spontaneously coming under leadership revealing general
condition of readiness struggle among the auto workers We
have not yet made of this condition in the main center
Detroit, during these months of rising activity.
Cleveland for first time in years small begin
of trade union light industry of praseWorthy
nature bit nothing serious yet in basic industry Even
small advances have been lost to the A. F. of L. because of
political capiuaton before the MIRA bayhoo and of hiding
the face Of the militant unions Even the small trade union
advances have been isolated from the Party which continues
to be.isoated and does not yet grow substantially
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Can't Say We Are Moving All Along the Line

We have made serious step towards united front of all
workers organizations prepared to fight against the MIRA
in the National Trade Union Conference for United Action
held in Cleveland August 1921 including the united pro-
of struggle for Unemployment Insurance and unfcaton
of the unemployed organizations.
Our most important weapon the Daily Worker has begun
to move in the direction of really popular workers
organizing around itself serious collaboration of hun
dreds and thousands of workers.
These important steps forward We shall not mini
mize them.
But say that already beginning to move
forward all along the line? Can that things really
moving as they should?
No. we cannot Unfortunately, yet such claim would
be idle Boosting.
First of ALL there yet serious building of the Party
even IN those fields where steps forward being made
the trade unions and in leading strike struggles This
especially in Steel coal and textiles precisely the three most
decisive points No systematic attention yet given Party
recruiting There not yet that essential concentration of the
best forces in the Party section activities and around the de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

1t weeks since the Extraordinary Party Con-
addressed the Open Letter to the Party and fixed i'm
poan and concrete tasks for member and unit and
committee of the Party These weeks have the unfolding
the MIRA attacks upon the workers. and the beginning of
movement of struggle to resist these attacks
1t is time for serious stockaking. Have we begun to
events in the direction laid down in the Open Letter.
Did do everything possible to organize and lead the rising
struggles? What has each of Individually and col
ectivey, done to carry out these tasks?
Something has been done The Steel and Metal Workers
Union has emerged from it's condition of tagnaton Through
few weeks of serious work. around the steel workers
CODE it has multiplied its membership several times begun to
penetrate steel plants basis conducted six
full strikes in the steel industry and successful strikes
in light metal The textile union likewise has begun to grow
the basis of successful strike leadership and mobza
ton around the textile code demands number of minor
unions have expanded their membership and activity The
miners union leading serious strikes in the West The
revolutionary trade unions whole have than doubled
their membership and several militant independent unions
have sprung up alongside them less coopera
ton
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Appeals to the Entire Party Membership

Now than is necessary to seriously build up
forces inside the A. F. of L. There is still the remnants
in all districts of the old mistaken idea that cannot both
build the militant unions of the T. u u L. and at the
time the left wing opposition inside the A F. of More at
tenon than must be given to this problem If
tnue to ignore it, in most districts all work will suffer
Many workers going into the A. F. OF L. to neglect the
work there leave them at the mercy of the bureau
Gratis
Members of the Pary Section and District Committees
These things cannot be remeded fundamentally merely by de-
crees from above by the Central Committed Thy only be
by the energetic clearheaded and bold initiative of
the members and lower Party committees with active
help and participation of the Central Committee and District
Committees You must take charge of things from below
Everyone into action to carry the tasks of the Open
Letter,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
5000 Workers the Funeral of Slain Pha Hosiery Picket
A. F. of L. Officials
Plead for Boss
Class Loyalty

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. g.
In indignation and sorrow, $4,000
Philadelphia workers gathered at
Mcpherson So, Kensington, to pay
their respects to Frank Minor, who
with Glen H. Norwood, gave their
lives on the picket line at the Cam
bria Silk Hosiery Mill last Thurs
day, victims of police bullets. Nor
woods body was sent to North Car
DINA, his birthplace, for burial.
The funeral arrangements and
open-air meeting were in the hands
OF the A. F. Of L. officials who
feared the tremendous resentment
OF the workers against this murder
and attempted to dampen the work
ers' spirit and divert the meeting
into patriotic demonstration.
Speakers were all A F.. of L. o.
ficials: McKeown, Leader and
Ritchy Of the Hosiery Union, and
Adolph Hirschbo-g III, C. r.l
Labor Council. No mention was
made OF the class struggle in which
these two workers fell victims Of
boss class hatred and oppression, No
criticism of the police or the arm
ing of scabs was voiced by, these
labor leaders" Strikebreakinp was
defended by them and one speaker
attributed the murder to Goods
will" A large detail Of police min
gled with the crowds and escorted
the slain picket's mother behind the
murdered picket's bier. No doubt
this was arranged to give patriotic
color to the gathering. Hirschberp
even spoke Of this working class
mother as "gold star" mother,
TO lessen the effect Of this boss
class murder, A. F. Of L. officials
in a circular entitled "Ruthless
Murder" ask that the flag Of
American imperialism be lowered At
half mast during the next week in
open alliance with the bosses in their
brutal deeds against the working
class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
By EARL BROWDER.

that depends
EXECUTION the policy whether
will be able mobilize the workers struggle whether
this historically favorable situation will bscOm. the decisive
Party the American proea whether the bugeoi with
socilfasci fascist Will dsor
ganzing
country
Communist Party into a revolutionary Party
revouonziny working
the firm itself
metal workers. railroad
textile the leading role the
without establishing contacts with the decisive strata of the work.
mobizng winning them side
FROM THE OPEN LETTER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Act tOCruSh Yakima
ruitPickerS' Strike
WithReignOfTarOr
100 in Jail as Workers
Battle National Guard;
Striker Whipped

YAKIMA, Wash, Sept. 5.-A fero-
cious reign OF fascist terror has been
developed by the local Viligantes to
crush the strike of fruit pickers here.
Five workers were taken from jail By
National Guardsmen, deputy shsriffs
and rich farmers nd D-;;.,y horse
whipped.
d. NJ. Boskeljon, secretary Of the
United Farmers League, after being
whipped in Jail, was delivered over
to the Vigilante desperadoes by the
sheriff. He was then taken out Of
town and horse whipped. His scalp
was shaved in r. In & - ~ --eH.-.
swastika and painted red. Finally
he was dragged over the ground with
a rope around his neck and left in
a seni-conscious state Is miles frc.1
the nearest city.
The workers getting pitiably low
wages were organized by the I.W.W.
No sooner had picket lines been es-
tablished, when a gang Of three hun
dred 1i1c.-,.-7 invaded the or
chartis. Armed with iron pipes, pick
handles, and mounted on horses, they
attacked the 100 pickets. The work
ers defended themselves. AS a re-
suit fifteen we're injured seriously,
About 80 were placed in jail.
AS the I.w.W. was unequipped to
prepare an adequate defense for the
arrested pickets, the International
Labor Defense offered its services. It
Immediately called mass meeting OF
workers and poor farmers. But this
meeting, too, was attacked by an
armed force of National Guardsmen,
who, after a two-hour battle with
tear gas and machine guns, dispersed
the workers, who again put up a
valiant defense.
Now, about 100 workers are being
held in jail on various charges, rang
ing from first degree assault TO Grim
inal syndicahsm. The authorities are
erecting a stockade for the armed
thugs Of the state, in order to smash
this strike. No meetings are being
permitted, and the workers are de-
MED all legal rights.
The l. L. D. has issued a United
Front appeal to the general defense
committee of the l. w. w. to smash
the fascist terror.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Machine Supporters
Pack A. F. Of |.
Longshore Meet
Few of Rank and File
at Wage Conference
BY H. J. FARMER.

NEW YORK.-The Atlantic Coast
conference Oh t.e tnIeriiaCioila,
Lonsetiorelien Assoclasioii opeiieu
yesSeiuay az io9 Elevellol Ave;
ulns 10 .ns yearly waee ooiiiereli nv;
oeleo 70 oecloe "liae tiie l. L. a. wiz
ASK Oh tne sfiipoWners.
Most OF the delegates are old-tinn-
ers at this conference, coming year
after year.
The PHILADELPHIA Longshoremen
will be surprised to know that Polly
Baker is representing them again
this year without being elected.
There is a worried look in his eyes,
put ne looks as though the depression
nao not a1lecCeo MIN. ne wore
new piue sun, Panama nat Stnae was
zoo large, a goio Waecn cnain across
ms oYer-stuleo peliy' patene leatner
snoes-smoklng Dig cigar. foily
was IN tne group OF tne nus! gang
Oh racKeteers ever saw. patzl, zen.
sampson ana tne usual naneerS-on
All OF the delegates are enjoying the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

and were gathered at the mill gates
at 7 a. m. to urge the day work.
ers to follow their example if the
company failed to grant the de-
mands of their committee for wage
increases and union recognition.
When the management rejected
the demands presented by COM
mittee elected from every depart
ment Of the plant on both shifts,
the workers went back to their de-
partments and gave the signal to
strike. Thousands waiting outside
the plant applauded and cheered
as department after department
walked out and turned the walkout
into militant strike demonstra-
ton for their demands.
Great enthusiasm and determi-
nation to spread the strike in the
dye industry throughout the city
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Furniture Strike in
Boston Going Strong;
Bosses Call for Scabs

BOSTON Mass, Sept 5.--Furni-
ture strikers here turned down the
offer OF the Federal Arbitrator. Woods.
to settle" the general strike of some
500 workers in 81 shops.
The bosses have advertised for
scabs. They are ready to recognize
the A. F. of L. union but refuse to
deal with the Furniture Workers In
dustTial Union. Nevertheless, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
UNIV Tries to Break
Melrose Mine Strike

FREDERICKTOWN. Pa. Sept. s.
The Melrose nina strikers of the
South Fayette Ccsl Company are
still out in srite of the UMWA Of
ficials. who have been urging the
men to return TO the pits.
When tire, district organizer Kram-
erich told the miners, This is the
lat TINS I'm going to tell you Ito
go b-c,o b.cause I'm not cor'inT
back they replied who in the hell
wants you here"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Miners, Factory Hands
Strike Against MIRA
in Tacoma; Mills Close

TACOMA. Wash, Sept. 5.-A num-
Der of strikes was the answer of
Washington workers to the Roose-
welt slavery act. Roslyn miners have
defied John L. Lewis, the government
strike breaker, and are striking for
$40 for 6 hours and five-day
week Lewis wants the miners TO
return to work under the old scale,
which means starvation.
The Northwest Woodenware Co.
workers walked out when hours were
cut so far that although the hourly
wage was raised the weekly wage
WIS much lower.
Two lumber mills closed down as
a result of overproduction and laid
off over 300 workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

was expressed by the strikers. To-
night a strike meeting at 612
River Street, strike headquarters,
will consider this question. Steps
are being taken to call out
branches Of the plant in Haw-
thorne and Lodi.
Shop delegates of many dye
shops, at conference called by
the A. F. Of L. last night, voiced
emphatic opposition to the propos-
ais of the A. F. of l.. officials to
leave the matter of their demands
to the NRA authorities in Wash
ington. Many spoke in favor of
following the example of the
Weidmann workers and going on
strike, instead of waiting for the
NRA. Officials adjourned the meet
ing when the workers appeared to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Nearly a Million in
Profit Made by United
Piece Dye Work s


PATERSON. N. 1.-THE United
Piece Dye Works, of wh;eh the
Weidmann shop in Paterson, which
is on strike, is subsidiary, made
ample profits in the crisis year OF
1852 to enable them to increase the
wages OF the workers and improve
their working conditions.
In 1892 the company paid divi-
d en- ds to their stockholders
amounting to $896,337 while at the
same time they set aside $l,1oo,o00
for depreciation. The item for de-
probation is part Of the surplus of
the firm used to build up and ex-
tend the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
National
Events
Chicago Celebrates 14th

CHICAGO, Ill.-The Fourteenth
Anniversary Celebration of the
Communist Party under the COM
bined auspices of the two Party
Units and one unit of the Young
Communist League, will be held
Saturday, September 8, at the Al
bany Park Workers Center, 1907
Lawrence Ave. Prominent speak
ers will review the history of the
Party and stress the significance
of this anniversary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Deaths Mar Air Races.

CHICAGO. = Florence Klingen-
smith, noted woman fiier, was killed
here while flying at 400 miles an hour
in the race for the $4,000 Phillips
trophy. Saturday, Roy Liggett, a.
year-old Omaha flyer, was killed when
his plane fell In a test fight.
A speed record Of over five miles a
minute was established here by James
r. Wedell Of Louisiana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Wisconsin Scottsboro Tour.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis.-The Milwau-
kee district Of the International La
Dor Defense announces that Ruby
Bates and Alice Burke are now tour
ing this city and vicinity.
The first OF the Scottsboro meetings
will be held at Liberty Hall, 9Th ard
West Walnut SITS, on Thursday, Sep
TENDER Z. On Friday, September 8,
they will be at Fosters Hall, AL
Wisconsin Ave, Racine.
Admission for all these mass meet
ings will be ten cents for employed
and free admission for unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Maine Workers Strike
AS MIRA Backs Boss

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 5.--Work-
ers OF two Capitol Restaurants here
walked out out when the owner, un-
der the provisions of the restaurant
code paid the same minimum wage
to all workers below executive rank.
The workers declared they were get
ting rs cents an hour for 81 hour
week with So deducted for meals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
NEWS BRIEFS
Hurricanes Sweep South.

HOUSTON, Texas.--Two hurricanes
OF terrific intensity swept across Texas
and Florida yesterday, causing prop
erty damage into the millions. The
storm that swept Texas is the same
that hit Cuba Saturday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Registrations Illegal.

/ NEW YORK.-That three thousand
Tout of the $4,000 registered voters in
the l4th Assembly District Of Brook
lyn are illegal registrations, was
charged yesterday by H. H. Gold
stein, Democratic official.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

favor a strike.
The National Textile Workers
Union calls upon the workers in
all the dye shops in Paterson and
surrounding cities to join the ranks
of the Weidman workers and pre-
pare to strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
Weidman Dye Strike Led
By Natl Textile Union

PATERSON j. Sept Sat
workers of the Wdmann shop the
CITY, branch OF United Piece Works off
left their benches
tile Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

Write to the Daily Worker about
every event of interest to workers
which occurs in your factory, trade
union, workers organization or To-
cality. BECOME A WORKER COR
RESPONDENT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

csve factories The Section Committees have yet pulled
themselves together for collective drive forward to carry out
the Open Letter There not yet serious improvement in
the work of the units, especially the shop units.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06

workers are holding out firmly. Some
shops have already settled and others
are preparing to do so.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-06
LampShadeWo
Strike Led by TUUL


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. s.
After three weeks of intensive or
ganization. the lamp shade workers
of this city were organized for a
strike under the leadership of the
Lamp and Shade Frame Workers
Union OF the TUUL. The trade had
been organized almost 100 per cent
against the MIRA wage cut program.
The code drawn up by the work
ers calls for recognition of the union
and closed shop; minimum wage
of SIS week for beginners; a IS
hour week with provision for 40
hours during the busy season; recog-
milton Of shop conimitteesh and the
milton Of shop committees, and the
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
v. VAS THIRSTY
MUST TREK

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 4.
G.N.S0 1.-The old, old song about
the bear going over the mountain
will be sung in this district to-
morrow as Volstead's famous ex-
pertinent goes down the lonesome
trail to oblivion.
The reason is that the cele-
brants of repeal in West Virginia
must take themselves elsewhere
to participate in the fete. Ohio
will get the biggest portion of the
thirsty horde from this State with
Pennsylvania ranking close Sec
ond.
And to get the cases in these
States, the repeal celebrants must
travel over hills and through
daleS.
West Virginia has been dry for
20 years because of State acts,
and the State acts haven't been
repealed, although the State has
voted for repeal.