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should be compulsory" Whereupon
Whiteside asked whether he ap-
proved of price fixing by the Steel
Code itself. rather than leaving it
to the Code Authority Bond re-
piled: Positively and absolutely"
Such practices, Bond pointed out
later. permit "dignified' profit for
all. But on the other hand G. Ellis
Ellicott, Jr, of the Dredge and
Floating Plant Association. de-
clared that open pricing means
price fixing, and that: IF these
open price provisions remain in the
codes, they will break the NR.A."
Similarly. A. w. Finlay, Boston boss
printer and member of the Graphic
Arts Industry Code Authority, de-
clared that the open-price feature
"is nothing more than a price fix
ing feature as it works out in this
industry" To resolve all this, Dex-
ter Keezer. Liberal ornament of the
Consumers Advisory Board sug-
gested-guess what? That the
abuses" of open pricing be at
tackled temporarily and carefully
This on behalf of the nations con-
sumers!
George L. Berry. the scab-herd-
ing A. F. Of l.. head Of the printing
pressmen. now a deputy admin
strator presided at the group meet
ings on production. He asserted
that I'VE can adopt" any of three
attitudes" toward controlling pro-
duction-"retUrn to laissez faire'
socialism; and the middle course of
industrial self government under
the NR.A., which it is our task to
make better than its alternatives. "
"Budgeting" Production
If the MIRA. course is adopted
Berry declared, "the danger of ac-
tual over-production may be elimi-
mated by the voluntary control OF
inventories and the joint budgetine
of production. The trade aSsocia-
ton would find out beforehand
what the competing companies, TAX
en- together. are going to be able to
sell. and plan production accord
ingly.' But Berry soon was shown
up by his brother explotters While
the top rnonopohsts ciamored for
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was able to foresee things in their
true light. And echoing the senti-
ment of your paper, we must pre-
pare against this menace OF the
working class, that is slowly gather
ing its power-fascism. And just a
short time ago I was as far from
Communism as the next fellow, and
it was through your paper that I
came to realize facts.
And, fellow workers, we must not
waste precious time in trying to
organize a unit to combat this foe
of the working class, but we must
Join a working mans organization
that is fighting this enemy Of ours,
blow for blow, and step by step
the Communist Party, and let US
Join this organization for our own
good.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19

industry; feldspar industry; and
cooking and heating appliance in
dustry.
All of these are potential war in
dustries. For example, metal prod
ucts manufacturing may become
gun manufacturing; tools and dies
in themselves may be vital means
Of production in the manufacture
of guns, artillery, etc. The posting
of army men in strategic industries
is significant. But General johnson
probably will place army men on
many other Code Authorities also
Along with the announcement
concerning the above eight came
understanding lieutenant colo
mel of the Army Engineer Reserves,
formerly assigned as chief of the
Pittsburgh Procurement industrial
mobilization District, as govern
ment representative on the pipe
nipple manufacturing industry.
Soon afterward came the an
nouncement that a colonel of the
U. S. Marine Corps will represent
the government on the hand chain
hoist manufacturing industry's Code
Authority. In other words, the Code
Authorities are to be peppered with
army men-the auxiliary command
who will be ready 30 swing into
war action Immediately complet-
ing the set-up headed by johnson
and his buddies.
Planning Higher Prices
Yes, planning for war and for
fascism are simple matters for the
barons who conceived the MIRA.
and who now dominate it's admin
stration.
But Capitalist planning" which
they are also attempting within the
framework of their competitive
(profit) system is something else
again. They have not reached first
base with it. They divided their
Congress Of Industry into five
groups and in those groups that
were considering such subjects as
control Of production and control of
prices, their bewilderment was com
plete. Here the ar1tagonisms be-
tween small fry and kingfish flashed
into the open, giving the lie to the
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more and more production-restric-
ton, the smaller fry squawked that
any restriction was plain freezing"
Of industry at depression lows. Cor
win Edwards. speaking for the
MIRA. Consumers Advisory Board,
admitted the dilemma: ut is pos
sible for a Code Authority, given
the power to fix output, to do so in
way calculated to create short
age in the market and to maintain
the price. 1t is also possible to
waver between the alternatives Of
giving favorable quotas to its own
members or of treating members of
the industry alike" But George
Sloan, the textile king, whose Cot
ton Textile Institute has been given
carte blanche to restrict production
at the EXPENSE of thousands Of en-
ployees whose hours he cuts to the
bone, declared that the production
limiting feature sis the keystone of
the whole structure of our National
Recovery" While W. E. Whip,
modest member of the Machine
Tool and Forging Machinery Code
Authority. insisted that ANY form
of limitation" would "retard re-
covery."
In allowing such free expression
of dissent within the Congress of
Industry, of course, johnson and
his big buddies had the same pur-
pose they had in calling for public
criticism during the preceding week.
This purpose was to win over the
whole employer class. While the
little fellows were blowing off steam
in the open sessions, the real lead
ers Of their class, the top monopo-
lists, were again making hotel
rooms, in General Johnson's phrase,
Smoky with planning" The re-
suit? The meetings of the "a COM
mittee members who will be, as
Johnson put it, "for the next few
weeks in continuous session"
They will override the small bust
ness interests that run counter to
the sealed trend of N.RA toward
ever greater tightening the grip of
monopoly. But overriding is not
solving the conflicts.
tie Be oontanaetA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
Striker Describes
Struggle; Praises ''DaiIy''
''Yours a Truly Great Paper; Showed Us the
Light Was Far from Communism,
But Now Sees Facts

ment Office, where he was informed
that there was no work for him.
When he told the employment agent
that he was fit for work, he was
informed to report again in the af-
ternoon. He did 50 and on being
examined, he was found fit for work
but he had to be rehired over again
at a beginners wages, after doing
twelve years service in the mill
wright division.
This is Just one OF the many
reasons which caused Us fellows to
call a strike.
Yours is truly great paper. and
it was through your paper that
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nothing. And we in the railroad
unions have seen time and again,
as we see today that where the Of
f1cials of our 81 unions WANT to
get together, as in the matter of
wage cuts, they have quickly come
to an understanding, against the
wishes and at the expense of the
membership. What is to prevent
similar sell outs if the 81 crafts
are amalgamated mechanically from
the top2 On the other hand what
is to prevent the rank and file of
the 81 organizations from setting up
their own machinery for united ac-
ton, for determination, on the job,
and in terminal and system fedora
tions? 1t is possible to hammer out
Unity Movement Of this kind
within the existing unions, among
groups Of unorganized railroad
workers and even inside the COM
psny unions Such movement is
being developed right now around
the fight for the Workers Social
Insurance Bill. for united retire
ment pension law and particularly
on the issue of the return of the
10 per cent wage cut and an increase
in wages to meet imitation prices.
Leadership for the Rank and File
A united front and opposition
movement is developing among rail-
road workers, but too slowly and in
too haphazard a manner.
The pressure of events which
forces a member Of the Communist
Party to Join right wing union
for his economic protection as it is
forcing thousands of other unor-
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drew up their own merit" clause
clause oode-S.W.) of the whole in
dustry an opportunity to act in its
proper function to try to settle the
trouble. In the meantime Fed
Grafton "a. F. Of L. officials have
agreed to postpone aggressive ac-
ton. - Emphasis mine)
So what? With the full knowl-
edge of Roosevelt, johnson pro-
posed to the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce (the propa-
ganda organ of the automobile in
terests dominated by General Mo-
tors) the creation of a board Of
review to determine in its own way
whether the claims made by the
union leaders that they have been
delegated by a majority of the en-
ployes as spokesman for collective
bargaining are correct"
Now, Johnson knows very we'll
that it is extremely dubious whether
the A. F. of L. unions, even with the
assistance OF the Administration,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
DAILY Worker washington Blu,

DAILY Worker Washington Bu.)
In new squirt toward complete
coordination between the MIRA.
and the War Department officials
who are modifying industry for
war. ten more regular officers of the
U. S. Army have just stepped into
key positions in the MIRA. Eight
of them came directly from the Of
flee of the fascist minded Assist
ant Secretary of War Harry n.
Woodring, who is responsible under
existing law for gearing industry
to be ready to shift to wartime
production on Geographic notice.
The appointment of the army
men was announced at moment
when some 1000 industrial mag
mates were disclosing, in last weeks
Congress Of Industry, that they
cannot reconcile the conflicts of in
terest that exist among themselves.
In this Congress, repeatedly the
business moguls showed that al
though they can organize for con-
certed drives against their workers
under the NRA.-they cannot
solve the antagonisgns inherent in
the interests of various sections of
their own class. And in the stimuli
taneous announcement of the new
army appointments there is a dra-
matte reminder that these magnates
and their New Deal government Of
iicialS are deliberately planning to
use imperialist war to meet any
problems they cannot answer with
Leading World War industrislists
already are playing leading role in
tee New Deal. Gerard Swope, CEN
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could muster a majority Of the auto
workers, especially in view of the
notorious practice Of the company
arrangements in voting their entire
office forces. Thus, in addition to
showing again that the much pub
licized Section IA of the MIRA.
does not enforce the right of the
workers to select their own unions,
johnson is begging the companies
to use his scheme instead of ma
chine guns to prevent the workers
from organizing their own unions.
Secondly, johnson knows that
even if the workers could score
majority, the months it would take
to create" his board" which viii
determine in its own way" the
claims made by the union lead
ers" would stall off the strike until
after the peak of the season.
Assisting the Administration anti
strike forces is the greatest assem-
blage of bosses agents in the his
tory of the United States. Green,
Lewis, Hillman, Panken, Murray
and others of the same A. F. Of L.
Socialist Party stripe are here. All
are beating their breasts for COM
pulsory arbitration, all are begging
the employers for instructions for
promulgating an acceptable union"
and all are Scrambling over them
selves to prevent the workers from
using their only weapon, the strike.
The A. F. of L. has already
hitched it's strike breaking hopes to
the slogan, wait for the Wagner
Bill" 1t is probable that johnson,
in his testimony this coming week
before the Wagner Committee, will
also add his voice to the chorus.
The employers, now cold to the
Wagner Bill because they don't I'M
derstand its usefulness to them,
will accept compulsory arbitration
rather than genuine unionization.
In short, Tory capitalism, which
really dominates Roosevelt's poll
cies, is now telling Roosevelt that
it will not stand for unions, will not,
without ironclad guarantees, even
accept the assistance Of the A. F.
of L. leaders,. and will not agree to
genuine union organization, know
ing from recent experience that
workers, in spite Of all efforts of
the A. F. Of L. leaders, depend
mainly on the strike weapon. These
coal owners remember Western
Pennsylvania, these steel magnates
remember Ambridge and Home
stead and 1870, these automobile
manufacturers q. P. Morgan's Cen
eral Motors Corporation and Ford,
believe in smashing workers with
machine guns and tear gas and not
meeting with them in board rooms.
"You can't run coal mine with
out machine guns" said r. 2. Mel
Ion, of the Mellon interests, one of
the strongest organizations of
American monopoly capitalism. A
worker to them, in brief, is some
one to be exploited and shot down
if he becomes obnoxiously human
enough to organize to better his
condition.
The lines between capital and
labor, despite the desperate efforts
of the A. F, of L. to control and
sell the rank and file to the en-
ployers. are being clearly drawn.
The rank and file are beginning to
realize that. for the present. they
have only one weapon, the strike.
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promises of future freedom
until the passing of the peak
season when they will be at
a great disadvantage in a strike,
Sounding the strike delaying toe
sin with revealing clarity, the Cen
eral, after his conference yesterday
with the employers and their law
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
BY An Aluminium worker

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.-To the
Editor of the Daily Worker: About
two weeks before we declared our
holiday" here at the aluminium
Works, the Company posted notices
throughout the mill to the effect
that any person that misses seven
or more days Of work must be re-
examined by the company doctor.
A day before our holiday was call
ed a fellow worker who had twelve
years service with the company came
back to work after losing about
eight days through illness, and was
Immediately sent to the Employ
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Note: The rapid preparations
for war under the N.R.A. are ex-
posed in this fifth article in a
series by Marguerite Young. Pre-
viOus articles showed the speedy
development towards fascism
through the Roosevelt regime, as
exhibited at the conference of
1000 bosses in Washington re-
Gently, A concluding article in
this series will be published to-
moFrow.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19

yers, declared,
An automobile
strike threatens
the whole in
dustry. Thus"
he continued, "it
seemed wise to
all concerned to
m Ike an at
tempt to g i've
the self govern
ing Code Au-
thority (Which
consists Of the
very manufac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
NRA Sends Living Costs Soaring Per Cent in Four Weeks
WALL STREETS
CAPITOL
By SEYMOUR WALDMAN :

WASHINGTON March Confronted with an imminent
" automobile strike the Administration, through n K A.
Administrator General Hugh S Johnson is stranng every
nerve to stop by keeping the workers in the plants with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
Food, Clothing Now
Is Per Cent Higher
Since Codes Began
n ew Deal Drive s
Workers Levels Down
Study Reveals

NEW YORK-As a result Of the
workings of the N.R.A. codes, the
economic position of the working
class dropped sharply during the
month Of February, the National In
dustrial Conference Board reveals in
its latest report.
The cost of living jumped one
again, rising sharply by more than
S.6 per cent, effecting another
deep slash in the real wages of all
workers through cutting the buy
ing power OF all pay envelopes,
during this month.
The sharp rise in the cost of living
was due primarily to further rapid
advances in the retail prices of COM
mon necessities as a result of the
N.R.A. price-fixing agreements.
Prices of basic clot. ing necessities
on March l of this year touched a
new high point registering 269 per
cent above March of last year, &C
cording to the latest reports OF the
Fairchild Retail Price research sta
tisticianS The report reveals that
in the past few weeks, the MIRA.
codes have been lacking prices up
faster than at any time since last
November, the rise during February
being the greatest in the last five
months.
Rents are beginning to show
slowly rising tendencies for the first
time in many months, despite the
vacancies which still remain untitled
by tenants unable to meet the ad-
vancing rents. Rents rose by OF per
cent, and are close to the high levels
Of last years peak.
N. h. 4. Raises Food Prices
Roosevelt processing taxes, MIRA.
codes, and crop destroying program
has sent the COSTS of daily foods
sharply upward, latest figures reveal.
Since last March, the price of flour
has doubled, eggs are from 75-100
per cent higher.
The following are some OF the
latest retail food prices as they COM
pare with prices year ago before
the Roosevelt MIRA. and AA.A. pro-
gram began TO take effect:
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frank admission the leading Wall
the program program biggest
bonaes expoe the country that Roosevelt giving
them exactly what they
power protection investments
ONCE the Roosevelt r following
been OF the salient features development
The cost Of living has at 30
The of living per
Of all per
the living ousrpped
rise in wages in certain industries by that
The profits of 80 Street
enormously rising from deficit OF
profit o n
The Roosevelt has billion
into the hands of banks holders companies
loan companies railroads,
As result railroads corporations
ang dividends for the first time in while pay
mentS millionaire bondhoders establishing
Dividends have been restored
corporations than according
the National City Bank
The American paid billion dollars in
processing taxes which
aon owners and landlords them
OF than Is cent the crop
the cotton supply
Of goods that
Whereas before the NRA, per population owned
more than SO the wealth per
of financial monopoly capitalists per cent Of the
countys
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
(CIGssified)
BEAUTIFUL r

BEAUTIFUL room with comrades for one
or couple Located near Pacific and At
lsntic AYES. Stations 1R.T., B.MT and
Culver line. oaA NEyins sxssa4 Assing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19

lNeaU Folding Chairs
lIoHN KALMUs co. Inc. IS W. 2sth st.
IMUrray Hill 4-5447 once and
School Equipment NEW and USED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-19
"BiIiOnaires WaLLOrU in Luxury, As
Masses StarUe," Lenin Said of Z. S.
NEW DEAL is BANKERS
PROGRAM, WALL STREET ORGAN ADMITS

YORK-Remarkaby admission that the Roosevelt
of biggest Wall Street
fnancecapital bonaires this the
leading journal
"Annalst"
THE LARGE AGGREGATES OF FINANCIAL
CAPITAL STAND TO BENEFIT SUBSTANTIALLY
IN THE LONG RUN FROM THE NEW (ROOSE-
VELT) REGRIE-THE ELIMINATION OF COM
PETTTIVE METHODS, THE CLOSER WELDING
TOGETHER OF THE PRIVATE BANKING WITH
THE GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL. APPARA-
TUS, THE INCREASING CONTROL AND CO-OR-
DINATION (OF THE MIRA. CODES-ED) ALL
ARE ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH FOR THE Flu
N oil rINrA Nrc,rr q ArnIrrA IIcNI
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Continued on Page 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-13
STATE OFFICER
NOW SUPERVISES
SANITARY UNITS
c. B. REED, DISTRICT SUPER
VISOR OF STATE, MAKING
INVESTIGATION SANITARY
MATTERS

G. B. Reed, district state SUI
pervisor of the sanitation commits
sion, is in Key West in connec-
ton with the construction Of out
side sanitary additions to homes.
An investigation Of the sani-
tary conditions in Key West rela-
tive to these sanitary units was
started some time ago by H. o.
Partridge, associated with Thos.
2. Roberts, city sanitary inspec-
tor.
Mr.. Reed came to join Mr.. Part
ridge and Mr.. Roberts and 60 over
the situation and expressed him
self as surprised at the progress
thus far made, which he told The
Citizen is very gratifying and is
satisfied that BY the end Of next
week the number of units signed
for will be far in excess of the
number today.
These units are modern in
every respect. Fly proof, mosquito
proof and odorless. The home
owner pays for the cost of the
material used and the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration
pays for the work.
Asked what would be the ac-
tual cost to the home owner. Mr..
Reed said it would be surprising
" low, especially when the bene-
fits that will accrue from their
use are considered.
Up to date about so of these
sanitary additions have been sign
ed for and it is understood that
work Of construction will begin
next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-13

A picturesque sight is the sill
ver-haired Rainey, wearfe
brOad-brimmed hat. riding *
his broad acres and playing host
to the folks from town and coun-
try who come with lunch baskets
from 200 miles around. These
picnickers are allowed to make
coffee in the great kitchen of the
Rainey house, the children wade
in the pools and the artificial lakes
are popular modern ''swimmin'
holes"
The Raineys have big dairy
farm, and the speaker is proud
of his "clean barns He smokes
a well-seasoned pipe. filled with
strong tobacco. and owns q huge
collection Of black briars.
His devoted and politically as
tute secretary is Mrs. Rainey. who
is keenly interested in things POI
litical. economic and sociological.
Through the medium of letters
and contacts with people she keeps
in close touch with public senti-
ment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-13
ENGLAND GIVES
STATUS BEARING
ON POLL TAXES
SHOWS WHO ARE REQUIRED
TO REGISTER AND THOSE
EXEMPT IN COMING PRI-
MARY TO BE HELD IN JUNE


Who are exempt in onroe
county from the payment of poll
taxes? Who must register before
they will be allowed to vote in the
June primary?
These two questions have been
asked The Citizen so many times
recently. especially on the few
days following the articles printed
relative to the lack of interest dis
played by the people in statements
made by Supervisor of Registra-
ton John England.
In answer to the first question
Mr.. England says that those who
are exempt from paying poll taxes
are the ones who have just reached
the age of p years and those wl.o
have passed the age of 50 years.
Others who are exempt are all
members of the national gu 4,
disabled war veterans and those
manned in battle. All others who
expect Co vote must pay p
taxes.
Relative to- registration, Mr.,
England says that every person
who was not qualified to vote in
the 1882 primary must register.
Registering to vote in the re
~ election or the general cleo.
tion is not considered. IL a per-
son did not qualify to cast his OF
her ballot in the primary as stated.
registration is mandatory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-13
FIVE ARE DEAD
FROM BURNS in
BIG EXPLOSION
ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN MIS-
SOURI, WHILE ANNIvER-
sARY BANQUET WAS BEING
HELD; - IN HOSPITAL
tIs, Associated I,rensD

SEDALIA. Mo-, April ID.
Five deaths today marked the ex-
pIOsions Of an inprovised steam
table which turned happy ami
versary banquet intp tragedy
The victims. an women, were
showered with boiling water and
scalding steam Wednesday night
when the table exploded ii ! tenn
porary kitchen At the Missouri
Pacific shops.
In another part Of the building
approximately 1000 persons were
waiting to be served dinner in con
nection with the anniversary cele-
bratiOn.
Nineteen women are in the hos
pital, two Of them in a critical
condition.