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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Industrial Union Wins Gains
In Chicago's Largest Fur Shop

The solid unity of the Evans work
ers prevented this.
In the battle to smash the mill
tant union, Local As leaders have
received full support of the police.
Ten days ago, mob tried to at
tack workers in the Weinge.' fur
shop on Roosevelt Road, to force
them to leave the F. w. I. U. and
join the A. F. of L. Workers refused
and entered the shop.
Members of the notorious Red
Squad of the Chicago police arrived
on the scene and tried to stop work
ers from entering the plant.
Sergt. Adair, better known as
Murphy, head slugge.' of the squad,
asked one worker what union he
belonged to.
The Fur Workers Industrial
Union" was the answer.
Go on, get cut" Adair shouted.
This is strike.
In spite Of gangster and police
terrorism, workers in she shop re-
fused to be bulldozed into joining
the A. f. of L. by any so-cal,ed
strike, even if the strike 'pickets'
we're cops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10

organizer of the International La
Dor Defense, delivered the main re-
port. Moore outlined the struggle
led by the I. L. D. for Herndon and
the Scottsboro boys, and introduced
proposals for further activities in
the fight to save Herndon from tor
ture and death on the Georgia
chain gsng, and the Scottsboro
boys from legal lynching in the
electric chair
In sub report, Ben Davis, Jr.,
former defense attorney for Hern-
don and now editor of the Negro
Libcrator, dwelt upon the role OF
the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights and the Negro Liberator in
the fight for the release of the
Scottsboro boys and the complete
freedom of Herndon. He dealt pri-
marily with the Bill for Negro
Rights and the Suppression Of
Lynching, drawn up by the L. S. N.
r., and contrasted it with the am
biguous, so-called Costigan- Wagner
anti-lynching bill, supported by the
N. A. A. C. P. leaders. He pointed
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
HITLER AMNESTY SIGNAL new TERROR ON ANTINAZL(
Gebert Urges Actiue
Daily Yorker Driue

We must further organize Red
Builders. Units and Sections must
undertake Daily Worker sales on
every busy street corner in their
Sections. Every big shop must be
a concentration point. House to
house routes should be built and
maintained. Thousands of workers
have not as yet heard of or seen our
Daily Worker.
The question of the Daily Worker
is not only to be placed on the
agenda of the next meeting of the
organizations, but must become a
daily problem of every working
class organization throughout the
District. Chicago must not lag be-
hind other Districts. 1t must reach
its quota of 1000 new readers. We
appeal to all Party and Y. C. l..
members, to all workers, to fulfill
our task.
Forward to 1000 new readers by
Sept. l.
Note: Further information can
he obtained from the District
Daily Worker Office, 2019 w.
Division St., or 43o3 s. Indiana
Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Price Rise Begins AS
AAA and Drought
Cause Lowest Crop
US. Offers $275, OOO,.
900 To Meet Loss of
Five Billions
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10
The major farm states will
face the coming winter with
practically all of their surplus
stocks completely wiped out,
it was admitted officially to-
day.
The corn and wheat crops will be
the lowest on record. The cotton
crop has already reached record low
levels and is even below the top
limit set by the Bankhead Bill for
taX-free cotton.
Warning of impending food
shortages and stseply rising food
prices, Governor Landon Of Kansas
is forced to admit that "the country
does not yet realize the full poten-
tialities Of the drought as a menace
to the standard of living of the
American people. There is no ques-
tion but that food prices will go
up."
Milk, bread, cheese, eggs, and other
farm products will rise rapidly in
price he predicted.
Prices of commodities are already
soaring on the exchange, with eggs
setting a record high of 81 cents a
dozen, and peak prices of $5.35 a
hundred being reached for hogs.
Wheat spectators are reaping har-
vests.
No Government Relief
TO meet a damage of S5,000.-
100000 or more the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration has
at present funds of only S275, 00n,-
900. 1t is admitted that present
relief is being limited with view
to stretching these funds into the
winter when it will be necessary
to provide fuel and clothing az
well as food
The drought continues to spread
and to pile up more disastrous re-
suits in those regions which have
suffered from it the longest. 1t now
covers so per cent of the area of the
United States, a region inhabitated
by 27,000000 people; it has done
damage estimated by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture at 5000 900 600.
But this is only beginning. Even
if heavy rains should come in the
near future, it is unlikely that all Of
the devastated region would get the
proper amount of rain for good re-
placement crops with which it was
hoped to find something to take the
place of the hay, corn, wheat and
other crops which have been ruined.
The entire winter feed for live
stock has been wiped out over a vast
area. Barns are empty and the land
is bare. Fine herds which have been
built up through decades Of careful
breeding are threatened with ex-
| tinction.
No Action Taken
The Emergency Drought Area"
has now been extended to cover all
the following states: North Dakota.
South Dakota, Nevada, Utah and
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Green Attacks
Drive in u. S.
for Thaelmann

BOSTON, Aug. 9.-The American
Federation of Labor is prepared to
rid its ranks of all Communists and
Communist adherents, William
Green. president of the American
Federation of Labor, declared in a
letter read last night to the con-
vention of the Massachusetts State
Federation of Labor.
Green's threat to expel militant
workers from the ranks of the A.
F. of L. followed charges that an
organization with headquarters in
Paris had planned a drive to break
up organized labor in the United
States.
This foreign group, operating
under false title, has at present
several agents operating in the
United States" he said. Under
the disguise of a society seeking
funds for the relief of victims of
Hitler fascism' they are attempting
to spread Communist propaganda.
The foreign agents" referred to
are obviously the National Commit
tee to Aid Victims of German Fas-
cisnl, united front organizations of
liberal and radical organizations in
America. The Committee is affiliated
with the International Committee
to Aid Victims of German Fascisr
with headquarters in Paris.
The attack on the anti-Nazi or
CARNATIONS by Green follows on the
action OF many A. F. Of l.. unions
in passing resolutions demanding
the freedom of Ernst Thaelmann
and other anti-Nazis in German
prisons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Red Banner Struggled
Out of Germany To
Be Raised At Picnic

NEW YORK.-Ths red banner of
a group of anti-fascist fighters in
Hamburg, struggled, out of Germany
by a Hamburg sailor, will be for
mally presented to the German
Anti-Fascist Committee at North
Beach Park, Astoria, Long Island,
where thousands of workers will
gather in days outing on Sunday
Another feature of the picnic will
be an address by DR.. Franz Hoel-
lering, former editor in-chief of
the Berliner zeitung am Mittag,
who has just arrived from Ger
many.
Many workers from trade unions,
including the needle, shoe and Of
flee workers, as well as the men,
bers of the Naturfreunde, the Ger
man Workers Club, are coming with
the banners of their organizations.
All organizations affiliated with the
Anti-Nazi Federation are urged to
appear with their banners.
Take Astoria train on l. r. T..
B. NJ T. or Ell to Ditmars Sta
ton. Buses to park.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Held BY Cuardsmen,
Chicago Student Freed
After Hunger Strike
DAILY Worker midwest Bur,,u,

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-The ruthless
system OF wholesale arrests of strik-
ers and suspected synpathizers in
Minneapolis was exposed here yes
terday when Irwin Schein, 1920 Mil
lard Ave, a senior at the Unive--
sity of Illinois, told his experiences
as a prisoner in the National Guard
stockade there.
Schein, according to his state
ment, was arrested by guardsmen
when he visited strike headquarters
of the truck drivers union, seeking
information for articles to be pub
lished in his college newspaper. He
was held for five days without trial
and only released when he began a
hunger strike.
He told OF being held with l25
prisoners. many of them people who
had no connection with the strike.
They were forced to sleep on the
ground without blankets or any
kind of comforts. He gave as the
reason for his release the fact that
authorities feared that the tactics
of hunger striking would spread
to other prisoners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
cDaily worker Midwest Bureau

CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-Forced by
threats of strike action, the Evans
Fur Co. largest fur shop in Chicago
recently signed an agreement with
the Fur Workers Industrial Union.
The basis of agreement was as
follows:
!. 35 hour week. Ca reduction of
five hours
2. Increase in wages by the week
(hourly rate increases averaged 20
per cent?.
8. Union recognition and job con-
troll.
At the same time that struggle
for reduced hours with increased
weekly wages was being won by the
F. w I. u. Local as of the Purifiers
Union. af1liation with the A. F. OF
L., called strike in another shop
fer the IS hour week. with pro-
po~tionate decrease in wages. Many
workers refused to strike for a de-
mand that meant a wage cut.
TIE A. F. OF L. organizers tried
to get Evans to break with the mill
tant union and sign with them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau)

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Mass opposi-
ton to the tactics of the leading
bIreaucrats of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor resulted in failure of
that body to accept the report of
its officials unanimously for the
first time in months.
The split between rank and file
workers and the reactionary leaders
started when a resolution from
Local 637 of the Painters Union
was introduced calling for support
of the rank and file struggle against
gangsterism in the janitors' and
other unions.
Oscar Nelson, notorious politi-
clan and labor faker, member of
Chicagos City Council and an Off
Ger of tie G. F. L., made a vicious
attack against the resolution and
its sponsors, trying desperately to
raise the red scare
Later on Metal Polishers' Union
No. introduced a resolution de-
handing a referendum of the union
members on the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill.
Several speakers supported the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
P. M. A. Locals Join
With Communists
For Workers Ticket
DAILY worker Midwest Bureaul

CHICAGO, Aug. s.-Montgomery
County workers nominated their
candidates to replace the corrupt
working class politicians now
in Office there at a united front con-
ference recently.
Besides the Communist Party,
Young Communist League, and
Unemployment Councils, three Pro-
gressive Miners of America women's
auxiliary locals had delegates pres
ent, with delegates from two Pro-
gressive Miners union locals. A
total of seventy-five delegates, rep
resenting 2,085 workers, partici-
pated.
The candidates nominated were:
Sheriff, Frank Pansick, auto mech
anic; County Judge, Frank Mucci,
member of the Pit Committee of the
P. M. A., Hillsboro; County Clerk
Carl Watne, P. w. A. miner, No
komis: County Treasurer, Ford
Woods, glass blower, Hillsboro.
A county campaign committee of
fifteen was also elected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Hathaway Will Expose
Role of Trotzkyites at
Nj e eting Tonight

NEW YORK. = Clarence Hatha-
way, editor of the Daily Worker, will
speak on 1.-THE Role of the Trots-
kyites in the Minneapolis Strike" at
a meeting to be held at Irving
Plaza, Irving Place and 18th Street
tonight at o'clock.
Hathaway, who is member of
the Central Committee of the Com
munist Party, will outline the les
sons of the strike, and show how the
renegades collaborate with Governor
Olson to weaken the militant fight
of the Minneapolis truck drivers.
All workers are invited to attend
the mass meeting, which is being
held under the auspices of the
Trade Union Unity Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
I.R.T. Workers To Hold
Rally In Bronx Tonight

NEW YORK-The growing re-
sentiment against the IR.T. pension
plan which would tax workers on
the New York transit lines for their
own pension, will be expressed to-
night at a mass rally at Jerome and
Anderson Avenues. the Bronx. The
meeting, which is under the auspices
of the Transport Workers Union Gin
DEPENDENT, will begin at 7:30 p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10
Peril of Thaelmann
Increased by Step
TO Placate Troopers
Murder, Torture Go On
With New Vigor In
Prison Camps

BERLIN, Aug. 9. - AS a
signal for a new wave of ter
rorism against the Commu-
nists of Germany, who have
firmly weathered ev ery
storm of Fascist brutality
and murder, and to lull the
world wide clamor for Ernst Thael-
mann's freedom. Hitler today or
dercd a fake amnesty for all po-
litical prisoners
But the amnesty order con-
tains a direct Indictment against
the Communists and all working
class, anti-fascist prisoners. by spe-
officially excluding them from the
order on grounds of treason"
The Hitler order applies only to
those arrested Nazis who were
seized in the recent murder raids
igainst the Roellm faction in the
Storm Troops. There are about
5000 such Nazi prisoners, and Hit
Ter is anxious to heal the growing
riffs within the Nazi ranks, riffs
which the recent killings only ac-
centuated.
Torture Prisoners
The concentration camps of
Germany are still full of thousands
Of working-clasS anti-fascist pris-
oners who are being tortured and
murdered by the hundreds every
month. Reports of bestial treat
ment and sadistic cruelty continue
to arrive from Germany, Struggled
through by escaped prisoners and
through underground channels.
Ernst Thaelmann, soon to face a
lynch court for treason" is be-
ING moved from cell to cell in an
attempt to create an excuse for
numbering him while attempting
to escape"
Hitlers amnesty order is both a
maneuver to heal the sharp anita
gonisms within the fascist ranks.
and will be used at the same time
as a signal for intensified terror
Ism against the Communists.
Masses Protest for ThaeImann
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 9.-After
speaking in Vancouver, Canada. to-
morrow. Calgary on Aug. II, and
Winnipeg on Aug. IA, DR.. Kurt Ros-
enfield of Berlin and Aneurin Bevan
of London, will speak at two big
mass meetings in st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
The St. Paul meeting will be held
In the German-American House.
444 Rice Street, Aug. is at 8 pm.
The Minneapolis meeting takes
place in the Shubert Theatre. 7th
St.. bet. Hennepin and First Ave,
north, on Aug II at 8 pm.
Speak in Many Cities
This tour of the United States
and Canada, directed by the Ma
tional Committee to Aid Victims of
German FasciSm, has for its pur-
pose to arouse larger sections of the
population of each city for sup
port of the movement to aid the
victims of Hitler fascism, for the
release of Thaelmann and all anti
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Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-10

Only % days are left to raise sl2,s4s de-
Tense fund for the appeals Of Angelo HerndOn
and the Scottsboro boys. S2.O54 received TO
date. See blank on page four of this issue.
Rush contributions to international Labor De-
Tense, 80 z. 11th ST., New York City.
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
OUR RISE OR FALL IN
TENNIS

The available opportunity for our
tennis PLAYERS has surely been posr
The only place for Us to play, that ie
70 obtain the practice in quiet. is
at oath and Mapl Streets courts.
Fhcsn crnrtS are mt in any con
tltlol whatsoever To give our few
ranking players their n cessary prac-
tice. The lack Of D actice has pre-
vented us from senitng n n ana
women to the Missouri Valley meet
TINS year AZ Kansas City.
w IVY any chanc some Of our boys
would 20, i would only be one who
would have even a ghost Of a chance
to at least 60 past the first rou3d.
and that person is James Lee. Lee
for the past few years has been the
leading player.
Unless we start bringing up our
youngsters in this game, Omaha's
tennis will soon fall to a point below
zero The youngest possible, that L
see in the girls is little Miss Jean
Terrell, who has all the makings of
an outstanding star.
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
Talking Things Over
BY
MILDRED ]. BRONSON
C 0 N FID E N C E

My friends, this week, I have been
asked to write upon a very difficult
subject, Confidence. This is indeed a
vry good suggestion, and I indeed
hope Miss Elma Smith, Of Toledo,
c,hic viii Re satisfied with my version
on this subject.
Confidence plays a big part in our
lives First we will analize the word;
What is Confidence? To what know
edge, Conscience is the faith you have
in a person or thing. If you have
confidence in any persin or in any
thin :nvhodv cen saw or do will
cause or do will cause you to change
your opinion on that person or thing.
say, we should indeed be very, very
careful in what and whom we place
u Confidence. AS Confidence can
ba the making or the breaking Of one.
We must remember that everyone
and evrything in this world is not
honest or straight forward. In fact,
W, an straight to the point, there
~" more people IN this world that
az dishonest, crooked and low down
dirty; than there are people that are
dcent;, honett crooked, and low down
II y than there are people that are
decent, honest and good Christian liv-
ers
There are people that are 50 low.
down dirty. that tsey delight IN bring
ing other people that are trying to
live a decent life down to their level.
ntH' you may say, what has this to d
with Confidence. Well, I will tell you,
just this, as long as you fail to have
Confidence in theses kind of people
and things that they do, they are
helpless in their effort to lower your
"~ositior in life. But the minute they
gain your confidence, you may just as
well bid your decent life and friend
Goodbye.
Now you may ask yourself this
question as l sometimes do myself.
How are we to know whom to place
our confidence in and which people
are honest and which are not? How
are we to know If the persons inten-
tntions are honorable or not? Ny
friends, I am sorry to say, I am IN
able to truthfully answer this ques
tion, as it has me baffled also. The
only way, | know is to watch the per-
sor csrefully that is being 50 nire IN
vol. ~ the thing that everyon is so
anxious for you to do. Weight it,
see if it is honest and straight for
ward. Use the old adject: 'Think
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS SURPRISE
SHOWER

Misses Helena Thomas. Henerietta
Edison, Minnie Harris, and George
Harris entertained with a miscellan
eous surprise shower in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Saul Porter, formerly Miss
Elma Wesley, Thursday Mite, July
26. 1884, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson, 2816 Parker Street.
The affair was given on the lawn.
Guest included Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffer
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Saul Porter, Mr..
and Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs.
Bertha Patterson, Misses Georgia
Harris, Minnie Harris, Roberta
Pharr, Esther Harris, Ella Mills, and
Helena Thomas. Messrs. Nathaniel
Tate, Robert Gray, and Sanford
Thomas. All were served a lovely
repast. The newly weds also received
some very lovely and servicable
gifts.
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
ENTERTAINED AT
PARK

The LaMode Girls entertained
seventy five young folks at a formal
summer party, Wednesday, July rs,
1884, at Fontenelle Part. The
chaperones were: Mrs. D. Crawford,
Mrs. Ivory Barge, Mrs. l.. W.
Walker and Mrs. Simon Harold.
The music was furnished by Mr.. l..
w. Myers. The officers and members
of the club were introduced by the
sponsor, Miss Mable Ray. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vannis Shine were: also pres
ented as Mrs. Shine, formerly Miss
Lillian Carter, was the first LaMode
Girl 30 get married. This event closes
the season for the club. They will
begin Their row year TIE second
week in September, at the home of
Miss Ray.
Leona Davis, reporter
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
twice before you act"

twice before you act"
You may hear people say, wait
broke the bridge" but there is also
the saying Harte Makes Vast. I"
These are just sayings but they come
in awfully when discussing Conf
dence.
My friends, probably you do not
realize it hut yoh~ mind rules your
whole body as long as you are the
master Of your mind, everything is
bound to b alright, but the minute
your mir ID begins to a and some
ona else is allowed 0 rule it, 10 nat
ter if it is just for one moment, your
liz. and every thing you possess IL III
dangr.
Confidence You are never success
full in anything you do, if you have
NJ ~confdeace in it. You are never
what you would call real friends or
ral chuinmy " ultimate with anybody.
unless you have confidence in them.
So, you see friends, Confdnce prac
tically rules our lives. 50 we shouli
handle t with the greatest of uare, as
We would some valuable piece OF
jewelry or furniture, or to be more
exact, as carefully as we would handle
? bomb. that wolld go off at the slight
est movement
Remember, every way you turn,
is no a to escape it. Even when
you are sick, you must have conf
dence in the doctor who is working
on you or he is helpless. Even when
Won 81 along the street, vou hear
PEOPLE express their opinion On I'm
dertaker. they want when they are
dead.
From the time a babe begins to
wal'. confidence is before him. Until
IN, gains confidence in himself, there
nothing that will force him to take
that first step, and so forth through
life until death.
So my friends, l will bring to a
close our brief discussion on this
very interesting subject, Confidence
hoping | have given everyone a broader
version on this subject.
Also asking my readers to try to
rule their own minds, especially the
younger generation. Try to get out
of doing what the other person does.
If Johnny and Mary want to give
tkeir souls to the Devil, is that a
sign that you should give yours to
him? Stop and think. Have try at
all times to hold your head up to
World, regardless of anything or
asybody. AS long as you have Con
fidence in yourself. and you rule
your own mind, there is no reason
why you cannot do the above.
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
LES JOULTERS

The Les Jouliers met at the
home of Mr.. Leonard Harold, 2727
Franklin Street. Election of Officers
were held: Miss Celestine Smith was
reelected President, Mr.. TED Sum
myth, was elected Vice Pres, Miss
June Artison. secretary, Walter
Harold, treasurer, Miss Ethel Cole,
reporter Miss Faith Patterson
Assistant Reporter, Leonard Harold
Sergeant at arms, Lewis Artison.
business manager with Miss Faith
Patterson Assisting. The club is
plasning on of the swankiest parties
for the neal future. Miss Jose
phine Martin was guest Of the club.
A delightful evening was enjoyed by
all, thanks, to our congenial host
Mr.. Harold. The next regular
meeting will be held at the
home of Miss Patterson.
Ethel Cole, reporter
The Omaha guide., 1934-08-04
THE CRITIC

The Critics, a young mems club or
ganized for the purpose of racial ex
prssion Of idealr, thoughts, ami the
development Of their native ability
along the lines of intellectual pro
cedure, its very colorful membership
can boast. They have the support
and endorsement cf such young men
as. Charles Davis, President, Henry
Thomas, Vice President, Lloyd Lee,
Secretary, J. c. Harris, treasurer,
Joe Spikes, Eugene Murray, and Roi
Gordon.
Moro interested young men shall
be added in the near future. and
the club expects with the aid. and
acclaim. OF it's public to put on
many interesting and helpful
programs among the various
communities.
Look for more TO read about this
very unusual club in your Guide, its
members and it's activities.