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ACTION FOLLOWS
SUNDAY CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON. Jan. Is. (UP)
1t became known last night that
President Roosevelt would send a
special message to congress today
asking for revaluation of the dol
lar in terms of gold and that the
president also would ask that the
government take title to all none
tary gold in the United States.
The decision to take these dras-
tic steps in relation TO the general
monetary policy was reached aft
err a two-hour White House CON
ference attended by the president,
the secretary Of the treasury and
the Democratic and Republican
members of the house and senate
banking and currency committees.
Although official information
was careful to refer to "revalua-
ton" of. the dollar in terms Of
gold there appeared to be no
doubt that the intention was to re-
duce the gold content. thus rails
ing sharply the statutory price Of
gold.
The domestic gold price is now
IS34.06 an ounce as compared to
the statutory price CT $2O.67 an
ounce.
The present price amounts to
devaluation at little over 60 per
cent as compared with the figure
of SO per cent often used in un-
official discussions Of dollar plans.
With devaluation and the as
sumption by the treasury Of title
to all gold the government would
be in a position to make clear
profit on the gold held in proper
ton to the amount of devaluatIon.
If it were so per cent. the profit
CONTINUED on page three
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GOLD PRICE RAISED

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. <U4
The treasury raised the price OF
newly mined gold to $34.45 i'm
mediately after President Roose-
elt's gold policy recommendations
take effect tomorrow.
This was an increase of 80 cents
Ger the price which had been
maintained for several weeks.
The increase gave the dollar a
value of 60 cents in gold.
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WALKER HINES DEAD

PARIS, Jan. Is. (UP)--Wal-
ker d. Hines. wartime director
general of railroads in the Uni
ted States, died at San Marine,
tiny Republic in southern Europe
near the Adriatic sea. He would
have been Cd years old Feb. Z.
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Junior Order To
Install Officers

Regular meeting of the Junior
Order will be held in the Wood
man hall on Main street Tuesday
night at 1880 o'clock. As this IS
the regular night for installation
of officers for the ensuing year,
the councillor, John A. Sinclair, re- re:
quests that all newly elected OIL
GERS be sure to attend this meet
ing. They will be Installed by the
local deputy. John I. WILKINS
memher of the local council.
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four BILLIONS in federal
PROFIT WOULD Come OUT OF
LEGISLATION SOUGHT TODAY
New Law Also Asked Which Would Vest In The Gov
eminent Title To All American Owned Monetary
Gold; Whole Program Viewed As Shrewd Strategic
Move; Marks Beginning Of Qualification Of Policy

WASHINGTON JAN l5(UP)-Predent Roosevelt today
asking legislation limiting the ultimate revalua
ton of the dollar between so and 60 He asked also
for specific legislation the the title all
owned gold approximately Of which
owned by the Federal Reserve bank.
The asked authority for the of the
deal foreign exchange and suggested that from
the potential profit gold be utilized establish
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CARR NOMINATED

WASHINGTON. Jan. Is. tfUP)
President Roosevelt sent the NOM
nation of James o. Carr, of Will
mington. to be United States at
torney for the eastern district of
North Carolina to the senate to-
day
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HAVANA. Jan. 15.-(UP)-
President Ramon Grau San Mar
I'm TODAY submitted his resigna-
ron 70 a revolutionary committee
romposed of his own former sup
norters who had invited him to
4 step out, ...
committee me: throughout the
niabt 10 select his successor.
There was some threat of trouble,
ss radical and conservative lead
ers seemed 10 disagree on future
policy.
The committee after many
hours of vain argument over
Crau's successor. adjourned until
later in the day without reaching
q decision.
Two main candidates for the
vacated presidency we're consld-
cred BIZ the revolutionary COM
mittee-CoI Carlos Mendieta, ma
tiOuaIist leader and perhaps the
country's most popular politician,
and young Secretary of Agricul-
ture Carlos Hevia. graduate OF
Annapolis Naval Academy in the
class Of 1920.
Grau'S submission Of his reSig'
nation came after an exciting day
during which the government
seized control of the American
owned Cuban Electric company
because it failed to reach agree,
ment with its employees on a new
wage scale.
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INSULT TO APPEAL

TORONTO Jan. 15.-(UP).-
Justice Charles Garrow. of the On
tario supreme court. denied a mo-
ton filed by attorneys for Martin
J. insult. asking an order granting
extradition of the former utilities
magnate be set aside, today.
insults attorneys announced
they would Immediately file an APP
peal to the appellate division Of
the supreme court.
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In addition to this the president
asked an amendment to existing
legislation relating to the pun
chase and sale of gold and none
tary matters in general to max"
the handling of those problems
more convenient.
The latter part of the message
was devoted to silver but it said
in effect that the government
would wait for developments un-
der the London conference silver
agreement before acting further.
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SENATE VOTES
EXTENSION OF
LIFE FOR R.E,C.
Carr OF Wilmington Nomi-
mated To Be East Car
DINA Federal Attorney
CANADIANS DENY
RELIEF FOR INSULT

WASHINGTON. Jan. Is. lUPl
The senate passed bill extend
ing the life of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation for one year
and appropriating an additional
$850,OOO,000 for its activities.
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a report. compiled from hg-
useS of 722 Massachusetts, re-
'Sii concerns in Is cities and
'o~rrs, showed for the FIRST halt
OF November an increase of AZ
per cent in dollar sales over the
same period of last year.
Exports of iron and steel
scrap material during first nine
months of 1888 totaled 5l5,-
SoI gross tons, compared with
lSs,l52 gross tons for same pc
Rod in 1892.
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DAUGHTER BORN

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Miller an
nonnee the birth of daughter on
SUNDAY night at the Patton Memo
rial hospital. The child VII pear
the name Roberta jeanette
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MODERN WOODMEN OF
AMERICA TO MEET

A meeting of the Modern Wood
men of America will be held this
evening at 1880 o'clock at Wood
man hall. This is the regular
meeting of the organization.
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RUTH SIGNS CONTRACT

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-(uP).
Babe Ruth signed a 1884 player
contract with the Yankees for
$4,000 today.
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coal HllHStS USSdIilS IhSSGINS W.
day, partially closing so collerieS,
throwing about $4,000 men into
idleness.
TAYLORVILLE, Ill.,. Jan. Is.
CUP).-The terrific explosion of
huge dynamite bomb blew the
home of Vern Irving, mine work
er to fragments and rocked the
entire town today.
Peace officers feared the bomb
was a signal for reopening Of san
culinary conflicts between rival
coal mine union members. The
house was not occupied at the
time of the blast.
Members of the Progressive
Miners of America union are re-
ported to be converging on No.
7 mine of the Peabody Coal Co.
Picketing of the mine against
United Mine Workers followers is
expected to result in violence.
P. NJ. A members voted to picket
several Peabody mines at mass
meeting Saturday.
Progressive Miners of America
officials are disgruntled over re-
cent decisions of the United States
Regional Coal labor board IN
which claims of the United Mine
Workers were recognized at the
expense of the junior union. ,
Irwin, whose home was bombed
is a member of the United Mine
Workers. Damage to his house
was placed at $4,000.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Jan. Is.
(UP).-Every available law en-
forcement agency Of Pennsylvania
was concentrated in the Wyoming
valley last night to prevent ylo-
lence in the anthracite strike,
called by the United Anthracite
Miners of Pennsylvania.
The strike order became eff
fective at midnight. To preserve
order there were 200 state police
men, about 100 state highway pa
trolmen; special deputy sherltfs
Continued on page threel
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-aE Y uOoh SONCA AAAAAGAAN vi RAeNAAN~
Of the $2,OO0,0OO,O0O Cuban Elec-
tric company, American concern,
vii, be made to Cuban authorities.
Acting Secretary of State Phillips
Indicated today.
HAVANA Cuba. Jan. 10
up. - Operation of gas, light
and power services was taken
over by the government yester-
DAY. pending settlement of a
strike by workers Of the Cuban
Electric company.
The decree, signed by President
Ramon Grau San Martin, followed
earlier partial resumption of SER
vices under army direction. after
complete StOppage at s am. when
Inc strike went into effect.
The tenor of the decree sup
ports the workers, and places
blame on the company for failure
70 comply with the bases which
We're agreed on December 18th.
S'resS was also placed on the COM
pany's unwjllingness to treat with
tae workers on points still in dis
pgte.
Plants Of the company and its
oTlceS were seized throughout the
island.
COL FuIkencio Batista. army
enlet. exerted every effort TO
avert suspension. and about fifty
workers were rounded up and
.sHen to the plants as the result
" a meeting Of strikers and COM
psnY officials at Camp Columbia.
a.nough the meeting ended with
ol' settlement. Antonio Cutie
,a secretary of interior, told the
"''SerS they must give public
Continued on page three)
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D, S. PROPERTY
WILL.
American Plant In Island
Worth Two Billion
Taken By Regime
NONCOMPLIANCE OF
AGREEMENT DENIED
BULLETIN

HAVANA. Jan. I5.-(UP).-
c,,Io, Heyia, youthful secretary
.. s,bo "a. an Annapolis gradu-
-. in 1920. was designated as
a - president today by the
Evolutionary junta. the ne~sPa-
p.r FL Pals announced
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President Grau OF Cuba RESIGNS
FEAR BOMBING WILL START
NEW ILLINOIS MINE WAR;
$4,000 PENSIE MINERS IDLE
Move To Avoid Violence
in Newest Coal Mine
Trouble In East

WILKESBARRE, Pa. Jan. Is.
(UP).-The strike of anthracite
coal miners became effective to-
day, partially closing SO collerieS,
throwing about $4,000 men into
idleneSs.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.

Imagine Walt Disney in the
new British "Who's Who" and the
Prince of Wales gets only ono
line! Soon it will be an honor to
be left out of these books,
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WEATHER

Fair and warmer tonight and
tuesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
NeedUnity Of JObless
In Milwaukee to Win
Cash Relief Demands

one in Minneapolis was not violence.
Communist led demonstrations are
not always attacked by the police.
But in Minneapolis the workers
we're militant. and they demanded
concrete and immediate concessions
from the city The city was forced
to grant these demands, even though
they afterward treacherously went
back on their word. The workers of
Minneapolis, under the same leader
ship will force the bosses and their
tools to swallow this treachery. In
Milwaukee with some 5000 workers,
nothing was gained. because nothing
was demanded. If 5000 workers had
determined to stay at the Court
House until they had cash relief, we
would be getting cash relief in Mil
waukee today
That is what the workers of Mil
waukee we're demonstrating for, cash
relief and jobs, and for Unemploy-
ment Insurance. The Hoans and
Bensons gave us the run around.
shouted hoarsely at people thousands
Of miles away, and did nothing about
cash relief. did not even mention
that the Common Council the day
before had endorsed the Workers
Bill (H. r. 1899 They don't want
cash relief. because they represent
the bosses in Milwaukee, and their
interests say "commissary relief"
Unity for all Demands
The workers of Milwaukee, and
especially those in the Workers
Committee and Socialist Party. will
have to repudiate this socialist mis-
leadership, set up rank and file con-
troll and democratic procedure in
their organization, and Join in
united action with the Unemploy-
ment Council and other organiza-
lions, for cash relief. The tasks of
the Unemployment Council are to
get into action Immediately against
the relief cuts, against the turning
off Of electric and gas in the Negro
district, to put up battle over the
soup kitchens they are trying to
establish for the single men, and to
struggle for equal rights for Negro
workers, single men and women and
foreign born workers. BY carrying
on naborhood struggles around these
issues, which exist as much in so
cialist" Milwaukee as in any other
city, we must arouse the workers to
the issue of immediate cash relief
in Milwaukee County, and at the
same time carry forward our part of
the national campaign for Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance.
If these tasks are carried out in
Milwaukee, with persistent effort
toward unity among the rank and
file Of the Workers Committee and
the Socialist Party, the Unemploy-
ment Council will grow and the do
nothing leadership of the Socialist
Party will be isolated from the
masses of workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
AL Leaders Move
To Break KnitgOOd
Strike In PhiIa.
Make Efforts To Dust
Militant Leader To
Paralyze Strike

PHILADELPHIA, May L. The
A, F. of L. misleaders in the United
Textile Workers have now openly
added their forces to the bosses. the
police, the thugs, the bourgeois
press, the magistrates. in efforts to
break the general strike of the knit
goods industry, now in it's sixth
week, which has been the most mill
tant strike in the labor history of
Philadelphia.
Mcmahon, president of the U. T.
W., tried to prevent the strike at
the beginning, when he ordered l.
H. Feingold to instruct the workers
to return to work and put their
demands before the Regional Labor
Board for arbitration. The mem
bership voted to ignore this order.
as we'll as the order of the Labor
Board to the same effect.
Last week, "Women's Wear" the
bosses trade paper, said that it had
information from reliable sources"
that responsible union officials were
making efforts to GUST Feingold
from the leadership Of the strike.
and substitute others "who would
be fair to both Sides An enraged
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Auto Body Men
Go Out On Strike
In Philadelphia
Fifteen Shops Closed
When Workers Demand
U nj ION Recognition

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-One
hundred and fifteen auto body
workers went on strike yesterday
under the leadership of Commercial
Auto Body Workers Union, afh-
lated with the Auto Workers Union,
closing down Is shops 100 per cent.
This was the result Of instructions
to strike given by unanimous vote
Of the membership late last week if
the Association did not meet the
demands for union recognition, and
a minimum wage of seventy cents
an hour for all mechanics.
The union had drawn up de-
mands, and demanded reply from
the Association or from individual
employers. Up until today, the As
ISOLATION has ignored the demands,
and only one employer, Finnesey
Body Co., met with the negotia-
tions committee and signed the
agreement granting the demands.
The union is confident of reaching
the rest of the four hundred work.
ers in the industry here, and closing
it down.
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ing May Day demonstrations.
Five years pass. 1t is May Day,
1888. The Fascist Hitler, has been
placed into power by the Prussian
militarist, Won Hindenberg. Hin
denberg had been kept in power by
the voters of the German Socialist
Party. The German Socialist work
ers voted for Hindenberg because
their leaders had told them "a vote
for Hindenberg is vote against
Hitler"
In the Reichstsg the Socialist
deputies are standing, They are
singing. Their hands are raised in
salute. They are singing the brutal
battle-song of the Fascists, the
obscene Horst Vessel song. They
are pledging to Hitler who stands
before them on the rostrum of the
Reichstag that they will be good
Germans" in support of the Fas-
cist Third Reich. They promise
Hitler, these Socialist representa-
tives in the Reichstag elected by
the German Socialist workers in
the factories, that they will take
their loyal place in the Fascist
prison of national unity"
1t is May /, 1893, Hitler calls for
the workers of Germany to march
before him in Fascist day Of
labor" Hitler tries to rape the
great holiday of the international
working class, the great day of in
ternational pledges Of struggle
against capitalism for the liberia
ton of humanity from the yoke of
wage slavery
The Socialist trade union leaders
of Germany answer this call Of
Hitler. They urge their workers
to march before Hitler. Leipart
and Wells, leaders of the German
Socialist Party, call upon the Ger
man Socialist workers to defile
themselves by answering Hitler's
call for a Fascist day of labor"
Such is the road of May Days
travelled by the German Socialist
leaders. From the machine gun
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working class Of Germany and its
leader, the Communist Party, has
not put an end to the growing revo-
lutionary crisis in Germany. 1t has
on the contrary intensified it.
When Fascism raises tariffs in
agricultural products to help the
big agrarians, when ii lifts the
taxes on the large landlords and
gives them State subsidies collected
in taxes from the masses, when it
passes laws that make it impos-
sible for the small peasant to con-
tinue his farming, then this not
only has the effect of strengthen
ing the support of the rich land
lords and peasants for Fascisnn,
but at the same time speeds up
the process Of class differentia-
ton and class struggle in the
countryside against Fascism.
When Fascism destroys the
trade unions, and unlsashes a
reign of bloody terrorism and sup
preston of all democratic rights,
then it not only strikes blow at
the revolutionary WORKING class
but it at the same tirnc strength
ems the forces of revolution by ac-
celebrating the process of the dis
illusionment of the workers with
the fraud of bourgeois parliament
tarism and bourgeois democracy.
When Fascsim promises to de-
stroy the yoke Of Versailles, and
then, by its policy Of sdventurist
imEerialist expansion for markets
seeks agreements with French,
British, Japanese, Polish imperial
ism for an anti-Soviet bloc for
war of Intervention against the
Soviet Union, then it hastens the
process whereby the masses see
through the imperiaIist, war, char
acter of the whole Fascist pro-
gram.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Connecticut RayOI
Men Again Strikl

JEWETT CITY, Conn, May l.
The 300 workers Of the Ashlar
Rsyon Mill again walked out Ia
Thursday after they learned thu
their grievances had not been Sc
tied These strikers, under the leac
ership of the United Textile Worl
ers Union, had demanded a 25 pc
cent wage increase.
Joseph Sylvia, their organize
urged them to turn over their grie1
ances to arbitration and to return {
work, while arbitration proceeding
were going on. The strikers returne
to work on April 23rd. When the
received word from their represer
tstives that they had been unsut
cessful in reaching 2 satisfactoi
agreement. these workers came Oh
on strike again.
Harry Baldwin. manager Of II
Ashland mill stated that he coul
assign no reason for the new wall
out. He said that plans had bee
made for fourth discussion
Recently the National Text
Workers Union local, which is o.
ganized in the Aspinook Bleachei
in Jewett City distributed leaflf
to these strikers warning the
about the betrayal policy Of JOSEF
Sylvia. The le7Het esDecial1v tiree
the strikers not to place their hopt
on arbitration, but to take up the
grievances directly with the mi
management thru their own electe
strike committee. The strikers al
becoming convinced that this
true, and are rallying to the PR
gram of the National Textile WorE
ers Union.
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of the official government statistics
become.
Hitler promised the workers relief
from the yoke of the capitalists. F"
Instead he has destroyed the trade
unions and all the independent
working class organizations. He has
instituted the Infamous labor law"
This law makes the German capt.
talist IAN undisputed master in his
own factory" It gives him com
plete power over the workers in his
factory to hire and fire. 1t places
the workers in every factory under
the jurisdiction of fascist labor
arbitrator" The workers must &C
cpet everything he says. His deci-
sions are backed up by the Storm
Troopers and the threat of the
concentration camps where torture
and even murder await any worker
who protests.
Fascism has thus brought misery
to the German toilers, while it has
frightened the grip of the biggest,
most powerful, most reactionary
monopolies giving them rising prof
its at the expense of a further degra-
dalton of the life of the German
masses.
Fascism, far from being "revo-
luton" for the workers against the
bankers, the money-lenders, the i'm
perialists, has made Germany q
military prison-house for the vast
majority of the German population.
In everything it does it is the rule
Of the most reactionary clique OF
the biggest capitalists.
IT is this degrading of the life of
l the majority OF the German
masses that is the soil out of which
grows the steady wave Of hatred
and establishment with the fascist
regime.
The fascist terrorism against the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Furniture Union
RapS Injunction

BOSTON, Mass, May All locals
of the National Furniture Workers
Union have been modified to sup
port the Boston Local in its fight
against an injunction against pick
citing the Columbia Myers Uphol-
stery concern which was issued by
Judge Alonzo Weed.
The Boston Local has answered
the injunction by mass picketing
and 81 workers were arrested on
April 20 and later given fines rang
ing from SO to S25.
All locals of the union have sent
protest kilograms and resolutions
to Judge Weed, Mayor Mansfield
and Governor Ely of Massachusetts,
demanding that the injunction be
removed. The New York, Hartford,
Newark, Jersey City and Cleveland
locals of the union have sent in
contributions Of funds to the Boston
local to aid the furniture workers