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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21

greatly overcrowded; that 29,64e
residential structures, or 1866 per
cent of the total, are, in need of
structural repairs and that 80, 442
dwellings, or 2.34 per cent, are I'M
fit for human habitation.
"a very apparent opportunity for
improvement of sanitary facilities
was seen by Dickinson in the fact
that 184,578 residential units, or 1912
per cent of the 1911 ,462 units
covered are without indoor running
water; 37O,278 units, or 20.4 per cent
OF the total, have no private in
door water closets; and 1900
units, or 255 per cent, have no tubs
or showers.
This special survey also reveals, "
said Dickinson, "the fact that there
are 1,860,294 families living in the
l,725,2l2 occupied dwelling units Of
which 135,092 are extra families oc-
cupying quarters with other fam
lies; in other words, 7.8 per cent of
the total number of families are
up, having no independent
homes OF their own"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Belt Line Used
By Government
Against Strike

BY a r. r. Worker Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-The Belt
Line Railroad Co. is owned and con-
trolled by the State of California, and
so 1t does not recognize organized
labor. They are using the Belt Line
Railroad employees, militia, and the
police department to break the
strike Of the longshoremen and sea-
men.
To become an employee of the
Belt Line Railroad, one must have
political pull and take civil service
examination. Through this method
of employment, we find in the en-
ploy of the Belt Line, railroad
men from almost every railroad
company in the United States who
have been hlack-balled and run
completely off other jobs. Very few
of these employees belong to any
form of organized labor.
The Belt Line Railroad, ordinarily,
works seven engines on all three
shifts. Since the strike started,
they work about SO engines on all
three shifts. They have hired all
the men that were previously cut
from the board, and also called on
the Southern Pacific to furnish
more help.
The Southern Pacific called all
men completely cut from the SWITCH
mems board, back to work. Upon
reporting for work, they were told
that they could go to work for the
Belt Line, and work from the Belt
Lines board. Thus we see how
capital and government ownership
OF railroads work together.
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The company was we'll aware of the
strength. or rather the weakness, of
the union. and it showed utter dis
regard for the union leaders empty
boasts.
The leadership of the union, that
is the determination of policies,
was allowed to pass into the hands
of Joseph Padwsy, whose constant
advice was against strike. There
were moments during the past three
months when the spirit among the
men for strike was very strong and
when the chances for good re-
spouse were excellent, but these
moments were allowed to go by and
d Generalization set in among the
men. 1t is not accidental that only
several hundred at most answered
the strike call when the union
claimed 400 members. The largest
number of men had become dis
gusted with the inertia of the union
leaders and the more timid ones had
been frightened by the preparations
of the company.
When the strike did develop and
the mass picketing became the out
standing feature, Samuel Berrong
of the Amalgamated Association OF
Electric Railway Employees Union
rushed to the press with an attack
against the Communists, whom he
accused with the responsibility for
the mass picketing which stopped
the barns. He himself, together
with other officials, did absolutely
nothing to organize picketing, not
even calling a meeting of strike
pickets for two or three days, and
when such was organized, he i'm
mediately attacked this. Were it
not for this mass picketing, the
strike would never have gone into a
second day, and this would probably
have suited Mr.. Berrong much bet
ter than a victory for the strikers.
Mr.. Berrong cannot even show
thankfulness to those who saved his
and his colleagues faces. Had the
strike continued as it started, it
would have been a most severe blow
to the entire Milwaukee Labor
movement.
At the height of the strike and
mass movement, the demand for a
general strike was raised and spread
among the local unions and shops
throughout the city. Such a general
strike would probably have resulted
in very quick victory for the
Garments strike. The union leaders
TO be Continued
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had profeSsed a desire FOR a gen
eral strike, BEFORE THE CAR
MEMS STRIKE.
During the strike, however, they
seemed to have lost all interest in
such a movement and Joseph Pad
way, labor attorney and adviser,
Immediately issued a statement in
the name of the union advising the
workers that such move would not
be welcome at that moment, that it
would be better for them not to
strike.
1t is true that in the afternoon of
the fourth day of the strike, June
%, the Federated Trades suddenly
issued a call for a general strike OF
48 hours, to start on Monday, July
End, if the strike would still be on
that day. 1t is my very definite
opinion, however, that the leaders
of the Milwaukee unions already
knew that the strike was about to
be called off In fact three hours
after the call was issued, the strike
was called off.
At about three o'clock of that day,
the writer happened to be in the
office of Mayor Hoan speaking with
the Mayors secretary, Otto Hauser,
leading Socialist of this city.
Hauser sort of intimated and limited
that the strike would be called off
at 500 p, m, of that day. Hauser
was within Is minutes of being cor
rect. This is no accident and he is
no mind reader. Neither are the
leaders of the Federated Trades.
Herman Side, secretary of the cen
trail labor body, was on the COM
mittee carrying through the nego-
tiations and he probably knew that
an agreement was being arrived at.
The move of the Federated Trades
was a necessary one in order to
save the face of some Of its leaders.
There was mass demand for 1t
and danger that sympathy strikes
would break out regardless of them.
The building trades had already
voted such a strike. They knew the
moods of the masses and did not
wish to be isolated from the mass
and therefore the maneuver for
calling the general strike at time
when they knew the strike was
going to end. What other conclusion
can one reach about the leaders who
during four days of the strike did
not lift finger to give help to the
strikers2
The union officials certainly did
not cover themselves with glory
during the four days of fighting and
it is to their everlasting shame that
the demands which could so easily
have been won were not. They are
trying to make political capital for
thselves now, claiming to have been
the chief factors in engineering a
great" victory, but even though ii
hurts them, they are forced to ad-
nit that the victory was mainly due
to the mass movement which de-
veloped. They know that they can
not lay claim to having even en-
couraged the mobilization of such
a movement, and what hurts them
still more is that they must give
some credit for this movement to a
section of the workingclass whom
they dread but more about this
later,
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1.-THE Electric Co. His Interpretation
Of the agreement signed is the fol-
| lowing:
This method of arbitration
preserves the spirit and substan-
TALLY the form of that which has
been in effect for Is years under
the continuing contract between
E.MB.A. 1.-THE company union} and
the company"
1t cannot be that the union Off
Gals and the president Of the COM
pany, each having a different in
depreciation of the agreement, can
both be correct. On the basis of in
Yestigation into the realities of the
situation we are forced to believe
that the company president is
probably nearer correct in his I'M
derstanding of the agreement.
The point in the agreement
wherein the union pledged the
workers not to strike during arbi-
tratiOn of demands and grievan-
ces is the bargaining away of one
of the most powerful weapons the
carmen have. Had such a point
been accepted in practice before
the strike they could not have won
even those demands which were
granted.
Therefore, in view of what has
been stated above, it is my opinion
that, while it is incorrect to call the
result a defeat for the workers, it
would also be incorrect to call it
complete victory. A partial victory
was undoubtedly gained due to this
tremendous mass movement, but
some of the main demands were not
granted despite the fact that the
workers were in a position to OBJ
tain these.
Why were these demands not
granted? The chief responsibility
for this lies upon the shoulders of
the leaders of the unions running
the strike and upon Joseph Pad
way, attorney for the union, who
really is the Brain Trust" of Mil
Yankees unions and a noted Prog
reSsive Party politician.
The Strike Leadership
The men to whom leadership was
entrusted had neither the ability
nor the inclination to organize
a winning strike. To one who was
observing the strike, it seemed that
it was their chief purpose to de-
moralize the strikers, prevent or
ganization of the strike, and to lose
the strike. 1t was an open secret
that several of the union leaders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Dollar Family Prime Morers
Of Anti Labor Violence

At the head of the Paytots of the Pacific Dollar
rather family Dollars. industrial
They rights workers
their shipping lines better shorter
conditions They especially champions of the Fink Hall
right hire scab compel alongside
They proclaim that it is the proud privilege
they be.
family got way may the
following busnesske transactions.
Since the world they bought $2700000O of ships from the
U. Government They paid something
$18000000 During
government
$17000O00 contracts
Meanwhile 1921 the Dollars reduced
fighting like giving
the present strike SITS.
among the prime
which Pacific with blood Seattle
San Pedro What the thing about this is that
needed this P Mccoy Dollar Will help?
the Workers Industrial Union 14o Broad st.
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Meeting To Be Held
To Protest Open Shop

NEW YORK.-A series OF shop-gate
meetings has been arranged to protest
the open shop policy of the r. Hoe
Printing Machine Shop at 18th and Wal
nut Streets This shop, which employs
about 400 workers, maintains its open
shop in spite OF the fact that many of
the workers carry union books in their
pockets.
The first meeting of the series will be
held at 1l:45 am, July goth. in front
OF the company. Responsibility for this
situation will be discussed as well as
other problems of the shop. The series
is being sponsored by units 2, and 4
Of Section OF the Communist Party.
All workers are urged to attend this
shopgate meeting!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
New Mexico Campaign
Prospects Promising

GALLUP, N. NJ, July 12.-The
influence gained here by the Com
munist Party during the miners
strike of last year becomes increas-
ingly evident as the local and state
election campaign gets under way.
A full slate for state Offices has
been nominated and agitation and
propaganda are under way. The
issues of discrimination against
Mexican. Spanish and Negro fam
lilies by relief authorities; demands
for free medical treatment for the
jobless, the fight against the Fra
-Sinnciair bill and the enact
ment of the Farmer Emergency Re-
lief Bill are being raised.
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were opposed to the strike, and had
opposed it from the beginning of the
organization of the union. 1t was
only the militancy of the men
which forced a strike vote.
For months the union leaders had
allowed the union to stagnate and
disintegrate while they were drag
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Miners Contribute to
Free Thaelmann Fund
BY a Worker Correspondent

by a worker correspondent
SARAH ANN, w. Wave, the
members Of Local LA of the
Russian National Mutual Aid
Society, have collected $3.50 to
help the work of liberation of
Comrade Thaelmann. We are
taking the names of all of those
who contributed toward this
purpose. The money was trans
mitted to the National Commit
tee to Aid the Victoms of Ger
man Fascism in New York.
Altogether 80 workers have
contributed to the list, which
was circulated by two of our
comrades. These workers are all
miners, of various nationalities.
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cling themselves TO and from Wash
ington and the National Labor
Board. which had promised a vote
and then forgot its promise. In
stead of carrying through and in
tensifying organization, the union
disintegrated until only a couple
of dozen would attend meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Joint Two. Picnic
To Show Soviet Movie

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio-The famous So
Wet Movie, THE Road to Life" will be
shown for the first time here at the
Joint picnic OF the International workers
Order, to be held on Sunday, July 2sth,
starting at II noon. Admission is free.
The picnic is to be held in the beau
tiful Jurinovich Grove. Take the Brown
lee Woods Bus to Shirly Road, or the
Indianola Bus to the end of the line
Other attractions will be games, races,
speakers, a weIl-known band orchestra,
and dancing all day. No worker and his
family should miss thlsl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21

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ciate Justice of the Supreme Court
on the Communist Party ticket
by the following statement:
when I think ofLeO Gallagher,
those much mOuthed words, cour
age, integrity, modesty-becOme
real at last"
LOS ANGELES, July 20. - The
West Coast general strike is giving
strong impetus to the election cam
paign of the Communist Party in
this state and in its various cities,
The political and economic needs
of CALIFORNIA; working class
brought to the fore by the general
strike, are clearly articulated in the
election platform of the Communist
Party. Properly and theoretically
directed by the Party's forces here,
the campaign will result in wide
election gains.
The recently held Los Angeles
County nominating convention
chose the following slate:
Laurence Ross, state campaign
chairman. for Congressman in the
14th District; Clyde Champion, Fire
stone, subsection organizer for the
18th District, and Joe Graham
Belvedere, subsection organizer for
the 18th District.
Harold Hendricks, new Party
member who was routed from beo
on the morning of the convention
by the red squad and jailed fol
his activities in the June l demon
stration, was nominated for super
visor in the first district.
Nominees in the assembly dis
tricts are as follows:
Seventy first, Mrs. Allison, leader
of Long Beach unemployed; 10th
Frank Kane, LID. leader in Long
Beach: seth, Tom Patterson, agent
of the Western Worker, recently
Jailed after a speech in the Comp
ton city bandshell; 68th, Gardner
unemployed leader in south Los An
geles; 9th, John Leach, organizer
OF the Compton subsection anc
unemployed leader in Graham; Seth
Bob Cook, of the Young Commu-
mist League; 63rd, George Price
62nd, Sam Jones, Negro leader anc
organizer of the Relief Workers
Protective Union; 61st, Chandler
leader in the marine strike snc
former organizer of the Bay Cities
sub section; 55th, Herman Motsch.
man. organizer of the Workers Elk
ServicemenS League; Sind, Johr
Mast, organizer of the Pasadena
subsection OF t h e Communists
Party; 46th, Frank Martin, unem-
ployed leader in Centinella Valley
45th, Mrs. Belle Allen, member o.
the city central committee of tht
Women's Council; 43rd, Retman
Workers School instructor and un.
employed leader in San Fernando
Valley; And, Abernathy, unem.
ployed and agricultural leader in Sal
Fernando Valley subsection.
At the same time the campaign
committee was instructed to selec
Communist Party standard bearer
in the assembly district in Belve.
dere where a Spanish speaking com.
rade is specified and in the seconC
supervisorial district.
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Election Meeting To
Be Held By W.E.S.L.

NEW YORK.-The Workers Ex-Service-
mems League is holding an election for
Post Commander at post quarters. 203
East 18th St, on Thursday, July 18th at
8 pm. All members are urged to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Coast Strike
Speeds L. A.
Election Drive
Fundamental Issues Are
Brought to Fore
by Party

BULLETIN
Los ANGELES, CaI-TheOdOre
Dresser has endorsed the candi-
dacy Of Leo Gallagher for AssO-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court
on the Communist Party ticket
by the following statement:
when I think of Leo Gallagher,
those much mOuthed words, cOur-
age, integrity, modesty-becOme
real at last"
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Continued on Page s.
Evening star., 1934-07-22
APPEAL Of HARRIS
UP TO HIGH COURT
Condemned Gang Murder
Suspect Charges Failure
to Get Fair Trial.

The case Of Charles Harris. SEN
fenced 10 die in the electric chair for
the sangland murder of Milton W.
CMilsie) Henry. WAS carried to the
United States Supreme Court yester-
day.
Harris appeal to the highest tribu-
nal was based on the contention ne
had not been given a fair trial in
District Supreme Court
The use Of nine aliases in the in
dictment against n. he asserted.
had deprived him o. The presumption
Of innocence guaranteed and had
preiudiced the jury against him.
Harris, who was visited in his
"death-row' cell in the District Jail
recently by Sinclair Lewis, the
novelist. also declared the prosecuting
attorney had referred TO him as a
typical gangSter' and mentioned his
previous arrests.
Harris conviction has been con-
frmed by the District Court Of Ap-
peals, which held he had been given
a fair trial.
Henry was shot early on the morn
ing of April 81. 1882, as he stepped
from his automobile on Brown street,
near his Sixteenth street home.
Identified by eye witnesses, despite his
presentation Of testimony corroborat-
ing his slibi, Harris was convicted in
March, 1888.
Evening star., 1934-07-22
GEORGE |. SHERMAN
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Secretary of National Lodge of
Masons Taken III While
at Work.

George L. Sherman, IS, secretary
and a past master of the National
Lodge of Masons, died yesterday at
his home, 212O Third street northeast,
of heart attack.
Mr.. Sherman, who was in charge
of all printing matter for the Agri-
culture Department, became i'll at
work and was sent home. He died
a few hours later. He had been with
the Government department more
than IS years.
Born in Kansas, he came to Wash
ington from Elk City. Kans., in 1890.
He formerly was employed by the
Government Printing Office.
He is survived by his widow, son.
George, and a daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Griffith of East Orange, N. j.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Tuesday at the Hines Funeral
Home, Fourteenth and Girard streets.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-07-22

home, si7e Porter street. He never
recovered fully
A native OF Salt Lake City, he vas
appointed q chaplain in the Army In
july, 1909. with the grsd de Of captain.
He rose TO the highest position in bis
corps, serving as the first chief Of
chaplains from July. 1920. 70 April,
1923. when he retired for physical
disability incurred IN line Of duty.
Wen Known Here.
Col. Axton was q familiar figure tn
Washington and is credited with
having done much 70 advance the
Chaplain Corps Of the Army
During his years here after the var
he offlciated at many important
patriotic ceremonies. but next 10 the
burial Of the Unknown Soldier. his
interest centered in the dedication of
the chaplsins cenotaph in Arlington
Cemetery in 1926.
His duties as chaplain took him
twice TO the Philippines and for five
years he served on the Mexican border.
During the World War he rendered
outstanding service in charge of gen.
eral social and religious activities at
the Port Of Embarkstion, Hoboken. NJ.
In this post he cared for thousands
Of homesick American youths about TO
60 overseas, and his duties brought
him the Distinguished Service Medal
in 1918 He also vas made a chevalier
in the French Legion of Honor. and
was awarded the Italian Croce de
Guerra in 1922
Evening star., 1934-07-22
BURIAL TOMORROW
FOR COL. l.T.NTON
BugIer Who Blew Taps at
Unknown Soldiers Rites
viii Sound Call.

A veteran Army buglsr who sound
ed Taps" at the burial OF Americas
Unknown Soldier will blow that call
again tomorrow over the grave OF
his friend, Col. John T Axt0n, SO
former chief Of Army chaplsins and
one Of the officiating ciergymen on
that occasion nearly l3 years ago.
Stsff SerRt Frank Wltchey Of the
3D. Cavalry, Fort Myer, and Col
Axton. retired who died here Friday
night. had been friends since they
participated In that ceremony in Ar
Iington National Cemetery November
IL. 1921.
On many Armistice days thereafter
they had gone out 10 the Tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier together, the
one to sound Taps" the other to
offer a prayer
The body OF Col Axton will be low
cred into its grave In Arlington at
O'Clock with military honorB, and
Sergt Witchey. using the same bugle.
will sound TAPS Full arrange
ments for the funeral are awaiting
arrival Of various members Of the
family, but the War Department yes
terday announced the role of Sergt.
Witchey.
Stricken Two Years Ago.
Col Axton, the then chief OF Army
chaplainS, helped ofiiciate at the
burial of the unknown Soldier. with
Capt John B. Frazier. Navy chaplain,
and clergymen representing various
religious denominations. They were
all assistants to Bishop Charles
Henry Brandt of the Philippine Is
lands. for many years associated with
the Army as a chaplain.
Two years ago last month Col.
Axton, then retired from the Army,
suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while
working among the flowers at his
Evening star., 1934-07-22
Cow Callers to Compete.

WELLS. Me. July 81 C4p).-The call
of Come. Bossy!" is going to roll over
York County pastures August IT as
two schools of ow-calling decide
which has the most persuasive noises"
for bovine laggards. The County Farm
Bureau members will pit their best
callers against the Pomona Grangers.
Evening star., 1934-07-22
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia - Generally
fair and continued warm today and
tomorrow light. variable winds.
Msryland-Generally fair and con-
tinued warm today and tomorrow.
Virginia-GeneraIly fair and con-
tInued warm today and tomorrow.
West Virginis--GenersIly fair and
continued warm today and tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-07-22
Deaths Reported.

Charles NJ Fenwick, rs. 1904 Park I'd.
Georse. NJ. Richardson. 20. Home for In
Alonzo L. Keefer. 20. 517 5th st. Sc.
Frederick C. Tsuberschmidt, 6S. 31S B
Letitia Z. Stewart 90. 1918 9th st. ne.
Catherine Metzner Sister Marie of Ma
tvity. SO, Trinity College.
James F. Kelly so, Is W st.
Edna Phelps, 30 Providence Hospital.
Lois Banks 27. Sibley Hospital
Martha Gross 80, 445 6l2 st. s.w.
Emma Kemper, 80. 2O1 Virginia ave. se
John L. Carter. As, 2e50 Wisconsin ave
Thomas Thomas, 43. Emergency Hospital
Carrie Briscoe. 81. Gallinger Hospital
Hattie B. Lowery. %, As o St
Gladys Manning. 20. 121 H st. sc,
Infant to Leonard and Edna Ward. Gal
linger Hospital.
Evening star., 1934-07-22
RETIRED MAJOR DIES
Department Notified of Passing
of Mai. Evans in Florida.

Mai. Arthur C. Evans, U. S. A,
retired, died Friday at Manatee, Fla,
the War Department was advised yes
terday.
Mai Evans was born in TuScumbia.
Ala, on November Z, 1887. He en-
tered the Military Academy from
Florida on June Is, 1907, and was
graduated and commissioned second
lieutenant of Infantry June l3. 1911.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lucy M Evans of Sarasota, Fla.