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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Phila. Strikers
Protest Terror

PHILADELPHIA, March 6.-The
cleaning and dyeing strike goes into
its second week, with all but three
plants closed, and the strikers more
determined than ever. The police
have sent thugs in plain clothes to
mingle with the picket5 and provoke
them into squabbles, so that the
police might drag the striker in
volved into the plant office club
him and hold him for assault and
battery and melting to riot.
Saturday Rusel Watson, q striker,
was beaten. and held by Magistrate
Eberhardt. under $500 bail Tor court
on the above charges.
The Brotherhood of Transporta-
ton Workers has offered its sup
port to the strikers through its
head, McGlone, hut the strike com
mittee has not availed itself Of the
offer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

ay Must Lead Rural Class Var Danger OF Farmer Labor

ing sold out by sheriffs because they
are unable to pay.
The October Plenum Of our Gen.
trail Committee gave correct an
alysis Of the situation Of the toll
ing farmers In relation to the
Roosevelt program, stating that it
has left the basic masses Of the
farmers in worse condition than
before, increasing prices Of the
things they must buy over twice as
much as the increase in prices of
the things they sell. Wallace's pro-
gram to cut further the cultivated
acreage to a minimum of 25,000,000
acres and thereby drive out from
production hundreds of thousands
Of small farmers is a bare admis-
sion Of the failure Of the Roosevelt
program.
New Struggles Imminent
AS the meagre relief in the form
Of c. w. A. and p. w. A. jobs and
the occasional charity relief from
the counties is unable to prevent
greet masses of poor farmers from
starving, and as more and more
farmers are either losing their farms
or are living in constant danger of
losing them, and as the growing
sections of middle farmers are re-
voting against the outrageous rob
berry of the monopolies dairy farm
ers), a new upsurge and new strug-
giles in the countryside are inn
minent.
In the face of this situation, the
capitaliss-agrarian politicians Nor
ris, LaFollette, Frazier, etc., Farmer
Laborites (Olson, Lundeen, etc.,
leaders of the Socialist Party
CThomas) and the high-salaried
leaders of the old line farm organ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

this grand shimmy dance Of the
Blue Eagle. SO Jar as these were
concerned there was no attack upon
the N. I. r. A. Every word spoken
by these labor" representatives in
the form of criticism was criticism
only from the viewpoint of support
ing the N. r. a. as a whole.
The outstanding fact that
loOmed above everything else in
the n. r. A. hearings was that the
Communist Party and the trade
unions and trade union minorities
Of the Trade Union Unity League
constituted the only force that
spoke for the upsurging struggle
OF the American masses against
the slave codes Of the N. r. A.,
AGAINST the whole strike breaking
offensive of the n. &. A.
In every one Of the rings Of Cen
eral Johnson's Five-ring Circus the
hard, brutal facts Of class struggles
were thrown by the Communist
Party spokesman and by the mil
liant trade unionists against the
advanced social legislation" of the
Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey, the General Electric and
the du Pont de Nemours Companies
against The whole terrible strike
breaking drive that has already
taken the blood Of our class broth
ers from Imperial Valley, Cali
fornia, to Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
Meantime every edition Of the
press hawked at the doors Of Cen
eral Johnson's class collaboration
show. brcught news o. STRIKES,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

enlarging and strengthening It's
base in the main industries and
among the decisive strata Of the
proletariat, it must at the same
time continue to work for winning
over to the side Of the proletariat,
the most important ally of the
proletariat, the semi-proletarian
strata in the countryside. at must
not restrain, but develop in every
way and defend and revoIutionlze
the farmers movement. firmly en-
surfing the hegemony of the proIe-
tariat by strengthening the proIe-
tartan basis Of our Party" Ayr.
Res. Extraordinary Party Confer
ence.) Herein we have correctly
formulated the relation of our
agrarian work to the main tasks of
the Party.
Now, what are our problems?
What are some of the chief ques-
lions to be discussed? How should
We improve our work in the coun-
tryside in order to hasten the revo-
lutionizing of the masses of the
rural toilers?
In the sphere Of this article it is
only possible to indicate these prob
lens. Each question requires fur
ther analysis in the discussion in
which the whole Party must par
ticipate. And especially comrades
who are engaged in agrarian work
must contribute to this discussion
in the light of their experiences.
Roosevelt's Farm Program
We must, first of all, give the de-
cisive answer as to whether Roose-
velt's agrarian program has alleyi-
ated the crisis and the situation of
the rural toilers. To this question,
as well as to all other important
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Former S. ?. County
Secretary Active in
JObIess Councils
Resigned from S.P. After
Refusal to Give Up
Jobless Work

NEW YORK-A former secretary
Of the Lancaster Socialist Party has
written the Daily Worker declaring
that his reasons for resigning from
the Socialist Party we're the So
ciaIist burocrats' criticisms Of his
activities in the Unemployed Coun-
els. The letter Of the Lancaster
worker, follows
Editor ally Worker:
Having just returned from help
ing to prevent a sale and eviction
at the home Of a family which
comprised a father. mother and
four children (the father has been
unemployed for a long time ana
was back three months in rent
One Of the smaller children about
six years old, a girl had one Of her
little legs encased in a plaster cast.
and as gazed about I saw the
spirit Of grim determination written
upon the faces Of those present who
had come to help this family.
THE women were especially voci-
ferrous in denounciug the inhumane
beast VINO owns ABOUT 1lu DCineS IN
our city and suburbs.
Needless to say the eviction and
sale did not take place.
About two years ago, 7 was
correspondent and distribution man
ager for a Socialist newspaper
Lancaster Plain Talk This jour
nal reached the large circulation Of
$1,000 in a city Of 5000 population
and was eagerly looked for by its
readers.
Time and space do not permit me
to explain the discontinuance Of the
paper but as q former county sec
rotary of the Lancaster Socialist
Party nov EXTINCT my reasons for
resigning were none other than I
refused to accept criticism from my
comrades 90 for my participation
in Unemployed Council demon
STATIONS"
CHARLES J. KROPLESKY.
Lancaster, Pa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

izations CNGilo Reno, Simpson, Sing
ler) who have supported the RooSe-
welt New Deal, are now coming out
with criticism" against Roosevelt's
program. Demagogically they de
plore" the fact that the farmers are
getting a raw DEAF and are pre-
pared to mislead them towards the
third party movement. This con-
Sti-utes the definite danger that we
are facing in our agrarian move
ment. And unless we clearly ex-
pose these representa- iveS of the
big farmers. they will be able to
lead large sections Of the toiling
farmers in support of the third
party movement, even those farm
ers who have engaged in militant
struggles under our leadership. The
Farmer Labor Party idea has al
ready affected some Of our Party
members who have held leading
positions in the left-wing farmers
organizations fTsylor. national
chairman Of the U. F. IL.
Milo Reno recently attended the
conference in New York of
Farmer Labor politicians, where
establishment of the National
Farmer Labor Party was dic-
cussed. Milwaukee Socialists are
making alliance with SINGER
Qeader of the Wisconsin Milk
POOL. And, as Comrade BitteI-
man in his article in the February
Communist calls to our attention,
the Socialist Party is now begin
ming TO pay much more attention
to the farmers. They are not, Of
course, leading farmers into
struggle, but they are paying lip
service TO the farmers problems.
In many places local Socialists are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Knit Goods Workers
Win Strike in PhiIa.

PHILADELPHIA, March 6-The
strike at the Philadelphia Sweater
Mills was settled when the bosses
met the demands of the strikers,
members Of the Knit Goods Work
ers Union for wage increases no to
SIG Q week for semi-skined workers
and s35 q week for skilled workers.
the rehiring Of two workers fred
for alleged unsatisfactory WORK,
and arbitra. ion Of the cases of two
other workers accused of violence in
an earlier strike.
The strike at the Haber Knitting
Mills continues With strikers meet
ing regularly ct strike GeQdnucrseTs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Phila. Freshmen I'M
Wage Cut Protest

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March g.
Three thousand pressmen, at Q
mass meeting Sunday at Grand
Fraternity Hall, 1923 Arch Street
voted to protest q cut in working
time with no corresponding wage
increase at the Cuneo Fisher Pnint-
ing Industries, INC, Erie Ave, and
F St. A committee of three was
elected to demand a 40 hour week
with a hourly wage rate similar &c
that received b. New YORK press
men, recognition of their union, and
improved working conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

questions, the answer Is given in
the 18th Plenum Of the E. @. G. L,
which holds absolutely good for the
American situation:
"The economic policy of the
financial oligarchy for Overcom-
ing the crisis (the robbery of the
workers and the farmers, subsi-
dies to the capitalists and land
lords is unable to restore the
sterilization of capitalism; on the
contrary, it is helping still further
to disintegrate the mechanism of
the capitalist economy (disorgan-
izatiOn OF the money system, of
the budget, state bankruptcies, a
further deepening Of the agrariau
crisis, and to sharply intensity
the fundamental contradictions of
capitalism 18th PIenum thesis.)
How we'll said! 1t sounds as if
this paragraph had been specially
written for America. While the
Roosevelt Administration and the
capitalist press have made much of
the fact that billions of dollars
have been poured into agriculture"
under the Allotment plan, these
billions have gone to fatten the
capitalist monopolies, landlords and
(cotton) the big farmers. AS far as
price fixing is concerned, direct
beneficiaries are the monopolies, the
landlords and big farmers. And as
far as the refinancing is concerned,
here, again, the definite purpose Of
the Roosevelt program is to
strengthen the capitalist-kuIak class
in the countryside. The taxes,
debts and mortgages of the poor,
small and middle farmers are still
piling up and these farmers are be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Shoe Workers Strike
In Philadelphia, Pa.

PHILADELPHIA, March e. All
workers Of the Deluxe Shoe Com
pany, 7th and Green. walked out
on strike in protest against discri-
mination against unicl members
shown by the bosses when they re-
fused to rehire two workers. in VIC
lation OF their agreement with the
union The workers are members of
the United Shoe and Leather Worss-
ers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Stop Federal Relief to
Cleveland CWA Men

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March g.
Under order of Roosevelt and Fed
eral Relief Administrator Hopkins,
In the carrying out Of the newest
Roosevelt attack upon the workers,
C.WA. employees here were given
notice that no more federal surplus
food will be given them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07
Reading WOmen'S
Day Sponsors Ask
Unity at Meeting
Bronx Meeting Will
Score Roosevelt
Hunger Plan

READING, Pa, March 6.-Spon-
sors Of the International Women's
Day celebration here are bending
every effort to effect g united front
with the women of the Socialist
Party, who will hold a similar meet
ing on March 9th, the day after
International Womens' Day.
A mass meeting is being arranged
for March 9th, at pm, at 126 N,
10th st., second floor. The meeting,
jointly sponsored by the Provisional
Committee Of the Berks League
Against War and Faseism and the
Womens' Branch of the Interna-
tional Workers Order, will be con-
Quoted entirely by women,
The committee calls all women
and those in organizations that are
affiliated to the Socialist Party TO
participate.
Bronx Women Meet
BRONX, N. YAH workers are
invited to the upper Bronx mass
meeting on International Women's
Day, March s. at 8 pm, at Cruger
Manor, 5000 Cruger Ave, cor. Blake.
The principal speakers will be
Henry Shepard, of the Trade Union
Unity League; Esther Moore. Of the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights,
and Margaret Cowl, a worker who
has just returned from the Soviet
Union, who will contrast the work
ers' conditions here with those in
the US.S.R.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
JOLSON RETURNS TO
AIR TUESDAY night
6lack-face Singer and Come
dian Has Been Visiting
In Hollywood

New York, July 14.-Al Jolson,
famous screen, stage and air enter
tainer, will return to the cast Of Paul
Whiteman's Music Hall for another
series Of song and dramatic broad
casts over nationwide NBC networks
beginning Thursday. July 10, at p.
m. (CST.
Jolson, who took q vacation from
the Paul Whiteman Music Hall broad
casts last April to visit his wife. Ruby
Keeler, the motion picture star, in
Hollywood, has just returned with
Miss Keller to their Scarsdale, N. Y.
home and will be present with White
man, Lee Wiley and the other Music
Hall entertainers at the weekly broad
casts for some time to come.
During his vacation from the air,
Jolson has prepared many novelties
for his listeners. In his first program
he will do scene from "Liliom." In
forthcoming programs he will offer
scenes from Eugene O'Neill's THE
Hairy Ape: from the Broadway Negro
success. run Little Chillun," in which
Jclson viii be assisted by the Hall
johnson Choir; and numerous new
songs.
The famous nanny" singer in
augurated these broadcasts with .
single performance year ago. return
ing last fall for q series and again
this spring for second group Of
broadcaSt8.
Paul Whiteman and his entertain-
ers. who have been featured since the
initial proram, viii continue to per-
FORM each Thursday night. and Lee
Wiley, blues singer, will be heard
Throughout the remainder Of the year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
D|NOSAUR Bones TO
Be RADIO SUBJECT
Two 4roadcasts Arranged for
Description Of Expedition
In Wyoming

Tho first Of two broadcasts describ-
ing the finding Of two huge dinosaur
skeletons In Wyoming by the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural History Dino
sour Expedition will be heard over IN
NBC-WJZ network Monday, July 10.
at 1 p. m. (CST. DR.. Barnum Brown,
curator Of fossil reptiles Of the nnu-
scum, will be interviewed during the
program by Hans Adamson Of the
museum staff on Lifting the Cur
tain on Prehistoric America"
The discovery Of the l20-million-
year old monsters opens to scientists
another chapter In the history Of the
North American continent. The ex-
petition under Dr.. Brown has been at
work for several months following the
finding Of dinosaur tracks In the Big
Horn Basin and was successful In ex-
cavating the completely preserved
bones Of two Of the prehistoric rep
ti.ec.
Three weeks later, on Aug. 8, Dr..
Brown again will be heard Ut the
same time and over the same net
work with Adamson and +. Trubee
Dawson, president Of the American
Museum Of Natural History, In . de.
scription Of the actual excavating Of
the dinosaurs.
The scientists will travel from the
expeditions base camp at Graybull,
Wyoming, to the studios OF station
KGHL, Billings. Montana, the NBC-
affiliated station nearest the scene OF
the discovery, to tell the radio audi
erce about their important find.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
SURVEY OF Tunnel
TO Be BROADCAST
Dramatic Program Will Come
Through Air Across Ocean
From England

A dramatic survey OF one Of the
most spectacular engineering pro-
jects of modern times. the vehicular
trnnel under the Mersey River In
. England will be the first Of two un-
usual international broadcasts to be
heard in this country over an MIC
WIZ network.
This feature, presented through
BIC facilities. Wednesday, July 10.
from ] to 2 p m. (CST) on the occa-
sion Of the opening OF the great
Mersey Tunnel, will be III the form Of
a pageant Of traffic on the river In
the past. A history Of the construc-
ton Of the tube also viii be given
in dramatic form, and artisans en-
gagged in the work will describe their
experiences.
The Mersey Tunnel connecting Liv-
erpool and Birkenhead has been un-
der construction for nine years and Is
the largest and longest sub-aqueous
tube in the world, being two miles
In length and As feet In diameter.
The second special international
broadcast, also to be heard in this
country over an NBC-WJZ network,
will be program Of sea chanteys,
sung by channel pilots in their recrea-
ton room in the pilot station 1t
Gravesend on the Thames. AL Of
these old-timers have spent years In
sail and steam, and their homespun
versions Of the old chanteys will be
heard against background Of whis-
ties and sounds Of river traffic. The
program will be broadcast here on
Monday, July %, at $40 q. m. (Csr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
Vic and SADIE Will
Entertain From Fair

When VIC and sade," popular MIC
sketch Of the daily doings Of the
Cook family, goes on the air Monday
and Tuesday, July is and II, the
program will originate on the grounds
Of A Century Of Progress and recount
the adventures OF its three char
acters during their visit to the Worlds
Fair.
Mondays broadcast, which viii be
heard over WMAQ and an NBC-
WIZ network ct 1890 a. m. (CST).
will come from the new Alpine village,
la Suisse Picturesque" and Tuesdays
sketch over the same network at the
same hour, will have It's origin at the
fair grounds boat landing.
Paul Rhymer, former Bloomington,
ILL.,, resident. who has written manu-
scripts for Vic and SADIE during the
two years the program has been on
the mir, has written in q colorful
Worlds Fair background for the two
special broadcastA
Art Van Harvey plays the part Of
Vic Cook, the accountant at the Con.
solidated Kitchenware Company plant.
0Gde, his wife IN the broadcasts. Is
pmtrayed By Bernadine Flynn, and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
BARRY M'KINLEY TO
MAKE RADIO DEBUT
ON monday PROGRAM
Young lochinvar Out Of West
Will Be Featured In Dreams
Come True

New York. .Iulv 14-Barrv Me-
Kinlev. latest vo,,no lyrical fnchin-
var to come out Of the west. win make
his debut over nationwiue MIC net
works In Dreama Come True. = new
three-a.Week series Of broadcasts "a
b inauRurated on Monday. July 16,
ct l p. m. (CSTD.
Dreams Come True. a series Of IS
minute programs from the MIC Radio
CITY studios Win feature McKinIev,s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
KFYR BrOadcasting
Series on Safety

KFYR Of Bismarck Is one Of -
stations throughout the country now
carrying l3-week radio program
series dealing principally with traffic
accident prevention.
The program, which was begun last
Wednesday evening, Is broadcast by
KFYR each Wednesday evening at
e:l5 O'Clock. The program Is called
The Old Observer" and is sponsored
by the National Safety Council, which
has gene to great expense to prepare
the series and to obtain the necessary
time on the air for nationwide GOV.
eragc.
The series Is expected to prove one
OF the largest educational instruments
ever used for the sole purpose Of
promoting safety on streets and high.
ways.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14

Professor sauerkraut, shown above,
Is at the helm Of his novel band In
. brand new series Of programs which
bid fair to find him in more SER
ious predicaments than he ever ex-
perienced before.
The professor Is one Of the oldest
artists Of KFYR, having performed
at various times throughout the last
five years. At the conclusion Of each
schedule. he Is deluged with mail from
fans desiring that he continue his
program.
The program Is broadcast daily
except Saturday and Sunday. The
bands music is Ill specially-arraneed,
since its Instrumentation Is anything
but orthodox. The program, KFYR
production, clings to its former popu-
lartity despite It's vacation, according
to al indications.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
GOLDMAN BAND TO
PRESENT SOLO|SYS
Director Departs from Custom,
Will Give Several 0ppor-
tunity at Solos

Edwin Franko Goldman, famous
American bandleader, Is departing
from his custom Of past years BY pre-
senting several soloists during his
concerts over an NBC-WJZ network
from Central Park. Prospect Park and
the New York University campus dur
ing the summer.
During the last two seasons Of the
Goldman Band, Del Staigers, coruet-
list, was the only soloist, but MIC
Listeners now hear two vocalists and
q new cornetist in addition to Stag
ers. Olive Marshall. who is well
known on the concert stage and a.
Al. oratorio singer, and Resale Wolfe,
radio soprano, have been featured in
several Of the concerts and will b
heard again later In the season.
Frank Elsass, the young man who
now shares cornet sol ohonors with
the famous Staigers, was discovered
recently by Goldman when he visited
the Ernest 8. Williams Band School.
On this occasion young Elsass played
q cornet solo and Goldman was 90
impressed with his ability that he
Immediately engaged him for the
band. Goldman consioers hts new
find one Of the most talented COR
netists he has ever heard.
Born In Waynesburg. Ohio, In 1914,
young Elsass started the study Of the
cornet when he was II. He worked
with several teachers before going "a
the school conducted by Ernest WI
liams, who was cornet soloist Of the
Goldman Band during the first five
seasons Of outdoor concerts on the
campus at Columbia university.
Elsass is continuing his musical
Studies under Mayhem Lake, taking ur
piano and composition with the well
known composer and teacher.
The band Is heard over KFYR
each Saturday from 7:30 to 3 p. IA.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
ANDRE, OLIVER AND
EMILY, cousins, TO
Be PROGRAM STARS
Andre, Who Is Author, Explorer
And Photographer, Will
Bring Thrills
EMILY WILL SING SOLOS
Songs and Music OF Oliver,
Well-KnoWn Banker, Sched-
uled Throughout

Three members Of the Roosevelt
fsmily, all distantly related to Pres
icent Franklin D. Roosevelt. will be
heard over an NBC-WEAF network
Tuesday, July II. in q special pro-
gram Of music and adventure narra-
tivt.
Andre, Oliver and Emily, cousins,
are the three Roosevelts who will
take part IN the broadcast from the
Radio City studios from 4:45 to S
p. m. (CST).
Oliver Roosevelt, banker, also Is
well known as an amateur composer
and several Of his works will be played
and sung during the broadcast. Emily
Roosevelt, concert and opera soprano,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-14
Italian Program Is
Planned for Sunday

Governor Henry Horner Of Illinois,
Mayor Edward J. Kelly and Judge
John A. Sbarbaro OF Chicago, speak
ING from the italian Pavilion at q
Century Of Progress Exposition. will
greet General Italo Balbo by short
wave and accept from the italian
government . column Of stone from
ancient Rome during an international
broadcast to be heard In this country
over IN NBC-WJZ network Sunday,
July Is, from $50 to p. m. (CsT).
The presentation Of the column Of
stone to Chicago Will mark the first
anniversary Of General Balbo's arrival
IN Chicago on July Is. 1888. after the
nass flight Of his air armada from
italy. Speaking from Rome by short
wave, Balbo will make the presenta-
ton, to be followed by the accept
aDce from Chicago. During the Chi
cago portion Of the program . band
will play "Giovinezza," the Fascist
anthem.