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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-20
Ry zENTHA MYERs GARFE.

The freight train pulled across the tidefiats and into the city limits. At the 11th street bridge Sid Benton climbed down the side of box car and dropped to the ground, keeping his balance, like the expert that he was.
 The town, he found, had chang ed some, but he had little diffi- culty in "bun1ming a feed" He always selected the best places when asking for food. = The more exclusive the place, the more food there was left on the dishes when they were returned to the kitchen. Unless the cook was unfriendly, Sid Benton dined and wined as well as the best of them.
 He had unusual luck in his se- lection of places today. The kitch- en was clean as hospital room, the food was excellent and the cook was amiable. The place was Eew to him. When he left town the Craig Furniture company had been doing business in this build ing. Sid had recognized one of the walters out front but the rest of the help were strangers to him.
 "You been in this town long?' asked the cook who was busy pre- pairing the evening menu.
 Five years"
 Must have come about the same time as I left. Five years, eh? Guess my restaurant was closed up then. I owned the Lido over in Old Town district"
 The cook looked at him sharply. "The Lido? You don't say! You must be Sid Benton, then"
 "Yeah, heard of me, huh?" Sid was gratified. "I'd probably own a string of swell restaurants like this if the wife had let me lave my way about things for while. You see, she had the business when I mar ried her and she's saved two thou sand dollars. l wanted her to give me free hand so I could build the business up to something worth bothering about, but you know how women are, squawking all the time."
 Some of them are like that, all right
 'She raised old Harry because l put in a little stock of booze. That was before repeal, you know, and I figured to make some money. l had booths put in upstairs, and they were pretty nifty. She wouldn't have anything to do with it, and when my customers came in and asked for drinks shed turn 'em down. Rotten business! We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-20
Answers to Previous Question,

Answers to Previous Questions THE first restaurant china em. : braced the best qualities of both porcelain and earthenware. Representatives George Washing ton Campbell of Tennessee and Barent Gardiner of New York took the field. when Campbell assailed Gardiner for accusing Congress of being under the in- fiuence of France. Gardiner was shot through the body. but came back te Congress with even more bitter denunciations. Thompson's bathtub was encased in Nica- raguan mahogany and lined with sheet metal. Water was pumped into it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-20
- DAILY sHoNI SzeFt OUR WIFE
After Sid Benton Left the Home Town Chsn4<< but He Returned to Meet an Old Acqunintaht<

got plnched a couple of times. eE 4 the fines were pretty heavy. D4t she'd been reasonable and DI1I1.| up to my customers. I'd Ufz| brought us out of the red. 4| right"
 Pretty smart guy, chr"
 'Sure. I'd have made if. iec. some rat hadn't tipped them el # the station. They raided us a62|f. but I gave them the slip. ! kne>F the business would be shot W'le1 they got through, and I waen'k 65- uring to do a stretch.
 "T4ow about your wife7r
 '.Millfe? Oh, I guess she'd fsGz pretty bad when didn't show ID
 'You don't know what became ef herr"
 Sid helped himself to des<6<l< Nope" he said. Guess shs'* around town somewhere. She probably had a tough time WithQuF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Motor Products Men
Walk Out on News
of Wage Cut
BOO COLLINS, A. FL.
Rising Struggles Thru
Country Give Lie
to Perkins
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, April ED
ward F. McGrady, notorious for
his strikebreaking activities in the
fur industry and in the strike
Of the Pennsylvania miners last
Fall, and a member of ROoSevelt's
N. r. A. Labor Board, was sent to
Detroit by General Johnson today
to squelch the growing strike
movement among the automobile
workers.
Detroit A. F. of L. leaders have
complained to Johnson that the
mediation board set up by Pres
ident Roosevelt and headed by
Leo G. WoIman is functioning too
slowly to halt the growing strike
sentiment of the workers, and that
they fear another general strike.
Especial to the Daily WOrker)
DETROIT, April SIN an at
tempt by the Motor Products
Plant and the police to smash the
strike of workers, which broke
out this morning in revolt against
the A. F. of L. officials strangle-
hold, Phil Raymond, national sec
rotary of the Auto Workers
Union, and David Jones, vice
president of the local union, were
arrested today with charges of
melting to riot.
DETROIT, April 5.-Breaking the
Of the A. F. of L. Off
Gals, the entire Motor Products
plant struck this morning, demand
ing restoration of wage cuts and a
20 per cent increase in wages.
The strike started yesterday
the afternoon shift of the
chrome plating department, when,
instead of raise, the company gave
the workers another cut. The II
pm. and morning shifts in the same
walked out following
this action. In addition, this morn
ing, buffers and polishers also re
fused to start work, and other de-
partments are ready to strike de-
spite the company's efforts to
demoralize the ranks by locking out
the rest of the workers at 9 am
Over 5000 men and women have
been working at this plant with the
organized in A. F. of l.
locals. Picket lines have been estab-
lished at both gates and the strikers
are determined to win.
The strike is a elimination Of re-
volt against the sellout policy of the
A. F. of L. leaders, William Collins
and Hugh Thompson, who have
hamstrung the Motor Products
workers for weeks while maneuver-
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Wealthy Handful
Own Country, US.
Senator Admits
Warns That Masses
May ''PuH Down the
Temple"

DAILY Worker Washington Rureau,
WASHINGTON, April 5.-T'm
thoroughly tired of seeing Aneri-
cans starve in the midst of plenty >
Senator Homer T. Bone, Democrat
OF Washington declared yesterday
during the debate on the tax bill. III
the American people have the nerve
OF rabbits it won't go on. The
American people are becoming dis
illusioned about party Democrat
and Republican, promises" he
added.
We must stand face to face with
the fact that a handful of men
own America. We ought to paw ON
national debt by tapping this reser-
Volr OF wealth. Some day the dis
possessed classes will pull down the
temple around our ears. / don't
want to see that day." Bone con-
cluded passionately.
Senator William Borah, Republi.
can progressive" from Idaho. an.
nonced that he did not desire te
use the taxing power for the re.
distribution of wealth" eI doubt
whether it will be effective. The
person who has a million dollar,
ought to be willing to meet the
obligation this proposed tax bill
places upon him." Borah interjectec
mildly.
The Senate today adopted the
Harrison amendment to the pending
tax bill. 1t subjects million doIla1
income to tax of 1898 24o and
provides for a tax Of SO per cent
on everything above that.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Convention ROdrS OUdtiOn
At Greetings from Foster
By HARRY CANNES
Especial to the Daily Workerl

CLEVELAND Prospect Auditorium April 5-A tremendous pro-
longed ovation greeted telegram from William Foster the
Eighth National Communist Party Convention today.
After reading the telegram Browder Secretary Com
muns Party proposed adopted the proposal to
reply to Foster follows
I'VE declare great regret point con-
venon the fact that Comrade Foster
in the fact that he will be us again"
Fosters telegram
Revolutionary greetings to the the Com
mun Party Congratulations the Party growth successes
The world capitalist system New
Deal Hitler Fascism, mperialst by A. of L.
SOCIALIST Party Music other meaders destruction
at the hands Of the awakening worlds
OF the Communist International successes of the
Soviet Union bazes the for the
which will follow it, freeing themselves
OF poverty oppression slaughter power
building Socialism The situation unparalleled op-
portnty for the party to mobilize militant farmers
negroes ana youth the struggle against unemployment
ionisn pauperizaion Fascis mpera war; defense
of the Soviet Union milestone in
the building OF the Communist Party revolutionary leader
the proletaat My health is improving hope with
you again on the firing line of the class struggle
With the words My health improving delegates not previously
knowing the sender OF the telegram broke stormy enthusiastic
applause The delegates joined shouting Long live Corade
Foster"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Sean Murray, Leader Of Irish
Communists, Here to Tour US.

in Ireland are very strong and of
deep intensity of feeling" said
the Irish revolutionary leader. They
are sufficient to smash the power
of imperialism. 1t depends alto
gether on how well our revolution
airy movement succeeds to mobilize
these forces, to transform this spon-
taneous mass feeling into definite,
conscious, directed struggle under
revolutionary leadership"
Murray, native Of County An
trim. son of an Irish peasant, fought
in the Irish Republican Army
against the British Black and Tans,
was imprisoned in 1921, fought
again in 1922 against the British
in the North of Ireland and has
been leader of working class strug-
gle ever since. He has again only
recently come out of prison in Bel
fast, having been jailed for dis
obeying deportation" order for
bidding him to live in the country
of his birth.
He will address many mass meet
ings in America in the next few
weeks. A complete list of dates will
be published soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Workers Resist CIV. A. Wage Cuts and Fnings

A. and Unemployment, on April sth
at l p. M, at Stuyvesant Casino,
142 Second Ave, urges the imme-
date formation of protest actions
OF the employed and unemployed,
picketing of the jobs and the We'll
fare Board offices at so Lafayette
St., and mass delegations to de-
mand the immediate reinstatement
of laid-off workers.
Demand Cash Relief
Pressure must be brought to bear
upon the Home Relief Bureaus to
demand that fired c. w. A. workers
be granted immediate cash relief.
equal at least to G. w. A. wages.
Picketing of Commissioner of Wei
fare Hodson's offices was resumed
yesterday by fired workers. On
Wednesday, 10 of the pickets were
arrested as they formed their lines.
Immediately, to the amazement of
LaGuardia's police, other workers
took the places of their arrested
comrades and the mass picketing
was resumed. Faced with the even
tuality of being forced to arrest all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Anti-War Meeting.
Tonight To Reply
toU.S. JingoDrive
Youth Demonstration.
Madison Square,
Noon Today
MANY LOCAL MEETS
Ex-Servicemen M arch
To Arena Tonight

NEW YORK. - A ringing
challenge to the war-makers
will resound in st. Nicholas
Arena, SO West 66th St., to-
night, as workers, students,
and professionals rally on this, the
18th anniversary of Americas entry
into the world war to pledge mil
liant fight against imperialist war.
This mass meeting. climax Of a
series of anti-war meetings through
out the city under the auspices of
the American League Against War
and Fascism. will mobilize many
thousands of workers in the struggle
against war. and against the lingo
glorification of war in the official
celebrations Of Army Day.
The meeting will begin sharp at
1880 .. m. DR.. Harry f. Waro. ma
tional chairman of the League, and
representatives of many trade unions
and mass organizations opposed to
war will speak.
The meeting will be preceded by
other anti-war demonstrations and
marches during the day.
Youth Parade Today
A mass rally was held at Browns
vile corner Hopkins and Pitkin
Avenues on Thursday night at pm.
The youth section of the Amer
lean League Against War and Fas-
cism will hold an anti-war parade
starting at the Eternal Light in
Madison Square, where a wreath
will be lead. The wreath will bear
the pledge recently made at anti
war conferences in all the colleges
of New York: I'VE Will Not Sup
port the Government In Any War
N May Undertake" After several
dedication talks the group will
march on to Columbus Circle, stop
ping on the way for short meetings
In front of Morgan residence on
18th Street and at the National
Civic Federation, which has been
carrying on a campaign against the
student anti-war movement.
There will be another large dem
onstration at Columbus Circle.
The demonstration called by the
Youth Section, American League
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
New York Conference
Reconvenes on
April 8

NEW YORK. = Unusual precau-
tons are being taken on all projects
against a mobilization of the work.
ers to resist c. w. A. firings. it was
stated yesterday by the Relief
Workers League. Notably on the
Brooklyn G. w. A. projects, which
the city is continuing as work
relief" with reduced working staff
and at lower rates Of pay, police
and radio squad cars are kept con-
stantly on the projects.
When the workers are fired, they
are led to the offices in small groups
under heavy guard. Fences and
what almost amount to barbados
have been built around some of the
project offices.
To resist the firings, the Commit
tee of One Hundred, which is re-
covering the Greater New York
United Front Conference on c. w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

NEW YORK.-Sean Murray, vet
eran of Irish anti-imperialist strug-
giles, and leader of the Irish Com
munist Party, arrived in New York
yesterday for a tour of the country
to rally support for the struggle for
unity and independence of the Irish
masses.
He left Immediately for Cleveland,
where he will appear before the
national convention of the Commu-
mist Party, bringing it the greetings
OF the recently formed Communist
Party of Ireland.
II have come to explain to the
American workers that the fight for
Irish independence and unity can
only be won by the united struggle
Of the workers and peasants of Ire
land, under the leadership Of the
revolutionary Party of the working
class, the Communist Party" he
said.
He told of the growth of the Blue
Shirt fascist movement, agent Of
British Imperialism, aided by Pres
ident De Valera's suppression Of all
mass anti-fascist struggles.
THE forces against imperialism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Jail Raymond, Auto Leader;
Strikes Hit Rubber, Radio
Section IA Good Enough
Steel BarOns Testify
Tell Senate Committee
NRA Can Be Enforced
Without Wagner Bill
By SEYMOUR WALDMAN

DAILY Worker Washington Burcau)
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Ameri-
cas- steel moguls, their lawyers,
bodyguards, publicity men, COM
pany union men and factotums of
various sorts, packed the big SEN
ate caucus room today to listen to
their half dozen spokesman attack
the compulsory arbitration Wagner
disputes bill before the Senate sub
committee on labor and education.
Their arguments for their own
company unions ranged from the
charge that the Wagner bill, which
is also a strike-breaking measure. is
unconstitutional, arbitrary and par
tial to the American Federation of
Labor officialdom. to the Solemnly
uttered warning that the bill is a
threat to the golden rule. "the pre-
cept given us by the Carpenter of
Nazareth"
Senator Wagner's absence from
todays session surprised MANY spec
tators, who had expected him to
question the representatives of the
corporate interests which have
Waged such an intensive attack on
his bill. Senator Walsh, Democrat
of Massachusetts, chairman of the
committee and shareholder in the
Republic Steel Corporation. aided
Senator Davis of Pennsylvania In
not annoying or pressing the Steel
Corporation men with relevant
questions, In fact, they didn't even
ask one question of E. T. Weir. the
head of the Weirton National Steel
Corp, holding company for the
Weirton and other steel concerns.
who Is supposed to have violated
Section IA of the MIRA.
Arthur H. Young, the $75ooo-a-
year president in charge of the
industrial relations department of
the United States Steel Corp. the
feudalistic and most powerful of
American Finance Capitals indus
TRIAL giants, significantly declared
that his arguments" for the COM
pany union ARE reinforced by the
logic and the directness of the re-
cent statement by the President of
Continued on Pane ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Renews
Peace Pact In
Baltic Sector
Pravda Halls Extension
of Non-Aggression Pact
AS New Peace Victory
Especial to the Daily WORKER


MOSCOW, April 5. (By Radio =
A protocol prolonging for ten years
the terms of the non aggression
pacts between the U. S. S. R. and
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was
signed at Moscow yesterday. AS is
already we'll known, the offer for
the prolongation of the pacts, made
by the Soviet Government two
weeks ago, encountered full ap-
proval and support in the Baltic
states.
The Moscow protocol was drawn
up and signed in a short period of
time unprecedented in the history
of diplomatic relations.
"Pravda," central organ of the
Central Committee of the c. P. S. U.
commenting on the signing of the
protocol, says:
Victory for Soviet Peace Policy
1.-THE prolongation of the pacts by
these three Baltic states is a new
link in the chain of the victories for
the peace policy of the U. S. S. r.
The enemies of the U. S. S. R. have
often attempted to speculate on the
idea that her peaceableness was due
to the weaknesses of the country of
the proletarian dictatorship and the
weakness of her powers of defense.
Now even the most blunt minded
enemy of the U. s. S. R. can hardly
dare to assert that the peace policy
of the U. S. S. r. is a sign of weak
ness. The Soviet Union has VIC
Continued on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Negro Slain In
Fla. Terror On
Citrus Pickers
Bosses Raise Rape Lie +;
Ten Workers jailed in
Plot To Block Strike

TAMPA, Fla, April 5.-James
Franklin, Negro worker, was muir
dered yesterday by Joe Kopman, a
citrus grower, as part of reign of
terror being developed by the land
owners against citrus pickers who
are preparing a state wide strike
for better conditions and union
recognition. The pickers are under
the leadership Of the United Citrus
Workers of Florida, an independent
union.
Two police officers held the Ne
gro worker while Kopman put
revolver to his back and shot him
to death, firing twice into his
body.
The traditional "rape" frame-up
has been raised aaginst the muir
dered worker in an attempt to Gre
ate a lynching atmosphere against
the pickers, many of whom are Ne
groes. Kopman now accuses Frank
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Strike Wave
Extent Shown
By TabulatiOn
Rejection of S ell Out
Proposals of N. r. A.
Marks Struggles
BULLETIN
special to the Daily Worker

Especial to the Daily WOrker)
DETROIT, April 5.-Five thou
sand tool and die makers in so
jObbing shops will strike Monday
unless their demand for a 20 per
cent wage increase and a 36-hour
five-day week is granted, accord
ing to announcement of the Me-
chanics Educational Society of
America, the Independent union of
tool and die makers. Workers are
scheduled to meet at the Deutsches
Haus, Saturday, for strike vote.
The following partial tabulation Of
strikes now going on or being pre-.
pared will give some idea of the
strike wave which Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor, diSmisSes with
the cool statement that there is nc
strike wave:
Detroit-5,OOO Motor Products
workers shatter N. R. A. pact.
Chicago-2,OOO out at Dryden
Rubber Co.
Haverhill-5,00O shoe workers in
AZ shops out, fighting the N.R.A.
arbitration clause.
Camden - $500 out In three
plants. Strike looms at Victor Co.
FairmOnt, w. Va.-35,000 miners
on strike in West Virginia, against
N.R.A. trickery.
BuffalO-2,000 out In two air
plane plants. N.R.A. mediation re-
jected.
philadelphia - Strike at ski.
ballbearing plant. General knit
goods strike now on. Both reject
arbitration plan. Keystone Slipper
Co. strike voted.
Lakeland, F1a.-Citrus workers
on strike In Polk County, with
statewide strike being prepared.
Hayward, Cal.-4,000 pea pickers
in Alameda County preparing
strike.
Rocky Hill, Conn.-400 strike at
Belamose rayon plant.
Cleveland, o. Addressograph-
Multigraph strike spreading.
Johnstown, N. Y. - Leather
workers win strike.
Milwaukee, N. Y.-1,40O Sea-
man Body Corp. workers on strike.
New York. - Floor covering
workers, and workers in the pipe
making industry, are among those
on strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Philadelphia Work ers
To Demonstrate
April 7

not approve peaceful picketing."
The pickets carrying placards
reading, 1--WE Want Work, Not
Relief Works We Protest Whole
sale Lay-offs." are determined to
continue picketing until all fired
c. w. A. workers are reinstated.
Mass picket lines are being formed
at 20 E. Goth ST., the headquarters
of the Relief Workers League and
the Unemployment Councils, to
picket the Welfare Department and
the projects.
League Offices Open
All local offices of the Relief
Workers League are now open day
and night. Delegations are being
formed to visit the Home Relief
Bureaus and demand that all fired
G. w. A. workers be given imme-
f(o4atf,4uad So pnn. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

lin of having attacked" his daugh-
ter. Unsuitable homicide" a cor
oner's jury of citrus growers and
other business men called the muir
der, completely generating Kop-
man.
In Polk County, 10 citrus workers
have been arrested on a charge of
inducing citrus pickers to break
their verbal contracts" A strike
has already started there against
the Chandler-Davis Packing Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Contention Speeds
" e ms ton e r o
Detroit Strike Front

CLEVELAND, April 5.-The
request of William Weinstone
that part of the Detroit delega-
ton be permitted to return i'm
mediately to participate in the
strike of the Motor Products Co.
was unanimously granted amid
the cheers of the delegates.
Greetings from the striking
workers in Motor Products, " read
a telegram to the convention
from the Detroit auto workers
out on the picket lines. Strike
called over heads of A. F. of L.
officials"
This pledge, in the very heat
of the discussion, was given a
rising ovation by the delegation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
To Form, Mass Picket
Line on Saturday at
Welfare Department

NEW YORK.-The Committee
of One Hundred yesterday issued
a call to all unemployed, fired
C.W.A. workers and workers on
work relief projects to form
mass picket line around the Of
fees of the Welfare Department
offices at so Lafayette ST., Satur-
day at 8 am, when a workers
committee will meet with Com
missioner Of Welfare, William
Hodson, to demand immediate
reinstatement of all fired C.W.A.
workers, cash relief equal at least
to C.W.A. workers for the unem-
ployed, and the resembling of the
LaGuardia wage cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
State Assembly Passes
LaGuardia's Wage Cut
Bill By l2O to % Votes

ALBANY, N. Y, April 5.-The
ann n d d LaGuardia E economy
(wage-cutting) Bill was passed to-
day in the State Assembly by a
vote of 100 to %. The Bill, which
leaves intact the grating and
powerful county offices which the
Tammany gang controls, will result
in wage cuts and enforced fur
loughs for New York city employees.
The bill is expected to pass in the
State Senate within a few days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Start Forced Labor in
% Illinois Counties
as CWAProgram Ends

CHICAGO, Ill, April 5.-Unem-
ployed workers in Southern Illinois
will be given forced labor in ex-
change for food orders, Secretary
w. S. Reynolds of the Illinois Emer-
gency Relief Commission recently
indicated. With only 80 of the 101
Illinois Counties eligible" in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
WISCONSIN VOTES PENSION
AGE REDUCTION

MILWAUKEE,. April 5.-As Indi-
Gated by returns of TUESDAYS
statewide referendum. Wisconsin
voters have given overwhelming
approval TO liberalize old age PEN
sions.